Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-09-19


ment for all out-of-town DELEGATES to
the annual convention on Friday. 4
fne program has been ARRANGED and
1t is hoped there will be a record at
tendance
Marshall I. Johnson OF Boston is
visiting his uncle, Charles A. Tower.
1t is his first visit here for nine
years. He will visit his mother in
Bar Harbor before returning to his
work with the Salvation Army in
Boston
! The Ellsworth firemen have been
enjoying smokes" and incidentally
tucked away S25 in the companv's
treasury, through the generosity Of
II. f. Wescott, who took this means
of showing his appreciation of the
manner in which they handled the
, recent fire in his store.
Next Friday evening at 7.30 the
parents of pupils of the Ellsworth
high school will be entertained at the
school. All pupils are requested to
bring their parents The work of
the school will be explained, there
will be an attractive program,
social time and refreshments.
There will be a Sunday school
rally at the Methodist church next
Sunday evening, in place of the regu-
lar service. There will be special
music by the children and choir. and
short addresses by Principal T. j.
Abernethy of the high school, and
! Miss Crosby, the community Red
Cross nurse.
| Capt. Frederick VIM Wallace,
! editor of the Fishing Gazette, New
| York, and author of many textbooks
| and novels based on the fishing in
! dustry, is making a tour along the
| coast of Maine to study the COM
mercial fisheries of this State. Capt
Wallace expects to be in Hancock
| county this week, to gather material
! for a special article.
A meeting of the Hancock County
| Medical association was held at the
Hurley hospital Friday evening. The
principal addresses were by DR.. John
J. Morehead of New York, a summer
! resident of Bluehill, and DR.. Ames
OF Bangor, and there were interest
| ing discussions in which all Joined.
| The twenty physicians present pro-
nounced the dinner served by Mrs.
| Hurley delicious.
A change to winter schedule will
go into effect on the Maine Central
| next Monday. While no official an
nouncement has yet been received, it
is understood that the full winter
schedule will go into effect at that
time, with the exception that the Bar
Harbor-New York express will con-
tinue running until September so.
This will mean the discontinuance of
the Sunday train on the Mt. Desert
branch earlier than usual.
The transfer of practically all the
| stock of the Hancock County Fair as
sociation to the group of Ellsworth h
business men who wish to revive the
agricultural fairs in Ellsworth. has
been effected. After the transfer of
the stock, the new stockholders
formed a temporary organization.
The new management will begin the
clearing up of Wyman park this fall,
and get an early start in the spring
to put it in shape for sports and for
a big fair.
The boxing match in Hancock hall
| Monday night drew a big crowd.
| The Utah Kid made a better showing
| against Jack Bergen than on Labor
day, and while there was no decision,
| the newspaper gave him a little the
better of the twelve-round argument.
Young Brown of Biddeford was
again too much for Jimmy Maroon,
but could not stop the Bangor boy.
Young Kelley and Kid Bernard
fought four rounds with honors
even.
The peoples popular program at
the First Congregational church next
Sunday evening will be an illustrated
lecture on Palestine and Egypt by
Rev. j. Homer Nelson, of Bar Har-
Dor Congregational church. Mr..
Nelson, with Prof Warren j. Moul-
ton, of Bangor theological seminary,
spent winter in Palestine a few
years ago, and he has beautiful pic
lures of the Holy Land The lecture
illuminates many difficult passages
in the bible.
Good progress is being made in
the construction of the Main street
bridge. A cofferdam for the con-
struction of the eastern pier has been
erected, and excavation for the
foundation of the pier is under way.
Interested crowds watch the big
derrick twitch the logs which formed
q cribwork for the road and abut-
ment of the old bridge. Some of
these logs have doubtless been
buried seventy-tive years or more
Another derrick is soon to be erected
on the west side of the river to push
along the work.
The general course introduced
in the Ellsworth high school this
year, in place of the so-called Eng.
lish course, is proving popular. The
Jester says of it: This course gives
the pupils an opportunity to select
the studies that will give them the
preparation they need to enable them
to enter an Office as stenographer
or bookkeeper, take a position as
teacher, or enter nearly any other line