Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-12-15


popular with the ex-servioa 49,
Baseball was played assiduons,v
s'I nihe was organized which
played several of the surronndina
town teams, winning five of ito oa =, Is,
and losing four. Teams renresant9
ing different tents in the eamn and
houses throughout the town whar u
sme men We're quartered played an
progress of which rivalry was i1tense
but friendly. 'eA4Se
the advent of the former service
men was eagerly awaited by the
toWhspeople of Ellsworth. A public
reception directed by the board of
traae welcomed the men to the town.
awe Win interest at the prospect of
having nearly 100 former service
men IN the town, the people opened
their homes and invited the boys into
thelr social groups as though they
were old friends.
WITHIN two weeks after their ar
rival IN Ellsworth the students had
organized their sports, and planned
ana carried through an deliberately
eAeeuted dance, the proceeds of
which went to the mess fund" tend
ing to reduce the cost of living of the
men.
Under the auspices of the Ellis
worth board of trade the students
were given gay afternoon touring
Mt. Desert Island, the Mecca of
pieasure-seekers along the Maine
coast, by automobile. Cars furnished
by the Ellsworth citizens carried the
men to Northeast Harbor, Seal Har-
Dor, Bar Harbor, and through many
OF the beautiful private drives 'front.'
ing the ocean. The school baseball
team encountered the Bar Harbor
team in Bar Harbor, and then the
long train of automobiles returned
to Ellsworth
Two weeks later the Bar Harbor
American Legion Post was response
Bile for another days outing that
gave the ex-service men what
many declared to be the most enjoya-
BILE event of the season.
Carried from Ellsworth to Bar
Harbor in special railway cars, the
men were met by motors furnished
by the summer residents and carried
to the Bar Harbor Swimming Club,
where they were entertained.
Then at the beautiful summer
place, Far View" of Mr.. Philip Liv-
ingston of New York they were served
breakfast. After viewing the house
and wandering about the grounds
they went to the athletic field, where
the school team again met the Bar
Harbor nine, and then to the Ameri-
can Legion headquarters, where they
were served lunch. The address of
welcome was made by Mr.. Justice
Deasy of Bar Harbor.
Again toward the last of their stay
in Maine the service men were enter
tanned at a monster clam bake and
supper at Contention Cove by Mrs. E.
M. Roberts of New York, wife Of
Capt. E. NJ. Roberts, an American
ace. whom she nursed back to health
while doing war work in French
hospital
And so it went throughout the stay
of the men in Ellsworth. These
were the most conspicuous instances,
perhaps, of the regard of the people
for the former fighters of Uncle Sam,
but the same spirit of kindness was
manifested in the small kindnesses
with which the experiences of the
men were full.
And the men themselves were ap-
preciative not only of the kindness
of the townspeople, but of the OPP
portunity to spend summer in this
part of Maine. Returning to their
homes or to Boston to enter the regu-
lar winter session of Boston Uni
versity, stronger in health and keener
mentally, they were emphatic in ex-
pressions of approval for the school
and hopes that 1t will be repeated.
Whether or not next summer will see
a return of the eX-service men to
Ellsworth is problematical.
On the brow of a hill overlooking
the Union River valley and Union
River bay, the rows of tents in which
about half of the students lived were
ideally situated from the standpoint
of health and sanitation. Running
water was piped at considerable ex-
pense to the field in which the camp
was situated, and was always availa-
BILE.
Materials for the camp, including
tents, army cots, and bedding, were
furnished through the courtesy of
the war department, and were set up
by an advanced guard of the
students.
Meals were taken with the entire
student body eating together at a
mess set up in the local Odd Fell
lows block, where meals were fur
nished at moderate rates. Students
and professors alike patronized the
school Chow hail.
Glasses in all the subjects on the
summer school curriculul4 were
given in the Ellsworth town high
school, from which both Professor
Bellatty, director of the school, and
Dean Everett w. Lord of the College
of Business Administration received
their high school diplomas.
Advertising courses were con-
Quoted by Prof. Charles Bellatty,
while Harold A. Thurlow, instructor
in craftsmanship and advertising de-
sign, Willougkby A. Colby, instructor
in economics, Victor w. Bennett, in
structor in accounting, and William
G.. Hoffman, instructor in English,
made up the remainder of the
faculty.