Word: sebago
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...officers who fought on opposite sides during the War. Both are first violinists. One is Hungarian George Beimel, the other Russian Yasha Kayaloff. Flutist William Kincaid and Marcel Tabuteau, first oboist, make a woodwind pair outstanding when the Philadelphians undertake Debussy. Flutist Kincaid trains vigorously each summer at Lake Sebago, Me. Leon Frengut, a viola player, takes his recreation at the racetracks. Samuel Lifschey, leader of the viola section, has been a six-day bicycle racer, a dentist, a pharmacist, an engineer. Yarnspinner of the Orchestra is Trombonist Eddie Gerhard. Bill Greenberg, a viola player, proved himself a practical musician...
Where the spectators disagree most violently, however, is in the matter of the distance of the spectacle from their individual points of vantage. If all the reports were to be credited, the meteor, or parts of it would be found in Sebago Lake, Maine; in Pine Hills, Plymouth; in the mouth of Boston Harbor; two hundred yards from the shore at Scituate; and among other places, in the back yard of a gentleman on the south shore...
Twelve Miles. Outside the three-mile limit (indisputedly U. S. domain) lies the twelve-mile limit, claimed by the U. S. for "search & seizure" under the 1922 Tariff Act. Forty-eight hours after the Josephine K. shelling, F. A. Bierkett, executive officer of the Coast Guard cutter Sebago, was ordered by Washington to determine the point at which the chase ended. His findings narrowly justified Mate Schmidt; the spot was fixed at 11.7 mi. from nearest land...