Gilmanton Corner Town Library News For June
June is Audio Book Month at the Gilmanton Corner Public Town Library.
Our Library can offer you an assortment of new CDs and cassettes to
accompany you on spring walks, time in the garden, to the job or on
vacation. Speaking of vacation, do not forget the FREE museum passes at the
library this summer: SEE Science Museum, Currier Art Museum, and New
Hampshire Historical Museum.
Adult audio CDs: The Devil’s Punchbowl by Greg Isles, Red Light by T.
Jefferson Parker, Reckless by Amanda Quick, Even Money by Dick Francis, Kill
and Tell by Linda Howard.
Children’s audio cassettes and CDs: Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
by Virginia Burton (CA), Fish for Supper by Morgan Matthews (CA), Brown
Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin (CD), How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? by Jane
Yolen (CD), The Magic School Bus: Lost in The Solar System by Joanne Cole
(CD).
Young Readers: Pearl of Lutra by Brian Jacques (CA), Redwall by Brian
Jacques (CD, Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis (CA), Keepers School by Andrew
Clements (CD), Harry Potter #1 through #5 on (CA and CD), The Chosen One by
Carol Lynch Williams (CD), The Diary of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (CD).
Young Adult CDs: Eldest by Christopher Paoline, Maximum Ride: Max and
Witch And Wizard by James Patterson, Burned by P. C. And Kristin Cast and
The Cardturner by Louis Sachar.
Stop by the Library to pick up an audio book, or you can reserve it by
telephone at 267-6200. We are open Monday and Thursday, 2:00-8:00, Tuesday
and Friday, 2:00-4:00, and Wednesday, 2:00-6:00.
First Congregational Society In Gilmanton
On May 30, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., a Memorial Day service was conducted by
Reverend Chris Stevens of the Gilmanton Community Church. The
Ellis-Geddes-Leavitt American Legion Post #102 presented a military exercise
at the two monuments. They were assisted by Captain Morrill’s Company, a
Revolutionary war company. A salute to our veterans was made with volleys
shot from their ancient muskets. Afterward everyone was invited to enjoy
refreshments and visit. We had a wonderful turnout with over 150 people in
attendance.
On Sunday, June 20, 2010, The First Congregational Society will
reconvene their church services at 4:00 p.m. Come join us. The
Reverend Sidney Lovett, of Holderness, NH, will officiate. Special musical
solos will be sung by guest musicians.
The calendar for this year will be:
June 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - Church Service (Father’s Day).
July 18,
2010, 4:00 p.m. - Church Service.
August 8, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - Old
Home Day Church Service.
September 19, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - Church Service.
October 17, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - Annual Harvest Church Service.
November 21, 2010, 4:00 p.m - Annual Thanksgiving Day Service.
December
19, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - Christmas Church Service.
Gilmanton Fire Dept.
On Friday June 4, 2010, at 9:18 PM, the Gilmanton Fire Department with
automatic response departments was dispatched to a reported structure fire
at 1091 Province Road.
At 9:25 PM Car 1, Engine Two and Ambulance Two arrived on the scene and
found fire showing from the roof of a two and one half story wood
frame barn, with a farm house located in close proximity to the fire
building. The Chief immediately requested a second alarm assignment bringing
in mutual aid from nine neighboring departments.
At 9:31 PM the crew from Engine Two utilizing a 2 ½” hand line was able
to knock down the bulk of the fire inside the structure. Utilizing the Tower
from Barnstead, the fire that had extended through the roof and exterior
wall was able to be located and extinguished.
At 9:39 PM the fire was placed under control, the extinguishment was
confirmed and mutual aid companies not on the scene were released. There
were no injures to either civilians or firefighters, the estimated damage to
the structure is approximately $5,000.00. The cause of the fire was an
improperly installed chimney for a forge being utilized in the barn to make
horseshoes. The fire started on a window frame and extended up the inside
wall and broke through both the roof and exterior wall. The fire was
investigated by the Gilmanton Fire Department. The property was turned back
over to the owner at 10:44 PM.
The Gilmanton Fire and Police departments were assisted at the scene by
the Belmont Fire Department, Barnstead Fire Rescue, and Pittsfield Fire
Department. The New Durham Fire Department and Loudon Fire Department
covered the Gilmanton Fire Department stations.
On Saturday June 5, 2010, at 7:36 PM, the Gilmanton Fire Department was
dispatched to a reported motorcycle accident on Province Road (Route 107)
near the Barnstead town line.
At 7:36 PM the first company arrived on the scene and reported a
motorcycle into the trees with two patients, one that was unresponsive. At
19:44 The Medical Helicopter from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
helicopter was requested. Also mutual aid from Barnstead Fire Rescue was
requested to the scene. One patient was transported to a landing zone
established at Globe Manufacturing on Loudon Road in Pittsfield and patient
care was transferred to the medical team from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center. The second patient was transported to Concord Hospital by Gilmanton
Fire Department ambulance.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation by the Gilmanton
Police Department.
The Gilmanton Fire and Police Departments were assisted at the scene by
the Barnstead Fire Rescue, Barnstead Police, and Belmont Police Departments.
Songs of Old New Hampshire at Gilmanton Historical Society
Jeff
Warner presents Songs of Old New Hampshire at the Gilmanton Historical
Society, Tuesday, June 22, 7 p.m. at the Gilmanton Academy.
The Gilmanton Historical Society presents Jeff Warner in a program of
Songs of Old New Hampshire on Tuesday evening, June 22, at the Gilmanton
Academy Building in Gilmanton Corners. The program begins at 7:30, with
refreshments and social hour at 7 p.m.
In his presentation of Songs of Old New Hampshire, Jeff Warner draws
heavily on the repertoire of traditional singer Lena Bourne Fish (1873-1945)
of Jaffrey and Temple, NH. He offers the songs and stories that, in
the words of Carl Sandburg, tell us “where we came from and what brought us
along.” These ballads, love songs and comic pieces reveal the experiences
and emotions of daily life in the days before movies, sound recordings, and
for some, books. Songs from the lumber camps, the decks of sailing ships,
the textile mills and the war between the sexes offer views of
pre-industrial New England and a chance to hear living artifacts from the
18th and 19th centuries.
Warner is a folklorist and Community Scholar for the NH Council on the
Arts and has been named a 2007 State Arts Council Fellow. The program
is co-sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
The Gilmanton Historical Society’s summer programs are presented on the
fourth Tuesday of each month from May through September. The public is
welcome and there is no charge.
On July 27th the Society continues its Gilmanton History series, with
Gilmanton History 1920 to 1940, readings drawn from newspaper reports
of the time and illustrated with photos of the period.
August 24th features a program by Glen Knoblock on the History of the
Brewer’s Art in New Hampshire. The final program of the summer in
September, Documentary Photographs of the 1930s, complements the Gilmanton
History program with a slide presentation by Martin Fox featuring
photographs taken during the Great Depression for the Farm Security
Administration.
The Gilmanton Historical Society offers a number of publications on the
history of the Town. They are available at all Society programs, at the Town
Clerk’s Office, and at the Brick House in Gilmanton Corners. The Society’s
Museum, in the Academy Building, is open by appointment. Call curators
Jeanine Moorhead 267-8870 or George Carpenter 267-8907.
For more information about the summer series, pick up a copy of the
flier at the Academy or call President John Dickey at 267-6098.
Letter
Attention Gilmanton Residents:
The Transfer Facility is at it again!
We are expanding our plastics once again! To include the following items,
but not limited to just these, so please if you have a question call during
our normal business hours.
Items: Garbage cans, kiddie pools, plastic toys, milk crates, plant
pots, clean 5 gallon pails, boat wrappings.
As I said above, if you have any questions, please call. Thank you for
all of your help and understanding.
Respectfully submitted,
Justin Leavitt
Gilmanton Solid Waste
Manager