Pic Of The Day #1157

Posted on June 17, 2020 | 9 Comments

Green’s Farms post office (Photo/Bobbie Herman)

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9 responses to “Pic Of The Day #1157”

  1. Jack Backiel | June 17, 2020 at 9:33 pm |

    We had Box 306 next to the window. That picture makes me homesick.

  2. Dave Eason | June 18, 2020 at 8:35 am |

    Shhhh….Best kept secret in town..

  3. Susan Ellis | June 18, 2020 at 11:08 am |

    This Kousa dogwood is on Morningside Drive South, south of Clapboard Hill Rd.

    I wish I had sent you my picture of the roses, because I think they look much brighter:

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  4. John Kelley | June 18, 2020 at 11:26 am |

    My vision can’t quite make it out, but is it n”Greens Farms” as I think the sign says or “Green’s Farms.” When the New Haven RR ran things, I remember the railroad station as being “Green Farms.”

  5. Bobbie Herman | June 18, 2020 at 11:36 am |

    The sign says “Green’s Farms,” which is why Dan put in the apostrophe. But as any present or former resident of Greens Farms knows, this is incorrect.

  6. Dan Woog | June 18, 2020 at 12:59 pm |

    We’ve debated this many times on “06880.” The previous sign at the post office did not have an apostrophe. This one does.

  7. Bob Weingarten | June 18, 2020 at 1:51 pm |

    I would like to point out for present or former residents of Green’s Farms that the apostrophe was placed in the name in the late 1700s and 1800s. Here is a few paragraphs from the website of the Green’s Farms Church of:

    FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PILGRIMS
    When we gather in our light-filled, historic Meetinghouse, we are following in the footsteps of the generations who have worshipped in Green’s Farms since 1711.
    In 1648, five families set out west from Fairfield to farm alongside Long Island Sound next to Burying Hill Beach in what is now Westport. By 1711 they had been joined by another 265 farmers who worked the excellent crop land with Indian and slave labor. In honor of the most successful farmer, John Green, the settlement became known as Green’s Farms.

    Note the last sentence, above. The Green’s Farms Congregational Church has had an apostrophe in its name from mid-1800s.

    I wrote an article for the Greens Farms Living magazine, note that they didn’t have an apostrophe and I never found out why. The article discusses the different places that Green’s Farms versus Greens Farms was. Anyone hwo wants to read the article, can email me and I will send it to you. Email is rwmailbox@aol.com.

  8. David Squires (Staples '75) | June 18, 2020 at 8:11 pm |

    Hurrah for the 06838…. It’s GREAT!!!