Suffolk road to the woods at the north end, then along a trail which brought us 
     
     to a sunny clearing at lunchtime. We each laid mitts on a snowshoe for a 
     
     comfortable seat and basked in the sunshine as we ate lunch. There were remarks 
     
     such as "Who would want to go to Florida"? 
     
    

    
     The Old Princetown Road tour was long thought about. The Heritage 
     
     Foundation and the Natural History Society had tried to arrange this "walk and 
     
     ride" trip for the 1971 bicentennial of the laying out of this historic road. 
     
     For various reasons it did not get off the ground. We finally accomplished it 
     
     at bicentennial plus ten years on Saturday, October 3, 1981. We were glad to 
     
     have several persons from the Hazelgrove area join the group making 22 persons 
     
     for part of the day. All but one, a driver, walked the first mile to the first 
     
     intersection. All but four walked the next 1 1/2 half miles to the Millvale 
     
     Road. They experienced firsthand the difficulty presented long ago on this 
     
     direct route over the steepest hills in the province. Five or six die-hards 
     
     even refused a ride to South Granville church. For them it was on foot all the 
     
     way from Hazelgrove to South Granville then along the nature trail to the 
     
     Devil's Punch Bowl Park - six or seven miles in all. Noontime lunch at the park 
     
     was very welcome. Some of the cars left at Hazelgrove had been collected by 
     
     shuttle service. After lunch, the group broke up: three cars with about nine 
     
     people drove to the site of the once proposed county seat, Princetown. This is 
     
     a windswept, treeless area sloping gently to Malpeque Bay. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED 
     
    
   
   
    
     It was a red-letter day for the Society when our first newsletter was 
     
     published in April, 1974. Credit for the idea goes to Kathy Martin. Kathy 
     
     edited the first 40 issues. Then she just kept on going and wrote a book - 
     
     "Watershed Red - The Life of the Dunk River", Prince Edward Island, published 
     
     1981. 
     
    

    
     At Kathy's resignation Winifred Cairns took up the torch and carried it 
     
     for the next 38 issues until August 1984 when she was about to be married to 
     
     David Wake and depart for Ontario. 
     
    

    
     Once more there was someone prepared to step into the breach, Gary 
     
     Schneider. When number 79 came out it had a new name, "Island Naturalist". When 
     
     Gary left on a cycling trip, Sue Stephenson and Jane Symmes took over the 
     
     newsletter. Gary resumed the task upon his return and continued until the 20th 
     
     anniversary (number 106). A pile of single copies from 1 to 106 measures 3 
     
     inches in thickness (7.5 centimetres). That represents a stupendous amount of 
     
     work and time spent by the editors and anyone who has written articles. Without 
     
     a doubt, the newsletter has helped to increase the membership. Many members 
     
     have written notes of appreciation. Some persons are members just for the 
     
     newsletter and have never attended a meeting. Some even live out of the 
     
     province. Thank you Kathy, Winifred, Sue, Jane, and Gary for our newsletter. 
     
     Thank you, writers of articles, your readers and the editor appreciate the 
     
     help. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER EVENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     1974 produced other good things. Director Wendall MacKay introduced the 
     
     nature slide competition for members of this Society. It is held at the May 
     
     meeting every year. A photographer is invited to judge the slides (about 100 in 
     
     all), to select three prize winners and some honorable mentions and, at the 
     
     meeting, to give a commentary on the slides. Mr. MacKay also suggested that the 
     
     Society have a logo. There was a contest for a design and Claire Martin's entry 
     
    
   
   
    
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