of the WF purchaser, Mrs. Bailey, arrived from Cuba. "She is
sorely disappointed and heart broken with his purchase. She does
not like the location, climate or anything about it. She is a
stout Spanish woman, keen and smart. She says they have been
24 married years and that Mr. Bailey is an old idiot. They
lived on 1/2 their interest in Cuba. She sais sweet corn was
ready to eat there now and roses blooming profusely."
However, on May 2, 1919, she records that "farmerettes arrive at
WF for the summer." But on May 14, the farmerettes left "as
farmers in this locality do not want them."
This is the last reference to the WF in Anna's journals which end
in 1922. Lucy Bowers who moved to the SF in 1917 kept annual
personal diaries. In 1923 she speaks of a Mr. Maples coming to
see about buying the CF property but this deal falls through.
However, it is known that the Maples family owned the WF for
some time and Martha Mailander in her book, "Shaker
Days Remembered," speaks of walking to the WF to play with the
Maples girl. At the time of our first Learning Fair, a Mr.
Maples came and visited with Martha; he was the brother of the
girl she played with.
The property is now owned by the Coleman family and most of the
buildings have been converted into apartments, and a vegetable
stand called "The Shaker Shed," at this time stands beside the
drive leading into the family complex.
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