Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-09-28
Swans Island.


Swans Island must have cable
connection with the mainland before
winter. That not only the people of
Swans Island, but also the citizens
on the main, are interested, was
shown by the large attendance, at
the mass-meeting on September 20
of many people from Portland,
Rockland and the towns around Pc
nobscot and Bluehill bays.
Mrs. Ellen Wardwell, Miss Dolly
Kent and Miss Gladys Pettengill are
visiting with Mrs. Alden Joyce at
Mackerel Cove.
Schooner Emma, Capt. John
Duke, of Rockland, came into Allan
tic with cargo of stove and nut
coal last Saturday, and has been
supplying the citizens with fuel for
winter at $3.50 per ton. Yester-
day the schooner changed her base
of operations and sailed to Old Har-
bor
Capt. William, Herrick has gone
to New York to take the gasoline
yacht of Robert B. Brown to the
owners home in Brooklyn. They
left Swans Island last Sunday fore
noon, and were reported in Port
land MONDAY afternoon.
The road commissioner and a
large crew are at work building
new section of State road. The new
section cuts off portion of the
ledgy hill in front of the Lindsey
home, and there will be much im-
provement in grade.
Mrs. Edna Stanley of Rockland
is visiting old friends here.
In Wednesday nights gale, two
sloops which had made harbor in
Mackerel Cove were driven ashore
to the north of Seth Joyce's. They
were relocated on the next tide, with
but little damage.
Miss Christine B. Higgins of Bar
Harbor and Miss Charlotte M. ST.
mon of Boston recently visited the
island in the interests of the Red
Cross.
T. M. Merrill of Boston, G. v.
Getchell of Bangor, Donald G. Cum
mings, F. L. Cole and Jack Robin
son, all of Rockland, H. w. Schade,
F. D. Cblamore, H. o. Cook and H.
E. Littlejohn, all of Portland, and
H. ]. O'Hearn of Thompsonville,
Conn, were recent guests at the
Stanley house at Old Harbor. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Raymond of
Leominster, Mass, are stopping with
Mrs. George w. Stanley.
Capt. William Burns of Atlantic
went to Northwest Harbor in his
motor-boat Friday afternoon, and
brought party of weekend guests
to the anchorage" In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Gross,
Charles E. Lord and Mrs. Lord, judi
son Lord, Dwight Lord, E. P. Jones,
principal of the Deer Isle high school,
Miss MacCausland, the assistant
teacher, and Frank Gross.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Newman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Stinson have
gone on an automobile trip to
Portland and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin l.. Kilby of
Washington, D. c., are visiting Mr..
Kilby's mother, Mrs. I. B. Gage, in
Atlantic.
Capt. Ernest T. Van zandt has re-
| turned to his home in New York,
after his vacation on Swans Island.
| The captain will be missed, as he
has host of friends here, and has
| won the respect and appreciation of
| the people in the three villages of
Atlantic, Minturn and Swans Island.
Among other things he succeeded in
bringing the young men of the is
| land together and in organizing a
| minstrel show company, securing
| cooperation and teamwork, perfect
| ing their training in two weeks time,
and in putting across two per-
| formances of the best minstrel show
that was ever seen or heard on
Swans Island. He has made great
efforts to aid the town in securing
cable connection with the mainland.
| He has organized committees, eff
fected much good work for the
cause, and shown the way toward
securing cable. Capt. Van Zandt
| was born in New York, comes from
old Revolutionary stock, and his
forebears were among the original
purchasers of the island of Manhat-
tan, buying for about $24 farmland
which is now covered by many city
blocks. Among his relatives were
Governor Van Zandt of Minnesota
and Governor Van Zandt of Rhode
Island. For twenty years before
the war. Capt. Van Zandt was en-
gagged in business in New York, in
manufacturing and financial affairs.
For seven years he was in the Sew
enth regiment of New York Ma
tiOnal Guard. At the beginning of
the World war, he was commits
stoned as captain of infantry in