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PHOTO: Members of the Hawthorne Community Association accept the new $10,000 donation. (Hawthorne Community Association photo)
RAYMOND – The three-year-long “Save the Hawthorne House!” fundraising campaign, launched by the Hawthorne Community Association to repair serious structural damage to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Boyhood Home in Raymond, has received a $10,000 donation.
The donor is a resident of California who wishes to remain anonymous, identified only as a descendent of Ichabod Roberts Kelsey and Martha Ann Bartlett Kelsey (Daughters of the American Revolution 1907 compilation no. 64087) and of George F. Murch and Mary Jane Nutting Murch. The donor has asked that the donation be identified as a special gift in honor of Clyde Stanley Murch and Edna Pearl Ames Murch. (Clyde Murch was also a descendant of George F. Murch and Mary Jane Nutting Murch.) Clyde Murch was a founding officer of the Hawthorne Community Association upon its formation in 1921. He was instrumental in revitalizing the association in 1956, and in securing federal tax-exempt status for it in 1963.
While offering his donation to the Hawthorne Community Association, the donor said, “I wish to convey my congratulations to the residents of the Casco/Raymond area for support for this project, and I hope that others with ties to the region generally and to the Hawthorne House specifically — including seasonal residents like myself — will consider donating to the fund. This will allow the association to successfully complete this urgently-needed renovation project.”
In addition to smaller donations from a wide array of Mainers, the “Save the Hawthorn House!” fundraising effort previously received an $11,000 donation from William and Anne Harrison of Raymond and a $5,000 donation from David Flanagan of Manchester.
For more information, visit www.hawthorneassoc.com.
