Celebrating Birthdays are: July 14,
Peter Elliott; July 16, Larry Williams,
Arlene Brown, John Rogers, July 19,
Almanzor Rathbun.
A Very Happy Birthday to one and
all.
Best Wishes to Paul and Bev Murdough
who will celebrate their Wedding
Anniversary on July 17th.
The Clothes Closet
Carroll Street Pittsfield
We have created a special area in
our shop for wedding dresses and formal
wear. Come and See!
Sales have been excellent and we
welcome new donations of gowns and
accessories.
The First Congregational Church in
Pittsfield is very fortunate to have a
twenty-five piece set of hand bells,
given in “Loving Memory of John B.
Varney.” On Sunday, July 18th, a special
service of dedication will be held and
the “JuBellation” Bell Choir will offer
several selections during the 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service. The public is cordially
invited to attend this service of
worship and dedication.
The Old Home Day Committee is
painting panther paws at the houses that
place an order. Paws will be red for
each family’s first generation of
alumni; paws painted for the second
generation and higher will be blue. One
paw is $5.00, two paws $8.00 and three
or more is $10.00. Pick up an order form
at the Town Hall, Library, Moovees, or
Jitters. You can also print an order
form from the Town of Pittsfield
website. Questions? Call Harry and
Leslie Vogt at 435-7993.
Sheila Vargas-Torres of Pittsfield
was named to the Dean’s List for the
spring semester at Franklin Pierce
university in Rindge, NH. Vargas-Torres,
a sophomore majoring in mass
communication, earned Dean’s List status
by maintaining a term grade point
average of at least 3.3 on a scale of
four.
Pittsfield Old Home Day Silent
Auction
“In the good old summertime” is the
theme for this year’s Silent Auction at
St. Stephen’s Church on Main Street
during Pittsfield’s Old Home Day
celebration. Don’t miss an opportunity
to bid on such items as tickets to Lost
River or the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery
Center, as well as passes to a range of
other fun family activities. Bid on a
packed back-to-school basket, a
commercial grade espresso maker and
coffee grinder, an original painting of
Pittsfield’s Balloon Rally, or a
beautiful handmade braided rug and
matching chair pads. To obtain a
complete list, contact
[email protected].
The Auction doors will be open at 8
AM, so come in to view the wide array of
items on offer: bid high and bid often!
The winning bidders will be announced at
2 PM. If you do not plan to be in town
at the close of the bidding, leave your
phone number and we will call you to
arrange for pickup.
F.B. Argue Recreation Area News
The Pittsfield Parks and Recreation
Committee would like to thank Steve
Catalano and the Pittsfield Rotary Club
for their continued support. They
supplied sand and much needed painting
of the building, bridge, and playground
equipment this year. Also, we would like
to thank Nicole and Dan Ward for
planting the flowers in our wooden
barrels. They look great! MANY THANKS TO
ALL OF YOU!
The summer has gotten off to a great
start with the toasty weather that we
have been having. The area is open on
Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
from 12:00 until 5:00, Tuesday and
Thursday from 12:00 to 7:00, and Sunday
from 1:00 to 5:00.
Admission cost is 75 cents per day
for children, one dollar for adults, and
children under 5 are admitted free with
a paid adult.
We have finished the first set of
swim lessons and the second set (night
lessons) started on July 12. There is
still room in the second session and the
third session which will begin on July
26. Please come down to the recreation
area to sign up if you are interested in
swimming lessons for your child. The
registration fee for swimming lessons is
$20 for residents and $25 for
non-residents.
We are having sand castle building
contests on Friday afternoons again this
year, Airhead bingo on Wednesday
afternoon at 2:00, and duck hunt on
Monday afternoon at 2:30.
We are again offering Senior Swim
time in coordination with our local
senior center. If you would like some
peaceful swim time without the children,
you are welcome to come down to the
recreation area from 11:00 to 12:00 on
Monday and Thursday morning. Free of
charge… just enjoy the water.
We also have two craft days scheduled.
Tuesday, July 27 will be Decorate Bucket
Hat Day. The first 48 children will be
able to decorate their hats with fabric
markers. On Tuesday, August 11, the
first 50 children will be given a kick
ball to decorate. These are both new
activities and we look forward to having
a lot of fun doing them. We will also
have s’more day sometime during July and
August when everyone can make and eat a
s’more. These dates will be posted at
the pool area.
On August 12, the Carpenter Library
and the Pittsfield Recreation committee
will be having a special presentation by
Wildlife Encounters. This program will
culminate the reading program at the
library. The rain location for this
presentation will be at the Pittsfield
Community Center.
Because of the water depth, we have
not been able to use the diving board
this year. We have applied to the state
for a dredging permit. We are hoping
that we will be allowed to dredge so
that our pond will be deeper next year
and we will again be able to use our
diving board. Because of the shallow
water, we are allowing floating toys to
be used by children and adults who are
able to swim.
We are hoping that more and more
people will continue to use the
recreation area and that if you have any
ideas for additional activities that you
will contact one of the members of the
Pittsfield Recreation Committee or come
down to the recreation area and ask for
Minni.
Come on down and join in the fun!
Encore 2010 Playing At Steele
Hill
Join the cast of Encore 2010: A
Musical Review as The Pittsfield Players
continue its outstanding tradition of
presenting fabulous summertime dinner
theater entertainment at the Steele Hill
Resort in Sanbornton.
For this 18th Encore season,
director and choreographer Dee-Dee
Pitcher compiled a great list of songs
and dances featuring Broadway tunes and
favorites from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Audiences can’t help but sing along with
this marvelous variety show.
This year’s cast includes Bea
Pszonowsky, Lena Luongo, Louise Maheux,
Jean Gentile, Dee-Dee Pitcher, Angelo
Gentile, Angel Douglas, Nathan Strong,
Bobbi Cote and Dave Pollard. Keith
Belanger is the accompanist.
The Encore 2010: A Musical Review is
performed every Tuesday night, now
through August 31, at Steele Hill Resort
in Sanbornton, NH. Dinner theater
performances at Steele Hill are priced
at $29 per person (excluding beverages,
tax and tip) and include a three-course
meal and the Players’ great show. For
reservations, call Steele Hill Resort at
524-0500.
The cast will also present the show
without accompanying dinner for Old Home
Day weekend at the Scenic Theatre, 6
Depot St., Pittsfield, on July 16 at
7:30 p.m. For reservations at the
Scenic, call the box office at 435-8852.
Little Red Wagon Theatre Group
To perform At Old Home Day
The Old Home Day committee will host
the University of New Hampshire’s LITTLE
RED WAGON professional children’s
theatre troupe on Sat., July 17 at 10:00
a.m. at the Gazebo in Dustin Park for a
performance of “Jack and the Beanstalk
And The Two-Headed Ogre.” The theatre
troupe performs for children and family
audiences at schools, libraries,
festivals, fairs, banquets, hospitals,
recreation centers, state parks, camps
and churches.
The Little Red Wagon is the longest
running nonprofit, children’s theatre
tour in the U.S and performs at nearly
70 locations in New England each summer.
Founded in 1971, The Little Red
Wagon became a grassroots model program
for the State of NH and was instrumental
to the introduction of Theatre Education
into the public school system as a
supportive tool for reading and
learning.
The Little Red Wagon’s “Jack and the
Beanstalk and the Two-Headed Ogre” is
about Jack and his mother who were very
poor and had to sell their beloved cow,
but Jack sold the cow for some “magic”
beans. When he took the beans home, his
mother was so mad that she threw them
out the window…and so begins the tale of
Jack, his mother, the giant beanstalk
and the two headed ogre who lives above
the clouds. This 45 minute play is best
for the Pre-K to grade 3 audiences, but
all ages will enjoy this enduring tale.
For information about booking a
touring show, contact the UNH Dept.
Theatre and Dance office at 603-862-2150
or
[email protected].
New Hampshire Students Named to
Dean’s List
At Southern New Hampshire
University
The following students from New
Hampshire have been named to the Dean’s
List for the spring 2010 semester at
Southern New Hampshire University in
Manchester. To be eligible for this
honor, a student must compile an
academic grade point average of
3.0-3.49.
Chichester: Scott Finan, Accounting.
Northwood: Michael Leoncyk, Psychology.
Pittsfield: Felicia Labbay, Accounting.
New Hampshire Students Named to
President’s List
At Southern New Hampshire
University
The following students from New
Hampshire have been named to the
President’s List for the spring 2010
semester at Southern New Hampshire
University in Manchester. To be eligible
for this honor, a student must compile
an academic grade point average of
3.5-4.0.
Center Barnstead: Richard Boudreau,
Business Administration; Melissa
Williams, Business Administration.
Chichester: Joshua Stone, Public
Service.
Epsom: Amanda Cavanaugh, Creative
Writing and English; Cindy Estabrook,
Communication/Digital Media.
Northwood: Calah Bouchard, Course
Work Only²Accounting; Katherine
Gamblin, International Business; Anthony
Haroutunian, History/Social Studies Ed;
Angela Isaia, Psychology.
Julianne Gadoury Graduates From
Stony Brook University
Julianne Gadoury graduated from Stony Brook University, in
Stony Brook, NY, in May 2010.
After completion of a three year
program, she has earned her M.F.A in
Printmaking and Master’s Certificate in
Advanced Cultural Studies.
Her works take traditional
printmaking techniques and apply to
non-traditional techniques to
create non-traditional pieces.
During her tenure she taught Basic
Printmaking and Foundations of Drawing
courses to undergraduate students. Her
works have been displayed at thirteen
selected group exhibitions and three
solo exhibitions. Her most recent work
displayed at Lawrence Alloway Memorial
Gallery in Stony Brook, NY, include:
Stoned II, Stoned, Please Stand By and
Polar Bears in Space. Her works
expose abstract social relationships
through the creation of images and
scenarios that the viewer can relate
with. Her work forces the viewer
to challenge their own role in society
and to question the idea that there is
someone else in the world to take action
and be responsible.
Larger global issues and complacency
in our involvement within them are
depicted in Polar Bears in Space and
Please Stand By. Indeed her large
installation of a polar bear made
completely of wire and see-through
seemed to emulate this complacency as
many of us see-through issues of global
responsibilities as being far out of
reach. Although we know they exist, we
prefer not to take action but to
see-through them.
Please Stand By, is also a print
collection of works that forces us to
consider the repetition in our daily
lives, collectively as a culture and how
culture lulls us into being complacent
about issues that need change.
Indeed the pieces that make up this
body of work expose issues most find
deplorable and force us to look inward
and realize the connection between the
state of such global concerns and our
own complacency.
She has been presented with numerous
awards and grants. Julianne is the
daughter of Gary Gadoury of Alton and
Terry Gadoury of Portsmouth. You can
view her entire collection of works @
www.juliannegadoury.com.
Pittsfield Rotary Wine Tasting Event
Vintner’s Cellar Winery in Concord has
created two, limited edition,
commemorative wines, custom bottled just
for the Pittsfield Rotary’s 29th Annual
Hot Air Balloon Rally. The
Pittsfield Rotary Club is hosting a
special wine tasting event at The
Vintner’s Cellar Winery in Concord on
Friday, July 23rd from 6 to 8 pm
showcasing these two commemorative,
limited addition wines. Tickets
for this event are $5.00 per person, and
Vintner’s Cellar will donate $5.00 to
the Pittsfield Rotary for every
commemorative bottle purchased.
The 29th Annual Hot Air Balloon Rally
bottles are available now, but supplies
are limited, and only at Vintner’s
Cellar Winery in Concord, located at 133
Loudon Road, next to Papa Gino’s.
Support the Rotary at the wine tasting
July 23rd. Tickets can be purchased at
The Paige Agency in Pittsfield, or at
Vintner’s Cellar in Concord. For
more information call 603-224-WINE.
Obituaries
Mary Odette Green
Mary Odette Green,
age 90, formerly of Webster Mills Road
in Pittsfield, died July 8, 2010, at
Concord Hospital.
Born November 12,
1919 in Harrisville, RI, the daughter of
Clarence and Xenaide (Thibeault)
Thompson, she resided in Pittsfield
since 1989, having previously resided in
Alton Bay and most recently at
Epsom Manor.
Mary Odette had owned
and operated the Anchorage Trailer Court
on Route 11-D in Alton Bay. She enjoyed
knitting quilts, while at Epsom Manor,
she knitted caps for newborns at Concord
Hospital, she also knitted scarves,
mittens and booties for residents,
family and friends.
Widow of the
late Arnold M. Green, who died in 2002,
she is survived by a niece Joyce Knibb
of Pascoag, RI,; and 2 nephews, Richard
Thompson of Nasonville, RI, and David
Thompson of Warwick, RI, and several
Great Nieces and Nephews.
A Graveside
Service was held on Monday, July 12,
2010, at New Riverside Cemetery on Route
28S in Alton, NH, with Rev. Larry Adams,
pastor of the Community Church of Alton,
officiating.
Memorial donations may
be made in her memory to the Multiple
Sclerosis Society.
Arrangements were
in the care of Peaslee Alton Funeral
Home, Alton, NH.
To express
condolences, please visit:
www.peasleefuneralhome.com
Donald A. Butterfield Jr.
Loudon -
Donald A. Butterfield Jr., 83, died
Saturday, July 3, 2010, at Dartmouth
Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
He was the husband of Pauline (Hall)
Butterfield.
He was born Oct. 17,
1926, in Derry, where he met his
sweetheart, Pauline. For the past 32
years, they have lived in Loudon.
Don
served in the military during World War
II and the Korean War.
For many
years, he was involved in the building
materials business, being one of the
founders of A&B Lumber, and for the past
16 years a valuable member of the Loudon
Building Supply family.
Don is
predeceased by his parents, Nina
(Kingsbury) and Donald A. Butterfield
Sr.; and his sister, Norma.
Besides
his forever loving wife of 62 years,
Pauline, he is survived by his daughter,
Pamela Weinhold and her husband, John;
his daughter, Karen Shirley; his
daughter, Janet Martinez and her
husband, Carlos; his daughter, Nancy
Bolduc and her husband, Allan; his son,
William Butterfield and his wife, Kathy;
and his sister, Irene Hicks of
Londonderry. He will also be greatly
missed by his eight grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
Although we
are greatly saddened by our loss, we are
thankful and feel very blessed we had
our dad in our lives for so many years.
We love and miss you.
A committal
service with military honors was
held Friday, July 9, 2010, at the New
Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery,
Boscawen.
Memorial donations may be
made to the American Heart Association.
Arrangements were under the direction of
Phaneuf Funeral Home & Crematorium,
Boscawen.
For an online guest book,
log on to
phaneuf.net.