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Dorothy Hitchcock and Albert with big car to Bayside Yacht Club to see [[red underline]] the Cygnet. [[/red underline]] Had lunch in tea-room at Great Neck. Man from Gielow & Orr [[strikethrough]] there [[/strikethrough]] 
^[[Haigh]] on [[overwritten]] boat [[/overwritten]] board boat, with man from Rolaco Engine Co (Greif). Tried engine and ran boat around the Bay.  We were all pleased with it and I gave my check for $2000 under condition that [[red underline]] boat shall be delivered tomorrow at Yonkers Corinthian Yacht Club. [[/red underline]] Returned with car over Classon Point Ferry thru Bronx etc. I went to yacht Club in Yonkers then for supper.  Evening Nina and Dorothy and I went to a Photoplay while Celine went to monthly meeting of Prospect house.

July 7. Left early for directors meeting of Gen. Bakelite Co. [[strikethrough]] We discussed [[/strikethrough]] Sales about $37000, which brings up half year to about [[red underline]] $177000 [[/red underline]] or
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about [[red underline]] $25000 more [[/red underline]] than last ½ year.
I proposed to pay [[red underline]] half-yearly dividend of 3½% [[/red underline]] and everybody voted affirmatively
Hasslacher & Williams not there but it was agreed I would write to Hasslacher to make it unanimous. May went with me and Hendriksen and some swede the latter had engaged to Bayside Yacht Club 
Then we took the [[red underline]] Cygnet [[/red underline]] and after some trials succeeded in making engine go.  Left there at 3 P.M. passed Hellgate 4:30 against tide.  Maccomb's dam bridge at 5:30 Spuyten Duyvil Bridge 5:50 arrived at Corinthian Yacht Club at 6:30 P.M.
The Swede dropped the anchor and played out enough chain to make sure of safe anchorage.  May took supper here and remained over night.  He likes the boat very much.

July 8. Pouring rain and dark sky and sultry. Albert [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] went with me to Cygnet to make general inspec-