The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-08
OLD HONE WEEK PLANS.
Yacht Club Will Keep
Open House
And is Arranging for a Yachting
Carnival
When the Fleet Will Be
Here.
The Town OF Standish to Cele-
brate the Occasion.

The Portland Yacht club has taken a
great interest in the Old Home Weeh
project. 1t has voted to authorize tbs
gatta committee to make arrangement
for keeping open house during this week
in August, and IN addition proposes Il
do more than this. The committee hope:
to arrange for yachting carnival this
week which will include n grand parade
of all the steam and sailing craft belong
ing to the club and of all the other clubs
which will probably be asked TO partici-
pate in this event.
There are scores of Maine men and
women living in other states who own
yachts and an effort is to be made tc
get them to come to Portland for Old
Home week. The regatta committee Of
the Portland Ya,ht club proposes to send
out invitations to the other yacht clubs
Of the Atlantic coast requesting them to
send representative yachts here for this
occasion, those owned by Maine born peo.
Pile being especially invited. On the az
ternoon of August 9TH 1t Is the idea to
form grand parade of all the craft in
the harbor and such Of the visiting clubs
as will join. The owners OF yachts be-
longing to the Portland Yacht club will
sons and daughters of Maine as possible
are accommodated ON board these vessels
and the procession which will indeed be
unique one for this harbor is expected
to form one Of the best features of this
celebration.
A little later in the week it is proposed
to hold a sailing regatta and suitable
prizes will be offered for the winners OF
the races. Every effort is to be made to
attract to Portland for this week as
many yachts as possible so that the har-
Dor will present gay appearance.
Mayor Robinson yesterday received a
letter from Admiral Farquar command
ing the North Atlantic squadron, giving
the itinery of the fleet for this season in
which it is stated that the fleet will ar
live in Portland August / and remain
here until August Sth the day follow
ing the Old Home Week celebration. This
will prove an additional attraction to
visitors to Portland for this week and
will enable the most Of those who arrive
early in the week to see the ships Of this
squadron before the strangers get here
After leaving Portland the fleet win go
to Rockland where it will remain from
the Sth to the 18th, and from there to
Bath, where it will remain from the 18th
to the 18th. The ships of the fleet will
be the New York, Texas and Kearsarge.
The secretary Of the local Old Home
Week association has received great
many names this week and there seems
10 be no end 20 them. The invitations
which are being prepared in New York,
will not be sent out before the first OF
next week. Portland alone will require
over 5000 OF these invitations and If the
other cities and towns get as large list
as this city has secured very few Maine
people living out of the state should be
forgotten.
Standish Will soon have n meeting Of
some of its citizens to plan for the prop
er observance of Old Home Week. 1t is
proposed to have a grove meeting by the
banks of the beautiful Lake Sebago with
reunion Of all the sons and daughters of
this town who are now living in other
placas