From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
Harbor View, Newagen,Maine.
Gray's Store & Post Office, Newagen, Me. 214. pre 1927 Ellsworth "Bub" Gray ran a store and boarding house on the shore, half way between the present Town Landing and the Newagen Inn. The store was stocked by ship from Portland. The post office was in the store. One time Bub bought a large stalk of bananas from Portland that proved very popular. The stalk hung in the store and bananas sold quickly. Later, when the supply had run out, he was asked why he no longer sold bananas. The laconic reply was, "Can't keep up with the demand. Can't be bothered to stock 'em." One time a postal inspector dropped by and commented that the place needed sweeping. Bub's comment: "The broom's behind the door. The store burned in 1927. Donald Duncan
