Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
UNWILLING OF NORWICH
 59 '' BOUNDARY MARKER
impressive Exercises Were Held at 4avey Farm in Jewett City.
Especial to The Bulletin.)

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 in connection. with the unveiling of the Ancient. North East. Corner mound stone, situated on Miss Mary Haveys
 farm. were held under the auspices of
 R., in the Baptist church on Wednes- day. afterneon. ss1The platform, choir loft and vestibule were elaborately decorated with. hagssand bunting. Miss Afrcef A. Brown played an organ pre- Jude, while the audience assembled
 / The audience rose as the guests of
 honor and the local chapter regent ac
 compained by sthe. ushers walked down
 the aisle to the platform.
 State Regent Spoke.
 Mrs. Arthur M. Brown, the regent
 spoke a few words of welcome and in
 Laidlaw Buel.,s Her remarks were
 based on the quotation, God built
 1andmarks truly On the old altars
 duly keep. bright ancient flames. At sswer that call for help in any way pos ssible, as those did who helped to
 build. up this country. #
 b. Mrs. L.. G. Buckingham sang The
 Star Spangled Banner and Mrs. Brown
 presented. Mrs. George Maynard Mi
 nor of Waterford, vice president gen
 eral Of the National Society. D. A. R.,
 from Connecticut.
 Mrs. Minors Address.
 Her subject was The Deeper Mean ing of the D., A. R.. It is three fold First, the tangible, practical work ac- complished along memorial, commem- oration, patriotic and educational lines Second the educational, moral and spiritual influence o1 the society upon Public at large-Third it's educational moral and spiritual influence upon it's own membership. The Memorial Con tinental Hall would alone be sufficient proof of the patriotism, efficiency and enterprise of the women of today in nr.I H<@f 2lN- <zF A- society in particular who alone f. nanced and built it. This cannot be said of an yotller woman's society. It is valued at three quarters of a mill lion dollars, is held under charter granted by the United States govern ment-the only one of it's kind granted to any patriotic society-and is free from taxation by special act on the the grounds. of the society promoting ideals of beneficial cause and patriot ism.
 To our one hundredth thous- andth share in that building is one of the deeper meanings of membership. Monuments and other memorials are erected,- old cemeteries restored, fast vanishing records preserved historic trails, sites aud homes marked, Revo- lutionary soldiers" records preserved and graves located and naked; and finally the great movement toward patriotic educa tion in all it's varied phases, tending to better citizenship. She referred at length to the great work done in the Spanish war by the D.. A. R; Hospital corps.
 Spirit of Service.
 ~ The same spirit of service exists in the D. A. R. of today evidenced by our throughout the past two and one half years of war. We are in this war ourselves. Once more we must fight like our, forefathers. for the democracy s11<x-A -lY SI, L z-g.. IL fearful consequences if the allies lose as nay. still be their fate. We are like, a sleepy giant aroused but not awake to his. danger The man with the gun is only the spear point, back of which must come the thrust of the strong arm of the entire nation.
 : One of the deepest meanings of our society is sto- keep alive the spirit of '76.s of courage sacrifice and service ito country. Dnes of the deepest meanings is our responsibilities along the lines of stern warfare in .Europe's trenches. In the society's regular work Connecti- cut is the banner state.
 The activities of historical and societies, have become popularizeds which iss of inestimable value. The chapters have taught par liamentary law is a help, and not a hindrance to women,s meetings In it's ideals of service and in its spirit of mutual love and l1elpfuln ess lies, per haps the deepest meaning of all. For these are spiritual and the others are prac actical' and educational That all life is service is principle which the society is we'll fitted to exernpIify and should be taken to heart by its mem bers as the deepest and finest sig niftcance of the organization. Both speallsr received bouquets of flowers.
 Mrs. Buckingham sang again. Ber- ceuse, from Jocelyn.
 Daniel L. Phillips Paper.
 
 ed historian Of the town. then read a paper on Ancient Norwich-the North East Corner. and the Cornerbound. His talk was illustrated by painted sketch es, which were works of art, drawn by George H. Prior.
 This address took up the migration of MT. Fitch and the Saybrook church from Saybrook to Norwich in 1860 and gave a description of the boundaries of the Norwich Nine Miles Square. The river, said the speaker, flowing in a southeasterly direction across the Nine Miles Square church servers some two thousand acres from the main tract. This Northeast Cor other ways peculiarly set apart" The heart of this tract lay in the valley at the junction of the Pachaug and the This was a favorite haunt the, cleft rock--to the valley and the surrounding hills. Here as early as three quarters of a century before the time of Eleazer Jewett the whole N. E. Corner was laid out in cultivated farms. As the population increased and new towns sprang up on the borders of the Northeast Cor ner, accurate boundaries became a necessity, and the Northeast Corner Bound became the most important landmark in this vicinity. In 1865 marks were recorded by which the bound should always be known, but by the year 1734 ignorance and interest had so observed the true easterly line of the Nine Miles square that the inhabitants began to question its location. That year new survey was made and the old bound was To- cated by the former identifying marks and new ones were added so that it should never again be called in ques- ton.
 By this survey and an agreement of ] the towns. the bounds of N, E. Nor wich were finally settled. During the l year 17S6 the old Norwich Nine Miles 1 Square was divided into several towns l md n f0