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Maine Summer Visitors Day-Bar Harbor ME,Aug. 16 1935
MAINE
Bar Harbor
Maine
friday aug. 16
1935
Program
U. S. Fifth Infantry Band
Invocation
BISHOP WILLIAM A. LAWRENCE
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Address of Welcome
GOVERNOR LOUIS J. BRANN
Master of Ceremonies
WALTER DAMROSCH
DO
Guests and Artists
ED WYNN
Comedian of Radio and Stage
CAMELLA PONSELLE
Leading Mezzo-Soprano, Metropolitan Opera Company
GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM
Former Attorney General of the United States
DOROTHY ROBBINS
Colorature Soprano, "Queen of the Air," 1932
MARGARET SITTIG
Nationally-known Violinist
WILLIAM A. BRADY
Dean of American Stage
DORIS DOE
Metropolitan Opera Contralto
EDITH BARRETT
Shakesperian Actress
CLARENCE CHAMBERLAIN
Transatlantic Flier
RUTH NICHOLS
Aviatrix
MITZIE GREEN
Movie Star
MARY ROGERS
Actress
ROBERT FECHNER Director of Emergency Conservation Work
Guests and Artists
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
Authoress
HENRY MORGANTHAU
Former Ambassador to Turkey
KEENAN WYNN
Actor
OWEN DAVIS
Playwright
ARTHUR BYRON
Actor
GRACE GEORGE
Actress
KENNETH ROBERTS
Author
ARTHUR TRAIN
Author
BILL CUNNINGHAM
Sports Writer
CHARLES HARRISON
Singer
MADAME ROSA ZULALIAN
Singer
MAJOR GEN. PHILIP B. FLEMING
Chief Engineer, Quoddy Bay Project
DEXTER P. COOPER
Engineer, Originator of Quoddy Bay Project
CAPT. DONALD J. LEEHAY Engineer, Quoddy Bay Project
CAPT. JOHN W. LORD
Engineer, Quoddy Bay Project
KENNETH WRIGHT
Trumpeter
ROBERT TROUT
Radio Announcer
MEMBERS OF MAINE LEGISLATURE AND EXECU-
TIVE COUNCIL
There will be other guests and artists, acceptances coming in
after program went to press.
Historical Pageant
ASSA
The pageant consists of a procession of historical figures who visited
Bar Harbor in the last 330 years. They return to the Island on this
day re pay their respects to the Governor of Maine
The group will consist of
Indians in native state before the coming of the white men
to Mount Desert
e D'
nt Desert by Champlain - 1604
111. The Arriv:
- 1613
IV. The Arrival of Cadillac
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V. Therese De Gregoire, grand-daughter of Car
assumes
control of the eastern half of the Island
VI. The Governors of Maine and Massachusetts meet after
the separation of Mame from Massachusetts - 1820
VII. The Advent of the "Rusticators" on Mount Desert in 1855
VIII. The Visit of President U.S. Grant - 1873
IX. Resident Bar Harbor life of the period - 1880
X. The Buckboard Era - 1888
XI. Old and new Athletic Sports in Bar Harbor
Pageant conceived by WALTER DAMROSCH
Directed by, LEIGHTON ROLLINS Dramatic Teacher and Director.
Assistant Director, MRS. JOHN DE WITT PELTZ
Former Dramatic Critic of The New York Evening Post.
Costumes, ELSA FRAME
Costume Designer, Philadelphia.