Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-27
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Submitted to The American by the
Ellsworth High School Publicity Board.

Monday morning in general as
semblv. votes were cast for the bust
ness manager of The Jester for next
wear. Parker Cushman and Mary
Franklin were the two leading
candidates. One hundred and sixty
five votes were cast, 80 being for
Mary Franklin and rs for Parker
Cushman. This gives the office OF
business manager to Miss Franklin
and assistant business manager to
Mr.. Cushman.
The rank cards for the second
quarter will be out not later than
WEDNESDAY.
Miss Mary Henry and Horace
Estev, of class of '25, were visitors
last week.
Miss Edgerly was home because OF
illness last week. Karin Eliason
conducted her second year French
class, Edythe Davis her second year
Latin and Harriet Conley fourth
year Latin.
Typewriting certificates were
awarded last Thursday in assembly
to Barbara Sargent, on the Under
wood, Evelyn Hoyt, on the Reming-
ton, and Josephine Holmes and
Helen Chapman on the Royal
Tuesday, Jan. 10, Miss Bellatty
gave an interesting talk to the
Senior history class on the ruins and
devastation she saw in France and
ReIgium. as results of the World
war. She said that the crown
prince of Germany's headquarters at
the front were fortified on the side
towards the French with eighteen
feet of cement, and on the top with
cement ten feet thick. Miss Bellatty
also gave a description of the forts
about Verdun. and how they were
protected. She said the French were
showing their great esteem for the
American soldiers by the way they
cared for and guarded the American
graves in France
Last Friday morning everybody
missed the cheer leader, Shirley
Povich. who has been absent ON ac-
count of illness. pete Fortier led
the cheering.
This month the Boston Traveller
starts its seventh annual short story
contest. which is open to any hlgh
school student taking Engllsh. ne
Traveller offers ten prizes for the pest
original stories written by students.
The prizes range from 500 TO 30
Several students of Ellsworth hlgh
will compete.
Following are the names of those
having the greatest number or INES
in The Jester to January 10, l9zo
Helen Whitcomb, 527; Gordon
Emery. 525; Viola Eichmann, 465;
BENJAMIN Whitcomb, 3Sl; ThomaS
Holmes, 36S.
The BOYS basketball team came
ont on the small end of the score
Friday night, when they met the Bar
Harbor boys in the gym. me
Ellsworth team put up hard hght'
and the game was far more lnleleS-
ting than the score may show. rms
was the second defeat of the season
in series of light games.
The girls team performed a rare
feat when they out-passed and Out
classed the Bar Harbor girls IN d
fast and close game. The Bar Har-
bor girls came back hard in the last
ouarter. but couldn't break through
the Ellsworth guards, while the Tor
wards. fed by the centers, rolleo
their score steadily upward
Summaries:
Boys Game.
ELLSWORTH 9.
BAR HARBOR "a
Whitcomb, ri. kelley' ~ u
Emery, IF. Cd Aleu- rs
Holmes, If Cd
Jordan, C. w. ma 10 u
Moore rq / D. Harris, IT,
ingalls,, IT,
Eoss To- Wasgatt, IF. 3
Austin, lg.
Referee, Humphrey. 1lmers' f1is
gins and Whitney. Scorers, Lear
and Whitcomb.
Girls Game.
ELLSWORTH, 81
BAR HARBOR, 10
Chairman rf (3) Graham, If. l
Thomas. If. 6 % Baker, ri. 90
Davis ic Connos, JIG.
Robinson, SC. emery Sc