Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-09-08

the A. E. Moore house on State
street, and has moved there from the
John F. Royal house on Birch ave-
nue..
Fernald H. Webster of Lowell.
Mass, is spending months vacation
with his mother, Mrs. Mabel Webster.
Mrs. Webster also has as her guest
Miss Sarah Fogg of Stoneham, Mass.
Harry G.. Achorn of Brookline.
Mass, spent the weekend and Labor
day here. Mrs. Achorn and two chill
dren, who have been with her mother,
Mrs. j. I. Giles, during the summer,
returned with him Monday night.
Rev. P. A. A. Killam of Boston was
in Ellsworth a few hours this morn
ing, on his way from Hancock, where
he officiated at the funeral of Mrs.
Ernest E. Abbott. He received
cordial greetings from friends here.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic
candidate for vice-President, is
scheduled to speak in the postoffice
square at Ellsworth Saturday after
noon at 5 o'clock. He will speak at
Bucksport and Bluehill earlier in the
afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Calnane, aged eighty
two years, who had such a trying
experience last week, spending three
days and three nights in the woods
without food or water, has apparent
ly fully recovered from the effects
of her exposure.
Services next Sunday at the Bap-
tist church will be as follows: Morn
ing worship at 1890; Sunday school
at IL M; evening gospelservice at
7.30. The afternoon service at 2.30
will be at the South Hancock church.
Rev. J. B. Coy, pastor.
The republican women of Ellis
worth have organized a local COM
mittee as follows: Mrs. Bernard S.
Jellison, chairman; Mrs. George S.
Hagerthy, secretary; Miss j. A.
Thompson, Mrs. Phronia Hagerthy.
Mrs. ElYira Ellis, Mrs. Elbridge Milli-
ken, Mrs. Frank M. Moore.
Mrs. Almira Joy Clark, aged eigh-
ty-four years, died at her home in
Ellsworth early this morning, after
long illness. Mrs. Clark was a
sister of the late Gideon and Decatur
Joy of North Hancock. The funeral
will be held at the Baptist church in
Hancock Thursday afternoon at 8
O'Clock.
Alton w. Archer, a former Ellis
worth boy, or, strictly speaking, a
No. 8 plantation boy, is making good
as mechanical engineer. He is
now with the Walter H. Jackson Co.
of BOSTON as inspector and superin-
tendent of suburban water systems
gasoline engines and electric light
systems. For fourteen years he was
with the Charles j. Joyce Co at Prov
idence, r. l., four years as mechanic
and ten years as superintendent of
construction. At present he is in
Florida on business.
A successful meeting of Green
Mountain Pomona grange was held at
Mariaville Saturday. There was a
large attendance, and fine program
was enjoyed. A great deal of dis
cusion followed an address by County
Agent Bridges on the cooperation of
farmers, which would eventually
dead to a farmers union, with Els
worth as a center. People took very
readily to this idea, and the Farm
Bureau and grange in this county
intend to push this matter in the
State.
Registration of women voters ir
Ellsworth has exceeded expectations
Up to this morning, 244 had regis
tered. OF these, 122, or just half of
them. enrolled as republicans, while
only % enrolled as democrats.
Many of those who did not enroll ex-
pressed republican preference. but
did not care to become affiliated with
any party at this time. The first
woman to register in Ellsworth was
Mrs. Ann NJ. Durgan, aged eighty
seven years, who enrolled as a re-
publican. The oldest woman to reg
lister sc far in Ellsworth is Mrs. Susan
NJ. Jordan, aged eighty-eight years.
Selden N. Dean died at his home
in Ellsworth Monday, after an ILL
ness of only week, of pneumonia
Mr.. Dean was in the SEVENTEEN
year of his age. For many years he
was in business in Bangor, but some
years ago he cameto Ellsworth and
opened lunch-room and small store
at Washington Junction. For the
past few years he had been employed
III Ihe GFeaC Allantlc a racine Tea
Co.'S store in Ellsworth. He leaves
a widow and two childrep-Harry S.
Dean of Augusta and Mrs. r. A.
Pomroy of Bangor. The funeral was
held at the home this forenoon, Rev.
j. B. Coy officiating. Interment was
at Mt. Hope cemetery, Bangor. Mr..
Deans son and daughter were here
for the funeral.