Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-06
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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NJ new names will be received after
Wednesday Feb 27. This meeting
ie under the new law which requires
the board to be in session nine days
before an election, instead OF SIX
DAYS as formerly,
Last Friday evening was the hrst
gala night for the Ellsworth high
school basketball fans. Two games
we're plaved at Hancock hall, the
bovs' team defeating Franklin hlgh
Inv the score of 35-15, while the
Ellsworth girls trounced the south
west Efarhor high school girls by the
score of 900. The Ellsworth school
will close the basketball season TINS
week. owing to the impossiblllty OF
getting the hall for practice
The ice-ishermen are out ON the
lakes and ponds in the vicinity OF
ellsworth. and some good catches
are already reported All ponds ana
lakes in Hancock county are open to
ice-6shfng by residents Of the state
except Turtle and Narraguagus lakes
CRAIG pOnd in Orland; Blunt pond III
I,am0ine and Birch Harbor pond III
Winter Harbor. Ice fishing is not
the strenuous work it used to be.
The fishermen now speed around TO
their lines i'm automobiles. 1t re-
manned for one local fisherman to
set new standard Of comfort at
Lower Patten pond, however, when
he lugged an easy chair out to the
middle Ground and sat in comfort
as he fished.
OHicers of Irene chapter, O. E, $,
we're installed Friday evening by
Past Matron Mrs. Carrie Smith, as
sisted by Past Matron Mrs. ella
Dunn as chaplain, Past Matron Miss
Mabel Lord as marshal and Mrs.
Eleanor Kent as organist. The Of
fcers are Miss Grace ODER, worthy
matron; Grin M. Clement worthy
patron: Mrs Ruth Higgins, associ-
ate matron: Mrs. Carrie Smith, secre-
tary; Mrs. Gertrude Robinson, treas
urer; Miss Evelyn Bellatty, con-
ductress Mrs. Minnie Cushman, as
sociate conductress; Mrs. Nellie
Lermond, marshal; Mrs. Lillian
Weseott, organist; Mrs. Ida Means,
Adah: Mrs. Nina Cottle, Ruth; Mrs.
Grace McGown, Esther; Mrs, Fran
ces Clement, Martha; Mrs. Elizabeth
Reed, Electa, Mrs. Susan Rowe,
warder; Mrs Mabel Webster, senti-
mel.
The installation of officers of
Blanuuefort commandery, knights
Templar will take place next Mon
day evening. Past Commander o.
w. Tapley will be installing officer,
assisted by Past Commander Har-
ward C. Jordan as grand warder.
There will be a banquet at $50, FOL
lowed by installation and dancing.
Each sir knight is privileged to IN
vite his wife or lady, unmarried
daughters and minor sons. The Of
ficers-elect are Gorge S. Hagerthy,
eminent commander; Benjamin l..
Hadley, generalissimo Robert 2.
King, captain-general; William A.
Alexander, senior warden; J. Albert
Stevens, junior warden; Thomas e.
Hale, prelate Edward f. Robinson,
treasurer; Harry e. Rowe, recorder;
Harry c. Stratton, standard bearer;
Herbert A Ashe, sword bearer;
Llewellyn c. Fortier warder; Lloyd
II. Higgins, sentinel
Charles D. Kidder, field secretary
of the Maine Publicity Bureau, was
in Ellsworth yesterday, and met a
few of the business men OF Ellsworth
at the office of O. w. Tapley The
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solicit community support for the
extensive campaign of advertising
that the bureau is making, and which
is accomplishing so much for the
prosperity of Maine. Mr.. Kidder
quoted some figures showing the
great increase in tourist travel in
Maine last year, roughly an increase
of 20 per cent over the preceding
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to the publicity bureau, and nearly
all of it attributable to the bureau.
Hancock county and Ellsworth are
receiving no small share of this new
money" brought into the State by
tourists whose attention has been
called to Maine by the advertising
and literature broadcasted by the
Maine Publicity Bureau.
Commissioner Peabody and En-
gineer Sargent of the State highway
commission were in Ellsworth to-day
for a hearing on the proposed new
location of the State and federai-aid
highway east from Ellsworth. The
route proposed by the commission to
avoid the railroad crossings, as de-
manded by the federal government
before extending aid is by way of
High street and the new La
moine road cutting out the
sharp corner where the Lamoine
road leaves the Mt. Desert road by a
cutoff leaving the Mt, Desert road
near the schoolhouse and striking
the Lamoine road at the curve, then
following the Lamoine road to near
the Hancock line at DR.. d. e.
Browns place, thence in an almost
direct line on a new location to the
present State highway near the Nc
Farland hill schoolhouse. Consider
able interest was manifest in the
hearing, many remonstrants to the
proposed location appearing. Most
of the remonstrants favored a route
over the present McFarland's hill
road, with an overhead railroad
crossing near Washington Junction,
and new stretch of road cutting
out the Objectionable grade of Nc
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