| Date: 9/22/2006 8:59:03 PM Subject: A. Spencer and National Cancer Society For Animals |
| "Dawna Stone, winner of Martha Stewart, The Apprentice was an absolute delight," says Spencer. "She was the real deal and truly loves animals. When we got disconnected on the phone, she buzzed me right back before I could redial." Spencer smiles, "She even returned a call on Labor Day, and offered her cell phone number while vacationing in Hawaii. If everyone were Dawna, all jobs would get done, and done right!" concluded Spencer. ************ ************ *********** Hi Dawna, I've had other buildings added and the state forestry department clear and clean land under an educational program they sponsor to our benefit. At this time we are up to 10 acres of project site up and running. This main 'Homestead House' building was once the wagon painting shed for the horses and buggies that would pull in to the blacksmith shop which stood just beside it. Into what is now our counseling and family visiting room would come the wagons! They would roll right through what is now my chimney and fireplace. For that afternoon it would be 'paint your wagon' time on Crane Street ! ************ ************ ************ My grandmother Esther Crane, had Brown University come down for an archaeological dig in the '70s. We now have fine tomahawks and arrowheads mounted on walnut in our administrative arrival room. The Wampanoag Indian tribe had lived with us along our 3 mile river. There is still an underground sheep pass that they built at the foot of the hill. A long time prior to any of this, the Queen of England somehow got in cahoots with the Cranes and knew they were coming to discover my back yard! She granted them 150 acres, and a bag of money. Their papers show me that, sure enough, off they sailed to Norton !! Then another family by the name of 'Spencer' proved to be aggravating to our Queen, as so many Spencers in England have been, so off they went from her onto whaling adventures far from the homeland. Little did I know they would place their spoils into my house after stopping in Plymouth for lunch and some rifle polishing. Fine teak wood trunks and oriental jewel boxes from China, ivory this and ivory that . . . . *********** *********** *********** Good thing those Cranes and Spencers set sail from Queenie, met and married, or I'd have nothing to renovate, rebuild, dust and hang on walls ! Anyway, here we all are still digging up artifacts from the 200 foot kennel I built when we became NCSA, and the only tribe left is the one I created -- Wampanoag re-pronounced Weimaraner. Have a nice weekend ! Andrea | |||
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