Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-08-03

aprons, cooked food and homemade
candy. Ice-cream and orangeade
are also Sold while a "pick-a-
pocket" furnishes fun for the chill
dren. The afternoon program was
by children. The program this eve
ming will include vocal selections by
Mrs. Howard Walker accompanied
by Miss Margaret and Churchill
Walker) Miss Gertrude Jewell, Mr..
Bostwick, Mr.. Tileston, and the
Messrs. Hilbert. The fair will
close with a ball, music for which
will be by Higgins orchestra.
1t is doubtful if there is any
smarter or more industrious old
lady in Hancock county than Mrs.
Abiah F. Mason of North Ellsworth,
who was ninety years old last June.
Mrs. Mason, who makes her home
with her son Alpheus and his wife,
assists with the homework, and
does fine sewing and knitting, at
which she is expert. Her knitted
lace is the admiration of all who see
1t. Recently she has completed a
silk quilt, which will be exhibited at
the North Ellsworth fair. Mrs
Mason says she finds enough to do,
and enjoys her work. During the
heat of last week, she occupied
some of her spare time picking blue
berries, picking some fifteen quarts
One quart of these she sent to The
American office, and handsomer
box of berries, or more clearly
picked, was never seen.
Good-sized audiences enioyed
the lectures and entertainments of
the Radcliffe Chautauqua Friday
Saturday and Monday, afternoons
and evenings, but only the active
work of the boys of the American
Legion in conducting the ticket cam
paign savd the course from being a
financial failure. AS it is, the post
will add something over $25 to it's
treasury. The Chautauqua fur
nished three afternoons and eve
nings of pleasing entertainment
and instructive lectures. The con-
certs Friday and Saturday were the
best of the course, that by the
Hearons Saturday receiving the
greatest popular applause. This
company is composed of Miss Annie
Hearons, pianist, and Charlotte
Hearons, clarinetist, both of whom
were overseas with the Y. M. C. A.
entertainment bureau during the
war, being the first to enlist and the
first sent across. Others of the
company are Miss Irvine Guy,
violinist of great artistic ability and
technical skill; Miss Ruth Dunn,
reader of charming personality, and
Miss deVecmon Ramsey, young
soprano of beautiful voice and
pleasing personality.
Work on the Standard Oil Co.'S
plant on the water front has so far
advanced that one of the large new
tanks is ready for gasoline, and an
order has been placed for shipment
by boat. The work so far done is
merely start on the company's
plans for the plant here. A wooden
T-wharf has been built, from which
five-inch pipe lines run to the large
tanks at the head of the wharf. Oil
will be pumped direct from the
tank boat to the tanks. One of the
upright tanks has a capacity of OIL
900 gallons, and will be used for
kerosene. The other upright tank
is of $4,000 gallons capacity, and
will be used for gasoline. This
tank is all connected and ready for
use The foundation is now being
prepared for the two Observation-Disclosures
of 500 gallons capacity each,
now located on High street. These
will be moved to the Water street
lot as soon as the foundation and
piers are ready. In front of these
tanks a pump house will be built
and equipped with pumps to pro-
vide for transfer of oil or gas from
one tank to another or to provide
pressure for loading the oil truck
should the oil or gas be low in the
tanks. This will probably complete
the work at the plant for this
season The erection of garage,
office buildings, etc, on the Water
street front, according to the
original plans, will come later.