For Wainscott Chapel, a modern amenity at last

East Hampton, Star, November 27, 2019, by Christine Sampson, photo: Durrell Godfrey

Last Friday, in keeping with a tradition that spans at least 100 years, students from Wainscott School walked down Main Street to the Wainscott Chapel, where they enjoyed an annual lunch provided by the Wainscott Sewing Society.

The Wainscott sewing Society celebrated its 100th anniversary last Saturday evening with an “old fashioned country supper” in the Wainscott Chapel. The ladies served a traditional menu of baked ham, homemade baked beans, potato salad and coleslaw, with gingerbread and whipped cream for dessert - real whipped cream, from cows, not something you squeeze out of a plastic bottle!

One of the many facets of the “quality of life “often mentioned in discussing small town living is continuity…..A great example of this continuity is the Wainscott Sewing Society, which has functioned continuously since 1869.