Reminder
The Cable Franchise Contract Committee is now meeting to renegotiate the
Comcast contract. If you have any comments, concerns or suggestions
regarding the new contract, please contact Lisa Stevens at the Town Hall.
The Chichester Library will have a Book and Plant Sale on June 13th
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Come to the Pound Road
entrance to see the wonderful plants as well as the vast supply of
books available for purchase.
Happy Birthday to Jason Brudniak and Mary West on June 12 and to
Michael McLaughlin on June 13.
Happy Anniversary to Joshua and Brianne Stone on June 16.
The Chichester Youth Association will host Challenger
Sports British Soccer Camp the week of August 3-7, 2009 at the
Carpenter Park Soccer Fields in Chichester. The camp will run Monday
through Friday, and each child is coached by a member of
challenger’s British coaching staff flown to the USA exclusively to
work on these programs. Camp is open to players between the ages of
4 and 18. Check out our web site for more information,
www.ChichesterYouth.com.
If you are willing to bake dessert for Old Home Day (August 15),
please contact JoAnn Luikmil at 798-5483.
Again this year there will be Flea Market tent at Old Home Day on
August 15. If you have clean, usable items you are able to donate,
contact Jaan Luikmil at 798-4987.
Chichester Grange will meet on Wednesday, June 17, at 7 p.m.
upstairs in the Grange Hall. Barbara Frangione will present a Flag
Day program. Alice Hilliard is in charge of refreshments.
Look on the non-fiction shelves in the Chichester Town Library for
the following titles: Cake Art – Simplified Step-by-Step
Instructions and Illustrated Techniques for the home baker to create
show stopping cakes and cupcakes; Connections by James Burke – How
inventions are linked and how they cause changes throughout history;
Changing for Good by James O. Prochaska Ph.D.– A Revolutionary
six-stage program for overcoming bad habits and moving your life
positively forward: Getting Past No by William Ury – Negotiating
your way from confrontation to cooperation; A Lion Called Christian
byAnthony Bourke & John Rendall – The true story of the remarkable
bond between 2 friends and a lion; The Old Man Told Us – Excerpts
from Micmac History 1500-1950 – by Ruth Holmes Whitehead;
Speak like Churchill Stand like Lincoln by James C. Humes – 21
Powerful Secrets of History’s Greatest Speakers.
Chichester Town Library To Start Summer Reading Program
The Chichester Town Library is starting our summer reading program early
this year. The theme is Summer Time and the Reading is Easy.
This year’s the goal is for each child to read 10 books. Keep track of books
read, and you will get $10.00 to put in a saving account at the Bank of
America. Just for participating, you will get a certificate for an ice cream
at Frekey’s.
Mark the following dates on your calendar:
Tuesday, June 16th at 6:30 p.m., at the library. We are going to have a fun
evening of summer related activities. We will play games, work on crafts and
projects and make ice cream using liquid nitrogen. Although you may think
liquid nitrogen is a dangerous substance, the only person who will be in any
danger is your beloved librarian. It has been said that liquid nitrogen
makes the best quality homemade ice cream. Come and find out.
Friday, July 25th at The Woods at Beauty Hill in Barnstead, NH, we will have
a treasure hunt. This year you will locate edible or medicinal plants and
trees in the woods and fields. At dusk the New Hampshire Astronomical
Society will give a talk and then we will study stars.
Thursday, August 20th at 6:30 at the Grange Hall, the Hampstead Players,
which is a theater group in Barnstead, will put on the play Pinnochio.
Chichester Grange
Chichester Grange met on June 3 upstairs in the Grange/Town Hall. An
application for membership was received from Betty Bogdan. Mary West
reported that the Memorial Day celebration went off smoothly. Pastor Arthur
Savage of the Chichester United Methodist Church gave the opening prayer,
and Jim Towle read two letters written by Henry Sanborn, who with several
others from Chichester fought in the Civil War. A welcome by Alice Hilliard,
the National Anthem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a couple of patriotic
poems rounded out the short program. Anne Boisvert placed a wreath in front
of the Veteran’s Memorial Stone. Alice Hilliard and Mary West planned this
first effort at a Memorial Day celebration. Attendance was low, but with
better advertising next year the numbers should grow.
Barbara Frangione reported that flowers have been purchased and soon the
tubs will be placed at Memorial Park and planted. Wildlife sightings
included a mother fox teaching her cubs to hunt in Pittsfield, hummingbirds
and a porcupine in Chichester, and a moose in Pittsburg, NH.
Plans were begun for the annual Eat-Out on July 15. Carolee Davison will
check with some restaurants and report back at the June 17 meeting. The
Grange voted to be a Silver Sponsor for the CYA Golf Tournament again this
year. It was also voted to purchase some supplies for the Chichester Food
Pantry.
The brief program by Lecturer Hannah West was on an automotive theme. There
was group singing of “If You Knew Susie” and “John Brown’s Ford Had a
Puncture in Its Tire,” a skit about learning to drive, and a quiz on makes
and models of cars.
Following the meeting, refreshments were provided by Jean Farnham and Ginny
Azotea.
Obituaries
Duane Potter
Chichester - Duane "Pete" Potter, 68, died Monday, June 1, 2009, at home
surrounded by his loving family.
Born in East Concord, he was the son of Stuart G. and Sylvia (Osgood)
Potter.
He worked as a maintenance supervisor for the New Hampshire Highway
Department and retired after 37 years of employment. For the past 10 years,
he worked as a parts driver for Grappone Auto Junction.
Duane enjoyed traveling and camping across the country with his wife and
many friends.
Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Eldora (Masse) Potter of Chichester;
two sons, Christopher D. Potter of Chichester and Allen S. Potter of Dallas;
one grandson, Nathan Potter of Chichester; his sister Beverly Nelson and her
husband, Clarence, of East Concord; one brother, Stuart G. Potter Jr. and
his wife, Liz, of Dallas; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church of Chichester on
Thursday, June 4, 2009.
Memorial donations may be made to Massachusetts General Hospital
Gastrointestinal Unit Cancer Fund, 165 Cambridge St., 600, Boston 02114.
Bennett Funeral Home of Concord was in charge of arrangements.
Edward J. Meehan
Chichester - Edward Joseph Meehan, 60, died quietly at home Friday, June 5,
2009.
He was born in Portsmouth, a son of Vieno Ruth (Maki) Meehan and William
Martin Meehan.
He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1970 and earned a
degree in veterinary medicine from Michigan State University in 1973.
A real modern-day James Herriot, he spent the past 36 years running his own
mobile large animal veterinary practice, tending to all manner of patients,
large and small, and sometimes their worried owners, too. He served on the
Chichester Board of Adjustment and was Chichester's health officer for many
years. He worked extensively with the Scouts, coached Chichester baseball
and basketball teams, and was a referee and umpire for many different
sports.
His passions included U.S. history, particularly Civil War history; grilling
even, or especially, during the winter; the Red Sox and the Patriots; and
most important, the many animals and the garden on his farm. More than
anything, however, he enjoyed helping others, particularly those who were
the most vulnerable and the most in need.
He was predeceased by his wife of 31 years, Kathryn Selma Meehan, in 2002.
He is survived by two sons, Jeffrey, of Boston, and Andrew, of Barnstead;
two daughters, Elizabeth, of Dover, and Victoria, of Starkville, Miss.; two
brothers, John and Thomas, both of Hooksett; two grandchildren, Connor and
Dawson; and many nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held Wednesday, June 10, 2009, from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. at Bennett Funeral Home, 209 N. Main St., Concord.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Thursday, June 11, 2009,
at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Mission, Route 4, Northwood.
Memorial donations may be made to Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth; the
New Ipswich Children's Fair; or any no-kill animal shelter.
Bennett Funeral Home of Concord is in charge of arrangements.
