Ellsworth American., 1919-12-31

Henry B. Stockbridge is visiting
his mother, Mrs. Sarah Stockbridge.
Miss Mildred York of Bangor, who
has bene visiting relatives here,
has returned home.
Ellsworth schools will open next
Monday, after the holiday recess of
three weeks.
Marcellus Woodward of Boston
spent the past week with his mother,
Mrs. w. P. Woodward.
Mrs. Edward X. Hopkins of Island
Falls will arrive Saturday to be the
guest of Mrs. Charles Hanscom.
Mrs. Chas Wormell, who has been
spending the holidays inBoston, is
expected to arrive home Thursday.
Leo Sullivan of Boston spent
Christmas and the weekend with
his sister, Miss Gertrude L. Dorgan.
Mrs. Ward w. Wescott left on
Christmas night for Cambridge,
Mass, called there by the illness of
her sister, Mrs. Edward D. Knapp.
The three-act military drama, "Af-
ter Taps" will be presented at Han
cock hall this evening, under the
auspices of Frank E. Whitmore post,
American Legion. A dance will fol-
low.
The Thursday club will serve a
supper to members and their guests
next Friday evening at $50, at the
home of Mrs. G. N. Worden, Pleasant
street. Members are requested to
furnish their own dishes.
Edward Hamilton has purchased
the material in the H. M. Hall house
on Birch avenue, for removal. He
is now taking out some of the inside
finish, and in the spring will tear
down the house and clear the lot.
Miss Hannah L. Holmes, who has
been the guest of Mrs. Hanscom on
Franklin street the past month, will
leave Thursday to spend the winter
in Belfast with her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Dinsmore.
The Union Trust Co. generously
rewarded it's employees at Christmas,
in recognition of their faithful and
efficient attention to business, which
has been such valuable asset to the
bank in handling it's increased bust
ness and obtaining the good will of
lto pdllOhos
Charles H. Leland, president Of
the Ellsworth board of trade, has
been appointed by the State board
as one of thirty-two delegates to at
tend the meeting in Augusta on
January Z of the State board of
trade and State Industrial and Agri-
cultural League, which have recently
united.
The annual melting of Frank E.
Whitmore post, American Legion,
will be held at the banquet room in
the Odd Fellows building Monday
evening, Jan. Supper will be
served at $50, followed by the busi-
ness meeting. All members of the
post and other ex-service men are in
vited.
Perley ]. Phillips has purchased Of
the C. C. Burrill estate the two store
buildings on the west side OF Water
street, Just below the postoffice,
known as the Malone buildings.
One of the stores is at present occu-
pied by Smiths meat and fish
market, and the other by j. Fl. Dono-
vans restaurant.
C. s. Humphries, chief engineer
for the State board of assessors, was
in Ellsworth recently to look over
the dam of the Bar Harbor & Union
River Power Co., and other proper
ties, with the view to fixing of valu-
alton for taxable purposes. He
made a few suggestions to the
local assessors, one of which was
that, for the purpose of obtaining an
euuable valuation of land, the as
SCISSORS should have detailed plan
of the city made, fix basis of valu-
alton for land according to location.
and add to this the valuation OF
buildings and improvements.