Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-13
CAPITOL ISLAND

to capitol House Girls
Casino and Wharf Building
Rejtvenated - Rumor Re-
ports Sale Lots on Mouse
Island.
Mrs. James Stott and little daugh-
ter, Charlotte, left Thursday for
! Philadelphia.
The jolly Philadelphia girls, who
have been passing the month of Au-
gust at Days Rest" returned to
their respective homes last Tuesday.
i The party was composed of the fol-
I lowing young ladies': Miss Dorothy.
, Roberts from Chester Hills, Miss
Irene Montgomery from Oak Lane,
! Miss Bertha Bennett, Misses Ella and
! Ida Fenimore, Miss Marion Godfrey,
/ Miss Sara Schmiterman and Miss
Helen Roggenberger from Philadel-
j phia and Miss Emily Rock from
! Germantown.
+ Mrs. T. C. Timer and son, Theo-
dore, Jr., left Thursday for German
town, Pa. after passing two months
at their cottage the "Barnacle."
I Mrs. l.. T. Muench and daughter,
! Dorothy, left Thursday for their
home in Philadelphia.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ridley and
daughter, Mildred, of Gardiner ar
rived Saturday to pass a few days
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. Smith and
daughter, Mildred. left Monday for
their home in Milbury, Mass. after
passing the summer season at their
cottage the Sea Foam
Mrs. Bert Thompson entertained
Monday evening in honor of the
young ladies who have so courteous
ly and efficiently served the guests of
the Capitol house during the season,
! the Misses Lorine Hutchinson of
| Peabody, Mass, Elsie Harrison and
! Marion Bishop of Bath and Madeline
| Foster and Agnes Foster of Bath.
Invited guests We're: Miss May Cor
don of Providence, K. L.. and Miss
! Courtney Hinkley of Richmond A
! peanut chase" opened the evenings
/ fun. followed by recitations by Miss
Louise Hutchinson and singing by
consisted of ham and egg sand
witches, cake, fancy crackers, cocoa,
candy, grapes and plums. The even
ing was very pleasantly passed and
all agreed to be present for a re-
union next September.
Frank +. Preble of Richmond ar
rived Tuesday and will pass the rest
OF the week at the Maze cottage.
The Bath-Woolwich ferry boat,
Hockomoch, which for several
| weeks has been on the Marine rail
way'at Boothbay Harbor for repairs,
was launched Wednesday and is now
all ready to replace the Governor
King for the cold weather business.
Mrs. Alice Weber and Miss Clara
Conner of Richmond are occupying
the Curtis cottage for two weeks.
! Captain Charles Wade took par
ty of IS on Wednesday to Pemaouid
Beach, and on Thursday. another
large party to Daman's Cove island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Reed and
| daughter, Geraldine. of Gardiner are
passing two weeks at the Hawkes.
cottage, arriving Saturday.
! Miss Louise Millett of Gardiner
arrived Wednesday and will pass the
/ rest Of the week at the Capitol house
Tuesday morning opened with a
] thick, heavy fog, the first of any ac-
count since July and the mournful
sound of the Cuckolds fog horn was
heard until late that night.
] The Casino and steamboat wharf
4 building are receiving a coat of
paint, the old colors, dark green with
! white trimming, being renewed
| rms is the first repainting since the
/ buildings were erected, about 10
years ago. Some minor repairs are
belng made. Fred Orne and Weston
Gammage are doing the work.
Captain Charles Wade's fine open
launch, which has been disabled for
! a week, on account of broken re-
versing gear, is once more in COM
! mission, repairs having been made
The Norman II has gone off the
Boothbay, Southport and SQUIRREL
run and hauled up at Capt. Green
leafs homo in Southport. The
Richard T, running between South
port and BoQthbay has renewed her
trips and Capt. J. A. Proctor of the
/ Dandio is running but one morning
and one afternoon regular trip.
favorite evening occupation has
been and still is for Capitol Island
ers to row. sail or motor to some
part of the harbor where the local
/ lighthouses may be seen-Burnt
island, with its steady ready flashes.
Ram island, with it's steady yed
beam and the CuckoIds, with its two
white flashes, repeated every few Sc
conds, then if the mood is right. a
sail to the mouth of the harbor' adds
Sequin to the westward, and Monte
gan to the eastward. with their in
! tense white steady lights. Rumor
says that the purchasers Of Mouse
Island, a famous resort in it's daV
just east of Capitol, have sold 10 cot
tage lots and the rumor also saws
/ that the price of each lot was $1,000
The location is one of the finest on
the coast. The New York Yacht
Club once wanted to buy it and make
it its eastern rendezvous, on account
of the magnificent harbor and splen-
did chance for a clubhouse and all
necessary buildings-but up went the
price and the deal fell through.
, The Halcyon. a steamer in the
hatchery service, United States De-
partment. of Fisheries, has often
been in the harbor, but on her pres