The
Class of 1966 will be gathering at Pittsfield Elementary School
on Old Home Day July 17th at 5 p.m. Please contact Donna Chagnon
at [email protected] or
Linda Schmidt at 293-4094 if you have not already been contacted
for this social event. Bring your lawn chairs. Hope to see you
there.
Invitation to Vacation Bible School for children going into
grades 1 thru 6th July 12-16, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00
p.m.
Located at Epsom Bible Church, 398 Black Hall Road,
Epsom, NH.
Call 736-9354 for more info or to sign up or just
come and join us!
Bible stories, crafts, games, food and lots
of fun!!
In the story last week, in the Sun, regarding the 75th
birthday celebration held for Jewel Murphy, the name of her son,
John Murphy, Jr., was inadvertently omitted.
Come to Thunder Bridge on Depot Road on Monday, July 12, for
the Historical Society Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Bring a chair and
your picnic lunch. The Historical Society will provide
watermelon, dessert, and beverage. Everyone is welcome. Jay Baas
has found an artifact in the river that may have been part of
the Ordway Mill. It will be on display at the picnic.
The Chichester Old Home Day Committee would like to thank
Dale and Pauline Halquist for the use of their thirty-foot
trailer to pick up items from an estate in Hampton Falls for the
Old Home Day Yard Sale.
Sally Kelly is hosting a house party for Congressional
candidate Annie McLane Kuster on Wednesday, July 14, at 7 p.m.
The event will be held at Sally’s home on 63 Horse Corner Road
in Chichester. Please RSVP to
[email protected].
Again this year the Chichester Library has the required
reading books for Chichester Central School and for Pembroke
Academy. The library has all of the 2010 Great Stone Face Books
and the 2010 Isinglass Books. If your class has required reading
and you have the list, please turn a copy in to Lisa at the
Library. If we do not have the book you want we will get it for
you.
If you are willing to bake cookies for dessert at the Old
Home Day meal, please contact JoAnn Luikmil at 798-5483. She has
only heard from six people so far, and she is becoming anxious.
Old Home Day is Saturday, August 21, this year.
Plans are being finalized for Old Home Day on August 21. If
you would like to participate in the Variety Show on August 19
or the Parade on August 21, please contact Jaan Luikmil at
798-4987 or 545-9087.
BNI Granite Referrals meets Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 9:30
a.m. at the Community Building, Chichester, NH. Info: 391-1498.
Chichester Heritage Commission
The Heritage Commission meets every third Thursday at 7 p.m.
in the Chichester Town Library. Chichester residents are always
welcome to attend meetings. Membership consists of seven members
and three alternates. The Commission currently needs one more
member.
The Commission has recently submitted an inventory
application to the New Hampshire Division of Historical
Resources for the Grange Hall to be included in the State
Register of Historic Places. We hope to have word soon about our
efforts to nominate this historic building.
The Commission is looking for Chichester woodpiles! This is
a photo event that could win you a cord of split wood delivered
to your yard. Send or give your printed photo to any Heritage
Commission member (please include your name and contact
information on the back of the photo). The photos will be posted
anonymously on a board in our booth at Old Home Day, August
21st, and judged that day. Too busy to take a photo? Call
Lucille at 798-5709 and we’ll take the photo for you. Flyers
will be available at the Library and Town Offices with all the
information. You will also find the details on the town’s
website under Heritage Commission.
Bentley University Names Local Students To President’s
List For Spring 2010 Semester
Bentley University’s (Waltham, Mass.) Vice president for
Academic Affairs and Dean of Business, Michael J. Page, and Dean
of Arts and Sciences, Marilyn B. Durkin, recently announced the
names of local residents who were named to the President’s List
for extraordinary academic achievement in the Spring 2010
semester.
The students are: William Markow of Allenstown, a sophomore
majoring in undecided business; and Sean McKay of Chichester, a
junior majoring in accountancy.
To be named to the President’s List, a full-time student
must have a grade point average of 3.7 or higher with no course
grade below 3.0 during the term.
The Cub Scouts of Pack 85, Chichester, celebrated
the end of the year with our bridging ceremony. We had six Tiger
Cubs complete all the requirements to become Wolf Cubs; three
Wolf Cubs crossed over to Bears, and our four Webelos will
continue on to Webelos 2. We are proud of the boys’ hard work
and accomplishments.
If
you are thinking about joining Cub Scouts and live in the
Chichester area, now is the time to join in the fun and
adventure as we begin our new year! Please contact Karen
McCormack, at
[email protected] for all the information you need. We
have exciting outings and Old Home Day fun planned for the
summer months. We are looking for new Tigers going into 1st
grade and boys of all ages who would like to join in the
learning and fun of Cub Scouting. We welcome you to join our
pack!
Obituaries
James Oliver Mobbs
Known to everyone as
Bumpy
James Oliver Mobbs born on Horse Corner Road in Chichester
on October 1, 1917 and died on Horse Corner Road on June 30,
2010 surrounded by his loving family. His parents were Lemuel H.
Mobbs and Ruth (Griffin) Mobbs.
Jim joined the U.S. Navy Seabees in 1943. This construction
battalion was the Navy’s first Seabee Unit. He was very proud to
be a part of this battalion.
When he came home in 1945, he worked for the Concord Post
Office and he later served as treasurer at the Postal Credit
Union. Following his retirement from the Post Office at the age
of 55, he continued serving as treasurer at the credit union for
10 more years.
Jim built his own home, his daughter’s home and helped on
many more of his family’s homes over the years. He loved to do
woodworking in his workshop and was a faithful fan of the Boston
Braves and then the Boston Red Sox.
Jim’s family was the love of his life. Every Sunday for
lunch there is between 16 and 22 people at his and Tina’s home.
Family and friends are always welcome and this will continue. We
celebrate his wonderful life!
Jim was predeceased by his brothers, Oliver Mobbs, Sr. and
Richard Mobbs; a sister, Leona Preve, and great granddaughter,
Skye Lyn Davison.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Christine (Tina)
Mobbs; his 2 daughters, Carolee Davison and Karen Michael all of
Chichester; his grandchildren Rick and Tracie Davison, Keith and
Aja Davison of Chichester, Ken and Janna Michael of Epsom, Kelly
and Jason Brudniak of Chichester and Kendra and Jeremy Corson of
Northwood; his great grandchildren, Keith, Brooke, Jordan, Myles
Davison, Calvin and Owen Michael, Kayde Corson and Ally Brudniak;
his brother, Clarence (Brud) Brown of CT; sister-in laws, Migs
Mobbs of Concord and Arlene Glines of IL and several nieces and
nephews.
A graveside service was held July 3rd at Pine Ground
Cemetery in Chichester.
Memorial donations can be made to the Chichester Town
Library, 161 Main Street, Chichester, NH 03258.
The Bennett Funeral Home of Concord is in charge of the
arrangements.
