Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-31
NOANk
Soldiers Whose Graves Were Deoorat-
ed on Monday-Theft from Fire
Company's Rooms-Old Town Houss
Raced.

Monday forenoon was devoted to
decorating the graves in the Noank
Valley cemetery. A few of the sur
vivors of the civil strife are now res
idents here. numbering only twelve.
The schools were closed. the post
office kept holiday hours and the
places of business kept open only for
portion of the forenoon. Flags were
flying about the village.
Following are names of soldiers
buried in this vicinity:
Col. Henry Whittemore, Capt.
James II Latham, Lieut.. Nelson Nor
gan, Mus. William Palmer, Acting
Ensign Warren Rathburn, Sergt. John
Palmer, Corp. Edward Fowler, Corp.
Thomas Carroll, Corp. Oscar Chester,
Corp. E. H. Potter, Abner Spencer
Howard Chester. Joseph F. Adams,
Charles Weaver Amos Eldredge, Hen
ry Spencer. Rufus Weeks Fennimore
William Chadwick, Spanish war, Rob
ert Spicer James w. Fitch. William
3. Latham, George A Fish. Thomas
Spencer, Moses C Latham Clark T..
Lamphere Ezra Latham, william Bal
ley, Joshua P. Fish. Charles H. Rath-
burn, 1nomas Shirley, James L. Wea-
YER.
Joshua P Fish was the first veter-
an to >be buried in the Noank Valley
cemetery. over whose grave the serv-
ices of the G.. A r. was conducted
Fort Hill Cemetery-Lorenzo Bur
rows, Daniel Burrows. George w. Bur
rows.
Packer Cemetery-A. A. Hyde G. x.
Hyde A. A. Godfrey. John C. Douglass,
]. Wheeler QS12), Solomon Tiff Q77e),
- Burrows G776).
F'ishtOWn Cemetery-Jedediah Ran
dali. Horatio y. Fish, Albert c. La
than. Osmand Clafin. John J.. Seig-
neous, Samuel Rathburn John Tufts,
Henry Pecor. f. $. Higgins. Moses G.
son. Thomas F.. Miner. Ira Wright.
Capt. John X Bucklin, Nathaniel Ran
son. Charles F. Reynolds. William H.
Latham.
Twelve Survivors
The twelve living veterans of NOank
tire Thomas 3. Fish, Cornelius Fowler
BENJAMIN F. Latham Thaddeus Peeor,
Latham Rathburn. John Specht, Henry
w Tryon John Smith, William Corey,
F.. ID. Woodmansee. James Weeks and
James w. Rathburn.
Fire Room Robbed.
The rooms of the Noank fire COM
pany were entered some time 'durin e
Saturday night and the proceeds of
the pool table stolen. Entrance was
gained through a window on the north
side of the building. which has evil
IDENTIFY been left unlocked. as there
were no marks on the sill that would
indicate that tools were used 20 pry
the window up. The robbery was first
discovered by Chief L. L. Parks. who
EFisited the rooms Sunday morning He
found that the bank where members
deposited their money after a game of
pool had been torn from the wall and
was missing The amount of money
obtained by the robbers was proba =
bl ysmall. as the bank had been emp
tied only a short time ago.
Old Town House Torn Down.
The old town house located on Fort
hill has been town down. The build
ing was first used as a place of wor-
ship by the early settlers OF Mystic
anG Noank. was erected in 1865 and
was known as the Fort Hill Second
Baptist church. In 1881 the Mystic
members withdrew. having completed
the construction Of a place of wor-
shin i'm their own village. A few years
later, 1s43. the Noark Baptist church
@rected and Noank members of
the old church withdrew to join the
church nearer home. The building,
after being repaired and remodeled,
was converted into a tenement on the
upper floor the lower part being used
for years for town meetings and 9TH
er political purposes. The building
| has not been occupied for a number
of years and has gradually gone into
state of decay until it was found to
be unsafe and was condemned.
Memorial Day Visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Weeks of
Providence spent Memorial day with