Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-12-03
LOCAL AFFAIRS
Continued from Page IL

anu unmanufactured stock on hand.
~ Is understood that a new corpora
.ioh VIII be formed as soon as the
transfer is completed. The new
owners intend to buy also the Burn
nam property adjoining, and make
,ne engagements of the plant out
nned in 1.-THE American a few
weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Bradburv of
Salem, Mass, who spent Thankspiv-
| ing with Mrs. Bradbury's mother
Mrs. John B. Dean, left Monday for q
southern trip of month, visiting in
New York, Washington, West Vir-
gina and Kentucky.
The Ellsworth Athletic club will
| entertain again Friday evening at
us club rooms in Whiting hall, with
/ dancing, cards and other games. Re-
1reshments will be served. This
club, organized primarily for the
promotion of baseball and other
athletlc sports, hopes also to become
a social center for the men of the
| community. and to receive the hearty
cooperation and support of the peo-
| pie generally.
There will be basket ball me be-
tween the athletic club team and the
h Ugh school before the dance.
Willard Springer of Franklin was
IN the Ellsworth municipal court last
Wednesday, charged with breaking.
enterlng and larceny at the store of
Charles j. Murch on the Eastbrook
road, FRANKLIN. About $24, mostly
IN small change, was stolen. He
pleaded guilty, and was bound over
for the April grand jury. He was
committed to the county Jail in de-
fault of bail, but arrangements are
being made to-day for bail.
A. w. Curtis, oldest in years. and
one OF the oldest in length of bus
mess, of any of the business men in
Ellsworth, this week retires from
business. He has sold out his
entire stock of goods to Leon H.
Brown OF Ellsworth Falls, who has
removed the goods to his shop there,
and the store on Main Street will be
discontinued. Mr.. Curtis, who is
eighty years old this month, has
been in business thirty-five years.
He has earned retirement, and his
many friends hope he may live long
to enjoy it.
Twice within period of three
months F. E. Tilden has been a suf-
lerer from ire. Friday evening,
during the absence of the family. fire
started near the kitchen stove. Mrs.
11lden found the house filled with
smoke when she returned home at
y O'Clock. The damage from the
hre itself was comparatively slight,
but house and furnishings were bad
| ly smoked. Mr.. Tilden had lust fin
1shed the work of renovating his
furniture, which was badly smoked
in fire in the same house on Sep
TENDER 8 last. The house is known
as the Higgins house, on High street,
and is owned by the Bar Harbor
Realty Co. The loss on house and
contents is covered by insurance.
Mrs. M. E. Woodward, formerly of
Ellsworth, died suddenly Sunday af-
ternoon at her home in Bangor. Mrs.
Woodward was native of Massachu-
sets. She married the late Stephen
B. Woodward of Ellsworth, and her
married life was spent in this city.
Since the death of her husband, she
had resided in Bangor during the
winters and in Lincolnville during
the summers. She leaves daugh-
ter and three sons-Mrs. K. j. Peers
of Boston, Frank B. of Cameron,
Texas, and Charles E. and Joseph H
of Bangor. Also two sisters, Mrs. S.
Achorn of Brookline, Mass, and Mrs
Hunter of Chicago. The funeral was
held at the home of her son Charles
yesterday afternoon. The body was
brought to Ellsworth for interment.
Next Sunday morning at 1890
O'Clock the Rev. julius Krolfifer will
preach at the Ellsworth Unitarian
church on THE Christians Infu-
ence." Mr.. Krolfifer, who is minis
ter-at-large on the staff of the de-
partment of church extension of the
American Unitarian association, has
been in Ellsworth encouraging and
advising the Ellsworth church in its
affairs. He will leave the city on
December s. His next field of work
will be Lawrence, Mass. On Deem
Der IA the Rev. Stephen G. Palmer
of Dighton, Mass, will occupy the
pulpit as candidate. The Unitar-
ian society hopes to engage a minis
ter permanently in the near future
On December II parish supper will
be served by the Woman's Alliance,
according to the monthly custom.
Rev. j. B. Coy, pastor-elect of the
Baptist church here. is expected here
next Friday. Mr.. Coy is a native of
Bradford, and was graduated from
the Maine Central institute in 1888
and from Bates college in 1896. His
first pastorate was at Prospect, N. Y,
where he remained seven years, a
successful pastorate, during which
the church building was extensively
remodeled and the membership in
creased. After year with the New
York state mission and year with
the church at Oneonta, N. Y, he re-
turned to Maine in 1906 as State
missionary with the Free Baptist as
ISOLATION, and afterward with the
United Baptist convention. About
three years ago he took the pastorate
of the Baptist church at Harrison,
where he had lived since 1911. He
married Miss Gertrude l.. Sawyer,
also minister who received a call