Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-30
SQUIRREL ISLAND

Whenever I return from the Island,
am invariably asked. well, can
you get any Holsters down there
now?" and I can't answer intelligent
ly because they always cost too much
consequently we never have anything
to do with them. Cheaper to get
them in Augusta. But this year l
do know, for I've tried. The lobster
man doesn't come around anymore
SO we have to try Bothbay. Come to
find out, Holsters are few and far be-
tween on account of so many people
|. getting married in Augusta, who send
down to the Harbor for a hundred
pounds. This, of course, drains the
waters of all the little ones (you
know them better as shorts), and as
a result there are none but the Illicit
ones, and as l said, the lobster man
doesn't come around anymore, so we
can't even get these. Foolish risk,
you know for fish mongers who have
stores to peddle them. Everyone
hopes, down here, that up there, the
| weddings will soon be over But a
lobster shortage cuts no ice when 1t
! comes to marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Ingraham, of
Augusta, came down over the week
end to inspect Mr.. Ingraham's new
cottage. Horace bought Blaine S.
Viles cottage which is located near
the hotel, and intends to reserve 1t
as week end resort. While here,
by the way, they entertained Satur-
day evening at bridge. The rooms
were artfstically decorated with bay
leaves and evergreens. Mrs. Ingra-
ham as hostess was seen in simple
| sport wear, which seems to be the
| thing to wear down here at informal
| evening gatherings.
The hotel which recently opened
has had several improvements made
on 1t, the most important of which
Is the addition of ten new baths. 1t
is under the management of George
Yates, who has now run the place for
several years. Among the guests al
ready there are: Elizabeth c. W ag,
or Newark, n. j.; Mrs. Daniel NJ.
Bates and Miss Theodore Bates, of
Cambridge. Mass; Miss E. De Ma
zlere, of Davtona Beach, Fla; Mr..
and Mrs. Louis N. Wilson, of Wor-
! cester, Mass; Mrs. w. w. Ayres and
family. of Montclair. N. P. Reserva-
lions have been made ahead now by
number of people who shall arrive
along the first of next month
The dining room of the farm house,
under the management of Mrs. Ar
! thur Barter Is actually running at
full capacity. 1t seems that people
who come for vacations want them
! complete even to the point of fore
going the pleasure of preparing ones
own food. The meals, however, are
particularly satisfying at the farm
! house this year.
! 1t looks as though they meant bust
ness at the Spa. Today the windows
were washed and later opened in or
der to air the place of it's stagnance
and mustiness after the long winter
months of vacancy. Up went the
=, colorful sash curtains and out came
| the porch chairs and tables. 1t is
due to open officially this Thursday
! Prices are bound to be low as two
years ago the youngsters of the island
effected a boycott of the place and
twelve gallons of ice cream soured on
their hands.
Bob Whitehouse, owner of two
farms near Augusta was down for
the weekend. He was accompanied
by Wilder Hobson of New York who
! IS working with Bob this summer on
Brookside Farm.
( Mrs. d. H. Darling, daughter Miss
is'AAAii, anu oOI Law III arrived
! Saturday. Miss Anne, who is en-
gagged to Mr.. Brooks Whitehouse Of
Portland returned Sunday TO her
! home in Gardiner.
| Mr.. Brooks Whitehouse is here for
/ a brief stay in the Whitehouse cot
! tage.
! Herbert White, better known as
Hub is here until Thursday. 1t is
his first summer here for four years
| and the climate seems to be improv-
! ing his health great deal as he re-
ports having again put on weight.
The Casino has been thoroughly
cleaned in preparation for the initial
dance of the year this Saturday night
The All-Yale orchestra has not arriv-
| ed yet but are due Thursday, and II
their vitality has not waned since
last summer. due to the hard grind
at college. their music should equal
that of any inland lake aggregation
| now in Maine.
Miss Grace Walker of Wilmington
| Delaware, who has been here for the
last three years is now married and
living on Park avenue. New York
City. 1t Is reported that she will be
here this summer for Feta week