Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-12-01

Capt. L.. A. Farnsworth and wife
| left last week for Portland to spend
| Thanksgiving with their son Maurice.
after which they will go to West Up
| ton, Mass, where they have employ
ment for the winter.
Miss Gladys Gray, the primary
teacher at Cranberry island. spent
| the weekend with Mrs. Clarence
| Squirting.
MEMORIAL.
The Thimble club, which was
dropped to give place to Red Cross
work, held meeting last summer
| and voted to buy a memorial tablet
FOR two of its former members to be
| placed in the church. The unwilling
service was held Sunday evening at
the church, conducted by Mrs. Agnes
| Squirting and several of the club
| members. The program:
opening hymn ......... Congregation
singing ................C Congregation
singing ............. Mixed Quartet
SINGING ..'.'...-....... Congregation
scripture reading ..... Grace Hadlock
Prayer
dwelling of tablet, by two little
girl, ...... Sylvia and Marcia Gilley
Address ,.......... Annie w. Squirting
singing ............ Mixed Quartet
Reading (poem written by the late
u. ii. Bottome) Florence V. Stanley
quotation from scripture, and poem
written by Bishop Heber,
| Mrs. Viola Phippen
| Remarks Agnes III. Squirting
! Rlslng vote of thanks to Mr.. Williston
OF Somerville, Mass who not only Sc
a foh 1At
contributed toward it.
| Closing hymn ... CONGREGATION
The address by Annie w. Squirting
was as follows:
AS friends we are meeting here to-
night for the purpose of paying tribute
| to two of our number, who have
finished their earthly labor and passed
on to the higher life-Edna j. Gilley
and Emma ]. Fernald, better known
to this little community as Aunt
Edna" and Aunt Jane"
In the earlier days, when the island
boosted of no church building and re-
| ligious services were held in the
schoolhouse, they had large faith that
| by the united effort of all, much good
| could be accomplished toward building
a suitable house of worship. Accord
| 1ngly they met and organized what was
| known as THE Thimble Club" it's OBJ
| Ject being to band together the women
| OF lslesford and work shoulder to
| shoulder for common cause; that
| with hand and heart they earn what
| they could toward the erection of a
| church building.
We. would also mention two others
| whose names we read on our memorial
| windows, and whose names we cherish
| that of Fannie Nj. Morse and Hannah E.
| Stanley. These were faithful, untiring
| workers. and out of their busy lives
| gave much time and thought to the up
| building of this church.
| Aunt Jane as she was known to
all, was president of this club for seven
| successive years and Aunt Edna" as
president and vice. president, gave
| much thought and the labor of her
hands, although hers was a busy life.
| They builded better than they knew,
| and their early conceived plans were
| crowned with success and this house of
| God soon took form and grew, day by
| day as the women and men of Islesford
| watched and worked.
Nor was this work alone in their
| hearts. Both were ever ready to help
| in any good cause in the life of the
community, and there is hardly a home
on the island but they nave ministered
to in times of sickness or sorrow.
| God spared their lives that they
might meet with us for time and
worship in this building. They have
| left with us pleasant memories, and as
| we look on the tablet bearing their
| names, may our dull ears seem to
| catch the message they are sending
| back to us-"Carry On!"
| GALL SAINTS"