JUL 11 - AUG 4 AUG 8 - SEP 1 SEP 5 - OCT 28 NOV 28 - DEC 16 The OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE Production of 207.646.5511 OgunquitPlayhouse.org Rte 1 Ogunquit, ME GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! w w w . W H I T E S N A U T I C A L A N T I Q U E S . c o m 108 Walnut Hill Road, North Yarmouth • (207) 232-6282 We scour the country looking for quality nautical artifacts. We are able to go into attics and cellars and find old and broken models, dioramas, half hulls etc. Because we have the knowledge about such items we are able to find and if necessary restore the best available. Every home needs some nautical item, be it a painting, model, navigation instrument or even a figurehead from an old ship. Come see our collection in our new showroom in North Yarmouth. “Every item has a story, a history. We relish that history and wish to pass it on to new owners.” –Dave White “Every item has a story, a history. “Every item has a story, a history. White’sNauticalAntiques insights 90 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine larger and more luxurious ships, the last and finest coastwise steamers built in the United States. These ships, the Saint John and Acadia, were completed in 1932, entering the Boston-Yarmouth summer service. Unfortunately, by the time they were built, the country was in the depths of ma- jor depression. As patronage continued to decline in the 1930s, the various Eastern lines were abandoned one by one. The Bos- ton-Portland service ceased operations in 1932 and the Bangor Line in 1935. Fall River Lines had also cut back on services, but they were still operating their night boats from New York to Boston sup- ported by their loyal New Englander pa- trons. But Eastern had the advantage of modern ocean-going vessels, so they could offer the traditional Northeast night boat services along with expanding their cruise business to Bermuda, Caribbean, and Can- ada. Only it wasn’t always smooth sailing for Eastern’s ships. Over a July weekend in 1936, two of Eastern’s most significant and grandest in- tercoastal liners ran into trouble. The Yar- mouth, on the New York to Boston run, collided with a freighter, and the Iroquois went aground in Bar Harbor on a weekend cruise. There were minor injuries, with no interruption in services. The following year, 1937, fate final- ly caught up with the once great Fall Riv- er Line. Business was picking up again, but the ferment of early New Deal labor dis- putes was on, and unheard-of events trans- pired at the Fall Line piers in New York. The Commonwealth and the Priscilla, each making ready to get underway at op- posite ends of the route, were suddenly hit by sit-down strikes just as the cry went up: “All ashore that’s going ashore!” No cajolery, no threats would avail. The management, with equally dramatic sud- denness, seized its opportunity. Company spokesmen went to the ships and read an announcement. The Fall River line was fin- ished, forever. No one could believe it at first–sailor or traveler–but it was true, and the famous old floating palaces were ignominiously towed away, to Providence first–and, final- ly, to the shipbreakers. The four surviving ships fetched a mere $88,000, a miserable