Matthew Charlebois Center: Homestead Trust Trustee Marilyn Hatch presented the Homestead Property Deed to Vice President Roy Clark at the April 21 meeting of Scribner’s Mill Preservation, Inc. Other members of the Executive Board from left to right are: Penny Bean, Matthew Charlebois, Cheryl Callahan, Peter Hammond, and Barry Sturdivant. Purchased by John and Marilyn Hatch in 1983 at the time that Mr. Edward Scribner had required nursing home care, the Hatches started to carefully restore the Homestead to its period of significance of 1924. The 1924 date was selected, because Jesse Scribner had updated the house with an addition to allow a modern bathroom. In 1993, Scribner’s Mill Preservation held its first “Back to the Past” celebration at which time the homestead opened to the public. In 2001 the Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places after which the Hatches started the planning to create a Homestead Trust with life tenancy with the purpose of transferring the Homestead to Scribner’s Mill Preservation, Inc. In December 2020, Mrs. Hatch suggested to the Homestead Trust that it was time for this transfer to be made. With a unanimous decision and legal advice, the process was started. On March 10, the deed of transfer was recorded in the Cumberland County Department of Records and the final deed was presented to Scribner’s Mill Preservation at its meeting on April 21.