Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-07-18

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after which he will go to Boston,
where he has fine position with the
John Davis Shoe Stores, Inc
The annual midsummer fair of
the Unitarian society will be held at
Hancock hail. Wednesday, Aug /.
afternoon and evening. There will
be the usual fair attractions in the
afternoon and an entertainment in
the evening, followed by dancing.
The ladies of the Catholic So
ciety are busily preparing for their
annual lawn party and supper at the
parochial grounds Thursday, July
26. There will be booths for fancy
articles, homemade candy, ice
cream, etc, with other attractions.
I Ansonette, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Beckwith, celebrated her
thirteenth birthday at their cottage,
'Pineledge," Contention Cove,
Saturday. Thirteen of the boys and
girls of Contention Cove spent a
most enjoyable afternoon with
games and refreshments in the
grove.
Robert L. Paret of Spring Lake,
N. j., in the brokerage business in
New York, died at the Hancock
house in Ellsworth last Friday. Mr.
Paret was taken i'll about week
ago, while driving through to Calais
for the summer His family was
with him. He was fifty7two years
of age
The Congregational society was
favored with perfect weather for it's
lawn party at the parsonage grounds
last Wednesday afternoon and eve
ming, and for the supper Thursday
evening. A pleasing concert was
given Wednesday evening. The pro-
ceeds, over $3.50, establish a new
record for this society.
Rev. Thomas Whiteside of BAN
gor district superintendent, will
Ellsworth tomorrow evening at
7.3O. All are invited to this service.
At the close of the meeting, the
quarterly conference will be held, to
which all members of the parish, and
others interested, are invited.
The vacation bible school at the
Baptist church entered on its second
week with growing interest The
enrolment has already exceeded
seventy-five. The promoters of the
school appreciate the many favorable
comments that have come from
friends in the community, who
recognize the worth of such a move
ment.
The Morang Robinson Flivvers
and Lounder's Lingers will clash
again on the Wyman Park diamond
this afternoon at SIS. The Lingers
smarting under their previous de-
feat. are looking for revenge, and the
Flivvers, all "gassed up" because of
victory, promise to show some speed
The game will be for the benefit of
the Red Cross.
The stable on the former Abena-
quis club property on Main street,
owned by c. R. Burrill, was burned
to the ground about o'clock yes
terday morning. The fire was we'll
advanced, breaking out through the
roof, before it was discovered. Sew
eral carriages and wagons stored in
the building, also owned by Mr..
Burrill, were destroyed There was
no insurance. The fire is believed
to have been of incendiary origin.
There were three lively scraps
and record crowd at Hancock hall
Monday evening. Each of the three
fights was contested to a draw. The
main bout between Billy Woods of
Manchester and the utah Kid"
was twinsiX affair, with lively
work all the way In the prelimi-
nary bout, Jimmy Maroon of Ban
gor and Kid Purington of ELS
worth fought six snappy rounds to
a draw, and in the semi-finals, Kid
Trainor and Barney Driscoll of Ban
gor went six give-and-take rounds
with honOrs even.
Fogg's orchestra of BrocktOn,
Mass, now located at Ellsworth for
the summer, is having a busy sea-
son. no trouble being experienced
in filling every night for the summer
The orchestra has had many appli-
cations for private parties, which it
has been unable to fill. Following
is list of pavilions they are play
ing: Every Monday, Paradise park,
Bangor; every Tuesday, Bar Harbor;
every Wednesday, Franklin Road;
every Thursday and Saturday, Pine
Tree pavilion, Ellsworth; every Fri
day, Camp Benson, Newport.
The Hastings class of the Ellis
worth Falls Sunday school is pre-
pairing for an out-of-door festival to
be held on the lawn of the Misses
Treworgy on Thursday evening,
July 26, at Z o'clock. A program
we'll worth the price of admission
will be rendered. Ice-cream and
cake will be served, and the ever
popular "hot-dog stand" will be on
duty; also fancy-work table,
Everyone who enjoys a good time
and big crowd should be sure to