I had a friend in the early 50s named Roy Newell. I suspect he was a descendent. He was a few yrs older than I (age 15 or so). We used to swim at the bridge near the intersection of Old Country Rd and River Rd. One day in 1955 he drowned in Water Loom Pond. He knew how to swim. It was later determined that he had bubble gum lodged in his throat. In 1967 my brother named Roy also drowned in Water Loom Pond.
My mother and Roy Newell's mother were close friends. I never asked why my brother was named Roy. Roy Newell drowned 2 years before my brother was born. There was a third child that drowned off the Preston beach in the 50s. Apparently the beach dropped off abruptly a short distance from shore.
Phil and Veino Thompson lived in the house behind the when I was growing up. One of my good friends Susie Thompson lived there. There was a n ell off of it where Paul Fenimore Cooper stayed in the summers with his wife Marion.
Still waiting to hear what happened to his painting.
The part where he recounts steeple disappearing had me thinking the fog had rolled in. His version is much better.
I had a friend in the early 50s named Roy Newell. I suspect he was a descendent. He was a few yrs older than I (age 15 or so). We used to swim at the bridge near the intersection of Old Country Rd and River Rd. One day in 1955 he drowned in Water Loom Pond. He knew how to swim. It was later determined that he had bubble gum lodged in his throat. In 1967 my brother named Roy also drowned in Water Loom Pond.
How sad, something I would never associate with that body of water. Terrible to lose a sibling.
My mother and Roy Newell's mother were close friends. I never asked why my brother was named Roy. Roy Newell drowned 2 years before my brother was born. There was a third child that drowned off the Preston beach in the 50s. Apparently the beach dropped off abruptly a short distance from shore.
Phil and Veino Thompson lived in the house behind the when I was growing up. One of my good friends Susie Thompson lived there. There was a n ell off of it where Paul Fenimore Cooper stayed in the summers with his wife Marion.