Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-04-02

Sundays, every other Sunday, beginning
April 13.
Miss Alice Wescott of BluehiIl, recently
returned from France after nearly two
years. service as Red Cross nurse, has
kindly consented to relate some of her
interesting experiences, at the Congre-
gational chapel in Ellsworth tomorrow
evening.
Mrs.Louisa Atherton died this morning,
after long illness, at the age CT seventy
six years. She had been in poor health
for some years. She leaves one brother,
John Ii. Leland, at whose home the
funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Harry s. Tarbox, travelling salesman for
the A. H. Berry Shoe Co. of Portland, died
March II, at the home of his sister in
Portland, OF bright's disease, at the age of
forty-nine years. Mr.. Tarbox was well
known in Ellsworth and throughout
| Hancock county. His many friends regret
to learn of his death.
Lejok lodge, l. 0. .. F., Will work the
| tirst degree on five candidates Friday
| evening. The picked team that will work
this degree at Bar Harbor next Tuesday
evening, will do the work. There will be
| special music. large attendance is de-
sired. There will be special meeting
/ for work tomorrow evening.
/ The first meeting of the Catholic club
was held Saturday evening, March 20,
and officers were elected as follows:
| President, Mrs. William Brooks; vice
| president, Mrs. David Linnehan; secre-
tary, Mary Coughlin; treasurer, Anna
/ Mccarthy. The next meeting will be
/ held this evening, at K. of c.
hall. All members of st. Joseph's
parish are invited to JOIN.
| Kenneth L., the fourteen months old
child of Mrs. Lester Crockett, died Mon
day evening from the effects of scaIds re-
ceiyed earlier in the day, when an older
child accidentally upset basin of boiling
water. Mrs. Crockett, who was Il former
Ellsworth woman, came here with her five
children onlya few weeks ago from Texas,
where her husband died of influenza in
the winter. She is occupying the SWEET
house on State street.
On Monday, March 8, DIR. Hagerthy was
reelected for his eleventh term as mayor
of Ellsworth. The long term of service
was considered of sufficient interest for
mention in the American news ca bled to
England, and the London papers of the
following Thursday printed the item.
And so it happened that Frank j. Dun
leavy, still in France with the A. E. F.,
read the result of the Ellsworth munic-
ipal election on Friday of the same week.
This interesting fact is mentioned in
letter received by his father last week.
Under the auspices of the University of
Maine extension service, three days
demonstration school in clothing will be
conducted in the vestry of the church at
Ellsworth Falls, April 1913. Miss Cath
arine n. Platts, State leader of home dem
onstration work, Miss Rosalind NJ.
Jewett, State instructor in home econom-
les, and Miss Herberta Penley, Hancock
county demonstration agent, will be in
charge. Instruction will be given in re-
modelling, dyeing, designing and color
and design in relation to wearers. Like
courses are being given throughout the
State, and in every community much in
terest has been shown. The instruction
is free.
Myron R. Carlisle and Simon Violette
have made trade by which Mr.. Violette
takes over the livery and boarding stable
at the former Osgood stable, which he
rents of Mr.. Carlisle, and Mr.. Carlisle
takes over the ice business, buying the
ice Mr.. Violette had stored. Both Mr..
Carlisle and Mr.. Violette had prepared to
go into the ice business. Mr.. Carlisle has
bought the Forsaith stable of DR..
Hsgerthy, and will conduct it as truck
ing stable. He has also purchased the
former Wiswell blacksmith shop, which
was converted into an ice house and filled,
and the two Hagerthy fields, so-called,
on the south side OF the Franklin road
beyond Weaver's flats, something over
200 acres in all. He will farm quite ex-
tensively on the farther field, adjoining
the city farm, in anticipation of taking
over the city farm as superintendent the
first of next January.
The Victory Boys OF Ellsworth have
made good, with very few exceptions,
and Miss Lenora G. Higgins, the local
chairman, says she is proud of them. 1t
has not been an easy matter for all these
boys to fulfill their pledges. They have
worked hard for the money to make their
payments, earning and saving a few
cents at a time. A few have not
completed all their payments, but
are working hard to do so. A few
very few have apparently made no effort
to make good their pledges. The names