The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-27
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS.
BY BILL GARRIGUS

lS WOIndn. MTS. CaSSlQy owns a colonial house on Woodbury Main street and sells more farms to more New York people than any other realtor in the Pomperaug Valley. Between times, Mrs. Cas- sidy aises family, participates in village social life, and answers questions about almost anything and everything. Cassidy, The Farm Man, is the best-informed woman in Woodbury.
 Yesterday saw another ratker thin parade here on Main street. The Veterans of Foreign Wars attended services at the South Britain Church. As usual, the men marched from the library up Main street to the church, accompan- jed by the Ladies Auxiliary and the Boy Scouts of the community.
 One day last week, a Model T. Ford bearing the license plates B. c. 40, rolled into the test lane in Waterbury and wheeled away again with a new yellow label on the windshield. Once more, Mrs. Carrie Manville's chariot has safe- ly passed the State tests and is certified for further operation on Connecticut roads. Mrs. Manville approaches each and every State inspection with concern; every year the inspectors cast baleful eyes at B. c. 40, and every year those same inspectors have to ad- init that Henry knew how to make 'em and our former stage-driver knows how to keep 'em running safely at 8 humane speed. If we had more of the Model Ts on the road, and '-lore drivers like Mrs. Man. vile, the rndertakers would have less litter to sweep up after a week end. To live long and to grow old gracefully, 'tis advis- able to drive slower and to see to 1t that you' car is as safe as old B. 0. 40, the safest car on Con- necticut highways.
 Graveyards are mighty hard things to lose, but we've lost many of them. Not far from Fish Rock is an over-grown brIshy ceme- tery where the V. F. w. plant one lone flag every year. Something should be done to reclaim that graveyard and to make 1t ship shape. The neighboring town of Roxbury hasn't lost the Castle street cemetery but it would have been lost for all the community interest shown in it's upkeep. Per- haps the finest example of a lost graveyard we know, outside of Pike Hill in Wolcott, Is at the crest of Good Hill. Percy Boards ley showed us that cemetery the other day, or rather Perce point cd out the meadow that used to be a graveyard and the head stones piled on the stonewalls. Believe 1t or no. Good Hill ccm- etcry is unknown to a lot of peo- pie who claim 8 knowledge of Connecticut. Someday, when there's time, perhaps we will find out who Is buried there and, if possible, get the D. A. R., the w. F. A., or some other public- spirited outfit interested in a re- mobilization project.
 Ever hear of Stillmeadow? Well, it's westerly from the Seymour Road. but don't try to drive there if you value your car. Gladys Ta- Der Is the mistress of Stillmeadow. Sne writes for Ladies Home Jour nal and raises spaniels. The cur rent issue of the Journal bears a picture of her house, dating from 1890 and never surveyed" by a W. F. A. architect. Despite the fact that one of them claimed to have identified all the 17th Gen. tury houses in Connecticut, and drew a salr,- for so doing) The Taber estate reminds us that old- timers didn't always build on what gre now main roads, that they did not always select the best of tillage, but that they knew how to build of sturdy oak, staunch pine, and beautifully grained chestnut. StillmeadoW rates high among the better type of 17th century homesteads in this region.
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