Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-09-15

There will be dance at Shore
Acres Friday evening.
The Thursday club will meet again
this week with Mrs. A. P. Royal.
Anderson's restaurant on Water
| street will close for the season on
Saturday, Sept. 25.
Miss Ella NJ. Johnston had her
right wrist broken last week, while
cranking car.
C. E. Bellatty and family have
closed their Contention Cove cottage,
and left Saturday for Boston.
Harold E. Woodward, who has
been visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
w. p. Woodward, left to-day to enter
Boston University.
Louis Naumann, who visited his
aunt, Mrs. Mary Reid, on his way
to Seal Cove, has returned to his
home in Boston.
Lester l.. Salisbury and family
have moved to Bangor, more
central location for Mr.. Salisbury,
who is now travelling.
f. J, Robinson of Bangor has pur-
chased the A. E. Moore lot on Pine
street. He proposes eventually to
build there, and make his home in
Ellsworth.
The total number of women reg
istering in Ellsworth was 3SS. Three
women served on the election boards
Miss Lenora G. Higgins in ward l,
Mrs. P. H. Shea in ward and Mrs.
Vira Ellis in ward A.
Mrs. Herbert Eldridge and daugh-
ter Marguerite of Bucksport and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Seigars and Hawes
Seigars and Miss Wakefield OF Au-
gusta recently visited their parents,
f. c. Seigars and wife. They made
the trip by auto.
Charles w. Joy and family have
moved from School street to the
Reeves house on State street, the
Moore house, which they have been
occupying. having been sold some
time ago TO c. M. Gott, who will now
occupy it.
Miss Mary NJ. Moore of Boston,
who has been the guest of her
cousins, M. S. Smith and daughter
Florence, this summer, left for her
home Saturday. Miss Smith left
Monday for New York, to resume
teaching.
At a special meeting of the city
government last Thursday evening,
permission was granted the New Eng
land Telephone & Telegraph Co. to
place its wires underground on Main
street from Franklin street to Beal
avenue as petitiOned for
Hoyt A. Moore and family of New
York are in Ellsworth for few days,
while Mr.. Moore is attending to busi-
ness connected with his fathers es-
tate. They will leave for home the
last Of this week. Mrs. A. E. Moore
will leave soon to spend the winter in
the West.
There will be a sociable for the
members of the Unitarian Sunday
school in the vestry on Thursday
evening at o'clock. Every child,
who is interested in the school, is
urged to be present. There will be
games, short program and refresh
ments. All adult members of the So
ciety are cordially invited.
There was a brilliant electrical
display in Ellsworth Monday morn
ing, when lightning, following the
high transmission line, jumped to the
ground arm on one of the tall steel
poles on State street. forming an arc
of something like two feet. No dam
age was done at the power house.
Letters from the principal of
Marion Institute, Army and Navy
College, at Marion, Ala, Where NJ. Y.
McGown, jr,, is now enrolled for
preparatory course for Annapolis,
state that he has passed a satis-
factory preliminary physical exami-
nation, and is taking kindly to the
school work and discipline. He is
also enrolled in the reserve officers
training camp connected with the
school, and is taking regular training.