The Gilmanton Old Home Day Committee will hold a planning session on
Thursday, May 21st at Smith Meetinghouse. All meetings are held on the third
Thursday at 7 p.m. from April to July. Volunteers are needed. Come join us
as we plan for our town’s 111th Old Home Day celebration. For more info
contact Lori Baldwin at 435-7715.
The Gilmanton Iron Works Library will host its first book and
bake sale of the year on Saturday, May 30 from 9:30 a.m. – noon. We
have a wide variety of books for sale, including newer hard and soft
cover books. We’ll also have for sale an assortment of home-baked
pies, cookies and other goodies.
The library is now open on Saturdays from 9:30 – noon, and on Wednesdays
from 4-6 p.m. Expanded hours will be offered later in the summer, including
the popular children’s story hour on Tuesdays.
If you checked out books for winter reading (and/or if you’ve found some
overdue books from last summer), please return them so others may enjoy them
this summer.
Gilmanton Artists And Garden Tour
Gilmanton artists and gardeners invite the public to share a summer day,
beautiful gardens, unique art works and a delicious box lunch on July 25th
in Gilmanton. This is Gilmanton’s 4th garden tour to benefit the Gilmanton
Year-Round Library. The tour not only highlights new gardens, but new
to this year’s tour will be local artists creating works of art in the
gardens including woodcarvings, hooked rugs, watercolor paintings,
lithographs and textile art.
Save this summer date to visit the gardens and artists of Gilmanton,
enjoy a savory lunch and tour the award winning Gilmanton library. Tickets
are $15 and the optional lunch is $5. For more information or to make
a reservation, call Carolyn Dickey at 267-6098 or Sue Barr at 267-1905.
