Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-05-26

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| Northeast Harbor meeting.
There will be a sociable at the
| high school building Friday evening,
| for the benefit of the high school
baseball team. An interesting pro-
| gram of music and readings will be
given. The high school orchestra
will play.
The high school baseball team will
| meet Cherryfield academy at Wyman
park next Saturday forenoon. The
game is scheduled for the forenoon
at 1880, as the Ellsworth A. A. has
| a game for the afternoon on the same
grounds.
DR.. K. III. Baker has moved from
the Stevens house on Oak street to
the Rollins house on Bridge hill,
which he has leased. DR.. +. p.
Lafin, who recently purchased the
Stevens house, moved there from the
w. F. Aiken house to-day.
The Ellsworth Athletic club team
Will play its first game with an out
of-town team next Saturday at Wy
man park, when it will meet the Sec
ond team of the Easterns of Brewer.
The game will be called at $50.
e. c. osgood, grand master of ex-
chequer, G. H. Leland, a member of
| the committee on credentials, and e.
F. Robinson and w. E. Whiting as
representatives from Donaqua lodge,
attended the meeting of the grand
lodge, X. of p, In Portland last week.
Mr.. Osgood was reelected grand
master of exchequer.
M. Y. McGown, jr., who has been
appointed to Annapolis naval
academy, left last Thursday to enter
the r. L. Werntz preparatory school
at Annapolis. He originally planned
to enter the preparatory school the
first of June. but the presence at
Annapolis just now of the entire At
lantic battleship feet was an attrac-
tion too strong to resist.
The following firms and individ-
uals maintaining offices in Ellsworth
have signed an agreement to close
Saturday afternoons from May 29 to
September 4, inclusive: Peters &
Crabtree, Hale & Hamlin, E. ].
Walsh, o. w. Tapley. C. w. & F.. l..
| Mason. w. E. Whiting, George r.
Hadlock. d. E. Hurley, r. E. Mason,
B. T. Sowle, George B. Stuart, l.. F..
Giles.
The class of 1856 of the Ellsworth
| high school, or rather the class that
entered the school in 1882, as some
who have contributed did not COM
plete the course, has contributed $50
| to the high school building fund.
Treasurer NJ. Y. McGown has re-
ceiyed to date S196.1S. Further
contributions would be welcomed. 1t
Is hoped that other classes of the
| school will follow the example set by
the class of 1886.
At a meeting of Frank E. Whit
| more post, American Legion, last
Wednesday evening, plans were COM
pleted for the Memorial day exer-
cises. Members will assemble at G..
A. r. hall at $50 Monday morning,
in uniform. From there they will
march to Hancock hall for the exer-
cises at o a. m. At 1915 they will
again assemble at the hall, and trans
portation will be furnished from
there to the bridge. A vote of thanks
was extended to the citizens for their
liberal donations toward the furnish
ing OF the hall.
The seventh annual midsummer
fair of the Unitarian society will be
held at Hancock hall on the after
noon and evening of Wednesday,
August 4 Plans are already being
worked out to make this fair the
usual popular event of the summer
Chairmen of committees for the
booths have been chosen as follows:
Domestic, Miss Lenora Higgins;
fancy, Mrs. E. C. Osgood candy,
Mrs. c. f. Alexander; cooked food,
Mrs. Lyndon McGown; ice-cream,
Mrs. F. S. Lord; grab bag, Miss
Mabel Lord. Mrs. G. H. Gould will
have charge of arrangement of the
hall, Mrs. w. II. Titus is chairman of
entertainment committees and Miss
NJ. A. Greedy has charge of the ad-
vertising.
The entertainment committee of
the board of trade is now listing
rooms and boarding-places available
for the men of the faculty and the
students who will be here for the Bos-
ton university summer school
Names may be left with the secretary
OF the board, II. C. Stratton. Several
who have rooms available have al
ready spoken to members of the COM
mittee, but unfortunately no list was
made of these places. and these peo-
pie are requested to notify Mr.. STRAIT
ton, who can give information as to
accommodations desired Up to the
present time, seventy-three men have
signed up to attend the summer
school. and, with the faculty, the in
dications are that about 100 will be
here. Only about forty of these
have expressed a preference for tent
life, so 1t has been decided not to
equip an elaborate camp, but erect
only about a dozen or fifteen tents in
Blacks field. Thus it will be seen
that more than the number of rooms
first indicated will be needed The
board OF trade is desirous of making
up this list of rooms and boarding
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