Ellsworth American., 1920-01-28

Mrs. A. w. King, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Glenn A.
Lawrence, in Rockland, has returned
to her home here.
The Glover club held its meeting
with Miss Addie5 Carlisle last Thurs
day evening. Miss Eugenia Sails
bury, a new member, was present.
Carleton Maddocks and Rodney
Hutchings were arraigned in the
Ellsworth municipal court yesterday.
on charge of malicious mischief
preferred by Asa. C. Flood. They
were adjudged guilty, but sentence
was suspended on promise OF good
behavior.
Friday evening the Ellsworth A.
A. basketball team will meet the
strong Maine Rovers from the Uni
verslty of Maine, at Hancock hall.
1t is certain to be fast game. There
was disappointment for the large
crowd that assembled at Hancock
hall last Friday evening for the
scheduled game with the South
Brewer team. The visiting team at
tempted to make the trip from
Brewer by auto, and got stuck at
Haynes hill. The Ja-Mo-Ka orches-
ira, which was to play for dance
after the game, also got stuck.
The Bar Harbor & Union River
Power Co. has received another
analysis of the city water Director
Evans of the State department of
health says: Analysis of the Janu-
airy sample of water from your pub
lie supply shows this water to be
safe one to use for drinking pur-
poses at this time. There is
neither chemical nor archaeological
evidence of contact of this water
with sewage waste of any kind,
AS long as the water is maintained
in the condition represented by this
sample, it will be considered a safe
one to use for all domestic pur-
poses"
A small but appreciative audience
enjoyed lecture by State Libra
rian H. E. Dunnack at Hancock
hall last evening. The lecture was
given under the auspices of the
woman's club. Mr.. Dunnack's sub
Ject was Books and Life" and he
brought his general observations on
this important relationship down
to local problems of Ellsworth as he
had studied them, and from obser-
vation during his short visit here.
He was greatly impressed by the
need in Ellsworth of a community
center, a place for boys and girls to
spend their evenings. He was sur
prised to learn that the public Ii
orary, splendidly equipped with
books as he knew it to be, was open
only ten hours a week, and made a
strong appeal to those present to
| arouse the citizens and voters to the
great need of having the city Ii
brary open every afternoon and un-
til reasonable hour each evening.
Nehemiah H. Means, Ellsworth's
nonagenarian, recalls that sixty
eight years ago yesterday he was
taken off a burning brig 800 miles
Off Bermuda, and landed thirty-nine
days later at the Rock of Gibraltar.
Capt. Means was in command of the
brig Mary Ann, with a cargo of lime
from Camden for Charleston, S. C.
Fire started in the brig, and after
fighting it night and day for eight
days, on the morning of January 81.
1852, at daylight, he found bark
lying to on his weather beam.
Capt. Means set signals making it
known to the captain of the bark
that his vessel was on fire and the
crew desired to be taken off. The
crew was finally taken off. The
bark proved to be the Brother of
Yarmouth, hailing from Cape Cod.
Capt Means and his crew received
fine treatment aboard the bark, and
as stated, in thirty-nine days were
landed at Gibraltar. After about
week there, they took passage in
another bark bound for New York,
arriving there in fifty-nine days.
The sentiment in favor Of new
high school building in Ellsworth
has finally crystallized, thanks to
Principal Sturtevant, who took the
initiative and called a meeting of
the people of Ellsworth to consider
the matter. The meeting was held
at Hancock hall last Thursday even
ing. The attendance was not as
large as it should have been for a
matter of this general interest, but
this was largely due to other meet
ings and attractions the same night
M. Y .McGown was called upon to
preside, and laid the necessity for
new high school building before
the meeting. A committee was ap-
pointed to nominate officers for a
proposed organization, but decided
that this was premature, and ad-
vised that, in order to give the or
ganization a legal basis, a corpora
tion be formed. The following COM
mittee was appointed to take the
preliminary steps for Incorporation
DR.. A. c. Hagerthy, G. H. Leland,
H. H. Higgins, Walter j. Clark,
George S. Foster Mrs. E, J. Collins.
Mrs. B. B. Whitcomb. Mrs. Bernard
S. Jellison, Mrs Charles w. Joy and
Mrs. d. E. Hurley. In a few days a
meeting of incorporators will be
called to perfect organization. The
matter will then be on a proper
legal basis, and the organization can
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