Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-04-23

from Bar Harbor is coming. The COM
mittee will have costumes for those who
do not wish to make their own.
Announcement has been received of the
formation in New York city of new law
partnership, Walker & Redman, Fulton
j. Redman of Ellsworth being member.
The other members OF the partnership
are George r. Walker and Frank G. Nc
Kinney. Offices are at SO Wall street.
Adelbert Hodgkins has bought the
Wilson Jordan and James Bowden build
ings and lots on Water street. He will
occupy the shed of the Bowden building
as boat shop. The other Bowden store
building, long occupied by Walter j.
Clark, ST., was purchased by him last
summer.
Mt. Desert encampment, L. o. o. F., of
Bar Harbor, has accepted an invitation
of Wivurna encampment to come to
Ellsw worthinext Monday evening and work
the golden rule degree. The Bar Harbor
team will bring complete working outfit.
The Ellsworth encampment will serve
banquet at $50.
Miss Lenora G. Higgins, local chairman
for the Victory boys, has received notice
from headquarters that the time for the
boys to make good their pledges has
been extended to May 1. Most OF the
Ellsworth boys have made good, but a
| few have not yet completed payments
and very few have not made any pay
ment.
Glass parts at the Ellsworth high
school have been assigned as follows,
the first two by rank and the others by
election by the class: Valedictory,
Eleanor Alexander; salutatory,
presentation of gifts, Roy Goodwin and
Martha Royal; prophecy, Mary Royal
and James Coughlin.
The play and ball of Senator Hale hose
company Monday evening was well at
tended. The play, ga Gilded Youth" :"
was presented under the direction of
Fred E. Cooke. Those IN the cast were
James CoughIin, Harvard Young, Luman
Woodruff, Doris Colpitts and Mary
Coughlin. Music for the bail was
furnished by Higgins orchestra. F. G..
& W. II. Scott were the caterers.
The war relic exhibit train being run in
connection with the Victory loan cam
paign, will be in Ellsworth May l. The
train is scheduled to arrive at $50 p. M,
and leave at 7,45 p. M, and the local
| Victory loan committee has been asked to
furnish supper for the train personnel.
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fiat cars and a sleeper, and carries a most
interesting collection of war relics.
| Postmaster c. H. Leland, who has been
in correspondence with Massachusetts
men looking for location for a manu-
featuring industry, has called meeting
of the citizens of Ellsworth to be held at
the board of trade rooms in Hancock hall
this evening, when the m after will be laid
| before them. At the same meeting it is
proposed to take up the matter of putting
the Ellsworth board OF trade on the
ssactive service list
Harold Ii. Clark of Ellsworth is now
wi tn the Witherbee Igniter Co. of SPRING
field, Mass. The company has sent out
the following announcement: "Mr. H.
H. Clark, formerly chief electrical engi
neer of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, and un
til very recently major in the Chemical
| Warfare service of the U. s. army, has
joined our organization in the capacity of
chief engineer. Mr.. Clark has had many
years of experience in research and ex-
perimental work for the U. s. government
and the General Electric Co., assisting in
the practical development of products
similar to those manufactured by the
Witherbee Igniter Co. We want our Gus
toners to appreciate the fact that our en-
gineering department is exceptionally
strong and efficient"
Milton O. Frazier, a native of Ellsworth,
| died Tuesday of last week at his home in
Lynn, Mass, aged seventy-fiye years.
Mr.. Frazier was born in Ellsworth, a son
of Isaac Frazier, and as young man was
in business here with his father as a
house painter He was among the early
volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil
war, going to the front as first lieutenant
of Co. B, 9Th Maine infantry, an Ellsworth
company of which his father was captain.
Soon after the war he went from Els
worth to Vineland, N. j., and after short
residence there moved to Lynn. Ten
years ago he went to California to live
with his daughter, but returned to lynn
two years ago to reside with his sister,
Miss Clara J. Frazier. He is remem bered
by some of the older residents of Els
worth as popular young man and
member of the old Ellsworth band. He
leaves one other sister, Mrs. John M. Peck
of Portland, and one daughter, Mrs.
Samuel Taylor of Los Angeles, Cal.
Kew. Horace B. Haskell, formerly of
Ellsworth, has recently been reelected
as president of Beaver college at Beaver,
Pa. Reports showed that great advance
ment has been made during the last two
years. There has been an increase in