Ellsworth American., 1919-12-24
Wendell Osgood left Monday for
Boston for fha uipfar

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Boston for the winter.
Miss Elizabeth Macomber, who is
teaching in Skowhegan, is in Ellis
worth for the holidays.
Wellington Haslam has purchased
OF Mrs. Linnie Brown the house at
the corner of State and Fifth streets.
Mrs. Clifford G. Royal and Mrs.
margaret Kief have gone to Augusta
TO spend the holidays with relatives.
Miss Effie Morgan of Boston is
spending the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Morgan.
Christmas night at Athletic club
nall, the Ellsworth and Northeast
Harbor high school basket ball teams
will play.
Harry e. Rowe and wife left Mon
day for Portland for visit with Mrs.
! RoWe's parents. Mr.. Rowe will re-
main a week, while Mrs. Rowe will
remain for longer visit.
Miss JEANNE Sanborn, teacher of
the intermediate department at the
ZINE street school, has resigned. The
vacancy has been filed by the cleo
ton of Miss Grace McKenney of Fort
Fairfield.
! George E. Moore has purchased
the Fred Jordan house on High
street of Mrs. Charlotte Farrell. and
has moved there from he Parody
house on Beal avenue,
Mrs. A. P. Wiswell and her guest.
Mrs. Adah Emery, left this noon. Mrs
Emery for her home in Brunswick.
and Mrs. WiswelI for New York to
spend the winter with her brother.
DR.. R. H. Greene.
| Mrs. Maria E. Merchant, formerly
OF Hancock, died Monday night at
the home of her son in Summit, N. 7.
Mrs. Merchant was a native of La
nome, and was in the ninety-first
year of her age. She was the
mother of Mrs. H. L. D. Woodruff of
| Ellsworth, and Mrs. Leonard Jordan
OF Ellsworth Falls. She also leaves
two sons in Brooklyn, N. Y. and a
sister, Mrs. George Gould of Ellis
worth. Mrs. Jordan was with her at
the end, and Mrs. Woodruff left for
Summit yesterday. Burial will be at
| Summit.
The tug E. P. Dickson has hauled
up Tor the winter at the Ellsworth
FOUNDRY & Machine Works, where
sne Will have her gasoline engine
taken out and new Fairbanks &;
Morse crude oil engine of sixty-horse
power put in. She will also under
go other repairs to put her in first
class shape for the busy season an
tlclpated next year. This boat was
bought by Whitcomb, Haynes G
nad busy season, and proved salts
| whitney last spring to take the place
OF the Little Round Top She has
factory. Capt. Murch, in command
is a hustler.
| Ellsworth friends were saddened
| to learn of the death on Friday of
Mrs. Margaret Miller, at her home in
Allentown, Pa. Mrs. Miller was the
sister of Mrs. E. H. Baker of ELS
worth and Mrs. w. F. Aiken of
Cherryfeld. She spent the greater
part of the summer of 1918 in Ellis
worth, making friends of all who
met her. She was twenty-four wears
OF age, and was married onIv .six
months ago. She leaves, besides her
husband, father and the sisters men
toned, six brothers. Mrs Baker
was with her at the end. The family
has the sympathy of Ellsworth
friends.
The Ellsworth Athletic club bas-
ket-ball team went to Southwest
Harbor last Wednesday evening, for
its first game with an out-of-town
team, the Southwest Harbor A. A.
The game was fast and close, the
final score being 27 to 26 in favor of
southwest Harbor. 1t was a good
showing for the Ellsworth team in
its first game with a more experi-
enced team. A return game was
scheduled to be played on the Ath-
letic's floor in Ellsworth Friday
evening, but the Southwest Harbor
team cancelled the date. The date
was hlled in by the high school teams
OF the same towns, the visitors win
ming by a score of 25 to IL. A
dance followed the game. Monday
the high school team played a return
game at Southwest Harbor, the score
being 1915 against them.