Herb Leavitt (1920-1997) , R.C.A.F./Woodworker/Businessman; President of the P.E.I. Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Director of the Island Telephone Co. Ltd.; Chairman of the Holland College Board of Governors; Fire Chief for the Town of Alberton; Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal; the Aircrew Europe Star, the Defence of Great Britain Medal and Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal.
Source: http://www.islandregister.com/burials/ip1.html

“Leavitt’s Maple Tree Craft, began as a hobby and continued as a family enterprise, has developed into an industry that is well-known across Prince Edward Island and far beyond. It began when Herbert Leavitt, a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran of World War II, built a lathe and began to do some wood-turning just for his own pleasure.  He derived so much satisfaction from this hobby that eventually he decided to make it a means of livelihood. Mr. Leavitt’s operation began in a small workshop behind his home and in the beginning he was assisted by his wife Florence and his father, William C. Leavitt.  In 1958 Kenneth Quigley began to work with the Leavitts and six years later Allan Pridham joined the staff.  A more commodious home for Maple Tree Craft was built on Prince William Street in 1967. Herbert Leavitt is endowed with creativity and skill, an artist in woodcraft.  He and his craftsmen find pleasure and a sense of accomplishment as they use their ability to produce plates and trays, lazy susans, bookends, candle holders, trophies for various events and gifts for special occasions. Only choice Canadian woods are used in Maple Tree Craft, chiefly bird’s eye maple, sugar maple and curly birch.” - Source: Footprints in the Sand of Time: A History of Alberton by Alice Green, 1980

The home and former site of Leavitt's Maple Tree Crafts was located on the northeast corner of Church and Prince William Streets in Alberton, P.E.I. The house was demolished in 2012 after sitting unoccupied for about a decade.
Source: P.E.I. Heritage Buildings by Carter Jeffery

“Birdseye maple, an extremely rare wood, has a distinctive pattern of small spots resembling birdeyes, hence the name. Birdseye maple is not a species of maple, but rather a phenomenon that occurs in some trees for reasons that are still not understood.”
Source: Birdseye maple. Branching out from the Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre. No. 30 by D. Rioux, 2006 / <https://ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/handle/1845/221947>