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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
Rev. Mr.. Kinney of Bar Harbor Out
lines the System.

A meeting of those interested in
week day religious instruction was
held last evening at the high school
auditorium. After delightful
solos by Miss Florence Walker and
Mrs John e. Besant, Supt. Turner in
troduced the speaker of the evening,
Rev. Mr.. Kinney of Bar Harbor Mr.
Kinney said in part:
THE Roman empire failed to teach
it's young men religion. AS a result, it
fell. In America are many creeds, but
all religion centers around God. Around
that idea must we build that which is
to remain
at present, in America, forces are at
work weakening the influence of the
home. In the old days religious in
struction was given in the home and
literally pounded into the heads of the
young people. 1t is little wonder that
the next generation, wearied of this
drastic treatment, grew away from
TIE old methods. The church also has
found that it has not been creating in
the hearts and minds of the young
people the right attitude to prepare
them for home life, industry and pa
triotism.
THE first school for the special pur
pose of giving week day religious in
struction was organized in 1909 The
idea was taken up in Gary, Ind, in
1916. and since then in various forms
has spread to several hundred COM
munities.
zone system is for each grade to
oh,
ligious training, voluntary on the part
of the parent and with the sanction or
the school board. The classes meet
in the various churches and are sup
ported by them. Criticisms of this
system are that the churches are not
always convenient to the schools ana
that this method perpetuates old
credal differences Another system is
for each grade to have two periods each
week in a centrally-located building,
, the whole grade together
THE curriculum is not yet perfected,
but there are textbooks to meet DIFF
, ferent needs.
MANY of the beautiful flowers of to-
day are cultivated and developed from
the stock of the past. We must use
| the same method with our young
| people There is the challenge of the
! IDEAL This is that challenge to us as
COMMIT mites; to do better for the young
| people than has ever been done before.
AT Bar Harbor the idea of week.
| day religious training was introduced
| two years ago. and the school has
| proved very successful. Over SO per
| cent of the public school children are
| enrolled"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
CORRESPONDENCE.
HancOck-SulliVan Bridge.
Hancock, March 81, 1925.

To the Editor of The American:
The statement in The American
last week that "the toll-bridge idea
was not born soon enough" was
significant, and to the point. Had it
been agitated two months previous to
the assembling Of the legislature, the
move would have been SO we'll I'M
derstood through the district and
county that popular consent would
have made it impossible for the
coterie, the trustees, to have seen
to it that it can't be done"
But the end is not yet, for sup
porters of the toll plan are increas-
ing weekly, and aroused public
opinion is an Irresistible force. AL
though it<may not occur until the
legislature of 1927. convenes, right
must prevail to avert the catastrophe
now facing the district and county
by the enormous cost of the construc-
ton of "Holt's elephant" In the
meantime, another bond issue by dis
trict and county will have been made,
and the only defence presented to
date that the tax is so small that
you will never notice it in the pay
ing will be proven to be bunk"
c. B. Young.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
NORTH ELLSWORTH

Nicoln grange met Saturday
evening with an attendance of forty
seven There We're visitors from
Trenton, Lamoine, Town Hill and
Bayside oranges. Trenton grange
had asked that Nicolin confer the
third and fourth degrees on four
candidates. After the usual routine,
assistants presented candidates, and
both degrees were conferred in a
manner which reflected much credit
on the degree team whose first
experience it was in degree work.
During lecturers hour, Master
Harold Maddocks of Nicolin grange
called Master f. N. Hodgkins of
Trenton grange to the chair, and the
other officers vacated their chairs to
the Trenton officers. A pleasing
program was presented by Sister
Marshall of that grange, and remarks
by visiting sisters and brothers.
Following this, Sister Maddocks,
lecturer of Nicolin, presented short
program A pleasant evening was
enjoyed 1t is hoped we may soon
meet with these brothers and sisters
again, either in their oranges or in
our own After grange closed, ice
cream, cake and coffee were served
by the gentlemen of Nicoln grange.
Fifteen ladies met at the grange
hall March IS, for an all-day meeting
conducted by the Farm Bureau
Correct Posture and Cosetry' was
the topic under consideration. The
fitting of the corset was demonstrated
bv Miss Edith Beckett, home demon
stration agent Exercises for correct
ing rosture were also demonstrated.
The following points were discussed:
Posture and it's relation to clothing,
meaning of good posture, effects OF
good posture on body, how incorrect
posture can be overcome, results OF
good posture habits formed in child
hood, the corset in relation to health,
reasons foh wearing a corset A
delicious lunch was enjoyed at noon.
All felt that the day was spent
profitably. The next meeting Will
be on April 20, and the topic will be
Home Care of the Sick. All are
invited
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
What is a Boy?

1'The Boy and His Future from the
Bank er- Farmer
He is the person who is going to
carry on what you have started
He is to sit where you are sitting
and attend to those things you think
are so important when you are gone.
You may adopt all the policies you
please, but how they will be carried
out depends on him.
He will assume control of your
cities, states and nation.
He is going to move in and take
over your prisons, churches, schools,
universities and corporations.
All your work is going to be judged
and praised or condemned by him.
All your work is for him, and the
fate of the nation and of humanity is
in his hands.
SO it might be as well to pay him
some attention.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
Who is Della G. BOyingtOn?

CITY Marshal John A. Stuart has
been trying to locate relatives OF
Della G. Boyington, reported TO nave
shot herself at Norman, Oklahoma
A telegram, received yesterday by
City Marshal Stuart, reads as 1oi-
lows:
Norman, Okla, 9.34 a. M, Mar. "a
Chief of Police, Ellsworth, Me.
Della G.. Boyington shot herself mere
Still alive VIII you please notl1y
relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison or H..
IT Boyington. Understand they i've III
or near Ellsworth, probably on farm'
Wire result collect to me.
j. D. Holland,
County Attorney.
While the name is spelled Boying-
ron, the similarity suggests that II
may be a misspelling or cnange III
spelling of Boynton, name more
common in his vicinity. City Marshal
Stuart has, however, been unable TO
locate anyone of either name IN inns
vicinity, and has so notified the
Oklahoma official. If relatives OF
Della Boyington or Boynton see TINS
item, they should communicate Win
City Marshal Stuart at Ellsworth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
DO YOu Know Mr.. YOurStuck?

Do you know Lucifer 4ourStuck'
If you don't, you know someone just
like him. He is known everywhere
In every town he has home.
If your wife buys a rug or an ice
box, or if you buy suitcase or
bundle of shade trees, Lucifer Will
examine, mildly admire, and then tell
YOU where you could have bought 1t
for less money.
He has a noisy contempt for your
favorite store. He knows enough
about your garage man to send him
to Jail Your vacuum cleaner, your
heating system, your automobile, and
your typewriter are all the wrong
kind
No matter what you buy. he tries
to make you wish -" hadn't.
He does LOS, of his own buying
from mail-order houses.
And he kicks like time if the home
folks don't patroniZe him.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
OBITU
MRS. MARY F. REID.

Mary F., widow of Robert Reid,
died Friday at her home in the
Thomas house on Bridge Hill, after
an illness of only one day. Mrs.
Reid was born in Ellsworth eighty
years ago, and had always lived here.
She was one of those gentle, kindly
women whom it was a real pleasure
to know, and her death brings sad
ness to a wide circle of friends.
Mrs. Reid, alone since the death
of her husband eighteen years ago,
was privileged by health to continue
her Industrious life to the end. En-
forced idleness because of illness or
feebleness of age was a cross she
could not have borne. For nearly
twenty-four years she had been en-
ployed by John j. Duffy, the tailor.
Mrs. Reid was a staunch member
of the Unitarian church and Of
Nokomis Rebekah lodge.
She leaves one brother, Henry w.
Glass of Ellsworth, and several
nieces and nephews. Her brother and
one niece, Miss Celia Glass of Bangor,
were with her at the end. Two
nephews. Lewis Norman of Airing
ton, Mass. and Albert Ross of At
lantic, Mass, were here to attend the
funeral, which was held Sunday
afternoon, Rev. G. T. Jones offici-
at ing
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
The Hancock-Sullivan Bridge.

The American has been urged by
friends of the toll bridge plan for the
Hancock-Sullivan bridge to come out
editorially in favor of it, but has re-
Trained from taking sides while the
question was in the balance. Though,
on general principles, we are opposed
to the toll-bridge plan as a step
backward our position has been that
the decision in this particular case
should rest with the five towns of the
bridge district that must carry the
greater part of the burden So far
as we can learn, four of these towns
favor free bridge, while one favors
"a toll bridge. The weight of evil
dence, therefore, seems to be in favor
of a free bridge.
The tax for the bridge on the other
towns of the county will not be I'M
duly burdensome, and as we said
when the building of the bridge was
under discussion, we believe this will
be largely offset by increased valua-
lions in the section most directly
benefited Already there are under
way, as a direct result of the build
ing of the bridge, plans for the de-
velopment of Sorrento summer re-
sort property on a scale that promises
a boom for that beautifully-situate
town that will add hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to the valuation OF
Hancock county 1t is stated that
nearly one million dollars will be
expended by the Mann Realty Co. in
developing this resort during the
coming year. before one foot OF the
land is offered for sale.
The town of Hancock has less to
gain than the Other towns of the
bridge district, either from the bridge
itself, or in benefits derived from
making it a free bridge, and must
hear a lions share of the tax burden,
but the town of Hancock and the
other towns of the bridge district
are not going into bankruptcy on ac-
count of the bridge, and conditions
do not seem to warrant the calamity
cry from other sections OF the
. county.
It is. unfortunately, true that the
bridge will cost much more than tn9
first estimate. It seems to us thaI
there was laXity somewhere IN the
preliminary surveys or estimates, or
else deliberate Misrepresentation III
order to get the bridge under way
Nothing remains now, however, Dut
TO carry it to completion, and we
trust that the benefits to this section
of the State will ultimately JUSTIFY
even the unexpectedly large cost.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
TO DEVELOP SORRENTO.
Mann Realty Co. Will EXpend Nearly
Million Dollars.

Nearly one million dollars, it is
stated, will be expended during the
coming year in the development of
Sorrento summer resort properly.
The Charles A. Mann Realty Co. OF
New York, which purchased the Sor-
rento property some months ago, Will
develop the resort along modern
lines, and will occupy year in the
work, it is announced. During that
lime, not a foot of land will be sold
Sorrento is, naturally, one of the
most beautiful spots on the Maine
coast. 1t had it's boom in the early
DAYS of Frenchmans bay develop
ment. when the late Frank Jones
was behind it, and periodically since.
ALWAYS it has been the resort OF Jew
wealthy and influential persons from
the larger cities The principal draw
back has been its isolation, but now,
with the building of the new Han
cock Sullivan bridge, this objection
is removed.
II is a matter of interest that
Charles A. Mann, head Of this COM
nanv. is himself a Hancock county
man, native of Surry. incidentally,
it is Mr.. Mann who has made possible
the broadcasting of stories about
Maine from radio station WIN, New
York. He pays all the expenses for
the broadcasting, the only expense
to Maine being the transportation
charges of Maine men who go to
New York to speak.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
CITY APPROPRIATIONS.
Budget Passed Friday Largest in
History of the City.


The city government met last Fri
day evening for final consideration of
the budget of appropriations for the
coming year, and after general dis
cussion, gave the budget it's first and,
under suspension of rules, it's second
reading, and passed it.
The total, $117,604, is the largest
in the history of the city, exceeding
that of last year by $10,S2S, and
that of 1928, the previous high mark,
by $6,654. With a higher State and
county tax probable the indications
are that the tax rate will be several
mills higher than last year, unless
there is very material increase in
valuations.
The board has not been unduly
liberal in any department. Every
appropriation was considered care
fully with the view to trimming it
as close to the bone as possible, but
conditions that must be faced made
any closer pruning inadvisable. The
largest items of increase were 1900
necessary for final payments on the
Main street and Infant street bridges,
and $4,000 addition to the contin
gent fund largely to provide for eX
pense of suit to collect the power
company tax.
Following is the list of appropri-
atons, with the appropriations OF last
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
Sarpentyille.

r. II. Friend, manager of the Ban
COR Drilling Co., has been in town
few days on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Simmons are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of a son, Edward Roger
Charles Kane has returned from
Boston.
The many friends of Mrs. Myron
Grindle are glad to hear that she is
much better after a long illness.
Misses Mary Leach, Helen Sargent
and Elizabeth Hooper are home from
Castine normal school for weeks
vacation.
Miss Evelyn Gray spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. Wynes
Haskell.
Miss Dorothy Phillips spent the
week -end with Helen and Abbie Sar-
gent.
The steamboat will change 1t
schedule to three trips a week after
this week.
March "a. Maggie.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
To all persons interested in either of
the estates hereinafter named:
At a probate court held at Ellsworth
f0~ tln Of

To all persons interested in either Of
the estates hereinafter named:
At a probate court held at Ellsworth
in and for the County of Hancock, on
the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-five and by
adjournment from the seventeenth day
of said March, A. p. 1925 term
of said court. The following matters
having been presented for the action
thereupon hereinafter indicated. it Is
hereby ordered:
That notice thereof be given to all
persons interested, by causing copy
of this order to be published three
weeks successfully in The Ellsworth
Ellsworth in said county, that they
may appear at probate court to be
held at Ellsworth on 1 the fourteenct
the clock in the forenoon. and be heard
thereon if they see cause.
HELEN ": HARRISON. late of town Of
and state of New York. deceased,
Authenticated copy of will and pro-
bate thereof duly proved and allowed
in said state of New York and pc
tition that the same may be allowed,
filed and recorded in the County of
Hancock, State of Maine. presented
by the United States Trust Company
of New York. trustee under said will.
WARWICK f. MONTGOMERY, other
wise known as w. e. Montgomery,
late of Washington. District of
copy of will and probate thereof duly
proved and allowed in said District
of Columbia, and petition that the
same may be allowed, filed and re-
corded in the County of Hancock,
State of Maine and for the appoint
iaent of the eXecutriX without giving
sureties on her bon |. presented by
Ella Horsev Montgomery. the e'1ecu-
triX duly appointed in said District
of Columbia.
JONATHAN HATCH, late of Nort'r Pc
Petition that Byrde F. Hatch or some
Oliver suitable person be appointed
administrator of the estate of said
deceased presente q, +, b; War MaTianna
NORA YOUNG. late of Gouldsboro. in
said county, deceased. First and final
account Of Hiram Preble, admin
HOSEA g. PHILLIPS, late of Ellis
worth. in said county. deceased. First
account Of Perley j. Phillips, admin
.istr&tor with the will annexed, filed
MARY j. CROSS .Ey, late of Franklin.
in said county, deceased, First ac-
count of Boyd A. Blaisdell, admin
MARY J. cRossLEY. late of Franklin,
in SAID county; deceased; Petition
istrator with TIE will annexed of the
estate of said deceased that the
amount of the Inheritance tax on the
estate OF Sald deceased, pc deter
mined by tho iud"e of probate.
FLORENCE WALi%IE and EUGENIA
WALK ER. minors of Ellsworth in
said county. Petition filed by Carrie
p. Cummings guardian for license
to sell certain real estate of said
minors, situated in Rockland, Maine,
and more fully described in said pc
tito.
Witness, Bertrand E. Clark; Judge
twenty fourth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five
CLARA E. MULLAN,
Register.
A true copy.
Attest: CLARA E. MULLAN.
Register.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
Deer. Isle,

Deer Isle loses another of its old
and esteemed citizens in the death on
Monday, March 10, of James w. Jor-
dan, at the age of eighty-six years,
Mr.. Jordan was a lifelong resident
of the town, being born on Sheep is
land in Sunset harbor. His early life
was spent at sea, and he went many
foreign voyages. He was worthy
member of Marine lodge, F. and A.
M. He leaves two. daughters, Mrs.
Lillian Small and Mrs. Ralph A.
Gray, both of this town.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
WANTED.

WANTED-PUPIL NURSES. SOMER-
set Hospital, Skowhegan, Maine.
HOUSEWORK BY DAY OF HOUR;
also washings done at home. Mrs.~Ma
Moore Avery, ST Dean ST.
HOOKED RUGS, OLD PEWTER
glassware. pictures, oil lamps, chintz,
etc: almost anything old. Write full
description and price to Gertrude e.
Parker, Wells, Maine
A SHORE FRONTAGE WITH A FEW
acres of ground on Union or Bluehill
hay: land mist = high al fairly . .ar,
the beach free from large boulders.
Address. G. L. Chamberlain, Laurel
Beach, Milford, Conn
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
CHAPMAN CONCERT.
Walter Mills, Baritone, in Place of
LombardO, Who is Ill.

The Chapman concert tomorrow
evening will draw all music lovers
of Ellsworth and vicinity to the
Ellsworth high school auditorium
A change in the program is an
nounced, in the substitution of Walter
Mills, baritone, in place of Giuseppe
Lombardo, the tenor, who is i'll Of
grip and unable to make the trip.
At Lewiston Friday evening,
Director Chapman sprang this
announcement as surprise. AS the
Lewiston Journal reports it:
Director Chapman made the an
nouncement that Lombardo had been
detained in New York, where he has
the grip and can't sing note, with
A becOmngly 1 regret to announce
air. Then he gleefully produced Mr..
Mills, and sat back to enjoy the eff
feet. If disappointment was felt,
none was registered on the beaming
faces Of the audience after Mr.. Mills
first song group. Miss Wilson, said
Director Chapman, doesn't have to
disappoint. and she won't These
Wo artists new to Lewiston. were
given a reception seldom accorded to
any concert artists by Lewiston
audience. 1t was spontaneous and
keenly appreciated.
ut was race for the favor of the
audience between these two artists,
both young, both one hundred per
cent. American, with the two keep
ing well abreast all the evening, like
good teammates If Director Chap
man has ever brought us two such
satisfying artists on the same night,
at an annual concert, we don't now
recall them.
walter Mills is slightly-built
young man of quiet, reposeful man
ner, and the power Of his voice
came as a surprise. 1t displayed the
remarkable range of four octaves,
lacking one note. Just as one had
him catalogued as a bass baritone,
he surprised with high notes verg-
ing on the tenor His tones were
beautifully produced, his enuncia-
ton the equal of Graveure and
Werrenrath, his interpretations sim
cere.
"Muriel Wilson is young singer
of much charm. She is petite and
graceful. with a contagious smile
and face that reflects all the emo
lions of her songs"
The program for the Ellsworth
concert is as follows:
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal.
Roger Quilter
Zaza, r, Leoncavello
Mr. Mills
When Celia Sings Frank MOlr
The Jasmine Door, Alicia Scott
Miss Wilson
Ebb Tide, Mabel Wood Hill
Ma Little Banjo. William Dfchmont
Over the Steppe. Gretchaninoff
Mr. Mills
ombra Legere. Dinorah, Meyerbeer
Miss Wilson
n I.acerato Spirito, Simon Boccanegra,"
Verdi
Mr.. Mills
"Dein Anges hit Schumann
The Cry of Rachel, Mary Turner Salter
Miss Wilson
sylvia Obey Speaks
On the Road to Mandalay,
Obey Speaks
Mr.. Mills
rhank God for a Garden,
Teresa Del Riego
The Night Wind, Roland Farley
Vichavo, Nothing Matters),
Mana yucca
Miss Wilson
The Garden of Your Heart,
Francis Dorel
Miss Wilson and Mr.. Mills
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
MRS ANNIE e. MADDOX

Annie E.. widow of Charles Fl.
Maddox, died alt her home on High
street Saturday morning, having
been stricken with a shock on Tues
day from which she never regained
consciousness.
Mrs. Maddox spent her life in ELS
worth with the exception of a few
years she lived in Bangor with her
grandparents after the death of her
mother She was of a happy dispo-
sition and made many friends, She
was the daughter of the late John j.
and Ellen Small Scott, and is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. George
H. Preble of Bar Harbor and Mrs.
Benjamin S. Stevens of this city, who
were privileged to be with her at the
end.
The funeral was held at her home
Monday afternoon, Rev. q. Andrews,
of the Methodist church, Ofhciating.
Burial was at Woodbine cemetery.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
Bar HarbOr.

Abbie, widow of John Higgins,
died Sunday at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. w. E. Peach, aged seventy
six years. Mrs Higgins was a member
of the Methodist church, and for
years was an active worker in that
parish and in the woman's relief
corps. She leaves two brothers, Fri
Bunker of Bar Harbor and George
Bunker of Otter Creek, and two sis
tiers, Mrs. Peach and Mrs Augusta
Evans. both of Bar 'Iarbor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
Ellsworth has Joined the progress

Ellsworth has Joined the progress
made appropriations toward the fund
for advertising Maine Few counties
in the State have more to gain from
this nationwide advertising of Maine
than has Hancock, with its unsur-
passed coast line and its beautiful
summer resorts. The Ellsworth APP
preparation is modest, only 5000, but
as an expression of faith it is worth
many times that. O. w. Tapley, the
Hancock county chairman of the
publicity committee, appeared before
the city government Friday evening
and made a strong appeal for an APP
preparation for the fund.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-03-25
"COLD IN THE HEAD"

is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrn.
Those subject to fraonnr< "colds'' are
generally in a run down" condition.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is a
Treatment consisting of an Ointment, to
be used locally. and Tonic, which acts
Quickly through the Blood on the Mu-
cous Surfaces, building up the System.
and making you less liable to colds"
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
~ Cheney & Co.. Toledo, o.