Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-09

ness in providing him the opportun-
ity of five years of collegiate and
seminary training.
sThe Phillips building on Water
street, adjoining the postoffice prop
erty, recently damaged by fire, is be-
ing repaired The store will have a
corner entrance, and plate glass win
dows fronting on Water street, and
one facing toward Main stree. A. j.
Patten has leased the store, and will
move his shoe store there as soon as
it is ready for occupancy
= Increased telephone rates went
into effect December /. In Ellsworth,
the new monthly rates are as fol-
lows: Business service (calls un-
limited, one-party line, 81; two
party line, 1925; rural, fifteen or
more, $3.50. Residence service,
(calls unlimited,) one-party line,
$2.75; two-party line, 1925; four
five-six-p party line, So; rural, five or
more, $1.75.
The annual Christmas sale and
fair at the Congregational church be-
gan this afternoon and will continue
until Thursday evening. The
Thursday club has a splendid assort
ment of fancy articles, aprons, hand
kerchiefs and towels for sale, also
appetizing cooked food and candy.
Tomorrow evening the sale will open
at $50 and a public supper will be
served at $50.
Next Sunday will be Layman's Sun
day at the Unitarian church. The
morning service, at 1890, will be
conducted by Charles L. Morang,
president of the Ellsworth branch of
the Unitarian Layman's League.
The address will be by Hon. John A.
Peters, judge of the u S. District
Court, on "The National Government
and the Citizen" All are invited to
attend this service. There will be
special music. Miss Sophia Walker
will be the soloist, and Alfred G.
Morang will play the violin.
The monthly meeting of the Civic
Betterment League was held Friday
afternoon, Dec. a. Mrs. Mary Card
was appointed committee of one to
confer with Rev. A. T. Bradstreet,
Supt. G. O. Turner, and H. Blaine
Davis in regard to equipment for the
playground. 1t was voted to urge
each member to buy health seals, and
influence others to do so. Mrs. An
ME McGown, Mrs. Minnie Mcfarland
and Mrs. Mary Hagerthy were ap-
pointed to look for suitable lot for
skating purposes. A gift of IS was
received from the Besse System for
the playground.
The Christmas window at Smith &
Heads store, on which the curtain
went up yesterday, is attracting much
attention 1t is the work of Antonio
COrdini who is a genius at window
decorating. The window represents
a snow-covered mountain peak, near
the top of which nestles Santa Claus
cabin, while Santa Claus himself is
seen crossing a bridge over ravine
on the winding mountain trail. At
the base of the mountain is limpid
lake, famous for big fish, which claim
it proves. In and out of tunnel
through the mountain runs an cleo
trio train. 1t is a great window for
the Riddles.
Dr. Hadley of Machias, district
health officer of the State Depart
ment of Health, was in Ellsworth
last Thursday, on official business.
He gave a talk at the high school
auditorium at assembly, on our
drinking water supplies This talk,
while being largely educational, en-
phasized the Importance of periodical
examinations of all private water
supplies if we wish to be safe from
water-borne diseases, chief of which
is typhoid fever. The recent out
break of three cases of this disease
in one family at Ellsworth Falls,
caused by infection of the domestic
water supply by a typhoid carrier,
gave much force to his remarks.
Do your Christmas greetings to
friends away missfire? Do you some
times wonder why you get no
response from postcard greeting or
message? Perhaps it never got
farther on it's journey than the waste
basket in the local postoffice. But
don't blame the postmaster You
may be at fault yourself. These
cards-every card except the official
government postal card-requires
two cents postage Perhaps you put
on only one cent. If you did, it is
not forwarded, but the postmaster, II
your own full name and address is
not on the card, notifies the person to
whom it is addressed that a post
card is held here for insufficient
postage. Perhaps he or she sends for
it; that means two cents for letter in
addition to lacking postage. That
isn't much, but it takes some of the
sweetness out of a Christmas greet
ing. More often they are not sent
for Then they are not even for
warded to the dead letter office, but
are destroyed in the locay post
office. Soon after Christmas, the
postoffce waste basket overfows with
mutilated Christmas cards-missfire
greetings, that never reach your
friends. Remember, the open post
cards require two cents postage;
cards enclosed in unsealed envelopes,
~ cents for each two ounces or
fraction thereof; greeting enclosed in