Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-10-31
TOUR TOWN"
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your old stage manager is going to give tribute to two of GROTON'S OLDEST CITIZENS. MT. and Mrs. Charles Gray of 426 Thames
 Street celebrated their 56th Wedding Anniversary on Novem-
 Der 3rd the celebration was quiet one because MT. Gray has but recently returned from a long seize of illness at the Law renee Memorial Hospital. |. MT. Gray, son of the late Charles and Louisa (White) Gray, was born in Groton 83 years ago and is a mem Der of one of Groton'S oldest fam
 flies. Mrs Gray, the former Edith Blanche Storey, at the age of six came to Groton from Montville where she was born, when her father went into the confectionery business at the site of what is now the Vic-Gra. Mrs. Gray is a di- rect descendant of UNCAS. great warrior sachem King) of the Mo- began Indians as well as a des- cendant of Samson Occum. the learned Indian preacher whose lec- lures in Europe and the British Isles brought the finances to estab- fish Dartmouth College, which was originally established as an Indian co-educational school. The Mo- began Tribe of Indians, called by other American Indian Tribes, Grandfather Cor the old ones), a term of deep respect, credits its ancestry back to the people of At- lantis who fled in their ships to this new continent when Atlantis sank beneath the waves. The Mohegans were priest or ruling class of the ancient Atlantians and cylinders, with the history of these peoples, with well preserved scrolls of antiquity have in recent years been discovered and deposited in our National Museum. Mrs. Gray, whose mother, Mary Tracy Fielding, married William Thomas Story of Norwich of British stock, is known amongst tribesmen as Princess Winona (this is translated as the eldest daughter). Although Mrs. Gray is not the eldest daugh- CT of the last princess of the Royal House of Fielding, she was chosen many years ago to take that role in the leadership of her people. |. MT. and Mrs. Gray have three sons living, Lloyd (Chief Fleetfoot, Med- icine man), Philip, a welder at the E. B. Co.,, and Robert E., one granddaughter, Betty Lorraine, who is married to Philip Mcclure lieut.. jg., in the Submarine serv- ice, stationed in China, and great grandson, Philip Mcclure. /. Both MT. and Mrs. Gray are active in Masonic, Eastern Star, Odd Fellow and Rebecca circles, being past Master and Matron of the first or ganizations and Past Noble Grand in the Odd Fellows, Fairview Lodge, 101. We congratulate these first two Americans in OUR TOWN!
 It was with regret that we heard of the dangerous illness of Dr. Joseph Dembo, Groton dentist. |. Joe had severe attack of pto- maine poisoning and had to re- ceive blood transfusions. Our LABOR ADVANCES column edi- tor and community radio editor, Ruth Dembo, is Joe's wife, and be- cause of these disturbing family conditions, Mrs. Dembo's column does not appear in this issue. [. We hear that one-man apprais- ing committee is being appointed to revaluate all Groton property by First Selectman Crandall. |. The little birds have it that the gen. tleman's name is Latham. So until you hear us again on Station OUR TOWN, so long, folks, but be listening on WNLC, Novem- Der 10th when your old stage man. ager will pinch-hit for your reg ular community radio editor.