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Chichester NH News

May 12, 2010

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The Chichester Youth Association will be holding its next meeting on May 16th at 6 p.m. in the Selectmen’s Conference Room at the Town Hall.  Please stop and take in a meeting to see how this volunteer organization is run and what you can do to contribute.  Presently the CYA has immediate needs for a Soccer Commissioner, Golf Tournament Coordinator, and Volunteer Coordinator. Remember, this is a volunteer organization and without the support of the parents/families, we cannot offer the programs that we do. Please stop by the meeting to see how you can get involved with the youth of our community and help to grow something that so many other families have built up for us.




Chichester Grange is planning a brief Memorial Day Celebration at the Veteran’s Memorial in the Town Hall Parking Lot at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 30. All are welcome to attend.




Happy Birthday to Carter Pillsbury and Todd Hammond on May 13.




Chichester Grange will meet on Wednesday, May 19, at 7 p.m. upstairs in the Grange Hall. It will be Family and Community Night, and the baking contest of fruit squares with a pastry crust (any filling) will be judged.



 

The date for Chichester’s Old Home Day this year is August 21 with the Variety Show on August 19 and Cruise Night on August 20. This year’s theme is “Halloween in August,” which should provide plenty of ideas for parade floats. If you would like to reserve a space at Carpenter Park for vending or informational purposes, please contact Jaan Luikmil at 798-4987 soon. Space is limited.




If you are able to bake and donate cookies for the Old Home Day meal, please contact JoAnn Luikmil at 798-5483. She wants to know well ahead of time where the food is coming from.




There will again be a Yard Sale on Old Home Day under the tent. Halloween items would be especially appropriate, but anything in good condition is welcome. Pick-up can be arranged. Call Stacy Luikmil at 798-4987.




Non-fiction titles always sound so intriguing! Look in the Chichester Town Library for the following books: The New Secrets Of Style – Your complete guide to dressing your best every day - by Jennifer Alfano, The Faith Of The American Soldier by Stephen Mansfield, The Fred Factor – How passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extra ordinary – by Mark Sanborn, The Oriental 7-Day Quick Weight-Off Diet by Anthony Norvell, The Stranger And The Statesman – James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the making of America’s greatest museum – the Smithsonian – by Nina Burleigh, The Best Of Friends – Martha and Me – by Mariana Pasternak, and Game Change – Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by Joan Heilemann.



 

Chichester Historical Society
Early Settlement
By Walter Sanborn


This article will start with the early settlement of Chichester which will lead up to the vanishing breed of town officials.


Although the Town of Chichester was incorporated in 1727 it was fifty years before many proprietors took ownership of land and started to live here.  The town was originally about 8 miles square and laid out in sections. These sections were divided into ranges and these ranges divided into lots of twenty acres each. Any proprietor was assigned a lot for free if he would start a homestead and farm the land.  A map of the town was made showing ownership of the lots. If a proprietor did not take his lot in a given time it was given to someone else.


Most early settlers were single men or if he had a family the family stayed on the seacoast until a man built a new home in the interior and they could move inland and start farming.


All of New England was mostly all forest and all the land had to be cleared of trees to develop a homestead for farming to survive.


The only thing a man owned was probably an axe, saw and spade and most important a gun and powder and shot to provide game for food. His first need was to cut the trees to clear the land and provide himself a shelter. There were no domestic animals in the country and all labor was manual to cut and clear the land.


No roads existed and a trail was used to reach the seacoast where the proprietors returned to Portsmouth or Hampton to get supplies.


There were only the supplies from England to be bought for use by the early settlers.


Ships traveled regularly between England and  New England and each trip brought new settlers and supplies. Some ships also brought animals and seeds for purchase by the people who had started farms on their established land grants.


It might be several years before a man could build a home and clear a small piece of land for  farming.  After this he would return to the coast and if he had a family bring them to the farm he had started.


As the settlement grew one of the requirements for a new town was to build a public meetinghouse.  Many votes were taken and later rescinded as to where the location of the meeting house should be located. It was not settled until 1791 when it was built at the present location of the Chichester Town Library which was the first meeting house.
The census of 1790 shows the population of Chichester to be 491 consisting of 82 families. Of these there were only 137 males over 16 and only males over 21 were allowed to vote. All early town meetings were held in Portsmouth so only a few men traveled there to take part in voting on town affairs.  Those who attended these town meetings were usually elected to office and appointed to serve on various committees for the town.


The only domestic animals available to be bought were brought over from England on ships. Each ship from England to this country brought more immigrants, supplies and farm animals.


The most useful animal was the bovine and pig with a few chickens. The bovine or cow produced calves which would be a cow or bull. The cow was the most useful as she produced offspring and of course much needed milk. Unlike today if the calf is a bull it is killed for the meat it provides. In the early days a young bull calf was castrated and raised as steers to work on the farm.  It would be some time before horses were available for farm work.


The steer and ox were the only means of power to help the farmer perform heavy work on the farm.


To be continued

 


 

Volunteer Answers For 12-18 Year Olds


Every year in public, private  and home schools, our younger people in the communities of Epsom, Chichester, and Pittsfield  are required to volunteer for a number of hours.  Have you decided how to do that?


We have the Answer! Join the new Epsom-Chichester LEOS Club. This is the youth branch of the International Lions Clubs. You will have an opportunity to plan how you want to spend your volunteer time with your friends. You get to plan the project. A number of your friends have already signed on.


Come to the Circle 9 Ranch Campground Hall in Epsom on May 16 at 6 p.m.   Bring your parents and your buddies! Questions? Call Amy at 682-4857 or Elaine at 736-8006.

 


 

Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News
Submitted By Carol Hendee


Before I go on to mention some of the services completed so far in 2010, I should finish what was accomplished in 2009 from your contributions. We distributed hundreds of hygiene kits, wash up kits and comfort kits. 25 were helped with health equipment needs. Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter baskets were also provided. Also much appreciated were the 5 boxes of craft supplies for a Boys And Girls Club and a bag of knitting needles for 4 H. Already this year, one of our local helpers, Bessie, has delivered birthday kits to the area food pantries. We have also given out 200 layette bags, with a fair market value of $150.00 each. Much good continues to be done, with your help.


Are you into recycling and Going Green? Think of the Attic Thrift Shop as a hub for recycling. You have good items all around your home-garage, attic, basement-that you haven’t used in years. The item is just too good to bring to the dump- so, bring it to the Attic-it will be “recycled” by someone who can really use it. It is staying out of the landfill and it’s life is being extended. However, things that really do belong at the dump should go to the dump. We cannot accept any electronics unless they are in working order. We also do not accept computers, tv’s or printers. Whether you have one small item or ten, feel free to stop by on Tues., Wed., or Thurs. 8-4 or Sat. 10-4 at out shop in the Blueberry Plaza, Rte 28 No. in Chichester. The “special day” previously mentioned is the last Thursday of every month. Stop in and see what the sign says that day or call 435-9339 for directions. You can also visit our other location on Main St. In Laconia.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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