Ellsworth American., 1920-04-14


The Thursday club will meet this
week with Mrs. G. F. Newman.
Miss, Maude Goggins left Friday
Tor New York for short visit.
Mrs. Margaret Leach returned
Monday from Florida, where she
spent the winter.
Herbert R. Holmes, who has been
employed in Braintree, Vt. during
the winter, came home to-day.
Lejok lodge, I. o. o. F., will work
the second degree on Friday night,
run attendance is requested.
Miss Caroline M. Joy, who has
| spent the winter in Ellsworth. left
Monday for West Brooksville for the
| summer.
| Ihe Thursday club will have a sale
and supper at the Congregational
| Vestry Thursday, April %. Sale be-
gins at 4; supper at $50.
The April term of the supreme
| court will convene Tuesday, April 27.
| Win Justice Morrill, presiding. The
grand jurors will report for duty
| tuesday and the traverse jurors
| Thursday.
| The woman's club will meet Tues
day afternoon, April 20, at the home
or Mrs. Harry W. Haynes. Miss
Florence Hale of Augusta, State
agent of rural education, will speak
on What Women of Maine Should
| Know About Schools"
Harrison Merritt and L. C. Clarke.
OF Ernst & Ernst, Boston, the
auditors who have been at work on
the city accounts the past two
weeks, completed work Saturday. A
written report, with recommends
tions, will be submitted later, and
made public.
There was large audience at the
BiJou theatre Monday evening, when
Charles Sandy" Chapman, knights
OF Columbus war worker, told a thrill
ling story of the days at the front in
france. Mr.. Chapman spoke here
under the auspices of Philip H. Sher-
idan council, X. of c., and was intro
duced by Rev. FIR. German.
Friends in Ellsworth of Corydon
A. Richardson learned with regret of
his death last Thursday at a
private hospital in New York, where
ne mad gone for treatment a few
weeks ago. Mr.. Richardson was a
native OF Amherst, but for some
years had lived in Bar Harbor. He
made many friends in Ellsworth
while serving as deputy sheriff.
A sociable and dance will he
given at Knights of Columbus hall
Friday evening, for the benefit of the
baseball team of the Ellsworth gram
mar schools paf
served The boys of the two gram
mar schools have united in the
formation of a baseball team this
year, and hope to arrange a series of
games with out-of-town grammar
schools teams
Officers of the Knights of St. Jo-
seph were installed at meeting of
the CLUB at the home of Andrew Lu-
chini last week. The officers in
stalled are Charles Drummey, pres
ident; Andrew Luchini, vice-presi-
dent; FIR. German, treasurer; Albert
Davis, secretary. The first degree
was worked. FIR German gave an
interesting talk, and after the club
work, Mrs. Luchini entertained with
Italian stories. Refreshments were
served
An inspiring union service was
held at the Baptist church last Sun
day evening. Rev. r. H. Moyle, of
the Methodist church delivered the
sermon, from the text, 81 am ready"
There was singing by the young peo-
pies chorus of the Baptist church.
Several in the congregation mani
tested a desire to begin Christian
litrn1 he
day evening will be at the Congrega-
tional church, with sermon by the
pastor, Rev. R. B. Mathews.
Monday night was a big night for
Wivurna encampment, |. o. o. F.,
with about seventy of its own mem
bers present to entertain three grand
officers and about seventy members
of Mt. Desert encampment of Bar
Harbor. The grand officers present
were Grand Patriarch Patten of Bar
Harbor, Grand SeniorWarden Toward
of Waterville, and Grand Marshal
Carter of Bar Harbor. The golden
rule degree was worked by the visit
ors. Wivurna encampment will go
to Bar Harbor Friday evening of
next week to work the royal purple
degree.
The house at the corner of Third
and State streets, owned by the hard
wood company and occupied by Carl
Richmond, was badly damaged by
fire last Thursday forenoon. The fire
started in the attic, and had made
considerable progress before it was
discovered The whole upper part
of the house was Quilted and the roof
burned ont If was imOOSSihlp to
save anything from the upper rooms,
but the furniture was removed from
the lower floor with but little dam
age. The building was insured, but
Mr.. Richmond had no insurance. The
house was one of the old Ellsworth
homesteads. 1t was built by Seth