Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-04
Plans for Fete Week
Aug Il to IS Inclusive.
The Island Team Beaten BY
Boothbay Harbor 5 to d.
Many Social Events Are Now on The
Program Each Week.

Squirrel Island, Me. Aug s-tSn,-
clai'--l lie interest of all the islanders
is now focusing on Fete Week whirb
will be celebrated from Aug II to IS
inclusive. Inc program will vary lit
tie from previous years but the early
indications are that enthusiasm and
galety VIII be unequaled. Many peo-
pie have arrived already for the great
event and they arc arriving by stead
lily increasing numbers oyprv dav EiuaI
arrangements are CracticaiIv made and
the cnairmcn of the y;,rirus commit :
tees are each setting OFT ia al the nor
ton Of work which has been asSic.rcd
The program which follows inSures Il
busy d" well as cav week. The ton
mis- tournaments Will be the first event
to attract attention and will h. RIM
off during the week, the finals to b..
played on Fcte day. There will me
tournaments in mems doubles. mixed
doubles, women's doubles. and mems
singles. The winner of the singles will
play the present holder of the Presley
cup for the championship Of the island.
1906. Prof. |. William Black of Wat
erYillc has the tournaments in charge.
John Oldham of Wellesley, Mass, is
chairman of the golf totlrnamen Mt
which also will be played off during the
week with the finals on Fete day
The boat races are under the care
of Robert +. WhitehouSe Of Portland.
A race will he held for motor boats on
Thursday morning. 1t is expected this
race VIII have many contestants and
that the race will afford unusual inter
est and excitement. The yacht races
will be held Friday afternoon and
many amateur shippers are getting
their boats in readiness for this cent.
The Davenport cup, which has never
been won three times by any boat,
will be contested for by sailboatS I'M
der q #. j.. W. l.. There will be sew
eral other classes to lie arranged ac-
cordinG to size and rig.
There will be good baseball games on
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at
tarnoon3. It viii he difficult to fini
time 70 schedule the burlesque basket
ball games and other similar enter
tainments which are under arrange
n,ent.
y lEtI ana 5luttlt SUI t. tIlbfi l'Il
direction Of A. F.. Libby will be held
F'ote day morning There viii prob
ably be an illumination 9nd fireworks
in the evening. The Ladies' Improve
ment Association will give recep,
ton and Fetn ban At 30 Saturday
evening. It is hoped to make this thu
pIca&antert Fete week en- Squirrel Is.
land and except for unpleasant weather
the plans viii be smoothly carried oIl
an,I the festivities will be a pronounr
| ed success.
Aftor the hardest kind Of har,
Gaht Roothhay ~ one run managed t
pull out victory from the baseball
game which was played here Wrdne%;
| dny afternoon. TIL" score was > to 4
There were nine innings of exciting
| bali and as the "am" progressed Their
| was increasing doubt az to what til
| final :-core would DC. squirrel, ate
| TIA, fr@t inning. which gave the gam
| to Eoothbay on errors, put w SIT
norior article Of ban. There were ;
number Of college players in tn" gam
and it WAS almost equal to collegiate
InXhibition There WaS big attend
ance. people coming from distant place
| to see the game.
| This was the third in the series o
eight games which has been arranged
Boothtay has Won two games AM
| Squirrel one. The full score follows:
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