Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-08
EWETT CITY

A very pleasant evening was spent by the members of Ruthie Rebekah lodge, No. 2S. I. O.. O. F.. Tuesday, April 6, celebrating their 18th anni- versary in their rooms on Soule street, members of Reliance lodge being guests. with their wives and sweet hearts. 4 fine program presented, Miss Martha Davis being chairman. included singing by Miss Sadie Thompson. Miss Agnes Franklin and Irving Thornton, with Miss Annie Robertson accompanist. Frank Nell. reader. The encores testified as to the enjoyment of it all. Speeches from IT embers of the order added to the in 1 ter est. The supper committee served
 sandwiches. cake and coffee, with ice | cream. The guests expressed cordial good wishes for Ruthie lodge for the coming year.
 l D. L. Phillips historical record gives | this account of the Jewett City Bap- | tist cemetery: The entrance to this cemetery is in the rear of the Jewett
 City Baptist church, perhaps a hum | dred and fifty feet from it. Nearly two centuries ago all of Jewett City north of the Pachaug river was divided into | two parts. The Averys owned the western part, while the eastern portion belonged to the Smiths. In 1I42 Jo- seph Avery and Samuel Smith finally settled their dividing line and placed it's description on record. This line
 began at a point near the falls of the
 Quinebaug and extended to point on the Pachaug river on or near the site now occupied by the Riverside gram mar school The land now occupied by this cemetery is on that ancient and historic line about midway be-
 tween the two points mentioned. It is
 situated, as already mentioned, in the rear of the Baptist church and is ac- grounds. while those buried there
 were either in sympathy or belonged to families in sympathy with the dis tinctive doctrines of that church.
 The fact remains, however. that the | Jewett City Baptist church and the Jewett City Baptist cemetery have al
 ways been separate institutions. Wher
 frs. used for burial purposes, th' | ownrrsr of this cemetery was di- . value, and burials seem to have beer
 stir rly permitted. In 1S46 Rufus VII Hams purchased the west half. ant . five years later, in 1851, he secured tn east half. Up to this time bupials con , tinued to be permitted. In March 1 1851, Williams laid out the yard int , burial lots and their sale commenced ; Many years ago Mathewson street
 which bounds it on the north, was laii 5 out. and later the wall of an excava tion at right angles with that stree was built. thus defining the bound
 of the cemetery in the rear and part.
 on the cast side.
 The bounds had formerly been some what vague, for it is said that certail g graves were disturbed by the runnin
 of these lines. A few years ago al f effort was made to put this yard int respectable condition. and a sum o l money was raised by the lot owner and laid out for this purpose, but l has again fallen into state of neglee = In this yard is the grave of Rev
 Benajah Cook, founder and first paste ' of the Jewett City Baptist church. On 8 hundred and fifty-eight graves hay
 been made out here, of which 145 ar marked by stones bearing inscrip , tions, the oldest bearing the date c ! 1885. But reliable tradition insist that a Marriott child who died in 1s4 was the first i.erson buried there l this is correct, the older date marks grave of the one who was first burie fin some other yard and afterward re
 moved to this place.
 It should be stated that Mrs. Abb Barrows was born in Griswold: he
 mother was born in Escoheag, R. I.
 The Missionary society of the Con grt tational church meets at Mrs. F. E Rolinson's this (Thursday) afternoon The members bring sewing to thes me tings.
 Miss Helen McKenna and Eugen
 Berry were married at St. Mary
 church by Rev. J. J. McCabe Monda,
 Trey were attended by Miss Geneviev
 Mckenna and Ludger Pomerlean. Rev. J. J. McCabe and Rev. J. F Seiferman were in Putnam Tuesday [
 attend the golden jubilee of Mothe General Alvarez, who is in this coun i try from France on a visitation.