Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-08-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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Browns farm on the Lamoine road
was burned Friday afternoon, with
contents, which included carriages,
farm tools and implements, hay,
trunks and household articles stored
there. The fire is supposed to have
originated from an automobile. VIII
liam Gray, employed at the farm,
drove his car into the barn and left
il a few minutes before the fire was
discovered. The barn was built
twenty-eight years ago at cost OF
$500. and was insured for that
amount. but could not be replaced to-
day for $4,000 There was some in
surance on contents. Mr.. Gray lost
his automobile.
I. DR.. Arthur H. Parcher is soon to
leave Ellsworth for Bangor, where ne
has been elected assistant orthopedlc
surgeon at the Eastern Maine Seneral
hospital and where he Will open an
office for private practice, speciallz-
ing in orthopedics. The election is
hattering one to DR.. Parcher, ana
from professional viewpoint, opens
a larger opportunity for him IN every
way.s He has already had large
training for the work, having during
his service in the World war, been
stationed for over year in the
British Military Orthopedic hospital,
where he came in daily contact with
some of the most eminent orthopedic
surgeons in the world. He was also
inferno in the Bangor hospital for
year, prior to beginning practice IN
Ellsworth in 1916. He Will leave
Ellsworth the latter part of Septem-
Der for two or three months work
in the New York Post Graduate
hospital, and go to Bangor in Decem-
Der. While his many friends in ELS
worth will regret his leaving, they
may we'll congratulate him on the
opportunity that has opened to him.
AS usual, "Old Home Day was
celebrated at the Unitarian fair last
Wednesday many of Ellsworth's sons
and daughters" who have taken up
their abode in other states coming
together to greet each other and talk
over old times. All look forward to
this meeting place each year with
much anticipation. Towards the last
of the afternoon, little David Walker,
pupil of Miss Armstrong OF Boston,
played a violin solo, accompanied by
Miss Margaret Whitcomb on the
piano Such generous applause fol-
lowed that the children responded to
an encore At 4 o'clock all the chill
dren in the hall, under the leadership
of Miss Rachael Haynes of the Sar-
gent school of Boston, played games
and the beaming faces showed how
deeply they entered into the spirit of
supervised play. In the evening
pupils of Mrs. Rosanna OdiOrne, the
dancing teacher of Bangor, and Miss
| Gertrude Jewel, soprano soloist of
Ellsworth, gave a delightful program
The dances were splendidly executed,
and a credit to Mrs. Odiorne, while
Miss Jewel was in unusually good
voice and sang very sweetly. The
program: Selection, orchestra; solo
dance, waltz clog in costume, Mary
Collins; solo, Miss Jewel; Dutch
dance, three little girls in Dutch
costume and wooden shoes; solo
dance, 'Laces and Graces," in
colonial costume; cake walk, two
couples in fancy dress. General
udHcluS lOlloWeu, WIFI music ny
Mitchell's Boston orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Walker of
| Medford, Mass, who have been Wis
iting Misses Helen and May Bonsey
returned last Thursday. On Monday
Mrs. Walker underwent serious
surgical operation at the Knox
Memorial hospital in Medford. ELS
worth friends will be glad to know
the operation was successful and that
Mrs. Walker is comfortable.
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