Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-05-25
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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The following Ellsworth firms
and individuals maintaining offices
in Ellsworth have agreed to close
their offices on Saturdays, not later
than l o'clock p. m, beginning with
Saturday May %, and ending Satur-
day September II, 1921: Peters &
Crabtree, M. E. Holmes, c. W. & F.
l.. Mason, o. w. Tapley, E. j.
Walsh, l.. F. Giles, VIM. E. Whit
ing, r. E. Mason, George B. Stuart,
Daniel e. Hurley, Chas. r. Burrill.
At a joint meeting of the school
boards of the Observation-Disclosures
Surry district last Friday, the full
committee from each town being
present, Mrs. Lucy P. Leach of Lee
grange was elected superintendent
of the district, receiving the full
vote of Dedham and two votes from
Surry. The meeting has since, un-
officially been declared Illegal by
the State superintendent and the
attorney-general, and formal notice
of its illegality is expected The
illegality consists in holding the
joint meeting in May, when the law
expressly provides for it to be held
in June. Another election of
superintendent will doubtless be
necessary.
A large and attentive audience
listened to "AP' Saunders Sunday
night at the Baptist church, as he
told the remarkable story of his con-
version. His meetings throughout
the week have been well attended, as
he has from night to night pro-
claimed the gospel message, present
ivo he
appealed to him, and impressing
many with the marvellous touch of
grace in this man since the great
change occurred in his life Mr..
Saunders will continue his labors in
Ellsworth and vicinity, including
trips to surrounding towns, until
July 5 at least Every night this
week, except Saturday, he will speak
at the Baptist church To-day he
breaches the conference sermon at
the Hancock County Congregational
association meeting at Seal Harbor.
His appointments for next Sunday
are as follows: Congregational
church Ellsworth, at 1890 a. M;
North Ellsworth chapel at $50 p. M;
Baptist church, Ellsworth, union ser
vice, at 7.30. The public is cordially
invited to all of these meetings.
VIM. H. H. Rice post, G. A. r.,
and Frank E. Whitmore post, A.
L., will unite this year in the OBJ
servance of Memorial day Com
mander Small of the G. A. r. and
Commander Pierson of the Legion
are the committee of arrangements
The woman's auxiliary will also
unite with the woman's relief corps
in tj,,o
day and serving lunch at the close
of the afternoon exercises. The
union memorial service will be held
at Hancock hall Sunday evening.
Rev. George T. Jones of the Uni
memorial sermon. Higgins orches-
ira will play. The Memorial day
exercises will be of about the usual
order-decoration of graves in the
forenoon with services at the
soldiers monument, and exercises at
Hancock hall in the afternoon.
Rev James Weed, pastor of the
Methodist church. will deliver the
memorial address at Hancock hall
after the outdoor exercises. The
high school orchestra will play
At p. m. Sunday afternoon the re-
lief corps will conduct exercises at
the bridge for the sailor dead
The woman's auxiliary of the
Legion has been invited to Join in
this service. The Ellsworth festi-
val chorus will sing.
! Ellsworth, in common with a wide
section of the southern part of the
State, received a terrific flashing by
the young hurricane that broke loose
shortly after o'clock Sunday after
noon. The city proper seemed to es-
cape the full force of it, though it
was bad enough, several trees being
ripped up or broken off. a few win
dows and chimneys shattered, and
some unusual pranks being played
by the wind. The heavy sheet-iron
top of one of the chimneys of the
Peters block at Main and State
streets was whirled off and scaled
into the street. In the outskirts of
the city the wind played havoc with
fruit and shade trees, and roads were
blocked by fallen trees and telephone
wires here and there. People who
happened to be at any of the lakes
in the vicinity got an appreciation
OF the strength or the wind. AT
Patten pond the water could not be
described in terms of waves. The
surface of the pond was a seething
mass of driving spray and foam, with
not one but countless miniature
waterspouts, whirling high in the
air above the spray, to be swept
away in a cloud of water. 1t was
possible to see only few hundred
| mt ha
seemed like wall of water. 1t was
a sight worth seeing, though almost
terrifying. A downpour of rain and
hail, with thunder and lightning, &C
companied the storm. Neighboring
towns did not escape, and from all
over the county come reports of dam
age done by the wind. At Maria
Vile two barns were blown down,
a nd on aAt L.a,. caaf %.