Ellsworth American., 1926-11-24

day. A venison dinner at Sunset
Park followed the hunt. This day
of sport was made possible through
the efforts of Fred G. Smith, life
long follower of the hunt, as his
father, the late Moses Smith, was
before him.
Fred Fields received two frac-
tured ribs last Thursday night, when
his car, Ford coupe, left the Ma
riaville road and overturned in the
ditch. Mr. Fields, returning to Els
worth from Sunset Park had turned
out for passing car. His right
wheels slid over the shoulder of the
narrow road and the car tipped over.
The car was slightly damaged His
companion, Harold Hawkes., was
unhurt.
"A Canadian lynx pelt in the
Clement Bros. store window is at
tracing considerable attention. It
was shot in Hancock county. Very
seldom does one find this large
member of the cat family in this To-
cality Between snowy or Arctic
owls and Canadian animals, the
North seems to be moving South.
Perhaps New England's recent win
| into the ice fields.
Ellsworth friends of D. Shirley
| Norris of Bar Harbor were shocked
| to learn of his sudden death on Mon
f, day afternoon, of heart failure. Mr.
| Norris married an Ellsworth girl,
| Miss Mary Newman, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. Newman, and had
been a frequent visitor here. He
was forty-five years of age. His
death followed that of his father
! Calvin H. Norris, by exactly one
year, to a day. He leaves widow
and his mother, Mrs Clara Higgins
Norris.
The parents of Miss Mildred
Moore, who disappeared from her
home at North Ellsworth last
| August, have received letter from
her, in which she expressed sur
prise that she had been located, but
giving no particulars as to her 60
ing away. The letter indicated
that she was in a highly nervous
state. She said she had not seen
Charles Wilson, jr., "for long
time" and did not know where he
was. She expressed the determina-
tion to remain in Los Angeles until
she earned money enough to come
home Her parents, however, will
take immediate steps for her return
home.
yCMr. and Mrs George T. Corneail
celebrated their silver wedding ami
versary, Saturday, Nov. 20, at their
home on Fourth street. The house
was prettily decorated in appropri-
ate colors. The living room was in
old rose and silver, with two silver
bells hung in the center of the
room. The dining room was in blue
and white, with bell of blue in
the center. Guests were received
from to o'clock. Delicious re-
freshments were served. During
the afternoon, several pleasing solos
were rendered by Mrs. Jonh e.
Besant. Mr.. and Mrs. Corneail were
the recipient of many beautiful gifts
of silver.
The Eagle Airship Co. has been
incorporated in Maine, to put on the
market an airplane which is an en-
tire departure from the present
forms. 1t solves the problem of
ascending and alighting in small
space, which has been the greatest
obstacle to the commercial develop
ment of air traffic. The new plane
is fully protected by patents. ELS
worth men are interested in this
company The officers of the COR
poration are ]. A. Crane, of Con-
necticut, president; Perley E. Priest,
of Ellsworth, vice-president; Martin
l.. Adams, of Ellsworth, and Edwin
]. Church, of Connecticut, directors.
Mr.. Crane, the inventor of the plane,
is a former Hancock county man, a
native of Winter Harbor
The annual Red Cross roll call,
which began on Armistice day will
end on Thanksgiving day. To date,
the returns show that 307 member
ships have been secured, with a total
money contribution of $665. This
includes the list of seventy-two
contribution of $3.50, secured
in advance of the regular roll call.
The total membership secured last
year was 4O1, with money con-
tribution of $401. A few are still
to be heard from, but unless there
is more of a last-minute response
than can be expected the total
NUMBER OF memberships VIII Adii
| considerably short of last year.
though the money contribution IS
| larger
A snowy or Arctic owl, shot at
| Waltham by Frank Jordan, was ex-
hibited in the window of Clement
Bros store last week. This was
| female or young bird, liberally
| spotted with brown. The adult
males are almost pure white. That
the invasion Of Arctic owls because
of a shortage Of their natural food
| in the cold North, is no myth, is
| proven by the fact that within the
| past week no less than nine Of these
birds, usually rare in this latitude,
have been reported killed in Han
| cock county by correspondents OF
The American. The record to date
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