Putnam patriot., 1929-10-03

hill past a terrible war monument
which vows in granite that "Pawca-
tuck VIII Not Forget" and we are in
our own Eastern Connecticut Then
by the highway that curves over hill
and dale and through one Of those
sudden, uninhabited sections which
crowded New England so often pres
ents to the trave.er, we come down
and turn Oft the Post Road into Ston-
ington. IL you are motoring, drive
down the narrow street cf the old
fishing village and to Stonington
Point, for all Of its popularity with
the summer visitor, one Of the most
picturesque settlements in the state.
Here is the old lighthouse and the
life saving station and tiny beach
that faces the mound that is Watch
Hill over across the bay.
Then on to Mystic. We rather like
Mystic almost better than any of the
shore towns. II has an air, rather a
proud air. II still retains much of
the fishing village aspect Of yore, for
all of the fact that it has become a
summer haven of artists, and their an
nual exhibition in the Broadway
School is one of the most important
Art Shows of the summer in New
England. But even better than Mys-
tic do we like Noank, found by a
side road a mile or two to the south.
If you should reach Noank in the late
afternoon and you hunger for tea and
cakes We advise that you seek out
Clark's, found by taking the main
road past the post Office and two
streets to the left. You will find ex-
cellent cake and sandwiches. not too
good tea and an incongruous bevy Of
young men who will serve you will
ingly and well and you will find the
view across the Mystic River towards
Fishers Island one of the loveliest on
the coastline. As for the young men
who but stay and serve, their employ
err has arrayed them in the strangest
of uniforms blazer coat in bright
stripes. high black silk sashes, white
trousers and shoes and, TO cap 1t all,
that headgear so beloved of the jew
ish transatlantic traveller, French
"beret." Yet the young men do not
seem to mind. They handle the tea
service without a spill.
Past Eastern fotnt
Do not go back to Mystic to find
the main highway, but turn left as
you 90 out of Noank and you VIII
find the road which leads TO the top
of Fort Hill, the high elevation that
overlooks Eastern Point and New
London Harbour. Then down by the
main highway again to Poquonoek,
turn left and the road will lead you
around past the estate Of the late
Morton f. Plant and to the great
Griswold Hotel on New London Har-
bour. Here you will find the excel
lent Sheneeessett Golf Club, the Ma
roy Inn and the Shenecosett Bathing
Beach, gay with bathers and umbrel-
las and "cabanas" in the best style
of the Lido OF Venice.
Take again the highroad into Gro
ton. but If you are a real tourist you
will turn right and climb TO the steep
top of the hill which is crowned by
Fort Griswold with its tall monu-
ment erected TO the Col. Ledyard,
who through the treachery OF bene-
dict Arnold was trapped and murder
ed here by the British in the late days
of the Revolution. From the Fort
Won may look down on the busy ac-
tivities of New London Harbour, on
the city itself rising from the water to
the surrounding hills, and, when the
day is clear, off to Fishers, Long Is
land and even, on superlative days,
to ocean-bound Block Island itself.
Over the T..-mes
Down from the Fort and the mo-
tor passes towards the bridge over
the Thames, passing first the outlet OF
the east side road to Norwich which is
one of the most beautiful highways
in the limits of the state. Then
through New London where the road
Is well marked and We are on our
way to Mantle, scene Of the annual
state encampment of the militia and
adjacent to popular Crescent Beach
and the recently disputed McCook es-
tate that changed SO many laws IN
the twinkling of an eye.
But We must go and so we swing
off the main road again for look at
Black Point with its cool orderly
..,,,s ~ white cottages. remote from