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From: "Lisa Lepore" <>
Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:13:54 -0500
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Hi Allison -

I've only heard it called Lake Nipmuc, but then again
I've only lived here for 17 yrs....

Speaking of the Tafts - The other restaurant that's been
here next to forever is the Cocke n'Kettle in Uxbridge.
I work with a woman who is a Taft - she's 94 - yes,
that's correct - 94!

She told me that the Cocke n' Kettle was originally
her uncle's farm. I want to say his name was Raymond?
but that might not be correct. Her family descends from
the Matthew Taft. She grew up on the family farm in Upton
on Taft and East Streets.

Her parents were Elmer Taft & Gladys Bruce.

And don't forget Lowell's Restaurant - they are now
re-opened at a new location - Rte 140, Mendon, in
between Hopedale & Bellingham.

I've never been to the old cemetery because I have no
family there. After the snow is gone, I'll have to go over
there and look at that Rawson stone. I've seen stones
with photos attached - from the 1920's or so. I've never
seen anything like you are describing here.

Lisa

----- Original Message -----
From: "AGFranks" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 4:51 AM
Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon


> Hi All:
>
> I kep wondering about the "lake" as mentioned, and I am beginning to
think
> that Nipmuck Pond is now called a lake? I've been to the Myriad
Ballroom.
> I attended a Taft reunion there a few years ago, and of course a
couple of
> times when I was little for a family gathering of some sort. I
never did
> get to swim in Nipmuck Pond.
>
> I've traveled the back roads to and from Mendon and Uxbridge many
times. I
> miss doing that, but then there's something to be said when moving.
You
> lose things you like and gain new things to love. In my case, it a
> fantastic view of the Sandia Mountains here in Albuquerque, and the
fact
> that it is high desert and no humidity. I can breathe much better.
>
> Here I am closer to the military base (I can look out the back of my
> apartment building and see Kirtland AFB). There is a gate at the
end of my
> road. Living in Providence, I had a 31 mile drive to Newport to the
Naval
> Base. No fresh clam chowder, baked scrod, nor fried clams here.
Red
> Lobster and Long John Silvers doesn't count.
>
> I also miss stopping in at Old Cemetery in Mendon to visit Rev.
Grindall 2
> Rawson's grave. The stone is a portrait stone, one of a very few
left in
> New England and has been in the cemetery since 1725.
>
> Regards,
> Alison Franks
> Archivist, Rawson Family Association
>
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