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Northwood NH News

August 8, 2012

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PRESCHOOL OPENINGS!

 

It’s time to be thinking about enrolling your child for school in the fall! The Center School in Northwood is accepting registrations for the 2012-2013 school year. The Center School is a parent cooperative preschool located next to the town hall in Northwood, which provides a developmental program for three, four, and five year olds of Northwood and surrounding towns.  There are openings in our two-day (T/Th) program and three-day (M/W/F) morning programs. For information, please call the school at 942-7686 or email us at [email protected] to request an information packet.




Teddy Bear Sleepover at the Chesley Memorial Library! August 17 is the night the teddy bears (and their other stuffed friends!) have their sleepover at the library. Bring your cuddly friend to the library on Friday, August 17, at 6:00 pm and enjoy stories and snacks. Tuck your friend in for the night and come back to the library at 9:00 am on Saturday, August 18, to join your friend for breakfast. No registration required; all ages welcome.  (Don’t let the kids have all the fun, adults have stuffed friends too!) 

If you would like your friend to join the sleepover but you are not able to drop him or her off on Friday night, please call the library at 942-5472 to make other arrangements. This special event is part of our “Dream Big…Read!” summer reading program.



Letter
Live FREE or DIE (trying)

 

I do not know Ms. Lucy Edwards personally; However, her letter of July 18th states:

 

“In a time when we could, and should, have been working to prepare for a challenging future in a Global Economy and on a Warming Planet, we’ve been subjected to attacks on Civil Rights, Public Education, care for our more vulnerable citizens, our labor force and decent jobs, and Women’s Health, to name a few”

 

1) Global Economy. If we focused on our Local Economy, we wouldn’t have such astronomical property taxes.

 

2) Warming Planet. If we focused on our small part of the universe, we would have a clean, neat and pristine town. Anyone check out the intersection of Routes 4/9/202 lately?

 

3) Civil Rights. I am not racist nor homophobic, nor sexist nor Bible thumping. Are you?

 

4) Public Education. We are quite fortunate to have great schools in Northwood! Free market and free choice works. If you don’t like the public schools in your town; work to make them better or move.

 

5) Vulnerable citizens. I chose to have and provide for my children and care for my dying parents. That’s what family does.

 

6) I am concerned about our private labor force and private unions and decent jobs in the private sector.

 

7) I am a Woman. My Health is my business – not any sector of the Government’s.

 

We have two clear choices this election season. We are currently on the path of enslaving all economically challenged people to the will of the Government.

 

I do not wish to have a “multi-tasker” represent me but rather a singularly focused individual. Someone  focused on the Live Free or Die motto of This Great State. Someone focused on preserving Northwood, not citifying it.

 

Yvette DeVeau-Hurd




Letter

 

The drowning in Northwood Lake in July was a tragedy. A single loss of life is one too many. Our community grieves for a young man whose life ended too soon.

 

But, imagine multiple drownings! Twice in the nineteenth century, once at the beginning and again about sixty-five years later, there occurred in Northwood multiple drownings. The effect then on the community, when the population was much smaller, and everyone knew everyone else, must have been significant.

 

A man named Stephen Hoitt lived on the southeast side of Jenness Pond. One summer he contracted to build a piece of the turnpike then being built through Northwood, hiring a number of young men from Vermont as laborers. One hot summer morning three of these men were sent to Hoitt’s farm to help with the haying. After working for a time in the sun, the men were unable to resist the temptation of a plunge into the nearby pond. None could swim and all drowned, each trying to help the other. They were buried in unmarked graves on the Hoitt farm.

 

The graves of the victims of the second nineteenth century multiple drownings are well marked. The tragic story is told in a little family burying yard.

 

On August 19, 1867, Mary Jane Davis, age 41, her daughter, Mary Ellen, age 12, and sisters Annie and Cynthia Day, ages 17 and 15 all drowned in a boating accident on Bow Pond (now Bow Lake). Were they berrying? Was there a sudden storm? We’ll never know.

 

What better way to consider the horror and the sorrow than to read the words inscribed on the Day sister’s stone.

 

“Daughters deep in the dark waters
Struggling there no more you’ll be
But with angels singing praises
Throughout all eternity.”

 

There was another multiple drowning on Bow Lake in the early twentieth century, but that story will await another letter.

 

Joann W. Bailey
Northwood Town
Historian




Free Genealogy Workshop

 

On August 15, 2012 from 10:00 - 12:00 noon there will be a free genealogy workshop presented by Daughters of the American Revolution, Else Cilley Chapter at Nottingham Square Schoolhouse, 2 Ledge Farm Road, Nottingham, NH 03290.

 

Are you interested in doing genealogical research?  Have you reached a dead end? Do you have a Revolutionary War Soldier in your line? Would you like to find out? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, than this workshop is for you.

 

Trained experienced researchers will be available to assist you and answer your questions. Our DAR CDR committee has over 45+ years experience in genealogy.
Call  Tylene Jousse at 603-433-1584 for more information.

 


 

Letter

 

I’m new to NH Congressional District 2, since my town was redistricted for the 2012 election.  I’ve been doing my research, as I always do before I vote, and I’m liking what I’ve learned of Annie Kuster.  She shares my values of fairness, fiscal responsibility, and commitment to all our citizens, today and in the future. 

 

One issue that is very important to me personally, as a retiree, is that Medicare continue to be the way that my husband and I get our healthcare covered. We paid into it for many years, our children are paying into it as well, and so will their children. It is part of the social compact, a promise that our country has made to its citizens.  Annie Kuster supports keeping Medicare’s promise. 

 

Unfortunately, the current congressman in District 2, Charlie Bass, has decided that promises are not for keeping. He’s voted twice for the Ryan budget, which would turn Medicare into a voucher program, one that is set up to make sure it would not pay enough to cover private insurance for any senior.  And he seems to think that it’s just fine to go after the safety net that keeps so many of us out of poverty in order to cut taxes, again, for the highest tax brackets. 

 

Where are all those great jobs we were supposed to get if we just cut those top rates enough?

 

I’ll be voting for Annie Kuster this November.  She’s on my side!

 

Lucy Edwards




Local Students To Hold 4th Annual “Stuff The Bus” Fundraiser To Benefit Cocheco Valley Humane Society

 

In their efforts to help Cocheco Valley Humane Society as part of their High School Senior Projects at Coe Brown Northwood Academy, CVHS volunteers Nikole D’Alessandro and Kayla Roberts will be organizing the 4th Annual “Stuff the Bus” fundraiser on August 11 and 12, 2012.  The event will take place at True Value Hardware in Northwood, NH from 8 am to 5 pm on Saturday and 8 am to 12 pm on Sunday.

 

The inspiration for this project began four years ago, by senior Danielle D’Alessandro, class of 2010.  The outcome was an encouraging expression of compassion and generosity from the local community and small businesses throughout Northwood and the surrounding towns. In total, D’Alessandro with the help of her mother, Deb D’Alessandro and family, raised over $6,000 in pet products and supplies, as well as group and individual donations. The project was completed the following year by Nicole Roberts who also raised over $6,000 in donations and supplies.  Brittany Readel organized the fundraiser last year and saw continued kindness from the community.

 

Roberts and D’Alessandro are hoping to raise even more for CVHS this year by expanding to a two-day event. A school bus, provided by Northwood Transportation Inc., will be filled with much needed items from the humane society’s “wish list”.  Items include canned dog and cat food, kitty litter, dry kitten/cat food, dog toys, trash bags, and paper towels.  Many of the “wish list” items will be on display at Heritage True Value Hardware at discounted prices up to, and on the day of the event. For the society’s complete “wish list” and other details please visit www.cvhsonline.org.        

 

In addition, monetary donations will also be accepted and raffles for items donated by local businesses will occur throughout the day. Many of the local small businesses will also be challenged to make a group donation and then be entered into a raffle from Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee and doughnuts for the office. Adoption information about the animals of Cocheco Valley Humane Society will be on hand for the duration of the event.   

 

Cocheco Valley Humane Society is a community-funded, non-profit animal welfare organization. The society’s mission is to provide quality, compassionate care and shelter to our animals, in partnership with educating the community concerning animal treatment and welfare.

 

Adoption Center hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 11 am to 6 pm; Wednesday and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm; Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm; closed Monday.

 

To learn more about CVHS’ community programs, please visit www.cvhsonline.org or call (603) 749-5322. For any questions regarding the project itself, please call Kayla Roberts at (603) 664- 6937 or Nikole D’Alessandro at 603) 608-8217.

 


 

Candidates Meet And Greet

 

Deerfield Republican Town Committee will host a “Candidates Meet and Greet” on Wednesday, August 8th for all county, state and congressional office seekers. This third event for candidates is a cooperative effort with the Candia, Northwood and Nottingham Town Committees.

 

The event will be held at the Deerfield Town Hall on Church Street from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free admission, free parking!

 


 

Else Cilley Chapter, NSDAR News

Northwood Else Cilley DAR.jpg

Deb Lincoln (far left) shows Else Cilley members Peg Franz (center) and Lynne Sweet (right) two unique instruments used during the Civil War following her program at the historic Nottingham Square Schoolhouse.


In July, the members of the Else Cilley Chapter, NSDAR were treated to a presentation about the history of instruments used during the Civil War, their purposes, and how a few made their way to New Hampshire. Deborah Lincoln, member of the Nevers’ Band out of Concord, entertained the women with her talent, knowledge, and humorous anecdotes.

 

Women interested in joining the DAR are encouraged to attend our August meeting. Genealogy research experts will be on hand at the chapter’s Nottingham Square Schoolhouse to assist prospective members at all stages of their application research beginning at 10:00 am on August 15. A picnic lunch will be served followed by a meeting including a program entitled “The Other Stark House”. There is no charge for this service, however, if you plan to stay for lunch, please contact Regent Jan Gilman at 895-9238 so we may plan accordingly. The upstairs classroom museum will also be open for viewing.

 

The DAR is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history and securing America’s future through education. The public is always welcome to attend. For more information, visit our website, www.freewebs.com/ecilleydar

 


 

Letter
In response to a letter of August 1... A Cure for Roosteritus!

 

To the Chicken-Hearted anonymous complainer about a rooster’s cheerful wake-up call... Get A Life!

 

Deer always treat themselves to our prized, 60 year old arborvitae bushes, hosta, green beans and tomato plants, no matter what tricks we use to defeat their voracious appetite for same. Seeing “bambies” up close and personal every spring is a treat. Every year two visiting skunks seriously rototill our lawn looking for grubs and occasionally disagree over whose turf it is. Whew! Wild turkeys scratch up our flower gardens and take huge dust baths in them.

 

Take the donated funds and give them to your anonymous neighbor so he/she can move back to the city where real crimes occur and are worthy of a call to the police or other departments. He/she should try closing windows, using ear plugs and pulling blankets over their heads... Or just get up!

 

No sympathy from a country gal,
E. Byrne
Northwood

 


 


 

 











 
 

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