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Chichester NH News

December 14, 2011

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Happy Birthday to Zachary Harris on December 14. At this time we also offer Happy Birthday wishes to Richard Millette and Jordan Davison whose birthdays fall on December 24.

 


 

Chichester Grange will meet on Wednesday, December 21, at 7 pm on the first floor of the Grange Hall. This is the annual Christmas program. We hope to see Grangers there who are unable to attend the meetings held upstairs.

 


 

Thanks to Jaan Luikmil and his family the lights are on the tree at Carpenter Park. Thanks also to the Harkness family for providing the electricity to keep the tree lighted a few hours each evening during the Christmas season. There will definitely be no official "lighting" this year. If you miss it, speak to Carol Frekey-Harkness when you see her, and we will see what can be done next year.

 


 

Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News

Submitted By Carol Hendee

 

Donations are being received daily, allowing our inventory to change daily.

 

We have 2 nice ironing boards, exersaucer, jogging stroller, a nice selection of winter socks for women, men and children, and heavier tights for girls. Winter hats and gloves are coming in and going out daily. There is Christmas wrapping paper for $.25 a roll! Rags for sale for $.50 a big bag.

 

We can use a helper to take yellow bags (ripped, torn, stained clothing) to the Yellow Planet Aid boxes.

 

Our last ½ price sale for the year will be Thursday, December 22nd. Everything in the store is marked ½ off. VCR tapes for the kids vacation days are $.25 and cassette tapes are also $.25; DVDs are $1.00 (speaking of which, we could use donations of DVDs as they sell out quickly.)

 

Stop by Mon. 8-12, Tues. and Thurs. 8-4, Wed. 11-4, Sat. 10-4 on Rte 28, Chichester, near the Pittsfield line. You can call us at 247-7191 or 707-7577 or visit the website for babythreadsofnh.com and you can see Out of Your Attic news as well as Baby Threads happenings! The Attic is a major fund raiser for Baby Threads!

 


 

Chichester Historical Society Town Hall Transition

Submitted By Walter Sanborn

Chichester TownHallWithHearseHouse.jpg

In the early years there was a small budget and only several warrant articles to be acted upon so they were done at 2 pm while the polls were open. By 1973 the town had grown so that the budget and warrant articles took so much time that the polls closed at 6 pm and the business meeting opened at 7 pm. In the 1980s voting was done at the town hall on Tuesday of town meeting and because of increased attendance and time involved the meeting was adjourned until the following Saturday at the Grange Hall.

 

Later town meeting was moved to the Grange Hall and temporary booths installed for voting on Tuesday and the meeting adjourned to the following Saturday for the budget and warrant articles to be acted upon.

 

In 1926 electricity was installed in the town hall and in 1930 the driveway in front of the hall was tarred. After the hall was moved back and basement built in 1956, a furnace was installed in the basement for heating and all the old stoves removed. A well was dug and an electric pump and toilet installed.

 

The upstairs room used by the militia was now used as the library. In the early 1980s the town clerk’s office and police department were situated in the small room used by the selectmen.

 

In 1980 the Chichester Grange turned the Grange Hall building over to the town of Chichester for future use as a town hall. During the next few years the town rebuilt the basement under the Grange Hall and constructed the town offices in the basement level of the Grange Hall which I will describe in a future article. In 1993 the town moved its town offices to the new town hall in the Grange Hall.

 

When the Grange gave the title of the hall to the town there was a stipulation that the Grange could use the upstairs meeting hall as long as the Chichester Grange was in existence. Today many of us older people refer to the building as the Grange Hall. You may notice the old sign on the front still remains in place and a new sign Town Hall has been erected as it is also now the new Town Hall so both signs remain in place.

 

When the town moved all its offices and town meetings into the new Town and Grange Hall the old town hall was given over completely to the library and is now the Chichester Library.

 

Accompanying this article is a picture of the old town hall before it was moved back and erected on the new basement in 1956. The building showing on the back of the town hall was the old hearse house which was removed and the old hearse was sold.

 

My next article will be Phase 3 of the Old Meetinghouse the Town Library.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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