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Chichester NH News

July 20, 2011



Suncook Valley Pomona Grange will be holding a Yard Sale at 3 Depot Road in Chichester on Saturday, July 23, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.




There are still a few vendor spaces available for Chichester’s Old Home Day on August 20. Call Jaan Luikmil at 545-9087. Contact Jaan also if you want to set up an informational booth. Please do not assume if you had space last year, you can just show up. Call Jaan and reserve your space.



In case you were on vacation, here is one more reminder to send in your Youth Soccer form. The Chichester Youth Association is accepting registrations for the 2011 Soccer Season.  The form is available on the website. Please complete the form and send in ASAP. (Forms were originally requested by July 15).



I’m pleased to report JoAnn Luikmil says she has plenty of cookies and pasta salad promised for the Old Home Day meal on August 20. However, she is still looking for a couple of volunteers to help with serving the meal. Please call JoAnn at 798-5483 if you can help out.



If you have Yard Sale items to donate, Stacey Luikmil is looking for them to put under the Yard Sale Tent at Old Home Day on August 20. Pick-up can be arranged. Call her at 798-4987.



The following titles have recently been added to the Adult Fiction section of the Chichester Town Library: On Agate Hill by Lee Smith, A Game of Thrones by George Martin, Almost Heaven by Chris Fabry, Home Free by Fern Michaels, A Bear in a Muddy Tutu by Cole Alpaugh, The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick, The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley, and Don’t Blink by James Patterson. These mysteries have also been added to the shelves for your reading pleasure: The Body in the Belfrey by Katherine Hall Page, Death of an Addict by M.C. Beaton, and Buried Bones by Carolyn Haines.


 

Chichester Historical Society
Chichester Town Hall  Part VII
Submitted By Walter Sanborn


This is the final article on changing the old Chichester Meetinghouse built in 1791 into the former Town Hall as renovated in about 1846, which I will call the Town Hall Phase II.


It has taken six articles to cover the period from 1828 to 1846 when work was started to rebuild the old Meetinghouse into the Town Hall.


After the last meeting in 1846, I described how the timbers and lumber were moved back from the location at the center to the present location where it now sits.  Although after 1846 several meetings were held to rescind previous votes and continue to vote to move the hall to other locations, work still progressed on rebuilding the Town Hall.


In 1850 the Town Meeting was held in the old Meetinghouse, now repaired to be used as the Town Hall.  A vote was taken to permit the selectmen to fix up the hall and move their office there.  Previous to this time, the selectmen had been meeting in a room at the Poor Farm on Canterbury Road.


The first Town Meeting held in Chichester was in 1773 and held in the barn of Captain John Langmaid.  Before 1773, town meetings were held in Hampton and the proprietors had to travel to Hampton for their meetings.  Between 1773 and the completion of the Town Hall in 1850, town meetings were held in someone’s barn or a local schoolhouse.


A record of all town meetings, from the first up to 2011, are kept in the Town Clerk’s Office and recorded in books. They were originally copied in the various town clerk’s own handwriting.  Some years there are as many as six town meetings a year.  Some of these meetings I have referred to are petitions to the selectmen to call a special meeting to act on some matter such as moving or building a new town building or town road.


All of my research has been copied from these town clerk’s records.  These records list the town’s elected officers and warrant articles as voted upon.  Although these records contain the official votes taken, they do not often mention names of who did what and money spent on the vote so taken.


In 1848 the first town report was printed and although it contained only two pages, it listed the revenue and expenses of the town.  Town reports are published each March and contain the list of elected officials, town warrants and detailed receipts and expenses of the town for the previous year.  As I continue the history of the Town Hall, I will glean information from these reports.


From 1850 on, town meetings were held annually at the Town Hall and the selectmen met in a small room about 9 feet by 15 feet to the right of the main entrance lobby.  I will go into detail as to the floor plan and selectmen’s office in a future article.


Chichester, like many towns, had a militia and parade grounds.  A section of the Town of Chichester on the 1858 Merrimack and Belknap County map shows a picture of Chichester Parade in detail. 


One of the first actions taken in the Town Hall was a vote at Town Meeting March 8, 1875, to see that the town grant leave to the Merrimack Guards, permission to finish off an armory over the selectmen’s office and entry and also remove seats from the Town Hall provided that said Merrimack Guards would guarantee to the Selectmen of Chichester that it would be done free from expense to the town.


To Be Continued...

 


 

Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News


We received an interesting collection of older truck magazines from the  early 90s, some 80s.  The right collector will be thrilled at $.25 each, even if it’s just for the photos. 


Thank You to the folks bringing in water for the volunteers.  It’s a tad warm out back sorting through the bags and lots of water is needed to stay hydrated.


We need help for July and maybe August with dump runs.  Our trash man is on vacation and is unavailable due to a new work schedule.  It would entail taking a few garbage bags to the dump, pieces of cardboard already broken down, plastic bottles ready for recycling, some metal and the can of broken glass. You could pick up a bag on your way to the recycling center or sign up to do a run a week (which usually involves 1/2 to a full pickup truck load.) 


If you can help, just speak with anyone at the desk, Mondays 8-12, Tuesdays and Thursdays 8-4, Wednesdays 11-4, Fridays  and Saturdays 10-4, at 345 Suncook Valley Hwy, Chichester or call 247-7191.

 


 

Chichester Library News


The Chichester Town Library has invited New England K-9 SAR to present the program “Lost Proofing” Your Kids on Tuesday, August 2nd at 6:00 pm.  They will talk to us about how to “lost proof” ourselves and if we do get lost how to stay safe. The dogs enjoy showing off their nosey talents!


Paula Harper,  a 14 year veteran dog handler with New England K-9 Search and Rescue uses a 12-minute video called “Lost But Found Safe & Sound.”  The video is designed to show children, ages 4-12, what to do if they become lost in remote areas such as parks or forests.


It follows the actions and thinking of 7-year-old Kelly, who sets out on a long-awaited hike on a beautiful day in the woods with her parents and brother. She runs ahead, gets separated from the rest of the family and becomes lost.


After the video, Paula and her Australian Shepherd Mick ask the children to review what happened to Kelly; what she did that got her lost and how she helped herself stay safe until searchers found her.  Paula will show us how they use their dogs to rescue lost people


There is a handout that goes home with the children that will help parents reinforce the learning about hiker safety and lost proofing.  This presentation includes information on the HikeSafe “There and Back” safe hiker education program sponsored by NH Fish & Game and the US Forest Service.  For more information on this program, go to www.HikeSafe.com


On Wednesday, August 3rd at 6:30 we will have an arts and craft night right at the library.   Don’t miss it, we are going to have lots of fun.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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