Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-04-05
LOCAL { AFFAIRS
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]. DR.. George e. Parsons and wlfe
and Gilman Parsons of Mllbrldge
Joined them here. They lett Ior
their homes Saturday.
II. Styles Bridges left Saturday
r for New Hampshire, where he Will
be employed Tor few months as
agricultural extension specialist by
tAe New Hampshire state college,
He will do field work, visiting every
city and town in the State where
AGRICULTURAL extension work is being
carried on. and spending short peri
DDS with each county agent in the
state with the view of MAKING the
work in the different counties uni
form.
The Hancock County Farmers
Union Grain & Supply Co. opened Tor
business Monday morning at ITS new
location, the MorrisonJoy building
on State street This building, re-
Gently purchased by Harry S. Jones,
manager of the Farmers Union
store. has been renovated and re-
paired, and new floor has been
laid. The Farmers Union has an at
tractive store, with the large store
houses in the rear giving ample
room for its grain department.
4 Mrs. Assunta Luchini Boyer has
purchased the Isaac Hodgkins lot on
School street, from which the build
ing was removed last year as an
addition to the Carroll Felt Shoe Co.
factory. She plans to build on the
lot this spring concrete garage
for her own use, and Will probably
run the building up two stories,
finishing the second floor as dwelling
apartments, for rent. Mrs. Boyer S
daughter, Mrs. Merle f. Linscott,
plans also to build this spring, a
bungalow for her own occupancy, on
the Wiswell lot on Church street,
opposite the Knowlton place.
THE former Ellsworth schooner,
Lulu w. Eppes, was wrecked on
the rocks near Bonnet Point, Nara
gansett bay, last Saturday. The
schooner, riding at anchor at Mar
tha's Vineyard, parted her chains in
the gale. and was driven ashore.
Her crew of three men and Capt.
Herbert f. Higgins of Rockland,
were rescued by the Narra"an-
sett Pier life-saving crew. The
Eppes was built at Ellsworth in 1895
by the late Daniel II. Eppes. She
was sold from here some years ago,
her last hailing port being Stoning-
ton. She was bound from there for
Lagrange, Venezuela where SIC had
been sold,
Ellsworth is soon to have a fire
alarm whistle guaranteed to wake
up the town. 1t will be Il double
headed electric siren, driven by a
three-horsepower motor, and dis
tinguished because of the unearthly
walls of which it is capable Il will
be installed at the engine house on
Franklin street, replacing, the fire
bell that has rendered doubtful ser
vice for many years. The similarity
of tone of the fire bell and the bell OF
the Catholic church has led to many
mistakes. and in a gale of wind il
could not be heard far in one direc-
ton or the other, according to the
direction of the wind There viii
be no installing the fire whistle.
THE Carroll shoe factory started
this week on full time. The factory
has recently installed additional ma
chinery, and added to it's line white
canvas, leather sole shoe. Will
this line, in connection with its fel
line, it will have practically year
~ound work, a six-months' season OF
each. The factory is forging stead
lily ahead, and though it's floor space
was increased more than so per cent
last year by the addition of thu
Hodgkins building and other i'm
provements, it even now contem
plates erecting another large build
ing next year on the creamery lot
recently purchased,
Nokomis Rebekah lodge has bee
requested to raise a sum of mone
for the Orphans Home fund, befor
the district meeting in May. TIL
noble grand Grace Moulton, ha
elected captains who have drawn thei
helpers and are raising their none
in various ways. Some of the plan
are to hold, public card parties an,
concerts, while some are merely col
lecting from their committee. Mrs
Nellie Nevells and Miss Haze
Nevells and their committees hav
Joined forces, and will have a con
cert and dance, with music by Sin
clair's orchestra, in Odd Fellows hal
on Wednesday evening, April 20
The program will consist Of read
ings, sketches and musical comedy
An important business transactio
is soon to be completed, b
which the public water service @