b'C H A P T E R T W Oconcedes. It deserves more than a foot-note to add that as a result of her zealous activity, she became the first female elected to the Board of Public Works in Wellesley, thus finding out, as she puts it, how municipal government is supposed to work.That background transposed easily to Chatham, where the Jay Stones have been confirmed summer vacationers since 1964. Mrs. Stone and her family took to sailing and racing out of Stage Harbor Yacht Club, and when neighborhood people worried in the early Eighties about what might happen to the Old Mill Boat Yard on Stage Harbor, it was only a matter of time before she was approached about joining their cause. Ever since, shes been a board member of what is now Friends of Chatham Waterways, energizing a variety of FCW initiatives, such as organizing Chatham Water Watchers with George Olmsted in 1999 and orchestrating a well-attended public seminar in June 2002 on the threat posed to Chathams biodiversity by non-native plants. She is a classic role model for follow-through.From its birth, FCW has not lacked for relevant experience in its directors. Along with Martha Stone, two current directors also played roles on the first board, and were officers then. Richard D. Batchelder, called Batch (never Dick), and Lewis E. Kimball (Lew) served the original board as vice-president and corresponding secretary, respectively. Both had unique qualifications for bolstering FCWs effectiveness as an independent, meaningful town organization.2 And, apart from their love of the water, they had something much in common: for a total of 26 years, theyd both been teachers.For two decades and more, Batchelder has been a tangible presence at innumerable Chatham meetings, made visible by his crown of curly white hair.Coaching a student cast for a play at Chathams Main Street School, Richard Batchelder taught there from 1949 to 1957 (in the saddle- shoe era).Later he served in leadership roles for regional and national teachers organizations. He has been a valued, concerned FCW board member and officer from its beginnings. From the Batchelder Family Archive24'