Ellsworth American., 1923-11-14
securing the application form from
Ben WhitComb.

securing the application form from
Ben Whitcomb
Catherine, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Embert C. Osgood, was oper-
ated upon for appendicitis at the
E. M. G. hospital in Bangor Satur-
day. She is making satisfactory pro-
gpess toward recovery.
Miss Isabel Boynton of Prentiss,
who has been with Mrs. W L. Pratt
for two months has accepted a posi-
tion in New York, and left Thurs
day, il company with Mrs. Franklin
Anthony of Bar Harbor
The work of resurfacing Main
street, from the Hancock house to
the railroad, has been completed.
Some work remains to be done on
sidewalks in the spring, as it is i'm
practicable to do it now.
" Judge Peters of the T. s. district
court has appointed r. e. Mason
of Ellsworth as referee in bank
ruptcy for Penobscot county, to sue
ceed John r. Mason of Bangor, de-
ceased. Mr.. Mason is now referee in
bankruptcy for four counties-Han-
cock, Washington, Penobscot and
Waldo.
v Mrs. H. L. D. Woodruff has re-
turned from a visit OF several weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Votey, in White Plains, N. Y. She
spent few days in Boston on her re-
turn, with her son Luman, who is at
tending medical college there.
There was large attendance at
Blanquefort commandery, K T.,
Monday evening, when Grand Cap
tain-General Dana S. Williams of
Lewiston paid an official visit of in
spection. There was work in the
afternoon and evening. A chicken
supper was served at $50.
The annual Red Cross membership
drive or roll call is on. Rev. George
s. Brookes, local chairman, has or
ganized his campaign with captain
for each ward, as follows: Ward /,
Mrs. George P. Smith; ward 2, Miss
Helen Shute; ward 3, Mrs. George
w. Christie; ward 4 Mrs. H. l..
Danico ward 5, Mrs. H. l.. Crabtree.
v Mrs Alice M. Herrick, who for
several years has been proprietor of
the Haven house at Brooklin, has
leased the Jordan house on Pine
street for a year, and will run it
as a boarding and rooming house
Eugene Jordan and family, the for
mer proprietors, have gone South for
the winter.
Owing to scarlet fever, Nokomis
Rebekah lodge will not entertain
Bar Harbor lodge Nov. 20, as
planned. AS only part of the Odd
Fellows building is under quarantine,
DR.. Woodruff thinks it safe to hold
regular business meetings, but de-
gree work, suppers and all public
gatherings will be postponed indefi-
nitely. The next meeting will be
held Nov. 20.
Joseph Hethcote of Bar Harbor,
against whom five indictments for
violations of the liquor law were re-
turned at the October term, and who
was serving sentence in one of them,
escaped from the county jail last
Friday evening, and has not yet been
located. Hethcote slipped by Deputy
Sheriff Patten as he entered the jail
darted out of the office door and dis
appeared in the darkness.
decision was rendered by the
public utilities commission Thurs
day authorizing the Bar Harbor &
Union River Power Co. to issue $685.
600 in bonds secured by the lien of
its first mortgage, bearing interest at
the rate of per cent, per annum.
The issue is asked for the purpose of
reimbursing the treasury of the com
pany, and to discharge it's legal
obligations.
Two new cases of scarlet fever were
reported last Saturday, and Health
Officer Woodruff has extended the
closing order for schools and for the
picture theatre over this week Dr.
Woodruff says that because of un-
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