Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-01-17

e. F. Robinson returned Saturday
from few days business visit in
Boston.
The Thursday club will meet this
week at the home of Mrs. Wardwell,
Spruce street, at $50.
Owing to the union meetings, the
Boy Scouts will not hold their regu-
lar meeting on Thursday.
= Maude E. Brooks is visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
S. Brown, for few days.
= j. A., Cunningham was in Spring
field, Mass, last week, on business
for the Federal Land Bank.
There will be regular meeting of
Irene chapter, o. E. S., Friday eve
ming, with work on one candidate.
Mrs. Capitola j. Varnum, who has
been with Mrs. Florence Bowden for
a few weeks, has gone to Bangor for
the remainder of the winter
At the annual meeting of the
Maine Bar association in Augusta
last week, Hon Hannibal E. Hamlin
of Ellsworth was elected president.
The Woman's s Alliance of the Uni
tartan church will have cooked
food sale at the store of Mrs. Stella
M. King next Wednesday afternoon.
The play to be given at the Metho-
dist vestry by Bayside-grange, for the
benefit of the Methodist church, was
postponed from Monday to Friday
evening of this week.
The Congregational Sunday school
will have social Saturday, at p.
m, in the board of trade room, Hal-
cock hall. Indoor games will be
played and refreshments served. All
members of the Sunday school are
cordially invited.
The Pine Cone troop, Girl Scouts,
held its regular meeting at the home
Of Captain Haynes on Wednesday,
with nineteen present. A service
committee was organized. There are
still several new scouts to take the
tenderfoot test, which will be given
January 23.
Irene chapter, o. E. S., elected the
following officers: Mrs. Grace Nc
Gown, worthy matron Dr. Laurence
Higgins, worthy patron; Carrie
Smith, secretary; Susie Rowe, treas
urer; Grace Ober, associate matron;
Evelyn Bellatty, associate con-
ductress; Ida Means, conductress
Frank E. Whitmore post, Ameri-
can Legion, has elected officers as
follows: Frank w. Anderson, COM
mander; Howard Young, vice-com-
mander; Harold Hawkes., adjutant;
Herbert Beal, finance officer; DR..
Arthur H. Parcher, historian. install
lation and supper followed the cleo
tion.
Officers of Blanquefort command
/ery, X. t., will be installed next
Monday evening by Most Eminent
Sir Frank P Denaco of St. Johns
commandery, Bangor. There will be
banquet at o'clock, followed by
the installation ceremonies, after
which there will be dancing and
cards.
The union prayer meetings are
being continued this week. The
meeting last night was held at the
board of trade room, with Rev. O.
Andrews as the speaker. Tonight,
at the Methodist church, Rev. c..
Emery will speak, and on Thursday
evening, the last Of the meetings will
be held at the Baptist church, and
Rev. George S. Brookes will speak.
Sandy" valuable Airedale dog
owned by P. S. Thorsen of New York,
was killed on the railroad Sunday.
Sandy" and a dog friend were
playing on the railroad near the
Church street crossing, where the
snow plow had left sharp banks on
either side of the track. Both dogs
jumped to the bank as a snowplow
train came along, but the snow gave
away beneath Sandy" and he fell
back under the train.
Nokomis Rebekah lodge held its
installation of officers last evening,
with past district deputy Helen Ray
mond as installing officer, assisted by
Deputy Grand Warden Mrs. G. s.
Johnston. The officers installed we're:
Hazel Nevells, noble grand; Doris
Colpitts, vice-grand; Alice Goodwin,
secretary; Amanda Leland, treasurer.
At the close of the ceremony, the re-
firing noble grand, Grace Moulton,
was presented with handsome past
noble grand's collar.
Mrs. John Collins, formerly" of
Ellsworth, died last Wednesday in
Boston, at the age of seventy-one
years. Mrs. Collins was born in Ellis
worth, and lived here until some time
after her marriage. From Ellsworth
she moved to Bangor, and about If