Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1909-08-19
SOUTH HARPSWELL items
GLEAMIMGS FROM POPULAR RESORT OF LOWER BAY:
AUBURN COLONY NOTES
Picnic on Ash Point Saturday; Resume Of Opastta at Auburn
Colony IN Another Column

last Saturday. He was accompanied
to the Worcester" cottage by Mrs.
SCOTS sister, Mrs. Lucy Pennington,
who was a visitor at South Harpswell
last season.
Miss Hattie Bracket of Boston, and
Mr.. Sumner Walky of Boston, are the
Bracket cottage, during the month of
August.
Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Bearce of
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Bearce,
at the Conant cottage, few days last
| week.
Judge James r. Dunbar Of Brook
line, with Offices in Boston, arrived on
Friday, to spend a few days with his
family at the Vaudeville cottage.
During his vacation at South Harps-
well, while a guest of his sister, Mrs.
James r. Dunbar at the Vaudeville
cottage, DR.. George Lincoln Walton
has enjoyed many hours work in his
favorite avocation, the critical study
of plant forms. In spite of the some
what unfavorable season, DIR. Walton
has had very encouraging success in
his search for botanical specimens
around here. His recent work, ga
Practical Guide to the Wild Flowers
and Fruits" published by Lippincott,
has already met with large sale, and
proved very popular among practised
and amateur botanists. DR.. Walton
left on Wednesday, to spend the re-
mainder of his vacation at Poland
Springs.
Mr.. E. N. Won Harten arrived on
Monday, from Missouri, to be a
guest at the McCandless cottage.
Mr.. Sidney Ensign arrived on Fri.
day, to spend the weekend with Mrs.
Ensign, at the home of her mother,
Mrs. George s. Page. Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence Page of Orange, n. j., are
ing the present week.
Mrs. Henry Rose went to Poland
Springs, on Saturday, where she is
spending the week with Rev. Henry
Rose.
Before returning to the city be
sure to inspect the stock of en-
broidered doilies and hemstitched pill
low cases and other fancy articles at
X. NJ. Strout's. Orders received for
currant jelly.-Adv.
What might have turned into a Sc
rious forest fire was discovered about
a. m. on Thursday, near the Austin
cottage on the point, back of the Col
ony. The serious proportions which
the fire might assume were first re-
allied by Mr.. Ray Page, who notified
the MeCandless family at the Aus
tin cottage of the proximity of
the flames and telephoned down to the
point for aid. After some delay.
Messrs. Jack Thomas, Warren Watson
and Stephen Toothaker reached the
scene of the fire and managed to cut
off the flames from reaching the cot
tage by digging trenches. The fire
was fought in this manner for sew
eral hours with the aid of other volun-
teers and finally all danger was seen to
be passed. Fortunately, no wind was
blowing at the time, or the cottage
as well as the surrounding forest might
have been destroyed.
Mrs. NJ. f. Quincy left on Monday.
to visit her daughter at Shelter Island.
Miss Eva Castle of Boston is visit
ing her cousin, Miss leila Hall, at the
Bridge cottage, during the present
week. Mr.. J. G.. Bridge arrived at the
family cottage on Friday, to spend
the weekend.
Miss Annie Packard is entertaining
her friend from Boston, Miss Alice
Creach, who arrived on Tuesday to en-
JOY two weeks sojourn at the Col
| ony.
Mrs. Burt Blake and daughter, Mar
jorie of Chicago, are the guests of
Mrs. j. Albert Blake. Mr.. j. Albert
Blake, president Of the Auburn Colony.
arrived the last of the week for a short
stay at the family cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Parker and Miss
Anna Grant have taken n cottage at
Westbrook, for the present month, but
will return 10 the Piekard cottage in
the Colony, to spend part of Septem-
Der.
Mr.. Luther Dana and Mr.. Harrington
Abbott, with their families are occupy
ing the Piekard cottage during August.
Mrs. Frank Swan has returned to
her home in Providence. after an en-
joyable visit of two weeks with her
father, Mr.. w. X. Dana.
Mr.. Slayton and family and Mr.. G.
y. Fillebrown, have gone to the White
Mountains for weeks outing, after
spending part of the summer nj Mr..
T.. w. Bakers cottage.