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Chichester NH News

July 2, 2008

 


Curry College President Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr., is pleased to announce Chichester resident, Joseph P. Gattuso received a Bachelor of Arts degree on Sunday, May 18, 2008, at the Commencement ceremony in Milton, Massachusetts.


Thank you to the students at Chichester Central School for their "breakfast" donations to the Chichester Food Pantry.


Old Home Day is two months away and Carpenter Park is rapidly filling up with events, displays, and vendors. If you would like to reserve a space, please contact Jaan Luikmil at 798-4987 before it is too late.


Happy Birthday to Derek Duford on July 6. Derek is a LT. in the US Navy, currently stationed at Ocena Naval Air Station. He and his family are living in Virginia Beach.


JoAnn Luikmil is still looking for desserts for the noon meal at Old Home Day. If you are able to donate a batch of cookies, squares, or cupcakes, please call her at 798- 5483.


The Pie Contest at Old Home Day (August 16) will definitely take place. If you would like to enter your double-crust fruit pie, please contact Elaine Coffey (798-4909) or Julie Raposa (798-4715).


Chichester Grange will meet only once during the month of July for the annual Eat Out on July16. This event will be held at the Cat & Fiddle Restaurant in Concord. John West will be calling Grangers about their menu choices.


Picnic At Thunder Bridge

A big celebration is planned for July 10th at 6:30 p.m. at Thunder Bridge on Depot Road in Chichester. The public is invited to join Chichester Historical members for a community picnic. Bring your own food; lemonade, watermelon, cookies and brownies will be provided by the historical society. If you have a folding chair, bring it along!

Thunder Bridge (aka Depot Road Bridge), is under the stewardship of the historical society. Much work has been completed since its inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The bridge has been newly painted.

A kiosk has been built and installed so that the history of the bridge and the nearby Ordway Mill site can be interpreted for visitors. Thunder Bridge is a historic landmark and a wonderful community resource. We would love to see you at the bridge site on Thursday, July 10th at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please call Dick Pratt at 798-3151 or Lucille Noel at 798-5709.


Chichester Central School 4TH Quarter Honor Roll

4TH Grade

High Honors-Kyle Menard, Matthew Morey.

Honors-Meaghan Bannister, Alyssa Bras, Jonah Bras, Ciara Cwikla, Nick Eastman, Angus Jameson, Cole Laliberte, Abigail McIntosh, Josiah Putman, Daven Thorne, Heidi Sykes.

5th Grade

Honors-Lyla Boyajian, Ashley Chapman, Emma Donzello-Jewett, Sarah Hubbard, Raymond Jenks, Fiona Mara, Brendan Murray, Kasey Williams.

6th Grade

High Honors-Larissa Amour, Marissa Bates, Shannon Drouse, Drew Harrison.

Honors-Justin Banks, Alyssa Baum, Ethan Brooks, Sarah Crowell, Kara Dugas, Suzanne Fraher, Sarah Lee, Abigail Pinckney, Delaney Poirier, Shelley Swett, Stephanie Tumasz.

7TH Grade

High Honors-Brandon Bachelder, Dyllan DuPont, Kenny Farnum, Miranda McCrea, Megan Morey.

Honors-Jessica Bonacorsi, Alex Chea, Hayley Chevrette, Denis Guy, Derrick Heath, Meredith Marshall, Cailie McCormack, Carter Lee, Rachel Sargent, Blake Whitcomb.

8TH Grade

High Honors-Meghan Baker, Hannah DeBold, Meghan Jenks.

Honors-Duane Anctil, Alicia Brown, Marisa Gray, Ben Kubat, Eli McTigue, Emily Pike, Molly Sykes.


Calling All Press

The 8th Grade Math Skill Building Class of Chichester has been working on building a new sport shed for their school. This shed will house the school and community athletic equipment. This challenge incorporated not only many math skills but also planning, organization and community development. We have been preparing to build this shed for many months. We started by researching the cost to build the shed, a plan for fundraising and a field trip to A&B lumber to learn a bit about construction and building materials. With all this research we presented our shed proposal to the school. As spring came we worked on getting all the materials and organizing a build date. Our fundraising efforts were very successful; we sponsored Hawaiian day and a change for change fundraiser. We learned quite a bit about building, running a successful fundraiser and community development. We started our build day on June 7th and continued building through Sunday, June 8th, and got most of the shed done. All we have left to do is put shingles on and paint the shed. Our project will be finished soon. This has been a great learning experience and we are leaving a wonderful legacy as we graduate from 8th grade and move on. We got a lot of support from the PTO and Chichester Youth Association. We say thank you to all those who gave of their skills, donated supplies or supported this effort. We could not have accomplished so much without all of your help.

Thank You

The Chichester Central School 8th Grade Math Skill Building Class

Putting classroom work to practical use enabled the 8th Grade Math Skill Building Class of Chichester to build this shed to store athletic equipment.

 


 

Chichester Historical Society ~ Swiggey Brook Road

By Walter Sanborn

In the building of the new Suncook Valley Highway, also known as Route 28 in 1952, I have described Deer Meadow Road and the Carpenter Road being added to the town of Chichester Road inventory.

 

The "Foam House"

A few hundred feet north of the end of Carpenter Road the new Route 28 construction bypasses another piece of the Old Suncook Valley Highway which is renamed Swiggey Brook Road. This road starts just beyond the Randall's home which was formally known as the Lake Tavern and joins the new highway by the Mattress store which is located on the site of the old Fellows sawmill, which I have described in a previous article on Chichester's old mills.

 

Swiggey Brook Road is about ½ mile long and originally had only two farms on the road. About one half of its length crosses over Swiggey Brook, also known as Perry Brook. Also just north of the bridge over Swiggey Brook is the Hilliard Road running westerly.

 

The oldest farm on Swiggey Brook Road is the so called Baker Farm, the large white farm on the left side of the road traveling north before crossing Swiggey Brook. This farm was built by Jeremiah Sanborn around 1790 or 1800 and is one of the early farms in town. Jeremiah Sanborn married Martha Lake who was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Lake who built the Lake Tavern nearby in 1785.

 

Swiggey Brook Road obtained its name from Swiggey Brook which crosses under the road. Swiggey Brook originates in Loudon and drains the valley between Bear Hill Road and Pleasant Street. It courses behind Millican Nurseries and the Jones Farm and follows the Hilliard Road and crosses under it then under Swiggey Brook Road, Route 28 and joins Sanborn Brook and drains into the Suncook River. In the old days Swiggey Meadows was sometimes called Stickey Meadow.

 

When the present piece of the Old Suncook Valley Highway was bypassed it was renamed Swiggey Brook Road because of the brook's early name. Up until this time it was called Perry Brook and I had never heard of Swiggey Brook before that time.

 

Many roads and streams have been called by different names over the years.

 

Here I want to include the history of Hilliard Road which runs westerly off the Swiggey Brook Road. For many years the Hilliard Road extended about one half a mile from the Old Suncook Valley Road to a dead end at the Hilliard Farm with only one other farm on the road owned by Ira Perry. This is probably where the name Perry Brook obtained its name.

 

In the 1960s N.H. Timber Co. bought a large timber lot beyond the Hilliard Farm and after cutting the timber they extended the Hilliard Road and sold house lots, creating a new development in the area in the early 1970s. Running northerly off Hilliard Road is another new road called Perry Brook Road. Today the Hilliard Road and Perry Brook Road have gone from the original two farms to over 30 new homes.

 

In the 1970s a company in Connecticut of which I do not recall the name of, experimented in building houses of foam.

 

At the very end of the extended Hilliard Road Ann Hutton bought a building lot and hired this company to build a foam house for her which was completed and she lived in it for several years before it was moved and a wood frame house was built to replace it. The foam house was sort of a spherical house with a wood frame and covered with chicken wire. An air compressor with a large hose sprayed a foam on the wire which instantly air dried on the wire. It was about 6 inches thick and the windows and doors were then cut out of the foam forming the openings. Several of us curious spectators watched the operation. The picture accompanying this article is a picture of the foam house I took being built. This house remained in use for about 10 or 15 years. I think this foam house should become part of unique Chichester history.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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