Eastern Steamship Co., Portland Division, Portland and Boston Line. Superb new steamers of this line leave Franklin Wharf, Portland and India Wharf, Boston, daily (except Sunday) at 7 p.m. Summer Schedule: Steamers leave Bath daily, except Sunday, at 6 p.m. for Popham Beach and Boston. Returning leave Union Wharf, Boston, daily, except Sunday, at 6 p.m. for all landings on the Kennebec river, arriving in Bath in season to take early morning steam and electric cars for Brunswick, Lisbon Falls and Lewiston.

50 Years Ago, 1955

When the “cukes” and the snap beans are ready for the canneries, more than 850 children in Androscoggin and Oxford counties will pile into buses and head for work in the fields. This program of providing farmers with the help they need to pick their crops and giving young people a chance to earn some pocket money is conducted each year by the Maine Employment Security Commission. In the Twin City area this year, the program will be headed by Arthur Niles of Auburn and his assistant, Wayne Porter, principal of Walton School. “In the two-county area we have about 850 children signed up now,” said Niles.

25 Years ago, 1980

With politics and picnics, fireworks and flag-waving, horsehoes and hot-air balloons, America celebrates its 204th birthday Friday. Amid the hoopla, 53 citizens held captive in a foreign nation will be remembered.

The Fourth of July, always a time for unabashed patriotism, this year prompted an outpouring of sympathy for hostages in Iran. Prayer services, flag raisings, parades and other ceremonies honoring the hostages were planned across the country.