Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Museum Memos Volume 3 July 2003 Preservation Grant for Video Editing Our New Exhibit This spring, MBNA awarded a $1000 Historical Preservation Grant to the Home Sweet Home- Society to edit the videos collected by this year's new Bruce Komusin and Wini Smart. Museum theme Price quotes from several professional film editors proved to be too expensive for the grant. Then Allison Garoza, a Island Home life talented student recently graduated remembered, from College of the Atlantic, came for 1900-1945 an interview, visited the Museum, and Lobsterman "Junior Bracy" agreed to work on two videos at a reasonable price. It took Allison 80 hours to edit Thanks! to the the raw video and reduce it to a many members who Her first effort, Fishing with Wesley polished 10-minute production. Bracy, Jr., features "Junior Bracy" loaned their antiques (The complete 55-minute home and his son Scott, working hard aboard and household items interview is also included for their boat, the Crustacean. Bruce and for this great display. historic purposes.) Wini accompanied the men on a 3-hour hauling trip and later interviewed The video is now available as a Junior at his home, where he explained DVD. It can also be viewed at Have you seen our the ins and outs of being a lobsterman. the Historical Museum. new Ship Captain, (Joseph Elwood Spurling) created by Karin Whitney? Annual Meeting-August 13th The Historical Society Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday, August 13th., 7:30 p.m. at the Church. A short business meeting will include the election of officers and three Trustees. Our program will feature a 2001 video interview with Charles "Waddy" Don't miss the Wadsworth, touching on his life and his art, his marriage to Jean, their Art Show publishing business, and the artist friends he introduced to the island. Edited by Bruce Komusin, it has music by Waddy's son, Geoff, and a following the special narration by Waddy's daughter, Laurie, speaking her mother's Annual Meeting words. A Retrospective Art Show of Wadsworth's paintings and prints will be shown in the Community Center following the meeting. Refreshments will be served.