I have just spent at least two hours going through page after page of your website, reliving old memories of Moodus.
I am now 79 years old and remember the frequent visits to my grand-parents home located across the street from the Methodist Hill Cemetery and next to the Old St. Bridgets Church. They and my great grandparents are buried in the southwest corner of the cemetery.
I remember the 1930s and the stream of people who walked back and forth from the camps to the center of town, all summer long. How they managed the steep hilll is beyond me. They never walked in the dirt path but chose to walk on the pavement.
My uncle, Raymond Harris, was a good friend of Jack Banner so I remember stopping at the Lodge several times. There was a famous singer named Lanny Ross who would visit us from time to time when he was at the Lodge.
I too am deeply saddened by the destruction of Moodus as I can vividly picture the Town as it was. My great-grandfather, Asa Harris, was a Dancing Master who gave lessons at the Music Hall and the Machimoodus House in the late 1800's. There was an article about him in the Deep River paper back in the 30's, which I gave to the Amasa Day Museum.
Thank you for your fine efforts.
-Richard D. Harris, Avon, CT
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