Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-04-17

auspices OF the hed CrOS6. A dance Will
follow the performance.
Friends in Ellsworth were interested in
the announcement just made by the
principal OF Cony high school, Augusta,
that Miss Catherine Larkin, daughter of
the late Andrew Larkin, formerly OF Ellis
worth, has taken the highest rank for the
four years course, and will be salutatorian
ct the commencement exercises.
Wednesday evening, May 1, ''party of
allies" will be given at Hancock hall,
under the auspices OF the woman's club
and for the benefit OF the Red Cross.
Tickets will be sold by the members OF the
club, beginning Saturday, April 20. Men,
bers should obtain tickets at the office of
Miss Alice Fl. Scott on that day.
The four minute speakers at the Bijou
this week will be Rev. }. w. Tickle this
evening, Rev. r. B. Mathews tomorrow
evening and F. E. Stoddard Saturday
evening. Miss Mary A. Greedy will give a
four minute talk at the camoufiage min
strels at Hancock hall Friday evening.
All will speak on the liberty loan.
The former Bijou theatre building, re-
Gently damaged by fire, is being repaired,
and will be used for the storage OF auto
mobiles. The Bar Harbor & Union River
Power Co. has purchased the small lobby
or entrance building, and it has been
moved to location near its office build
ing on Church street for use as garage.
Ellsworth friends of Miss Alice G.
Drummey of 10 Hersey street, Portland,
formerly Of Ellsworth, are extending
congratulations, the following betrothed
past week: Alice Gertrude Drummey,
George Bartley Flaherty, betrothed. 1t is
understood that the wedding will take
place in Portland early in May.
In observance of Patriots day, Friday,
there will be a special union divine pa
triotic service at the Congregational
church Friday afternoon at o'clock
Pastors Of the different churches will par
ticipate, and there will be special music.
Mayor Hagerthy has issued proclama-
tion, printed elsewhere, urging that stores
and places OF business be closed from $50
to s O'Clock.
The State insurance department, in its
annual report of fires and Investigations,
gives the number of fires in Ellsworth
during 1917 as thirty nine, with an es-
timated value of buildings, SS9, ,951;
damage, s31, ,760; insurance upon build
ings, s61, ,7O3; insurance paid, 22,732;
estimated value Of contents, S93, ,059;
damage, S50,610; insurance on same,
s5S, ,043; insurance paid, S31 ,655.
News has been received here of the
at the home of her niece, Mrs. d. E.
Brown, in Brockton, Mass. Miss Whittle
was well known in Ellsworth where she
had spent much time with her sister, the
late Mrs. Albert F. Burnham. Since Mrs.
Burnham's death, she had spent two sum-
mers here at the Burnham home. Ellis
worth friends regret to learn of her death.
1t is learned that the suspected case of
smallpox discovered on a train here two
weeks ago, is now under quarantine in
Bangor. 1t is stated that the man, taking
alarm from the questions asked by the
physicians on the train, who, it will be
re memb bered, did not tell him what they
suspected, after leaving the train went
directly to DR.. Fl. W. Osgood at Bangor,
fearing to go home to his family. DR..
Hunt was called in consultation, the case
was diagnosed as smallpox, and the man
was put under quarantine at his home.
A Washingt on despatch to the B oston
Globe says that the Drama League OF
America ON Friday announced that Miss
Doris F. Halman of Brookline, Mass, had
been awarded the second prize of $3.50 in a
patriotic play" competition. No first
prize was awarded. Miss Halman pre-
sented three-act play, "The Land Where
Lost Things Co." A total of l40 plays
were entered in the competition, by aspir-
ants from twenty-eight states. Miss
Halman is the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
/. l.. Halman, of Brookline and Ellsworth.
pleasing entertainment was given st
the high school building last Friday
evening, under the auspices of the senior
class. The program was as follows:
Singing, ''Stsr Spangled Banner;" duet,
Misses Royal and Spencer; piano solo,
Arthur Tower; singing, girls; solo,
Elleneen Doyle; piano solo, Annie Cor
neil; recitation, Sadie Kean; solo, Ger
trude Flood; piano duet, Misses Haynes
and Sawyer; recitation, Dorothy Shack
ford; piano solo, Sylvia Grindle; solo,
Sophia Walker; solo, Mr.. Harvey; sing
ing, "America."
Five young men left here this week for
Boston, where they will go aboard U. s.
shipping board training ship as appren-
tices, to be trained for duty IN crews of the
new merchant marine, as members OF
which they will be exempt from military
duty. They were "signed on" for this
service by E. G. Moore, druggist, who is
special enrolling agent for the shipping
board. The young men were: Earl Austin
Bonsey, Surry; George E. Pervear. North
Brooklin; Herbert Lyman Hutchins,
stonington; Maynard L. Gray, North