Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-10

Hancock county is to have a new
historical shrine. The Lafayette
National Park Museum of Stone Age
Antiquities is the title of new cor
poration which will construct and
maintain somewhere in the national
park museum to contain the park
collection upon which DR.. Robert
Able has been working for years.
Chautauqua.
The hearty support Of Chautau-
qua course places stamp of excel
lence on any community. The
Chautauqua, by furnishing the same
program to hundreds of commune
ties, maintains a high standard Of
excellence at a minimum cost. And
so the name, Chautauqua, is itself
guarantee of high class in entertain
ments, for it brings to community
a group of artists who, for single
entertainment, would command sala-
ries far beyond the reach of the
not mean "high-brow," as is erroni-
ously thought by some, for the en-
tertainments are of a popular
nature.
The work with the children Of
community is alone worth the price
of support of the Chautauqua. The
Junior Chautauqua is a lesson IN
citizenship that will bring large re-
turns to this nation in years to come.
This year, in supporting the
Chautauqua by the purchase OF
season tickets, patrons will also ne
helping worthy local cause. AS
stated last week, the children OF the
West Side school are engaged III a
commendable effort to raise funds
for a new piano. AT meeting OF !
the guarantors of the Chautauqua,
it was voted to place the sale OF
tickets on the west side in the hands |
of this school, with Miss Mary A. |
Gaynor in charge. A commission on |
sales will be allowed. 1t was fur
Their voted to donate the net pro-
ceeds from the Chautauqua, if any,
to the same fund.
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Join the Red Cross.
I'm war and in peace" says Presi-
dent Coolidge, sit has never failed
us and it never will, so long as 1t
holds your generous support.
Tomorrow, Armistice day, the an
nual Red Gross roll call begins.
Every adult resident of Ellsworth
will be personally invited to become
a member of the Red Cross for 1927.
This is nationwide campaign.
The American Red Cross numbers
more than 100000 members.
Ellsworth is called upon to do her
part. Will your name be on the
roster? Within the next few days,
solicitors chosen from among your
friends and neighbors will call on
you with a cordial invitation to join
the Red Cross.
The Red Cross is doing valua-
BILE work in Ellsworth. Elsewhere
in this issue will be found report
by the Red Cross community nurse,
giving a summary of the work done
during the past year. In the window
of Alexander's Pharmacy may be
seen an object lesson of what the
Junior Red Cross, under the in
struction of the community nurse,
is doing among the grammar school
children. Can Ellsworth afford to
abandon this work? Decidedly not!
Only so cents of your membership
fee of 81 goes to the National Red
Cross. The other SO cents, and all
above that amount that you contrl-
butte, as many will, goes to the COM
munity work.
The Ellsworth Chamber of Com
merce believes in the Red Cross. A
few weeks ago the Chamber of
Commerce, in anticipation of the |
opening of the drive on Armistice
day, secured in advance list OF |
seventy-two individuals and firms as
Red Cross members for 1927, with |
membership dues ranging from 81
to $25. This was done in order to
enable the Ellsworth branch to
purchase a car which was needed i'm
mediately for the public health |
nurse. 1t was an endorsement of
the Red Cross in substantial deed !
and not mere words. With this
splendid start, Ellsworth ought now
to go far beyond what she has done
heretofore.
The campaign begins on Armis-
tice day, and closes on Thanksgiving
day.