Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-26

Auxiliary of the Capitol Island
Association was the means of its be-
! coming "a reality. and the islanders
! are grateful to it for financially
| making it possible to have this addi-
/ to the .amusements of the Island,
and also to Mrs Herman A. Stees
| for bringing the subject before the
meeting last year.
The regular Tuesday night dance
was enjoyed as usual by the young
| people Of the Island. Mrs. Bowers
presided at the piano and her son at
the drums. The fog of the past few
weeks has made the daily trips or
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowers to and from
| Squirrel Island unpleasant, but with
| Capt Wade at the wheel any one
feels as safe as it is possible to feel
under such circumstances
The new arrivals who have regis
| tered at our popular hotel. the Cap
| itol House, are: c. r. Plat. New
York City; Gilbert w Richardson,
! Westfield. Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. f. r.
Brown, Augusta: Miss Edna E. Etter,
Stoneham. Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. Croft
ford, Stoneham. Mass; Frank NJ
Highberger, Greensburg, Penn;
Horace Redfield, Center Bridge,
! Penn.
An impromptu dance was the
event of Wednesday night. The
casino was surely the center Of at
traction and about % couples en-
| joyed dancing to the music furnished
by the jazz orchestra, with Miss
| Marjorie Thresher at the piano. who
surely must be complimented on her
/ rhythm and her ability to make
those piano keys talk Other valued
members are Miss Frances
Proctor. the violinist. Russell
Neal, who also is exceptionally cap
able with the saxaphone. and last but
not least. Scoville Lynder, who ma
! nipulates the drum sticks and traps
and whose time and pep" make
people dance whether they want to
or not They just can't make their
feet behave when they hear "Scove'
! tickle the drum. +. Irving Grady very
| kindly assisted the little orchestra
for a couple of dances by beating the
, drum and making the cymbals and
triangle jingle. 1t was voted by
all those who attended to be eXcep-
tionnllt good music and it is to be
hoped that we will have the pleasure
of hearing this wonderful little or
| chestra again in the near future.
Miss Marjorie Thresher, pianist.
is from Boston. Miss Frances Proc
tor calls her home st. Petersburg.
Florida. but is passing the winter in
New York City at the Three Arts
Club and taking a violin course at
Damrosch's Institute of Musical Art.
Miss Proctor has summered at Cap
itol every year since a wee infant
and is not saying how many years
ago that was. She also wishes it
only whispered she played jazz music
for fear her violin teacher will hear
the news, as he insists on classical
music only. Russell Neal is stopping
at the Bayview House at Southport
and halls from Boston. ScoVille
Lvnder is from Montclair y. j., and
is one of the popular young mon OF
the Island, whom we have welcomed
for number of years.
Mrs. Frank Walker arrived Tues
day from Boston to remain until the
nth of August with her parents,
Capt. and Mrs. John Reed. Mrs.
Walker. accompanied by her daugh
ter. Maxine, intends to sail Aug. is
for Jamaica. where she will join her
husband who holds a responsible
position there with the United Fruit
60. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker and
daughter intend TO make their home