Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-10-04
LOCAL AFFAIRS
[Continued from Page IL

S. Brookes at the Congregational
parsonage in Ellsworth last Thurs
day forenoon. A few near relatives
were present Mr.. and Mrs Allen
left Immediately for Oklahoma,
where the groom is engaged in bust
ness.
Miss Gill, of the National Womans
Alliance of the Unitarian church is in
Ellsworth to-day, and this afternoon
will address the Woman's Alliance of
the Ellsworth Unitarian church. A
parish supper will follow the after
noon meeting of the Alliance, and in
the evening the annual parish meet
ing will be held
The October term of the supreme
court will convene next Tuesday,
with Justice A. M. Spear presiding.
The grand jurors will report at the
opening of court at 10 a. m. Tuesday,
but the traverse jurors are not sum-
moned to appear until 10 a. M
Thursday. Wednesday will be occu-
pied by naturalization hearings.
Everett G. Benner, general man
ager of the e. G. Benner Co. of Port
land, wholesale milliners, committed
suicide last Thursday, by shooting.
He had been i'll several months, hav-
ing trouble with his right leg which
was broken some years ago. He was
about forty-five years of age. Mr..
Benner was we'll known in Ellis
worth where he had been business
visitor some years. 1t was in
Ellsworth that he broke his leg by
jumping from a jigger-wagon.
+ nonio1 BROWN hac nncnb q p6
of Simon Violette the stable at the
rear of the Forsyth block on Main
street. Dr. Brown has recently taken
over the interests of c. P. Holland
and ]. j. Cooper of BrOckton in the
Ellsworth real estate recently pur-
chased, and will manage and develop
! the properties himself. A new plate
| glass front, with an outside entrance
to the second floor, will soon be put
| in the Black building, now occupied
| by Shapiro. improvement of other
Main street property owned by DR..
Brown is contemplated.
~ A concrete retaining wall is being
built by the city along the curb line
in front of the Dirigo theatre. The
! street at this point, the eastern ap-
| proach to the bridge, is built up on
crib work and old fill, and the build
ing of the retaining wall is prelimi-
nary to the work of resurfacing Main
street, which began this morning.
| The big twelve-ton steam roller ar
rived Yesterday, and is now engaged
in ripping up the street surface.
! The work was started in front of
the American house, and will be con-
| fipJn6 Main ctrnnt for tho
| money available from State and city
will carry it.
The Hancock County Ministerial
association met at the Baptist church
in Ellsworth yesterday. with ten
ministers in attendance. Rev. Charles
w. Turner of Bar Harbor gave an in
teresting paper followed by general
discussion. AS this was the annual
meeting, officers were elected, as fol
lows: Moderator, Rev. Clarence
Emery of Ellsworth; vice-mo derator
Rev. Lloyd Marble of Southwest
Harbor; secretary Rev. A
| w. Brown of Franklin. Several OF
the ministers attending were accom-.
panied by their wives. The follow
| ing ladies were entertained at din
ner at the Methodist parsonage by
Mrs. Andrews: Mrs. A. w. Brown
Mrs. A. Perkins and Mrs Garbett
of Franklin. Mrs Brown of Prince
| ton, and Mrs. Emery of Ellsworth.
The barn dance and buffet lunch
| at the Thorsen Farms last Thursday
evening, was social and financial
success. There was good at.
| tendance, and dancing, including the
old-time favorites, was thoroughly
enjoyed to the music of the Pine Tree
! orchestra. The barn was decorated
with giant stalks of corn. Mr. Thor
sen supplemented the lunch with
roasted sweet corn. The proceeds
| from the dance, for the community
nursing fund of the Ellsworth Red
! Cross, amounted to more than $3.50
while subscriptions to the fund made
at the dance by the solicitation of Mr.
! Thorsen. brought the total up to
! nearly 81 900. The Ellsworth branch
of the Red Cross is deeply grateful tc
| Mr. Thorsen for donating the use OF
the barn and his work of prepare
| ton, as we'll as for heading the sub
scription list for the fund with gen
i erOus donation