Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-12-01

| house for the winter.
The many friends of Walter j.
| Clark, ST., are sorry to hear of the
| painful injury he sustained Sunday.
| Mr.. Clark fell from the steps at
his home on Water street.
fracturing one hip. The injury is
such, at Mr. Clark's age, as to be
very serious.
With returns practically all in
the Red Cross roll call shows total
| enrolment of 331, with total money
| received, $3.50. This includes
| seventy-four memberships and $3.50
| received through the Chamber of
| received last year was 401, and
money, $401.
kMr and Mrs. Harry E. Rowe re-
! turned Saturday from Portland,
where they spent Thanksgiving at
Lovitt's Heights, with Mrs Rowe's
mother, Mrs. w. A. Allen. Fifteen
guests were present, including four
generations of the family, the old
| est being seventy-seven years old
and the youngest six.
The latest prizes brought in by
! hunters for exhibition at Clement
| Bros store, are another snowy or
| Arctic owl, shot at West Surry.
| Goshawk, another ~aiestructive Wis
| itor from the North, shot at Bay
side, and an unusually large bob-cat.
Several other towns in the county
report snowy owls shot.
| Claire Page, ten-year-old adopted
daughter of Miss Vera Seeds, of
! Ellsworth, died at the Bar Harbor
hospital, Thursday, Nov. Is, follow
ing a serious appendicitis operation.
Funeral services were held at the
Baptist church here, on Saturday,
Rev. l.. G. Perry officiating. The
body was taken to Bayside for
burial.
Rev. George H. Driver has ac-
cepted call to the pastorate OF the
First CONGREGATIONAL church Of
Ellsworth, and will begin his pas
torate here next Sunday. MT.
Driver comes here from Meadville,
Pa AS candidate, he preached
i here two Sundays, making a most
| favorable impression on the congre-
| cation.
Howard E. Stevens of St. Paul,
| Mimi, chief engineer of the North
ern Pacific Railroad, and a conspic-
uous example of Maine men who
have made good lin other states.
was in Ellsworth for a few hours
| today Mr.. Stevens has been called
East by the critical condition Of
his father, Austin T. Stevens, Blue
hills leading citizen.
E. NJ Moore has converted a
window of his fish market into a
Toyland. Ducks, geese, guinea
hens, dogs, aligators, elephants,
horses, toy roadsters, deliberately
decorated in gaudy colors, are dis
played on terrace of green and
red crepe paper. This large as
sortment of toys has been manu-
featured by Mr.. Moore, genius
with his knife, in his private work
shop at home. They are on sale
for Christmas presents.
The Thursday club of the Congre-
| gational church will hold a Christ
mas sale on Dec. and in the
chapel. On Wednesday there will
be sale of fancy articles, aprons,
handkerchiefs, towels, cooked food,
candy and Christmas wreaths; tea
will be served The sale will open
at o'clock and continue through
the evening, with an entertainment
by the young people of the church
Thursday evening there will be a
public chicken pie supper at $50
o'clock.
SCharles e. Alexander has pur-
chased the Grant house on Bridge
Hill Of c. L. Morang, and has sold
his house on the Bucksport road to
James Logan of Bangor. Some
sentiment attaches to both these
sales, as the Grant house was the
| girlhood home of Mrs. Alexander
and the Alexander house, purchased
by Mr.. Logan, was built by his
| father, the late William Logan. Mr..
home until early spring. Mr..
living with his aunt, Mrs. Alpha
Austin.
An interesting meeting Of the
| Woman's Club was held with Miss
M A. Clark yesterday afternoon.
maine" was discussed by club
members. Packages given by club
members for the Christmas box,
which the club voted at recent
| meeting to send to the Shut-ln So
ciety Of Maine, are to be sent to MISS
Clark before Saturday, Dec. 4.
! Gifts for box are to include comfort
powder, books, stationery, thread,
games, cards, dressed dolls, etc. 1t
is hoped the gifts will be many, to
bring cheer and greetings to these
worthy people. Members are urged
| to donate.
John H. Mahoney, '27, George F.
Mahoney, '29, and Charles J. Hur-
ley, 80, students at the University
of Maine, spent the THANKSGIVING
recess with their parents in Ellis
worth They had as guests Charles
E. Hoff, 80, of Kennebunkport, and
Francis Fitzpatrick, '2S, Of Houlton.
Others at home for the Thanks
giving recess were Whitcomb
Haynes and Catherine Osgood
of the University of Maine,
Harvard HipginS Of ROStOn Uni