Meg Cabot She Went All The Way

[Mirtha Hinrichs]

JohnCabot was one of the first schools my daughter Micayla researched in depth. She ended up applying to about 10 other schools, but JCU always seem to stay front and center in her conversations about college.

After enrolling, we became even more certain that JCU was where Micayla belonged. Everyone we met or spoke to at JCU was extremely helpful. From meeting President Pavoncello to the JCU Admission Staff, we could not ask for a more supportive and helpful group. Each of my interactions with them made me feel more and more comfortable about sending my daughter so far away.

I also went with her to move in to her apartment at the Gianicolo Residence on campus. I was impressed by the the ideal location, the cleanliness, and the 24-hour security. This was yet another thing that assured me that she was in good hands.

Because I raised my children to be truly independent, I felt comfortable with my daughter attending college half a world away. I taught my children to self-advocate, let them solve problems and effectively deal with conflict. So far it has worked out splendidly!

Ann Rider, 65, of Cabot, went home to see her Lord and Savior on her birthday, March 18, 2024 after being diagnosed four days earlier with cancer. Born March 18, 1959 in Little Rock, Arkansas, she was the middle daughter of three girls born to Kathern Rider and the late Bill Rider.

Although she was headstrong, Ann was special! She was still a kid at heart, and it was her desire that students could experience the joy and ease of childhood. She mentored many students throughout the years, but one special relationship came from a kindergartner who is now a 9th grader, Jobeth Johnson. Ann was like her older sister, and cheered and supported her in many activities.

In May of 2016, Ann ended her 34 years of teaching at Stage Coach Elementary with a lifetime of beautiful memories of the children she had taught and counseled, of teachers and administrators whom she loved, and of a community she served faithfully and without regret.

Ann was faithful to her mom. She took her on trips, to church, and shopping; she always called her mom every evening between 5:00-6:00 p.m. to check on her and share the day. They enjoyed many precious moments together, and Mrs. Kathern will need our continued prayers.

Survivors include her mother, Kathern Rider of Cabot; sister, Brenda (Kenny) Early of Cabot; sister, Becky (Tim) Walters of Bella Vista; nephew Zach Early of Hubert, Oklahoma, and niece Faith Walters of Bella Vista. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Faith Baptist Church in Cabot, the Cabot Scholarship Foundation, or a charity of your choice.

Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot, as he was later called when he sailed under the English flag, was a skilled Italian navigator and explorer of the 15th century. The image on the right, which shows John Cabot in traditional Venetian garb, is from a mural painting by Giustino Menescardi (1762) in the Sala dello Scudo in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice.

Although John Cabot lived in England as an adult, he was a citizen of Venice. He engaged in eastern trade in that city, and it was this experience that became the stimulus for his later explorations. After leaving Venice, he spent several years in Valencia and Seville, and in the 1480s he went to the English port of Bristol, where he established his base for exploration and discovery. Independently of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot envisioned the possibility of reaching Asia by sailing westward. England, hoping to profit from any trade Cabot might establish with the New World, gave support to his efforts to sail to unknown lands and return with goods. Under a patent granted by Henry VII in 1496, Cabot sailed from Bristol in 1497 and discovered Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island on the North American coast. His voyages to North America in 1497 and 1498 helped lay the groundwork for Britain's later claim to Canada. It was during a voyage to the Americas in 1499 that John Cabot was lost at sea.

We at John Cabot University are proud to bear the name of such an illustrious Italian, who opened the channels for further exploration to North America and thus forged a link between Italy and the Americas that has lasted over five hundred years.

Linda Lou Williams Neville, 83, of Cabot, went to be with the Lord on June 5, 2024. She was born August 29, 1940 in Salt Rock, West Virginia. Linda graduated from Wayne High School. She worked in the banking industry until becoming a homemaker. She maintained a meticulous home and was an amazing cook.

Linda was married November 26, 1960 to the love of her life, David, until his unexpected passing on April 15, 2020. When Linda had a stroke in 2014 and was moved to Spring Creek Nursing Home, David was there each and every day at her side with his full support and their unbreakable relationship. David and Linda had a love that was like none other. Their devotion to each other was timeless.

Mt. Cabot is a wild, wet place. It is the northernmost of the New Hampshire 4,000 footers and getting there takes some doing. Alex and I took the northern route, which starts from the nondescript Unknown Pond trailhead 5 miles down a logging road from the village of Stark. No parking area of any kind, just a sign for Unknown Pond. The trail was a gradual and muddy climb through a dense birch forest to Unknown Pond (3100'), which is truly beautiful (at left, with a view of the Horn across the water). We then joined the Kilkenny Ridge Trail to take us to the Horn, the Bulge, and finally to Cabot. The trail became rocky but not particularly difficult. The Horn is on a side trail and reputed for great views but by the time we got to the juncrion we were wrapped in fog so just pushed on. We got to the Bulge (right), which offers no view but at 3,900' is one of the New England top 100.

From the Bulge we dropped to a col at 3,600' and then up Cabot. The final climb to Cabot took us through a forest of pine trees dripping with spanish moss and with giant ferns (left). We finally got to the top of Cabot (4,180'), which has a heavily photographed sign (right) because there's really nothing else to photograph on the summit. It's just a clearing surrounded with pine trees, most of them pretty dead-looking. In any case that was Alex's 43rd 4,000 footer - just five to go!

A landmark of Mt. Cabot is a 'rustic cabin' available for shelter 0.4 mi. from the summit south on the Kilkenny Ridge Trail. We figured that we had to see it so we pressed on, through a number of large blowdowns, and soon got to the cabin immersed in fog (left). We walked in to check it out and I wasn't too impressed - it's cramped, with some broken furniture and 4 bunks. In an emergency, I suppose, but not a destination.

We then headed back the way we came, By the time we got to the Horn junction it looked like the weather might be clearing so we did the side trip to the Horn, which is fun - some scrambling over ledges. But the fog was still there and one could barely see anything (left - there's a lake somewhere in the fog, can't see much of anything else). Back on the trail we ran into a guy who was doing Cabot for the "2nd time in June". Looks like he was one of those guys who've done all the 4,000 footers in every month of the year but then just can't stop and do it again. I'm told that there are two people who've "squared" the 4,000 footers (48 times each) - maybe time to do something else? Anyway, down we went to Unknown Pond and the dense birch forest of Unknown Pond Trail (right) back to the trailhead.

Sydnie Madison Reedy, 22, of Cabot went to be with her Lord on Saturday, June 6, 2020. She was born October 5, 1997 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. She was a member of Cabot Church of Christ, where she was loved so dearly.

Out of consideration of the Reedy family and all of the friends and family attending the funeral, we ask that everyone attending please wear a mask at the visitation and funeral. Live stream of the funeral will be provided at www.cabotchurch.com for anyone who is unable to attend.

His name is also associated with Genoa, and he may have spent some time there as a boy. But by 1461 Cabot was living in Venice, where he became a citizen. In about 1482 he married a Venetian woman, Mattea, and they had three sons: Ludovico, Sebastiano and Sancio.

In England, Cabot received the backing he had been refused in Spain and Portugal. Italian bankers based in London agreed to invest in his scheme. So did the merchants of Bristol. They had sponsored probes into the north Atlantic from the early 1480s, looking for possible trading opportunities. Some historians think that Bristol mariners might even have reached Newfoundland and Labrador even before Cabot arrived on the scene.

These had been unofficial voyages. In contrast, on 5 March 1496, Henry VII issued letters patent to Cabot and his sons authorizing them to sail to all parts "of the eastern, western and northern sea" to discover and investigate,

Cabot made his first try in 1496. It was a failure. All we know about the voyage is contained in a 1497 letter from John Day, an English merchant in the Spanish trade, to Christopher Columbus. It states that "he [Cabot] went with one ship, he had a disagreement with the crew, he was short of food and ran into bad weather, and he decided to turn back." The following year, Cabot had better luck.

She went to private school for first grade to third grade, and Wilbur McMahon from fourth to twelfth. Then she went to Rhode Island University and graduated with a degree in mathematics in 1951. While in college she would come home on the weekends and holidays to work on White Rock Farm.

I know that JJ was the Little Compton town council president. I heard one main story about this. She would always complain about the town politics, until one day, Nelson Sr, told her to run for town council if she was going to complain. So she did! She started on the Budget Committee in 1966. She was elected to the Town Council in 1970, and became the Council President in 1974. She worked in this position for 26 years. She finally retired in November of 2002. During her time on the Town Council, she helped guide the town through events small and large, including the Tricentennial Celebration, a new town dock and the construction and dedication of the Public Safety Complex. Even after she retired from the Council, she started her own transportation company, Cabot Family LLC, in 2003 to 2012. JJ continued to serve the town as a Committee member until 2014.

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