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PORTLEDGE MANOR Fairy Gross, Bideford, N. Devon, England
This Devonshire Manor has been the seat of the
Coffin family since Henry-the third, 1254. The manor
is now the Portledge Hotel and extends a special wel-
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The house has an interesting and a varied history. Jethro and Mary Coffin, the original owners, lived in it 20 years, rearing eight children. In 1708, it was purchased by Nathaniel Paddock and remained in the Paddock family ‘or over a century—until 1840, when it was sold to George Turner. Tristram Coffin, of Pough- keepsie, who purcnased it in 1881, repaired it in 1886, and in 1897 it was first opened to the public with Miss Ellen Clisbie Bartlett in charge, Mrs. Anna Starbuck Jenks became custodian in’ 1899, continuing until WHEN THE OLDEST HOUSE WAS LAST A FAMILY HOME—1866. 1923. In that year, the Nantucket Historical Association became the owner, and Miss Sarah L. Macy be-- came its custodian in 1925, serving until her death in 1934, Through the generosity of Winthrop Coffin, of Boston, the house was restored in 1927-28, with the late Alfred Shurrocks and the late William Sumner Appleton as architects. The view above shows the dismantling necessary in strengthening the big chimney.
The last family to occupy the old house was that of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Turner, whose heirs sold it to the Tristram Coffins of Poughkeepsie in 1881, It was repaired and maintained as an historical exhibit from 1897 to the present time. A complete restoration was accomplished in 1928, It was here that Mrs. Worron wrote “Trustum and His Grandchildren.”
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Jane and Burt McConnell, who spend their summers in Nantucket, recently became interested in the old
Island custom of placing an ivory but- ton on the newel post of the main stairway of a house that is no longer burdened with a mortgage. This “mortgage button” may be the size t : = ae of a nickel or even a quarter; the : eA CUIPE 1000; ; i } : oe i Bor: Hinchman house displays one that is | 1686, aes 5 - | : ke ; iE i : eis eet even larger. : Me: Capt. McConnell searched among j his souvenirs and came up with a! whale’s tooth which Sir Hubert Wil- kins brought him from the Antarctic |
twenty years ago. He sawed off a slab of dentine a quarter of an inch thick, shaped it into a button, and set it Nantucket’s Oldest House, a salt box, was built in 1686. It remained under pri- into their newel post, flush with the vate ownership until 1923, when its present owners, the Nantucket Historical op. He then turned the tooth over to Association, purchased it, and restored and preserved it. the Hospital Thrift Shop, which is
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NATIONAL HISTORIC SHRINE — This is the Jethro Coffin House on Nantucket, built in 1686 and designated last month by interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall as a national
By ARTHUR J. QUINN Standard-Times Staff Writer
NANTUCKET — Officers of the Nantucket Historical Associ- ation are awaiting official U.S. documents they must sign be- fore a bronze plaque, identifying the 282-year-old Jethro Coffin homestead, the oldest house on the island, as a national historic landmark.
The historic site, set on the sloped Sunset Hill, was official- ly recognized as a national his- toric shrine by Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall, late last month. It will be identified as such forever by a bronze plaque that will be placed on the build- ing during appropriate exercises by the Nantucket Historical As- sociation, probably early next month,
Edouard A. Stackpole, a recog- nized island historian and an officer of the Nantucket Histori- cal Association, explained today that the documents, to be sent from Washington, certify that the association guarantees to preserve the Jethro Coffin home- stead as a historic shrine and that it will be kept in good con-
. dition. Selected by Experts
Stackpole explained the oldest house was selected for official recognition as a national histor- ¢ shrine by a team of investi- gators, all experts on historical sites and buildings, sent to tour the New England area by Sec- retary Udall last summer, The team viewed ‘several island buildings that have been under the control of the Nantucket Historical Association for sever- al years.
Stackpole’s knowledge of the Jethro Coffin homestead is so thorough he was able to recite the entire history of the build- ing from the time it was built in 1686 during an interview this week.
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historic shrine. A bronze plaque will be in- stalled on the lean-to style building, oldest
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great seafaring families of the island at the time. Sold to Turners “During the 19th Century the building was sold to the Turner family, who were the last to use
lit as a residence. In 1881 Trist-
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Inside the house are three 1m- mense fireplaces, in the living room, the kitchen and the keep- ing room. Logs 7 feet long can be burned in the fireplaces. At the rear of the living room is what -is called the “borning”’ room, where-the children of the Coffin couple were born. The ori- ginal type of cradle in which the children were rocked to sleep still is to be seen.
On the upper floor are two} bedrooms, one of which was called the “bridal” chamber. Built of oak timbers like ship knees, the house is held togeth- er by wooden pegs.
When the Jethro Coffin House was taken over by the Nantuck- et Historical Association there was much work to be done. Poor type supports: installed years before had to be replaced with proper and correct stringers} and the underflooring and the | 20-inch top boards had to be re- |
type house.” tackpole, speaking of the im- ortance of the house to the is- and said, “Built in 1686, the house marks the site of one of| the ancient homesteads of the| early settlers during a signifi- cant period in the fortunes of the second generation of island- ers. It is not only a valued pos- session of the Nantucket His- torical Association, but an im-} portant asset to the Nantucket} of today and the future.” Differences Settled
When, in 1686, Jethro Coffin took Mary Gardner, 16, for his teen-age bride, according to Stackpole, the parents of the two matrimonial principals were not on exactly the best of terms. The marriage, however, brought about an amicable settlement of their differences and the parents of both, as Stackpole tells it, polled their resources, making it possible for the young couple to have Gardner land, and Cof-
: placed. The uncurtained windows | ram Coffin observed the old were made to appear as they homestead was rapidly falling | should, with hand-sewed cur- into dispair. He bought the house ‘tains, All of the walls were re- back into the Coffin family at paired or restored, white-washed
the verge of collapse. Tristram proceeded to restore the home- stead to its original appearance and maintained it for public visitation until 1923 when it was| taken over by the Nantucket Historical Association to be re- tained as a historic site.
“Five years later another des- cendant of Jethro and Mary Cof- fin, Winthrop Coffin of Boston, financed the second restoration of the house and thus insured the preservation of this historic site.”
Clippings of newspapers in the files of the Nantucket Atheneum supply a complete description lof the historic house. These clip- lpings explain the narrow win- ldow besides the front door en- trance to the house had been in-
fin supplied building material to launch the young couple on their matrimonial voyage. “Jethro must have been a young man possessed of great fortitude and with lots of ambi- tion. Given the land on the south side of Sunset Hill, he built the house with the sweat of his brow, starting with the construc- tion of the huge brick chimney, using bricks that had been car- ried from England as ballast in the sailing ships of the era. “During the next two decades the home was maintained by Jethro and Mary and it was there all of their eight children were born and raised. Early in the 18th Century the house was sold to a family named Paddock. The Paddocks were one of the
stalled by Jethro to observe any lvisitors before admitting them into house.
This protective window was necessary to guard against the invasion of the house by Indians | who might have been under the influence of too much firewater. The island Indians were of the friendly type, but on occasion one might get out of line and
la time when it was almost on) or painted.
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There was also at the time the task of restoring the house interior to as close to its liv- able appearance as could be. When this task was begun, the| job was comparable to the clean- | ing out of a storehouse or the old family attic, which in the} old days was not unlikely to have three generations of furn- ishings of departed loved ones.
Most of this restoration work was done under the direction of Mrs. Lewis Edgarton, then presi- dent of the Nantucket Historical Society, with the members of ithe organization giving their jtime and efforts to make the jJethro Coffin homestead appear | as it was after is was construct-| ed in 1686.
From now on, it will definite- ily stand as a national historic ‘shrine.
make an unwelcome call on the’
Coffins. Falls Through Floor
The records show that on one
occasion an intoxicated Indian did get into the attic and fell through the flooring, landing in a closet on the second floor. The closet has since been described as the “Indian Closet.” a?
Like most of the early colonial houses in New England the Horse Shoe House faces due south, its longer lines running east and west by compass. The back or north roof runs down to within about six feet of the ground, forming the “lean- to” as it is called. In shape it is a perfect rectangle, with no break in the walls, and the outside di- mensions are 39 by 30 feet. Much of the original framing was of oak, though the summer beams were of pine 10 by 10 inches. The girts are 11 by 11 and the oak lintels forming the arch above the fire- places are 14 by 14.
The chimney is, of course, one of the interesting features of the house, located in the center of the east and west line, and measuring about 8 by 14 at the base, cover- ing over ome hundred square feet. It is built of brick laid up to the line of the roof in clay, presum- ably from a nearby clay-bank. A- bove the roof a shell-mortar was used. There are fireplaces in each of the two south rooms, one in the kitchen at the back, Which had been largely bricked up and was un- covered during the restoration, and one in the west bedroom on the second floor. The largest of the fire- places, that in the east room, is seven feet wide, five feet high, and three feet deep.
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52 CENTRE STREET — WEST SIDE OF CENTRE STREET ON CORNER OF Gay STREET, FORMERLY COFFIN’S COURT.
This house is one of the most characteristic of the early 18th century ship-masters’ houses — an example of a simple, central chimney, frame gable with lean-to. It was built about 1756 by Joshua and Beulah (Gardner) Coffin. The present owner is the great-great-granddaughter of Joshua Coffin, first owner.
The original part of 52 Centre Street was built at Sherburne, the site of the first town, and moved to its present location in 1756, when the adjoining ell and wood shed were added.
Originally, as now, the house was a square two and a half story gable- roofed structure. Previous to the Revolution, a section was taken out of the front of the chimney to allow for a capacious storeroom which Captain Coffin designed as a concealed safe deposit for his valuables in the event of an anticipated British raid on the Island. The secret room has been generally referred to as the “secret chamber’’ or the “cellar in the attic.”
In the southeast corner of the attic is a small room, known as the “attic chamber” and possibly used as a bed-room at one time. The fire- places on both floors remain with seven flues running to the one chimney. The house is built over a very high cellar which is paved with cobble stones. The bedrooms are paneled about the fireplaces distinctly in the manner of a ship’s cabin. The stair appears to be the work of a local carpenter using crude tools to create the nevertheless graceful design. The house is equipped with hanging strips which were used extensively in Nantucket homes which did not have much closet space. There was formerly a walk on the roof which was easily reached by a stairway from the attic. On the under side of the stairs to the “walk” are written in chalk the names of those who may have played there as children on rainy days.
Captain Henry F. Coffin, grandson of the first owner, shipped on the whaleship Ploughboy, of which his father was part owner, at the age of thirteen for a five year cruise and he bore the mark of this voyage to his dying day — a scar on his leg made by a splinter from the whale-boat in which he was serving which was crushed by the jaws of a whale.
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Off Cape Cod lies the last piece of America’s 13 colonies — Nantucket Island. Whales and Quakers have made it what it is today.
Relatively unspoiled or altered through the years, it is washed by the booming surf and fanned by healthful, salty breezes. Like a piece of old silver, it gathers tradition and beauty with the passing of time.
Now it is sought out as much by visitors for its strongly nostalgic reminder of how we lived two and three centuries ago, as for its watery isolation from the noise, dust and crowding of the cities.
In the early 1600's one Lord Sterling received a grant to the island from the King of England. Sterling kept the title for some 39 years with no attempt to colonize it, finally disposing of the place to a Thomas Mayhew, a London mer- chant, and his son.
Mayhew wasn’t too impressed either. He sold the barren, sandy island to a group of men for the whopping sum of “30 pounds and two beaver hats; one for me and one for my wife.” These early names, by the way, and others, recorded on the original shares in Nantucket, survive to this day and are strongly rooted through the island’s history.
Mayhew and his group sent out a call for settlers. The first to call was rugged Tom Macy and his family of six. They had come all the way to Nantucket in a rowboat from Cape Cod, no small risk in those days!
The years of the Revolution? Dismal is the word. Almost two thousand Nantucketers died in ocean waters or left the island. Making matters worse, the whale ships were gobbled up by the British fleet.
But the hardy natives survived and went on. The next 100 years might well be called the “golden century.” Whaling and Quakerism took over. Great mammals would flounder in the shallows and dinghies would right away put out. Arrow followed arrow until the whale was brought in. It proved a practical thing; oil for lamps and blubber for the Indians, a delicacy
which helped to cement the friendly rapport with the original inhabitants.
The whale industry was launched. And the small island became the whaling center of the world. Warehouses sprang up for storing oil. Sailmakers, carpenters, coopers and ropemakers set up shop. Wharves were built and shipsmith shops fashioned harpoons and the metalwork— in huge demand—for the booming ship and whaling trade.
It naturally followed that costly and beauti- ful homes were built on Nantucket’s quiet streets. Culture and a special pride in the com- munity rose to a golden high. Typically New England and Quaker in appearance, it soon became ever and more a thriving township unlike a lonely little island.
Once more, all the romance, glamour and adventure of the great whaling days have come alive. In 1963, the restored Jared Coffin House was opened to the public. And visitors have been welcome the year ’round because it has been turned into an exclusive little inn. Built in 1845 for wealthy whale-oil merchant Jared Coffin, the mansion was turned into a Summer hotel when it later became the property of the Nantucket Steamship Co.
One side note. The house was occupied less than a year by the Coffin couple. It was put up for sale, so the story goes, because Nantucket did not offer Mrs. Coffin sufficient social scope. They moved to Boston.
Bought by the Nantucket Historical Trust in 1961, the wide verandas and Victorian gingerbread which defaced the house was stripped. Only then could one see the classical symmetry of the facades and the finely detailed front and side doors. Interiors, too, were restored with painstaking care to their former dignity under the direction of James Hendrix of William Pahlman Associates.
Since the trust believes as much in improv ing the present as the past, its aim was (and continues now in many projects) to incorporate the Coffin House restoration into its long-term plan of improving economic conditions on the island.
Thus, Nantucket Looms, one of the trust’s handicrafts projects, was commissioned to supply nearly 6000 yards of upholstery and drapery fabrics, rugs, embroideries and cro- cheted bedspreads—handwoven by Nantucket women, under the direction of Andrew Oates of the Rhode Island School of Design. All are authentic copies of weaves, patterns and colors in actual use on the island during its “Golden Age.” Whenever possible, furniture was pur-
. chased from local antique dealers and was
restored and reupholstered by local craftsmen.
The overall interior design program was matched to the classic, Greek Revival exterior, stripped of Victorian accretions —to the stately simplicity of the interiors. Fine, original mantles, paneled shutters and generous window trims with typical 19th-century corner rosettes were preserved in all public and many guest rooms, as were the scarce random width oak and waxed pine board floors.
This Wasn't all. To recapture the warmly hospitable, yet sophisticated character of a mid- 19th-century Nantucket private residence, rooms were furnished in a mixture of styles ranging from Queen Anne to Chippendale, Hep- plewhite, Sheraton, Regency and early Victorian.
Wealthy whaling captains and merchants of that time, like latter-date tourists, were in- veterate bargain hunters. Well traveled men, they returned from far-flung voyages with Oriental rugs, Toby jugs, French bronzes, porce- lain and furniture from England, whale oil
chandeliers and rare Chinese pieces. Many of these have been carefully duplicated in the refurnished rooms of the Jared Coffin House.
Outstanding pieces? One is an English Re- gency sideboard in the dining room with lion head and ring pulls and brass gallery topped with urn-shaped finials. Another is the Ameri- can Federal trumeau-type mirror in gilt wood with classic figure frieze, and the urn knife boxes from the same room are of equal beauty.
One almost expects to talk with Jared Coffin when walking through the main-floor lounge. It is done in shades of antique yellow, off-white and red-orange and furnished with shield-back Sheraton chairs and an exceptionally fine bon- net top Queen Anne secretary in red lacquer with mirrored doors. The black marble mantle makes a handsome background for a French Empire bronze d’ore (golden) clock and a pair of porcelain urns, also French. Pedestal tables are Chippendale in feeling, lamps are antique Chinese porcelain. The adjoining library has a Chippendale over-mantle mirror and an an- tique rug from India, crystal chandeliers were custom-made as were most of the lighting fix- tures throughout the house.
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“ More Victorian in feeling than the other 13 formal” guest bedrooms is the one used by President and Mrs. Grant on their visit to the island in August, 1874. The antique Ouchak rug is a milti-color pattern dear to Victorian designers; thick as cream are hand-crocheted
bedspreads. Unusual is a spindle lounge chair ,
with whalebone plaques used by Nantucketers to prove payment of debt.
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Victorian house so deteriorated that it detracted
from the beauty of the Jared Coffin House. It
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Another Of The Houses On Historic List
The War of 1812 had a pro- found effect on a number ofthings, but tradition and the Quaker in-
| fluence prevailed when it came | to architecture of the early 1800s.
The Grace Brown Gardner House’ on Milk St. and Quaker Road is a perfect example of un- changing architecture in an era of change.
It is another in the series of Nantucket buildings chosen for in- clusion in the archives of the Library of Congress by the His- toric American Buildings Survey.
The Gardner House, now the home of Grace BrownGardner, has been in the same family since it was built in 1820 by George Coffin.
On Mr. Coffin’s death in 1867, daughter Charlotte Coffin Gardner inherited the home, and her son
Arthur H. Gardner took over until 1924.
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The building’s interest lies in the fact that it illustrates how accepted architectural forms of the pre-1800s persisted on the Island into the 19th century, de- spite the war. The house is con- structed in traditional style with a four bay front and door, and an off-center chimney.
The windows are all identical, and the off-center’/arrangement is typical of older houses. Only the entrance of the house was made more ornate than of its predecessors.
The front parlor woodwork is Similar to that in the hall, anda plaster dado with a wide, beaded dado cap is used on all four walls. The transition from the interior plaster wall to the ceiling iseased by a simple cornice,
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your last issue progress for the sale of the “Big Shop,’ carries me back in imagination fifty years, when the old building was in its prime, and the noise of busy industry could be heard within from early morn till sundown. Whaleboats and candle boxes were then be- ing turned out in great numbers by Meesrs. George aud Reuben Coftin, the proprietors, and after tea it was always the. rendezyous
for most men dwelliug in the western sec-
tion of the town, who met to discuss the questions of the day, local, state and nation- al. As the great majority of the visitors Mame were sheep owners, it was here that all ques-
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e's tions relative : me =) sheep were. settled, the days for yarding, * washing and shearing fixed upon, drivers, Sa appointed, cc. Here the hides of all sheep B found dead upon the commons were brought,
his share, and leaving the rest for the own- bunker sie: But it was on shearing days that thepied for many years.
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‘Interesting Fact Shop and its Old-time Habitues.
At the time of the abolition excitement, about forty years ago, whew the lecturers had been refused some of the halls to lec. ture in, the owners of the buildings being apprehensive of damage to their property by the mob who had driven them from the Town Hall, the pré@prictors of the “Big Shop” offered them the use of their building, and protection if they chose to take it. They accepted the offer, and were not trou-
\bled, as the rioters well knew that the men
iwho assembled there—ardent lovers of lib-
erty and free speech—could not be trifled |
with, and their offer of protection would be carried out, even if somebody got hurt. But the abolition excitement soon subsided, and
theirlecturers could hold forth in the Athe- |
neum or either of the churches without fear of being disturbed, or need of protection. But a change came over the business car- ried on there with the decline of whaling. No boats were needed, and the manufacture of sperm candles being stopped, no more boxes were called for.
The south half of }
the shop was made into a dwelling house | for the junior partner, who resided there un- | til his death, some thirty years ago. ‘The |
north half, belonging to the senior, was still used as a place of resort, but many of the older visitors had passed away, new men had taken their places, the remnant of the old ones wanted some place where a fire
could be had in cold weather, and ‘‘Liberty | the finder cutting out one fore-quarter asHall,” where the store of Mr, Albert C,
Bunker now stands, was fitted up and occu- But time has rolled
old shop was a glorious place for us boys,00; the last of the men who met there fifty |
kitchen has not been modernizec and remains essentially as it wa originally. ;
The primary changes in th house over the years include onl: a more spacious hallway, the dis. appearance of two closets, a dif- ferent mantel on the fireplace and a bit of restoration work here and there.
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who assembled there bright and early onyears ago has passed away, and itis meet
those mornings, and as the carts of the va-that now the old shop should go too. rious owners came along, they invariably pulled up at the shop to take a fresh de- parture, engaged some of us who were Strong cuougn -to-cateh sheep for them; and eave the smaller boys a ride to the pens. During the day the great plethoric sacks of wool were sent to town, and hoisted ys 1 the shop for storage, until sold to the deal- ers who were generally here at the time to “chase.
Pane the late fall and early spring, when business was not driving, and many meu were out of work, and went fishing from the
the south Shore, the fish were brought to town, building was the home of Arthur
H. Gardner, editor of the ‘Nan- vided. | c ae tucket Journal,?? a representative were freely given to any General Court, and later the tax collector
i in fr r the s and here di- tipped up in front of the shop, anc l a In those days the fish, when plenty, person who rite
> there : » time, who picked} yened to be there at the time, w ks cae one of the size that suited him, and went} off with it. Barrels of eels from the ditch were also tipped out on the grass, and the
1830
).
Across the street from the| neighbors came with their buckets _to pick house is a building known as the| out a mess of ‘good sized ones” for their
ApeRInd Gewh Tras pee
“one-
old books
‘Big Shop,’ formerly owned by George Coffin and his brother Reuben.
In 1841, when abolutionists led by William Lloyd Garrison and Stephen Foster held meetings on the Island, Coffin made the shop available to them since Foster’s militant attacks on the clergy pre- vented his use of the Town's churches and public halls.
FIIMi lh Stree ig
“ae
yt is q oe 7. dinner, or of small ones to boil for the pig. §© Nis R "ef Guaker RK Times have changed since then. The idea, _ _
>, . | OF Sarateaa Stat of giving away a fresh cod or bucket of eels { f is never entertained, and Madaket ditch it- Time Pp j ctur © was self has recently been the subject of more home talk than all others combined. Te R en'=- During a terrific gale of wind, somewhere about 1833, the great sperm whale which did | duty as a weathercock on the south end of | the building was blown down and broken off at the ‘“‘small.” An ingenious artisau who used to manufacture work boxes for the la- dies in the shop, fitted a; ew set of “flukes” from sheet copper, and the whale was again hoisted to his position and did duty for many years. The place was finally supplied by a smaller one, which I believe is still “run- ning to windward” on a neighboring build-
ing.
VAKthie H. Gardner et Lee
: | . Grace Grown Gandner- ea Mary (Brown) Gardner - a:
di
NA " ms = ee A VE OF NANTUC CR? enema be ae ES W. COFFIN 4s q a % = , nf i L . - " S$. W. Coffin, 90, ee ATER: Dec. 12— Charles W. Coffin, 90, died this af-
HALE AND HEARTY ON |“
ond $ Bridg ewater, ; | ¢ernaon at the home of his daughter, | South street. |
Tt f \
A OOTH BIRTHDAY \. ¥ Mrs. John C. Porter, Ly re BRIDGEWATER, Dec. 7 He was a native of Nantucket and | part of his life in
+ Charles W. Coffin, 90, died yes passed the early Father of.C. W Coffin day at the home of his daughte that town. Later he moved to Mid- | ; 7 _| Mrs, John ©. Porter of 393 South» | deboro. where he conducted a large}
e : street. He was born in Nanfac milk farm. | | i Noted Whaling rae ‘the son of Samuel and SarafiNye: He was the only living apg | M ¥ Coffin. He had resided heregs yaneag |member of Nemasket Grange of | m ; i o and had been for “Con: | ’
and was for : dilebor merly in sng ember of the First Con-
* Captain. ness in Middleboro: an years a M ah : gregational Church there. He is sur
ASE: Ps » Wvrine vived by his daughter and a son. BRIDGEWATER, Sept. 3.—Charles : Arthur Coffin. Warren Coffin celebrated his 90th ‘“ The funeral will be held Sunday | | birthday anniversary at his home, 373 : owas & | at a local funeral parlor. Burial will Rate street to-day. Mr. Coffin was hp BIee \. | be jn Middleboro. WS ele te ee Benes, ) DANOMe gurvived by-a sister, | Coffin tl ather . was Capt. Samuel , pSimpson of Bridgwater, a Sehalir, ied Jog and tiller of whose Mrs. John C. Porter and a i ‘hibition ee Lima,” is now on ex- % Atthur Coffin of Lakeville: i atc ee i =; will be held from a fu-; fi i neral home on Summer street Sunday) Becith pee pad isin his usual good afternoon with Rev. Arthur G. Cum=j for svervorne ig nas @ Kind word mings, pastor of the First Congrega~ charter memb: eis she nly living | tional cKurch of Middleboro as offi- of Middlebor ase S Nemasket Grange ciating clergyman. Interment will be fo pign bepinelig = ee edema in Nemasket Hill cemetery, Middle-| - irst Congregational church at boro ; ; FUNERAL nome With he He makes his : , 1 lis daught . C. Porter. ghter, Mrs. John NOTICE Mr. Coffin received congr i d nL . ? gratulations DDLEBORO BURIAL. re ah cate fuer ‘cannes vg nea MIDDLEBORO, Dec: 16:—The body || COFFIN — In San : onnecticut, Nan- ‘i j ast surviv- ; y tucket island, Boston, woddlenoro. da of Cha er ee Werertnake! : a ' Francisco, California, a 4 own Mediate family, in- A Bong was prought here yesterday ae ae = November 10, 1973 Bradford. | Middleboro: Poe cl Coffin. of } tor burial after Rev. 4. G. Cummings || F = ee! ; M. Coffin, dearly beloved Sistipson; + Flee ee a eee of the First Congregational eer a husband of Freda Coffin; 7 7 am y at a oe z : Porter, and granddaughter, wf of which he was a member, cone ———s Loving Father of Hendrika | Arth mughter; Mrs. services in Bridgewater. He was 2 |) —— : ! , ranch ae oe, LO... Brent sore dealer here for years. JAE : = Coffin; Loving brother of [Sranchilareiywemer falls Pratt, Jr. le Oo rh Ne — ss , | Mary L. Wolthuis, and STyriends lil Hele ; Robert L. Coffin. A graduate riends and neighbors in Bridge- - a deeiice Wtticer’ water called throughout the day and : ; § | icer’s “found Mr. Coffin alert and intensely : ; “i School, Alameda. A member anterested in all the affairs of the day - ; ! of International Pot a — ; - allt Organization of Masters ay," zh Pc ~ — — | | Mates and Pilots. Former A Native of Nantucket. v° member of First United ~ 2F : Presbyterian Church, Oakland. A native of San
—~
From The Brockton Enterprise.
Charles Warren Coffin, who re- ‘ = : Franci
cently celebrated the ninetieth anni : ~~ RAD FOR, Prinnde oe ead co
versary of his birth at his home n attend the funeral services
Bridgewater, was born on Nantuck¢ Wednesday November 14 at
island, September 3, 1845. His fa 11 t th JO
ther was Capt. Samuel Coffin, the am. a ad HN COX
log and tiller of whose whaling ves- " : PIEDMONT CHAPEL, 4016
sel “Lima” are now on exhibition at q Howe Street, Oakland,
the ween muse ho ee ; Reverend Arthur Dahlberg Mr. Coffin is i is usual good | tnioti
health and always has a kind word | : A ’ j officiating. Interment
for everyone. He is the only living ; : Presbyterian Cemetery,
charter member of the Nemasket i Tomales, California.
Grange of Middleboro and he is a
member of the First Congregatioi al
Church at Middleboro ‘Green. He
|makes his home with his daughter,
| Mrs. John C. Porter.
| Mr. Coffin received congratulation
| from many callers today with visi-
itors coming from Connecticut, Nan-
|tucket island, Boston, Middleboro, as
lwell as his own immediate family,
including his son, Arthur Coffin of
Middleboro; a sister, Mrs. Lydia
| Simpson; _ his grandson, Ralph W.
| Porter, and granddaughter, Mrs.
| Arthur E. Pratt and two great
| grandchildren, ‘Arthur Ellis Pratt
| Jr., and ee ste a ye
| Friends and neighbors in sridge- om, ’ 6
water called throughout the day and - "
found Mr. Coffin alert and: intensely : reda c Bre d ford
interested in all the affairs of the ; Ve.
day, both locally and afield. BHrods wile
It's An Even Hundred Today
(Staff Photo) Many greeting cards have come to Mrs, * Lydia Gardner Coffin Simpson on the occasion of her 100th birthday. In above photo she is shown exhibiting some of the cards to her nurse, Miss Christine Barry.
WASHINGTON STREET WOMAN IS Formerly of Groton F244, heats NOTING 100th BIRTHDAY TODAY ga cia, Simpson, Norwich
Norwich’s oldest resident died well versed on the island's history, Mrs. Lydia Gardner Coffin Simp-{and forth to school when the horse Saturday night at the age of 104,|) her family having lived there for ison, known to her relatives and|and carriage were not available. She jleaving two grand-nieces in Grot-} generations, fridtids os “Aunt G", js ceebeatine later made her home in Chelsea, on, where she formerly, lived. Mrs, Simpson completed her edu- : ELIE Wa: r Mass., where she worked as a proof | Mrs. Lydia G. Cg}aéyv) Simpson, | cation in Middleboro, Mass., where her 100th birthday today (Satur-|reader for the Chelsea paper. For | widow of Robert Simpson and a|her father bought a farm after day). And she will actually cele-|many years after that she was em- descendant of along line of Nan-| retiring from the sea. brate since her friends and the/ployed as bookkeeper for Moseley’s tucket Island seafarers, passed| She later lived in Chelsea, Mass., staff at Elmarchri ° convalescent|Shoe Store in Bosion. away at 10:20 o’clock at the Sima-| where she was a proofreader for home on Washington street are| In 1911 she was married to Robert chri Convalescent Home in Nor-|a newspaper. She also worked a planning a real birthday party for|Simpson, a druggist in Boston, and wich, where she had been since| number of years as a bookkeeper her and there will be an appro-jlived in Brookline, Mass., until 1922 June 27, 1951 for a Boston shag store priately decorated cake and all the;when her husband passed away. In Shell ithe weand aint oF t} = 4 r Bs 3 trimmings. In fact it should be quite |1925, at the age of 73 years, Mrs.| Misaes ‘Katt She i Ele: 1¢| Husband Died in 1922 ; a day for the beloved centenarian|Simpson made a trip, alone, to Cal-! pa Bate Pattee veanor) After her marriage in 1911, she since many of her relatives andjifornia. Upon her return she.made? Simpson, both of 161 Monument} lived in Brooklyn, Mass, Her hus- friends have already indicated that/her home with. relatives in Bridge- | St, Groton, and from about 1941/pand, a Boston druggist, died in \they will “drop in on her” during|water, Mass., until 1941, when she to 1951 lived at the same address | 4999 the day. She has already received|came to Groton, Conn., to live with | with her nephew, the late Robert} From 1925 to 1941, Mrs. Simp- a number of cards, some lovely her nephew, Robert. Coffin Simpson | Coffin Simpson. lson resided with relatives inj flowers and several useful gifts. of 161 Monument street. She is Mrs. Simpson, whose health had| Bridgewater, Mass. and then| Mrs..Simpson was born on Nan- presently residing at the convailes- been generally good despite her| moved to Groton, where she made ‘jtucket island, July 5, 1852, the|cent home, 251 Washington street. age, had been seriously ill about] her home until entering the con- |daughter of Captain Samuel Calder) 1 . Simpson is very well and a week, | valescent home Coffin and Sarah Bunker Nye. Shejstrong physically. Failing eye-sight Celebrated Birthday soy 4 comes from a long line of sturdy|/hampers her activities, but she is : Last July. she” and stalwart seafaring folk who|very independent and insists upon ree x a: " : ~ made their homes on Nantucket is-\doing everything she can for her- birthday with her friends at the niece, Mrs. John C. Porter of} land for several. generations. She'self. She is up and dressed every home—where she was known as/ Bridgewater; a nephew, Arthur R received her early education in the day and gets up. and downstairs Aunt G.—by joining in group sing- Coffin of Middleboro; four other Nantucket schools, When her father several times each day, ing and blowing out three candles} grand nieces and nephews, five}, retired from the sea he purchased’ Mrs. mpson has always been on a birthday cake, signifying her| great-grand nephews and six great- a farm in Middleboro, Mass., and,;very much interested in both do- third year of her second century. | great-grand nieces and nephews. Mrs. Simpson finished her educa- mes i foreign affairs, and is Mrs. Simpson was born July 5, The funeral service will be: at tion in Middleboro, Mess., where sheia registered v« the tewn of) 1852, in Nantucket, daughter of/10 a, m. tomorrow at Byles Grot- often walked the four miles ck! Groton. 2 ge Capt. Samuel and Sara Bunker}on Memorial Home. Burial will ‘ ae a, ck errr ear Nye Coffin Calder. take place at 2 p.m. in Forest She received her early schooling | Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain,
f Capt. Smock C. CatPin in Nantucket and was: considered! Mass. George Co PRin bilder: eT#F#3zs3 Mik S Nantucket
eS ree oF C hanles Wawa (Bree
| Her closest survivors, besides the} celebrated her| Misses Simpson in Groton, are a
Accident. Mr. Arthur H. Gardner, of the Jour-
| P : nal, met with a serious
accident last | Saturday afternoon, which will inea- | Pacitate him tor active duty for atime. While at work at a printing press, his | right hand was caught by the machine and several bones crushed, though it is not thought any
jured. Dr..}
of the joints are in- f. B. Coleman was called. | We trust Bro. Gardner will quickly recover use of the damaged member, The aceident occurring right at the
height of the season is most unfortu-
nate. Ay g.id.,/ FIT
Pint Shek
= : Wann TAPE WEAVING. call
woven with the threads of life.
A tape binding Nan- tucket’s past and pres-
TT : ae es | The strands of time on I Will | /
ent. : ‘ Capt. John, Pitman,
age 93, and Phebe Pink- ham Folger, age 92, for
sixty-eight years his beloved wife.
’. Coffin Pitman, Nantucket, 1908 T. C. PITMAN,
Carpenter, Builder and General Jobber. Residence, 46 Centre Street, Nantucket, Mass.
Ser ee laa pte — The “Charles W. Morgan” approaching her last berth at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut. Note the Nantucket “Whané tat” flag, which Captain Tripp flew from her main topsail yardarm.
4 —— . ih ENE
His Last Command
The late William H. Curator
|| Mystic Seaport and Captain : Tripp, retired of New Bedford’s wh museum, was the ] jof the last /“Charles W, |“Morgan”
. i Historical Association, aling }}
ast actual master
wooden whaleship,
When the
was towed to Mystic Se port during November of 1941 placement in her last berth, cided to
As she came up the river, berth, “Will” Morgan.” wheel. His
Whaling schooner “John R
as | for | it was de- a sailing master ap- pointed. The United States Customs through Deputy Collector William J. F izgerald, handed Mr, Tripp the Blifp’s a | registry certificate and recognized his | "plied slowly, }*ppointment as the “Morgan’s” f Genifow, cial captain: : The “Morgan” left New Be November 5, 1941, with Captain Tripp jat her wheel, in tow of the Coast Guard cutter “General Greene,” tindae ECs Boatswain Lawrence Jordan The erew” making the trip with fay: j tain Tripp, included Everett §, Al- | len, of the New Bedford Standard- Times ; Frank C: Carey, Associated Press; Louis Sylvia, Anthony Arse |nault, Amadee Roy, Claude § Pada! and. P. Howard Young, of Ne sa ford, and three Coast Guardsmen, | | John Guziak, Alvin Farntach, ane I i | Langlois. Arriving. in the “} off | ier oe Island, late: in the jat a-bad time, it w | the night at New London rather th [risk the twists and turns of the M | tic River, The next day : 1941, the “Morgan” arr
In 1925, certainly historic task. hie he again stood on the old whale deck, he
Ing about on that occasion.
off.- I was surprised at how easil ered, and in the night I woul } $0 to her rail and
Sliding by —
} she ste
dford on watch the wate as if she wasn’t under tow but still
Sailing on her
actually alive and free and own, only there were no sails se re Sails set. I was happy when we arrived safely at Mystic sorry male e , y mts the last voyage was now ended | ut I am always proud for the {of being her ] é
but I was also
honor ast skipper,”
ok
w Bed-
tace” off | evening, | as decided to Spend | an Ys- | » November 6,
ived safely at
jualified him for his} Many years later, while ship’s was asked what he was think-
The Late “Will” Tripp | The death of William H. Tripp last
' Sunday, was a distinct loss to Nan-|
|tucket as well as to his native city of | ' New Bedford. ( No Vv 2-7, 1929)
William H. Tripp was a man to |whom the whaling industry was more than a mere study. He conducted his own personal research in 1925 as he observer aboard the
| |
served as an
schooner “John R. Manta,” last of |
the New Bedford whalers, and con- tinued his dedication to this chosen field as the Curator of the New Bed- ford Whaling Museum on Johnny |Cake Hill. In his book, “Thar Goes 'Flukes,” he reclaimed many a story
notebook.
He became a Nantucket and, through the tucket Historical Association, lin many ways with advice and coun- sel. When the plaque memorializing | William F. Macy, founder of the Whaling Museum, was dedicated, Mr. Tripp was the principal speaker .
friend to Nan-
aided
faithful
; Tripp || handed over his papers to the Marinas her new owner#iy | to her last’ Tripp remained at the} Own experience aboard thel. Manta”§
oe
ut 3 “OYn OF
was a mixed up feeling,” het) “When she was up
“\
HEL ee J
| — P: J ap nae
| SARs, ye ides 3 '
which may have been lost but for his }
Always keenly interested in pho- tography, he made a fine collection of color slides of the island. His services as a lecturer were called upon on several occasions, and dur- ing the Whaling Seminar, conducted this summer by the Nantucket Histor- ical Association, he showed a most interesting collection of slides with an equally interesting commentary. One of “Will” Tripp’s delights was to spend a few days on the island in the off-season, when he could chat
lwith his many friends here, add to )
is collection of slides, and enjoy a leisurely walk about the town. Only a few of his intimate friends, how- ever, could induce him to become their house guest, and these were always cognizant of this inner reticence which was a characteristic.
“Will” Tripp led a full life, being active until a few days of his death. His genial personality, his ready smile, and old-world courtesy, marked him as a man of superior qualities. His friends, his associates, and his
legion of acquaintances will remember
stor eee es A ’ Nillame,
NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS
W, 1) Tri bb ae fe Vira Tor
yes, he knew Nantucket and. knew it well. None knew it better. He was a mine of information ©n matters per- _ _. taining to the island’s past history, Our readers, both far and near, Will vas! keenly interested in her preset plearn agen deep regret of the Ses ©" development, and was filled with opti- pRBor pe aptaer shortly hetore. em regarding her future. A true midnight Friday. He had been grad- sn of the island at all times, never vay: AEDS id aati Coa acts vim ead he let pass unnoticed an oppor- | and his decease had been €xpected for}, nity, either “by word or speech, to | several days. by , do what he could for Nantucket. | Mr. Gardner was one of Nantucket’say .., was none better informed than Bewend hse acer =n ayo every-ye on all matters pertaining to the} | bods, piinized, Spee orious, honest island. He had made a keen study }} , and sincere to the core, he Was aS. ¢ “her past—always had facts and | tue fs iel in his delines With Ns peures which wore rlale and were | “s instantly available—and he took pride | jand oeere’ of all plasses. The con in research work, thus contributing | munity $5 2 whole had implicit trust inuch valuable matter to the history and faith in him, which had never been of! Nantdeket: ; jshaken through the passing years, ha Ni keter: he was hot ‘since first he stépped forward in his Although aie cee Aa : frst | early manhood ‘and interested hiniself ® native of the: yee ey lin’ town affairs. He was always a 5¢®? the light of day out on hee wise counselor and a willing helper cific gab sr are ie et eae and Nantucket and Nantucketers are Panied his father, Capt. Mi ag = the better for his life of usefulness. | G@™dner, paren <i tee An interesting conversationalist, captains, : "i i ose si ie z ie | with a keen mind, a lasting memory 1°! in the ship * arah I pak a8 l'arid-a ready wit, he was ever a source) 2 San F rancisco that Arthur Gardner | of information, especially on matters| ¥@5 born on the itheof Augustt 894; relating to Nantucket, and many there| and when but a mere infant he “went}
Death of Arthur H. Gardnei Friday Night.
a one of on voyage
and came back home with his
Arthur H. Gardner was one of the
ings, but in more recent years his work as secretary of the town’s ad-| visory committee’ was perhaps the most effective and of the greatest value to the town.
"'Mo.*'Gardner had held many of- fices of trust and responsibility. He first etiteréd upon’ His career as a public official in 1882, when he was elected to thé school board,- where he remained for twenty-eight years, serving the greater part of the time as chairman of the board.
Mr. Gardner served ni! the: Board of Selectmen from 1887 to 1893 inclusive and in 1888 was selected as’ Town Clerk, to fill out an unexpiréé term; and ‘three years later was sent te the State Legislature as Representative from Nantucket, being elected for sév- en terms in all, covering the years 1891-2, and 1900-1'-2-3-4.
In 1907 he- was’ elécted Collector of Taxes, which ‘position he has held | ever Sinee, serving the town well anid | with marked éfficieriey.. It was with
}
a sense of pride tHat My. Gardner || done one thing or another with suc-|
closéd the books for the year 1923, only a few weeks ago, with the know- edge that he had collected every cent of last year’s tax levy.
Failing’ Kiealth compelled him to re- linquis# his activities during the past year and although he was able to pre-
Funeral Services.
Funeral services for the late Ar
It has been fortunate for Nantuck- : ./et that in Arthur Hinton Gardner it thur H. Gardner were held at his had such a man, that it appreciated residence on Milk street, Tuesday af-| his quality, and that it committed to ternoon at 2.00 o’clock, with a large him the various responsibilities which attendance of relatives ‘and friends|| he so efficiently and faithfully met.
During the hour of services business) The Masonie funeral service fol was suspended on Main street as aj /owed, conducted by the Worshipful mark of respect to his memory. The| Master of Union Lodge, Edward P.
Rev. Charles A. Ratcliffe, pastor of| Tice, with a large delegation, of the | the Congregational church, officiated, brethren gathered around the
and during the service paid: the fol- Masonic committee: ‘or towing tribute to the deceased: at grave, int rm
This large gathering, so thoroughly f@™y lot in ec representative of our Town, is a fit- The pall-bearers Sw ting tribute to the memory of one who Boyer, Reuben! (@) has for years unquestionably been our Gardner, 2nd., foremost citizen. No one, even mine d Art among those most conspicuous and arnchaee TU most honored, has served the town s There were a large number of flor- long, and in so many capacities, and¢) al tributes in memory of the deceased. through all the service has held an Se equal place in the esteem and the af- fection of the community, as has Ar- thur Hinton Gardner.
He was a man of unusual ability. There have been other men of great ability in the two and a half centuries
i
bert Mack, Harry B. r I. Weeks,
In Memoriam.
Arthur H. Gardner February 22, 1924.
of Nantucket’s history, men who have
‘cess, and whose fame will long sur- vive them; but Mr. Gardnegdid so | many things, held so*many. public of- i fices, responded to so many |{calls, i and through so iong an extent of ii years, and did all with such unfail- ing skill, wisdom, and grace, that he really stands out superior to all others.
“Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light
Still travelling dewnward from the s Shine on our mo'talesight:
So, when a good man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him Shines upon the baths of men.”
“He serves his ebuntry best
He was a man of sterling integrity.) Who doeth righteous deed
ays Gineintete of: Nar not annual meeting of the ; t eee enh vorrei est Histonienl Association last | 100 often men of great ability are not And walks straight paths g
tucket and he always took pride in the } fact that he was a “printer,” that title meaning fully as much to him )) as any of the various other titles ten-
he was of course too young to remem- ber, but it was always one of the,in- ae oe lifc-that
lifs that
tents ook
cic of his early pleasure in referring to. After completing his education in
the Nantucket schools, hexentered The
are who have enjoyed and profited by| © 8° dered him during his career in the
] y¢ r
; Set NAPE TRS 1e long voyage down the | his counsel. parenteroni the. te ‘ee
service of his home town. \The tes-
Pacific coast, around the tiv of South America and up the Atlantic to Nan- +. j " i timonial tendered him by the annual l | town meeting a week ago was deeply
tucket. The features of the : : Inquirer and Mirror office as an ap- | appreciated by him, although at the
prentice, in the autumn of 1871, and .___________ } learned the printer’s trade. The of- fice was then located on the north side of the lower square in the upper story of what is now the Wannacomet Wa- ter Company’s building. _ He served his time there under Hussey & Hob- inson at the usual wage paid a prinf- er’s apprentice in those days—$50 the first year, $75 the second and $100 the third.
Completing his apprenticeship, he worked in Bostén fot a while atid then returned to Nantucket. - In Séptem- ber, 1873} he’ commenced the publica- tion of the “Nantutket Journal’ and issued the first number on the 26th of September, 1878; ftom’ the ante-rooms of Pantheon Hall fevér what is now |Small’s drug store). kater he moved
|his printing plant to thé Brick -block
on Main street over thé petiddical | store and continued its publication for s|; twenty-one years, ‘the last issue of the
Journal being on the 23d of Novera-
ber, 1899. .
Mr. Gardner was always a clear and
forceful writer. He had the ability
| to put his thoughts into words, by both
= | speech and pen, and his voice was
time he was too weak to read it him-} heard on the town meeting’ floor at an
self, or to receive the committee. It} early age, he continuing to be a reg-
gave him a sense of pleasure, how-| ular attendant up to and including the
lever, to realize that his life-long ef- | annual meeting of 1928. He often
forts for his home town were not for- gotten by his fellow citizens.
; } ;
3 |
The late Arthur H. Gardner
July, having been elected president of \ ‘the as8ociation the previous year, and | also niadé @trip to Boston in Novem- ber atid addPessed the Sons and Daughters 6f Naftecket at their an-
‘nual reunion, he, a8 WélPss his friends
‘and relatives, realizéd #Hab iS health
| wo on nua
uld not peiinit him to agaif serve the advisér¥ éommittee at the air 1 town meeting a4 Nantucket was
thus deprived of his ser¥iéés, which! had been most-yaluable in this pa#ti- |
cular capacity ever since the com- inittee was first.organized.
On the 2nd of June, 1879, he mar- ried Miss Maty M. Biwi, who sur- vives him. They have always been a devoted, home-loving couple. Two | children were born to them, a son, |Ralph, dying in_ boy-hood. Their | daughter, Miss Grace Brown Gardner, ‘who also survives him, is one of the instructors at the Framingham Nor- mal School, and came home two weeks ago to be with her father during his last illness. The sympathy of all is |extended the widow and daughter in their bereavement.
Mr. Gardner was:a: member of Union Lodge, F. & A. M., of this town, and had served several years as president of the Nantucket Atheneum,
{as well being president of the Histor-
f
ical Association at the time of his
death.
Funeral’ services are to,be held at his late residence on Milk street, Tues- day afternoon at 2.00 o’clock, the serv- by the Masonic
ices being conducted’ Lodge.
correspondingly distinguished for mor-/ However others*stray; al quality, but in Mr. Gardner’s case And leaves his sons, intellectual power and moral quality AS uttermost bequest, His fellow towns- A stainless record
| were inseparable. jmen had absolute confidence in him, | whatever office or position he held | during his forty-two years of public | service, assured that he would not only do the thing that was wise, but {also the thing that was unmistakably | right. .
He was a man who took life serious-
ly. His was a genial nature, capa-
pleasant, the cheerful, the amusing ‘things of life, but withal not forget- iting that life is real, life is earnest. | He was no idler, no trifler; he did ale his might what his hand found to do, He Was a man of great public spir- His long and varied service was a service of others, not of himself. He sought and served the general good. Anything that he could do for the community he loved he did lgladly and unreservedly. To him we may well apply words which the poet Ten- | nyson used in deseribing another pub- | lie servant:
ie jit.
“We see him as he movéd,
How modest, kindly, all-aéconiplished, wise, With wlhiat subilinie fepiession of hiniself, And in what limits, and how teriderly ;
; Not swaying to this faction or to that;) | Not making his high place the lawless perch | of wing'd ambitions, nor a Yantage-ground For pleasure ; but thfough all this tact of years Wearing the white flower Of a blameless life.”
Of oldést and firiest Nantueket
stock, Arthur Hinton Gardner did honor to that stock. He was one of the island’s finest spiritual products; one who will long be spoken of with jappreciation and love; one whose life jwill be a standard by which those who knew him will try others, either in public or in private life. _ The well-being of a people depends in large measure upon its possession of men of ability and*character who will devote themselves to the public good, Well is it for a community or a nation when it has such men, when it recognizes their quality, and when it calls them to service from which they will pot hold back.
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ble of appreciating the bright, the |
Which all men nay read.” |
The Late Arthur Gardner. | Editor of The Inquirer and Mirror:
Your editorial on the passing of Ar- | thur Gardner, in my humble opinion— }based upon an acquaintance of forty | years—was most fitting, was fine, true ; to life, adequate. And there never | was a more speaking likeness than the | | portrait of him which you used. | If your editorial were not so thor-} oughly satisfactory I would be tempt- } ed, as an old friend, to testify my- self. But it suffices,’ and we might | write “verbum suf.” As it is I will | ; content myself to add this faltering | tribute:
Arthur Gardner was essentially’ Nantucket. © His extraction, his habit and even his: appearance were. remind- ers of the island’s ancient days. And | while his varied and, valuable services are safely recorded. in the archives, his kindling eye, his swinging gait, are now but memories.
I will hazard a single suggestion: That a copy of the editorial with the portrait—suitably inscribed and framed—be conspicuously hung in that little sanctum of his, the Collect- | or’s office. To be seen by every tax-} payer when making his annual pil-| grimage there, telling of a life so *dovlur. that it was, and is, a ‘piritnal force.
George L. Carlisle. Berkeley, California: Mar¢h 4,
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DECEMBER 9, 1922
Two Gardners Introduced by Tax Bill.
We clip the following from a re- cent issue of the Meriden, Ct., Daily - Journal:
A lady at Nantucket, Mass., sent her check for $90 to the collector there for her taxes, but addressed her letter to The Collector at Wash- ington St. The letter found its way to Washington, Connecticut, and
Cuurck Weppine.—A very pleasant
| event of the week, was the nuptials of Mr. Arthur H. Gardner, of the Journal, and Miss Mary M. Brown, daughter of Mrs.
-| Sarah M., and'the late George F. Brown,
Monday evening. The ceremony was per- formed at the North Congregational Church (which was filled with the relatives and , friends of the contracting parties) by Rev. '/ Howard A. Hanaford, the pastor, whose remarks were particularly impressive. The bride was attired ina rich dress of ecru French camel’s huir, tastily trimmed with satin, en train, and the groom in the usual suit of black, with gloves and tie matching the bride’s dress. The pulpit and gallery of the church were beautifully trimmed “loadin “tay ied hs pets Lean | changed his mind as the rest of the munion table and altar were a pyran QSAR Se ee te ai | tastily-arranged dishes of elegant flowers. | P@tty joined in the chor sg ith Ora: Among the guests present were the elderly | dinner bells, ete. Finally, all were i 1 grandmothers of the bride and groom,| admitted to the cheerful fireside, erty a to eS let aged respectively 89 and 91 years. The| where cards were enjoyed for some | Seply:_ e and received the following happy Sar ag ag LR steamer » sonar time, after which certain mysterious | : morning for a brief tour, carrying with| 7 ee them the best wishes of a host of friends. packages Mere gs and = “ stig We, in company with our entire office force, | Set with a beautifully decorated birth- wish them a life of double-leaded hap-|day cake in the center. The party piness, We tender our hearty congratu-} then sat down to coffee, sandwiches, lations to our young friend of the Journal ice cream and cake. The next day we noticed Mr. Gardner looked rather
on his accession to’ matrimonial responsi- bilities. We have observed that he has ; ; for a long time been in a Brown study, but | Peaked—the result, no doubt, of three we always felt that it-was liable to lead to | huge slabs of ice cream.
something of the sort. Our bard has been i px -
) strongly tempted to prepare an epithalami- um for the joyful occasion, but on reflec- |
Mrs. Arthur H. Gardner received a | pleasant birthday surprise in Quidnet last Saturday evening. The party quietly approached the house to find Mrs. Gardner gracefully reclining up- on a couch, while Mr. Gardner read poetry to her. Mr. Brown then most feelingly rendered a selection upon the harmonica, under the east win- dow. (We were indeed sorry to dis- turb such an ideal home scene). How- ever, both started to their feet, Mr. Gardner, whose thoughts are ever with “Wrecks Around Nantucket”, exclaiming, “It’s a vessel!” but soon
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information as to what it was for, the Meriden-Middletown Arthur H:
Mr. Arthur H. Gardner,
Middletown, Conn.
Dear Sir and Namesake:
Your letter came to hand last evening and occasioned me no little surprise and some jealousy, for I thought I had a monopoly of the name, which like greatness was thrust upon me independent of any exertion or volition of my own and has clung to me through good and 4 : Rare evil report for many years.
It and I first made our acquaint-
ance as well as our debut on the
; a a “cen? the erg Be -
<n : a2? OBIT ave carried it over the Pacific, At- Vine 7,46 7F With the fal sip 4 lantic and Antarctic Oceans from “ pea Tas ith the fall of evening shades last Sat- [San Francisco to New York via Cape nIDAL Loar.—On Tuesday last a brida urday, the flame of a noble life was extin- |Horn, and into every one of the New loaf arrived here from San Francisco fo guished, and a christian spirit journeyed England and Middle states and even
Mr, and Mrs. Arthur H. Gardner, it being to life immortal. Kind hands had minis- had lusi ight to it chal a present from Mrs. Mary Macy, of tha tered to her wants during long suffering, lenged before. a Soa city, an aunt of the bride, for whom sh: 0d medical skill made an effort to give Tink “it ‘wey scniakespeare: io was named. It was beautifully frosted an¢ her a new lease of life, but without avail ee en ee ee | ornamented with flowers, and bore th:and Mrs. Charlotte Gardner passed qui tly letters, in pink, “‘“M. M. B.” away to her long rest. ened lections of her as a shinin christian faith
tion, has decided to spare us the infliction.
I & example of av * i | languages to fit the occasion had he a =H ess noble purposes do we | run up against one who confessed to iE Y our last tribute to the memory of one | having taken possession of both his intimately known to us for long years, and | Mame and his cash. . ee whose noble life excellent life-lessons RS: iphabed R Nae) een ee shoal sr it be drawn. She was a christian in ter intended for me could have been printing ‘press. hi actions as well as words, and her loss will addressed, and what manipulations it wae g press, his | be a severe blow to a large circle of friends. | Uadetwent to have’ been diverted Went ov che machine | Ty the Orthodox Church, of which she shies von Seek, Mieeasetts. ie hough it is , ashington an iddletown - of the chien Yar 4 | long been a member, will her loss also be Soman ee i 8 are deeply felt, while to her two sons will be f I DERE G you ace Saco oe | offered the tenderest sympathies of th pei sea. phere Sghort ob | Mee eae 8 e * community in their sad bereavement, In he tient at ta Bheyl ee Gees | early life Mrs. Gardner was an assistant
the advent of the Mayflower, whose ne: pick? coe rie = yon removed | teacher with Farnham Spofford, and those antucket, and ‘whose descendants young ideas she so patiently taught, learn- |} pm = a oe: New ia ed to regard her with deep interest, which |} | Of course I shall be glad to receive will be reawakened on learning of her de- | ee ari and give proper credit mise. The tender line in. therefor. ages: “s a mes communicated to "~ Thanking you for your courtesy in “nai, which are reprinted below, || the matter and anticipating your re- express a jist appreciation of her womanly :
; | ply, I am very truly yours, merits, and are a sweet tribute worthily be- | Arthur H. Gardner. stowed:
Accident, Mr. Arthur IH]
nal
|
| Gardner, of the
i JSour- met with
Saturday
®& serious accident last ifternoon, which Will inca- | Pacitate ‘im tor active duty for a time While at work at is right hand and
several bones cr ushed
not though ny ‘ed. Dr. BE. B
trust
>» in- Coleman was called 1?» 4 bro,
Gardner wil] quickly
recover use of the damaged Che occurring height of the se
member,
the most unfortu-
wae Av§. ja 15997
accident right at aid a
ason 1s
Sweet rost is thine—thy labor done:
Freedom from pain and sickness won— Thy works do follow thee.
Above all worldly wealth and fame
Thy deeds of love have made thy name A sacred memory.
To our brother of the Journal-we tender our heartfelt sympathy (a small consolation we know) in the loss of a kind and loving mother from his household, whose depart- ure will leave asad gap in the home circle, which will always be deeply felt.
from there was sent here by ac- quaintances to one of the same name. as_the collector, Arthur H. Gardner. - Upon receipts of the check with no
Nantucket .
Nantucket, Mass., Oct. 81, 1922.
the Dominion of Canada and never
tween the man who appropriated his good name and the one who deprived With tender reco]- | him of the contents of his purse, but don’t believe he could have found.
| strong Republican’ majority for a regu-
| good | party principles goes. without saying, | refuse to be bound by the caucus nom-
| laut
| defeat another.
ey, hao 7
LETS
Narrow Escarr.—On Thursday after- noon last, while Mr, Arthur Gardner was. walking on the Old North wharf, he heard the report of a pistol, fired on the Steam- boat wharf, followed almost instantly by a | whizzing sound and a blow on the right side of his neck that caused him to stagger considerably. He states that on regaining himself the bottom of his right ear and side of his head felt benumbed. He re-
_ moved his collar and found an indentation | made bya bullet, which must have entered
his neck had it not been for the protection afforded by it. As near as could be judged the ball must have struck the water, glanced up against the’ gentleman’s neck, grazing the ear and side of the face in its course. Mr. Gardner says that he took a boat and rowed over to the wharf from |) which the bullet came, and there found a | gentleman, with pistol imsyhand, who stated | that, he had just fired at a rat; but he did not think the shot was from his weapon. There was but one report at the time, how- eyer, and the ball undoubtedly came from that pistol, as it’ was admitted that the bullet entered 2 hole in the wharf, whence it probably struck the water and glanced up in the manner heretofore mentioned. It is quite common to go Gown’ on but wharves now-a-days, and shoot at gulls, targets, &c, It is a dangerous prac- tice, and the proper authorities should see | that it is stopped, for a man don’t care to be rambling about the wharves where there is shooting, fearing that he is liable to be the victim of somebody’s carelessness, *
aE /
Mr. Arrour H. GarpNner, who wis tepresentative for Nan-) tucket in the next General Court, as an independent Republican, has cause for congratulation. His election is a re- buke to the Republican organization and its The machine has | been disabled. A strong Republican town ought to be able to command a
chosen
methods.
But when whose fidelity to
Republican nominee. Republicans,
ination, there must be something polit- ically wrong. Mr. ¥ardner ported by Republicans, Demoerats and Prohibitionists. of widely divergent Séntiments upon many ques- tions, waived their differences and united in his support, not because he was their choice, but because his can- didacy furnished the opportunity, to
Was sup-
Persons
| defeat a regular candidate of the dom- | | inant party. | feat a candidate than to make choige of
It is much easier to de-|
The choice in this case was to Every one voting for | Mr. Gardner, however, conceded his| ability and integrity, and commended | his independence. They will not ex-
one,
; pect his action to be in accord with
their own on all questions. His oppor- tunities will be very fine. | |
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EVERY CENT SECURED BY WOMAN TAX COLLECTOR
All Nantucket’s. Prece
dents Broken -by Mrs
MSamn Gardner—‘‘Just Did It’’; That's All
NANTUCKET, Jan—For the
this island for 30 Eneglis pounds
two beaver ha “one
has had
Nantucket n. And for
4 wom:
1 collected,
cent of the $161, yefore the pub- tion of the annual report.
men the
which
wanted Mrs Now
nother term.
be surprising Mr
administration
would not Nan-} Gardner's excep-! as establishing a | made it a tradition \ in the tax office. an old-fashioned things
have always been.
if tucket tional
prece
accepted lent, and 1 woman this is
most
are done just
| town, | AS |
3 The bell ringer | rings the great bell in the old Con- | egational Church watch tower s at 7 in ‘the morning to tell the the workday has commenced |
1d 52 times more noon, and for curfew § in the
|
52 |
be |
at at
7. Twelve jonable dinner hour. ntucket
go to work
rot n on N xo to bed at 9. MH ri > must
do folks rea the 156 stroke he al at home lis
he
You may ask why still count 1 are told that
islanders
» and y The and tell
him {jf misses
f the Nan- y the weekly paper ap- that
He tells
editor o
blanket-size
century
edition ago, t always has.
“Just Did It”
that reason enough?
part of the quaint charm |
that it shows! If it finds
generally it does, it ré
ognizes no compulsion about the latest, |
eithe
ind is not indeed a
this
great of land communi
no rage for the ultramoder
the old good, as in mode or mechanics. ; never pick out Mrs Gard-} tradition She has|
7 1 preserving | had lived nd 10 as a true child} of Nantucket befcre she ; life. Dat founders town and if f one ¢ its
historians
breake lecting a
t. She threescore entered public; of the| modern |}
officers, life in the legend and lore | home, j Gardner has been} the Nantucket Historical recording secretary of the | Athenaeum. It has Deen her modest office to keep the records of those who | wrote Nantucket’s early story. Now at > has begun te rnake local history Those who come after will find r name on the pages she has turned
so often.
and has been steeped of her st i For y treasurer Society and
her sland
of
taxes you would learn a great deal*about the cus- toms of the whaling days and the early Nantucket families. E
3 is for her methods as tax collector extraordinary, why She ‘just did it’’; that’s all
first » year since Thomas Mayhew, in 1659, sold}
| ae ¢ i andl read from the ceiling.
strorig now as they were in the *40s, and | the names painted on the sides can be) }
for myself and |
Unopposed for Reelection Along with her tax collector’s duties Mrs Gardner still carried on her lifelong) |
| study of the genealogy 01 Nantucket.
From the number of Revolutionary
i forbears she has found for descendants r i of i | homes have scught her professional ald
ro ; InOp-}
the-island, who from far-distant
in proving title to membership in the
} Scns or Daughters of tha Reyolution, it
wculd eprear that the Islanders of, 1876 reserved their own independent inter-
| pretation of the Nantucket neutrality
te-> jawed ty the dominant Quaker -.e fmeni ef the iJand at the beginang oi the break witn England.
Mrs Gar rer’s late hushar’, “rtbur tF acr, author of “Wrecks Around Naatucke*,’- was elected anv ‘ax for 18 years. When he died, after his 1924 election, the Select- men appoited Mrs Gardner to complete his term.
Now she goes up for election in her own right, secure in the strength of her record.
Fire Buckets Still Hang Nantucket is prosperous. Taxes a moderate. Why shouldn't they pay | their taxes like any other bills when) they are due? It is just a matter of eceing it, says the island's grandmoth-
erly tax official.
She did not hesitate to send out war- rants and to advertise parcels of land for when legal time for tax payment had els psed. But the property that was forfeited for nonpayment of taxes was of insignificant value, unde- sirable lots owned by nonresidents that Were taxed amounts varying from 21 cents to a dollar, and generally con- sidered as scarcely worth owning. Mrs Gardner @oes not ‘feel that she has been
‘sat rcalected
coll. stor
sale the
a harsh collector, She comes of a race that have always about the tasks the world One her forbears fought with John Paul Jones, The sperm oil lantern grandmother used to carry when went calling evenings hangs in her hall, near her grandfath- | hall clock, which keeps 4s |
> as it did 100 years ago. hand-painted fire buckets
found their way
imposes. of her
she
The her }
Nantucket’s First Woman Tax
_—
Wune
Ti? Wedded 25 Years.
Representative and Mrs. atthor H.
Gardner of Nantucket observed
25th
the anniversary of their wedding
last evening at 383 Fairview. street, Roslindale, where Mr. Gardner makes | his home while attending the sessions |
of the
legislature.
It was an informal affair, members
of the
ping in during the
family and close friends drop- | evening to extend
congratulations. Many beautifal gifts }
were received from dale, Nantucket and elsewhere.
friends in Roslin- | Re-
freshments were served.
Among those. present Grace Gardner, daughter of Mr.
Mrs.
New Bedford; Dr. and Mrs, George Gardner, of Everett, Chadwick of
Mrs.
rs-heuaat GARDNER
Collector Mra.
San Francisco, Miss L. G.
| Chelsea, Mrs. | Horace Simpson of Chelsea,
Miss and
a school teacher at H.
Mrs. Sarah M.
Nantucket, mother ,of
Alonzo Coflin of Coffin of Robert Simpson and | Mr. and
Theodore Gates and Miss ,Eva |
were
Gardner,
Gardner,
: -4+-g of Roslindale, Representative | HyMENEAL.—Last Monday evening, Mr. Mrg. Hinckley of Vineyard Haven, Arthur H. Gardner, publisher of the Nan- ggentative Asa T. Newhell of | tucket Journal was married to Miss Mary,, Representative W. S$. Bamford |
M., daughter of Sarah M., and the late of this town. ceremony was performed in the North; Congregational Chureh, by Rey. Howard A. Hanaford, in a most impressive and becoming manner. A very large assem- bly of invited friends witnessed the solemn contract, and the good wishes of all pres- ent will ever follow the worthy couple in their life pilgrimage. An unusual pleasure was the presence of the two grandmothers of the bride and bridegroom. ‘These elderly grandparents were $9 and 91 years old, respectively, and their united ages amounted to 180 years! The bride was elegantly attired in a rich dress of French camel’s hair trimmed with satin, en train.
George F. Brown,
in color, ecru, while the bridegroom was dressed in the conventional suit appropri- ate on such occasions. A brief bridal in- augurated the happy union. May singing of the robins and the breath of June be to them a sacred hymnal as_ they take life’s journey together, alike a bles- sing to them in prosperity or adversity.
Fee
grandfathers used hang above the clock. | geese
When the fire call sounded folks used to cast their fire buckets into the street | and those who were going to the fire; picked up the buckets and formed @ bucket brigade with them. After the fire, the buckets were returned to their} owners.
Mrs Gardner’s & | deep cylindrical buckets of leather, with } handles. They look as
undfathers owned
feather thong
|
lx Fe
| has been a member for 28 years, and '
Brockton, and Representative
Thejam H. Ouddy of Boston. |
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner .iava been) residents of Nantucket all their lives. | The former was born in San Frangisco while his mother wags accompanying her husband, Captain William B. Gardner, a merchantman captain, on @ voyage in 1854. His mother returned to Nantucket and he has resided there since. On Jane 2, 1879, he married Miss Mary Mi. Brown of Nantucket, Rev. Howard A. Hanaford perform- inng the ceremony at the North Con- gregational church. Since reaching his majority Mr. | Gardner has been prominent in the | affairs of the town and has held almost every office in the gift of [his fellow citizens. He is chairman of the school committee, of which he
is serving his seventh term as repre- sentative to the general was a member of the legislature in 700, 01, '02, ’08 and ’04. A, While attending the sessions of the legislature Representative Gardner | pas made his home in Roslindale, | Where he has become very popular.—
“4
A { id
court, He
Ml. *92, =a
Gardner t
dave) 33 MIST
tt:
oe An Thum HinTob Grace Brewa bac
Hi Poy
i: / Death of Mrs. Gardner.
, Our readers, both far and near,| (will regret to learn of the death of
‘Mrs. Mary Macy Gardner, widow of
Arthur H. Gardner, who has been in| ‘failing health for several months.
‘De th came on Thursday of this
week.
| Mrs. Gardner was a woman ad-
mired and respected by all. She had
served the town as collector of taxes
and had served well. As the first
woman collector in the state she
gained considerable notoriety, but she
Venred naught for that; it was in do-
‘ing her task well that she took pride. |
She assumed the responsibilites of | the position after the death of her| husband and worked early and late in fulfilling the duties of the office. She was conscientious and particular “every detail and was held in the highest regard by every town official and by all of the tax-payers with whom she came in contact.
Mrs. Gardner was a historian. She delighted to delve into Nantuck- | et history and traditions. She was} also a student of genealogy and was | frequently called upon to trace fam- | ily history, having a large amount of | material at hand for her research | work. j | Mrs. Gardner is survived by a daughter, Miss Grace Brown Gardner, an instructor at the Framingham | Normal School, who has been with | her mother constantly through her last illness.
/
elle
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Compliments Mrs. Gardner.
Mrs. Mary M. Gardner, who has
tendered her resignation as Collector |
of Taxes because of ill health, after most efficient service to the town, has received a letter from Henry F. Long, the Tax Commissioner of the State of Massachusetts, which shows that | he, too, appreciates what Mrs. Gard-! ner has done in fulfilling the duties of her position. His letter reads:
State House, Boston.) July 22, 1927.! Mrs. Mary M. Gardner, Nantucket, Mass. My Dear Mrs. Gardner: : I am very sorry to learn of your illness, and that, because of your ill- ;ness, you were obliged to resign the | office you have so well filled in Nan- jtucket. I am not sure that your neighbors appreciate the good work that you have done. f In comparison with the other cities and towns of the Commonwealth, your ,; Success has been most pronounced. | I wish that we had collectors in every }one of the 355 cities and towns in | Massachusetts who reached the same | oint of efficiency in the collection of axes that has been your annual rec- ord. I know that you will always carry }with you the thought of work weil and effiiciently done. There is no over- estimating the advantage to the pub- jlic that efficient conduct of a public office accomplishes. You have set a mark which I hope will always be a|| | Standard in Nantucket. | | With best personal regards, I am [| } Cordially yours, i | Henry C. Long, | Commissioner.
Born March 29,
MRS. MARY MACY (BROWN) GARDNER Treasurer of the Nantucket Historical Association. 1855.
MRS. MARY MACY (BROWN) GARDNER.
Our members, both far and near, will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Mary Macy Gardner, widow of Arthur H. Gardner.
Mrs. Gardner was elected Treasurer of the Nantucket Historical Association in 1922, serving most acceptably in that capacity until her death on
yust 11th, 1927. er ie was a woman admired and respected by all. She had served the town as collector of taxes and had served well. As the first woman collector in the state she gained considerable notoriety, but it was in doing her task well that she took pride.
Mrs. Gardner was a historian, delighting to delve into Nantucket history and traditions. She was also a student of genealogy and was frequent- ly called upon to trace family lines, having a large amount of material at hand for her research work.
At a recent meeting of the Council of the Nantucket Historical Association it was voted that the following resolutions be adopted:
Whereas by the death of Mrs. Mary M. Gardner, the Nantucket Historical Association has suffered the loss of an able official, therefore be it
Resolved: That the Council herewith expresses not only its appreciation of the faithful services of Mrs. Gardner during the years in which she has held the office of Treasurer of the Association, but also its recognition of her loyal and unfailing support in all the work under- taken by the Association or relating to its welfare.
Resolved: That the Council in the name of the As- sociation, extend to Miss Grace Brown Gardner its sym- pathy in her sorrow at the loss of a devoted mother.
Resolved: That the above resolutions be spread upon the records of the Association, that a copy thereof be sent to Miss Grace Brown Gardner, and the same be published in the next issue of The Inquirer and Mirror.
Died August 11, 1927. Thy blessed presence is about me still; So ERE i a nai treatm dial cE IE REDS OIE SS ST NT TE SS A,
RALPH GARDNER, son of Arthur II
and Mary M. Gardner, was taken by\ the mysterious hand of death, on Mon-?*
| day evening last, and led from his suf- fering physical fate to a restful sphere. Death is not the enemy but the friend and certain heir of all mankind. No one can
ae
Dollector of Taxes Ther
affirm that death is not | Made Record Ja Office.
greater blessing than life, but in the %
| Common mo patriarch and child mingle’ together im silent rest. ‘The
Stone rolled against the gates of the ;
a life iu this world. Every white eas-
ket sugyests a translated life. Wemay
indulge no tears for the future of a
young spirit that has fulfilled its mis- | sion, resting in the calm and. still em- | brace of the shadowy angel. Ever} | grave must have its grief.
ing with the loved of Earth its pang}
of sorrow. Grief and sorrow are no)
the flow of tears. a promising child. scholar and a good boy.
t
He was a. bright town's taxes had been
= his books closed. It is doubtful if such A bereaved 7 condition of affairs ever existed in
Special Dispatch to the Globe | NANTUCKET, Feb ardner, 0
“He served many terms in the Massa- |
chusetts, Legislature as the island rep- promistion: a ‘ ‘| ri “se Fone . >proh ion. an
assuaged with words of pathos nor Dy D auitnnd delred Dy al Ralph Gardner was A few weeks ago he an
was a great worker for| — equal _ franchise gor} _ classes... | unced to the } ownspeople that every penny of the collected and
family, mourn his departure. His place Massachusetts before, and surely never
in the household can never be filled.’
Time alone can lift the burden of the Sore peemtycket
Nantucket. . In 1877 he marriedfMiss Mary Brown, who, with ‘one
daughter, Miss Grace Brown Gardner, a
funeral hour, and until® the lessening ¢ needs and duties ofeach day shall make ‘i his little grave a place of peaceful joy +
to those who mourn his absence. zi
Framing
eacher at the State Normal School at m, survive him. et Mr Gardner was often moderator of own meetings and served 28 years on he School Board. He had been collector
May of taxes since 1907. He was president
f Nantucket Historical Association and|
re ic i . ‘ts in ® member of the Masonic lodge, which) the love which binds other hearts “in ats i pH Piheraly eertine ae tte pure affection, and consolations which home on Milk st, Tuesday afternoon.
bring hope to other lacerated lives afford sach healing balm te the afflicted parents and bereft sister of little Ralph that the clouds of fate may be dispelled, | and their loss counted as his gain.
I will believe that, though unseen and voiceless
That Thott over every‘step of mine rejoicest That leads me onward to the heavenly hill.
My spirit-love! my seraph-yuardian' ever Hover around my dark aud lonely Way 5 Thongh the thick yeil of flesh and s-nse may sever ° My soul from Thine for many # weary day.
(f Thon way’st never lend in brislitmess o'er me r <= While in its house of clay nme Spirit dwells, Help me to tread the path that fies before bie, And yeach the world wheve there are no fare- wells. Tey bets
Massachusetts of
Society
Mayflower Descendants
Mrs. Arthur HH.
is entitled to all privileges
Gardner of the Society
for the year ending 31 December, 1926
State OE, Number_Aet 20207
Secretary
“oy
THE GATE POST
STATE TE ACHE RS cou a EG E, FR. \MING HH: \M, MASS., MAY 23, 1941 ; an ee She had ‘gone home to Nan-
tucket to assist her father in the publication of the paper of which he was editor; his illness had | subsequently occasioned the sale of the paper, and freed her to do substitute work in the Sias- conset School. After graduation from Bridge- water she taught for thirteen years in the prim- ary schools of New Bedford, during seven of which she was a teacher in the New Bedford Training School.
Aiter Miss Gardner’s early education had been supplemented by university study, she taught science, from 1915 to 1918, in the B. M. C. Dur- fee High School in Fall River.
Among the many tangible evidences of Miss Gardner’s interest in the practical teaching of science are the early morning bird walks, which she and students took each spring. For the first time more than one student must have heard the song and caught a glimpse of the meadow lark, the song sparrow, the red-breasted grosbeak, the pine warbler, and other birds common here in Framingham. Then, too, the study of the trees on the campus carried on in her classes, valuable in itself, led to most practical results
Miss Grace BrowN GARDNER after the damage caused by the hurricane. Records kept by these classes furnished con-
P crete proof of the extent of this damage. Nantucket Beckons! Miss Gardner’s work in the teaching of science extended from her own class room into the
J : ‘ ; | Jonathan Maynard School. Here at one time At the end of the academic year in June, after she aided a group of boys in forming a Science twenty-three years of service, Miss Grace Brown } Club, where anything that interested the boys Gardner will retire from the faculty of the col- | from flowers to a duckhawik was discussed. lege. | In Miss Gardner’s Nantucket home an herbar- In 1918 Miss Gardner came to Framingham ium of over 1200 specimens of Nantucket plants, as Dr. Meier’s assistant in the science depart- which she has collected and assembled, attests | ment. Members of the college from 1918-1937 to her assiduous interest in botany. She has will associate her with Room 30 in May Hall, also published several articles on the Botany of the room directly at the right of the Assembly Nantucket. She is a member of the New Eng+# Hall, whose sunny southern windows were land Biological Society and of the National | always green with plants, whose board we Association of Biology Teachers.
|
always filled with an appropriate and interesting As much as the faculty and student body will nature chart, and whose cabinets were alway} miss Miss Gardner’s participation in their orderly. Present day students will recognize academic and social activities, they cannot help these same attractive bulletin boards, and order- but appreciate that her longing to spend “whole ly and interesting cabinets in Room 4 in Dwight winters in Nantucket” after years of absence } Hall. deserves to be gratified. They know, as much }
Miss Gardner is one of the “old guard” at} as she will miss them, that she will be happy. | | Framingham; that is, she is herself a graduate | She is an inveterate reader of fine books; she of a normal school, a teacher for several years has a never-ending source of pleasure in look- | in the grades and later in a high school, and ing at and adding to her stamp colllection; she |} eventually a college woman. Born on the Island has innumerable friends in Nantucket. In} of Nantucket, she received her elementary and response to an inquiry as to what she plans to secondary education in its schools, except for do on retiring, with characteristically dry humor | seven years when her father was a representa- and without a smile, she said, “I shall never give tive from Nantucket to the Massachusetts legis- any more grades the rest of my life... . I think| lature, and when she attended the Charles I shall cultivate my garden—and my figure.” Sumner School in Roslindale. Later she gradu- In all her varied activities in the leisurely days | ated with the Class of 1901 from the Bridgewater to come Miss Gardner’s Framingham friends | Normal School. After several years of teaching, wish her true happiness. | | her interest in botany led her to study at Cornell 4 | University, where she obtained the A.B. degree . b s, 4 oH F fi. a - rat ot | in 1914, and at Brown University, where she | en rah ae reek bed s 4 Ro Sse Hubbard 1A Ritehe a)
ee et, is one of the directors of the re
ceperreeeees ae, in £915. cently organized Massachusetts Teach- | _ >t #3 3M; th St.
Miss Gardner's early teaching experience gave es’ Federation, formed for the purpose } her the basic point of view for one of her unique of promoting the interests of school contributions to students in her methods course teachers in Massachusetts,and partic- in the Elementary Department—the practical ularly for bringing about the adoption method of teaching science in the elementary of a proper teachers’ pension bill. schools. Her earliest teaching occurred in an Hg - tts + ungraded school in Siasconset on the Island of Nantucket, during an interim in her study at Bridgewater Normal School caused by her father’s illness. ;
Fe 243
Injured in Motor Accident in France.
The cable brought word Thursday afternoon of -the serious injury of Mrs. Edith G. Clark and Miss Grace 3rown Gardner in an automobile ac- cident near Nice, France. Details |were meagre, but stated that Mrs. {Clark was the more severely injured, as well as i
Europe a few an educational
THE NEW BEDFORD SUNDAY STANDARD-TIMES @ FEBRUARY 24, 1957
NANTUCKET WOMEN
jsuffering a fractured skull | other injuries.
The ladies went to lweeks ago to make the summer months and pleasant vacation. of the |
tour during anticipated a ( Mrs. Clark is the daughter Rate George H. Gardner of Nantucket, land is the widow of Eugene L. Clark. She has two sons—Donald 5S. and | Elliot G. Clark—who reside in Ash- | land, She also has a sister | | Alice, who is the wife of Frank Mur-
Mass.
dock. . L Miss Gardner is the daughter of the | late Arthur H. and Mary M. Gardner. | |She is instructor in botany at the | : “a | Framingham Normal School. | | Friends and relatives of the ladies regarding
lare awaiting further news | the accident with a great deal of con-
| cern. ly @ ; i
Grace Brown Gardner comes from a long line of Nantucketers; from the very earliest of Nantucket’s history, one will find the Gardners taking an active part in community af- fairs. She grew up on the island, and enjoyed a wonderful and interesting childhood. Many Summers were spent at Quidnet, next to the shores of Sasachacho Pond and only a stone’s throw from the open ocean. As a child, she collected a wealth of knowledge on the flora and fauna of the island. Her father took an active part in the town government and she was often an able assistant in time of reed. Reluctantly, Grace Gardner left the island, but at the same time, began to study for her chosen profession, that of teaching. She never ceased seeking knowledge, and by the time she was elected-¢ professor at the Framingham State Teachers’ College, she was well prepared to train young girls for the teaching profession. A few years ago, she retired, and returned to the scenes of her child- hood, and the family homestead. Her home is furnished much ‘as it was ‘in the middle 1800’s. Miss Gardner didn’t seek retirement in a chair by the window, watching the rest of the world go by. She has taken a vital interest in the life of the community. Her wealth of knowledge on island history and folklore is readily shared with those who beat a path- way to her door. During the past few years, Miss Gardner has catalogued clippings on all subjects, from old island newspapers. It is an invaluable piece of work and will be given to the Nantucket Historical Association for those interested in research on Nantucket.
enna = *
“GRACE BROWN GARDNER with some of the Nantucket historical vasceds she has collected in her “retirement project”, Miss Gardner is a direct de- scendent of Tristram Coffin, first settler.
Grace Brown Gardner, a direct descendent of first set- tler Tristram Coffin and own-
islander made:a profit of $500.” The retired teacher who has
er of one of four Island homes that has never been sold”
| Chuckles over Daniel Web-
ster’s visit to Nantucket.
| “Webster demanded $1000
ito come to th
important
case. The N tucketer x ~
_. who hired him if D. W. would try any other cases, at no extra charse When D. W. left Nantucket he Me ll it Nz ticket he
aad earned $1500 and the
| VB. ‘The bab
e Island to try an|
‘““aught in every grade from first through lege” has compiled more than 80 folders of news stories and photographs of Nantucket his- | tory,
Her proudest piece is her Grandmother Charlotte Coffin} Gardner’s daily diary-of her lvoyage to the Pacific with her |seafaring husband. Miss Gard- iner shared this diary with the \Seattle Historical Society which used it to make changes in their records.
the senior col-
in The scro »~ book 4s “Ra lbh Warren’ Ferter Covsin © ‘4 Grace B
Phe cowh Gardner
Windy bn Ae
Su Fog ees sees Injured in Motor Accident in France.
The cable brought word Thursday afternoon of the serious injury of Mrs. Edith G. Clark and Miss Grace - @Brown Gardner in an automobile ac- Ee cident near ~ Nice, »Prance- Details were meagre, but stated that Mrs. ~ Clark was the more severely injured, suffering a fractured skull as well as
other injuries.
_ The ladies went to Europe a few weeks ago to make an educational | tour during the summer months and | anticipated a pleasant vacation.
Mrs. Clark is the daughter of the tate George H. Gardner of Nantucket,
- and is the widow of Eugene L. Clark. } She has two sons—Donald_S. and Elliot G. Clark—who reside in Ash- | land, Mass. She also has a sister | Alice, who is the wife of Frank Mur- |
Ne ites Gardner is the daughter of the late Arthur H. and Mary M. Gardner. |
\She is instructor in botany at the | , Framingham Normal School. | | Friends and relatives of the ladies | are awaiting further news regarding the accident with a great deal of con-
| cern. To ly 61949
ve
—
HE NEW BEDFORD SUNDAY STAND,
NANTUCKET
Grace Brown Gardner comes from a long lin of Nantucket’s history, one will find the Gardne fairs. She grew up on the island, and enjoyed j Many Summers were spent at Quidnet, next to th a stone’s throw from the open ocean. As a child, the flora and fauna of the island. Her father took and she was often an able assistant in time of ne island, but at the same time, began to study for She never ceased’ seeking knowledge, and by thi Framingham State Teachers’ College, she was w teaching profession. A few years ago, she retired hood, and the family homestead. Her home is fu; 1800's. Miss Gardner didn’t seek retirement in ; of the world go by. She has taken a vital interest | of knowledge on island history and folklore is re, way to her door. During the past few years, Miss | subjects, from old island newspapers. It is an inv the Nantucket Historical Association for those ii
ae ; " “The 5
1S “Ralph Warren Porter, a “@ovsin e f Grace Deown Gardner
baby in the.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15. | GL} /
oe People have asked me what I find to 40 now or the . €r that I have decided to get in touch pipe ype- MOre ana answer that question at the same time.
ing procedure, omitting breakfast inte three letters Anitted on a sock ; retur valled on one of my winter neighbors, Mrs- Shurne ghee who n @ MOst @elightful book, privately printed bY ner ae cba ne Of the rich Philadelphiea-Quakers. The book SiVes charming deserintions-of-an old-time Quaker ehildhood in Nantucket. °
Prepare@ ginner as follows:
Cold Ham Sweet Potatoes Squash Cucumbers Pickled Beets Beach Plum Jelly Cut-up Tomatoes with Sugar Iced Coffee Washed the dishes Assisted (?) plumbers in standing radiators in their ap- pointed places a la blue prints Went down town and did the following errands: — Library cards for cataloging my Nantucket books Heavy manila envelopes in which to send interior views of my house to Mrs Graves for use ; ctetttiGilndetiiGtinOrinnkeotase in Seattle Mailed the above by registered) mail Passed in two pairs of socks at the British Relief and got more yarn Had the jeweller mend the chain of my Oxford glasses Had two new batterys put in my flashlight Called at the home of our local editor ra chat with Ray, his aunt, a retired New Bedfom tkacher Went to the Roberts House for supper
Quahog Chowder Crackers Fried Plaice Fish Baked Potatoes Beets Cloverleaf Rolls Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce Nut Cake Chocolate with Whipped Cream Played contract at the home of a retired private secre- of Stone & Webster until ten-thirty Had refreshments Taxi home. Bed
te
Cre s~boeR
mer REEL
Friendly Afternoon Group Heard |
Miss Grace Brown Gardner.
A capacity audience attended the | recent Neighbors “Friendly Afternoon with Old Nantucket,” in order to hear Miss Grace Brown Gardner give an account oi “A Voyage from Nantuck- et "Round the Horn to California and the West Coast in 1852, as Described jin a Journal kept by the Captain’s Wife, who was the First White Wo- man to visit parts of the Washington and Oregon Territories.”
The captain’s wife, Mrs. Charlotte Coffin Gardner, grandmother of Miss Brown Gardner, decided to make the rather a manner—but typical of the courage and faith of the Nantucket women of
Grace
voyage in casual
this period. While visiting the ship | Sarah Parker with her husband and
| the skipper, Captain William Bunker /| Nan-
|Gardner, as the craft tucket harbor one afternoon, ready for its voyage to San Francisco the next morning, Mrs. Gardner was in- vited to make the trip.
After deliberating a few minutes,
lay in
Grandmother Gardner decided to go;
she had her 7-year-old son, George| Henry, excused from school, and spent
the rest of the afternoon getting ready tor a ‘three-year-voyage. The evening was
in making farewell calls
on her friends.
spent
The trip down the East coast was more or uneventful. Food laundry occupied Grandmother’s
less and at- tention to a large extent (how history repeats itself). Little George Henry was having the time of his life; he played happily on the deck, fished off the stern of the vessel, or sewed on the sails with a “palm” and a needle made for him by the Of course, bad weather was encountered, but no damage was sustained. Trouble started as they began the hazardous trip around the Horn. Cold weather set and
sailors,
in, accompanied by fog, gigantic raked the ship |from stem to stern. The steward fell from the rigging, being finally hauled
seas
aboard. The end of six weeks of heavy weather, adverse winds and currents, found the ship and men in a bad’ con- dition, with scurvey beginning to show itself in the crew,
On November 28, the Sarah Parker |
finally rounded the Horn, with better
A new crew was signed up and the Sarah Parker sailed for Puget Sound, |with stormy weather following her. Seattle, called New York, but |known also by the Indian name of Alki, was reached. Here many Indians met, much to the delight of George Henry. Good food was enjoyed also—fruit,
then
were
wild pigeons and
salmon. Strange sights were seen,
which included that of a young child |
having his head flattened in the In- dian custom.
The Sarah Parker made trips from San Francisco, but before long, a house on shore was hired, and George Henry was enrolled in school. Soon Grandmother enteréd the follow- ing terse statement in her journal— “On August 4, little Arthur
|} born.” The baby Arthur grew up to |] bee me the late Arthur H. Gardner, |father of Gardner. He an outstanding citizen of Nantucket, numbering among accomplish- ments the editorship of the Nantuck-
et Jour
several!
was
Miss became
his
val, selectman, town treasurer, representative to General Court and numerous offices of public trust. On December 6, 1854, the ship put out for home. She stopped at Pitcairn
the
’
for stcres; a wate. but the voyage pleasant. A
i the
pout was sighted,
back was generally final entry appears in “On May 10, Arthur, and myself landed at Nantucket.”
journal: George
Henry,
Th riginal journal was presented Seattle
time ago, a
to the Historical Association document that is
historical inter-
some considered of great est and value.
The interest of Miss Gardner’s de-
lightful talk was heightened by her } introductien of several exhibits. These |
included: the chart of the voyage to and from Nantucket; the sewing presented the
case Grandmother Gardner by engravings of her grandparents; the palm presented by the sailors to George Henry; and the |;school medal presented to mother when she
crew; steel
Grand was fourteen years of age.
The Neighbors thank Miss Grace Brown Gardner for her valuable con- tribution tothe success of the current series of the Friendly Afternoons with Old- Nantucket,
days ahead as they went up the coast | ef South America, soon to feast them- |
selves with strawberries and green
peas. Grandmother found much to in- terest her in the customs and dress of the natives.
The ship was put in shape for he cruise north to San Francisco, where she anchored on January 30. Grand- mother noted few women and children in the streets, but many men. She thought food prices to be very high, as, of course, they were at that time. | Cargo was discharged and the ship |
| auctioned off.
antucket
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Grace @ Brawa Gandn tr
Celebrated her G23 Birthday in her hesbit Roo me Amen 4 hen ques Was a Cevsin Gertncde Pratt “hel a fciend Clana Bartep whe cCametroes
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Miss GARDNER AMID HER Scrap Books.
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My Scrap Books
An Ever-Growing Collection of Historical Data
By GRACE BROWN GARDNER
In 1941 I retired from my life-work of teaching and came back to live in the old family home in Nantucket. The house was built in 1820 andis one of four of the older houses remaining on the island whith have never been sold and which are still occupied by descendants of the original owners.
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Roland Bunker Hussey, for many years editor and publisher of The Inquirer and Mirror, was a summer resident of
’Sconset for most of his years of retirement. his applications to ’Sconset life was his ‘
graph was loaned by Eleanor Buckingham of ‘
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Nant cket.
Outing at Quidnet. The Men Folks Helped Celebrate.
Mrs. Elliot M. Brown entertained ty AY ok whist ee celebrated the Skwiporz at: Wawpawdongo, MEAD Wee ce ast tg of Quidnet, on Friday last. On their Milk sveak ; “ae OR salty arrival the guests sat down toa de- RA Bix iy g. | licious clam chowder, to which they A great Surprise was in store for the did ample justice. The time was ladies when they corer the parlor at spent in playing whist and hunting the ps: appointed for sg distribution for Indian arrow heads, in which that of the Presents, for they saw their | region is said to abound, and some Pte sig had an a i as) | fine specimens were found. “A boun=*}}-244 stan ane SY wit Smiling faces, tiful supply of ice cream, cake and and dressed te their best clothes and fruit was served, after which the | boiled shirts, which they had sneaked company left for town having had a out of the bureau drawers unbeknown most delightful outing§ | to their **better halves.
“ | The tree, one of the handsomest | from Miacomet, presented a beautiful appearance, well laden with gifts both useful and ornamental, and some **Just for a joke.’’ An origina! poem by Miss Grace B. Gardner, plainly de- picting characteristic traits of each member of the club, and affording much merriment, was read by Mrs. Helen Appleton. Refreshments were | served, and it was early Sunday morn- ing when the company dispersed.
Se ig ai i tine NAR ,
| . . . Grace Brown Gardner is in residence at the Cottage Hospital on Nantucket. She is an avid reader. Before moving into the Cottage Hospital, where she is able to be up almost every day; she |compiled about forty scrap books on Nantucket, composed of clippings from the local newspaper and arranged by
subjects. She qualifies as the leading authority on Nantucket history. She keeps in touch with many Framingham people and they are faithful in writing to her. This lovely lady has just celebrated
her ninety-sec¢ ynd birthday !
Mrs. Arthur E. Pratt, of aoe Ppa Bridgewater, Mass., is spending the ne y summer at 33 Milk Street. SS
i é Commonwealth (LK STREET. Outstanding example of Nan- : Of Massachusetts
ket architecture. Built in 1820, this fine old Nantucket, ss ne has always remained in the original family. PROBATE COURT tured in Duprey’s “Old Houses on Nantucket”. 4 Ui | 47 Yo all persons interested in Bais ee > the estate of Effie L. Pond late of Nantucket in said County
2 deceased. THE DENBYS A petition has_ been presented to said Court for / probate of a certain in- strument purporting to be the ’ M last will of said deceased by Special Spring Values James K. Glidden of Nan- tucket in the County of Nan- tucket praying that he be appointed executor thereof ‘s ithout giving a surety on his TOWN — Unspoiled 1820 Coffin house. In hehe pp cdiaumm ; P a f ‘
owner’s family for generations. A truly special If you desire to object house with large yard. Just available. thereto you or your attorney
tame a - | should file a written ap-
es } pearance in said Court at
GRACE BROWN GARDNER HOUSE at Nantucket before nine o’clock
Ik Street; situated on a very large lot; and | inthe forenoon on the eleventh
y offered unfurnished. day of April 1974, the return PMH « 2 ; , day of this citation.
Witness, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Esquire, Judge of said Court, this fifth day of March 1974,
Historic Houses
an | 73 . we wy
Ige. z rooms, original fireplaces, central heat Irene M. Smith, Register great charm plus a generous lawn area. 3-14-3t
dsome historic home on Milk Street;
asking $100,000.
Effie fo na ba Sstd
a vey on 1974
,
Suddenly, Hs Christmas! May yours be the Meniest! Patch and Delia Harts
Grace Brown Gardner is in residence at the Cottage Hospital on Nantucket. She is an avid reader. Before moving into the Cottage Hospital, where she is able to be up almost every day, she -
: compiled about forty scrap books on
8 Nantucket, composed of clippings from the local newspaper and arranged by subjects. She qualifies as the leading authority on Nantucket history. She keeps in touch with many Framingham people and they are faithful in writing to her. This lovely lady has just celebrated her ninety-second birthday!
Mrs. Arthur E. Pratt, of Bridgewater, Mass., is spending th & summer at 33 Milk Street. aT
IPDS SS 5 RS PD
Commonwealth
' MILK STREET. Outstanding example of Nan- ia tkassnckudetd tucket architecture. Built in 1820, this fine old Nantucket, ss home has always remained in the original family. PROBATE COURT
‘ %. & ses ntucket”’. . Featured in Duprey’s “Old Houses on Ne ucket Te Mi. cevidia indesested:in
econ Seen er 7 the estate of Effie L. Pond late
of Nantucket in said County
deceased.
A petition has_ been
presented to said Court for
probate of a certain in- strument purporting to be the | last will of said deceased by : Ae ' }
Special Spring Values
James K. Glidden of Nan- tucket in the County of Nan-
° ° é tucket praying that he be Older Historic Houses appointed executor thereof a ; yithout giving a surety on his -@ TOWN — Unspoiled 1820 Coffin house. In Niet bos owner’s family for generations. A truly special If you desire to object house with large yard. Just available. thereto you or your attorney a : | should file a written ap- s A =e . ’ i are neal ‘our y pearance in said Court at J THE GRACE BROWN GARDNER HOUSE at Nantucket before nine o’clock | ' ‘
33 Milk Street; situated on a very large lot; and } in the forenoon onthe eleventh | is being offered unfurnished. sae wary | day of April 1974, the return ' PNA « RIAZZ , day of this citation.
Witness, Jeremiah J. sage Sullivan, Esquire, Judge of | ge. | said Court, this fifth day of |
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3. Handsome historic home on Milk Street; living rooms, original fireplaces, central heat and great charm plus a generous lawn area.
ys asking $100,000.
March 1974. Irene M. Smith, Register 3-14-3t
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Effie Toned bassed ns Pag on 1974.
A Y re g b ber on © (Before nenevelien)
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Formerly #4 West Sjlye~ St
A little house on Copper Lane, built in 1796; has been beautifully restored and decorated, is very well arranged and a delight to live with. On the first floor there is a living room with hand-hewn beams and corner posts, fireplace; a small, most attractive dining room opening into a brick ter- race; kitchen with dryer, washer, dishwasher, electric range and frost-free refrigerator. There is also a sleeping room with fireplace, bath with tub and shower. On the second floor there is a sleeping room with fireplace and large dressing room and bath with fireplace. The whole house is delightful. $55,000.
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464 A little house on Copper Lane, built in 1796: has | at us . ; f been beautifully restored and decorated, is very Vitti h sy > “Ghla, well arranged and a delight to live with. On the PP of tha MOL ~ itn
first floor there is a living room with hand-hewn beams and corner posts, fireplace; a small, most cS OOD Seng Ie tepte gts
attractive dining room opening into a brick ter- + -
race; kitchen with dryer, washer, dishwasher, or CCt 2. electric range and frost-free refrigerator. There ‘
is also a sleeping room with fireplace, bath with
tub and shower. On the second floor there is a
sleeping room with fireplace and large dressing Kp) hy (nA room and bath with fireplace. The whole house Kraue ve N lenny Ch
is delightful $55,000. ane Happy New Yeaw!
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Sankaty sends its greetings That guards this isle of the sea We are sending ours, too. ;
a We send our hearty greetings
lt's the merriest kind ol a Merry ( hristmas May all be well with thee
we are wishing you | hat e é a
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Turner
3 Chestnut Street
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LOVING GREETINGS
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f Dear Friends: PS KN ay. ee ee
With full hearts, we once more send greetings to our friends for the holiday season.
This year we have in mind particularly our gratitude to God for the many years of loving companionship with Florence, who passed away on the 22nd of August at the age of 78. George and Florence had just celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary. Until the very end, Florence was active and interested in both events and people. Her death came quickly in the Nantucket Hospital, following a heart attack. Although her going was a great shock for us, she went as she would have wished.
This photograph of George and Florence was taken in July 1973.
Roberta had a good sabbatical year in Finland, returning in the middle of June in time to be with her mother for a month’s visit before returning to Richmond, Indiana. After her mother’s death, she spent two weeks with her father in Nantucket. She is now, once again, teaching full time as chairman of the Political Science Department at Earlham College.
In early July George had surgery done at Cape Cod Hospital, which turned out to be less serious than we feared. He has recovered well, and has appreciated visits from
members of his family, Ruth and Archie Seller of Oklahoma
and Helen Veeder of Kansas. He is planning at least for the present to stay in his own home in Nantucket, and to concentrate during this winter on finishing his manuscript on the history of Quakerism in the Boston area.
In these times when the world is so troubled, we are particularly glad for the gifts of friendship. May we know and cherish one another in the spirit of God, which is eternal.
Y 7 George A. Selleck we Va Roberta G. Selleck 17 Prospect St.
809'% College Ave. Nantucket, Mass., 02554
Richmond, Indiana, 47374
Thanksgiving, 1973
Christmas 1972
Dear Friends:
Christmas again and we are stil] living on the island. George is busy completing his history of Boston Quakers, and Florence is occupied with household duties. We are both beginning to feel the ravages of age and time, but in general we are well.
Roberta is enjoying a sabbatical year in Finland, and will be there until late next spring.
Our little Quaker Meeting meets each Sunday, and is an inspiration and joy.
Best wishes for a happy Christmas from your friends
George and Florence Selleck
17 Prospect Street Nantucket, Mass. 02554
CHRISTMAS 1949
It's Christmas at 17 Prospect St. where the Sellecks are wishing you the Very Best for Christmas. sw? 33 s Galas ae cd 6 and Roberta
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to man-kind
It's Christmas
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where the Sellecks
are wishing you the Very Best for Christmas.
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and Roberta
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CHRISTM As 1949
It's Christmas at 17 Prospect St. where the Sellecks are wishing you the Very Best for Christmas.
’ \ a Sys George, F lorence It's Christmas in’ Nantucket and Roberta mas <4 Sr .
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Greetings
rom
The COSULCNELS?
hen Mbtices. G. H. GARDNER, M. D.,| gyi)” TRE ; _ JOHN PASCUCCI b pate! ’ Was Prominent Resident in Coburn-
a erapuate or J. & & L fj Pa i : ; ville District For 35 Years
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Nantucket, ss. - 2 | CHICAGO HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE F : } z mids ate oon. M5 ¥ Saat a. i = ; ; | John Pascucci, 63, of 54 Bridges s< ; ™ | street, prominent Coburnville resi-} 'dent and father of Reserve Police
To the Next of Kin, and all Persons interested i "WOE Estate of Agnes E. Bettridge, of aaboket, i OFFICE, - - MAIN STREET, ty d : : i Officer Salvatore Pascucci, died last
said County, mi Ms ing: Ra Seeker Gee NEXT WEST OF PACIFIC BANK, et i ight at é , ; night at the Massachusetts General
HEREAS, Samuel C. Coffin, the Guardian of es said Laem Dae presented his petition for ii. tert exo esta rl eas ails petition for Ii. 5. oh i hospital, after a short illness. $s e. : pata | yen are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court, aati iT Ay 7 Seay . aly, and had resided in Praming- ry ee ebyclted to appear ata Probate Court ia | . Italy, and had resided in Framing- rteen ay of May next, atten o’clock in the be ee ae f Pa | x j a coabe Temichis ca tapes te : y 4] ‘ ; = th 5 to many residents as a, b arber, but
forenoon, to show cause, if py ou same should not be granted. pistes Dike Saeed ¢ PRE ° dete; | vigae SEs Ve | ] P ; 3 retire rom active service several : ‘ . ° th ns years ago.
And said Guardian is ordered to serve this Citati val + pe by publishing the same once a week in the Sicetrer -. George H. Gardner, formerly : ; : : | Besides his son he is survived by
and ees & beweppper printed at Nantucket, three of this town, died suddenly at his A a : ‘ three daughters, Mrs. Sally Conti,
weeks successively, the last publication to be tw days at least before said Court. x4 home in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 18th $ . » iv J h : { 4 - " rs. Josephine Tennaro ‘and Mrs.
Witness, THADDEUS C. DEFRI o . ‘ of said Court, this twenty-second day Ub Agel te inst. Dr. Gardner was born in Nan- , ae ' R i the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty- icke : r Three years = , - 2 victigok plea ed rn d eighty tucket, October 10, 1844 Three ye 4 - MAEVE are icket, October 10, 1844. Three years b Be )| three granddaughters, and two apl24—3t SAMUEL SWAIN, Register. of his boyhood were spent in Cali- 3 : grandsons, x . E fornia, where he accompanied his AN “4 Prominent in the affairs of the S ; Pr F parents in a voyage ‘‘Around the f§ - . de mae tt peonte 40 Comair, WaMu &j ‘ a : Horn’’ in the early fifties Return- } - ns Ook ete ve plage stG r “ at, sete eatty s. OR he rs ’ ! j - the’ Columbus society, and Framing>, | Was WwW h 3 | ind ing home an z= 05 > complete { 7 || ham aerie, 894, Fraternal Order of | fieti lick | education in the ic schools ye Eagles. Friends may pay their last fi ene in Wihalinc . a gla his late home, 54 Bridges ; ‘ 2 Mie ' ; street, ida M useum ; ee photograph business, which he - i Gra ceé Bre wn & ardan er noon and pe She ‘epi’ abe ¥ se owed for a number of years. : as) ter) FP The funeral wil ; Be fo: 1 Bhs , ? : ill occur Sunda: = y he 4 {3 O« ; ii Deciding later to take up the ; j Ge efnede Ad re hint \ Pratt | ternoon from his late home prep ° q } : Ber Cn on " of medicine, he entered the Chicago Ea iTh M . (Ce Ts) Torte - }} ) a Spe hy, ravers ah oe Ti Ile NOT Sapp KIM Homoeopathic Institute, from which Chae M.Ce PPS ns Bara in iv iddleboro. Baia ad ron, ame f ary De Nisa tistad «3 an a tithe as sro ltens gas a mily lot in gon exhi yy a i vie aR sity ee ni re é fe " Bs a Mas St.-Tarcisius’ ta eh with funeral practice in Baltimore, Md., but subse- : F 1geMen charge of Eugene quently came North and settled in
NX hy 1 Nantucket, where he followed his pro- i fession for a number of years, during | f he as town
subsequently learnec
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several of which served | ay physician. Some ten years ago he ; wi Bw removed to Everett, Mass., where he continued to practice until his re- | moval to Brooklyn, about three years
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ago.
He had been graduaily failing in |
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health for some time, but was around }
as usual the day before his death.
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} He leaves a widow, and one brother, Arthur H. Gardner, of this town.
Benefit of the Memorial Fund, His remains were brought here Mon- || . bye ‘
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d RE RE é | The Life of Tristram Coffyn-- Photo- Gay 20r INLEY MEN byes sctevaneeenh. | graphs of ye ancient family of CECI ipnasipidckoll
Portledge -- Hector Coffin Coat - . ‘ww
of Arms,
Under the auspices of the Executive Committee of
' \ the Tristram Coflin Reunion Association, has been compiled a life of Tristram Coffyn, together with reminiscences and anecdotes of some of his numer- ous descendants, and some historical information >» concerning the ancient families named Coffyn. Price,
$i. Photographs of eight ancient oil portraits of dif- ferent members of the Coflin family of Portledge, in North Devon, England, the originals of which were mostly executed in the sixteenth century, are also for sale. Price for the set, $1.50. Also, the Coffin Coat of Arms, printed from the identical copper plate used by Captain Hector Cof- fin in his lifetime, which is a fine specimen of copper- plate engraving, and answers in general description ; to the Coat of Arms granted Admiral Sir Isaac Cof, Synz + . ha : ? V1) + . fin, Bart, in 1804. Price, Lggpate. OR VY AS eee ZY IMariyn Ce The above can be obtained of Miss Amelia Coffin, Le 5 } ~~ _ yh ~ 4g Nenoyate d by he Ig rDh='7] 4 Wy { af }
csold te Wrs. Nelley,ewncee ine
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store on Lower Pearl street, and also at the oflice of the secretary. The proceeds to be devoted to the Tristram Coflin Memorial Fund. ALLEN COFFIN, ; a Secretary T. C. R, A. 7 . ree
who is a member of the Executive Committee, at her TT] t)
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*“SCONSET
ID you ever hear of "Sconset, where there’s nothing much
but moors,
And beach and sea and silence and eternal out-of-doors,
Where the azure round of ocean meets the paler dome of day,
Where the sailing clouds of summer On the séa life melt away, And there’s not an ounce of trouble Anywhere ? ;
Where the field larks in the morning will be c gs as thé ser
With the whisper of the moor-wind a neat Where the little shingled houses down at ti ae Are grey with salt of sea winds, and the strong sea’air’ is sWeet
With the flowers in the dooryards; me f@r.tl@fe! >
— Bliss Catman
Courtesy of “*Life”” ( «
In Days of Yore — ’Sconset, 1860 ’Scons i OLD PUMP, SIASCONSET.
The Old Howses of Broadway, *’Sconset
“AULD LANG SYNE” ON BROADWAY IN SIASCONSET VILLAGE. Photo by Dorothy Webster.
The illustration for October on the Inquirer and Mirror’s calendar is of “Auld Lang Syne,” on Broadway, in the village of Siasconset. This ancient structure has a tradition of being built in 1675, and this would give it the title of ‘the oldest house on the island. It was for years owned by Capt. Edward C. Joy, and it is said that his grandson, Micah Coffin, used it as his fishing headquarters, employing Indians to do the actual fishing. The heirs of Coffin and Gorham Coleman owned it for years, In 1 a by ‘onathap ieelts entire appearance is one of
great age. The chimney is squat and heavy, end. iis feays exe ct yacied, ve time the f loor nd three*worn-out key holes.
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BROADWAY IN ROSE TIME, “SCONSET, NANTUCKET ISLAND, MASS
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‘SCONSET.
Some talk of the air of the hills, And some of that of the plain, But give me the air of 'Sconset dear, Which knows no wind-break far or near; It sweeps o’er seas three thousand wide
rs, it’s h 2 again. To reach our moors, it’s home
ome talk of the inland lakes, And some of the forest stream, But give me the main at ’Sconset dear In stormy
mood, when breakers rear, Spit angry spumeand churn the sand,
While the wind and the sea-birds scream.
; a AF The monarch we own is the gale,
But sway he will often resign, Then give me the calm of 'Sconset dear. His daughter rules by love, not fear,
For she eases stress with a balmy breath,
Then inspires with a kiss benign,
So, Hail to Sconset! Royal land;
Your crown is green on a golden band Your collar’s of white-horses’ teeth; Your tabard’s the brown shoals beneath; Your watery mantle’s sparkling blue, Or grey with fog, but ever new
orang ee Wind of ‘Sconset. Pat g ree. O wind of ’Sconset, fair and free, i You're a royal buccaneer- ‘ rere ‘ the sea, You take full largess of he s You seize the sweets of the year. wy, r roving Wide, The wild flowers scent your roving W) : ; ’ ald car r Mw. You gather the birds’ wild « aroling ae yu ga = Y the springing ‘ E vith the life of the st You m with iach x ihe And the strength you have wor from the And the strength }
; f. ing surf; ri of *Sconset. O lawless wind of
son bec uile O wind of ’Sconset, you beg uile - i 1 ss: The flowers with bold caress; . rass blades gleam like the hg As thei
® } > sways ‘neatl The buttercup sway
illowy tops you press.
ately head: The lilac bends her stately ne ; ee The brown moors thrill to your Beet ‘the? y sun strikes thro’ their hearts As the low s i fire; * bs O wooing wind cf “Sconset- lear and strong, ’Sconset, clear and sti y in your power, r hearts with the sweet
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Ruth Everitt Cable TV Program In May 18
Nantucket Cablevision announécd today the appointment of Ruth Everitt as Program Director for Channel Three on the Island, according to John Welch. With this appointment the presentation of regularly scheduled live programming from Channel 3 will begin on Friday, May 18, at a time to be announced.
Plans for future programming include a daily ‘“What’s Happening on Nantucket” to be presented each evening to inform visitors and local residents alike, as to recreational and entertainment activities offered on that particular day, as well as suggestions on “what to do” while Visitin g Nantucket. This information will be slanted for the summer visitor who may have never realized the scope of activities available on the Island.
Interviews with visiting celebrities to the Island and Panel discussions over controversial issues will be offered, education programming for drama and the ' arts, and timely subjects of interest from gardening to transcendental meditation.
Anyone interested in programming should telephone Ruth Everitt at 228-2008
to make arrangements for scheduling. Pi SOE ORS
ae ‘ Cable vision for ‘Sconset probable The officers of The Siasconset ’ vic Association have been working for some time to bring Nantucket Cablevision Corp. service to the east end of the Island. In
order for NCC to justify the economics of going so far out of town, it had to have a guarantee of 200 basic subscribers in Siasconset.
Thanks to a number of public spirited
= ‘y ot Sp : {¥ : es At tap left ‘= The Fall months on the Island are rated by ee oe }
Seeing Carats. oie Majer opt ur eae ee 3 barn on
: e beau of Polpis. pease nar jaa tin ig al Liberty Street. Mr, Davidson took local and off island community members, the property of Soe = Cree andere ge oe ie the collateral Promised to date toward the these photos for the Tow r . : Cte mon _ guarantee has been so Promising, that NCC rag % : has been given the OK to Proceed ‘‘full speed ahead’. It is expected that an agreement will be signed within the next few days and Cable-TV could become a reality in "Sconset by the end of June.
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ISLAND, MASS. TO NANTUCKET
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TWILIGHT AT SIASCONSET.
Across the turnpike darts the wary quail,
The swallow circles sportively on bizh, And wrapt in dreams the misty pastures lie,
While crickets chirp ronnd mossy stone and
rail.
Long strips ot bery! through the distant trail, And with the rose and turquoise richly vie, Till all is sottly blurred from earth to sky,
And deepéning shadows o’er the landscape sail.
Through the still twilight’s dim and misty folds Pulses the plaintive wailing of the loon On lonely moors with heather blowing free.
And o'er the sunset’s lingering pinks and golds The slim red sickle of the harvest-moon Drops through night’s starry silence to the Cc
sea. R. K. MUNKITTRICK.
—Harper’s Weekly Oct. 15, 1892.
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Rainwater, gathered in hogsheads placed under roof gutters, was sufficient for the needs of the fishermen. It did not, however, serve the needs of the families. In 1776, a collection was taken, and funds adequate for sinking a forty foot well were realized. Located in Pump Square, this well supplied the water needs of ’Sconset for more than a hundred years. Also, it leant its name to the only daily newspaper printed on Nantucket, “The ’Sconset Pump.” The pump is not in use today, but the Square is a focal point of the village aoe as many narrow roads converge there.
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‘No Seats for the Mi hty of Wharf Ral Club
The fame of Nantucket's Wharf Rat Club, which is de- voted to nothing more weighty than good companionship and good talk, has spread over a large part of the world during the past several decades, thanks to—its- unique burgee— a pipe-smoking white rat ram- pant on a field of blue. This pennant has fluttered from proud mastheads in most of the world's chief ports—even unto Little America—as globe-trot- ting members carry it with them wherever they go. The Wharf Rats are at one and the same time one of the most democratic and most exclusive societies extant. You dont have to have a dime to be in- vited in, yet you couldn't buy your way in with $1,000,000. Membership is by invitation only and anybody who has the time to spend a few hours per| day on Nantucket's Old North) Wharf is eligible. First requisite, of course, is that you love Nantucket. Second, perhaps, that you appreciate a good “gam." The club was born in the salty atmos- phere of this Old North Wharf store. Members refer to each other as “rats.” ''Rats'’ pictured here, left to right, Boston's retired City Clerk Wilfred J. Doyle, Commodore Her- : bert H. Coffin and playwright Austin The big days on the Wharf als chai Strong. Coffin and Strong are now are those on which the island steamer brings decomee another “rat” back to the island. As the steamer docks, the "rats" on Old North Wharf fire three salutes from their little can- non and run up the signal: "Welcome, Rat!"
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na Here's a typical Wha - sion, just some relaxing conversation under ideal conditions on a beautiful Summer day.
}to be driven about a mile to
Fire razes Miacomet Golf Club
Flames roared through the club house at the Miacomet Golf Club early Monday morning completely destroying the one- story, wooden building.
The fire was discovered by Ralph Marble, owner of the property, located off Somerset Road, when he arose at 5:30 a.m. Marble telephoned an alarm to Central Fire Station after he happened to look out a
‘window of his house some distance from
the club house and saw a tongue of flame burst out of a window.
Fire Chief Irving T. Bartlett dispatched three fire trucks and a tank truck to the scene but by the time they arrived the fire had spread rapidly and the entire structure was ablaze. Fanned by a westerly breeze, the club house burned to the ground within a half an hour. The only thing left standing was the chimney.
There was no water supply in the immediate area and the fire apparatus had the nearest hydrant to refill water tanks. The nearest
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the flames reached either oil or rubber and sent up a dense black cloud of smoke that could be seen for miles.
Because of the early morning hour there were only a few townspeople who were awake and heard the alarm so there was no crush of cars in the area roads. As the word spread around about the fire later in the morning there was a continous run of cars through the day to the scene with people who were amazed to learn of the destruction of the club house.
Fire Chief Bartlett said the cause of the blaze was undetermined and he declined to estimate the amount of the loss. Mr. Marble said he had people in the club house up until 11 o’clock the previous evening and all day Sunday. He said he thought the fire could have been caused by the careless disposal of a cigarette.
Mr. Marble said the loss was considerable and he could not set a definite amount. He said he had stocked the club house with golfing goods to sell this
summer and that recently a new heating system had been installed. There was no fire insurance on the building nor on its
=| hydrant was on the Hummock Pond Road feiin front of the John Topham house and })some trucks made the trip to refill two or
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three times.
Foam was spread around the base of the burning building and this kept the fire from spreading through the grass. At one time
contents according to Mr. Marble.
nofficial estimates place the probable loss at between $10,000 to $15,000. If was the first major fire of the year.
' Nantucket Sons and Daughters {gf Hold Annual Reunion.
One hundred and ninety-four Nan-
| tucketers and adopted Nantucketers | |assembled at the rooms of the Twen-
tieth Century Club on Joy street, Boston, last Wednesday evening, for the annual Nantucket reunion. Many of those in attendance went up from the island to join their friends and ac- quaintances in this annual jollification, when the islanders get together to re- /new friendships and greet one another ;in a real Nantucket gathering.
The “Sons and Daughters of Nan-’
tucket” is an association that is unique in many respects. There is no other association like it and for more than three decades it has held these annual gatherings in Boston. Each year the number in attendance has in- creased and interest in the association j has not lagged, in spite of the fact j that many of those who were instru- mental in its organization away back in 1894 and had worked hard and faithfully during the early years. of its existence, have passed on. An at- tendance of 194 this year was very gratifying.
To many the most enjoyable part of | the reunion is always the social hour, | when the Nantucketers have their
annual get-together meeting and greet friends and acquaintances many of | whom they. have not seen for a year fand often years. The opening of the social hour is always set at 5:30 but each year there are some on hand a half-hour earlier just to be sure and not miss anyone. Much of the “hello” and “how-are-you” starts down in the cloak rooms, to be continued in the rooms above as one by one a new ar- rival is recognized and welcomed.
There is no reception committee at the Nantucket reunions—no need of | one— for everybody takes it upon |himself or herself to be a reception committee of one and to wander |around and see who else there is. to chat with.
The parlors of the Twentieth Cen- | tury Club are not large enough#for a
crowd of nearly two hundred who | want to move around a lot and many | persons were grouped out in the hall, |but there was just as much “get-to- gether” out there as in the parlors | and everybody appeared to be having |a good time and making the best of the jam, with not a “wall-flower” any- | where.
| At 6.80 o’clock came the call to go into the dining room and soon the | | party was ‘seated around the tables, | still chatting and continuing the
social part of the evening as long as i
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chair was
Tied to the back of each a string which held
| colored balloon floating around in the |
| air, making a very pretty effect. When all were at their places, the | president, Miss Agnes Bettridge, rap- ped with the historic whale-tooth gavel, and requested all to stand for| a brief moment with bowed heads | for the usual “silent blessing.” : Then she asked the gathering to |
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| There’s a dear little isle swept by wind and by wave That’s a wee bit of Heaven to me. It’s flower sprinkled moors trod by squaw and by brave Oft are pictured in fond memory. There are lakes where are mirrored the clouds in the sky
and clear. I will love, love, love it ’till I die,
’Tis my Old Nantucket Home, ever #5
dear. There’s a church on the hill with a bell that peals the hours On that dear little isle of the sea. There are old-fashioned gardens wit sweet scented flowers That renew childhood memories to me. | There’s a tang in the air that wealth could never buy and clear. I will love, love, love it ’till I die, *Tis my Old Nantucket Home ever dear. Chorus: As the bell in the steeple rings Ding dong, ding dong, | A theme in my memory sings i Ding dong, ding dong, 1I will love, love, love thee ’till I die, My Old Nantucket Home ever dear. |
Miss Bettridge called attention to| the cards which were at each plate | jand requested that they be filled out at once, or while the supper was be- ing served. The party then paid at- itention to the following menu:
Fruit .Cup Fillet of Beef, Mushroom Gravy Franconia Potatoes Squash String Beans Celery and Olives Lettuce Salad, Russian Dressing Banana Fritters Macaroons and Orange Ice Cream
Cake Coffee
The cards were collected, showing the total of 194 present, and the sec- retary, Miss Mildred Brooks, then “called the roll”, each person stand- ing when his or her name was called.
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h Por 81, 1927, to November 1, 1928.
Miss Brooks, the secretary, then |
read her report of the reunion of 1927, which was, as usual, very en-
tertaining and received with loud ap- | plause. Her report was accepted, the president stating that she felt the
There are stretches of beach white association owed Miss Brooks a vote | of thanks for her very efficient work | opinion was |
secretary, which shared by the assembly. The report of the treasurer, Philip A. Myrick, was next in order, his re- t covering the period from October The report showed the association to be |
Mr. Myrick referred to the “Sons and
Daughters” as a “growing and going organization”, new members had joined since 1925.
announcing that 72
Miss Sue Wyer Haggerty made a
report for the nominating committee, offering the following officers for elec- |
tion for the coming year:
President—Miss Agnes E. Bettridge. } Secretary—Miss Mildred H. Brooks. | Treasurer—Philip A. Myrick. Vice-Presidents—Mrs. Alice Saw-| yer, Mrs. Jean Marion, Clarence} Edward Alley, Mrs. Lilian C. Bridg- | ham, Max Wagner, Miss Florence |
Worth.
It was voted that the secretary cast | one ballot for the officers as presented by the nominating committee, which was done. This disposed of the busi- ness of the meeting. :
The president then called upon David J. Maloney, “a lawyer, a former member of the legislature and an adopted son of Nantucket.” Mr. Maloney took for his text the song “My Island Home”, referring to the fact that his first visit to the island was made in a 70-mile breeze. He said
- William -F. Macy, president of the Nantucket Historical Association, was | then asked to make a brief statement regarding the proposed whaling museum. Always an _ entertaining speaker, Mr. Macy had his audience with him. He queried if the gather- ing knew what was the most impor- tant year in Nantucket’s _ history. “Tf you don’t know, I’ll tell you—or I’m going to tell yer, as the late Al Smith said. It was the year 1894, for in that year the Sons and Daughters and the Nantucket His- | torical Association were both start- |
- ed.” in a very gratifying financial condi- |
tion with a balance in the treasury There is health in each breath fresh of $766.84 on the first of November. |
He then outlined the growth and accomplishments of both associations during the last three decades, claim- - ing that no other town has two such active organizations as Nantucket. “It is a remarkable thing,” said Mr. Macy, “that this island can get out nearly two hundred year after year for this reunion.”
He referred to the good work which the Historical Association has done and will continue to do for the com- munity, touching briefly upon several } branches of activity—the museum, the | preservation of the Old Mill and the Oldest House, etc—and then calling attention to the proposed whaling museum. Already $31,000 has been } pledged towards this project, but a few thousand more will be needed be- fore the property can be secured, and then a few thousand more to put it | in shape. :
Mr. Macy told of the conditions of | the will of the late Admiral Folger, | by which the Historical Association is | to become residuary legatee after the | death of the testator’s daughter, which
| would mean that some time the asso- |
ciation will receive a large amount }
|from Admiral Folger’s estate. Under |
he was really inspired to see such a| gathering of men and women “who
the terms of the will, the money is to | be used for the constructioén of a
To many, this is one of the most en- Jove an island that no one can help | new museum building of a type similar
tertaining features’ of the reunions; for it affords opportunity to recognize) y name a person or persons who
b looked familiar but could not be
identified during the crush of the social hour.
loving”. He interspersed his remarks with some amusing stories and re- ferred to Nantucket’s hospitality and |
to the Coffin School and the land to | be purchased for the whaling museum, extending from North Water to Beach
the cordial welcome always extended jstreets, would offer an admirable lo-
the_ visitor. preciative, he said, of the reception
He was. especially ap-Jcation for the project.
He asked the audience to draw a
At the conclusion of the roll call, accorded him, and felt that he was|mental picture of the future, with a| the president again rapped for order now entitled to become an “adopted|ciyic center near the junction 3:04 and made a brief address of welcome Nantucketer”, so intended to join the|Broad and North Water streets—the
to the sons and daughters of Nan- | tucket and to “the poor off-islanders |.
“Sons and Daughters”. he gathering was then asked to}
new Historical Building and Whaling Museum on one side and the new
who are with us this evening”, and | sing another of the songs on the pro- Town Hall building on the Sanford
who have become “one of us by) g tion.” Be then called attention to the
attractive menu cards, each of which | bore a piece of sea-moss gathered at
Nantucket last summer. She asked
that each person retain one of the ds for reason to be explained later jin the evening.
Miss Bettridge referred briefly to | the custom of having some little sou- | venir at each plate, stating that the | executive committee would appreciate any suggestion that might be offered | for use in years to come.
She stated that each year the com- sent invitations people who had come to the
to young} mainland |
gram—‘“Our Island Home,” written by Miss Bettridge to the tune of “Keep The Home Fires Burning”, as follows: Here’s a cheer for Old Nantucket
For her Sons and Daughters true, And for those who by aduption are
| Her Sons and Daughters too.
Let us make it loud and lusty
For we'll always loyal be,
And we'll “boost” for Old Nantucket Thirty miles out in the sea.
Refrain: e Keep the home fires burning Where our hearts are turning, For we love the sandy shores Where breakers roar.
We'll be ever fonder Tho’ afar we wander, And we'll always be true blue To Our Island Home.
property recently purchased by the town from the Killen estate.
At the conclusion of Mr. Macy’s re- marks, Miss Grace Brown Gardner arose and said that she thought the
Sons and Daughters could well afford to have a share in the whaling muse- um and moved that a sum not to exceed $100 be taken from the} treasury and added to the whaling museum fund. d
The suggestion met with favor and | lit was so voted. The treasurer soon ll after handed a check for the stated | amount to Mr. Macy, who acknowl- | edged it with: “Sons and Daughters, I thank you.” Three rousing cheers
Miss Molly Foss, daughter of Sam | Walter Foss, the poet, read several | ections fr her father’s poems, | 5 d—the selections from her \ a rad er eo pingg Meas ;receiving enthusiastic applause from | isses Do ; : the audience. and Marion Ramsdell. os bea -
join in singing the following. song, ! “Tis My Nantucket Home”, written by Mrs. Lilian Bridgham to the tune of “My Grandfather’s Clock.”
were then given for Mr. Macy and the whaling museum, led by Philip Myrick. }
t for study, inviting them to attend the | reunion as guests of the association.
NT.
Miss Bettridge next called upon /
|Gleason Archer, Esq., dean of the |
{Suffolk Law School, who is a direct {descendant of Thomas Mayhew who |
| card, then,” said Mr. Myrick.
bought Nantucket for forty pounds | -| away back in 1641.
He gave an inter- |
esting resume of Mayhew’s life and activity in relation to the islands of | Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard, which was received with due appre- ciation by his audience.
Miss Foss then recited two more of her father’s poems—“Jacob’s Whis- kers” and “The House by the Side of The Road”, the latter undoubtedly the | most familiar of Sam Walter Foss’s | poems.
At this point Philip Myrick called | , attention to the menu cards and the | | pieces of Nantucket sea moss in the }upper corner of each card. Some in- | teresting designs appear, he said, but 'there was one in particular which was to be the lucky card. Mr. Myrick referred to the custom of marking | one of the little souvenirs at the plates each year, the holder of the mark re- |ceiving the prize. Last year one of ! | the little bells was different from the others, This yeaz-it-is the mvss on the menu \card, he said. He asked all to examine their cards closely and see if there was not one with the moss shaped like a Teddy bear. For a mo- ment or two there was no response, | but everybody had an expectant look. | Finally a lady held up her card—it |
|
had the sea moss which resembled a | Teddy bear. To make more positive that she held the lucky menu card, Mr. | | Myrick asked her to examine the cen- | ter fold and see if she saw anything | there.
“Yes, there is a small pencil mark | there,” was the reply.
“You hold the right Teddy bear |
|
“Tf you |
| will come forward you will receive the | } prize.” He then presented her with a |
| ‘|\ter Road, Cambridge.
|| was
copy of Mr. Macy’s new book, “The Story of Old Nantucket.” The lady who fortunately held the card was | Mrs. Frances Caldwell, of 15 Lancas- The last number on the program “a voyage around Nantucket (island with Butler Folger.” Mr. [ Folger was introduced by the presi- | dent as one of Nantucket’s “town | fathers” as well as the skipper of the sight-seeing bus which makes the 40-mile trip around the island during the summer months. Mr. Folger, be- fore commencing the cruise, referred briefly to the fact that Nantucket is | now a thriving community, bustling | with activity and with a number of new civic developments under way. He then took his audience on the 40- mile trip, condensing his descriptions | about the historic spots seen in mak- | ing the journey to the west and east | ends, and giving an idea of what he | talks about in entertaining his pas- | sengers and making sure that they get | their money’s worth. At the conclusion of Mr. Folger’s , remarks the gathering stood ana sang the following song, “My Native Tsle”, written by the Rev. W. D. Woodward to the tune of “America”.
q
| gathering
My native island, thee,
| Anchored far out to sea,
Thy name I love. Thy skies of clearest blue, Thy sea of emerald hue, Thy far off ocean view, My spirit move.
; On old Nantucket’s shore Where breakers loudly roar I oft did stand, And dreamed fair dreams Mid golden sunlight gleams Or silver moon’s bright beams,— God close at hand.
youth’s young
| Youth’s happy days are gone, Man’s sterner years have come, With weight of care. Yet somehow peaceful rest Becomes my welcome guest As at mem’ry’s fond behest I breathe thy air. God bless our native isle, Favored with God’s own smile,— His heaven’s blue. Strong sons, and daughters fair, Now scattered everywhere, Be this our common prayer,— God keep us true.
This ended the annual reunion of the Sons and Daughters for 1928 and | after another round of chatting, reminiscing and hand-shaking the gradually broke up, all looking forward the reunion of 1929.
Those attending the reunion were the following:
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Additon.
Mrs. Helen Folger Appleton.
Mrs. Leila Macy Appleton.
Royal C. Appleton.
Gleason L. Archer.
Miss Sarah E. Arnold.
Miss Emily G. Babb.
Mrs. Caroline Clark Barney.
Edward Mitchell Barney.
Major-General M. H. Barnum.
Miss Anna E. C. Barrett.
ry sarrows. 1 S. Bartlett. A. Bartlett. Bartlett, Jr. Miss Agnes E. Bettridge. Mrs. Ellouise Eldredge Black. Miss Mary H. Borden. Mrs. Louise D. Boudrot. Miss Dorothy Boyer. Sherwin P. Boyer. Mrs. Lilian Clisby Bridgham. Herbert P. Brooks. Mrs. Josephine S. Brooks. Miss Mildred Howland Brooks. Mrs. Mary Brown. Melvin W. Brown. Miss Alice Macy Bunker. Mrs. Emma P. Bunker. Miss Eleanor Burdick. Miss Eva Burdick. James M. Burdick. Charles E. Burgess. Miss Mildred C. Burgess. William M. Burgess. Mrs. Edith F. Caldwell. Mrs. Frances F. Caldwell. Joseph A. Campbell. Mrs. Louise D. Campbell. Mrs. Mary Gardner Cary. Miss Annie C. Carstensen. Miss Laura E. Cashman. Mrs. Carolyn Chadwick. Charles C. Chadwick. Mrs. Mary Brown Chadwick. Edward W. Chadwick. Anthony Champney. Mrs, Elizabeth B. Chapman. Mrs. Edith Gardner Clark. Henry B. Coleman. Mrs. Clara Bartlett Collins. Andrew B. Coon. Mrs. Ella B. Coon. Miss Sarah L. Day. Mrs. Marjorie Folger Drake. Mrs. Helen Coleman Dyer. Wyman Dyer.
to
William M.
Mrs. Emma M. Eldredge. Heman Eldredge.
James M. Farnum.
Miss Mary Farnum.
Miss Anna Gardner Fish. Miss Charlis H. Fishback. Mrs. Sarah Smith Fishback. Miss Alice R. Fisher.
Miss E. Bertha Fiske.
Miss Elizabeth C. Fitzgerald. J. Butler Folger.
Mrs. Anne Folsom.
Mrs. Evelyn M. Folsom. Richard W. Folsom.
| Roy D. Folsom. wy
fiss Grace Brown Gardner. James Howard Garnett. Mary J. George.
Miss Charlotte N. Giffin. Mrs. Mary Brown Giffin. Mrs. John W. Grout. Arthur B. Guptill.
Mrs. Edith Mansfield Guptill. Miss Sue Wyer Haggerty. Mrs. Mary O’Connell Haines. Mrs. Amelia A. Hall. Charles T. Hall.
Miss Lucie Hamblen.
Mrs. Floss E. Hardy. Willard P. Hardy.
Mrs. Inez Scott Harlow. Arthur C. Hayden.
Mrs. Bertha L. Hayden. Miss Florence A. Hayden. George B. Heaton.
Arthur W. Jones.
Mrs. Edith Worth Jones. Frank M. Jones.
Mrs. Lizzie A. Hussey Jones. Mrs. Ida Andrews Jordan. Captain B. Whitford Joy. Mrs. Mary Davis Brown Kent. Mrs. Beatrice Smith Killen. Mrs. Kate G. Lamson.
Mrs. L. Frances Latham. Mrs. Emma A. Lingham. Mr8. Ina Robinson Lithgow. Mrs. Myra B. Lord.
Mrs. Alice Wellington Lyman. Huram W. Macy.
Mrs. Maude Thomas Macy. William F. Macy.
David J. Maloney.
Mrs. Jean Cartwright Marion. F. Schuyler Mathews.
Miss J. M. Maynard.
Mrs. Constance H. Murdock. George F. Murdock.
Miss Evelyn F, Murray. Mrs. Marianna A. Murray. Mrs. Bessie M. Myrick. Mrs. Frances D, Myrick.
G. Allen Myrick,
George H. Myrick.
Harrison D. Myrick.
Philip A. Myrick.
Mrs. Cassine Brown Nelson. Oscar H. Nelson,
Mrs. Laura L. Newhall. Mrs. Caroline H,, Nicholson.
Mrs. Minnie Sylvester Norcross.
Mrs. Mildred C. Olderich. Miss Charlotte Pitman Owen. Mrs. Carrie E. Paine.
Mrs. Edith Caswell Parsons. Mrs. Ellen Grey Parker Pease. Kenneth N. Pease.
Mrs. Mae Flood Pease.
Miss Bertha Penie.
John K. Phelan,
Mrs. Sara Folger Pinkham. Miss Marion Ramsdell.
Miss Margaret A. Ramsdall. Miss Annie Sheffield Ray. Mrs. Elsie Robiason Remsen. Capt. Wm. G. Remsen.
Miss Mary R. Ring.
Mrs. Sarah J. Roberts.
Miss Lillie B. Robinson. Cecil N. Russell.
Miss Edith M. Sandsbury. Mrs. Alice C. Sawyer Charles A. Sawyer.
Mrs. Dorothy Remsen Schofield.
Mrs. Marion Cook Sevrens. Mrs. Virginia G. Sharp.
Miss Alice M. Sibley.
Mrs. Lydia Gardner Simpson. Alfred Elmer Smith.
Mrs. Annie Smith.
Mrs. Annie M. Nye Smith.
| Franklin E. Smith.
Mrs. Mertie Harding Smith. Miss Thelma Spare.
Horace E. Spencer.
Simeon Macy Starbuck.
Mrs. Nellie D. C. Strong. Miss Clara Louise Stuart. Ernest A. Studley.
Mrs. Anna McMaken Studley. Israel M. Swain.
Israel Morey Swain Jr.
Mrs. Mary Jaggar Swain. Ernest R. Terry.
Miss Frances W. Thomas. Mrs. Lillie Orpin Thomas. Mrs. Frances Joy Thompson. Mrs. Lillian Wood Thurston. Mrs. Anna R. Tracy
George H. Tracy.
Mrs. Grace F, Reins
Harry B. Turner.
P. Jackson Vail.
Max Wagner.
Miss Eileen Waite.
Miss Mary Waitt.
Mrs. Elsie Coffin Walsh. Alfred Easton Wellington. Miss Stella C. Wing.
Mrs. Edna Bishop Wood. Mrs. Etta Marden Wood. Mrs. Alice M. Woodbridge. William D. Woodward. Allen M. var
Miss Florence Jd. Worth. Herbert G. Worth.
Mrs. Mary Coffin Worth.
Notes From The Reunion. SW Miss j makes a good pre-
siding officer and is booked for another | voyage. |
oe s | The executive committee asks for | suggestions for the reunion next year. | If you have anything in mind that you | think might be of interest, just pass | the tip along. * * . ° The “Sons and Daughters” are to | have a brick or two in Nantucket’s | whaling museum, having subscribed | $100 to the fund.
_ Miss Grace Brown Gardner was re-elected President of the Sons and Daughters of Nantucket at their annual Boston reunion,
which was attended by 152 people. 7 ise
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“They Cannot Completely Bedevil Nantucket”.
From Worcester Telegram, April 9.
; will go in for modern things.
the Pacific bank, but inside are plate glass, and bobbed haired stenograph- ers. The sheep no longer graze on
jrabbits for Mr. Justice’s green-coated
jminutes. The descendants of the | whalemen search no far seas for a | Moby Dick. In the harbor they scoop scallops for the New York market. The jail is no better than an old log fake.
And now Nantucket goes into the| booming business just like the Eng- || island. || Next September it proposes to hold a|
lish channel and Catalina swimming contest across the sound from the mainland with Ederle, George Young and maybe that woman who holds fame as the only mother who ever swam from Calais
to Dover with a baby under each arm,
ants. The ordinarily sedate and digni- fied Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror gets out oversize type to join in the ballyhoo and brazenly admits that |September is selected as a date in order that the advertising may go on all summer. There is some lament
| population no chewing gum magnate like William Wrigley, Jr., to pay the
mittees are doing their best as substi- For purses and expenses the
|sum of $25,000 must be raised.
Thus goes old Nantucket, casting
; tutes.
Black Bottom in her sea boots and | smoking cigarettes on her way to the }movies. She bids for invasion «and in her secret shame may peel a hard eye for a chance to gyp the invaders. It lwas not that way when the Oeno and
| jw Club held real cap’ns and Cap’n Defriez for instance—in- stead of mere summer idlers. Nan- tucket, thar she blows—as long and as loudly as she can.
They can’t change her—much. They ruin her. The sea guards her with its far flung arms, shelters her on its tender bosom. Clean airs drift over her. Through the rifts ‘of green the sun dapples her with
can’t
Nantucket, adorable in its antiquity, The | once prohibited automobile jolts over | island | the cobbles of shady Main street. The|summer its isolation from the main-natives {old brass latch is still on the door of} land is only seeming; for steamships
Gertrude |
j}, meanwhile,
that Nantucket numbers among its}
} j !
lthe Britow and the Oak sailed and; hen the captains’ room at the Pacific | Cap’n Grant}
the moors, but Kansas sends jack} tucketers with the great world.
’ . . | Harriers to chase. Operating on gaso-} gay with life, strewn with bodies clac j line the fire department covers nine}jin bright colored bathing suits. imiles to a Wauwinet blaze in 15] sun shines, the surf breaks glisten| during this storm as the It is a paradise fo self. the tired city dweller, a haven for thd tumult | weary Yet even paradise has its obverse hope for On the island’s eastern shore; days to return.
| gaiety of the beach, quenched the sun. |The boats no longer run, the silver | shingled
| dominate.
freight, but island and off-island com- || > jedge their master;
| proper Nantucket word)
|
jaside her Quaker bonnet, hoofing the!
|ing on the shore.
| side. | the | tides.
4 | themselves, or something of that sort, as contest- |!
When a Northeaster Breaks Loose on Nantucket. |
.the opening, of schools, or a lover.
From the Springfield Sunday Republican and Union.
music, or die, one says.
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Forty miles out to sea lies thegye oeean thunders on.
of Nantucket. During thee
r
| steamboats run or the summer people get off the island or not, to keep their
iterate.
polite rendezvous withbusiness oF »
. One could live forever to this is But could
ay rain pours down, i a OA north- never lasts this long”, the say reassuringly. “Tomor- ow it will be surely clear”, they re- But a northeaster does last
ne?
aster
ply back and forth with great fre-this long; tomorrow it does not clear.
quency. In winter it but one boat a day unites the
x A t In summer its white beaches ar4
mind. i with incessant i
Atlantic pounds
True, the Gulf Stream warms these] icy waters. But the smiling face is
not always worn by the ocean or by boat does not get through at ‘
P s |leave the Let a northeaster loose its fury on calls pour into the
Nature.
is otherwise: The storm goes on, Nan- moors, storm over the dunes, storm over the tiny cottages nestling close
almost \ ! Thd weather-vane, as fixed and imperious
A laconie signpost bears the most dreaded by legend: “Spain, Portugal, 3000 miles”, with no storms
storm over the
o the sandy earth.
And, gradually, against
the eye is drawn, its will, to the
north star it- | There it dwells constant in the | _ resolute in the gale. A turn-| ng or twisting would be the cause for | those who want the sunlit But it does not turn, ints to that direction those who want life but all bright sun-
rather steadily po
ight.
Then the when the No boats that day. ’Phone steamship office.
day comes
island
that sandy dot of land thrown up hap- Telegraph wires work overtime. Plans hazardly in the ocean, and there is have to be re-arranged. Households on
another tale to be told. Gone the
cottages draw tightly into the island population from the storm. Life has vanished from sight. Somewhere hidden and protected, it lives. But, the blind and powerful forces of Nature rule, the elements!
takes shelter
Wind, rain, ceaseless and irresist-| ible. The houses shake to the gale, whose 60-mile velocity may well spell ruin to shipping as well as to summer} holidays. Rain beats into the msat-} iable sand till even its thirst is sated. Those neat gleaming walks and roads of crushed clam shells now acknowl- rutted and worn by rain they lie prostrate.
On the moors (“commons” the the unas- suming beach plum which asks so little of existence, merely the right to survive and wring a frugal sweetness from the lean soil, has also felt the stern touch of the storm, its ripe purpling fruits split open by the pounding torrents. Bayberries, too, have been ravished by the rain, silver spheres shaken down into the moss
is
the point of turning happy summer find one day their vacation, or perhaps more depending on whether space
their backs on a added to » all}
to take mainland
the family car over to the The hur-
can be secured on the boat. ricane has uprooted no trees, torn down no costly breakwaters, over- thrown no houses, taken no toll of life; yet what havoc it has wreaked in the calendar of those who live by the engagement book. _The autumnal equinox may be a fixed point in Nature’s almanac; other considera- tions rule the human.
Man or no, the storm ends. sun shines once more, the beach again inhabited. Silver and washed clean, the telephone poles, the old wood fences, the shingled houses gleam in the bright daylight. The steamship schedule is resumed; the summer people leave the island not without a qualm or two of mal de mer as the steamship pitches about on still turbulent waters.
The storm is over, it is forgotten. The mind, like those sun-dials of the fable, is wont to record only sunny davs. But Nature will not be_satis- fied to be ignored or slighted. Up its sleeve it always has a hurricane or
is
which gently receives and inters the}
ruined berry.
Whipping up from Charleston 10} days ago came the hurricane which | ravaged the Atlantic coastline. In-| land, a hurricane takes its toll in the; drenching rainfall in swollen rivers, | in threatening floods, in dams hard |
|| pressed, in trees bent before the gale}
the sea.
gold. To win her prizes in September, |
those swimmers must breast 30 miles of chilling water and hard running
H But the stately facades of the
_ tides.
old brick row with the gardens be- | the moors with the purple |
| hind, ‘heather growing, the crimson sunset softening the stern lines of the old
house where the little bride spoke with | life is to be ironed out, smooth, like
the Indians and the charm and the {peace and the content of the little | pray town nestling beside the water as the Lisbon bell rings clear at even- tide—who wouldn’t swim thirty miles to reach them?
oo
And yet Nantucket is Nantucket || or uprooted, in city streets flooded and
impassable, in roads washed out, in stalled cars. But on a tiny island 15 miles long, whose highest elevation | above sea-level is only a meager 100} feet, a hurricane, with its attendant gales and especially when accompan- | ied bya northeaster which lasts a full four days and nights, is another matter.
There is no shelter from the ele-
| ments, no sense of deep security, such
| | |
as society has contrived for its urban children. Man on an island in such a storm is at grips with Nature.
A wild strange beauty, beauty far removed from the concert room, the symphony hall, the library, the art museum. Man has moved tremendous distances in sympathy with Nature;
a super-highway whose grades and curves check the impatient motorist’s | greed for speed. Ah, but Nature is| not like that; it is mad and fury- ridden, driven by devils who take no heed of the sanctity of human life, who give not a damn whether the
if
ltwo, anortheaster, @ tempest to re-
mind one that life is only half the \picture, death, destruction, despair, doom are the other side of paradise.
It is refreshing for a summer vaca- tion, not only to find Nature all that could be desired in sea and shore, moors and clouds, but also human na- ture so sturdy and worthy, an island community typical of the history and character that have made America.
[pis Boy Mischiot,
The *
i ¥ Oe ca narecent issue, we published a Soni munication on the subject of wanton and mischievous breakage of window-glass by school-boys, and in the same issue, we mentioned the fact of the robbery of all the apples from ‘a fine old tree which gave promise of producing an unusually large crop this year. "What aggravates tho meanness of this last transaction is the | fact that the gentleman to whom the fruit belonged has lately had the misfortune to lose his eyesight, and is quite powerless, in his own person, to protect his property or to summarily punish the offenders.
It may be said that there is always the law to appeal to, but we never knew much satisfaction to accrue to the prosecutor’ from legal proceedings against school-boys. A boy, after he has got over the temporary | scare, cares ‘very little about the matter; he usually gets a slight reprimand, and the parent begs him off from further disgrace by promising that he shall be made to do better in future. If a fine be inflicted, the prosecutor is pretty sure to put a life-long coolness—not to say, enmity,—between himself and each parent who has been | compelled to draw his wallet. If he can- | not afford to do this, he had better pocket | the loss he has ‘already sustained, and say no more about it. |
This is a wrong course of conduct, we all know. ‘Mercy should season Justice, of course; but here there is so'much sea- soning im ‘the dish, that the original flayor of justice is altogether lost. But it is yet an open question, which is the greater fool | of the ‘two; he’ who’ suffers Himself to | be injured without seeking legal redress, | or he who goes to law, feeling that he him- self will get rather the worst of it? So in the case of the gentleman on Centre street, who, being in feeble health, is con- sidered by brave boys as a safe one to in- fliet annoyance upon, is it any wonder that he becomes’ exasperated, and desires to take the law into his own hands ?
It seems 'to us that parents have the chief duty to perform in this direction, and that the law had much better be administered at home than in the judicial courts. There was much of good in the old patriarchal system, ‘despotic as it was, and we might do more than to partially return to that system, even though its' requirements may run counter to our habitual train of thought at the present day. We are apt to feel that our fathers and our teachers at school were too severe and drew the rein too tight with us during otr boyhood; and we have a tendeney to run intothe opposite |
extreme. We err greatly if we suppose that the average boy, if left to his own | guidance, will develop only the noble trait | of a young hero,’ Juvenile honor is a very | fine thing to read about, but it is not so | spontaneous in its growth as we could wish it to be, and needs the constant stimulus |
:
of parental training and watchfulness. |
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A SOCIAL CUP OF TEA ON NANTUCKET NOT SO VERY MANY YEARS AGO.
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2 Nantucket’s Flowers. The sail that sought the Seventh Sea— Long ago brought home to me Many seeds from many lands Rainbows from the myriad lands. Scottish broom in golden glee Trims the path to Sankoty. Vivid tweed my heatherland heather— Loves an Island’s variant weather, And the pungent bay-berry, New England pewter, lives wit Arbutus trails along the moor, And lady slippers, pink, demure, In sandy hollows, everywhere—
Shyly greet the salty air. Hot summer lights the lily’s flame
h me.
And brings my rose to common fame—
| My rambler rose, it climbs the wall Drapes the door step, runs to call— Tops a chimney, taps a window Petals bright and gorgeously My island garden in the sea. Long ago brought home to me All beauty came to live with me Oh voyager when you depart— | Wear my flowers in your heart. Eleanor Dixon Glidden
THE ARBUTUS.
BY REV, PHEBE A, HANAFORD. 6 2 =f EHS
—_— AS.
(Mrs. Maria L. Owen baring Att my attention to the fact that there is a wordy conflict going on in reference to the pronunciation of the word ‘‘arbutus,” and that she herself, in the Boston Transcript, has given Cowper, E. B. Browning and Virgil-as authori- ties for placing the accent on the first syllable, I heed her suggestion and give the following rhymes as my effort to write the earliest American stanzas in which
the accent is thus placed.—P. A, H.] | Sweet arbutus, I hail thee now!
Such fragrance as thine own,
Remindeth of the censer’s breath That swings before the throne;
The spring-time prayer of thankful hope, Since God’s sure word hath said :
Seed-time and harvest shall not fail— There shall be daily bread,
Sweet arbutus! thy fragrance brings Dear faces to my view,
Which bend above the asphodels, Where God makes all things new. They speak with Kitty Carver where
All recognize the Power That woke the Governor’s sweet child To say, ‘God made this flower!’’
I may not seek the arbutus To day, where poets dwell, As on a distant May-day which I’ve cherished long and well ; But in my heart I cherish still The beauty and the bloom Of that fair blossom, and the rare, The arbutus, perfume.
I would that on my native isle, Where grows the fragrant flower, I might, this blessed Easter time, Spend many a happy hour, And gather on the greening moors, Where winds the trailing vine, The arbutus, whose tiny cups Bear the aroma fine.
I would not care if arbutus Should be its Euglish name,
Or sweet arbutus it should be To those of Pilgrim fame ;
Nor yet if Virgil umpire be In this accenting strife,—
I'd only reach to grasp the flower
met 7 ad ae TR At the end of the glacial period, the climate continued to warm. Tundra animals and plants pressed northward. Some animals and plants, such as bearberries, bunchberries and check- erberries, golden heather and poverty grass, leather leaf and
Tae ;
But it is the natural dise. breeze.
water lobelia, remained and are still
“Flowers unmatched for tint and | loveliness,” says the poem, and it is ‘a fact. Moreover, botanists every-— where have discovered it. Book up- on book has been written on the flora | of Nantucket, the authors taking every point of view from sheer ap-.
preciation to scientific analysis.
THE GOLDEN-ROD.
BY ANNA GARDNER.
In sun-smit splendor lavishly Upon our commons wide,
Blazes the plumed autumnal flower That lifts its head beside
The aster and her sisters bright. Gaily we see it nod
In every breeze that passes by— The queen-like golden-rod.
It teaches lessons of good cheer, { Each on its mission bent, While softly to the listening ear It whispers, ‘‘ Be content. Be cheery, hopeful, day by day, As a brave spirit can; Catching the sunshine we bestow To help the lot of man.”
A mass of sunshine, all aglow, Irradiating free Its genial warmth on human hearts, In loving sympathy— Oh, precious are these golden blooms That sprang from lifeless clod! They bring us near to Nature’s heart— Close to the heart of God. —Woman’s Journal. NANTUCKET, Sept. 27. 1S 7 re
Island Hydrangea.
: ; - By Barbara Sharps
them all so briefly—
d possessed island
island walls, |/The cobblestones of little lanes, The shingles and the shutters, The :kers and the window panes- And we came to say goodbye. We walked between the flow’ring| hedges / To a vista rai And glimpsed Smiling past the And we them, Those ladies gowned in blue Whose stateliness was powdered With a powderpuff of dew. Then fingered moonlight touched their shoulders And their petaled hoopskirts swayed To an orchestra of. waltzes That a lovely evening played. Do you think that we were dreaming | Beneath the island’s spell? |Then were possession even briefer
gardens and the
clean,
» faces of hydrangea |} gateway in between. | stand and wateh |
dared to
| Methodists observe Hydrangea Sunday and anniversary)
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Hydranges Sunday and the (for anniversary of Methodism on Nantucket will be observed
| together this Sunday, July 27, at the United Methodist Church on Centre Street during the 10:45 a.m. worship service. The public is invited to participate in the annual hydrangea Sunday which sym- bolizes the beauty of midsummer flowers on Nantucket. Mrs. Harold
_ Dunham is the flower committee
will
chairman. She and her committee
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gather and arrange the
displays.
Guest speaker for Sunday’s special observance will be Rev. Donald Bruce Lowe, pastor of the Church of the Good Samaritan in Washington, family are the guests of Rev. and | Mrs. Lane. Rev. Pattison is minister Emeritus
D.C. He and his Frank Pattison of Roberts ©
of the Nantucket
Church.
The Trai‘ing Arbutus of Nantucket Moors,
growing today.
enough for bathing.
“ters contain stri
From the alchemy of rains,
Thus to fori these jewelled strains, | Pearly white and ruby pink,
What ambrosia dost thou drink ?
Though the winds of April chill thee, Sunshine iutervenes to thrill thee: Thus thy beauty nothing lacks, Centred in thy cup of wax.
Rootlets sturdy cling to life, | Through the winter’s storm and strife! Spring renews prolific stem,
Bearing many a clustered gem.
Hiding in thy lone retreats, Thee, the weary traveller greet; Rests awhile from eark and care, Dreams of long-lost visions fair
Breathes the incense of thy breath, On the dear, familiar heath,
Cheered, consoled, and blest anew By the flower his childhood knew.
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CAROLIVE PARKER HILLs.
HOSPITAL ROSES.
They stand in a vase by my pillow— Those beautiful roses of mine;
Each bud seems the face of an angel, With love of the giver a-shine.
Oh, roses, sweet roses, your love-notes Like bird songs are thrilling my e heart; You cheer me and bring me the sun- shine That bursts your soft petals apart. There’s a scent in the air of a garden With roses, eternal, in bloom;
They scatter each cloud from my pil-
low; They banish each spectre of gloom. |
They promise me flowers that are. fadeless; | They eassure me of Love that’s Divine; For surely the Maker of roses Can _ pluck life’s last thorn out of mine. Anna Starbuck Jenks.
_|Nantucket Cottage Hospital,
July 10th, 1923.
[Old-Fashioned Flowers By Ethel Lynn Beers
Where are the dear, old-fashioned posies, Quaint in form and bright in hue, Such as grandma gave her lovers When she walked the garden through?
Lavender, with spikes of azure Pointing to the dome on high,
Telling thus’ whence came its color, Thanking with its breath the sky.
Four o’clock, with heart unfolding, When the loving sun had gone, Streak and staih of cunning crimson
Like the light of early dawn.
Regal lilies, many-petaled, Like the curling drifts of snow, With their crown of golden anthers Poised on malachite below.
Morning glories, tents of purple, Stretched on bars of creamy white,
Folding up their satin curtains Inward through the dewy night.
Marigold, with coat of velvet, Streaked with gold and yellow lace,
With its love for summer sunlight Written on its honest face
Dainty pink, with feathered petals, Tinted, curled, and deeply frayed,
With its calyx heart, half broken, On its leaves uplifted laid.
. Can’t you.see them in the garden, Where dear grandma takes her nap? See cherry blooms shake softly over Silver hair and snowy cap?
Will the modern florist’s triumph Look so fair or smell so sweet As those dear, old-fashioned posies Blooming round our grandma’s
feet?
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scup, flounders, haddock and _ pollock.
as zero. What more can you ask of Nantucket?
Wild Roses in Nantucket.
I Bacw a fairy Far-Away-Land wit. the Roses ou tnumber the Stars id Roses dancing a light Saraband ; Wild Roses not prisoned in jars. ” wRey blossom all over in Far-Away-Land bs sti aa by roadside, by sea,