The Chichester Youth Association will be holding their monthly
meeting on Sunday, October 20th at 6 p.m. at the Town /Grange Hall.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Save the dates for these upcoming CYA events. Friday November 1st is
Soccer Closing Ceremonies. Saturday November 2nd is Field Clean-up
Day.
2014 Live and Let Live Calendars are for sale for $15.00. More
information to come.
If you are interested in Trunk or Treating, it will be happening at
Carpenter Park this year on Sunday, October 27, from 5-6:30 p.m.
Trophies will be given for the best decorated trunks and for the
funniest, scariest, and most creative children’s costumes.
Chichester Grange is planning a Christmas-themed Penny Sale on
Saturday, November 2, at the Grange Hall. Proceeds will benefit the
Heritage Commission’s One Pane at a Time project. If you haven’t
been to a Grange Penny Sale yet, set the date aside and join the
fun. Bring items for the Food Pantry and receive extra tickets.
Lunch food will be available as well.
Remember the good old days when you used to walk up to Green’s Drug
Store and get your tickets to the Pittsfield Players’ shows?
Well those days are back - you can purchase Thoroughly Modern Millie
tickets on Sat., Nov. 2 from 10-2 and Sunday, Nov. 3 from 11-1 at
the Scenic Theatre on Depot Street in Pittsfield.
Tickets are $17/each; $15 for seniors. The show is Friday and Sat.,
Nov. 8 & 9 at 7:30 PM, Sunday, Nov. 10 at 2PM and Friday and Sat.,
Nov. 15 & 16 at 7:30PM.
Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News
If you are looking for a place to drop things off for the Chichester
Food Pantry, you can do so at the Attic Thrift Shop, when we are
open. Supplies of canned goods & paper products & toiletries are
running low. We can deliver to the food pantry.
There are some Halloween costumes & accessories left-graduation
gowns can be turned into--use your imagination! Some dress shirts
w/ emblems & even jewelry for the princess.
Baby onesies are .25 all week! We can really use some regular size
crib sheets. Still need 4 ply yarn for a Christmas project. We
also have an urgent need for clothes for a young boy-size 10 shirts
& pants & jacket; size 3 shoes, sneakers. Please mark the bag as
you donate these articles. Stop by-see the brand new windows, doors
& siding at 345 Suncook Valley Hgwy, Chichester on Mon. 8-12; Tues.
& Thurs. 8-4; Wed. 11-4 & Sat. 10-4. 247-7191.
Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News
If you are looking for a place to drop things off for the Chichester
Food Pantry, you can do so at the Attic Thrift Shop, when we are
open. Supplies of canned goods & paper products & toiletries are
running low. We can deliver to the food pantry.
There are some Halloween costumes & accessories left-graduation
gowns can be turned into--use your imagination! Some dress shirts
w/ emblems & even jewelry for the princess.
Baby onesies are .25 all week! We can really use some regular size
crib sheets. Still need 4 ply yarn for a Christmas project. We
also have an urgent need for clothes for a young boy-size 10 shirts
& pants & jacket; size 3 shoes, sneakers. Please mark the bag as
you donate these articles. Stop by-see the brand new windows, doors
& siding at 345 Suncook Valley Hgwy, Chichester on Mon. 8-12; Tues.
& Thurs. 8-4; Wed. 11-4 & Sat. 10-4. 247-7191.
Chichester Massage Celebrates National Massage Therapy Awareness
Week
With 7Th Annual Food Drive
National Massage Therapy Awareness Week is designed to raise public
awareness about the benefits of massage and encourages massage
therapists to sponsor events that support their local communities.
Many of our area food pantries are in need of assistance and
Chichester Massage is sponsoring their 7th annual food drive to
celebrate National Massage Therapy Awareness Week Oct. 21-26, 2013.
Urgently needed items include paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning
supplies, canned tuna, soups, pastas/sauces, rice, baking mix,
peanut butter, condiments, healthy cereals, & hygiene items
(toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoo, bar soap). Fresh produce will
also be accepted.
Chichester Massage will be offering free chair massages on Tuesday
Oct. 22 from 4-7 pm. with a monetary or food donation. Donations
will be accepted throughout the week at our office and those who
donate 5 or more items or $5 or more will receive a coupon for $10
off a massage. All proceeds will go directly to local food
pantries.
This is a great way to help others and reward yourself with a
savings on your next massage. Please help us make this food drive a
success. Thank you for your support.
Chichester Massage is located at 114 Dover Rd. (Route
4) in Chichester. For more information please call 798-4669 or
visit our website at
www.chichestermassage.com
Bee Hole Beavers Snowmobile Club
We started our trail work this summer by improving the connection
with the Suncook Valley Sno Riders. A big Thank You to Burton
Landscaping of Bow, NH for the donation of 3 days of excavator time
and an operator! We couldn’t have done this trail improvement
without their support.
Ongoing trail projects include improving the trail
along the Bee Hole brook and widening corridor 15. Logging along
corridor 15 & trail 360 will need cleanup before the season starts.
We need your help. Please contact us using the website (www.beeholebeavers.org)
or come to a meeting.
The monthly meeting schedule & location has changed. We now meet on
the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Thank You to the
Chichester Public Library for allowing us to use their downstairs
meeting space. The next meeting will be October 16 at 7pm at the
Library (downstairs at the rear of the building).
Memberships are always available at the meetings.
The election of officers and Directors were held at the September
meeting. The results are;
President: Bill Lane
Vice President: Bill Palmer
Trailmaster: Paul Sanborn
Treasurer: Elgie Goodwin
Secretary: Sandi Foster
Board of Directors;
Bill Lane
Bill Palmer
Jeff Eaton,
Ron Mattice
Roger Landry
Josh Sheehy
Paul Sanborn
Sandi Foster
Elgie Goodwin
Plaque For Chichester Town House To Be Dedicated
On Sunday, October 20th, following a general clean-up of the yard
and gardens of the Chichester Town Library, there will be a
dedication of a plaque commemorating the inclusion of the Chichester
Town House on the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places. To
date, this is only the second site in Chichester to be included,
following the Grange Hall which was listed in 2010.
The current building, now the home of the Chichester Town Library,
was actually preceded by another building on the same site. The
original building was the Meeting House, built in 1791, which was
the assembly place for both secular and non-secular activities. In
1819, New Hampshire passed the Religious Toleration Act, which
prohibited taxation for church purposes. In 1838, the Union
Congregational Society decided to no longer use the Meeting House
for religious gatherings. Falling into disrepair, the building was
dismantled as a new Town House was being constructed in the
mid-1840’s.
The Town House was completed in 1846-47 and Town Meetings were
subsequently held there. The Board of Selectmen moved into the
building in 1850 and continued working from the structure for 139
years. The Merrimack Guards, a local militia unit, stored their
uniforms in the gallery area of the Town House and drilled in the
assembly area. In 1893, two voting stalls were installed. In 1899,
the gallery area was repurposed because of the State mandate that
each Town was to have a library.
In 1955, the Town House (the name now being referred to as the Town
Hall) was moved back from the road approximately twenty feet to
accommodate the widening of the roadway. This is when the building
was put on its present foundation, with a basement where the Town
fire apparatus was stored. In addition, a well was dug and a
bathroom and furnace were installed. The site still had
a hearse house and a tramp house located there, although neither was
really used anymore; and, subsequently, both were razed.
The Library was moved into the general assembly area of the Town
Hall in 1988 and the town offices were moved to the Grange Hall.
The building had also been used as a kindergarten and housed the
Police Chief and Town Clerk offices.
Some of the historical artifacts from the Town House have been
preserved and remain in the possession of the Town, Library and/or
Historical Society. They include a cupboard, wood stove and sawbuck
table. And, one of the few, hand-colored Phillip Carrigain maps of
New Hampshire, dating back to 1816 and originally housed at the Town
House, currently is kept by the Chichester Historical Society. The
Library itself has wood from the original Meeting House included in
its structure.
Although no longer the Town House or Town Hall, the Library
continues the history of being a center for activities for
Chichester residents. Thanks to the Chichester Heritage Commission
for researching and submitting the site for inclusion in the New
Hampshire State Register of Historic Places. Appreciation is also
extended to Lucille Noel, the main contributor to this article and
the liaison between the Library and the Heritage Commission.
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