Dr. Byron D. Pease
New Ipswich Historical Society
On this day - October 20, 1897
William Jurian Kaula diary
Miss Lufkin left for Paris. The weather remains fine and I hope to produce many watercolors before the first of November. I am choosing most of my subjects around the moats or canals that run through Crécy. They make interesting combinations of water, houses, and the fall foliage. Some of them have something of the characteristics of a Venice only the buildings are typically French in the confusion of angles and gables.
On this day - October 20, 1908
James Roger diary entry
20th (Tuesday)
Cold and clear. David on roads down town. I finished the Gordon lot. Mother helping me to fix stones also raked some leaves.
On this day - October 20, 2018
The New Ipswich Autumn Festival 2018.
Meanwhile on Main Street
Doctor Clare Cayward seemed to have taken over the role as local physician in New Ipswich until Doctor Robert Wellwood moved into the area and set up a practice in Greenville. The local cynics used to say, "One recommends you get a shot and the other a pill."
The history of doctors for NI and Greenville is interesting. Getting MDs to settle here was always a challenge. If one reads the old annual town reports one learns how challenging it was. Even today it's not easy. During my years in New Ipswich it was Dr. Cayward. Fortunately he attended U of Vt and its College of Medicine in the 1920s although he was from upstate NY, an outstanding athlete who was offered contracts by professional baseball teams and was coach of UVM's basketball team while in medical school. NI would send letters to all the med schools in New England when a doctor was needed. Dr. Cayward responded fulfilled NI's request. At the U of Vt he is a legend because he was on the varsity team in 4 sports in addition to be an A student.