GOODWIN STATE FOREST October 3 Mountain Bike Tours of Goodwin Forest 9 – 11AM NEMBA will lead two guided adult mountain bike rides through the forest’s trails. October 3 Goodwin State Forest History Hike 2 – 3PM Join us for a narrated tour through the forest to learn the history of Pine Acres Farm. October 9 Beginner Nature Photography 4 – 5PM Please bring your camera to this class on photographing nature. October 17 Paddle on Pine Acres Lake 2 – 4PM Families are invited to an afternoon canoeing on Pine Acres Lake.

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THUMBS UP: To Stonehurst for providing a venue for the seniors to safely meet. The owners have offered the seniors their place several times, but this was especially VOLUME XLIII, No. 9 OCTOBER 2020 appreciated as we haven’t gathered to share lunch and conversation since March. EDITOR The weather was lovely, the food delicious, the view spectacular. Thank you! Dayna McDermott-Arriola BOARD OF DIRECTORS THUMBS DOWN: to the drought! Several residents have reported empty wells, including Juan Arriola, Chair one of our farms. Though not as devastating as the tornadoes and hurricanes, fires and Peter Witkowski, Treasurer floods, destroying other parts of our country, it is, nevertheless, debilitating to be Sulema Perez-Pagan, Secretary Angela Fichter without water. Hopefully, October will bring replenishing rains. Diane Gagnon Delphine Newell TO THE EDITOR: Laura McCabe About a week after Tropical Storm Isaias blew through the state and the lights finally PRODUCTION came back on, the ripple effects continued as anyone living among the trees knows. Mary Oliver, Art Direction The Hampton Gazette is published monthly, Branches continued to shake loose and the tell-tale crrr-a-a-a-ack and bang meant and as a non-profit 501(c)(3) venture, it is Mother Nature finished what Isaias had started. That was the case early one Saturday registered with the State of and morning when a section of an oak tree fell across my road, miraculously missing all IRS, and is supported by advertising revenues and donations. All contributions are tax- the power lines. The power might have been on but the road was totally blocked. deductible. I texted First Selectman Allan Cahill just after sun-up and his reply was immediate,

CONTACT INFORMATION Editorials, “Getting my chain saw. On my way.” And he was. In short order Allan arrived, fired articles, calendar or event information, press up his chain saw, cut up the branches and cleared the road. All this on an early releases or questions: please email to Saturday morning before even one car had driven by and probably while many were [email protected] in Word format still asleep. We may be a small town but public safety is a big deal. I’m grateful that (not pdf) or to Editor, Hampton Gazette, PO Box 101, Hampton, CT 06247, by the 15th Allan made quick work of a potentially dangerous situation. of each month. All submissions to the Gazette Donna Tommelleo are subject to editing. The Gazette reserves the right not to accept submissions. CIRCULATION The Hampton Gazette is available online at hamptongazette.com, and TO THE EDITOR: in print by request, free of charge, to every Lisa Thomas, Democratic home in Hampton. Domestic subscriptions candidate for Connecticut's 35th are available by requests at cost; international State Senate district, is driven to may be charged extra postage. To subscribe, or receive email notification of the current protect all aspects of Eastern Connecticut's environment. During her time living, issue on the Web, contact the Editor at raising a family, and serving in Coventry, she has been a problem solver who hamptongazette.com understands the value of Eastern Connecticut’s natural resources. Thomas has already ADVERTISING Please contact us by email led my hometown of Coventry in efforts to increase alternative energy reliance, as for advertising policies and rates. Payments should be mailed to PO Box 101, Hampton, well as aided in halting invasive species overgrowth in Coventry Lake. Exemplifying CT 06247 her pride for environmental justice and critical thinking skills, Thomas holds dearly PHOTOS the creation of the Coventry Lake Advisory and Monitoring Committee, proposed (jpg high resolution, please) may be emailed to by the Future Problem Solving Program which she coached. In addition to her work [email protected] on Coventry Lake, I am so appreciative of Thomas’s support for the Last Green Valley which spans a majority of the district. As an avid outdoors explorer, I am proud to support a candidate who has our region's natural rich history and rural landscape in EDITORIAL POLICIES mind. Her support for this non-profit has helped with land conservation, education, Each letter to the Gazette must be signed and include and address & telephone contact for land appreciation, and more! With Thomas advocating for our region in Hartford, verification. Signing all correspondence to the I have no doubt that she will fight for our forests, rivers, and more. It is my hope that Gazette is encouraged, but at the request of others in the district will recognize her passion and how valuable this work is for us, the writer, a signature may be withheld. Letters written on behalf of an organization require in our rural location with many outdoors loving folks. the signature of an authorized spokesperson. Megan Lung All letters submitted to the Gazette are subject to editing and the Gazette reserves the right to The Town of Hampton continues to take the CoViD-19 situation seriously. Public meetings are noticed reject any or all letters. Readers should be online at hamptonct.org and through the Gazette. Public Officials continue to have hours at the Town Hall aware that the opinions of individual writers and are available on Tuesday and Thursday. Groups and organizations also continue to meet online via are not necessarily those of the Gazette. The Zoom or other electronic platforms. To remain up-to-date on Hampton Happenings, please visit our Town Gazette will not print letters it regards as libel- online to see the Events Calendar at hamptonct.org ous. Photographs and articles published here are the property of the individual photogra- ISSUE CONTRIBUTORS: India Arriola, Bobbi Harrison Blair, Pat Boss, Susan Hochstetter, Marcia Kilpatrick, pher or writer and may not be reproduced Lisa LaBelle, Perry Mandanis, Michelle Mlyniec, Kelli Postemski, Jean Romano, and Janice Trecker, without express permission of the contributor. PHOTOS: Cover, Pete Vertefeuille; page 8, Juan Arriola; page 11, Michelle Mlyniec; page 12, Steve Broderick. 3 FROM THE REGISTRARS OF VOTERS By this time, registered voters should have received an application for an absentee ballot from the Office of the Secretary of State for the Novem- ber 3 Presidential Election. These can be mailed to the Town Clerk, or placed in the secured deposit box at the top of the ramp at Town Hall. Absentee ballots will be mailed by the Town Clerk directly to those who have submitted their applications. Hampton Antiquarian & Historical Society Residents who registered to vote after the Secretary of State’s mailing (August 25, 2020) will be sent applications for absentee ballots by the ANNUAL Town Clerk. The Registrars of Voters will provide the Town Clerk with a list of residents who have recently registered to vote here. Absentee MEETING ballots will be mailed 48 hours after receipt of the applications. If you have not received an absentee ballot application, or subsequently, an absentee ballot, please call the Office of the Town Clerk at 860.455.9132 x1. You may also obtain an application on the Secretary of State’s website, which provides general information on the absentee ballot process.

Absentee ballots will be available on October 2. Please follow all the accompanying directions and mail them to the Town Clerk or place them in the secured deposit box at the top of the ramp at Town Hall. If you have cast an absentee ballot, but in retrospect prefer to vote at the polling place, you may contact the Town Clerk and withdraw your absentee ballot up until 5PM on November 2. You may not attempt to vote at the polls on Election Day; this is not legal. Voters may check to make sure their absentee ballots have been received by contacting the Town Clerk or the Registrars of Voters. Saturday, October 17 The Registrars of Voters will hold a final registry session on October 27 6:00PM from 9AM to 8PM in their Office at Town Hall which will be open for the purpose of registering voters who appear in person. The deadline Meeting will be held at the for mail-in applications is also October 27. Hand-delivered mail-in new PAVILION at TOWN HALL. registration applications must be received by the Registrars, or a Voter Registration Agency such as the Department of Motor Vehicle, A Western Line Dance on this date, and mail-in registration applications must be post-marked demonstration follows the by this date, in order for applicants to be entitled to participate in the meeting. Agenda includes November 3 Presidential Election. Only those whose qualifications as review of the year, election of to age, citizenship, or residence mature after the October 27 deadline Board of Directors. Please bring may register to vote up until November 2, when the Registrars will hold a limited registration session at their Office at Town Hall a mask and chair and your from 9AM to 5PM. ideas for the future! If you have any questions, please contact the Registrars of Voters at (860.455.9132 ext. 4). BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS Dayna Arriola and Mary Oliver

The Congregational Church will hold the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, October 4th at 4PM. TRANSFER STATION STICKERS Whether your pet slithers, crawls, hops, or walks, Since Town Hall remains closed to the public, Transfer Station has feathers, fur, a shell or scales, we welcome Stickers will be available for purchase at the Transfer Station on it for a blessing. If your pet doesn’t prefer the October 3, 17 & 31 from 7AM to 4PM. The price of a sticker is $25. company of other creatures, you are welcome to join us and bring a photo! Please wear a mask, adhere to six foot social distancing, and park in the library parking lot. PAWS FOR A CAUSE! Canterbury Pet Hospital (PO Box 566, Canterbury, CT 06331) is soliciting donations for an abandoned kitten requiring surgery for a shattered leg. Any and all donations would be much 4 appreciated. Thank you in advance. SCHOOL RESPONDS QUICKLY TO REPORTS OF RACISM certain that our student body will respond to this Racism is not a new plague. Yet my parents, who observed the Civil issue in the manner that we expect—head-on, Rights Movement unfold in the 1960’s – my mother on her family’s with commitment and with no acceptance of television screen, my father in his family’s backyard -- hadn’t considered intolerance.” that 50 years later we would be dealing with issues of racism as severe as We hope so. This would be gravely disturbing we have these last few years, from Nazis marching in the university town even if there weren’t any children of color of Charlottesville, to the instances of police brutality which have sparked attending Parish Hill, but there are. Fifteen the Black Lives Matter movement. Though our “Quiet Corner” has not percent of the students there identify as seen the violence occurring elsewhere, we are not immune from racial members of a minority group. And that’s what epithets and crimes – racially motivated acts of vandalism and theft are makes all of this all the more tragic. no longer permitted to be reported on the Hampton Neighborhood India Arriola Watch Group due to the racially charged responses. Most disturbing are reports of racism at our local high school, which have alarmed and RESIDENT TO CHALLENGE distressed several families. INCUMBENT IN ASSEMBLY RACE

Resident Kate Donnelly will once again challenge “Due to confidentiality laws, I can only say that several students were Doug Dubitsky for the position of State Representative disciplined for violation of the Parish Hill Student Code of Conduct for the 47th District. This is the third time Donnelly dealing with harassment and comments that were racial in nature,” has opposed Dubitsky, the incumbent from Superintendent Kenneth Henrici confirmed. “The students who engaged neighboring Chaplin. in these highly inappropriate behaviors were dealt with swiftly.” In a recent interview, Donnelly, who has served on Although the language used is too vile to publish here, student text the elementary school board and as First Selectman messages forwarded to the Gazette reveal repeated use of unconsciona- and currently serves on the regional Board of Educa- ble racial slurs and derogatory references to the LBGTQ community. tion and as Chairman of the Green Energy Commit- Sexist language was also evident. Vulgar suggestions made to one female tee, stated, “As a former first selectman, a small business owner, parent, senior, and volunteer in my student, who responded with “disgust”, was met with “there’s a reason community, I understand the problems that confront (girls) don’t have rights.” Reportedly, the students involved, at least one us, and I have the experience needed to be a strong of whom is related to a district teacher, were suspended for five days. and positive voice for the 47th District.” If elected, Henrici would neither confirm nor deny that the student who reported she vows to fight against systemic racism and high the bigoted language to an instagram account that was exposing racism educational costs, and to prioritize opportunities for and homophobia at the school was also suspended for five days. renewable energy and associated jobs while helping to rebuild the economy after the financial Though students interviewed alleged that instances of racism, consequences of the pandemic. “I believe that homophobia, and sexism have occurred in other social settings at the everyone should have an equal opportunity to live a school for a number of years, administrators were quick to respond to fulfilling life without fear of violence or economic this latest accusation. According to Henrici, the inappropriate student devastation,” she said. behavior, and the school plan to address the issue, was discussed with Donnelly also suggested that Dubitsky “seems more members of the Board of Education, which delegated the response to interested in suing the state than helping his the district’s administration. “We are addressing this issue in a variety constituents navigate through this difficult time,” of ways,” Henrici reported. “We have weekly Student Advisories for all referring to an appeal Dubitsky has filed with the students. I have directed the administration to devote the weekly Department of Education regarding the mask Advisory periods for students to address diversity, intolerance, racism, requirement in schools. Donnelly said she will “work to protect students and teachers.” and cultural competence until further notice.” Henrici added that all departments met immediately “to plan lessons, incorporate curriculum- Prior to becoming an attorney, Dubitsky “worked related articles, share anecdotal stories, and plan other activities that tough jobs: construction worker, bus boy, bartender, address” these issues. In addition, the Curriculum Review Committee stage hand, truck driver, ditch digger. At 35, I went to (see page 10) will meet to incorporate the advisory and departmental law school,” he said. “I worked for one of the largest activities and lessons developed into their classrooms “on a regular basis.” law firms in the world and gained a lot of experience, but I really wanted to help real people. So I quit to Henrici also noted that in the recent past, the NAACP led a school become a small town lawyer -- mostly representing assembly and met with students in individual classes to address racism farms and small businesses, with some bigger from historical and contemporary perspectives. The school has also constitutional cases now and then. For years, I utilized organizations such as the “Hero Center” and “The Sandy Hook represented abused and neglected children without charge.” Promise”. Extracurricular clubs, such as Gay Student Alliance and Model UN address diversity and equity as well. Dubitsky also serves on Chaplin’s Board of Finance and Planning & Zoning Commission. “I am incredibly “The very small number of students exhibiting unacceptable behavior is proud to represent you and truly consider you to be not reflective of the core values of the Parish Hill student body,” Henrici my family,” he said. “Whether you’re Democrat, said. “I am very confident that our plan will address these important issues with the utmost attention and urgency that they deserve. I am also ASSEMBLY CHALLENGE, CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 5 This is a story with warmth and good will. We all need help at some time SMALL TOWN WITH BIG HEART and hope it will be there. The aftermath of the August storm should Tucked into a part of northeastern Connecticut reassure folks. There is no doubt of the good will around us. As Vernon King labeled “The Quiet Corner”, Hampton has been a put it, “The labor is voluntary and is a gift of love from God sent through us rural sanctuary for many years. Tadpoles may to those we are able to help.”

break the silence in spring and coyotes at any time. And on a Hampton note, thank you, Mike Chapel, for convincing the Those who chose Hampton are scholars, farmers, Mennonite community to settle here. writers, environmentalists, teachers, musicians, and Jean Romano skilled artisans. Tolerance of differences is a keystone of the town although it isn’t rare for opposing opinions to be heard at Town Meetings.

Into this mix came a new community within the community. The Mennonites became part of a I’ve lived here a few years, and this month my blended group of people who call Hampton vocabulary increased to include words like ‘jake home. They have farms and houses, seniors and braking’, ‘fully loaded tri-axles’, ‘trailer dumps’, and newborns, they are active in town activities, and ‘forage harvesting’. All I really want to know is -- why are the trucks that most important, they demonstrate in every action transport silage following the course of seemingly all vehicles and treating our the joy of caring for those in need. roads like an Indy 500 race track? Barreling by bicycles and strollers, rattling

During a time of pandemic, the world is aware our houses, obliterating our conversations, and scattering silage all over the of the necessity of social distancing. The road!?! There’s an awful lot of discourse on social media over this issue – is Mennonites demonstrate the need for helping there anything we can actually do regarding vehicles at large, and farm trucks in particular, racing through town? others regardless of the rules. Isolation may stop the spread of a virus but other hazards can add Concerned Citizen to the troubles of life. A recent storm is just one My Dear Neighbor: example of an event that requires a more hands-on Auntie Mac has several friends in the center of town who, when they feel that approach to survival without power for light, water, first warm spring breeze, do not welcome the venerable season with open refrigeration, TV, air conditioning/heat, or even arms and cheery heart, but rather they put on what Lars calls a “puss,” slit up cell phones. On Tuesday, August 11, the wind their eyes, and commence grumbling about what they know will be a banner blew through Hampton for hours. The heavy thud summer of noise, speeding, and uncivilized commotion through the heart of of falling trees and branches continued as the town. Auntie Mac is ill-equipped to deal with these marauding speed demons velocity of the gusts grew. By morning, the town and their incessant need to wreak havoc at high decibel levels, but Main was without power and the loudest sound was Street at least is the purview of the State Police, who should be called and from properties lucky enough to have working called often, in protest and entreaty to perhaps send a nice officer to park generators. quietly near the library and distribute tickets.

Vernon King is a member of the Mennonite But let us not lump all these lumpkins into one sack, shall we? I do believe community and teacher for the older children in that Lars has a point when, after returning from some errand with his truck their school. He posted a message on the Next covered in what looks like bright green confetti, he suggests, in a manner un- Door page of the neighborhood website and found suited to polite company, that the owners of the silage trucks would do well the need for generators was high. Vernon has long to invest in covers for the top of the load. That, I believe, would go a long way assisted CAM, a Christian Aid Ministries that is to keeping farm vehicles out of the crosshairs of overly distraught citizens. As international in its reach. CAM’s volunteers number for their speed, however, Auntie Mac offers an alternative view. Hampton 65,849, and they are ready to help through disaster prides itself on being a rural community. But it is one that is rapidly losing its response services from house rebuilding to major rural nature. Those hardy souls who still work the land and raise animals must venture farther and farther afield for materials they need, including silage, property clean-ups. As a member of CAM’s North having had to sell some of their own fields to pay for increasingly high taxes, East response team, Vernon was able to locate the astronomical cost of machinery, and the myriad perils of trying to make a generators at the warehouse in Tennessee. Joe living providing food for the rest of us. So more and more they must rely on Nicholes was attending a meeting in Illinois. When products from other farms, which are under economic pressures of their own. Vernon reached him, he left and made the six-hour A silage truck racing through town is not always some hot-headed joyrider drive to the Tennessee warehouse. There he intent on ruining your day. It is the product of misplaced value that puts more picked up a trailer of generators, ready for use. Joe and more farmers out of business, and of a fervent desire to keep those few drove the sixteen hours home as quickly as possible farms operational, and get as many truckloads out to as many surviving farms and 14 of the power outages in Hampton were as possible. Could they slow down a bit so as not to frighten children, cyclists ended on Saturday. Vernon’s dad, Andy, brought and pets? Certainly. We would do well to go visit those places from whence three generators from his own tool trailer on the silage, hay, manure, etc. comes. We should talk to all farmers. We should Thursday adding up to a grand total of seventeen ask them politely to slow their trucks down a bit, and in return we should working generators. pledge to support them by buying their local products. Above all, we should This storm is history for Hampton. On August 27, thank them. It is, after all, possible that these trucks are driving as if people’s lives–and livelihoods-- depend on it. another rush of wind and rain hit Connecticut causing damage and power outages. On Saturday Your Auntie Mac 6 the 29th, CAM was in New Haven with its volunteers.

James Gardner The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum Anne Glenconner Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown NEW BOOKS David Kamp The book distributors are clearly working flat out. New Novels by James Lee Burke, Sunny Days: The Children's Television Emma Donoghue and a host of popular thriller and mystery writers have arrived. Revolution that Changed America Good new non-fiction volumes about such diverse topics as The Louvre, the building Wendy Moore of the G.I. Army, the dark side of coffee, and a WWI women's military hospital are on No Man's Land: The Trailblazing the shelves, too. Women Who Ran Britain's Most Extraordinary Military FICTION Hospital During WWI Brit Bennett The Vanishing Half Augustine Sedgewick Gretchen Berg The Operator Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire C.J. Box Long Range & the Making of Our Favorite Drug James Lee Burke A Private Cathedral Isabel Wilkerson Catherine Coulter Deadlock Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Barbara Delinsky A Week at the Shore Emma Donoghue The Pull of the Stars Fletcher Memorial Library wishes to thank Mario Giordano Aunti Poldi & the Handsome Antonio everyone who made the September 9 concert Ursula Hegi The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls at The Fletch such a success, starting with the Gill Hornby Miss Austen generous anonymous donor whose gift Anna Lee Huber A Stroke of Malice supported the program. Seventy-three people Natalie Jenner The Jane Austen Society heard a super performance from singer- Iris Johansen The Persuasion songwriter Claudia Schmidt. The event could NON-FICTION not have happened without the efforts of the Molly Ball Pelosi volunteers who helped with set up and seating, Mark Bowden The Case of the Vanishing Blonde the town's provision of traffic cones and proper Paul Dickson The Rise of the G. I. Army, 1940-1941 paint, Mark Davis who provided the ‘stage’ Maggie Doherty The Equivalents: A Story of Art, and, of course, the many people who came Female Friendship & Liberation in 1960s out to enjoy the concert and donated so generously afterwards.

WORD FILL by Pat Boss Puzzle featuring some of the local areas to just get out and take a little hike. Some hints have been provided.

AIRLINE TRAIL CONEY ROCK LOOP DIANA’S POOL FIFTY-FOOT CLIFF GOODWIN FOREST HALLS POND HAMPTON RESERVOIR MANSFIELD HOLLOW MASHAMOQUET BROOK NATCHAUG FOREST PINE ACRES LAKE PIXI FALLS ROCK SPRING PRESERVE SHELTER FALLS PARK TRAIL WOOD WOLF DEN YALE FOREST 7 affluent neighbors was his ability to afford hired help for the more laborious months. These would include weeks of sheering sheep, plowing and sowing in THE TAINTOR HOMESTEAD spring, haying throughout the summer, cradling, shocking and threshing grains – 273 MAIN STREET hay, rye and buckwheat, and in the fall, “sledding” apples and digging potatoes. In 1993, James and Janet Robertson, an historian and a Henry also retained a hired man “in residence” who was responsible for most of novelist, published a book about the property they pur- the routine chores throughout the farming months, approximately eight a year -- chased here. All Our Yesterdays, A Century of Family Life six full days a week and essential tasks on Sunday -- in return for food, a place to in an American Small Town was the result of a “treasure sleep, and a small stipend, $12 per month was recorded in 1838, for example, trove” of papers –letters, bills, catalogues, newspapers, $15 per month in 1847. pamphlets, receipts, invitations, documents, deeds -- some of which came with the home’s attic, and most of which were the “piecemeal” offerings of previous owner, friend and neighbor, Wendell Davis, whose family had lived in the homestead since 1804. Pouring through the papers and piecing them together, the items illustrated the “private lives in a world that no longer existed,” the Robertsons wrote in the Prologue. “These relics from a For the most part, Henry farmed the way of his father, though his methods long-ago past were not so mute as the house itself, or were undoubtedly influenced by his subscription to The New England Farmer, the stone walls and fields in the town.” Indeed, All Our which he started in 1833. This periodical contained articles reporting scientific Yesterdays provides us with as thorough a glimpse of the information as it pertained to improvements in agricultural techniques, such as agricultural life of the Taintor family, and of the town at crop management. Henry’s accounts verify that he did purchase commercial large, as we could hope to find. fertilizer and commercial seeds. The rhythm of the work, however, remained the same: summer was for mowing and haying, followed by harvesting the On June 8, 1804, Roger and Solomon Taintor purchased grains - “cutting the rye”, “cradling the barley”, “thrashing the oats”, “husking the property, which included the home built in 1790 the corn”; fall was for apples and harvesting potatoes and other root vegetables; by Thomas Stedman, Jr., and eleven acres. Roger and and the winter revolved around wood – cutting, splitting, chopping and hauling. Solomon were primarily sheep farmers, selling animals The year began a new with rock picking, plowing, planting, animals giving birth. and wool from their flock. The Taintors earned several hundred dollars annually as wool producers and brokers Though Henry did not maintain a daily journal, Wendell Davis came into and from the sale of sheep, lamb, mutton, sheepskins, possession of such a record when someone who once lived here happened and ram stud services. They provided food, shelter, and upon the journal of Benjamin Brown, who farmed on the Hampton-Brooklyn pasturing space for the sheep, accruing more than three border, in an antiques shop in California. A sample of farming in April: hundred acres for farming here and in neighboring towns  Cleaned out East stables in South barn. Cut wood in Woodhouse. and hiring men to plant and hay and shear the sheep Went to mill. every year. The Taintors also purchased produce from  White-washed kitchen. Boys finished picking stone in North lot & began in Hampton farmers to export. In their role as merchant 10 acre lot. Plowed in orchard & began in old house lot. farmers, they processed products on their own farm,  Sowed hayseed in lower East lot & bushed it. Sowed 2 acres in lower lot, which included a distillery for apple cider, applejack, oats & hay seed. Took sows out of hog pen. and apple brandy, and a cheese press.  Sowed North East lot east mowing. Plowed with two teams in middle lot in Solomon and Judith Taintor’s third child, Henry, carried PM. Boys picked stones in 10 acre lot in PM. on the family’s agricultural tradition. He and his wife  Plowed in middle lot with horses. Plowed with oxen in old house lot. Boys Delia lived in the homestead all of their lives, and all of picked stones. White faced cow calved. his life, Henry called himself “a farmer”, attending to the  Finished plowing in middle lot. Plowed in lower lot. Plowed in orchard. daily feeding of the animals and toiling seasonally in the Carted stones from old wall in orchard. fields. The only difference between Henry and his less  Carted stones off hog pasture & made wall. First sow had five pigs last night.  Finished plowing in orchard. Began to plow in hog pasture. Plowed in lower lot with horses. Albert picked stone in 10 acre lot. Second sow had 7 pigs last night.  Finished plowing lower lot. Finished harrowing hog pasture. Carted manure on the garden & commenced plowing it.  Finished plowing garden & planted corn, beans, potatoes, cucumbers, onions, peas, saffron, peppers, lettuce, peppergrass, cabbage, tomatoes.  Set out cabbage stumps, beets & carrots. Made fence to shut up sows & pigs. Furrowed some in hog pasture.

Sugar beets were a new crop in northeastern Connecticut, and the fact that he grew them shows that Farmer Brown was an abolitionist. Opponents of slavery started growing beets to produce sugar in order to avoid purchasing sugar produced from slave-grown cane.

Though Henry Taintor listed his occupation as “farmer” on censuses, his political career consumed much of his time. “He made a political career for himself in Hampton for which his being a farmer was essential,” the Robertsons wrote, “because he shared the work as well as the values of his neighbors.” Henry was among many farmers in Hampton referred to as “the town fathers”, a phrase which the Robertsons rightfully pointed out is “still used to describe the people who manage public affairs of the town”. Henry was first Alison Davis’s recently published “Remembering 97 elected to public office in 1836 as a Town Constable. He was elected to the Years” adds details. “When we were living in Maple Board of Relief, today’s Board of Assessment Appeals, in 1842 and in 1847, Terrace, Wendy became the farmer he had always and from 1842 to 1844 served as a “fence viewer” and “highway surveyor”. wanted to be, although only part time. With the He was elected Selectman in 1856 and served as a Justice of the Peace, which minister, Charley Peeples, he raised turkeys, two beef made him a local magistrate, from 1848 to 1858 and from 1865 to 1882. steer, and two ewe sheep which each delivered a He also served on the State level, as Hampton’s representative to the State lamb…Wendy and Charley had some troubles with Assembly in 1843 and in 1863, and was elected State Senator in 1851. His last the pregnant ewes. Across the street from us was the State office was as Treasurer in 1866. parsonage, kept in good condition by the Ladies Aid After the Civil War, Henry started to treat the farm like an investment, Society of the church. The minister’s wife, Dottie “share-farming” with Henry Jackson and Cyril Whitaker, leaving the Peeples, was expected to keep the house clean and management of the farm to them in return for the use of his land, buildings, neat. The ewes lived in our small barn, but because animals, and tools, and splitting the profits. Investment farming was a national the winter was so cold, Dottie was persuaded, with trend. In the south, share-cropping replaced slavery, and in the north, other difficulty, to let the sheep be housed in the warm sorts of tenancy grew, along with the realization that “land was capital”. In 1850, parsonage cellar. ‘They’ll be due any day now’, nearly all adult males in Hampton listed themselves as farmers, as young men Charley promised. But the days went on and on – working on someone else’s land viewed themselves as potential farmers; in with no change except for an odor that was picked up 1860, many listed themselves as farm laborers, realizing their situation as hired by the furnace and distributed throughout the house. hands. In 1880, 140 men were listed as farmers and 100, farm laborers. Dottie complained more shrilly every day, afraid that the church ladies might call. Finally, after three weeks None of Henry and Delia Taintor’s four children continued to farm here, though of a deteriorating marriage, the lambs were born.” all four shared the summer home they christened “Maple Terrace” after the fifteen sugar maple trees Roger Taintor planted in 1829, all but two of which When Wendell Davis “farmed” at Maple Terrace in remaining when the Robertsons purchased the property in 1967. Their youngest the 1940’s, farming in Hampton was on a continual child, Mary, born in 1860, and her husband Frederick Davis, would eventually decline. In 1900, only half of the men in town listed purchase the siblings’ shares, arriving in spring, and “remaining until the apples themselves on the census as farmers. Articles published were ripe on the trees”. Their son, Roger, his wife Helen Merriam, and their in the Gazette recalled 28 dairy farms in the 1930’s, 21 three sons -- Roger, Merriam and Wendell -- summered in the house north of dairy farms on the 1957 Grand List and only four listed their grandparents – “Sunny Acres”. in 1978. Today, only one remains.

There must have been a large barn on the property to shelter the sheep, This summer, a community garden sprung up on the and there was a store for merchant farmers Roger and Solomon next to the property, cultivated by members of the Mennonite Congregational Church where a chapel was later erected. The barn that remains community with the permission of present owner was probably built in the 1820’s and served as a carriage house. But it was not Mark Benard, restoring some of the field’s acreage to without its livestock. In the series “Boyhood Recollections”, which Wendell its original purpose: agriculture. The farms of yore are Davis contributed to the Gazette, he wrote, “At one time, in the early fifties, no longer, but in their place are the vegetable gardens Charley Peeples, the minister, and I went in together to raise sheep and cattle. and fruit orchards of our local farmers’ markets, horse We kept them in the barn which is now the Robertson’s garage and for several ranches, sheep farms, and chickens everywhere. months built a manure pile practically on top of the chapel well. No one Our rural roots are stirring. commented and we quickly removed the pile before there were any serious problems.” Dayna McDermott

9 English classrooms use books to learn about other times, cultures, norms, gender roles, countries, traditions, religions, governments and ways of living that aren’t part of the students’ experiences. History lessons include similar topics and show all sides of historical events through primary sources, documentaries, and text books. Science classes incorporate discussions regarding the Innocence Project and criminal justice reform. The Arts expose students to a variety of cultures through music, A CALL TO ACTION: photography, and visual arts. The Curriculum Review Committee is DIVERSITY AT PARISH HILL committed to continually assessing our curriculum on an annual basis In June, Parish Hill’s PHACT/PTSA wrote a letter to ensure that it reflects changes that incorporate diversity in an to the RD11 Board of Education asking for a ever-changing world. review of the current curriculum to see where Teachers have taken advantage of diversity training and upcoming educational improvements could be made to professional development will include strategic planning of advisory ensure a focus on diversity is threaded in student lessons with participants reading selected texts and articles and discussing learning throughout the year, in all classrooms, topics such as explicit and implicit racism and current events that impact and at all levels. Superintendent Kenneth Henrici daily life. Most of the staff has received Mental Health First Aid Certifica- was quick to act with a Curriculum Review tion and will continue to build upon that training to teach tolerance for Committee of teachers and administrators all people. tasked with conducting a review of resources to promote diversity and inclusion and with The committee is creating school wide goals to help strengthen empathy recommending changes to the current among our school community to ensure students leave Parish Hill with curriculum. well-rounded knowledge about the world around them to be part of the solution as they become adults. This will be accomplished by working The Math department uses the Code.org together with staff, administration, students, and families to create long curriculum designed to remove racial, ethnic, lasting changes that positively impact the culture of Parish Hill and that gender, and other bias, and Language and of our surrounding community. Lisa LaBelle

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Sponsored by the Recreation Commission & Fletcher Memorial Library SCOUTS BSA BOY TROOP 93, SCOUTS BSA GIRL TROOP 1093 & FAMILY CUB SCOUT PACK 93 REPORTS Like the rest of the world, things were a bit different for our Scouts this summer. With in-person camp shut down by the pandemic, our Scouts participated in virtual summer camp – tuning in for merit badge discussion in such varied topics as Reptiles and Amphibians, Astronomy, Mammals, Basketry, Citizenship, Law, Photography, Engineering, Communications, Bird Study, Landscape Architecture, First Aid, Emergency Preparedness, Sustainability, Leatherworking, and Fire Safety. The virtual camp experience was a wild success.

Troops 93 and 1093 spent the summer pursuing the Hiking Merit Badge with a 5-mile hike around , two 10-mile hikes on the Air Line trail, stopping for refreshments at We-Lik-It in Pomfret, and a final 10-mile trek around . Scouts are learning about proper gear and conditioning as they approach their next challenge – a 15-mile hike! Under the guidance of Assistant Scoutmaster John Tillinghast, Scouts have spent at least 10 hours this summer toiling at the Grow Windham community garden that provided fresh produce to GREEN THUMBS: those in need at the Covenant Soup Kitchen. The Family Cub Scout Pack PLANTS FOR DROUGHT held their first meeting of the fall on September 13th at the Town Hall There are some plants that do not require very much pavilion. We welcomed our new Cubmaster, Heather Nunn, and Blake water so they might be the ones to buy if you want Zevetchin was awarded the Webelos rank badge and continues along to plant this fall. They will need water to get them into the Arrow of Light. It was a beautiful day and a great time to established. FINALLY be together in person. We look forward to more outdoor and Russian Sage Perovslia atriplicifolia: perennial; safely-distanced adventures this fall. lavender blue flowers; full sun Butterfly Bush Buddleja davidii: shrub; assorted colors; New Scouts are invited to join! The Family Cub Scout Pack 93 is for buy ones that are not invasive; full sun boys and girls in grades K-5. The Scouts BSA Troops are for boys and girls Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis ‘Graziella’: in grades 6-12 and meet Tuesday evenings from 7-8:30 PM. For more perennial grass; white plumes; grows wide and 5-6 information contact: Michelle Mlyniec, 860.465.7344 feet tall - site accordingly; sun or [email protected] Penstemon: perennial in some varieties, but not all; many colors; sun Coneflower Echinacea purpurea: various colors; sun GHOST TOUR! to part shade; some varieties hardy, others not Though many fall activities – from country fairs to haunted houses – were Sea Holly Eryngium ‘Sapphire Blue’: perennial; blue; cancelled this year, our trees are starting to remind us of our good fortune in full sun scenic drives. For the more adventurous, Connecticut also suggests a “ghost Mulleum Verbascum chaixii: perennial; various tour”, a four hour journey to places considered the spookiest in the state. pastel color spikes; full sun Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’: perennial; ferny, silver A book has been written about the haunted Union Cemetery in Easton, thought foliage; full sun to be the most demonic burial grounds in America. Beware of the White Lady Lamb's Ear Stachys ‘Big Ears’: perennial; other who allegedly makes nightly appearances walking through the graves. varieties also; full sun Considered the scariest in the state, Saw Mill City Road in Shelton is dark, Geranium Pelargonium: perennial but not in our zone narrow, tree-lined, and twisted, its eeriness lending credence to the legend that - take inside for winter; assorted colors; full sun to claims there are groups of monsters hiding in the woods there. part shade These plants will bring many butterflies, bees, and Established in 1790, Gunntown Cemetery in Naugatuck is the resting place of other pollinators to your garden. You will be able to people from both sides of the revolution, but reportedly, there are a lot of restless watch a lot of insect activity and not have to do a spirits there. lot of watering after they are established. Folks have speculated for years as to whether the phenomenon on Snake Meadow Road in Sterling is the result of science or spirits. Put your car in neutral Marcia Kilpatrick and it will be pulled uphill and roll the wrong way! ASSEMBLY CHALLENGE, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 Seaside Sanatorium in Waterford, an abandoned medical facility that once treated children with tuberculosis, is purportedly haunted, and definitely the Republican, Woman, Man, Black, White, Hispanic, eeriest oceanfront location on the east coast. Gay, Straight, Young, Old – you’re all family to me. If

you have a problem or just want to talk, give me a Though we might be prevented from even trick-or-treating this year, call. I try to call everyone back personally. And I there are plenty of ways to celebrate Halloween; our own cemeteries are would be honored if you voted to return me to the fascinating, if not haunted, and there’s nothing spookier than ghost stories legislature.” around a campfire! 11 from us, and offers several popular sites including the Tri-state Marker and the site of the Great East Thompson Train Wreck where, in 1891, four trains collided at Thompson Station. Thompson’s Trails Committee has formed a partnership with the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program to develop a permanent interpretive park on the trail. Online workshops for the public to OUR TRAILS contribute to the final design of the park are coming this fall and all interested trail One of the silver users are invited. More information will be coming soon, but in the meantime you linings that has come can find out more by contacting the Director of Planning & Development for Thompson, Tyra Penn ([email protected]). out of the cloud of Covid is a new-found Tyra is also heading up a plan which includes member towns of the trail communities appreciation of our including Hampton. This plan involves the production of a series of double-sided trail outside spaces and maps which feature the trail sections specific to each town in addition to the full trail the beauty, safety and map. Coordinated by the CT Rural Conservation and Development Area, partner solace our state parks towns are seeking a match funding from the Eastern Region Tourism District to bring have to offer. We are the project to fruition. These handy maps fold down to a sturdy credit card sized piece blessed to have that easily fits into a wallet or pocket. If the project succeeds, these wonderful maps Goodwin right here in will be available at the various towns along the trail including here in Hampton at Hampton alongside Goodwin. For more information on how you can support this project, please contact several other near-by parks that make for a won- Tyra Penn ([email protected]). derful outing in a time when activities have been very limited. A third natural wonder that is an easy 40-minute drive from Hampton and offers a GOODWIN STATE FOREST fabulous day trip for anyone seeking an out-of-town jaunt as well as a gamet of outside Our hometown treasure, Goodwin, offers up activities is Pachaug State Forest. Pachaug is the largest state forest in Connecticut and a wonderful history, a beautiful outdoor encompasses almost 27,000 acres, and includes the towns of Voluntown, Griswold, environment and many educational opportuni- Plainfield, Sterling, Preston and North Stonington. ties. Goodwin was gifted to the people of Connecticut in 1964 when James Goodwin, one Established in 1928, the park was added to with land purchases during the Great of Connecticut’s earliest conservationists, gifted Depression. Today it offers a stunning example of Connecticut’s Northeastern coastal the land and buildings upon it to the state. In forest ecosystems. Featured at the park is a Rhododendron Sanctuary as well as Great addition to the hiking and biking trails, boating, Meadows Swamp which is considered one of the finest examples of Atlantic white youth group camping, fishing and cross-country cedar swamps in the state. Activities offered by the park include hiking, mountain skiing, Goodwin has a wonderful educational biking, horseback riding, camping, hunting, fishing and swimming in designated swimming areas. center and museum located on Potter Road. While activities at the park (and all state Like here at Goodwin, Pachaug has a Friends Group that is involved in activities and parks throughout Connecticut) have been conservation in the park. Their website, www.friendsofpachaugforest.org, is an significantly limited by Covid restrictions, excellent resource for anyone looking to visit the park with information ranging from there are still webinars and online learning the trail system to upcoming events. opportunities including the Backyard Naturalist and Master Naturalist programs. These provide These are just a sampling of the many wonderful state parks in our immediate an opportunity to pair your time in the park with area. There is no time like the present to show your support for the parks by visiting the chance to learn more about the environment them, taking the time to enjoy the many opportunities they offer, getting involved in and wildlife that inhabits it. For more information the groups that support the park systems, or even volunteering time to help keep these about Goodwin or these programs, visit the web- parks beautiful and accessible. October is perhaps one of the most scenic months here site friendsofgoodwinforest.org. Our local Friends in New England, and if ever there was a time to enjoy our outdoor spaces it is now. group is a great supporter of the park and its pro- Laura McCabe grams.

THE AIR LINE TRAIL STATE PARK One of the great features in Goodwin is the Air Line trail. The trail was originally part of a train line running from Boston to New York. Construction of the rail line began in the 1860’s and met many challenges largely due to the hills and valley of the North Eastern Connecticut ter- rain. By 1872 the line was in use and traffic continued to build until, in 1876, the first passenger run was scheduled. The line was ac- tive continually until disastrous flooding in 1955 combined with the construction of an interstate highway sealed the fate of our rail traffic.

Today the trail offers a fabulous and well- maintained path from Thompson to East Three benches were recently placed on a knoll along the blue-white trail in Goodwin Forest in honor of long-time Hampton, passing through twelve towns, volunteer, Fran Zumpano. "An experienced trail builder would put a bench for hikers on that knoll so they could including Hampton. The Northern Gateway to enjoy the view of Pine Acres pond," was a suggestion Fran heard when building the trail, and advice he never forgot and talked about often, a plan his recent passing precluded. Now others can enjoy its fruition at this 12the trail is Thompson, an easy 25-minute drive memorial site. OUR NEIGHBOR’S GARDEN: THE PUBLIC GARDEN AT FLETCHER MEMORIAL Every year, I visit a garden in town, and its gardener, for a narrated tour to feature in our newspaper. Given that Covid 19 precluded those meanderings through private gardens, I decided to take this opportunity to describe Hampton’s public garden – the garden at Fletcher Memorial Library.

When the library was faced with the necessity of facilitating an accessible entrance and increased parking, board member and landscape designer Anne Christie developed a plan to bridge the library and the parking lots with a garden filled with As autumn approaches, the bronze fronds native plants to attract butterflies. The miraculous result was a communal effort: of fennel sport their mustard-colored Selectman Mike Chapel coordinated the installation of paths and plants with the umbels. Mauve tufts of towering Joe Pye assistance of the town crew, community members purchased selected trees, shrubs weed float in the island, along with bushels and flowers, benches were donated, board member Stan Crawford built a trellis and of the vibrant purple blossoms of “ironweed” most recently, a water garden was installed, the generous contribution of patron and sprays of butterfly bush’s magenta Roma Dupuis. Opening to the public in 2013, this Certified Butterfly Garden earned racemes. Mounds of plum-purple New distinction the following year from the American Society of Landscape Architects in England asters rim the path, and saucers of the educational category for its instructiveness in planting for winged wildlife, yet sedum “Autumn Joy” adorn the center with its aesthetic appeal, the garden is a paradise not only for birds, bees and garden, beginning pale pink and maturing to butterflies, but also for patrons. raspberry and eventually their winter brick to

The garden welcomes approach from the front entrance and lawn, and from the surround the “winterberry”, its sparkling parking lot and rear entrance, a plant-lined walkway inviting visitors. Inkberry hedges crimson fruits the garden’s focal point in partially enclose the area, providing a garden “room”. A gravel path circles the winter. Berries, and the evergreen foliage of original garden, a tribute to former librarian, Eunice Fuller. Remnants of her flowers laurel and arborvitae, provide interest in remain – in the hosta fringing the porch, the spring bulbs carpeting the lawn, the winter, as well as the variety of trees and extensive lily collection, and the native plants she protected to nourish the butterflies. shrubs whose shapes gain significance with The path branches around an island of flowers and to the field stones leading to a their winter silhouettes – the frosted fountain water garden. The library itself, lined with foliar interest, serves as the southern wall of weeping cherry, the ruby branches of shrub and to the north, a row of purple-black ninebark; a berm rises to the west where a dogwood, the twiggy brooms of blueberry, their stems flushing crimson in earliest spring. tapestry of seasonal foliage includes red-twig dogwood, inkberry holly, Korean lilac, western arborvitae, amsonia and spirea, and the east spills to the library’s terraced The newest element is an intimate cove where slope. water gently trickles along mossy rocks and

Spring begins with the pearly umbrella of a weeping cherry at the garden’s entrance, spills into a small pool. Water lilies float on the honeybees abundant amidst the delicate, cascading flowers. In the lawn which surface, hosting flowers of cream and pale sweeps to the garden, an assortment of squill, chinodoxa and glory-of-the-snow is yellow flushed pink, and frogs plunge from scattered beneath the pink, rose and white bowers of crab apples. Purplish-pink the falls and nudge their faces through the blossoms of redbud and ivory bracts of dogwood also usher in the season, and camouflaging, aquatic plants. Field stones lead racemes of the lilac “Miss Kim”, deep purple buds opening to lavender flowers, to the water garden and an iron bench, where perfume the air. The pale blue stars of amsonia and the indigo wands of baptisia one can read in solitude in the shelter of oak partner, their foliage contributing textural contrasts throughout the season coupled leaf hydrangeas, their panicles of ivory flowers with the slender, silvery blades of the ornamental grass, “Little Bluestem”. A few opening in late summer, their foliage igniting stalks of pink, purple and white “dame’s rocket” bloom, reminiscent of Mrs. Fuller’s in autumn with burgundy, rust, amber, orange meadow which hosted a sea of hesperis. and scarlet leaves. It’s the perfect place to read on a fall afternoon, with the music of As spring progresses, catmint blooms in the center garden, a billowy border of falling water, and the butterflies that validate lavender clouds, a sea of the fluorescent, lemon-yellow plates of “Moonshine” the garden’s promise with their presence. yarrow lights the floral island, and the ninebark appears coppery, dusted with beige- pink flower clusters. These blossoms provide a bee haven, visitors surrounded with This gem is nestled in our village amid the their symphony. In summer, Mrs. Fuller’s exquisite lily collection glows along the surrounding gardens of our neighbors and our bronzed ninebark – trumpets of pumpkin and apricot, scarlet and lemon, marmalade nature preserves. With plenty of public spaces and watermelon, ivory and rust. Shasta daisies cheer the garden, and bottle-brushes to appreciate, as well as our own backyards, of purple liatris rise above bright orange clusters of butterfly weed, yellow blossoms birds and bees and butterflies, untouched by of hypericum, and echinacea’s contrasting petals of lemon-lime and dark this virus, benefitted from our devotion, and cranberry. Scarlet and crimson annual zinnias invigorate the garden, while gentle wildlife, from bunny rabbits to bears, notes are contributed by pastel crests of pink and purple phlox and grape-colored ventured more frequently into our lawns. And blossoms dangling along stalks of lady’s bells. The garden path is infused with the Fletcher Memorial continued to enrich us, its honey-scented “summersweet’s” delicate, white flowers, and enlivened with garden providing a space to gather for lawn concerts, and a quiet sanctuary. cushions of golden rudbeckia, which will linger well into fall. Along the library wall, a clump of cardinal flower sprouts from a carpet of marbled heuchera, where a bench Dayna McDermott is backed by a trellis of the “pipevine” which provides larval food for the swallowtail. 13

RECIPES OF THE MONTH: APPLES! Grilled Apple Gouda Quesadillas Our request for recipes using apples yielded several. We’re featuring one 8 eight-inch flour tortillas sweet and one savory this month. Enjoy! 2 tablespoons olive oil Chunky Apple Cake 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1/2 cup butter, softened 2-4 green onions, chopped whites and greens 2 cups sugar 2 red apples, cored and thinly sliced 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups Gouda cheese 2 large eggs, room temperature Preheat grill to high heat. Brush one side of tortilla with oil. 2 cups all-purpose flour Place oil side down on a plate. Spread with mustard, and top 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon with apple slices, onions, and cheese. Top with a second 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon salt tortilla and oil the top. Brush grill surface with oil, and grill 1/2 teaspoon baking soda quesadillas for about 3 minutes until bottom is crispy, flip, 6 cups chopped peeled tart apples and grill another 2-3 minutes. Remove from grill, cut into quarters, serve warm. In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one Perry Mandanis at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, cin- namon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well (batter will be stiff). Stir in apples until well combined. Spread into a greased 13”x9” baking dish. Bake at 350° November 7, 2020 for 40-45 minutes or until top is lightly browned and springs back HarvestHarvest SupperSupper when lightly touched. Cool for 30 minutes before serving. HAMPTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 5-7PM

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