Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-02-03

neail; conductor, Harry l.. Crabtree.
Ellsworth friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank A. Mcdonald of Carnegie, Pa,
will be interested in the recent an
nouncement of the engagement of
their daughter, Anna Louise, to
Frederick Forrest Schock, of Spring
Lake, N. J. Ellsworth friends of
Miss Mcdonald extend congratula
tions.
At the meeting of the woman's
club with Mrs. e. J. Collins yester-
day afternoon, Justice l.. B. Deasy
gave an interesting and instructive
talk on the World Court and the
League of Nations The club will
meet Tuesday, Feb. 16, with Mrs.
Harry L. Crabtree. Rev. Charles G.
Girelius Will be the speaker
The monthly meeting of the ex-
ecutive board of the local Red Cross
was held Monday afternoon at head
chairman for the last four years,
handed in his resignation, thanking
all the members for their loyal
support and deep interest. in the
organization. Mr.. Brookes intro
duced Rev. Charles G. Girelius as a
new member, and expressed the hope
that he may be induced to undertake
the local leadership.
The Ellsworth fire department was
called out to four chimney fires dur
ing the past week. Two alarms were
sent in Friday morning within an
hours time, one call from Mrs.
Estella Kings block on Main street,
and another from the Malcolm Hor-
ton home on the Surry road. Sun
day morning the fremen were called
to the home of Joseph Morrison on
Hancock street for chimney fire.
No damage resulted. The fourth
alarm was sent in yesterday morn
ing from the home of Mrs. Ann Hur-
ley, on West Mapel street.
The United States circuit court of
appeals doubled the amount of sal
wage awarded by the q. S. District
Court to residents of Ellsworth,
who saved three yachts when they
were swept down Union river in
| Ellsworth in the freshet of May,
1923. Winfield S. Treworgy, Capt.
| Walter N Curtis, Albert N. Cush-
man, Stanley T. Smith and Percy e.
York are the men interested The
district court awarded them $500.
I The circuit court at Boston held that
the amount was only per cent. OF
| the value of the boats, and doubled
it to per cent, or SIS, 500.
Ellsworth friends of Harvey d.
| Black of Wollaston, Mass, former
| Ellsworth boy, will be interested to
know that his son, Frederick Harvey
Black, who was graduated from the
! Quincy, Mass, high school last week,
with a class of 104, was awarded the
prize for boys offered by the Quincy
chapter, d. A. r., for the best essay
on "The Declaration of Indepen-
dence" The essay was Judged on
it's merits as promoting the study OF
history, and knowledge of the Dec
laration of dependence. Freder-
lex has many friends in Ellsworth,
where he spent his vacation last
| summer.
A moving picture machine has
been purchased, to be installed at
the Unitarian church. for use at COM
munity services Sunday evenings. 1t
| ready for use the first Sunday in
March. The purchase of this ma
chine, at cost Of more than $1,000,
is made possible through the efforts
of ten men interested in the church
and community who have become
personally responsible for the pur-
chase price of the equipment. The
machine is the best obtainable for
the purpose, and the pictures to be
shown will of course be appropriate
for the Sunday community services.
Vincent Donnell, four-year-old son
| of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Donnell,
| received a badly broken leg by fall
down the stairs at his home on Main
street Friday morning. Vincent,
commonly known as Tied, jr.," had
| started for his grandfather's restau-
rant, Tracy's, when the accident oc-
Cured. He was wearing pair of
rubber boots, and tripped at the head
of the stairs, falling to the bottom,
His right leg was broken between
| the knee and ankle, and smaller
| bone in the foot was broken The
| bones were promptly set, and Vim
| cent is resting as comfortably as any
active boy can under such clrcum-
| stances. Ted jr.," was mascot OF
the Ellsworth basketball team last
year, his father being the popular
| lied Donnell of that team, now
| playing with the Seal Harbor Con
| victs.''
The Unitarian Layman's League
held pleasant business and social
meeting with Louis F. Higgins last
Wednesday evening. AT the short
business meeting, affairs of church
interest were discussed. Rev.
Charles G. Girelius, the new pastor
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