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

week with Mrs. G. f. Newman.
Fernald Webster, who has been
employed in Boston, is at home.
The fourth in the series of lyceum
entertainments under the auspices of
Frank e. Whitmore post, A. L., will
be given at Hancock hall next Mon
day evening. The Del Mar quar-
tette, composed of four talented
young ladies who can sing and play,
and are brimful of personality and
enthusiasm as we'll as music, will ap-
pear in concert. The Del Mars are
singers primarily, and form a we'll
balanced quartette, but the vocal
work is but a part of their varied
program. Their instrumental Sc
lections contain combinations of
cello, violin, piano and cornet, and
there are also humorous skits and
readings in costume. The concert
will be followed by dance.
The marriage of DR.. George
Parcher, SON of Mrs. Lucy Parcher of
Ellsworth, and Miss Esta Brooks of
San Francisco, took place Sunday at
the First Congregational church in
San Francisco, Rev. James Gordon,
the pastor, officiating. Among the
guests were Mrs. j. T. Giles and Miss
Hazel Giles of Ellsworth, and Mrs.
Bertha Giles Lamster of San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Lamster was best man at
the wedding. DR.. Parcher, who is in
the public health department of the
government, has ,fdr few years
been located at the marine hospital
at San Francisco, and more recently
at Arrowhead Springs, Cal, where he
was in charge of the big new govern
ment hospital. He has been trans
ferred to Kansas City, Mo-, where he
takes up his work this week. Ellis
worth friends extend congratulations
on his marriage.
The meeting of the Ellsworth
board of trade Monday evening, open
to the citizens generally was largely
attended, several ladiesbeingpresent
The principal business before the
meeting was the matter of the Boston
University summer school. The
committee appointed at the last
meeting of the board reported, and
the secretary read the correspon-
dence that had passed between the
committee and Mr.. Bellatty. The
meeting was unanimously and en-
Enthusiastically in favor of the summer
school, and rising vote of thanks
was given the ladies, who have
solved the housing problem, the most
serious one with which Ellsworth
had to contend A further report of
the summer school prospects appears
elsewhere. The board also took I'D
the matter of suggested compro-
mise between the citizens of Ellis
worth and the Bar Harbor G Union
River Power Co. in the matter of
water rates, and committee of five
was named to appoint representa-
tive or representatives of the board
of trade to act with representatives
appointed by the city government to
meet the officers of the power COM
pany. This matter is also reported
more fully elsewhere.
There was "Music in the Air"
Thursday morning in the business
section of Ellsworth. Had spring
arrived again, with its hurdy-
gurdies? No, the music was too
sweet for that, and it consisted of
some of the latest dance music, en-
tirely unlike the time-honored and
time-worn tunes of the street piano.
full orchestra was apparently
playing somewhere. The source of
the music was finally located at E. F.
Robinson's store. Mr.. Robinson had
sold to F.. G. Smith for his dancing
pavilion, one of the latest machines
for dance music-a Magnavox. The
machine magnifies the tones many
times, and can fill the largest hall,
though it can be stopped down to suit
the size of the hall in which it is To-
Gated. The Magnavox has attracted
much attention lately, for it has not
only it's amusement features, but a
commercial value that is fast being
developed. 1t is already being
widely used for announcements
at large gatherings, and in many
cities is being used in announcing
cars at theatres or regulating traffic.
In a test at Washington recently, one
of the machines was sent up in a
balloon, and an announcement or
proclamation made that was heard
all over the city, in spite of the usual
noise and hustle of surface traffic.
This is the same machine that was
used in war time in communicating
with air planes high n the air. Mr..
Smith now has the Magnavox in
stalled in his pavilion. 1t is the first
instrument of the kind in this Sec
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