Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1913-08-14
Largest Number Of People Ever
on Chebea@ue Now DOmiciled There

heldS cottage near Central Landing
Mrs. Parkinson is mother of Rev. III
ID. Parkinson who is staying at Mere
Point and who so ably supplied our
Methodist pulpit recently. Miss Par
kinSon is a teacher of the Chautauuua
Courses and on account of broken
health is recuperating on Chebeague
Mr.. Edward Long and family OF
Boston are visiting with his mother,
Mrs. John Long, at her cottage near
the pCSt-office.
Mrs. Thomas Turner and children,
Mildred and Wilmer, are at their cot
tage on the old Cross Road. Capt.
Turner will arrive later to spend the
remainder of the season with his
family.
August 3rd the pulpit of the Metho-
dist church was filled by Miss Agnes
Vose, deaconeSs from the Maine Dea-
coness Home, Federal street, Portland.
AT the opening of the service Miss
Vose rendered very pleasingly a
song entitled, The Story of the
Cross" after which she delivered an
interesting address on the deaconess
work in general, followed by a col.
lection for the work. A large congre.
CATION appreciated both solo and ad-
dress, and a neat sum was realized
from the special collection. Miss Vose
was entertained while here by Rev
and Mrs. w. p. Merrill
Mrs. Alvah Robinson, of st. Law.
renee street, Portland, was visiting
Mrs. ,Lenore DeGagne, a part of last
week. Mrs. Robinson was so very
much delighted with the different
points of interest on the island that
she hopes to return for a longer visit
later in the summer.
Miss Edith Knights of Riverside
K. l., recent principal of Chebeague
High School, made a short visit with
friends on the island recently.
Miss Isabelle Weber has returned
to her home after spending several
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. G. Hill
of ROSemont.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mcdonald and
daughter, Irene, of Boston, are spend
ing their vacation with Mrs. McDon
AIDS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
Kicker.
Mr.. NJ. Nj. Hatch of Worcester
niass., and for the past six years OF
California, is stopping at the James
Ross place on the North Road unit
September. He is considering pul.
chasing the George l.. Talbot land and
buildings formerly the property CT
Selectman A. Clinton Robbins.
A successful clam bake was at
tended Saturday by a party composed
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley W. Bates and
children, Pearl and Blanchard, Miss
Matte Littlefield, Mr.. and Mrs. 4
clinton Robbins of Chebeague. Mrs
Alice P. Carmichael and daughter
Theodore, of Topsfeld, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence II. Lunt of Montserrat
Beverly. The bake was made on the
superb sand beach at Abners Point
and every one of the party reports a
very happy day. Mr.. Lunt was spon
sOr for the affair.
Inc Progressives, fast base bal
team here, will play the old Che
beagues this afternoon, on the Hill
Crest grounds. The largest attend
ance Of the year is expected. MI
John w. Hoben, of Springfield, Mass.
is organizer of the Progressives anC
Mr.. A. G. Robbins will back the fol-
nation of the Old Chebeague nine.
Among the specially interesting
things to be shown at the Ladies
church aid fair today, at Hill Ores
Hall is painting of local scenery By
Miss Doughty, daughter of Herman
l.. Doughty, of the east end. The
work is worthy of highest commend.
ton and will probably be added [.
| someone's collection of worth Will,
souvenirs of the Bay as it is giver
by the artist and is to be sold.
The concert by the Colonial Quar-
tet of Portland, of which Mr.. Charlie
e. Wyer, of this islands summer col
ony is bass, was given before an aud
ence of far smaller size than the meri
OF the artists deserved, last Thursdaj
evening at Assembly Hall. The quar-
tet rendered four very pleasing selec
tions. The work of Mr. Ernest Hill
tenor, in Celeste Aida" brought forth
| spontaneous applause and encores
| Mr.. Wyer's solo, "The Ringers" was
highly appreciated also. Mr.. Rober
Il. Whitcomb, boy reader, made a pro
nounced hit and was encored enthusi
astically.
Mr.. Gilbert Small of WaItham
Mass, Massachusetts Technology, 'O7
is spending his vacation with his
aunt, Mrs. Newell G.. Johnson, at hel
cottage on the South shore. At the
close of his outing here, Mr.. Small
will go direct to Washington in the in
| terest OF his draftmans calculator, ar
invention he has recently completed
Mr.. Ralph B. Sprague, of New Yorl
City, Is spending the day here the
guest of Mrs. Charles w. Sleeper a
her cottage at Eastern point. Mr.
| Sprague has been acting as purser or
the steamer Pilgrim. Mr.. Sprague
is travelling representative of one Of
the large New York wholesale dry
goods house and he leaves for thai
city, Saturday morning
The ball game Saturday last be
tween the Chebeague nine and the
Crossman A. G. team Of Portland was
won by the latter team 8 to 4. The
island nine placed three substitutes,
Caldwell, Adams and McGilvary beinf
out of the game, but during the las
few innings Mr.. McGilvary was in his
position as short stop. The island
team were thereby greatly weakened
yet their playing as a whole was poor
There was good attendance.
Mrs. j.. IL. Gamhill Of Baltimore has
been visiting Mrs Wilfred Harris Gun
ningham, at her cottage anchorage
| at Deer Point