Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1916-07-27
Long Island
Casco Ray House.

oe''ei tnetu IL has III the TWO previous
years. While as yet the arrivals have
not been large in numbers, yet the
applications for the coming month
are SO many that one can safely pre-
dict a good summer for the hotel.
In no other house in the Harbor can
one get such broad expansive and
| beautiful view as from the front
piazza of the hotel. Here one gets a
most beautiful panoramic sweep
OF the Upper Bay. Starting at Cush-
ings Island and following the coast
in semi-circle the view extends to
the West End of Chebeague for a
| distance of more than ten miles. The
hotel guests always may be seen sit
ting on the veranda enjoying this one
of the especially fine attractions here.
| Mr.. c. H. Petsch of New York was
here few days last week for a visit
with his wife who is summering at
the hotel. Miss Irene and Miss Jo-
sephine Petsch arrived from New
York last Sunday for few weeks
vacation. Mr.. and Mrs. Petsch and
family have been at the hotel for
many seasons and have many friends
both among the summer residents of
| the West End colony and among. the
| hotel guests.
| MIR. Frank l.. Mason recent arri-
val at the hotel is spending his vaca-
| ton here. He is making many trips
about the vicinity of Portland visit
ing all the places of interest to tour
lists. Last Wednesday he took a trip
to Mt. Washington, where it was so
very hot that he said that he longed
for the cooling breezes of Casco Bay.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. E. Gushing wish
to announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Gladys NJ. Cushing,
to Mr.. Clinton H. Johnson Of Portland.
They will undoubtedly be married
this fall. Their many friends al
though greatly surprised by this en-
gagement, are congratulating the
young people
The new fish market on the wharf
where the tourist lands is run by
young men of the island. They are
Mr.. James and Mr.. VIM. Floyd. The
store which has been open only a
month, and which is the only fish
market on the island, is doing a very
| good business.
R. S. Davis Company, corner of
Exchange and Federal streets, car
ries an excellent line of cottage and
household furnishings.-ad
Mrs. Leroy Whitman and daughter
Dorothy and Mrs. E. M. Parington, all
of Westbrook, Me-, and Mr.. A. H.
Merrill of Rockland, Mass, are being
very delightfully."- entertained by Mrs.
Rodick at her cottage, Westlawn on
the West End of the island. Mrs.
Rodick was among one of the earliest
people to arrive on the island for her
summer stay here.
At her cottage Idylhurst on the
| &c ;cla
Bates is entertaining a friend, Mrs.
Chas. B. Russell. of West Somerville,
Mass. Mrs. Russell will leave soon
for her home in Massachusetts, after
having spent a most enjoyable and
pleasant week here.
On last Friday the Dirigo club of
Woodfords, Me-, was entertained by
Mrs. Harry Smardon at her cottage,
Greyshingles, on the West End. The
party arrived from the city on the
1870 boat and remained here for the
rest of the day Among those pres
ent were Mrs. Sleeper, Mrs. Genth-
ner, Mrs. Chase, Mrs. PARROT, Mrs.
Rowe, Mrs. Burbank, Mrs. Dean, Miss
Thompson, Mrs. Stevens, all of Wood
fords, and Mrs. Bruce of Neponset,
Mass, who is a guest of Mrs. Smar-
don. The affair proved to be splen-
ulu SuCCcSo, DtCduSe
| the hostess, had arranged everything
for the comfort and pleasure Of her
| guests.
Messrs. Friedrich w. Ford, Sr. and
Jr., of Medford spent the week end
with their family at their cottage,
Fordette, at the West End.
Miss Gertrude Schonland arrived
on the island last Saturday to be
with her mother and father, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robt. Schonland, for the rest of
the summer. She has been visiting
friends in Boston, Mass, on her way
from Silver Bay, New York. Miss
Secondhand attended Gorham Normal
school last year and was one Of the
delegates sent from there as dele
gate to the Young Woman's Christian
| Association conference at Silver Bay.
DR.. and Mrs. Frederick Demarest
of Passaic, n. j., opened their cot
tage Look-to-See on the ocean side
last week. They will remain here
for the rest of the season. Both of
them have been coming to the island
in the summer for many years and
therefore have many friends among
both natives and summer folk.
Mrs. VIM. F. Annis and children of
Dorchester, Mass, are occupying one
of the Bowen cottages on the West
End for the season. She has as her
guest here her father, Mr. G. w.
Stiles of Milton, Mass, who Is just re-
covering from serious illness.
Mr.. G. H. Magrane of Montreal,
Can, visited his wife and family at
their cottage, the Allston, for over
the last week end.
Mrs. A. G. Burnett of Boston, Mass,
has rented the cottage Seaola and is
now occupying the house for the re-
mainder of the summer season.
Recent guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
w. Ford have been Mr.. VIM. Paine
Smith of Beverly, Mass; Miss Eliza
beth Harvey, Mr.. Geo. Harvey and
Mrs. A. Harvey. Mr.. Smith, Mr.. and
Miss Harvey have already gone to
their homes in Massachusetts, but
Mrs. Harvey will stay at the Fordette
for two weeks.
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