Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-12-19

lnelf own eHOrtS, have purchased
THE Book of Knowledge" for the
school. The teachers, Misses Gaynor
and Jordan, express thanks to all
who assisted
Christmas boxes will be packed by
the Red Cross and Woman club at
the Red Cross rooms tomorrow
afternoon. Contributions si.ould be
left early, as all boxes must be ready
for distribution Friday Cash con-
tributions may be left " I'll Miss j. A.
Thompson
Z Miss Rachel Haynes arrived home
this morning from the Sargent
school, Boston, for the holidays. Miss
Alice Haynes, who is attending
Wheaton college, will arrive home
Friday. Misses Charlotte Sawyer
and Ruth Whiting, who are attend
ing Gorham normal school, are ex-
pected home tomorrow.
At a meeting of the men of the
Unitarian society last Wednesday
N ng, the Ellsworth branch of the
Unitarian Laymen's League was
organl1-I with the following of
ticers: c. l.. Morang, president:
DR.. d. b. Brown, yice-president; c.
E. Alexander, secretary, H. E. Rowe,
treasurer; Harry A. Peters, II. B.
Estey and W. H. Titus, members of
executive committee with above Of
ficers. The League will hold month
ly meetings, with out-of-town speak
ers
The Boy Scouts had a successful
supper Monday evening. Scout
Executive Marston and Officials Rob-
bins and Mayo, all of Bangor, gave
two hours instruction in the after
noon and spoke in the evening to the
public. The desire of the local coun-
Gil is to affiliate with the Penobscot
council, through which Ellsworth
Boy Scouts will have the same privi-
leges as those of Bangor and Brewer
An appeal will shortly be made to all
interested in the city movement for
funds to carry out this plan.
Ellsworth high school basketball
team won forfeited game from
Sedgwick high at Sedgwick last Fri
day evening. The score was 20-6 at
the end of the second period, when
protests were made against a Sedg-
wick player because of rough play
and personal fouls. He was ordered
from the game by the referee, but his
team refused to play without him,
and the game was declared forfeited
to Ellsworth, 20. Next Friday eve
ming the Ellsworth team will meet
Bar Harbor high at Hancock hall.
ISupt. Anderson of the water COM
pany to-day received report on an
analysis of the water from Branch
Pond stream, taken at the filter
house on the west side of the river,
showing it to be o. X. and safe for
drinking purposes. Other samples
of water from the stream, the we'll
on the east side of the river, and
from a faucet down town, will be
sent this week. The first two sam
pies will be of the water before it
is chlorinated. What the people of
Ellsworth want is a drinking water
that need not be chlorinated.
The second entertainment in the
Ellsworth lyceum course will be
given at Hancock hall Thursday eve
ming of next week, when the Cali
fornia male quartet will appear. This
famous quartet has had several
years of concert work, and has been
enthusiastically received wherever it
has appeared. The secret of it's sue
cess lies in the fact that each member
is a soloist of unusual ability, and
their voices blend perfectly in ensem-
BILE. The quartet is composed of
George Thomas, first tenor; Earl S
Renner, second tenor, j. Ross Mac
kenzie, baritone; John w. Lince,
bass; Mrs. Chandler, accompanist
and reader. The program is one that
Will please all
Trial on libels against the yachts
Duchess, Narmada and Kalmia by
Winfield S. Treworgy, Albert N.
Cushman, Walter X. Carter, T. Stan
ley Smith and Percy e. York, of Ellis
worth, was begun Monday before
Judge Charles F. Johnson in the fed
eral district court at Portland Sal
wage awards were asked, the libel
lants claiming they saved the craft
when they were swept away from
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