Ellsworth American., 1926-05-26
Girelius expects to return next Mon

GlfelluS expects TO return next Mon
day.
Rev. L. G. Perry will begin his
pastorate at the Ellsworth Baptist
church next Sunday, preaching in
the morning. There will be union
service at Hancock hall in the eve
ming, when the baccalaureate SER
mon will be delivered by Rev. Clar-
ence Emery.
|Mrs. A. P. Wiswell, who has spent
the winter in New York, has opened
her Ellsworth home. Mrs. George P.
Dutton is her guest, and will remain
here until Joined by her daughter
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Parker
Fillmore of New York, when they
will occupy the Dutton home on Main
street.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Barnes and
Mrs. Barnes mother, Mrs. Nellie
Nevells, have returned to Ellsworth
from Manchester, N. H., and will
begin housekeeping here as soon as
their household goods arrive. Mr..
Barnes will open shoe store in the
Chrome block at Main and Hancock
streets as soon as his stock arrives.
Gardner Tibbetts, now employed
on state experimental farm in Mas
sachusetts, has been engaged as
county agent to succeed Mr.. Bick-
ford He will begin his duties here
July 1, but will be here for week
] before that time to go over the
county with Mr.. Bickford and meet
as many of the Farm Bureau work
ers as possible.
YMrs. Lydia Joy and Mrs. Hazel
Bradbury, of this city, have opened
| a new store on State street in the
| former Fuller building, now owned
| by the Dirigo Adjustment Co. The
| building has been completely reno
is called the ,Dirigo Ice-cream Parlor.
Light lunches, hot dogs and soft
drinks will be sold.
The State highway commission
last week awarded aud the governor
and council approved the contract
for building AGA miles of concrete
road from Dean street, Ellsworth,
into Trenton. The lowest bidders
were McCabe & Giovannini, Inc, of
Boston, at S197,144.5S. Three
other bids were received ranging
from $216,000 to $222,0o0.
One of the faculty participants at
the formal opening of the new
$1,500,000 high school building, at
/ Greenwich Conn, this week, is Miss
/ H. Frances NJ alone, of this city, who
is a member Of the modern language
department (Spanish) of the school.
Miss Malone is graduate of the
Ellsworth high school, Bates college,
Middlebury Spanish School, of
Middlebury, VT, and has taken a
! two years course in the Spanish
department of graduate work, at
Columbia university. New York.
Guy Raymond, formerly of Ellis
worth, died last Thursday at Ports
! mouth, N. H., after a long illness.
Mr.. Raymond was born in Ellis
worth and spent his early life here.
AS a young man, he worked in the
| shoe factories. Later he went to
Springvale to work in the factories
/ there, but soon gave up factory
work and established a successful
confectionery and tobacco business
| there. Mr.. Raymond was forty years
| of age. He is survived by his widow
who was Miss Frances McGown OF
this city. The body was brought
here for interment.
Irving Rollins of Gou1dsboro was
arraigned before Judge Crabtree
| yesterday afternoon on two
charges-for driving car while
intoxicated, and for manslaughter
Mr.. Rollins was the driver of the
Ford car that plunged over a
bridge at East Sullivan on May TO-
killing Ralp Stanley of Sullivan, the
other occupant of the car. On the
liquor charge, Rollins was found
guilty, sentenced to 5000 fine and
costs and thirty days in Jail. On the
manslaughter charge, Judge Crab
tree held him for the grand jury in
| October. Bail of $4,000 was fur
nished.
The George B. Floyd house at
West Ellsworth, owned by Jerome
Floyd, was burned to the ground at
midnight last Wednesday. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Mr.
Floyd was visiting his sister in Au-
gusta, and there had been no fire in
the house since Tuesday morning.
The fire apparently started in the
shed, according to neighbors who
first saw it, but spread so rapidly to
the main house that it was impossi-
BILE to save anything. The hen