Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-31
AT. OCEAN POINT.
Month Of August Will Open
With Gaieties Galore.
Great Building Boom Has Struck the
Point This Year.
Nearly all the Cottages are Occupied
or Booked.

| are by far the pleasantest of the whole
month. The long looked for sun which
| everybody thought had gone into Z
| trust or had been Morganized and re-
| fused to shine upon the just as well as
the unjust, has paid the Point good
long visit and all indications point to
| it's becoming a regular visitor With
the advent of the sun the unpleasant
weather of the past month when the
guests at the various resorts wer1
keeping in close touch with the open
fires will be forgotten and the season
will start for the month of August with
gaieties galore.i The old war cry sc
common at most resorts of 16 to l, that
is 16 summer girls to one man, hardly
applies to this place, for the sexes are
pretty evenly divided and if other sea
side resorts are suffering with a drouth
CT eligible young men they must not
blame the sweet summer girl at the
Point. 1t is not her fault. 1t is the
other girls misfortune. 1t takes lots
and lots of disagreeable weather to
dampen the ardor of the Pointer, for
despite the lowery, unreasonable
weather of the past three weeks the
little colony has not found time hang
ing heavily on it's hand. Whist parties
and social gatherings have been the
order of the day with now and then a
fishing or a sailing party costumed out
in tarpaulins and oil skin Clothing
which has added to the novelty of life
at the shore.
There has been a number of i'm
,;, ct
mencing with the Taylor cottage now
the property of Mr.. G. A. Ware of Ais
ton. This cottage has been raised up
some five feet, an immense veranda,
enclosed in lattice work, built around
it. Several rooms have been added,
making it, on the whole, one of the
slightest cottages at the Point. DR..
Robinson of ,Southboro, Mass, has add
ed one more cottage to his taxable
property at the Point. The doctor is
detained at home by illness but is ex-
pected here the middle of August. Mr..
Lyon of Augusta, has been making eX-
tensive repairs and alterations on his
cove property at Grimes and is still
beautifying up. Farther round on the
shore line. Prof. Emerson of Burling-
ton, Vt. is building quite extensively.
His cottage is fast nearing completion
and when finished will compare favor
ably with the summer homes along the
shore. Mr.. Fred Kincaid of Dorches-
ter. who has recently purchased the
Focler cottage. has been in consulta-
ton with his architect and contractor
who arrived Monday. Mr.. Kincaid
contemplates moving the cottage from
its present location farther front, near
er the water, and completely remodel
ing the property and charging it very
materially. Joseph Crowell of Boston.
has remodeled his cottage to some eX-
tent and treated it to new dress of
paint which has added much to its at
Effectiveness. A new cottage is to be
built in the woods near Wilson's. The
lumber is already on the ground.
The question of the rebuilding of the
floating wharf which was destroyed in
the September gale some years ago has
now assumed definite form and at Il
meeting held, last week, 1t was de-
cided to rebuild at once. Some $3.50
has already been pledged and work
vii. commence this week. Senator
Vickery who is the master spirit in
the enterprise. has already contributed
| llDefdIiN anu ICchys L
stand to back the association finan-
cially to the amount of one-fourth the
entire cost or more if necessary. This
assures the building of a wharf which
means much to the Pointers.
All classes are catered to. Even the
heather is provided for at the Point
for religious services are held every
Sabbath morning at McDougars hall,
cIrnnlipd Inv lnp1
| talent.
One thing is particularly noticeable
this season. That is the absence of
mosquitoes. Now and then one comes
over in the boat from some neighbor-
| ing resort but is warned away before
he has time to gain residence.
The mail facilities are all that could
be desired and the transportation SER
vice is very satisfactory, both by the
Eastern and the Augusta & Bath Com
panies. Capt. Westman of the steam
er Gardiner. is an encyclopaedia of
| q nautical knowledge and with Purser
| Greenleaf to look after the patrons who
travel by that popular route all is well
| The cottages with but few excep-
tions are open and most everything is
booked for August.
| Banners and streamers are out al
| Camp Quiet, announcing the fact that
the latch-string is on the outside and
that Mr.. and Mrs Harry Halves an6
Fred Murphy, mother and sister. are
keeping up their old-time reputation
for hospitality.
One of the familiar figures at the
Point is the venerable Patrick Lynch
of Augusta. Mr.. Lynch is in the
autumn OF life. Here, surrounded by
his children and grandchildren. h!
masses the summer months. Occa.
sionally his son. Thomas ]. Lynch, ESD.
| the electric railroad counsel. come:
down to pass the Sabbath with hin
and I will venture to say that none O
the younger generation enjoys life a
the seashore more than does this gen
tleman. He has rounded out so years o
usefulness and is now enjoying his re
ward. May he be spared many year,
to enjoy it.