REPORT OF THE Thirty-Seventh Year OF THE Village Improvement Association OF BAR HARBOR ENDING SEPTEMBER SIXTH 1928 REPORT OF THE Thirty-Seventh Year OF THE Village Improvement Association OF BAR HARBOR ENDING SEPTEMBER SIXTH 1928 OFFICERS FOR 1928-1929 PRESIDENT Mr. Gist Blair VICE-PRESIDENTS Mr. Fred C. Lynam Rt. Rev. William Lawrence Mrs. A. Murray Young SECRETARY Mr. Frank B. Rowell ASSISTANT SECRETARY Mrs. Theresa Rowan TREASURER Mr. Harry M. Conners - Standing Committees FINANCE COMMITTEE Major Chester Barnett, Chairman Mr. L. A. Austin Mr. Harold Peabody Mr. Lea McI. Luquer Mr. Joseph Pulitzer Mr. Thomas Searls VILLAGE COMMITTEE Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, Chairman Miss Gertrude Sampson, Alternate Mrs. Chester P. Barnett Miss Edith Macculloch Miller Mrs. J. Brooks Fenno Mr. J. Alden Morse Mrs. Foster Kennedy Miss Fanny Norris Mrs. A. Murray Young 4 COMMITTEES SANITARY COMMITTEE Mr. Dave Hennen Morris, Chairman Dr. Ludwig Kast, Alternate Dr. L. Sherman Cleaves Mrs. James F. Mitchell Dr. John Dane Dr. C. C. Morrison Dr. G. R. Hagerthy Dr. Charles C. Morrison, Jr. Dr. R. G. Higgins Dr. J. H. Patten Dr. R. W. Wakefield COMMITTEE ON PATHS Mr. Harold Peabody, Chairman Mrs. Wm. G. Beale Mr. Philip Livingston Dr. John Dane Mr. Barrington Moore Miss Dorothy Sturges COMMITTEE ON ROADS Rev. Alsop Leffingwell, Chairman Mr. Walter Damrosch Mr. Fred C. Lynam Mr. William S. Moore COMMITTEE ON PARKS Mr. Charles E. Sampson, Chairman Mr. Clarence E. Dow Miss Marie Hinkle Miss Bell Gurnee Mr. Albion F. Sherman Dr. Augustus Thorndike COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY Mr. Albion F. Sherman, Chairman Mrs. Potter Palmer Mrs. Frederick Stimson Mrs. Charles B. Pike Mr. Guy E. Torrey COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Chairman Mr. Gist Blair Mr. Charles W. Pike Mr. Parker Corning Mr. Dave Hennen Morris Mr. Fred C. Lynam Mr. Charles E. Sampson Treasurer's Report Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association September 1, 1297 to September 5, 1928 ASSETS Investments $17,757.97 Mrs. A. Murray Young Path Fund interest 47.00 Trust Investment, Mary F. Hig- gins 400.00 Cash 1,245.93 $19,450.90 LIABILITIES Bates Bequest $5,000.00 Mrs. A. Murray Young Path Fund 1,000.00 Mrs. C. Morton Smith Path Fund 500.00 Mrs. C. Morton Smith Path Fund interest 31.00 Mrs. Mary F. Higgins, Trust Fund interest 115.04 Mary F. Higgins Trust Fund 400.00 Nolan Pamphlet 125.00 A. C. Gurnee Bequest 5,000.00 A. C. Gurnee Bequest interest 42.93 Gurnee Path Fund 1,000.00 Path Committee 219.00 Profit and Loss 6,017.93 $19,450.90 6 TREASURER'S REPORT RECEIPTS Donations, General Fund $1,814.00 Donations, for Paths 758.00 A.C. Gurnee Bequest 5,000.00 Interest 605.77 Sale of Bonds 1,050.00 Mary F. Higgins Trust Fund in- terest 17.01 Mrs. A. Murray Young Path Fund interest 25.00 A. C. Gurnee Bequest, interest 122.00 Mrs. C. Morton Smith Path Fund interest 27.50 Rebate, Compensation Insurance. 8.52 Gurnee Path Fund interest 27.50 Cash on hand September 1, 1927 1,182.76 $10,638.06 PAYMENTS Path Committee $853.60 Woodbury Park 448.13 Glen Mary Park 247.60 Village Committee 828.26 Mrs. C. Morton Smith Path 24.00 Gurnee Path 27.50 Mrs. A. Murray Young Path 104.00 Miscellaneous Expense 707.11 Purchase of Bonds 6,064.86 Mary F. Higgins Trust Fund 8.00 A. C. Gurnee Bequest interest 79.07 Cash on hand September 5, 1928 1,245.93 $10,638.06 TREASURER'S REPORT 7 Investments of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association September 5, 1928 Fourth Liberty Loan $1,000.00 41/4% Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 1,000.00 4 % Utah Power and Light Co 1,000.00 5 % Montana Power Co. 1,000.00 5 % Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. 1,000.00 6 % Anaconda Copper Mining Co 1,000.00 6 % Chesapeake and Ohio 1,000.00 41/2% Midvale Steel and Ordnance 1,000.00 5 % Midvale Steel and Ordnance 1,000.00 5 % Northern States Power Co. 500.00 51/2% Northern States Power Co. 500.00 51/2% Anaconda Copper Mining Co 500.00 6 % Six Shares Bar Harbor Water Co 300.00 6 % Cash in Savings Department, B. H. Banking and Trust Co. 900.00 4 % Chicago Rock Island and Pacific 1,000.00 4 % Montana Power Co 1,000.00 5 % First Mortgage Certificate, Lawyers Mtg. Co 3,000.00 51/2% Mercantile Properties Inc. (Gurnee Path) 1,000.00 51/2% $17,700.00 The Association holds in trust a fund of $400.00, the income from which is to be used for the care of the Mary F. Higgins burial lot in the cemetery on Mt. Desert Street, Bar Harbor. Invested in Government bonds. H. M. CONNERS, Treasurer. Report of the Finance Committee The Finance Committee has adhered to the policy of investing its funds as soon as a sufficient amount has accrued in securities designated for Savings Banks and Trust Fund Investments. At the present time all funds are invested with the exception of a small cash balance in the bank which is necessary for running expen- ses. This balance is drawing the usual rate of interest paid on drawing accounts. The attached list shows the entire amount of securities now held by the Village Improve- ment Association.. Respectfully submitted, C. P. BARNETT, Chairman. September 6, 1928. Report of the Sanitary Committee In making its report for this year, the Sani- tary Committee wishes, first of all, to record its deep sense of loss in the death of Dr. Robert Abbe, who as the founder of this Committee and in continued service of its purposes for SO many years had set an inspiring example of a public spirited life. His work in this Commit- tee, during Dr. Abbe's illness, was ably sup- ported by Mr. Dave H. Morris, whose guidance we are missing at present with much regret, during his absence in Europe. Fortunately the sanitary conditions prevail- ing in our community were such that no occa- sion arose, calling for any special functioning of the Sanitary Committee. During the early autumn there occurred an epidemic outbreak of whooping cough, which, in spite of efficient precautions, took a toll of three lives. Aside from a few cases of scarlet fever, measles, polio-myelitis and chicken pox the population and guests of Bar Harbor have been fortunate- ly spared from any serious epidemic. A num- ber of small houses and shacks, not connected with proper sewerage, were torn down or 10 SANITARY COMMITTEE moved to places of safe sewerage connection. A new sewer along the main highway of Hulls Cove has eliminated a very real potential danger which existed there, as several houses depended upon cesspools. There occurred one case of typhoid fever which came from Bluehill. Luckily this case caused no further spreading of the typhoid infection. It must be noted that recently several times food infection or food deterioration caused ill- ness simultaneously in several people, in one instance in nineteen patients within twenty-four hours. Such occurrences may turn out to be very serious indeed and might cause unhappy situations. This matter and other facts which have come to our knowledge call attention to the lack of proper protection of our community in sani- tary matters. The more one investigates this situation the more one realizes that a communi- ty such as ours should have at least the be- ginning of a modern health department. It is not merely a policing that is required but edu- cation and expert assistance in all matters of public health, such as prevention of communi- cable diseases in the supervision of food mater- ial and in the guidance of hotels and boarding houses as well as commercial distributors of SANITARY COMMITTEE 11 food, in the prevention of food infections. This concerns first of all drinking water; and milk more than any one other food article, but it concerns also meat, fish and vegetables, par- ticularly in a community like ours where for three or four months of the season a great deal of food has to be brought in from outside. It is the sense of the Sanitary Committee which has the endorsement of our Health Officer that our community should have the protec- tion of a paid full time expert to assist our Health Officer at least during the summer months. We must bear in mind that the good health which our community enjoys has been to a very large degree our good fortune. Our municipal officers, particularly our health officer Dr. L. Sherman Cleaves, are most vigilant and efficient, the medical profession in Bar Harbor is un- usually cooperative, but we must recognize that the sanitation of a community such as Bar Harbor requires mechanisms, equipments and personnel beyond what we have now. The increase of our population during the summer months, the large number of motorists and transients, the presence of many young and very young children make demands upon muni- cipal administration different from a static com- 12 SANITARY COMMITTEE munity, and none of its departments carries a more important responsibility than the one that should be assumed by a health depart- ment. Your Sanitary Committee therefore suggests that the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association pass a resolution urging the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bar Harbor to secure the services of a trained, full time health officer or health inspector at least for five months each summer and also to establish a properly equipped laboratory and to make proper con- nections with the health officers of our county and the State of Maine, SO that our community may take its place in the rank of properly pro- tected, modern summer resorts. The advan- tages of such a step to the permanent residents, summer guests, business interests and to the reputation of Bar Harbor seem SO obvious that your Committee feels confident this matter should be brought before the next Town Meeting for action. In order to assure the working of such a plan already for next summer a joint Committee of the Board of Selectmen and of the Village Improvement Association might be placed in charge of this matter. It is further suggested that the resolution express the desire of our Village Improvement Associa- SANITARY COMMITTEE 13 tion to invite Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor and other communities of this Island to join in the establishment of a Health-Office which may gradually serve the whole Island. LUDWIG KAST, M. D., Chairman Report of Village Committee On May 1st, E. E. Scammon, who has been employed by the Committee for the past nine years, began the spring work of repairing the damages of the winter and putting all in readi- ness for the season. The Union Cemetery was put in order, headstones straightened, grass seed sown, and plants set out in the gate posts. The care of the portion of the Shore Path belonging to the Maine Central Railroad, from the Yacht Club to the Town Lot, has for some years been undertaken by this Committee, as the Railroad does nothing for its repair or up- keep. The Path was re-surfaced this spring, as usual, with sand and gravel, and also consider- able extra repairing had to be done. The unusually severe winter storms made a large and dangerous hole on the section of Path be- longing to the Sherman estate. This was filled in with stone and sand, and later re-surfaced with asphalt, the cost of this work being met half by the V. I. A. and half by the Sherman estate. Cracks in the old asphalt were also re- paired at this time. VILLAGE COMMITTEE 15 This section of the Path receives a severe pounding by surf in the winter storms, and in order to preserve the present masonry founda- tions, thorough repointing of the stone would be advisable this autumn. The Committee has placed nine V. I. A. barrels for rubbish on the Ocean Drive, and seven are maintained on the Shore Path. Those on the Shore Path are emptied daily by Scammon when he makes his morning round to clean up the Path and the lanes leading to it, from the Field to Albert Meadow. The care of the Town Lot is assumed by the town, but leaves much to be desired. In the height of the summer season it is in con- stant use and great litter of papers, boxes, peanut shells, etc., strewn all over it, as well as in the lower part of Albert Meadow. As this has received SO little care from the town, it has seemed necessary for us to clean the Albert Meadow lane to the shore, and Scammon is now doing this in addition to his regular work. To keep the Town Lot and the lane leading to it neat and free from litter would require picking up twice daily in the summer season. If Scammon could be given a helper for the six midsummer weeks, our Committee could undertake keeping the Town Lot free from 16 VILLAGE COMMITTEE litter, the town to continue as now the funda- mental care of the lot. The summer work in the Union Cemetery, which has been done by the Committee, con- sists of keeping the grass mown and trimmed neatly around each headstone, and this, with the Shore Path and the lanes leading to it, is all that one man can do. Respectfully submitted, GERTRUDE SAMPSON, Acting Chairman. Report of Paths and Trails Committee Though last winter was not severe many of our paths and trails were found in bad condi- tion when work began on May 28th. The re- moval of over 400 fallen trees; the destruction by a rock slide of about 100 feet of trail at the junction of the Orange and Black and the Cliff trails on the eastern slope of Newport Mt.; making of 71 signs; making of arrows and pointers; rebuilding bridges; rebuilding cairns; bushing and mowing have kept two men busy all summer. Destruction of signs has been more than ever the favorite sport of sportsmen. Any suggestions as to how to stop this expen- sive nuisance will be greatly appreciated. Two important matters have happened this year: First, the Gurnee Path has been endowed. For this we are sincerely grateful. Secondly, the Park authorities have paid for the rebuild- ing of the Curran Path along the west shore of Eagle Lake to the southwest valley road thus employing both our men during the month of May. In return for this generosity we have agreed to keep it in repair from year to year. PATH COMMITTEE Though we have raised less money than last year we have spent less on the regular upkeep of the paths and trails not counting the endowed paths. Balance brought forward, $314.60; received between Sept. 1st, 1927 and Aug. 31st, 1928, $758.00; total receipts, $1,072.60; expended between Sept. 1st, 1927 and Aug. 31st, 1928, $853.00; balance carried over Sept. 1st, $219.60. I wish to again thank the National Park authorities for their help and Andrew Liscomb, Supt., for his continued help and advice. Respectfully submitted, HAROLD PEABODY, Chairman. Report of Roads Committee Your committee reports as follows: 1. Mr. A. J. Wurts, courteously and at his own expense, cleared the growth at "Canoe Point" on the Bay Drive adding greatly to the fine view of Frenchmans Bay. 2. Wherever needed and possible, further growth-cutting on the same Bay Drive was done by your Committee at an expense of ap- proximately $100.00. 3. At Schooner Head, in order to furnish a good view of Newport Mountain and cliffs, Mr. Richard Hale gave kind permission to make proper cuttings on his own estate, and also generously supplied your Committee with $25.00 to apply to that purpose. 4. Two of our requests to the Francis' Es- tate for similar cuttings in the same vicinity have, thus far, obtained no response. 5. Mr. A. Atwater Kent recently purchased the Bliss Estate on the Schooner Head Road. He kindly took your Committee in his own car to this land where a conference was held with Mr. Richard Hale. Result-general agree- ment on the form of growth cutting. Mr. 20 ROADS COMMITTEE Kent generously volunteered to undertake an experimental clearing of part of his land border- ing on the Schooner Head Road at his own ex- pense. 6. Growth clearings were made on the Leffingwell Estate on the Ocean Drive during the last winter and spring. Others are to be undertaken before next season. 7. Public advertising signs have begun to menace our public highways. A magazine ar- ticle says that the state of Kansas has passed a law prohibiting the posting of such signs within the limits of any public highway, or outside of the highway, within five hundred feet of railroad crossings. The law further states that no such signs shall be placed within five hundred feet of highway curves or within five hundred feet of highway intersecting roads. It would seem to your Committee very wise if the state of Maine would pass a similar law. 8. Mr. Joseph Allen of Seal Harbor appeals to your Committee in protest against the State road-constructors' present apparent purposes of widening and straighting our Island roads for motor-speeding; begs that our roads be left at their present width and with all their pictures- que curves and windings and requests that the speed limit be rigidly set at 25 miles per hour, ROADS COMMITTEE 21 with proper signs to that effect, posted at proper places. Your Committee has had no opportunity to confer with Mr. Allen on the subject nor to form an opinion regarding the matter. 9. On account of the cutting that may be done on the Schooner Head Road near the Hale Estate, your Committee may need a hundred dollars and asks for that appropriation for its purposes. ALSOP LEFFINGWELL, Chairman. Report of Park Committee During the past year special attention has been given to the care of the trees in the Wood- bury and Glen Mary Parks and the Howe Memorial Park, as it was necessary in all of these parks to have the fine trees pruned and the dead wood removed. This work entailed considerable expense and was mostly done last autumn, and the benefit has been shown by the condition of the trees this summer. In the Glen Mary Park the white pine blister had made great inroads, particularly among the trees on the hillside. Mr. Lambert, federal a- gent, and his men, working for the town, examined all the land thoroughly and removed the wild currant and gooseberry bushes, but it was also necessary for us to employ men to cut out the infected branches and trees, and more than 200 branches were found on the hillside which had to be cut out to save those pine trees. The willows in the Glen Mary Park on which the blight appeared have been sprayed as di- rected by Dr. Pierson of the Augusta Commis- sion, in the hope of saving them. In Glen PARK COMMITTEE 23 Mary Park a man clears the litter regularly twice a week, and the general appearance of the park has been much improved. In the Woodbury Park it has been necessary to put crushed stone on the paths and that with the necessary cleaning up and grass cutting have entailed large expense on account of the size of the park, and the Committee has not felt justified in making desired improvements to the grounds and trees there on account of the great cost it would involve. The Howe Memorial Park has been cared for as heretofore, but there has been much damage by visitors, particularly to the evergreens, and it will be necessary to replace some of these trees the coming year. This has been arranged for by your Committee SO that the Park will be well cared for and kept in the condition we believe Mr. Gurnee desired. The income from Mr. Gurnee's bequest for the maintenance of that park is more than sufficient, and we esti- mate that there will be a surplus of about $100 annually. The Committee hopes that it may be made possible to use the surplus income from Mr. Gurnee's endowment of the Howe Memorial Park, for the care of the Woodbury Park, which was given to the Village Improvement Associa- 24 PARK COMMITTEE tion by Mr. Charles E. Howe, for whom Mr. Gurnee gave the Howe Memorial. Your Committee also hopes that an appro- priation may be secured from the town for the proper maintenance and care of the Woodbury and Glen Mary Parks, which involve more ex- pense than the income of the V. I. A. permits. There is increasing use of the Woodbury Park by people who picnic there and who are very careless as to cleaning up their rubbish, SO that more supervision is necessary, and the Commit- tee wishes to place a barrel there and also a number of rustic seats and benches, and we request donations. One bench and one chair have already been given, and we hope the mem- bers will present several more which can be placed along the Cleftstone Road and under the large pine trees for the benefit of those who wish to use the park. Benches have already been pro- vided for the Glen Mary Park, but the need in the Woodbury Park is urgent. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES E. SAMPSON, Chairman. In Memoriam DR. ROBERT ABBE Dr. Abbe, through his distinction as a great physician, belonged to the larger world in which he rendered his help to humanity; but, in a special, intimate sense he made us individually aware that he belonged to us here in Bar Harbor, since to every cause and to every person in the community he gave a genuine, sympathetic, never-failing interest. He was identified with the Village Improvement As- sociation from its earliest days and was for many years its vice president. He was responsible for the formation of the Sanitary Committee and was till within a few years the active head of it and always a moving spirit in it. The eagerness of his interest in the Association was shown last September, when, on one of the few times that he was able to leave his house, he delighted us by appear- ing at the annual meeting. We are indeed conscious of his personal touch on all sides; not only in the Village Improvement Association, but in houses that possess the relief maps of the island that he so carefully worked out, at "Brookend" with its lovely surroundings of his creating, at the Bar Harbor Hospital, and at the Sieur de Monts Spring, in the museum just erected to keep intact his collection of implements of the Stone Age. Best of all, he will long abide in the affection of everybody whose life he touched -as a lover of nature, a man of artistic sensitiveness, a scientist, a surgeon, a gentleman of distinguished attain- ments, and a rarely lovable friend. CHARTER LAWS OF 1891. CHAPTER 186. An Act to Incorporate the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature Assembled as follows: SECTION 1. Parke Godwin, Fred C. Ly- nam, William H. Sherman, Morris K. Jesup, Robert Amory, Charles T. How, De Grasse Fox, Luere B. Deasy, Edward Coles, Serenus H. Rodick, Henry Sayles, William B. Rice, David A. Bunker, Elihu T. Hamor, Addie B. Higgins, Mary G. Dorr, Augustus Gurnee, A. W. Morrell, Ephigenia Z. Place, Francis E. Wood, George W. Vanderbilt, Gertrude S. Rice, Louisa S. Minot, F.G. Peabody, Abby A. Potter, Francis M. Conners, John E. Clark, George M. Wheeler, Eugene B. Richards and their associates and successors are hereby in- corporated under the name of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, for the pur- pose of instituting and maintaining public im- CHARTER 27 provements in the village of Bar Harbor and other parts of Mount Desert Island. SECTION 2. For the purpose of its incor- poration this Association may receive and hold real and personal property not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in amount; make contracts to be binding upon itself but not upon its individual members; and make by-laws not inconsistent with the law for the regulations of its membership and its government. SECTION 3. The first meeting of this cor- poration may be called by any of the above associates, by a notice published two weeks successively before the time of said meeting in any newspaper published in Bar Harbor. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect when approved. By-Laws PREAMBLE Whereas, it is evident to all who are inter- ested in the village of Bar Harbor thatsome method of united action is needed in order to preserve the natural beauties of the place by the ornamentation of the streets and public grounds of the village, by planting and culti- vating trees and doing such other acts as shall tend to beautify, adorn and increase the at- tractions of the village; therefore we have formed ourselves into an Association and agree to be governed by the following by-laws: No. 1-NAME This Society shall be known as the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. No. 2-MEMBERSHIP SECTION 1. The members of this Associa- tion shall consist of two classes: Annual and Life. SECTION 2. Any person over fourteen years of age, by the payment of one dollar annually, and any child under fourteen years of age who BY-LAWS 29 shall pay the sum of fifty cents annually, shall be a member of this Association for the current fiscal year, which shall end on the first Thurs- day of September. SECTION 3. The payment of Two hundred and fifty dollars in one sum shall constitute a person a life member of this Association. SECTION 4. Irrespective of payment of dues, the following persons shall be members of the Association: The Selectmen, the Town Clerk, The Treasurer, The Road Commissioner, the Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Health, the Sewer Commissioner, and the Inspector of Buildings of the Town of Bar Harbor; the pastors and rectors of all Christian Churches in the village of Bar Harbor, and all physicians licensed to practice in said village. No. -MEETINGS The meetings of the Association shall be held in each year as follows:-on the third Tuesday of June, the second Thursday of July and of August, and on the first Thursday of Septem- ber, of which the meeting in September shall be the annual meeting of the Association. Said meetings shall be held at some con- venient place in the village of Bar Harbor, of 30 BY-LAWS which due notice shall be given by the Secre- tary. Other meetings of the Association may be called by the president and shall be called on written request of five members of the Associa- tion. No. 4-OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION At the annual meeting, the Association shall elect by ballot the following officers: President Three Vice-Presidents Treasurer Secretary who shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected. At the same time and place, the Association shall elect, or empower the newly elected President to appoint, the chairman and mem- bers of the following Standing Committees to serve for one year: Finance, Village, Sanitary, Roads, Paths, Parks, and Publicity. Special Committees may be appointed by a vote of the Association at any time. No. 5-DUTIES OF OFFICERS SECTION 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and in his ab- BY-LAWS 31 sence one of the Vice-Presidents shall perform the duties of his office. SECTION 2. The Treasurer shall have charge of all money and other property of the Associa- tion, and shall report at each of its regular meetings. The report presented by him at the annual meeting shall be in writing accompanied by an account and vouchers for audit. He shall be the sole disbursing officer of the Association and shall pay out the moneys of the Associa- tion only upon written approval either of the chairman of the committee from whose appro- priation the disbursement is made, or of the President, or a member of the Finance Commit- tee. Except for usual office expenses, he shall pay out no money until the same shall have been appropriated by the Association. SECTION 3. The Secretary shall keep a cor- rect and careful record of all the proceedings of the Association, in a suitable book, shall have charge of the books, records, and seal of the Association, shall give notice of all meetings, shall send copies of the minutes of each meeting to the Chairman of each Committee, and shall take charge of the issuing of the catalogue, with any other details pertaining to this office. 32 BY-LAWS No. 6-DUTIES OF COMMITTEES FINANCE COMMITTEE. It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to devise ways and means to procure funds for the use of the Asso- ciation, by extending the membership, pro- curing subscriptions and donations or by any other means. If at any time there shall be found in the hands of the Treasurer a surplus of money beyond estimated disbursements, such surplus may be invested in marketable and interest paying securities. VILLAGE COMMITTEE. It shall be the duty of this committee to add to the general attrac- tiveness of the town by suggesting, advocating, and, in co-operation with the town authorities, assisting in such improvements as are deemed expedient. SANITARY COMMITTEE. It shall be the duty of this Committee to keep itself informed as to the condition and care of the water of Eagle Lake, both in winter and summer, to examine the stables, the disposal of garbage, sewers, drains, tenement houses and localities generally likely to become sources of injury or contagion, and to report to the Association. COMMITTEE ON PATHS. It shall be the duty of this Committee to report as to the condition BY-LAWS 33 of the roads and to lay out, keep in repair and mark with signs, cairns and pointers paths and trails over the mountains, and through the woods on the eastern part of the island. COMMITTEE ON ROADS. It shall be the duty of this committee to report as to the condition of the roads and to improve the appearance of roadsides by such means as lie within its power. COMMITTEE ON PARKS. It shall be the duty of this committee to provide for the care and up-keep of Glen Mary and of Woodbury Park and further to observe the conditions in the deed of trust of park lands. It shall also be the duty of this committee to give such at- tention as may be necessary to the island called Bald Rock, as having been conveyed by deed of gift to the Village Improvement Association. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY. It shall be the duty of this committee to provide lectures, send out leaflets, publish news articles, and otherwise stimulate interest in the endeavor to create a sentiment in favor of rendering the town more attractive, co-operating toward this end with duly recognized Town authorities and organizations as fully as possible. 34 BY-LAWS Each Standing Committee shall make a re- port in writing at each regular meeting of the Association. No. 7-FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of September and shall extend through the thirty-first day of the following August. No. 8-SEAL The corporation shall have a seal bearing its name and the date "1891". No. 9-DEEDS AND CONTRACTS Deeds and contracts shall be executed by the President, Treasurer, and one of the Vice- Presidents. No members shall be personally liable to any contract of debt of the Corpora- tion. No. 10-QUORUM Eleven members of the Corporation or a ma- jority of the members of any committee shall constitute a quorum; and a quorum being present, a majority thereof shall control. No. 11-AMENDMENTS These By-Laws as a whole, or any part thereof, may be repealed or amended by a vote BY-LAWS 35 of two-thirds of the members present at any regular or official meeting of the Association; but a notice of any proposed change shall be given in the call of the meeting. No. 12-ORDER OF BUSINESS Reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting and action thereupon. Report of the Secretary. Report of the Treasurer. Report of Standing Committees. Report of Special Committees. New Business. Members Ex-Officio Selectmen: Mr. Harry Copp Mr. Julien Emery Mr. Walters Hill Mr. Alvah Abbott For 1929 Mr. Seth Libby Mr. Eben K. Whitaker Mr. Norman Shaw Treasurer: Mr. Charles F. Paine Town Clerk: Mr. Wyman P. Wadleigh Supt. of Roads: Mr. Leslie Hamor Supt. of Schools: Mr. George H. Beard Health Officer: Dr. L. Sherman Cleaves Inspector of Buildings: Mr. J. M. Milliken Rev. J. Homer Nelson Rev. William E. Patterson Rev. W. H. Cass Rev. Edward Fitzpatrick Rev. George F. Davis Dr. George R. Hagerthy Dr. R. G. Higgins Dr. C. C. Morrison Dr. C. C. Morrison, Jr. Dr. E. J. Morrison Dr. James F. Mitchell Dr. R. W. Wakefield Life Members Anson, Mrs. Alfred Archbold, Mrs. Anne Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Babcock, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Baker, Miss Charlotte S. Banks, Mrs. A. Bleeker Barney, Mrs. Barret, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Beale, Mrs. William G. Biddle, Miss Christine W. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Gist Blake, Dr. J. A. Blake, Mrs. Duer Bowdoin, Miss Edith G. Bowen, Mrs. Joseph T. Bowler, Mrs. Robert B. Bradley, Mrs. J. D. C. Brooks, Mr. 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. Clark, Miss Zelina Keyser Chew, Mrs. Benjamin Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Cochran, Miss Mary N. 38 LIFE MEMBERS Coles, Miss Mary R. Coxe, Mrs. Alexander B. Crafts, E. C. Crocker, Mrs. Uriel H. Cuyler, Miss Eleanor deG. Cuyler, Mrs. T. DeWitt Dane, Dr. and Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. A. H. Denby, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Derby, Mrs. Hasket Dimock, Mrs. Henry F. Dorr, Mr. George B. Draper, Mr. and Mrs. William P. DuPont, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. Edwards, Mrs. J. P. Fabbri, Mrs. Shepard Fenno, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brooks Farrand, Mrs. Max Gould, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Gray, Mrs. H. W. Griswold, Mrs. F. Gray Hale, Mr. Chandler Hale, Mr. Richard W. Harrison, M. F. B. Hatfield, Mr. Henry R. Hawkes, Mrs. Morris Hinkle, Mrs. A. Howard Hoffman, Miss Mary U. Howard, Mr. Edgar B. Hunt, Mrs. Platt Ingraham, Hon. George L. Johnson, Mrs. F. H. Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader LIFE MEMBERS 39 Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. Kennedy, Mrs. John S. Ketterlinus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kingsland, Mrs. William M. Kierman, Miss Isabel Kutz, Miss Lucy A. Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Lagergren, Marquise LaMontagne, Mrs. Edward LaMontagne, Mrs. Maurice Langhorne, Mr. Marshall Lawrence, Rt. Rev. Leber, Mr. Louis C. Linzee, Miss Elizabeth Livingston, Mrs. John C. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. Lea McIlvane McFadden, Mr. George MacLeod, Mrs. Norman Macy, Mr. V. Everett Manning, Miss A. F. Markoe, Mrs. John McCagg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. McMichael, Hon. and Mrs. Charles B. McCormick, Miss Mildred McCormick, Mrs. Robert H. McNair, Mr. William Miller, Miss Edith Macculloch Miller, Mrs. Henry Irving Minot, Miss Montgomery, Mrs. Thomas L. Moore, Mr. Barrington Moore, Mr. William S. 40 LIFE MEMBERS Morgan, Miss C. L. Morgenthau, Hon. and Mrs. Henry Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hennen Newbold, Mr. Clement B. Norris, Miss Fanny Ogilvie, Mrs. Clinton Opdycke, Mrs. L. E. Ostrander, Mrs. C.F. Palmer, Mr. Courtlandt Peabody, Mr. F. H. 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 Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph Robbins, Mrs. George A. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rosen, Mr. Walter T. Rowell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Ryle, Mr. Arthur Sampson, Miss Gertrude Sampson, Mr. Charles R. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Scott, Mrs. Edgar Satterlee, Col. and Mrs. Herbert L. Schauffler, Mrs. A. F. Schelling, Mrs. Ernest Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Schiff, Mrs. Jacob Sears, Mrs. J. Montgomery LIFE MEMBERS 41 Seely, Mrs. W. W. Slattery, Mrs. Charles L. Smith, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Edward A. Smith, Miss Josephine C. Speyer, Mr. James Stevens, Miss Julia C. Stewart, Mr. W. R. Stotesbury, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Sturges, Miss Dorothy Sturges, Mrs. Howard O. Sweeney, Mr. Thomas B. Thompson, Mrs. George L. Thorndike, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Townsend, Mrs. R. H. Trevor, Miss Emily Trevor, Mrs. John B. Tuckerman, Mrs. Leverett S. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt, Mrs. George W. Walcott, Mrs. F. C. Weekes, Mr. Frederic Delano Winthrop, Miss Marie Wright, Mrs. C. K. Young, Mrs. A. Murray Annual Members and Other Contributors From Sept. 1, 1927 to Sept. 5, 1928 FOR GENERAL FUND Viscountess d'Alte $10.00 Mrs. Charles B. Amory 5.00 Mrs. J. Howland Auchincloss 5.00 Mrs. John W. Auchincloss 10.00 Mr. John W. Auchincloss 10.00 Mrs. Walter Ayer 15.00 Miss Charlotte S. Baker 25.00 Mr. Cecil Barret 25.00 Mrs. William G. Beale 25.00 Samuel Bell, Jr 10.00 Rev. Louis F. Benson 10.00 Mrs. Arthur Biddle 5.00 Miss Christine W. Biddle 5.00 Mr. Gist Blair 25.00 Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Blaney 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. E. Spencer Blight 10.00 Princess Boncompagni 30.00 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Borden 45.00 Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen 20.00 Mrs. Robert B. Bowler 25.00 Mrs. John A. Brown, Jr 20.00 Mrs. Henry D. Burnham 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. James Byrne 50.00 Miss Agnes M. Carpenter 10.00 Mr. Harold F. Carter 2.00 Mrs. Henry C. Chapman 5.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 43 Miss Frances Coleman 25.00 Miss Mary R. Coles 10.00 Mr. Parker Corning 15.00 Mrs Victor N. Cushman 10.00 Miss Eleanor deG. Cuyler 25.00 Mrs. Thomas deW. Cuyler 5.00 Dr. and Mrs. John Dane 10.00 Mrs. Hasket Derby 5.00 Mrs. Winthrop Dwight 25.00 Mrs. Shepard Fabbri 10.00 Gen. DeW. C. Falls 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Max Farrand 15.00 Mrs. M. L. Fearey 10.00 Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Fowler 15.00 Miss Louisa S. Frith 20.00 Dr. Austin Furfey 10.00 Mrs. J. C. Gerndt 1.00 Messrs. Green and Copp 5.00 Mrs. George W. Guthrie 10.00 Mr. Richard W. Hale (special) 25.00 Mr. William P. Hamilton 25.00 Mr. J. M. Hartshorne 10.00 Mr. Henry R. Hatfield 25.00 Dr. James D. Heard 5.00 Madame de Hedry 10.00 Messrs. N. Hillson & Sons 5.00 Mrs. A. Howard Hinkle 10.00 Miss Mary U. Hoffman 10.00 Mrs. Platt Hunt 10.00 Hon. George L. Ingraham 15.00 Mrs. Rebecca N. Jackson 5.00 Hon. Peter A. Jay 25.00 Mr. E. Lee Jones 25.00 44 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Dr. Ludwig Kast 10.00 Mrs. J. S. Kennedy 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Ladd 50.00 Miss Mary Leffingwell 5.00 Brainard Lemon Silver Collection 10.00 Mrs. Morris J. Lewis 25.00 Miss Elizabeth Linzee 5.00 Miss Mina Ludwig 5.00 Miss G. F. Lufkin 5.00 Mr. Fred C. Lynam 10.00 Mrs. John Markoe 10.00 Mrs. Edward Porter May 40.00 Mrs. Herbert McBride 10.00 Miss Mildred McCormick 15.00 Mrs. Robert H. McCormick 50.00 Mrs. F. E. McCormick-Goodhart 50.00 Mr. William McNair 10.00 McKay Cottages 5.00 Mr. Edward B. Mears 5.00 Miss Edith Macculloch Miller 5.00 Miss Louisa S. Minot 5.00 Mr. William S. Moore 25.00 Mrs. George S. Munson 10.00 Mrs. Clara Norris 2.00 Miss Fanny Norris 10.00 Mrs. Clinton Ogilvie 25.00 Mrs. L. E. Opdycke 5.00 Mr. A. K. C. Palmer 5.00 Mrs. A. Mansfield Patterson 1.00 Rev. and Mrs. William E. Patterson 10.00 Mr. Charles B. Pineo 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. DeW. H. Peltz. 50.00 Mrs. M. Taylor Pyne 10.00 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES 45 Mrs. Howard Roberts 10.00 T. L. Roberts Estate 5.00 Mrs. George S. Robbins 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rogers 25.00 Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Rowell 10.00 Miss Gertrude Sampson 25.00 Mr. Charles E. Sampson 100.00 Mrs. A. F. Schauffler 10.00 Mrs. Edgar Scott 25.00 Mr. Thomas Searls 5.00 Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears 25.00 Mrs. G. F. Selfridge 5.00 Mr. Albion F. Sherman 5.00 Mrs. Henry Slack 10.00 Mrs. C. Morton Smith 25.00 Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Stimson 10.00 Madame Olga Samaroff Stokowski 25.00 Mr. Edward T. Stotesbury 50.00 Mrs. J. Madison Taylor 1.00 Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Thorndike 25.00 Miss Emily Trevor 10.00 Mr. Theodore V. A. Trotter 2.00 Mr. Martin Van Buren 20.00 Miss Alice Van Rensselaer 5.00 Hon. Otto von Schraeder 10.00 Mrs. Oliver J. Wells 10.00 Mr. Alexander J. Wurts 10.00 Mrs. A. Murray Young 50.00 FOR PATHS Miss C. M. Amory 10.00 Mrs. Anne Archbold 50.00 Mrs. William G. Beale 25.00 46 DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES Miss Ellen T. Bullard 10.00 Miss Nina M. Burnham 25.00 Miss Agnes M. Carpenter 25.00 Miss Mary R. Coles 10.00 Mrs. Lyneham Crocker 3.00 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Damrosch 10.00 Dr. and Mrs. John Dane 25.00 Mrs. J. B. Fenno 15.00 Miss Bell Gurnee 5.00 Mr. Richard Hale 25.00 Hon. George L. Ingraham 10.00 Mrs. J. S. Kennedy 50.00 Mr. Philip Livingston 25.00 Mrs. John Markoe 10.00 Mr. Barrington Moore 10.00 Mr. A. Mansfield Patterson 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Peabody 25.00 Mr. William Procter 50.00 Mr. and Mrs. Geroge S. Robbins 20.00 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rogers 25.00 Miss Gertrude Sampson 25.00 Mr. Charles E. Sampson 50.00 Mr. Herbert L. Satterlee 50.00 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schelling 25.00 Mrs. Alice K. Sturges 25.00 Miss Dorothy Sturges 25.00 Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Stimson 15.00 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Train 25.00 Mr. William Williams 25.00 SPECIAL GIFT FOR GLEN MARY PARK Mr. Charles E. Sampson 2,000.00 Dr. Augustus Thorndike 2,000.00 ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS 47 GIFTS SINCE ANNUAL MEETING FOR GENERAL FUND Mrs. J. Howland Auchincloss 5.00 Mr. John W. Auchincloss 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Chester P. Barnett 10.00 Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale 15.00 Mrs. Edward Browning 25.00 Miss Eleanor deG. Cuyler 25.00 Mrs. Brooks Fenno 10.00 Messrs. Green and Copp 5.00 Mr. Arnold W. Hunnewell 10.00 Hon. Phoenix Ingraham 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Ladd 50.00 Mr. and Mrs. Lea McI. Luquer 20.00 Miss Gertrude Sampson (special) 28.13 Miss Sophie M. Trasel 5.00 FOR PATHS Mrs. J. Howland Auchincloss 10.00 Mr. Minturn Post Collins 15.00 Mrs. Minturn Post Collins 10.00 Mrs. A. Murray Young, for the A. Murray Young Path 47.00 Bar Harbor Historical Society L1 from Boed C. Lymma Cu.