Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-12-22

kins, and will furnish him many
hours of enjoyment, as he is still
confined to the house by illness.
Much interest is being shown in
the burning of the thirty-inch candle
at Thompson's store. 1t is lighted
each evening during shopping
hours. Many guesses, as to the
number of hours it will burn, have
been made, ranging from five hours
into the hundreds, even into frac-
tons
The moving picture, "The Making
of O'Malley," was shown at the Uni
tartan church last Sunday evening.
Next Sunday evening the picture
will be omitted, owing to the
pageant in the afternoon, but on the
following Sunday, January 2, the
evening picture service will be re-
sumed, and will be continued each
Sunday evening during the winter
and spring.
Friday morning at 9 o'clock the
firemen were called to the Willis
Moore house on Water street for
fire which caught around the Chin
ney. Considerable damage was
done by fire and water. There was
some insurance on the place. The
house was saved by the pump on the
fire truck, water being obtained
from Cards brook. Eight hundred
feet of hose were used to reach the
fire.
Y The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Congregational church has
chosen officers to serve for the next
half year, as follows: President,
Charlotte Whitcomb; vice-president,
Roscoe Marshall; corresponding
secretary, Freda Daniels; recording
secretary, Parker Cushman; treas
urer, Hazel Smith; pianist, Karin
Eliason. 1T is planned soon to have
the first of the monthly business
meetings and socials, of the society
The annual Christmas sale and
luncheon by the Woman's Alliance
of the Unitarian church last We'd
nesday afternoon was a pleasing
social and financial success. In the
evening there was an entertainment,
in which singing by a ''sunbonnet
A fashion show, of gowns and
dresses from Shapiro's Sample Shop
and hats from Mrs. F. E. Silvy's
Hat Shoppe, was of interest to the
ladies.
The Boy Scouts held their regular
meeting at the American Legion
rooms Thursday evening. Twenty
two scouts attended. A tenderfoot
examination was given the boys, all
passing the tests. Scoutmaster An
derson and Assistant Scoutmaster
McKeen conducted the examinations.
Rev. George H. Driver Of the Con-
gregational church gave an interest
the country, which was thoroughly
ing talk on scout work throughout
appreciated by the members of the
troop.
With the beginning Of the new
year, the secondhand sales room
and radio supplies store of the
Morang-Robinson Co. will be moved
from the Luchini building on Main
street, probably to the Morang-
Robinson garage until other arrange
ments are made. The store is va
Gated to allow for extensive improve
ments to be made in it. The Lu-
chini store will be enlarged and
business expanded, but Mrs. Boyer
is not prepared as yet to announce
| her plans.
The Christmas holidays bring
home the boys and girls from school
and college. John and George Ma
honey, Whitcomb Haynes, Charles
Hurley, Horace Estey and Catherine
Osgood are home from the Uni
versity of Maine. Benjamin B.
Whitcomb is home from Bowdoin;
Howard Higgins from Boston Uni
versity, Thomas A. Pinkham from
! Northeastern University and Helen
Whitcomb from Gorham normal
school. Isabel Emery will arrive
home from Edinboro State College,
Pennsylvania, Saturday.
The Bangor chamber of commerce,
at meeting last week, discussed
the question of keeping open the
Acknowledgment road this winter.
1t was estimated that it would cost
$500 to keep the road open to the
Ellsworth line. Lucerne has Of
fered to contribute one-quarter OF
the expense. Bangor relies upon
Ellsworth to keep the road open to
the Dedham line, but, Ellsworth
merchants are not very we'll sold
on the proposition. They argue
that it would be more to the bust
ness advantage of Ellsworth to
keep the roads from west, south and
east open into Ellsworth.
Another Ellsworth boy has been
honored by his classmates by cleo
ton to a managerial position. This
time it is Benjamin B. Whitcomb,
a freshman at Bowdoin, who has
been chosen as manager or the