Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-01

Parsons of Milbridge, the date of the
wedding to be announced later.
Plans are being made for a con-
cert and recital to be given at the
Congregational church Thursday,
Aug. 8, by Mrs. Pauline B. Rieser, or
ganist; Miss Charlotte Armstrong,
violinist, and Miss Erva L. Giles, vo-
calist. The proceeds will be for the
Congregational church.
The Congregational Sunday school
had a delightful picnic at Patterns
pond last Friday. The weather was
good, the games were better and the
large assortment of food cake and
ice=cream was best. The officers
thank all who contributed to the
days enjoyment.
State Supt. Thomas was in Ellis
| worth last Friday, in conference with
| the school board, in an effort to find
some solution of the situation exist
| ing between the school board and
superintendent. No public announce
| ment can yet be made of the result
| of the conference.
Ellsworth and Ellsworth Falls
! Boy Scouts will have their second an
| nual camping trip next week The
| rendezvous will be Beech Hill pond.
Harry Haynes has kindly offered the
| use of his camp for cooking pur-
poses. The boys will start from the
| square at $50 Monday morning.
Scoutmasters Brookes and Whitney
will have charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Knowlton of
Washington, D. c., with daughter
Frances, on a motor trip to Maine,
have been visiting Mr.. Knowlton's S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John F.
Knowlton in Portland. Friday, with
! Mr.. and Mrs. Knowlton, ST., they
drove through to Ellsworth to spend
| the weekend, returning to Portland
| Monday.
LeGrand A. Dodge of Bayside died
| at a hspital in Bangor last Thurs
| day, after long illness, in the forti-
eth year of his age. Burial was at
| Woodbine cemetery Saturday Mr..
| Dodge leaves a mother, Mrs. Sophia
| G. Dodge, of Bayside, one brother,
George F. Dodge, also of Bayside,
and one sister, Mrs. Lillian Brewster
of Andover, Mass.
| Ellsworth friends of Mrs. Ralph S.
Higgins of Bangor sympathiZe with
her in the sudden death of her hus-
| band, which occurred Tuesday of
| acute indigestion, while on a fishing
trip at B pond, near Katahdin Iron
| Works. Mrs. Higgins was Miss
Georgia Hastings of Ellsworth. DR..
Higgins was forty-five years of age,
land native of Bar Harbor. He had
practiced dentistry in Brewer and
later in Bangor for about twenty
three years. He leaves, beside his
widow, his mother, a brother and
two sisters in Bar Harbor.
| V Rev. Albert j. Lord, D. D., of
Meriden, Conn, will give an il
| lustrated address Sunday evening sat
| the Methodist church on "The Holy
Land" DR.. Lord will show 100
beautiful colored slides covering the
principal scenes in the life of Jesus
He will tell the story of the capture
of Jerusalem by General Allenby,
and show pictures of the British
army entering the Holy City. This
will be a great treat for both
from personal observation and ex-
periences during his visit to the Holy
Land.
Dr.. Machen preached an able SER
mon last Sunday at the Congrega-
tional church.. on What is Christian
ity?" The inclemency of the weather
prevented many from attending. 1t
is hoped that Mr. Machen will
preach again before returning to
Princeton. The special speaker next
Sunday will be Rev. Arson P, After
bury, D. D., for forty years pastor of
the West Park Presbyterian church,
New York. The people of Ellsworth
and surrounding towns ara cordially
invited. In the Sunday school, dur
| ing August, there will be a series of
addresses by the pastor.
| The vacation bible school, which
! has been conducted for three weeks
at the Baptist church, closed last
| Thursday evening with appropriate
exercises, which were enjoyed by
many parents and friends of the
children Eighty-fve children were
enrolled, with an average attendance
of fifty-six. The promoters of the
school express thanks to the parents
| and friends for the interest shown
and for their generous support,
which had much to do with making
the school such success. The Of
fering of nearly $40 at the closing
exercises covers all expense of the
school and insures a similar under
taking next summer.
| Hancock hall is in gala attire to-
day for the annual midsummer fair
and old-home day of the Unitarian
society. There are many attractive
booths for the sale of fancy articles,
aprons, cooked food, etc, and
luncheons, ice-cream and punch are
served The afternoon program in
cludes an entertainment by the chill
dren of the Sunday school, followed
by a Juvenile dance. The fair will
continue this evening, with an en-
tertaining program including Sc
lections by Miss Erva Giles or
chestra, vocal solos, by Miss Ger
| trude Jewell, and exhibition dances