Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-03-22
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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will be served at $50, for members
| only. after which all Odd Fellows
and their families or lady friends,
withtthe Rebekahs, are invited to the
| MAIN hall, where an entertainment
prepared by Walter ]. Clark, jr., and
Hubert Farnsworth, assisted by diff
ferent members of both branches,
will be held, to be followed by dane
ing, with music by Sinclair's orches-
! ira and the Pine Tree orchestra.
| Refreshments will be served. 1t isl
! hoped that all members will bel
present.
radio club is being formed by
the Boy Scouts of Ellsworth. An
| equipment will be installed at the
/ Conversational church parsonage,
with receiving room in the tower
| of the parsonage, where the boys
may enjoy the concerts, sermons,
lectures, etc, now sent out by wire
/ less telephone stations. A wireless
| telephone invitation was sent by
/ Harvey Pickett to Arthur Lawton of
/ Bar Harbor to come to the Boy
Scout meeting in Ellsworth next
| week and speak on the radio work.
| T..
! less He will supervise the work OF
the radio club here.
The party given by the ladies of
/ St JOseph'S parish on st. Patrick
evening was a great success, socially
and financially. musical program
was rendered, consisting of vocal
solo by Mrs. Ralph Wescott, and
chorus of voices of young men and
women from the society. Robert
! Emmet's speech was we'll delivered
by Albert Davis. But the feature of
the evening was the able address, on
Ancient Ireland" delivered by the
pastor, Rev. J.. A. German. For
about forty minutes. Father Cor
man spoke in his usual sincere and
pleasing manner, on the historical
conditions of ancient Ireland and the
fortitude and loyalty of its people.
h 4 most attractive addition to the
homes of Ellsworth will be made
this year, in the new house of Harry
c. Stratton, to be built on the Hall
lot on Birch avenue and School
street. Mr.. Stratton has purchased
the entire Hall lot, with Birch
) avenue and School street frontage.
) He will build on the site of the H. M.
, Hall house, torn down a few years
ago. The house will be of bunga-
low type, with wide roof, overhang
,, ing gables and porch. The house
L will front toward School street. A
porch, with stucco pillars, will eX-
! tend across the entire front, the
southern half being enclosed as a
sun parlor, 91ax19 feet. The north
ern half will be open porch. The
, ground dimensions of the building
will be 36x38 feet. On the ground
! floor there will be large living
room, dining kitchen, two bed
, rooms, and bath. On the second
floor there will be opportunity for
l three bedrooms. Mr.. Stratton plans
? to begin work as early as possible in
the spring.
E. l.. Turrell, of the State OF
, Maine Publicity Bureau, was in ELS
worth Friday evening, addressing a
hastily called meeting of the board
of trade members in regard to the
objects and program of the bureau
and urging cooperation, Mayor
Foster and Alderman Stratton were
, chosen to attend a general meeting tic
be held Friday of this week in Ban
a gOr. 0. w. Tapley, member OF the
: directorate of the bureau, will also
attend. The State Of Maine Publicity
f Bureau is organized and incorpOr-
( ated to put into effect and continue
THE Maine Program" which is a
carefully devised plan to nationally
, advertise every interest in the State
, of Maine, and to provide State
, wide service of information. 1t pro-
poses to raise not less than SIS, 200
a year for three years, to finance
The Maine Program" This sum
will be secured by selling through
out the State, membership shares at
$25 share per year. 1t is esti-
, mated 5000 of the budget re,
, Quirement will be expended for adj
vertising, and $4,000 for maintain
|, ing bureaus of information, compil-
ing pamphlets, administration, gen.
eral expenses, etc.
Next Sunday evening will be the
occasion for the holding of the
\ monthly union evening service of all
the Protestant churches in Ellis
worth, and it will be at the Metho-
dist church. Rev. George S. Brookes
of the Congregations church will
deliver the sermon. 1t will be an
occasion of special interest to the
| church people and citizens of Ellis
worth, on account of the reopening
of the auditorium Of the Methodist
church after thorough renovation
and renewal. The public generally
is invited to this special service in
order to enjoy the service and see
what the Methodist pastor and his
people have done to improve the in
terror of the church this winter.
Mr.. Weed, pastor of the church,
says: "As pastor in the city, l am