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Barnstead NH News

October 22, 2008

 

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Reminder

The Annual 4-H Cookie and Candy Bar Sale is held during the month of October. Several varieties are NOW available for only $3.75 per package. Candy Bars are $1.00 each. Your support to the 4-H youth in your community is greatly appreciated. If a 4-H member has not contacted you, please call 4-H leaders Corine Miller, 435-8497; Pamela Clattenburg, 269-7291; Pauline  Wheeler, 435-8752; or Mark Riel, 435-6346.
 



The Missions Committee of the Barnstead Parade Congregational Church will be holding their 28th Annual Fall Fair on Saturday, November 1, 2008, at the Church on the Parade Grounds from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be Craft Items, Christmas Crafts, New Items for the Bottom Drawer and Plants, as well as Homemade Donuts, Cookies, Pies, Breads and many other Homebaked goodies. A Luncheon of Chowder or Sandwiches, and Coffee will be available. This Fair is to benefit our Mission Funds.
 



Circle The Date Now!
Nov. 8th, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Pumpkin n’ Pine Holiday Fair

The annual Women’s Fellowship Holiday Fair  “Pumpkin n’Pine” will be on Nov. 8th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church of North Barnstead, UCC, located at 504 North Barnstead Road.  Tables will be filled with seasonal items, decorations; crafts, handcrafted  items,  gifts, collectibles, and jewelry. A children’s corner will feature toys, books, puzzles, sport items and games.


The Schoolhouse “Café” at the Pratt Schoolhouse (next to the Church) will offer lunch fare and scrumptious snacks for everyone.


The food table will feature baked goods, pies, breads, and  oodles of desserts.


Plan to buy raffle tickets for a “Holiday Food Basket” (all the fixin’s plus a gift  certificate for a turkey. )  Tickets will be $1.00 each; $6 for 5; $10 for 13.


Follow the signs at Peacham Road & on Route 28, Barnstead, N.H.
 



It’s that time again - the fall Red Cross Blood Drive is coming right up, Thursday, October 30th at the Pittsfield Elementary School from 3 to 8 p.m. (note the new times.) All presenting donors will receive a Red Cross T shirt and a chance to enter a raffle to win a $100 gas card. Childcare is provided. Blood supplies are in great demand and remember, the life you save may be your own or a family member. Please give this some serious thought and - notice the new hours.
 


 

Pot Luck Supper To Be Held In Barnstead

The Citizens of Barnstead will hold a potluck supper on Saturday, October 25 from 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall in Barnstead. Linda Malik, a graduate student at Antioche NE College, will present: “ What Is A Sustainable Business?” Her power point presentation will begin at 6:00 p.m., with a discussion to follow. We have extended an invitation for the potluck discussion to the President and Vice President of Forest Products at SANCO Energy, LLC, Greg and Erik True. We hope that their incredibly busy schedule will allow some time for us all to sit down together and explore the details of what a sustainable business should bring to the town of Barnstead. Please bring a dessert or food item to share and join the discussion! Free and open to the public. Questions? Call Gail @269.8541.

 


 

Fall Missions Emphasis Month Continues At

Center Barnstead Christian Church

The Center Barnstead Christian Church continues its Fall Missions Emphasis Month this weekend. Our theme is “The Acts 1:8 Challenge - Empowering the church to be on Mission .” On Saturday, October 25th we will be holding a Ladies’ Brunch at the church beginning at 10:00  AM. All ladies are welcomed to come to the church and enjoy a good time of food and fellowship. The speaker will be Ilma Griese.


Jim and Ilma Griese are missionaries with PIONEERS serving in Vilnius, Lithuania. Jim was born in Washington , D.C. Ilma was born and raised in Kupiskis, Lithuania. They were married on July 22, 2006. They serve on a Lithuanian-led church planting team, and are involved with various adult, teen and children’s outreach/discipleship ministries. In the spring of 2008 they began a church teen ministry and serve as youth leaders. They are currently organizing the first Awana club ministry in Lithuania .


Come and hear more from Jim and Ilma and how God is working in Lithuania, both during our Sunday School hour which begins at 9:30 A.M. and during our Morning Worship time beginning at 10:30 A.M. For more information, please contact the church at 269-8831. The Center Barnstead Church is located on Route 126, next to the Town Hall.

 


 

Letter To The Editor

America, Leadership, And Elections

America is a great nation and we are great people. What do the words leader and leadership imply to you? Would you say that they suggest integrity, knowledge, courage, decisiveness, and dependability? We the American People,  expect those qualities in our leaders, but, read the headlines, watch TV, listen to the radio. What’s in the news? Our society is plagued, with, corruption, waste, and mismanagement, in government and in the private sector. What has happened to America and our leaders?
Where have the principles and techniques of leadership gone? Has someone taken those principles and techniques and hidden them away in a dark closet somewhere in hope that the American People will forget them?


Don’t let them do this to us!


America is great, because America is good! When America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.


In order for America to remain good, leadership must remain strong and maintained at all levels of our society, from the lowliest individual family member all the way to the office of the president.


The National Elections for 2008 are right around the corner (the first Tuesday in November). You have a citizen duty to register and vote for the candidate of your choice. You will have to give this decision long and careful consideration.


The choices that you make on Election  Day will be capable of withstanding any trial concerning the United States, and do whatever is honorable, whatever is just, and whatever is commendable for America. A deficient choice will carry over to our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.


Thank you and may GOD continue to bless America, land of the free and home of the brave.


Dr. Leon Bly, Author
Barnstead, NH

 


 

Suncook Valley Sno-Riders

It doesn’t seem possible that it is October already and time to start thinking about getting ready to hit the trails with our snow machines.


The club has been actively going over the trails that need to be rerouted and cleaned up.  The tornado did hit some trails and there is some extensive work to be done. We did meet this summer to insure that we would be on top of what needs to be taken care of.


We are also getting ready to put on our annual Ham & Bean Dinner on November 8th at the Pittsfield Community Center from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, as well as selling NHSA raffle tickets on the same day in Barnstead and Pittsfield. Raffle prizes this year will not only include a sled and a trailer but a $1000 and $500 Irving gas card.  Be sure to purchase a ticket!


Our OHRV course will take place in January so that anyone turning 12 this season can be looking forward to securing their certificate.  If you are interested in helping with any of our activities, feel free to contact any officer and they will pass the word along to the committees.


We have a new web site being developed and are looking forward to some new and exciting changes taking place. Our map committee is restructuring the current map to update any new trails that have been established. They will be contacting local businesses soon to see if they are interested in placing an ad on the map.


Maintenance is being done on our groomers so that when there is enough snow they will be ready to roll with no delays.  We look forward to meeting you on the trail soon. Let’s hope for lots of snow and great trails.
 


 

Animals Will  Be Blessed

Plan to bring your special furry friends ; your feathered birds; and your colorful fish to the Congregational Church of North Barnstead (UCC) this coming Sunday, Oct. 26th to be blessed by the Rev. Gayle Whittemore in the tradition begun by St. Francis.


Our service begins at 10 A.M. at 504 North Barnstead Road. Everyone and every animal is welcome!

 

Obituaries


 

M. Pearl Brown


Barnstead -
M. Pearl Brown, age 91, of Gillis Lane in Center Barnstead, died October 15, 2008, at Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen.


Born August 22, 1917, in Boston, MA, daughter of the late Hugh M. and Avis Pearl (Golding) Appleby, she was a graduate of Whidden Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She retired as a Public Health Nurse from the City of Everett, MA.


She resided in Center Barnstead, NH, since 1982, having come from Everett, MA, and having summered in Center Barnstead for over 80 years.


Pearl enjoyed golfing, swimming and was a prolific reader.


She is survived by 2 daughters: Leslie Smith and Susan Brown, both of Center Barnstead, 3 grandchildren, David, Amanda and Emily; and 7 Great Grandchildren.


She was predeceased by a son, David Brown.


A Funeral Service was held on October 20, 2008, at Peaslee Alton Funeral Home,  Alton, NH, with interment at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody, MA.


To express condolences, please visit: www.peasleefuneralhome.com
 


 

Dorinda I. Gerlack

 

Center Barnstead - Dorinda I. Gerlack, 93, of Suncook Valley Road in Center Barnstead, died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at Epsom Manor.


She was born June 24, 1915, in Websterville, Vt., the daughter of the late Alfred and Georgianna (Deslayries) Come. She lived in Center Barnstead for more than 30 years, coming from Gilman Corners in Alton.


A homemaker, Dorinda enjoyed crocheting, knitting and embroidering, reading, and collecting Beanie Babies. She loved playing bingo.


Survivors include five sons, Henry C. Gerlack of Center Barnstead, Alfred F. Gerlack of Brookline, Rolla D. Gerlack of Littleton, Clarence G. Gerlack of Pittsfield and Frank R. Gerlack of New York; four daughters, Eleanor L. Come of Ossipee, Shirley P. Smith of Barnstead, Madgeline E. Gerlack of Pittsfield and Della M. O'Mullen of Allenstown; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

 
She was predeceased by her husband, Henry A. Gerlack Sr.; and two children, Cecelia Brown and William Gerlack.


A funeral was held Thursday, October 16, 2008, in   the chapel of the Peaslee Alton Funeral  Home.


Interment will be held at the New Riverside Cemetery in Alton.


For more information, go to www.peasleefuneralhome.com.

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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