The
Chichester Town Library will be holding its August Book Sale on
Saturday, August 14 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Park behind the
library on Pound Road and load up your car with wonderful
reading bargains. New titles are constantly being added to the
book sale shelves.
Be involved in your Old Home
Day. Folks are needed to park cars, serve food, judge contests,
help with events, and keep the grounds tidy at Chichester’s Old
Home Day on August 21. Community Service hours will be given for
students who are looking for ways to earn some. Many hands make
light work. Contact Jaan Luikmil at 798-4987 or 545-9087 (cell)
if you can help.
The Greater Pittsfield Chamber of
Commerce Chichester Satellite Networking group will meet
Thursday at Dominick’s Restaurant on Rte. 28 from 6-8 p.m. This
is a great opportunity to network with local business owners.
You do not need to be a chamber member to attend and the event
is free. For more information, contact Lee-Ann at
[email protected] or 617-2410.
Plan to attend the Old
Home Day Variety Show on Thursday, August 19, from 7 to 9 p.m.
The evening will begin with a power point quiz “How Well Do You
Know Chichester?” and the customary local entertainment will
follow. There is no admission charge, but please bring paper
goods, shampoo, toothpaste, or other non-food items as a
donation to the Chichester Food Pantry.
Happy 50th
Birthday to Brad Towle on August 13.
In keeping
with the theme of “Halloween in August” the Old Home Day
Committee is pleased to bring you the BJ Hickman Magic Show on
Saturday, August 21, under the pavilion at Carpenter Park. There
will be two showings: 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. so plan it into your Old
Home Day Schedule.
The Chichester Town Library
would like to give away approximately 100 old record albums
ranging in style from Jazz to Mitch Miller. Please call the
library at 798-5613 or Carolee Davison at 798-3788, if you are
interested.
Carol Frekey-Harkness is looking for
contestants to participate in the Apple Pie Contest at Old Home
Day on August 21. Call her at 798-5443, if you would like to
enter.
Happy Anniversary to Keith and Aja Davison
on August 13.
Again this year there will be an Old
Home Day Scavenger Hunt on Friday, August 20, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Drive around town with your family or team and look for the
answers to the clues. There will be prizes, but the true reward
is the enjoyment of the search. Pick up your clues at Carpenter
Park just before 6 p.m. and have fun!
Take a
picture of your Chichester woodpile and win a cord of wood. The
Chichester Heritage Commission is sponsoring a contest to be
judged at Old Home Day, August 21. Print a picture of your
woodpile and send or give it to Lucille Noel or any other member
of the Heritage Commission. Please include your name and contact
information on the back of the photo. The woodpile must be on
your own property in Chichester. The pictures will be posted at
Old Home Day and judged then. Too busy to take a photo? Call
Lucille at 798-5709 and the Heritage Commission will take the
photo for you.
Epsom-Chichester Lions Club will
hold a Breakfast at Webster Park., Rte. 28 south on
Saturday, August 14, from 8 to 10 a.m. for Epsom Old Home Day.
All you can eat pancakes and sausage, juice, and coffee. $4.
Out
Of Your Attic Thrift Store
Submitted By Carol Hendee
It’s
that time of year - cleaning out the closets to see what still
fits the kids and what is needed to accommodate the growth
spurt. We can help with both things. We need kids sneakers. We
have daycare providers coming in to find that extra pair of
sneakers to use when one loses a sneaker or gets it thoroughly
soaked. We had a lady come in from a daycare, desperate for a
pair of sneakers for a little boy who was crying because the
only pair of sneakers left to wear were Disney Princess!
Maybe your child skipped a size and you have that new pair you
bought on sale to set aside for “next season” and the toes just
have gone past what’s in the box. We can certainly use them! We
have sweatshirts, and hoodies ready for use for the school year.
Please stop by and see us at 345 Suncook Valley Highway,
Chichester in the Blueberry Plaza, next to Parkers’ Roast Beef!
Look for our yellow sign, either by the road or in front of the
store and you’ll know we’re open Tues., 8-4, Wed. 11-4,
Thurs. 8-4 and Sat. 10-4.
Chichester Historical Society
Back to the Land Movement
By Walter Sanborn
In my last three articles on town history I
listed some of the town officials who have vanished over time.
They were the Fence Viewer, the Hog Reeve, Field Driver or
Hayward, Pound Keeper, Sealer of Leather, Corder of Wood,
Surveyor of Lumber, Culler of Staves and Sealer of Measure.
I
mentioned in one of these articles that the town may have to
revive some of these officials again but this is my own opinion.
This is why I made this statement. At the 2010 Town Meeting of
Chichester, Article 16 of the Town Warrant stated, “To see if
the town will vote to establish an Agriculture Commission with
provision of RSA673 and RSA673:4-b and to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to appoint a membership of not less than 3 members and
not more than 7 members and not more than 5 alternate members
consisting of at least one member from the local governing
body.”
With the adoption of this article which the town
voted in favor of and passed by majority vote, we will now have
an Agriculture Commission. This I believe will create more jobs
than all the candidates running for political office promise and
will slow the need of the President’s Stimulus bill.
The town
will need a Commissioner of Agriculture and an Assistant
Commissioner, as well as a secretary and need to build an
agricultural building to house them.
Although dairy farming
is declining, there is an increase in grazing cattle on green
grass only and commercial raising of buffalo, elk, sheep and
llamas for meat.
Many farms are raising fruits, berries and
vegetables for farm markets, and stores and restaurants are
trying to buy more local produce from local farmers for their
businesses.
Many of the old farms have been subdivided into
smaller house lots and residences. Many people now buy a new
home but do not know where all their boundary lines are located.
As new small farms start raising produce and animals the town
will need to elect a Fence Viewer to settle boundary lines
between farms.
As people start to raise animals for meat on
the new theory of grazing on green grass instead of grain feed
we will also need a new pound for the stray animals and hire a
pound keeper for the town.
As more farm markets and roadside
stands open, the town will also need an “Inspector of Produce”
as well. As more people are returning to wood as a fuel that
will create another town official. Wood is now being sold by the
bundle, log lengths by the load, pellets and chips, the town
will also need to revive the job of “Corder of Wood” to protect
the customer.
Many of these vanished officials will again be
needed as farming in Chichester starts to expand.
If
surrounding towns bordering Chichester also adopt the bill to
establish an Agriculture Commission, the Suncook Valley could
become the agricultural center of New Hampshire.
If this all
happens the Suncook Valley Railroad may have to be rebuilt to
handle the produce in and out of the Valley.
Now you may
wonder what all this has to do with the history of Chichester.
Not all history has yet occurred, but I predict this is history
in the making.
Bus
Route Schedule for 2010-2011
Chichester Central School
BUS
1
7:33 - End of Canterbury Rd. (Loudon end).
7:39 - Main
Street/ Right onto Cross/Granny Howe, Right onto Rte 4W, Left at
lights.
7:45 - Corner of Horse Corner/Towle Mason, L onto
Lane Rd.
7:47 - Right onto road marked “To Hutchinson Rd.”
7:52 - Turns around in Pembroke.
7:56 - Right onto Short
Falls, Left onto Lovers’ Lane.
7:57 - Right onto Burnt Hill.
8:00 - Right onto Smith Sanborn.
8:03 - Right onto Highland,
Right onto Smith Sanborn.
8:08 - Right onto Dover Rd., E to
traffic circle.
8:14 - Left on Deermeadow Rd.
BUS 2
7:28 - Main St. to W on Dover Rd.
7:40 - Turns around in
Concord end of Dover Rd. to go E.
7:43 - Left onto King Rd.
7:47 - Turns onto Ricker Rd. to Harvest Rd., Holstein, Guernsey.
7:57 - Left onto King Rd. onto E. Ricker.
8:00 - Right onto
Bear Hill.
8:05 - Left onto Ferrin, continues to Durgin.
8:09 - Left onto Bear Hill.
8:13 - Right onto Rte 28 S.
BUS 3
7:28 - Dover Road W (1st stop).
7:30 - Main Street
to Center.
7:34 - Right onto Bear Hill.
7:40 - Right onto
Rte. 28 to Main St., to Horse Corner.
7:53 - Left onto
Higgins, turn at Preve.
7:55 - Right onto Horse Corner, Left
onto Connemara, Turn at cul-de-sac, Left onto Horse Corner.
8:02 - Staniels and Horse Corner.
8:03 - Left onto Bailey.
8:05 - Right to Dover Rd. E, Atlantic Traders, Mobile Home Park
8:11 - Left onto Main St.
BUS 4
7:33 - Webster Mills to S
on Suncook Valley Rd.
7: 41 - Picks up heading N on Suncook
Valley Rd. (Depot Rd.)
7:46 - Suncook Valley Rd. and Martel.
7:48 - Turns in Pittsfield comes S on Suncook Valley Rd.
7:50
- Right onto Kelly Corner.
7:53 - Right onto Pleasant St.
8:02 - Turns at end back down onto Kelly Corner, toward Suncook
Valley Rd.
8:03 - Right onto Suncook Valley Rd. S
8:05 -
Right onto Swiggey Brook.
8:06 - Turns R onto Hilliard, turns
at Perry Brook.
8:11 - Right onto Suncook Valley Rd. S.
TO PEMBROKE
ACADEMY
Stops (one bus only)
6:04 - Rte. 28
and Martel Rd.
6:07 - Ring Road and Kelly Corner.
6:07 - Kelly Corner and Pleasant.
6:09 - Rte. 28 and Swiggey
Brook (upper end).
6:10 - Rte. 28 and Swiggey Brook (lower
end).
6:12 - Bear Hill at Carpenter Park.
6:15 - Bear Hill
and Center Rd.
6:21 - Chichester Central School.
6:23 -
Congregational Church.
6:24 - Methodist Church.
6:28 - End
Canterbury Rd (Loudon end).
6:30 - King and Harvest Rd.
6:31 - King and Rte. 4
6:33 - Abundant Life.
6:34 - Rte.
4/Trap Road.
6:36 - Horse Corner and Connemara.
6:37 -
Horse Corner and Staniels.
6:38 - Horse Corner and Bailey.
6:39 - Bailey and Rte 4.
6:41 - Atlantic Traders/Mason Rd.
6:42 - Mobile Home Park.
6:44 - Hess/Horse Corner Rd.
6:45
- Horse Corner and Lane.
6:47 - Lane and Hutchinson.
6:48
- Smith Sanborn and Burnt Hill.
6:49 - Smith Sanborn and
Highland.
6:52 - Smith Sanborn and Rte. 4.
Bus will run in
the same order coming from PA in the afternoon
Chichester Central School News
The summer weeks have
gone by quickly and the staff is looking forward to welcoming
back all of the students for the 2010-2011 school year. Summer
school is over, the rooms are prepared, supplies are in,
hallways and bathrooms have been “spruced up”, new students are
registering, staff members have taken part in workshops in
reading and math, and a whole host of other activities have
taken place over the course of the summer break. All students
should have received a “welcome back” letter from their homeroom
teacher which listed the necessary supplies for the start of the
year.
August 25 is the first day of school! Parents who are
dropping off are asked to do so as close to 8:15 as possible,
although there will be a supervised area in the building between
8:00 and 8:15 for anyone arriving at that time. Please make sure
to check the bus routes as there have been some minor changes to
routes 1 and 3. The lunch price for this year will be $2.00;
$3.00 for adults wishing to enjoy a fine meal in the middle of
the day.
Incoming kindergartners are invited to ride the bus
to school on Tuesday, August 24. The bus will leave the Town
Hall at 1:00 (AM class) and 2:00 (PM class) and students with a
parent will be greeted at the school. After a 45-minute stay to
get acquainted, the bus will return to the town offices. All
incoming first grade students may visit their classroom from
2-2:45 on Tuesday, the 24th.
We look forward to welcoming
everyone back; enjoy what remains of the summer!
Obituaries
Gerald E.
Gilmore
Chichester - Gerald E. “Boga” Gilmore, 60,
of Deer Meadow Road, died Sunday, Aug. 1st, at the
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon following a brief
illness.
Mr. Gilmore was born in Pittsfield, NH, on March 16, 1950,
to the late Gerald and Ida (Ellis) Gilmore.
He has been a resident of Chichester for the past 27 years.
Following his graduation from Pittsfield High school class of
1968, he served in the Marine Corps. After leaving the Marine
Corps, he attended the Vocational Technical College in Concord
studying Mechanical Engineering. Most recently, he had been
employed by Machine Craft in Concord. Prior to that, he had been
a longtime auto body technician for M & M Ford in Epsom.
Boga enjoyed traveling, visiting truck shows and museums and
spending time with his cats, Cicero and Matilda. He was always
tinkering on his own cars and helping family and friends with
projects.
He leaves his wife of 24 years, Sandra L. (Locke) Gilmore of
Chichester; 2 children, David R. Whitcomb and his wife, Donna of
Epsom, Scott F. Whitcomb and Patty Mason of Chichester; 6
grandchildren, Erika S. Whitcomb and Sara E. Whitcomb both of
Moultonboro and Brianna J. Whitcomb of Epsom, Lee-Ann Genest and
her husband Will of Concord, Danielle Peper of Aiken, South
Carolina, Alex Peper of Hope, Arkansas; and 3
great-granddaughters, Jayliegh, Lillian and Sidney of Concord;
a sister, Jackie Bolles of California.
He was predeceased by a sister, Pam Binnie.
An informal gathering to celebrate Boga’s life was held
Friday, August 6, 2010, at the Still Oaks Funeral & Memorial
Home, Epsom.
Family and friends may sign an on-line guestbook by visiting
stilloaks.com.
