Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-09-26

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The woman's club will-meet Oct. 2,
with Mrs. George p. Smith.
Mrs. John w. Coughlin left yes
terday for Boston for the winter.
Mrs. Charles G. Royal of Stone
ham, Mass, is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Alice Parker left this morn
ing for Savannah, Ca, for the win
ter.
Y Mrs. Mary C. Hale has closed '"The
Pines" and returned to her Washing
ton home.
i Mrs. NJ. L. Walker is in Bangor for
two days, attending the Spencer
training class III corseting.
Miss Martha Milliken left Monday
for Washington, D. c., where she
has accepted a government position.
The annual parish meeting of the
Unitarian society will be held at the
vestry October s. Parish supper at
$50.
The Thursday club will have a
cooked food sale at the Congrega-
tional vestry Saturday afternoon at
3 clock.
The members OF Baysde grange
Wlll have a fair and supper at the
grange hall October 20, with a dance
in the evening.
Schools of Ellsworth will be closed
next Friday, to allow the teachers to
attend the county convention at
Southwest Harbor.
! Mrs. l.. G. Sheppard of Dexter,
who has been visiting her cousin,
Mrs. j. P. Eldridge, for d few ASys,
returned home to-day.
\ Frank Stafford, accountant for P.
S. Thorsen, who has been in Ellis
worth for few weeks, returned to
New York Monday night.
State Librarian H. E. Dunnack
will lecture at the Methodist church
Thursday evening, Oct. 4, on The
Quest for a Lost World"
! Mrs. C. l.. Ober, who has been Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. j. w. Nealley,
will return to her home in Waltham,
Mass, the last of this week.
Walter J. Clark, jr, will do his
Rube speciality at the Hancock coun
ty teachers convention at Southwest
Harbor Friday evening, Sept. 2S.
Mrs. Walter Neyells OF Dor
chester, Mass, and Mrs. Merle D.
Walls of Providence, r. l., are
guests Of Mrs. Walter J. Clark, jr,
There will be a special matinee at
the Bijou theatre tomorrow after
noon, by request, for the picture
When Knighthood Was in Flower"
Mrs. David Wasson, director of
the Woman's Alliance, will visit the
Ellsworth branch Wednesday, Oct,
8, at 2.30, in the Unitarian memorial
parlors.
All bids for the Ellsworth-Great
Pond stage contract opened Septem-
ber IS have been rejected, and new
bids are called for, to be presented
at the Ellsworth postoffice on or be-
fore October 16.
Ellsworth friends of Mr.. and Mrs
George Mcfarland of Portland ex-
tend congratulations on the birth OF
a son, Richard Macomber, born Sep
tember 10. Mrs. Mcfarland was
Miss Phyllis Macomber of Ellsworth
and Seal Harbor.
The Boy Scouts commenced their
years work Monday evening, at
headquarters. Next Monday will be
initiation night. The program for
the year will be outlined by Scout
Master Brookes. B. B. Whitcomb,
ir., was reelected scribe.
A large congregation enjoyed the
lecture Sunday evening at the Con-
gregational vestry, by Rev j. II. Mel
son of Bar Harbor, on Palestine and
Egypt" Next Sunday evening, the
pastor will lecture on Henry van
Dyke, the Poet and the Man.
v The new casino of Percy B. Rus
sell and Arthur B. Mitchell, at
Thompson island, Mt.Desert bridge,
will be formally opened next Satur-
day night. This new resort, with
excellent dance floor and accommo-
dations, will be known as lslehurst
casino.
Stetson Foster of bingham, Mass,
has sold his bungalow on the Surry
road to James Dorgan. Mr.. Foster
likes to spend his summer vacation
in his old home town, but writes that
it seems very doubtful if he can find
a suitable place in Ellsworth for an
other season. His many Ellsworth