Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-09-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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a cottage on Mt. Desert island while
touring the Maine coast in a canoe,
telephoned Sheriff Wescott the
| description of a canoe stolen from
her few weeks ago. Daley ad-
mitted that he stole the canoe at
Northport. The owner recovered it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T. Thomas,
with party of friends, drove to
Hebron Sunday to see their son
Howard, who has entered the
academy there. The party drove
back from Portland Sunday night.
Side trips Sunday ran the total
mileage for the round trip up to 4O3
miles.
VS.. Gordon Emery, musical in
structor in the public schools of Au-
gusta, spent Sunday in town, the
guest of Rev. and Mrs. Clarence
Emery. Mr.. Emery has just re-
signed his position in Augusta to
take a similar position in the State
normal school at Edinboro, Pa, and
will leave for his new work next
week.
The Thursday club will serve a
public supper at the Congregations
chapel Friday evening at $50. I'M
mediately following the supper there
will be a parish meeting, with a
short address by Pastor Brookes.
A large attendance is desired at this
meeting, as very important matters
will be brought before the parish;
including the proposition for extern
sive alterations and repairs to the
church building.
The reception given at the Con-
gregational chapel last Friday eve
| ming, to Rev. George S. Brookes and
Mrs. Brookes, was a delightful
social affair. Brief addresses of
welcome were made by Mayor
George S. Foster, Rev. James A
Weed of the Methodist church, Rev.
George T. Jones of the Unitarian
church, and Rev. Clarence Emery
of the Baptist church, to which Mr..
Brookes responded. Refreshments
were served.
H. E. Anderson will close his
restaurant on Water street Satur-
day night, Sept. "a. Mr. Ander-
son is closing early this year, as
George B. Stuart, who owns the
building, is to make repairs and al
|
weather. Mr.. Stuart plans to put
the building in first-class shape, so
that it will be suitable for winter
The restaurant will be reopened in
provements, and thereafter will,
without doubt, be open the year
round.
Milliken, Tomlinson Co. of Port
land, wholesale grocers and pro-
vision dealers Of Portland. have
leased the soap factory building on
Main street near the railroad, with
an option to purchase, and
will establish branch here, with ].
A. Haynes of Ellsworth as manager.
The branch will be great con-
venience to retailers of Hancock
and Washington counties. The
company is particularly fortunate in
securing Mr.. Haynes as manager,
not only because of his ability and
experience, but because of his wide
acquaintance with the trade in this
section. 1t is hoped to have the
branch here open early in October.
The Curtiss flying boat, "Maid of
Maine" piloted by James M. Corbett
and Edwin T. Kendall, is now at
Ellsworth carrying passengers. This
flying boat is from Boston, and has
taken up over 1900 passengers at
Bar Harbor, Boothbay and other
Maine points. Mr.. Corbett has been
flying for five years, with a record
of 5000 hours in the air. During
the war he was a lieutenant, in
structing in the U. S. naval and ma
rine aviation corps. The pilot is
licensed by the U. S. government,
Aero club of America, and has the
expert aviator's certificate. Walter
Orr of Sullivan has just returned
from a 200-mile flight with Mr.. Cor
bett, describing his trip through the
air, $500 feet above the coast of
Maine, as a wonderful experience.
Mr.. Orr is an ardent convert to fly
ing, saying that it is absolutely the
| best way to travel.
A meeting to organize local
troop of the Boy Scouts of America
will be held in the Congregational
vestry on Thursday evening at 7
o'clock. Boys twelve years of age
and upwards are invited to join.
| The Boy Scout movement seeks to
reach the boy with corrective in
| fuences for haracter-building and
good citizenship. 1t is interested
in his healthful, normal, mental and
moral development. Before he be-
comes a Scout, a boy promises:
ION my honor 1 will do my best
!. To do my duty to God and my
country, and to obey the Scout law;
2, to help other people at all times;
8, to keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake and morally
straight" He promises. to be trust
worthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,
courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful,
thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
The work will be under the leader
ship of George Brookes, who was
Y. M. c. A. secretary of Hancock
county year ago.
Some rapid work has been done
at the Thorsen farm at West Han
cock, rebuilding the horse barn on