Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1913-06-26
Bailey Island.
CHARMING SEA SURROUNDED
ISLE FAiRER THAN EVER.
Summer Cottagers Have Taken Pos
session Again-Most Houses Open.

| summer months She is entertaining
as guests there, Mrs. Kern, Miss Ruth
| Gardiner and Miss Wygante, all of
Chicago, Ill. Mr.. Scott Woodwork, an
eminent singer of Minneapolis, was
| Mrs. Burnham's guest for several
| days the first Of the week. During his
| stay several excellent musicales were
enjoyed.
Mrs. l.. B. Munroe, Miss May Mum
roe, Miss Viva Barnard and Miss Pru-
dence Barnard arrived at their, cot
tage last week from New York. They
will remain here until September. DR..
Kristine Mann and Miss Viva Munroe
are expected to arrive early in July.
Mrs. C. T. Root, Miss Winifred Root,
Mr.. George Root and and Mr.. Walter
Root have arrived at their cottage.
They will remain as usual until Sep
tember. Mr.. George Root with Mr..
William Root will go to Portland in
their motor boat to meet Mr.. Charles
T. Root the first of next week. They
are at the Tekitise.
Miss Alice Peck and Miss Winfred
Woodman arrived this week from
Brooklyn, n. Y, and opened the Wood
man cottage. The Woodman family
are expected to arrive here Monday
| LOT the summer months.
Mr.. c. R. Mann of Chicago and his
two nieces, Miss Madeline Graf and
Miss Eleanor Graf, arrived at his cot
| tage on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Wallace Smith, Mr.
McFfllin and Mrs. Smiths sister, Mrs
Doane, are at their cottage for the
summer. Mrs. Smith came directly
here from the hospital. Since her ar
rival here, Mrs. Smith has improved
considerably.
Miss Ida Waugh, Miss Amy and
Miss E. Blanchard arrived here the
18th.
| Mrs. Alexander Wilson arrived
here Tuesday night. She will cCupy
the "Barnacle" again.
| Mrs. H. r. Adams occupied the
| "Barnacle" for a few weeks and then
| the "Sea She'll" At the latter she was
joined by her brother, William Root.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Brown of Plain
| vile, Mass. are visitors here for the
summer months. .
| Mrs. Benson and family are again
occupying the "Brynemeade." Mrs.
Baker and Miss Ellswood are also
staying with her.
| Mrs. N. H. Stokes and her daughter,
Miss Dorothy Stokes. Of Brooklyn are
at their cottage for the summer.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Tabor of New
| York City, who are having a large
| bungalow built her on the back shore,
are occupying the Bluxome cottage
| for the early season, taking their
meals at The Driftwood.
| Bailey Islanders subscribed $40 for
the expense of getting voters to the
! town house at the last town meeting
in order to be sure Of carrying the
| bridge question. The sum was used
| as follows: $25 for hiring steamer;
SIS for automobiles, etc.
The schooner Topsail Girl, which is
captained by Charlie" York, former
| ly of this place, but now of South
| Portland, is manned entirely at Port
land now, and she also sailed at about
the same time as the others.
The loss Of the schooner George H.
Lubee on May "a was a shock to Bal
ley Islanders and they were much re-
| lieved to learn that neither Capt. Nor
rfs Iubee, who was born here, nor any
OF his crew were lost. The vessel was
wrecked on Inner Bay ledge, Rock
land Bay, early in the morning and
only her spars and rigging were saw
ed. She was built in 1901. Another
vessel will be built Immediately at a
Boothbay yard to replace her.
Mr.. Lucius e. Shattuck of West
Medford, Mass, who built a cottage
on Mackerel Cove shore last year.
was down Decoration Day, returning
the following Sunday. The family
Will arrive this month. Mr.. Shattuck
made his headquarters with Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. s. Crafts while here.
George Johnson and William Black
have moved their families to Damas.
cove where they are to go pounding"
for mackerel. Capt. johnson. who for.
merly ran popular excursion boat
here, has new and fast one now to
use In the mackerel business. She re-
Gently made a trip to Portland In one
hour and twenty minutes. Fred Pur.
rington was the builder
The need Of a good passable road
down to the houses Of j. +. Gulliyer
and j. G. Arms on the Little Barbor
shore, Is crying one and the town of.
fcials can ignore It no longer. The es-
ttmated cost Is only sixty dollars to
surface the existing way and of this
Mr.. Arms and Mr.. Gulliver have offer.
ed to pay half II Is poor policy for
the town to neglect the opportunity
to improve as good an opening as this
to provide needed road at small
cost. An appeal to the county com
missioners may be taken.
Contractor Charles s. Thomas, the
hustling builder OF this island has
large crew Of experienced workmen
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