The Republican journal., 1912-05-16
Arts and Crafts Society.
,,.ort Of the President, Mrs. E. R. Pierce,
NNF for 1911-'12.

and Crafts Society:
Once upon time" the Reverend Mr..
p,s.bach expressed the desire that 1
.55 show him how to make basket.
5l.t,s realized when tossed that bit of
s.,mation into the great ocean of ac-
.,..r now far its ripples were to extend.
r, month, or SO, we had seven or
.,+ ardent basket makers. The joy of
something different shone on every
sa- Of us.
m. following winter, Miss Morrison,
...t-r classes in Leather and Bookbind-
came to US and new benefits and
..as-rss were unfolded.
A- that point we developed into So
..g and called it the Arts and Crafts,
-.+.. rueh that we could live up to such
-gs sounding name, as that most of
sing clubs along this line have
..sr-. and it describes our efforts as
q as a'y.
IS. have grown into a society so grad
...- sat we hardly realize the cares
.,. cations that we have taken upon
...-s-. However, in the first year as
...-c our experiment must be con-
..--.. successful one.
m .nbership we started with eigh-
.~ We now have fifty active and
.r.-ty associate members.
-rsscIallV, we have had no dark days.
w. .ee always been able to meet all
a..e.7us and keep a balance in our
.r.-rr. besides accommodating some
.ru.rt a the way of fixtures.
working departments are develop
,..uwh 1t has been my belief that
.s- -spartment should have a chair
n.. ~ person in charge, that has in
.sr-s- In that particular line and to keep
her artment up to the highest stand
srttst her workers are equal to. Each
head Luide, direct and advise, or rec
ra-- when needed.
Oh. isuartments have done some very
gnu, work, but not all that they are
5arsl Of doing.
Tels iar we can say that we have been
successful in all we have undertaken.
Lsr loan Exhibition was a delight.
,H Christmas and Easter sales were
satisfactory and profitable to the con-
m.Ut0rs.
ul~ course seems to be we'll defined.
VI. a4E- passed the experimental stage.
W. ar recognized as society of i'm
rqr.srre; and for some of this we owe
thinks to our news correspondents, who
bar all given US much valuable atten-
uoa.
iag strength, or weakness, of society
sqe mon the individuals that compose
r-r depends on their attitude towards
il .r interest in it, whether it shall
sla.a or fall.
If what you invest in it, that regu-
st-5 what will come out of it. When
R- Cali allow it to hold first place in our
suelJlon and time, then will it rise to
ta high place that its name implies, An
Arts and Crafts Society.
wish to thank all those who had the
fAfn In me to ask me to become their
r4.~r through the troubled waters of
-rs ears club work, and also all those
Hf have come to us since with their
5s.ue hands. And our Associate Mem
qars | wish to thank them for their gen.
al good deeds. These, are the illum-
l~ nsges that will stand out in the fu-
70. turn back the pages of this bit
history, long after these little
mn.e- Of activity have lost themselves
r-tat enterprises, or sunk back to the
H-e romeiife where they originated
Hf Nd HARBOR, ISLE AU HAUT.
spondent of the Rockland
ln.r-rGazette recently sailed across
fzrestoI Bay, through Fox Island
gaiare to Head Harbor, Isle au
E ad made a call on Capt. Dave
t>at as he is known in Belfast. We
0i. rom his letter as follows:
dead Harbor is typical fishing ham
5t uosler fishing being it's principal in
als-rr Several fine residences are here
elected being the fruit of the fisher
Mig. earnings, derived by drawing the
e10sHcean from its native abode.
ln say that we were we'll used would
's stating it mildly; anything we wished
wa. Es7nted. AS Capt. Young stated,
and also proved, you could leave your
Prhtthook, not empty, but full of cash,
o. any valuable that you had, in the
ca"n and not even lock the door. They
heej no police protection there. Being
5{Peal Anglo-Saxon New Englanders
thelr word is as good as their bond, and
honesty is their watchword, but woe be-
ule any person who misuses them.
1t was my great pleasure to stop sew
era nights with D. M. Grant, who is now
1 ia and hearty at the age of 88. He
"Soalns to Use cane. He can read the
papers without the aid of glasses. He
ls' taught school here for years, and has
Uee' the first selectman; in short, was the
p!lAcipaI factor in putting the hamlet in
''S present prosperous condition.
among the "reminiscences of his early
tayS which were unfolded to US were
th4Se' The planting of an historic elm
uet aJ Hampden, his birthplace 80 years
~ winch now stands just to the north