REPORT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE BAR HARBOR Village Improvement Association Ending July 31, 1939 REPORT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE BAR HARBOR Village Improvement Association CAS Ending July 31, 1939 OFFICERS FOR 1938-39 PRESIDENT Major Gist Blair VICE-PRESIDENTS Mr. Edward Browning Rev. William E. Patterson Mrs. A. Murray Young SECRETARY Mr. R. Amory Thorndike TREASURER Mr. R. E. McKown Standing Committees FINANCE COMMITTEE Mr. John Hampton Barnes, Chairman Mr. R. E. McKown Mr. Thomas Searls VILLAGE COMMITTEE Mr. John H. Stalford, Chairman Miss Frances Coleman Miss Fanny Norris Mrs. W. E. Patterson Mrs. A. Murray Young SANITARY COMMITTEE Dr. Stanley J. G. Nowak, Chairman Mr. Frank O. Alley Miss Bell Gurnee Dr. S. A. Coffin Mr. R. C. Masterman PATHS COMMITTEE Frederic J. DeVeau, Chairman Mrs. H. H. Thorndike Mr. John Auchincloss Miss Agnes Miles Miss Susan Scott Carpenter Miss Susan Mary Jay Miss Alice Morris COMMITTEE ON ROADS Mrs. Harold Peabody, Chairman Mr. John Stalford PARKS COMMITTEE Dr. Augustus Thorndike, Chairman Miss Bell Gurnee Miss Susan Scott Mrs. Edgar Scott Mr. Frank Gray Mr. Robert W. Patterson COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY Mr. Ralph Masterman Mr. John E. Ash Mrs. John Peltz Mr. Asa V. Wasgatt 4 Report of the Sanitary Committee of the V. I. A. as of August 7, 1939 The report of this committee will be made under the various headings which deal with matters of sanitation. 1. VILLAGE STREETS. The annual spring drive known as, "Clean-Up Week," was carried out from May 22-27. Special attention was directed to vacant lots, rub- bish piles, leaves, etc., both in the village and in outlying districts. Free trucking was available to those who needed it. Dur- ing this week 406 loads of refuse were de- livered to the incinerator. With this good start subsequent clean- ing up of the streets has been carried out satisfactorily. Last year's recommendation of this committee to the effect that an ex- tra man be assigned to clean the streets in the afternoon has been followed. 2. CAMPING GROUNDS. The camp- ing site at Morrell Park, officially known as Bear Brook Camping Grounds, compris- ing about 6 acres of land, accommodated 1226 parties or 4053 individuals during the summer of 1938. The census this year, up to August first, has shown 528 parties or 1811 individuals. The average daily census is 100 parties or 450 people. These figures show a compara- tive decline from those of last year. The sanitary accommodations at this 5 camp consist of 12 water supply faucets, 2 large toilet houses, each with average CA- pacity for 15 people, and 2 out-door show- ers. Sewage is conducted into a 2200 gallon septic tank. These toilet facilities were found to be passable but inadequate. Garbage is collected twice a day from 2 large boxes of 6 cans each and from 6 individual cans placed at various points on the grounds. The National Park Service has definitely planned to close these camping grounds within one to two years, when the new sites known as the Sea Wall Camp and the Black Wood Camp in Otter Creek will be completed. The Sea Wall Camp consists of 30 acres of land which is already zoned to accom- modate 64 parties or about 250 individuals. Delay in full operation of this camp this year was due to incompleted work on the water supply system. The Black Wood Camp in Otter Creek comprises 175 acres of land which will be zoned for 570 parties or close to 2,000 individuals. At least part of this project and the entire Sea-Wall Camps will un- questionably be available for occupation next summer. In discussing the eventuality of a pos- sible delay in these projects with Mr. Ben- jamin Hadley of the National Park Service it was agreed that a limit should be placed 6 upon the number of campers allowed next summer at the Bear Brook grounds near Morrell Park. A limit of 70 parties is rec- ommended by this committee. In two year's time it is reasonably certain that these grounds will be abolished as a camping site. 3. LOCAL MILK SUPPLY. The milk supply in Bar Harbor comes from (a) one central pasteurizing plant operated on a farmer cooperative basis consisting of 7 local dairies, (b) 9 large individual dairies and, (c) approximately 20 small farms supplying raw milk, one of which resorts to pasteurizing. The Department of Agriculture of the State of Maine has informed the commit- tee that tuberculin testing of herds of cat- tle in Bar Harbor is conducted once in 3 years to comply with the Federal require- ments for modified accredited areas. It was stated further, that very little infec- tion due to this organism has been detected at any time in this vicinity. The status with regard to bovine tuberculosis can, there- fore, be regarded as satisfactory. Bang's Disease or Contagious Abortion in cattle has been the subject of much in- terest in this community. Lack of informa- tion concerning the nature of the disease in cattle, as well as of the regulations deal- ing with this control has, on the one hand, provoked undue alarm in the minds of some 7 layment whereas on the other, has lulled into a false sense of security some dairy- men who think that the disease occurs on- ly in cattle which have aborted, or that a negative test means absence of the dis- ease. One means of control is afforded through voluntary cooperation between dairymen and Federal inspection. Inspection by the Federal agents is, however, subject to Fed- eral appropriation for this purpose. These funds are limited at the present time. The Department of Agriculture of this state has recently informed the Committee of the list of herds signed up for Bang's Dis- ease examination. This list has been sent to the local newspapers for publication on August 7th. The above department made no refer- ence to the herds which have and have not received the required number of clean tests. Undulant fever, the disease produced in human beings infected by milk containing Bang's Bacillus, has not been found to be due to a local dairy for at least 7 years. One case was isolated in Bar Harbor two years ago which was proven to be con- tracted in Ellsworth. The lack of legislative enactment enforc- ing examination of cattle for Bang's Dis- lease, the frequent possibility of false nega- tive tests due to inherent limitations of the 8 diagnostic method, the possibility of in- fection between examination periods are all pitfalls in the control of the disease but not in its prevention. Adequate pasteuriza- tion is the surest and only practical method of preventing human infection by Bang's Disease. Recognition of this simple fact will reveal the practical answer to this problem. 4. APPOINTMENT OF LOCAL PHY- SICIAN TO WARRANT COMMITTEE. The recommendation of the V. I. A. to this effect has not been carried out. Continued efforts along these lines are recommended. 5. APPOINTMENT OF TOWN PHY- SICIAN. Dr. Frederick C. Larrabee has been appointed Town Physician. His duties include care of the indigent, examination of school children, routine diagnostic work in the field of infectious diseases, etc. 6. OVERNIGHT CABINS. These cab- ins are under the supervision of State Laws regarding licenses and sanitary arrange- ments. They present no problem at the present time. 7. WATER SUPPLY. The Committee has found satisfactory, both the monthly analysis for bacteria as well as the tri- monthly complete water analysis. The rare possibility of contamination by occasional bathers in restricted areas or by sea-gulls is obviously neutralized by chlorine disin- fection as attested to by the reports men- 9 tioned above. New signs are posted every year warning against bathing in the Bub- ble Pond and Eagle Lake region. These signs are placed at all avenues of access to these lakes. There is no provision made for constant patrolling of this area. 8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. During the past year there were no reported cases of infantile paralysis. The number of com- municable diseases reported from July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939 are as follows:- Whooping Cough, 127; Chicken Pox, 84; Scarlet Fever, 47; Pneumonia, 5; Pulmon- ary T.B., 3; Diptheria, 1; German Measles, 1; Mumps, 1; Typhoid, 1. The one case of typhoid and diptheria was found to originate outside of Bar Har- bor, arriving here during the incubation period. The patient was removed to the Isolation Hospital. 9. ISOLATION HOSPITAL. Current repairs of this building are recommended to avoid increased cost for this work later on. This hospital is a very useful adjunct to our sanitary equipment. 10. RAGWEED ELIMINATION. This committee cooperated with the Village Committee in a campaign aimed at eradi- cation of ragweed from public and private grounds during the week of August 4th. In a letter published in the Bar Harbor Times of August 4th, the Chairman of this committee pointed out the results of a 10 recent survey of the ragweed situation in Maine with special reference to Bar Har- bor. It was also stressed that the local growth of this plant is the only source of the pollen during the hay-fever season, hence effective local eradication should make Bar Harbor free of ragweed pollen with practical elimination of hay-fever. The committee recommends an annual drive of this nature during the first week of August. On the basis of this Committee's find- ings the following recommendations are urged: 1. Zoning of, and limitation of 70 par- ties in, the Morrell Park Camping Grounds in the event that its closure cannot be ef- fected by next summer. 2. The appointment of a physician to the Warrant Committee. 3. The scoring of all dairies on the basis of equipment and methods. 4. Annual publication of the herds CO- operating with Federal examination for Bang's Disease. 5. Annual campaign during the first week of August for the eradication of rag- weed. Respectfully submitted, STANLEY J. G. NOWAK, Chairman, Committee on Sanitation. August 5, 1939 Bar Harbor, Me. 11 Report of Village Committee We beg to report our activities during the past year. We have Edward Mitchell employed to take care of the work as for- merly. The general condition of the town regarding cleanliness is satisfactory. The cemetery is well taken care of un- der the supervision of Mrs. W. E. Patter- son. The Shore Path is having the same care under the supervision of Miss Frances Coleman. There was a resolution passed at Town Meeting in March as follows: that the town take care of the Shore Path with the men who are on the town. As it is a resolution and not a vote of the town, it is not compulsory, therefore, the town has done nothing about it, SO your com- mittee is taking care of it as in past years. Mrs. A. Murray Young has the supervision of Kebo Street, Cromwell Harbor Road in- cluding the golf links. Your committee held a meeting and invited Mrs. Harold Pea- body, Chairman of the Roadside Commit- tee, on August 2, 1939, to discuss the rag- weed situation in town and all agreed it should be eradicated but as you did not vote any money for this purpose, I had to get the men from the town to do the work. As you know, it cannot be done efficiently in this manner. Where the town has done new work this year there was plenty of ragweed which I had to have the men clean 12 up. At Glen Mary Park where the ice formed by flooding for a skating rink, I cut and hauled away two truck loads of rag- weed. This proves that where grass does not grow freely ragweed will. It is very important that the Village Improvement Association raise a sum of money and ask the town to do the same to enable your committee to do this work satisfactorily. We will have a fall report, on how much we have done, to present to you at our an- nual meeting. We require more cooperation from all property owners. We sent out two thou- sand flyers and carried a quarter of a page advertisement and put a sample of rag- weed in the Times office, the Mt. Desert Herald office and the Malvern Flower Shop. Many people who were not familiar with this weed have taken much interest in it. Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. STALFORD, Chairman MRS. W. E. PATTERSON MRS. A. MURRAY YOUNG MISS FRANCES COLEMAN MISS FANNY NORRIS 13 Report of Committee on Parks From time to time we remind the public what parks the town of Bar Harbor en- joys through the Village Improvement As- sociation. They are Glen Mary Park, Wood- bury Park including How Memorial Park, Fawn Pond and Bald Rock in Frenchman's Bay; it has acquired within the past year a piece of land of an acre and a half on Bloomfield and Cleftstone Road adjoining Woodbury Park but separated from it by Cleftstone Road; also another parcel of four acres bounded by Woodbury, High- brook and Cleftstone Roads adjoining Woodbury Park and separated from it and from How Memorial Park by Cleftstone and Highbrook Roads. The first of these came by bequest from the Estate of Lucy Draper Schelling, the second by gift of Mrs. Alice Bowler Kelly and others. We now turn our attention in the re- verse order. The land from Mrs. Kelly and others was given in order to protect the roadside, fearing that the close proximity of unsightly buildings would detract from the beauty of How and Woodbury Parks. Mrs. Kelly kindly consented to sell the land for one year's unpaid taxes and this sum was contributed by several people, as it was the unanimous opinion of your Park Com- mittee that the wildness of the roadside should be preserved, but that the rest of 14 the four acres of land belonging to the Association should be disposed of. Neither was there any restriction affecting the sale or disposal of the land acquired under Mrs. Schelling's will, and the Committee rec- ommends that these properties be sold subject to certain restrictions, retaining a narrow frontage of trees opposite How and Woodbury Parks. Fawn Pond is one of the beauty spots of Mt. Desert Island. Far from the haunts of men this deeply wooded pond can be approached only by foot trails. As the crow flies it is over three miles from the center of the town, and is visited by those who walk the paths and trails. Less than $100 would greatly improve its condition, as it is considerably overgrown with un- derbrush. Bald Rock lies in the middle of French- man's Bay half way between Bar Harbor and Hancock Point. A roosting place for sea gulls it costs the Association nothing. Woodbury Park is a flat triangular plateau between Highbrook, Cleftstone and Bloomfield Roads; an open level field sparsely decorated with pine, birch, spruce and oak trees. It is situated about a mile from the center of the town. The work of finishing the paths is on the way to completion. More thinning out of trees is needed, especially the pines on the side of Cleftstone Road and the birches in the 15 middle. Heavier, immovable settees are much needed, as the rustic ones are often moved about and upset. Glen Mary Park is within half a mile of the center of the town. It contains about five acres of land divided by Spring Street into a level area and a steep wooded hill- side where large pines, spruces, hemlocks and maples embellish it, but also restrict its use largely to a foot path on which small children learn hill climbing. When the Committee last October vis- ited the level portion two kindergarten teachers were there with their classes, em- phasizing the usefulness of the park; as a result the Committee at once wanted to restore sports and games, and voted to reestablish skating. It was also a curious coincidence that an application was re- ferred to the Committee a few days later from the Mt. Desert Island Outing Club asking that skating be arranged for, and offering to make all the preparations for it and to maintain oversight of the pond. Thanks to their cooperation and that of several others to whom they appealed, there was good skating this winter, and our thanks are due to all who contributed to restore skating near town. Heavy immov- able settees are needed here as well as in Woodbury Park. Respectfully submitted, DR. AUGUSTUS THORNDIKE, Chairman Committee on Parks. 16 Report of Committee on Paths Your committee has to report that the work on the endowed paths directly in the care of the V. I. A. has been, and is, being carried on with the funds specifically set aside for this purpose. Walkers report that all these trails are in adequate condition. Not SO much can be said for the trails in the National Park not under the juris- diction of your Association. Here we can only report to the National Park authori- ties what should be done, and urge them to do it. A few men have worked on Dry Mountain and the Kebos, and new signs have been put up in some places; others will be placed in position when made. The majority of the trails in the Park are in bad shape, and some of the less used ones, such as the Deer Brook and Aunt Betty Pond trails, will cease to exist in the not too distant future unless some- thing is done. Our best hope is that when the present schedule of building automo- bile highways is completed, we may be able to attract the interest of local National Park authorities to the trails. Respectfully submitted, FREDERIC J. DeVEAU, Chairman of Committee on Paths. 17 Committee on Publicity During the years 1936, 1937 and 1938, the publicity for the town of Bar Harbor was handled by The Mandeville Press Bu- reau of New York City. It was the opinion of those who had an opportunity to observe the work, that it was well carried out and in a dignified manner. To quote from a survey of the town, made by The National Municipal League of New York City : "Like other famous re- sorts and watering places - Cape May, Saratoga, the Virginia and Indiana spas- Bar Harbor faces the problem of adapting its superb facilities for gracious and ex- pensive living, originally designed for a horse-and-carriage era, to this 'speed-up' depression-chastened age. It must keep going the large estates by attracting to it that select group who are not wedded to a summer regime of suburban estates, spas- modic auto trips, and the surface gaieties of the jazzier, younger-set summer haunts. "To this end an advertising and pub- licity program has been deliberately di- rected toward the 'society' media in order to attract the same class which now com- prises the summer colony. This program appears to have been well executed, as far as it goes. It is a question whether it goes far enough." Notwithstanding these estimates of the 18 work accomplished, the town, at the an- nual meeting in March, 1939, cut the ap- propriation for advertising approximately 51% thereby rendering it impossible for Bar Harbor to have any organized pub- licity. The town, during the current year, is maintaining the Information Bureau at Parkadia at the entrance to the Island in cooperation with the towns of Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor, and also the Information Bureau at the Municipal Pier, and has had printed 20,000 booklets for distribution. Advertisements were cur- tailed almost to the vanishing point there being only two ads placed, one in "Maine Invites You," and one in the New York Sun. R. C. MASTERMAN MRS. JOHN DeWITT PELTZ JOHN E. ASH ASA V. WASGATT Committee 19 TREASURER'S REPORT Statement of Assets and Liabilities Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association July 31, 1939 ASSETS Cash on hand $ 557.77 General Fund Investment 5,755.48 Sanitary Committee Fund, Savings De- posit 793.07 Nolan Pamphlet & Gateway, Savings De- posit 300.00 $ 7,406.32 Trust Funds Investments 15,401.85 $22,808.17 LIABILITIES Sanitary Committee Fund $ 793.07 Nolan Pamphlet & Gateway 300.00 Profit and Loss 6,313.25 $ 7,406.32 Trust Funds 15,401.85 $22,808.17 TRUST FUNDS Bates Bequest $5,032.50 Canyon Brook Path Fund 1,025.00 Canyon Brook Path Fund In- terest 118.76 Green Mt. Gorge Path Fund 574.00 Green Mt. Gorge Path Fund Interest 52.67 A. C. Gurnee Bequest 5,050.00 A. C. Gurnee Bequest Inter- est 272.39 Gurnee Path Fund 1,000.00 20 Gurnee Path Fund Interest 121.49 Mary F. Higgins Trust Fund 409.00 Mary F. Higgins Trust Fund Interest 125.09 Mrs. C. Morton Smith Path Fund 467.58 Mrs. C. Morton Smith Path Fund Interest 2.50 Mrs. A. Murray Young Path Fund 1,050.00 Mrs. A. Murray Young Path Fund Interest 100.87 $15,401.85 Statement of Receipts and Disbursements For the Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 1939 RECEIPTS Donations: General Fund $ 1,261.00 Glen Mary Park 225.00 Woodbury Park 125.00 Paths: "Special" 33.37 Paths: "General" 30.00 $ 1,674.37 Interest: General Fund 541.28 Mary F. Higgins Trust Fund 8.22 Gurnee Path Fund 55.00 A. C. Gurnee Bequest 133.83 Mrs. A. Murray Young Path Fund 37.50 Canyon Brook Path Fund 62.64 Green Mt. Gorge Path Fund 42.00 Mrs. C. Morton Smith Path Fund 22.50 902.97 21 Sale of Bonds 2,050.00 Refund-Trust Fund Income 38.31 $4,665.65 Cash on hand Aug. 1 1938 207.43 $ 4,873.08 DISBURSEMENTS Village Committee Expenses $470.85 How Memorial (A. C. Gurnee Bequest) 163.00 Woodbury Park 260.00 Glen Mary Park 319.00 Paths:-General 160.00 Gurnee Path Fund Expense 24.00 Canyon Brook Path Fund Ex- pense 28.00 Mrs. A. Murray Young Path Fund Expense 24.00 Mrs. C. Morton Smith Path Fund Expense 20.00 Green Mt. Gorge Path Fund Expense 130.00 Roadside Committee Expense 231.67 Miscellaneous-Salaries, Print- ing, etc. 417.12 Accrued Interest on Bonds pur- chased 17.67 Bonds Purchased 2,024.16 Transferred to Funds Unin- vested 25.84 $4,315.31 Cash on hand August 1, 1939 (Deposited with the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Co.) 557.77 4,873.08 22 Auditor's Report Bar Harbor, Maine August 10, 1939 I hereby certify that I have audited the accounts of the Treasurer of the Bar Har- bor Village Improvement Association for the fiscal year ending. July 31, 1939 and find them correct and the cash on deposit in the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company to agree with the balance on hand. I have also verified the investments and find the amount invested agrees with the amount as stated in the Treasurer's report. FRED L. HADLEY, Auditor. 23 Members Ex-Officio Selectmen Assessors Edgar Higgins Mark C. Morrison John B. Ells Jack R. Jellison Cecil Higgins Hugh Kelley Seth Libby Alton Carter Mr. Harold Whitmore, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Mr. Wyman P. Wadleigh, Town Clerk Mr. F. O. Alley, Health Officer Mr. George H. Beard, Supt of Schools Mr. Leslie Hamor, Road Commissioner Mr. Merrill F. Brewer, Jr., Overseer of Poor Mr. Roy Hamor, Fire Chief Mr. George Abbott, Chief of Police Mr. J. Melvin Milliken, Building Inspector Mr. Fred Hadley, Town Auditor Dr. S. A. Coffin Dr. G. R. Hagerthy Dr. E. J. Morrison Dr. R. W. Wakefield Dr. C. C. Morrison, Jr. Dr. R. E. Weymouth Dr. R. G. Higgins Dr. C. F. Larrabee Rev. Clarence Emery Rev. Philip Kierstead Rev. J. Homer Nelson Rev. Merle Conant Rev. William E. Patterson Rev. Edward F. Fitzpatrick 24 Life Members Anson, Mrs. Alfred Archbold, Mrs. Anne Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Barney, Mrs. Barret, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Biddle, Miss Christine W. Blagden, Mrs. T. Donald Blair, Major and Mrs. Gist Bowdoin, Miss Edith G. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Bradley, Mrs. J. D. C. Brooks, Mrs. H. Mortimer Burnham, Miss Nina Burrill, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Carnegie, Mrs. Andrew Carpenter, Miss Agnes Miles Carpenter, Mr. Charles L. Cassatt, Mrs. A. J. Clark, Mrs. Anna M. Chew, Mrs. Benjamin Coats, Mrs. Alfred M. Cochran, Miss Mary N. Coles, Miss Mary R. Coxe, Mrs. Alexander B. Crafts, Mr. E. C. Dane, Mrs. John Denby, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Dimock, Mrs. Henry F. Dorr, Mr. George B. Draper, Mr. and Mrs. William P. DuPont, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. Fabbri, Mrs. Shepard Fenno, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brooks Farrand, Mrs. Max Gould, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Griswold, Mrs. F. Gray Hale, Mrs. Chandler 25 Hale, Mrs. Richard W. Hatfield, Mr. Henry R. Hawkes, Mrs. Morris Hoffman, Miss Mary U. Howard, Mr. Edgar B. Hunt, Mrs. Platt Johnson, Mrs. F. H. Kahn, Mrs. Otto H. Kingsland, Mrs. William M. Kierman, Miss Isabel Kutz, Miss Lucy A. Ladd, Mrs. Walter G. LaMontagne, Mrs. Edward LaMontagne, Mrs. Maurice Langhorne, Mr. Marshall Lawrence, Rt. Rev. William Livingston, Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mrs. Philip Loew, Mrs. Victor Luquer, Mrs. Lea McIlvane MacLeod, Mrs. Norman McCagg, Mrs. Louis B. McMichael, Mrs. Charles B. McCormick, Miss Mildred McCormick, Mrs. Robert H. McNair, Mrs. William Miller, Miss Edith Macculloch Miller, Mrs. Henry Irving Minot, Miss Montgomery, Mrs. Thomas L. Moore, Mr. Barrington Moore, Mr. William S. Morgan, Miss C. L. Morgenthau, Hon. and Mrs. Henry Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hennen Norris, Miss Fanny Opdycke, Mrs. L. E. Palmer, Mr. Courtlandt Peabody, Mr. F. H. 26 Peabody, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pearson, Mrs. Frederick Pike Mrs. Charles B. Place, Mrs. George Polk, Mrs. William Pratt, Mr. John T. Procter, Mr. and Mrs. William Rosen, Mr. Walter T. Rowell, Mrs. Frank B. Ryle, Mr. Arthur Sampson, Miss Gertrude Sampson, Mr. Charles E. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Scott, Mrs. Edgar Satterlee, Col. and Mrs. Herbert L. Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. William Jay Slattery, Mrs. Charles L. Smith, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, Miss Josephine C. Speyer, Mr. James Stotesbury, Mrs. Edward T. Sweeney, Mr. Thomas B. Thompson, Mrs. George L. Thorndike, Dr. Augustus Vanderbilt, Mrs. George W. Weekes, Mr. Frederic Delano Winthrop, Miss Marie Wright, Mrs. C. K. Young, Mrs. A. Murray 27 Contributing Members for Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 1939 Viscountess d'Alte $ 20.00 Miss Susan Amory 10.00 Mrs. A. FitzRoy Anderson 5.00 John Hampton Barnes 50.00 * Major Gist Blair 50.00 Mrs. John A. Brown, Jr. 10.00 * Miss Edith Bowdoin 10.00 * Mrs. Joseph Bowen 5.00 Mrs. James Byrne 50.00 * Miss Agnes Miles Carpenter 25.00 Mrs. D. Crawford Clark 20.00 Miss K. Frances Coleman 10.00 * Miss Mary Roberts Coles 25.00 Mrs. Jay Cooke 20.00 * Mr. and Mrs. John Dane 20.00 Mrs. Walter Damrosch 25.00 Mr. Arthur Derby 5.00 Mr. Frederick J. DeVeau 10.00 Mrs. Max Farrand 25.00 Mrs. Shepard Fabbri 20.00 * Mrs. J. Brooks Fenno 10.00 Dr. J. Austin Furfey 2.00 Mrs. Richard Rathbone Graham 3.00 Miss Elizabeth S. Hallet 5.00 * Henry Reed Hatfield 5.00 Dr. James D. Heard 5.00 Madame C. de Hedry 10.00 * Miss Mary U. Hoffman 5.00 * Mrs. Lulu Platt Hunt 10.00 Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay 50.00 Miss Helen S. Jones 15.00 Mrs. Mabel V. R. Johnson 10.00 Mrs. Reginald deKoven 5.00 Miss M. M. Leffingwell 10.00 Mr. Douglas Leffingwell 5.00 28 Mr. Fred Lynam 10.00 *Rt. Reverend William Lawrence 20.00 Mrs. W. Appleton Lawrence 5.00 Mrs. Walter G. Ladd 50.00 Hon. Theodore Marburg 20.00 Mrs. Theodore Marburg 20.00 Mr. Ralph Masterman 1.00 Mrs. Edward Porter May 5.00 Mrs. Maurice LaMontagne 10.00 *Hon. Dave H. Morris 20.00 *Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morgenthau 20.00 * Mrs. Henry Morgenthau 25.00 * Miss Mildred McCormick 10.00 * Mrs. Robert McCormick 5.00 Mr. R. E. McKown 5.00 * Mrs. Harold Peabody 20.00 Mrs. A. M. Patterson 5.00 Miss Linda H. Pancoast 5.00 Mrs. Frank Rowell 10.00 * Mrs. Edgar Scott 50.00 Mr. John M. Scott 15.00 *Mrs. Charles Slattery 5.00 Robert H. Stevenson 20.00 Mrs. C. Morton Smith 83.37 Mrs. Harry Hill Thorndike 10.00 *Dr. Augustus Thorndike 50.00 Mrs. Arthur C. Train 10.00 * Mrs. A. Murray Young 50.00 *Mr. Charles E. Sampson 100.00 (Special for Glen Mary Park) *Dr. Augustus Thorndike 450.00 (Special for Parks) *Life members NOTE: Some of the above figures show both 1938-1939 donations due to the closing of our books and because of an earlier appeal in 1939. 29 v 1A 130