Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-06-18
LOCAL AFFAIRS

thew were MAJ l1N VI - ,,,.
home of the bride. Iher 1loi.t
frionds in Ellsworth and throush '''. =
IIancock county, where MIS- Lol " ,l''S
,t,ida acquaintance through hei
&c nome demonstration agent
w. CONGRATULATIONS Mr.. ana MIS-
"a ara now getting ready Tor &C
a-,ra,cv their home on the oullS
o" ad he Rose Clark place por-
heed nv Mr.. Lord recently
M sunday will be children aay
+ha RaDtist church. There VIII pe
appropriate exercises win Sli'e IVA Of
the children in the morhlhs' anu ~
the evening service the SUNDAY Sonoo,
will present a pageant 'lhe Noi.'en'
Century Garden" This paseaIi. - q
Grafton of a century OF sc!
,,ien Of the American Baptist Puoli-
oation Society, and depicts the WORN
~ he society from the early seeu
oa,-ino ia the golden harvest ifu't'
and will be well worth seeing. An
oYorine for the society will be taken;
There was a good attendance %
nq.sons NJ the special netting laSl
THURSDAY evening, when organizations
Of the Masonic Club OF Ells"orlh ", m, a.,
narfecred. The following temporary
ofHcers were chosen; c. D. Wlssl"'
nrasident, Harry l.. Crabtree' vice
president. II. A. Ashe, secretary
rohn / whitney, treasurer, r. -
Iordan. r. e. Robinson, Leon n
Rove. l.. G. Higgins, Walter }. JOY
dfrectors The club starts with ah
enrolment of seventy-tWo. ne
rooms ON the third floor OF the Peters
block will be open July l.
Miss I Marian Crosby, who mas
been Red Cross community hHI9s
here for the past two years. mas
comnleted her work, and lell 9 ,.l-
day for her home in Amherst, Mi99
croshv is soon to be married 10 ~
y Jordan of Amherst, and Will MAKE
har home there for the present. MISS
Croebv has been most efficient ana
e,,cceesful in her work here, winning
tba good will Of the people INTO
,,.hoso homes she was called, ana
n m,G a treat many friends among
the people of Ellsworth. she mas
the hest wishes of all for her lutuI e.
Additional subscriptions OF Sl9.fo
+ho nast week bring the total Reo
cross nursing fund up to ST. o.eo'
The subscriptions OF the week were.
West Ellsworth school, 50; IN mem
orv of Mrs Harriet h. HoliheS'
90 5o. receipts from baseball game,
III 90 The baseball game between
Ensworth and Ellsworth Falls busl-
ness men last Thursday was won by
the latter, score 1913, after hecVlc
struggle. in which the ELLSWORTH lllen
of one time had a lead OF loo
pranarations are now being maze lo'
+ba Red Cross tag day, June 20 When
it is hoped to put the nursing luno
cover the top. % Eus
Mrs Mary Austin, formerly OF ELS
worth. died at her home IN oparhs'
Nevada. June A. Mrs. Austin was
horn in Ellsworth sixty-three years
400 the daughter of the late Samuel
and Susan Lord Bonsey. she ilNep
here until her marriage to eugene -
Austin of Sparks, former ELLSWORTH
man and all their married NE was
snant in Nevada. Mr.. Austin dleu
several years ago MIS- Aus'In -
by four children also 'nleo
sisters and two brothers-Mrs' Det-
sew Torrey, Mrs. Charlotte ClemenV,
Mrs Susan Murch and AleHanues
Ramsey. all of Ellsworth, ana freu
Ronsev of Pierre, South Dakota
Friends in Surry and Ellsworth
were saddened by the death on sun
dav June s, of Mrs. John w. otaples'
az nor home on the North Bend ROAD
Mrs STABLES was a woman OF many
astimable qualities, and had a great
,nanv friends. She was a lifelong
resident of Surry. she was Dol II ''
West Surry siXty-seven years "so'
daughter of the late Robert anu
Alnhv Grindle. She was married III
1874 TO Mr.. Staples, who survives
her Three children were porn 10
them one daughter dying in infancy.
The surviving children are Mrs Pearl
u Day and Mrs. Minnie Mccarthy
both of Ellsworth Mrs. Mccarthy
was with her mother the last rev
weeks of her life, giving her devoted
attention.
Readers of The American VIII be
clad to know that the public health
nursing service. under the direction
OF the Red cross, Is 10 NC SOhIiii"O"'
Miss Ruth Mclaughlin, of Marlboro
Mass. highly recommended by pro
fessors of Simmons college and by
Miss Eleanor Griffin, Red Cross
supervisor for Maine, will begin her
duties July 1, for three probationary
months. A letter from the New Eng
land headquarters, Boston, states:
Nurses prepared to meet State OF
Maine requirements and also pubic
health requirements are really very
difficult to procure Miss McLaugh-
lin is already prepared to fill these re-
ouirements, and to give faithful ser
vice to the position she assumes.
The local executive board trusts that
Ellsworth will continue to show the
splendid spirit of cooperation en-
loved by Miss Crosby for the past
two years.
Friends in Ellsworth were panied
to hear of the death in New York
Monday night of Charles A. Hodg-
l,ins formally of Ellsworth. His