The 2nd
Annual Christmas in Chichester will be held Saturday December 13, 2008,
from 6 p.m. at the Chichester Town Hall.
There will be Music and more. Come one, come all to listen and
participate in traditional Christmas Carols and enjoy time with family,
friends and neighbors.
If you want to preform, please call Andrea Deachman at 798-4377.
The pantry is always in need of food items, but toiletries and paper
products would also help. Things that you take for granted such as soap,
shampoo, dish soap, diapers, toothbrushes and toothpaste. As always,
cash donations can be made and the volunteers for the pantry will
purchase much needed items...
All proceeds to benefit the Chichester Food Pantry.
Please join us for Chichester Central School’s pancake breakfast &
craft show on Saturday, December 13 from 8-11 am. There will be a
silent auction of items donated from several businesses, including
Capitol Center for the Arts, Chichester Massage, Energy Martial
Arts, Chucksters, Quest Yoga, The Egg Shell Restaurant, Starbucks,
and more. Kids will enjoy pictures with Santa, crafts & games, and a
kid’s shop. Come celebrate the season with us and get some shopping
done, too!
A big thank-you goes out to Northeast Landscaping for the Christmas
wreath donated for the Veterans Memorial Stone at the Town Hall.
On Monday, December 15th, at 6:30pm on the Main Street floor of the
Town Hall there will be a presentation by Sadie Puglisi from the
Merrimack County Cooperative Extension on the on the “Preservation
of Working Agricultural Lands.” If you are interested in a local
food supply and preserving Chichester’s rural character, please try
to attend.
On Monday, December 15, at 7 p.m. the CYA will be holding an
informational meeting at the selectman’s office for those interested
in the Ski program. Feel free to fill out or drop off your forms,
or ask questions.
The Town Pantry would like to thank the following for their generous
donations: State of NH DES, Chichester Congregational Church, the
Police Association, the Merrill family and the many personal
donations received during the month of December.
The Chichester Youth Association will be hosting Charitable Gaming
Nights at the Belmont Lodge on December 10th, 12th, 13th, and 14th.
The CYA members are willing to take their time to raise funds that
will support activities for the young people of our community.
Support them if you can.
Chichester Grange will meet on Wednesday, December 17, at 7 p.m.
upstairs in the Town Hall. Members are asked to bring a Christmas
donation for Heifer International to add to the money raised by
recycling cans this year, and an animal will be chosen during the
Christmas program.
Happy Birthday to Zachary Harris on December 14.
Chichester
Grange
Chichester Grange met at the Grange Hall on Wednesday, December 3.
Master Anne Boisvert called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Hannah West
reported that dictionaries for third graders have arrived and been
labeled. Appointments to deliver them to Chichester, Barnstead, Epsom,
and Pittsfield Elementary schools are being set up. Alice Hilliard
reported on the shopping she had done with Grange money for the
Chichester Food Pantry. She received a round of applause for her bargain
hunting ability.
Wildlife sightings included 3 male cardinals, a flock of Canada geese
flying in formation, and a very fluffy skunk. A donation was voted for
the National Grange legal defense fund. The National Grange is defending
the Grange name against a corporation, which would like to use the word
“Grange” in the name of a new line of food products. Resolving this
problem may involve a costly law suit.
Much of the meeting was devoted to program planning for next year. The
2009 program should be ready for the next meeting.
Following the meeting all enjoyed refreshments provided by Shirley
Waters.
The next meeting will be the Christmas program on December 17.
Out Of Your
Attic Thrift Shop News
Debt Free
Holidays
By Ruthi True
Well, it seems like all the big stores are just begging us all to shop
with them. They want you to buy the newest items, and the latest
gadgets. Here at Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop in Chichester we feel
that you can have a spirit filled, gift giving Christmas simply by
gifting on a small budget.
There is such a thing as being economical without being a cheapskate,
and its all by using available local resources. One lady who shops with
us at our shop faithfully tells me she shops here all year for
Christmas. She buys different size baskets here during the year to fill
for the holidays. She also buys pretty linens to line them. Another
trick she told me is she also lines them with scarves purchased here.
Some of the ideas she told me she does is:
1) For small kids she fills them with books from our book room.
2) Put in a couple of mugs with a pks. of hot choc. and marshmallows.
(We have Christmas mugs here).
3) small baskets are good for teen girls with jewelry items we usually
have.
4) How about a pretty used, but like new, tea pot with teas - no one can
have too many tea pots!!
5) Teenage boy , how bout a movie and some popcorn - we have movies a
lot of the time.
6) A basket with books for someone in a nursing home.
She told me lots more, but the list is too long.
Learn to appreciate the little things in life. Items do not have to be
new to make someone happy. It’s the moment of kindness that makes the
day.
Get into the holiday spirit by volunteering. You could volunteer at a
thrift shop, at an assisted living home, at the library, picking up
litter on your own road. How about helping an older relative?
Wish List:
1) Bassinet
2) New toys and games for homeless children.
3) Man looking for DVDs.
4) Pint & jelly size canning jars.
TDS Joins
Movearoo Program To Help Make Moving Easy
Free, online marketplace saves consumers money and time when moving in.
TDS Telecommunications Corp. announced recently it’s adding its
portfolio of phone, Internet and TV products and services to the
Movearoo program. Movearoo.com, a free, online marketplace, is designed
to make moving easier.
Movearoo.com is a one-stop place to shop, order and find savings on
basic utility needs, including home communications, entertainment and
utilities. It also offers enhanced capabilities and greater choice for
video, broadband and home or home office phone services.
TDS Telecommunications Corp. is one of the latest leading communications
companies to join the Movearoo program. Other new members include:
Embarq, Frontier, Hawaiian Telcom, and Windstream Communications.
Together with Movearoo’s founding members, AT&T, Qwest, and Verizon, the
site offers movers the most comprehensive place to shop for local
communications services.
“Moving can be a stressful time and we want to take some of the anxiety
out of the process. Movearoo.com allows us to share TDS’ products and
services easily with current and potential customers, and movers can
find all the information they need at one, user-friendly Web site,” said
Andrew Petersen, director of corporate communications for TDS
Telecommunications Corp.
Movearoo.com allows consumers to plan their move, step-by-step. In
addition to comparison shopping for essential residential and home
office services such as phone, high-speed Internet and TV, consumers
can:
• Set up gas and electric service;
• Change a mailing address without a trip to the post office;
• Request mover quotes and order moving supplies;
• Find tips and manage the move using an interactive checklist;
• Subscribe to newspaper delivery;
• Get a detailed look at community information, including school and
crime ratings, demographics, and local amenities such as nearby
restaurants, theatres and businesses; and
• Research and rent home appliances, furniture and more.
“Movearoo is a convenient and time-saving resource for the nearly 40
million Americans who move every year,” said WhiteFence CEO, Eric
Danziger. “By providing detailed community information and adding
leading communications companies to the Movearoo.com site, we’re
providing even more choice and convenience for people on the move.”
Movers can visit the website directly at
www.movearoo.com or call (877) 771-0771 for personal moving
assistance.
Chichester
Historical Society
Horsecorner Road
By Walter Sanborn
The Town of Chichester was granted a charter as a Town in 1727, but it
was nearly 50 years before it started to be settled by inhabitants.
There were four divisions of land in Chichester and each division had
ranges which were divided into lots of 50 acres each with some a hundred
acres. Between each range was a dividing line called a rangeway which in
some cases became a range road for public access to the lots. These lots
were given to the proprietors if they would come and settle on them and
live on them. Some of the proprietors had more than one lot and in
every town chartered by Gov. John Wentworth he kept 200 acres for
himself which he never used.
All the early proprietors came here from the coastal towns of
Portsmouth, Dover, Hampton, or Exeter to settle the town. Some were
single men and some with families. All they brought was a gun for
protection and to shoot wild game to eat and probably an ax, saw and a
spade to build a shelter and garden. Some settlers possibly had a horse
or cow.
As the early proprietors built their homes they built roads from place
to place in order to associate with others and to trade goods. These so
called early roads were nothing more than a path for walking or riding a
horse as any kind of a vehicle wasn’t available unless it was obtained
from a coastal town which brought over tools and wagons from England by
ship.
The first road in Chichester was the Canterbury Road which was
petitioned by the Town of Canterbury to pass through Chichester to the
sea coast in 1732. Not much was done until 1761 when it was improved for
travel. The other early roads were the Gilmanton Road and the 1st NH
Turnpike.
In 1783 the town laid out a road from the turnpike to the Pembroke line
called the Center Road.
Again in 1821 a return of the Center Road from the Turnpike to the
Pembroke line was laid out three roads wide.
In 1811 a road was laid out by Ephiram Stevens and Levi Stanyans to the
Pembroke line which is the present Staniels Road.
Now this article is entitled Horsecorner Road. Why am I writing about
the Center Road? At the corner of this Center Road and the Staniels Road
was a barn which is no longer there although there is an old farmhouse
and barn which was built later at this location.
The story which has been handed down over the years is this: One morning
the owners of the barn discovered a horse in the barn that had been
stolen by a Revolutionary soldier on his way to Portsmouth and left in
this barn. Ever since this time, this place has been called Horsecorner
and the road referred to as Horse corner Road.
The history of Horsecorner Road has been handed down well over 200 years
now so there are several versions of the story as it has changed over
the years. Before writing this story I asked several older residents who
live or have lived on Horsecorner Road how it obtained its name and most
agree that a stolen horse was found in this barn at the corner of
Horsecorner and Staniels Road. One resident said the horse was stolen
and left in the barn and another version was that the owner stole horses
and kept them in his barn. However, the story seems to substantiate that
the barn at this corner housed a stolen house thereby obtaining the name
Horsecorner.
No one I have contacted knew that Horsecorner Road was once laid out as
the Center Road. I have copies of town records of at least six roads
referring to the Horsecorner Road or the Center Road. There are probably
many deeds of property that are on Horsecorner Road that originally
refer to the Center Road.
