Dr. Cayward was a pillar of the community for decades and exemplary citizen. Generations of young people benefited from his medical and seminal community work.
I do wonder about the event that James Roger described as being too classical for many in New Ipswich. What would that topic have been?
Many of us who read this column knew most of the people mentioned in that obit. All of them highly devoted to the town, and an amazingly talented group of people. It's not possible to summarize Dr. Cayward in this comment section, but here are a few bits. He was from Orleans, NY, a beautiful place in upstate NY, the Finger lakes region. My wife and I love that area. Dr. Cayward could have gone back to his home region but chose New Ipswich answering a plea send to UVM graduates to consider New Ipswich as a place for their practice. He was more than just a 4 star athlete at UVM, he was the star athlete in the sports he participated in. Captain of the basketball and baseball teams, and outstanding in football. He was offered professional baseball contracts more lucrative that the amount New Ipswich offered as a retainer. He was UVM's college basketball coach while he was in med school! One night at 2AM there was a knock at door at my parent's home on River Rd. I answered the door. It was Dr. Cayward. He said I received a call from the Niemi family that someone needed medical attention. I told him it must be the Niemi family in Smithville and off he went. When I was hurt in a sledding accident, I didn't have to go to the ER, Dr. Cayward came to my aid. I could go on and on.
So many fond memories of Dr. Cayward. I too remember many house calls that he made to our family. It is written in Oiva Anderson's great piece, Memories of a Finn Boy, the town baseball field once was next to the South, Smithville Cemetery before the flood control dam that Clair Cayward hit the longest home run in the history of that field. The ball ended up way into the nearby Cemetery. My sister Ilona's dear friend Carol was Dr. Cayward daughter and Ilona spent much time there in her young school days and was greeted so greatly by her parents.
Dr. Cayward was a pillar of the community for decades and exemplary citizen. Generations of young people benefited from his medical and seminal community work.
I do wonder about the event that James Roger described as being too classical for many in New Ipswich. What would that topic have been?
Many of us who read this column knew most of the people mentioned in that obit. All of them highly devoted to the town, and an amazingly talented group of people. It's not possible to summarize Dr. Cayward in this comment section, but here are a few bits. He was from Orleans, NY, a beautiful place in upstate NY, the Finger lakes region. My wife and I love that area. Dr. Cayward could have gone back to his home region but chose New Ipswich answering a plea send to UVM graduates to consider New Ipswich as a place for their practice. He was more than just a 4 star athlete at UVM, he was the star athlete in the sports he participated in. Captain of the basketball and baseball teams, and outstanding in football. He was offered professional baseball contracts more lucrative that the amount New Ipswich offered as a retainer. He was UVM's college basketball coach while he was in med school! One night at 2AM there was a knock at door at my parent's home on River Rd. I answered the door. It was Dr. Cayward. He said I received a call from the Niemi family that someone needed medical attention. I told him it must be the Niemi family in Smithville and off he went. When I was hurt in a sledding accident, I didn't have to go to the ER, Dr. Cayward came to my aid. I could go on and on.
So many fond memories of Dr. Cayward. I too remember many house calls that he made to our family. It is written in Oiva Anderson's great piece, Memories of a Finn Boy, the town baseball field once was next to the South, Smithville Cemetery before the flood control dam that Clair Cayward hit the longest home run in the history of that field. The ball ended up way into the nearby Cemetery. My sister Ilona's dear friend Carol was Dr. Cayward daughter and Ilona spent much time there in her young school days and was greeted so greatly by her parents.