Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-11-05
Swans Island.

Swans Island.
Edwin Scott of Old Harbor was in
jured while at work in the Min
turn quarry, by a heavy block of
stone falling across his legs. He
was tAken 10 Rockland, where X
ray showed an oblique fracture of
the thigh without deformity. He
is now at Knox hospital, and doing
we'll
Mrs Martha Robinson of Minturn
has gone to Holbrook, Mass, for the
winter.
MI and Mrs. Lawrence circuit,
formerly OF Minturn. and their chill
dren, Lawrence, Merrill and Basil,
drove through from Parsippany, N.
j.. and arrived at Swans Island
Saturday evening They expect to
spend the winter on Swans Island.
MIS-. Mary Stanley, formerly post
master at Minturn, lately of New
London, Conn, is now living with
Mrs. Hattie Stanley at Old Harbor,
and expects to spend the winter
there
Frank Sprague of Minturn has
new car. He brought it to Swans
Island from Brooklin Saturday
night.
Schooner Mercantile has just
landed coal at the Morse wharf,
and is now loading fish from the
.IOrse stand for Gloucester.
Charles 7. Powers of Deer Isle has
been spending day or two at Swans
Island
l.. Marcus of Rockland and Ston-
ington has been here on business.
Mrs E. F.. Nickerson and Miss
Gertrude Lunt, both of Frenchboro,
We're recent guests at the Stanley
House Old Harbor
NJ S. Brown of Bangor was here
on business last week.
Leroy Stanley of Old Harbor has
bought the house formerly owned
and occupied by George Carter, and
is having il renovated.
C. r. Newman has bought the
house formerly occupied by Leroy
Stanley, on the road to the steam
boat wharf.
Seth Stockbridge is driving a new
car.
Frank Milan, principal of the Deer
sic high school, has been visiting
his parents at the lighthouse over the
Weekend
Austin Stanley of Minturn is doing
his share in the lobster industry be-
ing busy all day long hauling two
large gangs of trap.
Capt. and Mrs. Melvin Staples
came from New York to visit the
captains father, Winfield Staples, at
Atlantic. They left to-day on their
return trip to New York to rejoin
their yacht and will proceed to
southern waters for the winter.
Robert c. McCauley of Arlington
Mass, who has been sojourning with
Dr.. and Frederick Gage at
Mackerel Cove, has returned home by
automobile, to resume business as
foreman for the Hood Rubber Co.
The wireless receiving stations on
the island have been having good re-
! ception lately, and have been getting
/ several long-distant stations. Many
| enjoyed the special program of
electric night from Springfield, Mass.
The Swans Island lobstermen have
benefited by proper observance of
/ the present lobster laws, and are a
unit in opposing any change. They
resent the attempt in York county to
make changes.
Maynard Staples has bought car.
Many motor-boat owners were
fined heavily for attractions of the
navigation regulations governing
motorboats. None of the violations
were wiliul but of technical nature
All the fishermen had the equipment
which they supposed was necessary
under the law, but type and present
condition did not suit the inspectors
on the U. S. motor vessel Siwash II
is next to impossible for the local
fishermen to keep the required equip
ment in Al condition when they are
running every day in all sorts OF
weather.
Sherman Joyce has crew com.
pleting a new section of State roaG
in the Bridgeville section of Minturn
Mrs. Grace Ames of Matinicus has
been visiting her parents, Mr. ant
Mrs. George w. Stanley, at Old Har
Dor.
Oct 81. G.