New Britain herald., 1926-08-09
COOLIDGE LEAVES OLD FARM TODAY Completes Tour of Inspection in
 Vermont RETURNS TO ACKNOWLEDGES
On Sunday President and Wife At tended Services in Old Village Church-Old Timers Celebrated Saturday Night With Dance

Plymouth, Vt. Aug. g P-The president and Mrs. Coolidge left here today for White Pine camp, at Paul Smiths, N. Y.
 Concluding four-da visit to the boyhood home of the president, they departed by automobile soon after o'clock in the morning for Ludlow, 12 miles away, to board a special train which will take them again into the Adirondacks.
 The visit at the Coolidge home stead gave Mir. Coolidge opportun- ity to renew old ties, to inspect his farm of PTS acres, which is man. aged by Linn Cady, a native farmer, and enabled him and Mrs. Coolidge to visit each day the grave of their son, Calvin, Jr., in the little hillside cemetery not far from the house.
 The grave is as yet unmarked save for an emblem of the Boy Scouts, which claimed the boy as a member, and an American flag, but arrange ments were made last week for a permanent stone marker. A large stone stands over the grave of Col. John c. Coolidge, father of the pres ident, placed there when died last March.
 Inspects Farm Thoroughly.
 Mr. Coolidge inspected thorough ly the farm with it's growing crops of hay, oats, corn and garden ve- etables, and it is understood, found conditions quite satisfactory. MT. Cady is serving under contract which expires next spring.
 The renewal of old ties was en- phasized many times during the visit. Friends and neighbors of years ago were received at the simple farmhouse, where they sat and chat ted. Returning from their visits, they said enthusiastically that Mr. Coolidge was unchanged; that he was Just as they had always known him. A
 Many of the old friends attended service with the president and Mrs. Coolidge yesterday when the Union church across the country lane from the Coolidge homestead was thrown open for the first time in many weeks. There were persons present from many points in this region, and tourists from far afleld, but the intimate acquaintances of years ago and relatives of Mir. Coolidge predominated.
 Old Uncle in Choir
 In the choir was his so year old uncle, John Wilder, who sang all the hymns heartily, while Clarence B. Lanchard, a cousin who looks much like Mr. Coolidge, was one of the ushers.
 The Rev. Albert E. Phillips, of St. Iuke's Episcopal church in Pat terson, N. J., who is spending the summer near here, conducted the service, and in his sermon spoke of the spiritual strength he gained from the Vermont hills.
 Celebrating the visit of the presi- | dent and Mrs. Coolidge, the Vil- lagers on Saturday night held a QdQCe III llle udIl oNSl l4lc NoiiSi 1 store and post office, the old time | square and straight dances being | the favorites. The music of the | native talent orchestra and the | shoutings of the prompter for the dances could be heard at the Cool idge homestead.
 Civil War Vet Dances
 Dancing Honors went to Eleazer A. Hall, S3 year old civil war vet eran, who was left for dead on the battlefield at Chancellorsville, but had plenty of life Saturday night. MT. Hall lives at Plymouth Union, near Plymouth Notch, with his 91 year old brother, also civil war veteran.
 Returning to the Adirondacks, the president and Mrs. Coolidge are to resume their life at White Pine camp, where Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg of the Massachusetts su- preme judicial court, and Mrs. Rugg, and MT. and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns of Boston already awaited them today as house guests.