Congratulations to
Nicholas Angelone who graduated magna cum laude from Norwich
University in Northfield, VT with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Epsom Town Band
The
Epsom Town Band will present its next concert on Friday evening,
July 14th, at 7:00 p.m. at Webster Park. Additional concerts
are scheduled for July 21st at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday, August
12th at 6:30 p.m. July 28th at 7:00 p.m. is a rain date for
any of the July concerts.
The band will perform a variety of
music including Broadway selections, marches, light classical,
patriotic, and “pop” tunes under the leadership of Jim Lukeman.
The band draws musicians from several local towns and is celebrating
its 126th year!
Mark your calendars, invite your friends and
family, and plan to attend on Friday evening. For more
information please contact Penny Graham at 736-9044.
Epsom Public Library
Youth Events
Wednesday, July 12th 6:30pm: “Lego Batman Movie”
rated PG. Popcorn and drinks will be provided!
Thursday, July
13th 1:00pm “Build a Fairy/Elf House” Join us for a fun project as
we create houses for fairies or elves. Bring a flat piece of
cardboard or wood as the base and any other materials you wish to
use. Examples: flower pots, twigs, bark, rocks, shells, dried
flowers and other natural materials etc. We will have glue guns and
some materials available. Feel free to bring extra items to share.
Please sign up at the circulation desk or call the library.
Monday, July 17th 6:30pm: “Beauty and the Beast” presented by the
Hampstead Stage Company. Join us for this wonderful theatre event
for the whole family! Refreshments will be served.
Friday, July
21st 6:30pm Teen Movie:”Saban’s Power Ranger’s” rated PG 13.
Includes pizza and drinks! Donations of chips and desserts are
appreciated. Sign up is encouraged. Contact Mrs. Benner 736-9920
Garden Conservancy Open
Days Program Submitted By Bob Gillmore, Regional Representative,
The Garden Conservancy
Members of the public will have a rare
opportunity to view one of the largest private residential gardens
in central New Hampshire—more than an acre of annuals, perennials,
shrubs and trees—Saturday and Sunday, July 22 and 23.
The garden, on Wing Road
in Epsom, is part of the Open Days Program of the Garden
Conservancy, the national non-profit organization that organizes the
opening of several hundred of the nation’s exceptional private
gardens every year.
The Epsom garden is one of
three Merrimack Valley landscapes on this year’s program.
The
garden includes vast beds of flowering plants surrounding two
carefully restored 18th-century farm buildings: a large
center-chimney colonial house and a 35-by-56-foot barn built in
1794.
The largest planting bed, along the front of the house, is
134 feet long and four feet wide. Another bed is 75 feet long
and 20 feet across at its widest point.
The plantings are so
large and lush that they “embower” the buildings, according to Dr.
Kyle Landt, a retired pediatric endocrinologist who bought the
property in 1988 and spent the last 29 years creating the gardens.
Landt also made a pond, which is now home to 16 koi. The
15-by-35-foot pond is fed by a waterfall, which flows out of a
two-by-four-foot stone horse trough.
Landt’s garden also boasts
the largest horsechestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) in Merrimack
County. The approximately-150-year-old tree is more than 65
feet high and its crown more than 56 feet wide.
The two other
Merrimack Valley gardens in this year’s Open Days program are
Evergreen, Robert Gillmore’s one-acre woodland garden in Goffstown,
which includes more than 400 rhododendrons; and Danielle Durocher’s
garden in Windham. Durocher’s suburban home is surrounded by
perennial beds, specimen evergreens and flowering shrubs; her garden
includes a multi-level pond and extensive stone work.
All three
gardens will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p. m.
Admission to
each garden is $7 per person, which supports Conservancy activities.
Besides the Open Days Program, the Conservancy restores and
preserves outstanding private gardens across the country, which are
then open to the public, usually as non-profit organizations.
One of its early projects was the Fells, on Lake Sunapee, in
Newbury. It was once the summer estate of John Hay, secretary
of state under two presidents, William McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt
For more information about any Conservancy
program—including Open Days across the country—call the Conservancy
(toll-free) at 888-842-2442 or visit its website,
gardenconservancy.org.
Epsom Old Home Days
Aug. 12th & 13th 2017 Sprouts to Adults Webster Park
Enjoy
the festivities on August 11th, traditional burying of the beans
5:45 pm.
Anyone interested in participating and/or to register
for our parade/Antique & Classic Cars on August 12th or to help with
this year’s event, contact Georgia Perry at 736-8802.
Have fun,
decorate a float, and kids, decorate your bicycles.
For booth
info contact Dick Frambach at 736-9295.
Sunday 13th 4K Road Race
& 2K walk sponsored by Northeast Delta-Dental. For race info and to
pre-register go on line to:
http://running4free.com/RaceDetails.aspx?raceid=286. Please take
notice that there will be a A-1 road lane change for road race.
For more details of the weekend events go to
www.epsomnh.org. Inquiries:
[email protected]. To be a
general contributor please make funds payable to Epsom Old Home Day
Association and to submit a letter for Citizen of the Year Award
(letter deadline date 7/28) send all mail to Georgia Perry, 190
North Rd., Epsom, NH 03234. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Obituaries
Robert G. Campbell
EPSOM- Mr. Robert G. Campbell, 93, of Epsom, passed away on June 23,
2017 at the Epsom Healthcare Center after a period of declining
health.
Born in Lowell, MA, Bob was the son of the late Robert
and Alice I. (Gourley) Campbell. He was raised and educated in
Chelmsford and Harvard, MA. He was a graduate of The Bromfield
School in Havard in 1942. He enlisted in the United States
Army Air Force in 1942 and proudly served his country during World
War II, flying over 50 missions as a turret gunner with the 451st
Bombardment Group.
After returning home from the war, he married
his beloved wife in 1947. They resided in Harvard for most of
their lives before moving to Epsom in 2004. In earlier years,
they had been active with the Unitarian Church of Harvard as well as
several local town and civic group activities.
For over 30
years, Bob was the owner and operator of Robert G. Campbell
Excavating in Harvard and was a member of the Harvard Fire
Department for over 17 years. He later became the
Highway Superintendent for the town of Harvard for many years.
He
was a member of the American Legion Post #112 in Epsom.
He is
survived by his beloved wife of 70 years, B. Elsie (Tooker) and his
daughter, Susan L. Campbell Boska of Concord.
A Celebration of
His Life was held on Sunday, July 9th in the Still Oaks Funeral &
Memorial Home in Epsom. A private reception will
be announced for later. Burial will take place in Bellevue
Cemetery in Harvard, MA at a later time. In lieu of flowers,
expressions of sympathy in his memory may be sent to the Epsom
American Legion Post 112, 1044 Short Falls Rd. Epsom, NH 03234 or
the Concord Regional VNA, 30 Pillsbury St. Concord, NH 03301.
To share a memory or offer a condolence, please visit
www.stilloaks.com
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