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.
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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. |