Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-08-25
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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remains were brought to Ellsworth,
where the funeral was held Sunday
afternoon at the home of DR.. Lewis
Hodgkins, Rev. L. G. Perry OF the
Baptist church officiating.
J D. NJ. Hamilton, manager of the
Ellsworth branch of the Bar Harbor
Motor Co., is wearing a 500 gold
watch and a broad smile. The watch
is for winning second place in a SAFES
contest for July on Dodge cars; the
smile is because he beat out the Bar
Harbor branch. The contest was by
L. C. Atwood of Bangor, Dodge deal
er for five eastern Maine counties.
Eleven dealers participated. Bangor
won first prize, Ellsworth second ana
Bar Harbor third. The Ellsworth
branch sold fourteen cars during
July.
The house of Arthur Brown, at
the corner of High and Pine Streets
was attacked by an out-of-State
automobile last Wednesday. A Few
loose clapboards was the only IN
Jury The occupants of the car were
a brother and sister. The sister,
lust learning to drive, turned out
100 far for a passing car: me
brother, seeing the car was heaoeo
for telephone pole, grabbed the
wheel. The car cleared the pore
hut careened across the lawn OF the
Brown home and butted INTO the
house. No one was injured.
DR.. Arthur Parcher OF ELLSWORTH
has attended two cases OF fractured
homes in the household OF Jay
Schieffelin, a summer resloenI a.
Ashyille, within the past week. W
FRIDAY. Virginia Osborn, little granu-
daughter Of Mr.. Schiefehn' prohe
her right leg below the Knee py
fall over chair. ON oatuIuay'
sarah Thompson, cook in the nome
broke her left ankle by iai1 On
sten. Another case treated Frloay
Nv Dr Parcher was a broken MP
sustained by Mrs. Calkins, summer
rosident of Southwest Harbor, VINO
is eighty-two years OF age.
Theodore Boynton OF Lamoine'
walking along the road between t"o
how companions last Friday, was nv
Nv stray bullet. The bullet MT
the hack of the right hand, innac.-
ing a long, deep wound. lnvestl-
cation disclosed that the bullet was
from a rife fired by the fourteen
vaa r-ord son of DR.. Nudge, a SUM-
ner resident. who had been shoot-
mo at crows. The bullet was re-
moved and the wound dressed ny
hrs Hodgkins and Parcher OF ELS
worth. 1t seems to be heanng H liz
lv without infection, and anQNa
+;ons are that there Will DE 10 DC
rious effects. ,noocann
a;od at Providence, r. L., Aug. H.
She was native OF HancoGA'
danphter of the late Melvllie f.
pettengill and wife. Left an orphan
at an early age, she made hef noil1
in Ellsworth, where she attended az
the different grades of the pubic
schools and after two or three years
~ high school, went to Massacnu-
colts where she took course ~
stenoeraphy. For several years sue
Ivoc employed as bookkeeper anu
stenoerapher in Cambridge. A1tef
ber marriage to Arthur D. MacCann'
thew made their heome in frovl-
dence, where they have llved LOT .ne
mast eighteen years besiueo NJ
husband, she leaves several pIolheio
and sisters, among them Mrs. harvey
D. Black and Miss Lena Pettehslll,
formerly of Ellsworth. Inc luheiai
and burial were at Providence.
Last Wednesday evening, as Dr.
Parcher was driving to Bar Harpol'
he discovered young woman lylhs
beside the road in Trenton, in semi
conscious condition. She was badly
bruised about the head ana ohe
side When she recovered conscious
ness, she told of being struck by
truck, the driver of which, with an
other man, came back and looked her
over and then left her with the re.
mark that they had better beat II.
while DR.. Parcher was questioning
her. Harold Mcfarland OF Eden
drove up, and identified the girl as
Miss Anita scammons Of Bar Har-
nor. who was employed at the
Knowles farm in Eden. He SAID tne
girl had ridden up to Trenton win
him. and left him, saying she was
going to walk back home. ne
Claimed he had driven back, looking
for her. The stories left suspicion
that all had not been told. Inc girl
was taken by DR.. Parcher 10 the
hospital in Bar Harbor. Her lhJu-
ries were not serious.