Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-10-29

ton as salesman for the Alaskan
Eastern Fox Corporation.
e. A. Lilly, a student at the Ban
gor theological seminary, has ac-
cepted a call to supply the pulpit of
the Congregational church during
the seven months leave of absence
granted the pastor, Rev. George S.
Brookes.
Clark's orchestra will play for
dancing at the new high school
building tonight. This orchestra
will play at North Ellsworth Thurs
day night, Rural hall, East Surry,
Friday night and at Franklin Road,
Saturday night.
All members of the American Red
Cross who are interested in the work
| of the local branch, are invited to be
present at business meeting at the
Red Cross rooms tomorrow after
| noon at 4 o'clock. The local branch
needs the cooperation of the public
| if the splendid work is to be con-
| tinued here.
There will be stated conclace of
| Blanquefort commandery, X. T., next
| Monday afternoon and evening, for
work in the orders of red cross,
! malta and temple. Banquet will be
served at $50 On Tuesday, Nov
| 1, Grand Captain General Edwin X
| Gould will inspect the commandery
| Banquet at $50.
A card party was given by the Uni
tartan Woman's Alliance at the home
of Mrs. Charles E. Alexander last
| Wednesday evening. There were
thirty present. Whist, bridge and
| NAH jongg were played. Ice-cream
| and cake were served by the host
esses, Mrs. Harry e. Rowe, Mrs
| Robert Holmes and Mrs. Alexander
D The Fred Patterson place at Nc
| Gowns hill, ,Nicolin, was burned
Sunday evening, with loss estimated
at $4,000, and no insurance. The
fire is said to have started from an
exploding lantern. The livestock
was saved, and part of the furnish
ings OF the house, but the fire spread
50 rapidly that after the stock was
| out there was little time left for sal
vaging work.
A. l.. Frazier, gardener on the H.
outdone by other rose growers of the
district, brought to the Enterprise a
| beautiful hybrid tea rose, George
| Dickson by name. Mr.. Frazier states
that Friday he cut from three dozen
bushes 104 buds, as he did not wish
| them to bloom further. Mr.. Frazier
was for many years gardener for the
late William l.. Douglas.-Brockton
Enterprise.
Ellsworth friends learned with re-
gret of the sudden death on October
| IA of Miss Abbie Padelford, in her
sixty-siXth year. Miss Padelford was
very well known in Ellsworth and
Lamoine, where she often visited her
cousins, Miss Mary Frances Hopkins
of Ellsworth and Capt. Fred Hodg
kins of Lamoine. She leaves one
| brother, Fred Padelford of Waltham
| and niece, Alice Dean Padelford of
Somerville, Mass. Interment was at
| Mt Auburn.
The Ellsworth branch of the w.
| c. T. U. held an interesting meeting
with its president, Mrs. Clarence
| Emery Tuesday evening. The pro-
gram, IN cnarSe OIL MISS l.. "A.
Belcher superintendent of Christian
| citizenship department, included roll
| call responses on government or the
duties and privileges of the voter.
| Mrs. Daniel E. Brown gave an inter
| esting and instructive talk on the
same subject. Refreshments, music
| and a social hour followed. Mrs. B.
B. Whitcomb will be hostess at the
meeting November IL, when class
will be started in the study of the
| United States constitution.
4 Navy day, Monday, was observed
in Ellsworth, when Lieut.. George r..
| Hadlock, U. S. N. r. F., addressed
| the pupils and faculty of the Ellis
worth high school at the assembly
| room in the new high school build
| ing His subject was '"The Navy as
an Asset in Peace Time."t He briefly
| referred to the Importance of the
navy in our foreign relations, our
shipping interests, in foreign dis