Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-10-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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worth were Mrs. Heath, Misses
Doris and Julia Heath, M. Y. Nc
Gown, who was one of the speakers,
and Mrs. McGown.
The monthly meeting and supper
of the Ellsworth Chamber of Com
merce will be held tomorrow evening
at O'Clock, at the Unitarian vestry.
Ladies of members are invited to at
tend this meeting. Hon. Willis E..
Parsons, State commissioner of in
land fisheries and game, will be
present and will speak. 1t was
originally planned to have hearing
on the fishway petition during Com
missioner Parsons visit here, but as
no formal notice of such hearing has
been given, it is doubtful If it will
be held at this time. Rev. Charles
G. Girelius of the Unitarian church,
chairman of the local branch of the
Red Cross, will speak Of the work
submit to the Chamber of Commerce
some of the problems met by the
local branch in financing this work.
Other matters of interest will be dis
cussed Tickets for the supper, 81
each, may be obtained from any
member of the committee on ar
ngements-Walter J. Clark, jr.,
Walter J. Joy or E. F. Robinson.
Friday, Oct. %, is the date set
for the second annual Knights OF
Columbus minstrels. To carry on
the idea of the sesqui-centennial, the
management has decided to stage
patriotic show. There will be a
spectacular opening called ''The Big
Parade" in which Indians, Puritans,
minutemen, Colonial men and
DANES, Civil war soldiers, Columbus,
Betsy Ross, and other famous char
acters, will appear. The endmen
will represent World war dough
boys" The opening chorus is COM
posed Of patriotic songs, arranged
systematically to represent each
great epoch of American history in
music. The solos will be of popular
and semi-classical music, each piece
being specialized in dance or tab
leau. The closing chorus will in
clude popular songs, ending with a
beautiful combination tableau Of
Liberty, Generals Grant and Lee and
Abraham Lincoln. The chorus is
composed of forty-eight voices. The
jokes are believed to be the best
ever This show has been especially
prepared for the occasion by Dr.
rector Albert H. Davis. Karin
Eliason will be at the piano.
Especially adapted stage settings are
being arranged.
Ellsworth friends of Miss Nancy
Blackwell learn with regret that she
has been compelled because of i'll
health to resign her position as head
of the French department of Wash
ington Irving high school, New
York city. Miss Blackwell has been
a frequent summer visitor to ELS
worth with Miss Clio Chilcott OF the
same school That Miss Blackwell's
work in the school has been apprecl-
ated is evidenced by letters written
by pupils of the school in The Mirror,
the school paper, copies of when
have been received here. One OF
the students writes: with her de-
parture goes one of our best friends
and teachers. Her legal mind gave
her a sense of justice, and her keen
insight into the workings of other
minds made at Washington Irving
a careful observer of the progress OF
individual girls and an understand
ing member of our big family. IN
her classes she had a delightful
spontaneity which added to the
grace and charm of her teachlng.
Being a great lover of beauty sne
aroused, everywhere, love Tor the
beautiful things that she so enjoyed
in her various trips to France. Her
pupils will unanimously agree that
she has been an inspiring teacher
of French, and we all must say tnat
she has been a builder of character.