Evening star., 1925-06-14
BOSTON TO HONOR
MACMILLAN PARTY
Maine Also Plans CeIebra-
tions to Mark Start of
Arctic Explorers.

A series of functions are being
planned both at Boston and Wiscas-
set. Me, to mark the leave-taking of
the MacMillanN National Geographic
Society Expedition to hunt an un-
known continent in the Arctic
The mayor of Boston has sent out
invitations for a luncheon on Mon
day, June Is, at the Copley-Plaza
Hotel in honor of Donald B. Mac
MILAN, leader of the expedition; DIR.
Gilbert Grosvenor, president. and John
Oliver La Gorce, vice president of the
National Geographic Society, which
sponsors 1t, and Comdr. Richard E.
Byrd, u. S. N, who will have charge
of the United States Navy planes
and personnel
On the following day, June Is, the
City Club of Boston is having a civic
luncheon, at which DR.. Grosvenor
Comdr. Macmillan, Comdr. Byrd and
Mr.. La Gorce will be the honor
guests.
The committee arranging the
Bunker Hill day celebration in Boston,
June II, in conjunction with the
American Legion, is planning a series
of exercises in connection with the
sailing of the Peary for WiscaSSet.
From the time the Peary gets into
Wiscasset, Me, until the Peary and
the Bowdoin leave there June 20, the
little Maine village. which calls itself
the most beautiful town in Maine"
will be crowded with disting uished
visitors.
Children Invited.
Gov. Brewster of Maine has issued
a proclamation urging school children
to come to Wiscasset on June 20,
A a., tolr sat-t
in the celebration. Practically every
home in the town will have open
house on that day to entertain the
thousands of visitors.
On the. evening of June 10 Gov.
Brewster is entertaining distinguished
men of Maine in honor of Comdr.
Macmillan and DIR. Grosvenor. A
speaker on that occasion will be
President Sills of Bowdoin College,
covered the North Pole, and Mac
MILAN, who hopes to clear up the
last Of the Far North's jealously-
guarded secrets.
Comdr Macmillan received many
MESA ges of congratulation following
the successful trial trip of the Bow
doin Wednesday, June 10. He tried
out her new 60.horsepower, 6-cylinder
engine, which will run on crude oil,
seal oil or whale oil in an emergency.
Refrigerator and Fans.
Among the Bowdoin's new equip
ment is an electric refrigerator and
ventilating fan to go to Greenland.
Macmillan explained that these were
not to keep cool in the Arctic, but to
keep provisions on the way up and to
keep fresh air in the quarters OF the
men-which include the wireless
operators of WNP wireless North
Pole) and the scientists the National
Geographic Society is sending to study
the fish, flowers. birds, tides and tenn
peratures OF SAe Far North.
In the daiG room for developing the
natural color r,hotographs-the first to
be taken in Ne Far North-is an cleo
trio fan.
There are .,ore than a ton of bat
teries aboard the Bowdoin.
I'VE can do everything by electricity
but talk" said Macmillan, "and one
night a week we need the electricity
to do that to the folks back home.' &
An important navigating feature of
the Bowdoin is the fact that her draft
Is only 10 feet, equal to the rise and
fall of the tide, which enables Mac
MILAN to beach her at low tide If it
is necessary to repair plank, the rud.
der or the propeller. She can be put
in dry dock at every low tide.
Dolls Part of Cargo.
One of the boxes contains doll babies
dressed by little girls in Freeport,
Bath, Southport, Boothbay and other
Maine towns, to be given to Eskimo
children. Macmillan has promised to
deliver them.
Also on board are a number of
radio receiving sets presented by the
Zenith Radio Station, to be left at far
northern stations, including Greenland
and Labrador, to break the montony
OF the long, silent northern nights.
For the entertainment of his own
men Macmillan has 10000 feet of mo-
tion picture film, mostly comedy reels,
which will be shown on Sunday nights.