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Chichester NH News

November 2, 2011


 

Christmas Bazaar

 

Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s Club in Pittsfield and the St. Joseph Women’s Club in Northwood will be holding their annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 5, 2011, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm in the parish hall in Northwood, NH. (On Route 4, next to the town hall.)

 

There will be craft items, knitted goods, books, puzzles, a white elephant table with some brand new items, raffles, and a bake sale where you can purchase your homemade baked goods for Thanksgiving. We will again have our ever popular cookie walk with some new and different varieties. We will have morning muffins and coffee and will be offering a luncheon with some delicious choices. Drop by for a visit, you will be glad you did.

 


 

The Chichester Town Library needs volunteers for Saturday, November 5th to pack and move books.

 

We also need donations of sandwiches, and other lunch items. Whether you can work only 1 hour or 3 hours, we appreciate whatever you can do. This is the first step of our renovations for a town meeting room in the basement.

 

Call Lisa at 798-5613 if you can help.

 


 

Happy Birthday to Ansley McLaughlin on November 4.

 


 

The Capital Region Food Program Holiday Basket Project will be held on December 22, 2011. All interested residents must complete an application form by November 23, 2011, at the Town Office during regular business hours.

 


 

The Chichester Library Book Store will be closed indefinitely while we renovate the basement for a community meeting room which is needed by the town. During this process, we will need help with packing books, moving books and bookshelves, trips to Pittsfield Recycling, carpenter projects, cleaning projects, and monetary donations. If you can help with any of these, please contact Lisa 798-5613 at the library, Carolee Davison 798-3788 or Lucille Noel and Carol Hendee.

 


 

The following titles have recently been added to the shelves in the adult fiction section of the Chichester Town Library: Not Easily Broken by T. D. Jakes, The Dog Who Came in from the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith, Her Royal Spyness by Rhy Bowen (mystery), How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, Graveminder by Melissa Marr, Next to Love by Ellen Feldman, Kindred Spirits by Sarah Strohmeyer (large print),

 

A Battle Won by S. Thomas Russell, The Wiseman’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner (large print), Happy Birthday by Danielle Steel, The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin, The Diary by Eileen Goudge, In the Garden of Beasts by Eric Larson, and Kill Me if You Can by James Patterson.

 


 

Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News

Submitted ByCarol Hendee

 

We are packing up Halloween, only to bring out Thanksgiving items. We have plates, platters, stuffed turkeys, little pilgrim people, etc.

 

If you will need extra glassware or dinner plates, come see us! Our prices are the best! We also have many new videos, at $.25 each.

 

Great for the cold days ahead, our puzzles and games are at reduced prices. Thank you to the lady who responded to our need for a percolator. It is nice to know people do read about us!

 

Come see us at 345 Suncook Valley Highway (Route 28) or call for directions at 707-7577 or 247-7191. We are open Mon. 8-12, Tues. and Thurs. 8-4, Wed. 11-4 and Sat. 10-4.

 


 

Chichester Heritage Commission

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Patty Humphrey, Donna Chagnon and Lucille Noel

 

Members and friends of Chichester’s Heritage Commission planted many hundreds of daffodil bulbs along Main Street, Saturday, October 22nd. The group met at the town library where bulbs were planted in various locations on the library grounds. The group moved to the Grange/Town Hall where bulbs were planted by the NH State Register plaque and granite post. The last stop was the Chichester Central School. Bulbs were planted by the school’s message sign. Watch for the glorious patches of yellow in all these locations in the spring of 2012.

 

The Commission thanks the many volunteers who joined commission members to help make our historic Main Street a little more beautiful.

 

If you live along Main Street, the Commission still has some bulbs left for road front planting. Contact Michelle at 731-6034 or Lucille at 798-5709 for information.

 


 

Grant From Humanities Council Of NH To Fund

Faith And Fantastic Fiction Program

 

The Chichester Town Library received a grant from the Humanities Council of New Hampshire to host the highly recommended program, Faith and Fantastic Fiction. We hope you will be able to join us on Thursday evening, November 10th at 7:00.

 

The program, Faith and Fantastic Fiction,will be a delight for the fantasy and science fiction lover.

 

"Middle Earth readers, leave your cloaks and hobbit feet. Come as you are to learn how fiction expresses the religious imagination. Examples for discussion will come from participants - whether you’re a science fiction reader or a fantasy fan of JRR Tolkien, Phillip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, or Madeleine l’Engle. Perhaps you are simply fond of Peter Pan, Alice or Captain Nemo, or you are curious about the controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels. No matter. Come and eat food for thought.

 

The speaker, Maren Tirabassi is the author of sixteen books with advanced degrees from Harvard and Union Theological Seminary. She is the pastor of Union Congregational Church, UCC in Madbury, facilitates retreats and writing workshops throughout the US.

 

Maren Tirabassi was Portsmouth’s Poet Laureate from 2001-2003.

 


 

Chichester Historical Society

Chichester Town Hall Part X

Submitted By Walter Sanborn

 

In the last article on the Chichester Town Hall, I described the building of the fireproof vault for the storing of the town records for the selectmen’s office.

 

Although the inside of the vault was about 6 feet square with a double brick wall and partition around it, it extended into the main hall forming about a 12 foot square in the southeast corner of the hall. The walls were covered with wood sheathing like the inside walls and ceiling of the main hall.

 

The two voting stalls were built to the left of the vault area on the East wall of the main hall. A wooden fence was built extending from the outside corner of the vault to the North wall of the hall. This fence enclosed the voting area for the ballot booths and for the counting of the ballots. There were two gates in this fence, one near each end to access the voting booths. A voter would enter the first gate and pick up his ballot from the ballot clerks and after voting, cast his ballot with the moderator. Then after being checked off the checklist by the town clerk, exit the second gate.

 

The state law requires that town meetings must be held the 2nd Tuesday in March of each year, the polls must be open for 8 hours voting and the ballots counted the same day. Chichester polls were open from 10 am to 6 pm and the budget and warrant articles or business was taken up at 2 pm at the town hall. If anyone came to cast a ballot, they went through the gate and voted while the business meeting continued.

 

The first time the warrant articles were published in the town report was in 1917 and were acted on at 2 pm on voting day.

 

In 1952 I was elected to the Board of Selectmen to serve with James Warren and Herbert West who had served for several terms on the Board of Selectmen so had experienced mentors from which to learn the position.

 

By the 1950s vehicle traffic had increased on the road which is now Main Street and the town hall was only about 30 feet from the road and there was no room to park vehicles. So we thought something should be done for the safety of those attending functions and town meetings at the town hall.

 

In the 1952 town warrant for 1953 we proposed an article to move the hall back from the road and build a basement under it. There was some strong opposition to the article so it was voted down.

 

Shirley Marden was Chichester representative to the General Court at that time, so it was suggested that a resolution be presented to the General Court by our representative to overturn the town vote. However this petition was also voted in the negative.

 

Nothing was done in 1954 but in 1955 another warrant article was proposed to move the hall back 20 feet, raise the building 2 feet in height and build a basement under it. This time the article was passed by the voters.

 

In 1956, work was done and after removing the hearse house and tramp house the town paid Jackson and Jackson $2040 for cement work for the basement and Melvin Drew $1000 to move the buildings. It is interesting to note that Melvin Drew’s wife did most of the supervision and work on moving the buildings.

 

To be continued

 


 

Chichester Historical Society

"Reminisce - I Remember When. . ."

 

The November meeting of the Chichester Historical Society will be held on Monday the 14th at 7 pm. Members and friends are encouraged to share memories of past events and happenings pertaining to community, school, home, work, fun and entertainment. Hear Walter Sanborn, Frank Hatch, and Edwin Sanborn tell their sledding and toboggan stories. Who participated in Halloween pranks? What’s the story behind the cannons at the library? What school adventures took place in Chichester? These events and many more will be covered in the "circle of stories."

 

Programs are free and all are invited to attend. All meetings are held at the Historical Society’s Museum at 49 Main Street. Parking is available across the street. As always, delicious refreshments will be served after the program. A brief business meeting and election of officers will be held before the program begins. For information contact Lucille Noel, 798-5709.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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