Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-12-22

Lieut.. Edmund e. Brady and wife
are here for the holidays
A f. Grindle has opened an auto
mobile repair shop on Franklin
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert G. Phillips
We're called to Livermore last week
by the death of Mr.. Phillips mother.
Mrs. Sarah Coughlin of Detroit,
Mich, who has been visiting relatives
in the eastern part of the county, has
returned to the home of her sister,
Mrs. Fred A. Patten.
Mrs. Harold Hamblen of Spring
field, Mass, with son and daughter,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. l.. Morang. Mr.. Hamblen will
join them here for Christmas.
A shower was given at the home of
Mrs. Madison Joy on Main street last
Thursday evening, in honor of Miss
Blanche M. Mcfarland, who on Fri
day became the bride of George w.
Christie of Ellsworth Falls. The
bride-elect received many pretty and
useful gifts. Refreshments were
served.
Oscar A. Tompkins, formerly of
Ellsworth, died Monday of last week
in Bangor, at the age of seventy-two
years. Mr.. Tompkins was employed
for many years in the store of the
late F. B. Aiken in Ellsworth, and
for the past fourteen years in the
shop of the Noyes & Nutter Co. in
Bangor. He was member of Ly-
gonia lodge, F. and A. M, and Lejok
lodge, I. o. o. F., of Ellsworth. He
leaves a widow. The funeral was
held in the chapel at Mt. Hope ceme-
terry, Bangor, Thursday.
Virginia, little daughter of Mrs.
Phyllis Campbell, is ill of scarlet
fever. Health Officer Woodruff has
taken prompt measures to prevent the
spread of the disease, and says there
is no present occasion for alarm.
This is apparently a sporadic case,
the origin of which cannot be traced
There is scarlet fever in Bangor, and
there have been cases in Bluehill.
DR.. Woodruff, however, advises pa
rents to watch their children care
fully, and to consult physician
promptly on the appearance of any
suspicious symptoms.
The committee ON conference ap-
pointed by the city government and
board of trade to meet with the Bar
Harbor & Union River Power Co. in
regard to water rates, met the offic-
ials of the company at their Office in
Bangor Monday and Tuesday. No
basis for compromise was reached,
but the committee will get together
later this week and prepare report
of the conference. The matter stands
practically where it did before the
conference. The hearing before the
public utilities commission will be
continued at Augusta next Tuesday.
Ellsworth got glimpse of Bar
Harbor's new White fire truck Satur-
day, when it stopped here for short
time on its way to Bar Harbor from
Bangor. Chief Hamor of Bar Har-
Dor and the demonstration were with
it. The truck weighs about four
tons, and is driven by a seventy
horsepower engine. 1t is capable of
a speed of sixty miles an hour. It's
equipment includes a 200gallon
chemical tank and ESQ feet of hose
and the engine may also be connected
to take water from hydrant, throw
ing 600 gallons a minute. There is
a twenty-foot extension ladder, a
roof ladder, two headlights, three
searchlights and smaller lights.
Ellsworth basketball fans will be
given something new in basketball
next Wednesday evening at Hancock
hall, in a demonstration game.
Alanson E. Skillings, principal of the
New gloucester high school, an
official of the joint basketball rules
committee, who is touring the State
in the interest of clean and fast
basketball, will be present to give a
demonstration of this years rules.
The idea of demonstration game is
to call each foul, stop the play and
explain the foul and its penalty
an dalso explain how the foul may
be avoided in future. Such demon
strations have been given in New
York and Boston, and in this State in
Portland and Lewiston, and have
proved of great value to spectators
and players alike. In spite of the
first impression that game sc
played would be slow, Mr.. Skillings
says that a game so played is not
slow. The game in Ellsworth will
be between the Ellsworth A G. and
high school teams, and will begin at
$50.
"A. II. lIuSWOItuy, WuO LIDS spent
the past few years in Ellsworth, died
in hospital in Tampa, Fla, of heart
trouble, on December Is, at the age
of seventy-five years. Besides a
widow, he leaves four children, Ell
mer B. and belmont G. Trueworthy
and Mrs. Eugene Moore of Ellsworth,
and Mrs. Will Nevells of Tampa,
Fla; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Groper
nP Ia1a
worthy of New York, and Mrs. Corde-
liza Lowell of East Boston, Mass. He
is also survived by three grandchil-
dren, Mildred and Marion Moore of
Ellsworth and Miss Hazel Nevells of
Tampa. His daughter, Mrs. Nevells,
was with him before his death.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Jenkins, of
Glenmore avenue, Dormont, Pa, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Helen Lora Jenkins,
to James w. Bridges, of Ellsworth,
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