Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-06-07

ness to help in furthering worthy Oh
jects here. Only recently she sent
her check for $2,500 for the new
high school building fund
Children's day will be observed
at the Baptist church, Sunday, June
IS, with appropriate exercises. In
the evening the Sunday school will
render an exercise entitled Build
ing the Ship" This is something
new in children's concerts, and will
be we'll worth seeing. The public
is invited.
Yesterday was automobile day
for Judge Crabtree in the Ellsworth
municipal court, when Special Traf
fic Officer Young had five men be-
fore the court for violation of the
automobile laws. Harold Whalen
and Prescott Briggs of Sullivan,
Shirley Stewart of Gouldsboro and
Harry Goodwin of Franklin pleaded
guilty to operating cars without
license, and Guy Smith pleaded
guilty to having car not properly
equipped with lights. Each paid a
fine of 81 and $4.15 costs.
The Hancock county ministerial
association enjoyed an outing at
Bar Harbor. Monday. The min
listers took their wives along and
most pleasant time was spent on
the Ocean drive, visiting Thunder
Hole and the Sand beach. The To-
cal ministers of Bar Harbor proved
| themselves excellent hosts, furnish
| ing steamed clans and coffee for
| the visitors. 1t was voted to con-
tinue the meetings through the sum-
mer. The next meeting will be an
! outing at Bluehill, July 10.
/ The Liberty national bank will
soon begin extensive improvements
on it's building on Main street, re-
modelling the second story front,
and putting in large plate-glass
windows on that floor. The at
| tractive Office so made will be oc-
| cupied by the bookkeeping and
typewriting departments of the
! bank, to relieve the congestion in
| it's present banking rooms. En-
| trance to the new rooms will be
| by an ornamental iron stairway
from the banking rooms on the
ground floor.
II Sulol ELS luo6I NOOuWlu urges
automobile owners to observe the
section of the automobile ordi-
nances, which provides that the
driver of a vehicle, on the approach
of fire apparatus answering an
alarm, shall Immediately draw said
vehicle as near as possible to his
right-hand curb and parallel there
to, and bring it to a standstill."
Chief Goodwin also asks auto
owners to refrain from driving
within the fire area during fire,
thus often hampering the work of
the firemen.
The John R. VanArnam's min
strels, something just a bit different
in the travelling show line, visited
Ellsworth Monday and staged per-
formance in Hancock hall in the
evening. This outfit travels in it's
own private car and puts on a good
show. A parade and band concert
was given at noon, and a concert in
front OF the hall in the evening. The
hall was we'll filled, and the show
was appreciated by greater part of
the audience. The specialties intro
duced were we'll done, and the Jokes.
for the most part, were new and
clever.
The new fire alarm whistle has
been given real test the past week,
three alarms having been sent in.
On Wednesday afternoon last an
alarm was sent in for a fire at the
Patten house on Davis street. A
spark from the chimney set the
shingles on fire, and but for the
prompt arrival of the apparatus, a
serious fire might have resulted. An
other alarm was sounded Friday
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