Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1913-06-26
Cliff Island

Mrs. K. B. Bachelor, with her son
Kemp B. Jr. and daughter, Mary Cary
Bachelor arrived at the Aucocisco
House Monday the 18th from Balti-
more, Md, their winter home. Mrs.
Bachelor has been proprietor of the
Aucocosco for five or six years past
and has had much success with the
house.
Two mails day each way now,
give the island as excellent a mail
service as would be in vogue in the
height of summer. The double SER
vice was installed Tuesday, June II.
Mrs. Oscar P. Stone of Everett,
hurst" about June first. This is q
nicely located house on the inner
shore and adapted for early or late
season use. Mrs. Stone will remain
all summer as usual. Her son, John
II. Stone, who is a representative in
the Massachusetts House from Ever
EFT, will be down during part of July
and August with his wife and two
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman I. Black of
Providence, R. l., who purchased the
I beautifully located "Grayledge" two
years ago, arrived April IS and have
made great many Improvements OIL
the place. The color is changed to
gray and green and the architecture
has been advantageously corrected.
Mr.. Black is we'll known illustrator
for magazines and books and spends
, five months of the year here. His ia
Their, Mr. A. F. Black, and Mrs. Black
with his stepson, are occupying their
cottage on the island at present, but
will sail for trip abroad about July 2,
afterWard returning to their winter
home in Bermuda, which was Mrs.
/ Blacks home before her marriage.
Cliffstone, owned by Mr. R. l. Black,
will be occupied during the month of
July by Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Wilkins
and two children of Maiden, Mass.
They will arrive Saturday the 2Sth.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Black Of
Maiden, with their two children will
occupy one of the A. F. Black cottages
for July and will come June 49,
The Misses Bennett of Boston have
again taken the Shady Nook for the
season, having been here six consecu-
tive seasons. They are entertaining
at present their friend, Mrs. Joseph
Newman of Newton, Mass.
The Cliff Island Library Association
announces that it is now free of debt
on the land, and plans will be made to
get sufficient sum in this summer
to assure the building within a short
time.
Among the other cottages which
have been improved this year is the
/ Glenwood, one of A. F. Blacks, which
has received two dormer windows in
the roof, making two of the bedrooms
much more serviceable.
Mr.. Guy o. Cobb Of Lynn, Mass,
who will conduct the Cliff Island mar
ket this season as he has heretofore
in conjunction with his father, C. NJ.
Cobb, formerly Of Cliff Island now Of
Lynn, arrived Tuesday, June II. Mrs.
Cobb, his mother, will join him this
week.
Road Commissioner James Mac
Vane Is building a new road across the
island, from the Sunset road opposite
the Southland place to the South road
below e. S. Pettingill's. The distance
Is 1000 feet and the graded road will
be 20 feet wide. Some blasting on the
ridge Will be necessary and about four
weeks will be required to finish the
job. The cost will be about $500. This
Is the way petitioned for to the city
council by Edward s. Pettengill and
, others this spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur G.. McKeen.
formerly Of Melrose, Mass, and of
Cliff Island, will occupy their new 6
| room bungalow which Is being built
on the Sunset road. Mr. and Mrs.
Mckeen have been trained at the New
England sanitariam as experts in mas
sage and hydrotherapy and will take
up this profession among the Casco
Bay islands this summer. Their an.
nouncement appears In another col.
umn.