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Gilmanton NH News

June 17, 2009

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Lower Gilmanton Community Club will hold a Pot Luck Supper on June 27th at 6 p.m. at the Clubhouse on Route 129.


Come join in the fun. Meet neighbors and bring a dish, dessert or something to share.




The Gilmanton Iron Works Library will participate in the town-wide yard sale on Saturday, June 27th, and will have books and baked goods available for sale beginning at 8 a.m. Please stop by for a visit!


The library is now open on Saturdays from 9:30-noon, and on Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m. Beginning July 7 the library will be open on Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m.-noon, with the children’s story hour from 10-11 a.m.


We have a variety of new and best-selling books available for checkout. If you haven’t visited the library lately, it’s worth the trip!




The Gilmanton Old Home Day Committee will hold a planning session on Thursday, June 18th at Smith Meetinghouse. All meetings are held on the third Thursday at 7 p.m. from April to July. Volunteers are needed. Come join us as we plan for our town’s 111th Old Home Day celebration. For more info contact Lori Baldwin at 435-7715.



 

The First Congregational Society In Gilmanton


The First Congregational Society in Gilmanton is now presenting their seasonal church services, at the Smith Meeting House on Meeting House Road in Gilmanton. The next service is June 21, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.


We encourage the public to hear the inspirational sermons of Reverend Sidney Lovett, who has served as pastor with us for the last two seasons. Reverend Lovett was given the Granite State Award for Public Service at the Plymouth State University Commencement. He was nominated, by President Reagan, to the Inaugural Board of the United States Institute of Peace in 1985.


Jane Cormier, director of Lakes Region Opera Company and her husband, Carlos Martinez, the Center Harbor Town Band Director, will arrange performances of special music selections this year. Hymns familiar to everyone will be sung by the congregation. The June service will have an anthem sung by Eric Radcliffe, tenor, and Jane Cormier, soprano, will sing a solo. Irina Kirilenko is the guest organist.


Following the services light refreshments will be served.


The church service dates are:
June 21, 2009 - 4:00 p.m.
July 19, 2009 - 4:00 p.m.
August 9, 2009 - 4:00 p.m., Old home Day church service.
September 20, 2009 - 4:00 p.m.
October 18, 2009 - 4:00 p.m., Annual Harvest service.
November 22, 2009 - 4:00pm, Thanksgiving Day service.
December 20, 2009 - 4:00 p.m., Christmas service.


Everyone is welcome. The services are non-denominational.

 


 

Dressing a Colonial Lady At Gilmanton Historical Society

 
Historical re-enactors Mary and Adam Spencer will present a program on Dressing the Colonial Lady at the Gilmanton Historical Society on Tuesday, June 23rd, 7:30 pm at the Gilmanton Academy building in Gilmanton Corners.


Mistress Mary will come dressed in a long white linen shift–the basic undergarment of a colonial woman.  Master Adam will then help her dress, layer by layer, in an authentic reproduction of an English gown of the 1770s.  A woman of the period could not get dressed without help because she had to be laced into “stays,” helped into a petticoat, stomacher, robing, etc.  A “bunroll” must be tied on, but not too high, lest it will produce a “very undesirable silhouette.”    Mary and Adam will answer questions as they present the program, and will bring other articles of women’s 18th century style clothing.


The Historical Society’s summer program series continues on July 28th with a program on Gilmanton 1900 to 1920 drawn from  newspaper reports of the time. Readings from the newspaper articles are illustrated with photos of the period.  7:30 pm at Old Town Hall in Gilmanton Iron Works.


Steve Taylor, former NH Commissioner of Agriculture, tells us how sheep raising in the mid 19th century changed the New Hampshire landscape, with a talk on The Great New Hampshire Sheep Boom on August 25th at the Gilmanton Academy Building.


The final program in the series, on September 22nd at the Old Town Hall, is Before Peyton Place: In Search of the Real Grace Metalious.   Robert Perreault introduces us to the young Grace De Repentigny Metalious, revealing a side of the author that has remained largely unknown to the general public.


All programs are free and open to the public; donations are gratefully accepted.   Refreshments and social hour begin at 7 pm, with the program beginning promptly at 7:30.

 


 

Gilmanton Year-Round Library at the Town-Wide Yard Sale


The Town-Wide yard sale scheduled for June 27th is your opportunity to find a buyer for those attic/basement items that no longer serve a purpose for you. If you don’t want to run your own yard sale that day, consider donating items to the Gilmanton Year-Round Library.


Bring items (no clothing please) to the Library, on Route 140 opposite the Gilmanton School, on Friday, June 26 between 5 and 7 in the evening. Please bring any items you wish to donate to the yard sale at that time WITH THE PRICES MARKED. All proceeds will go to the Year-Round Library.


We would like volunteers to help set up beginning at 8:00 a.m. Saturday. We also need volunteers to help with the sales.. The sale officially begins at 9:00 a.m. and we plan to quit around 1:00 pm. If you can volunteer for a couple of hours, it will be greatly appreciated. For information, call Stan Bean at 527-1007.


Whether you drop by with items, volunteer, or just come by to look and maybe find some treasure, plan to tour the new library while you are there.

 


 

LRCC Co-Valedictorians 2009

 

 

LRCC 2009 Valedictorians, left to right, are Ben McGowan, Kerri Lowe, and Maureen Ballester. The photograph was taken following the 40th Commencement Ceremony at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center last month. McGowan studied Computer Technologies; Lowe majored in Human Services; and Ballester was an Accounting student.


For the first time in the 40-year history of Lakes Region Community College (LRCC), three graduates from three completely different areas of study earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages and were designated Valedictorians. The three were Computer Technologies major, Ben McGowan (Laconia); Human Services professional, Kerri Lowe (Laconia); and Accounting high honors student, Maureen Ballester (Gilmanton).


Another interesting fact is that McGowan is half the age of Lowe and Ballester, yet every bit as dedicated to his studies as the ladies. “I was scared that I was not going to succeed in college,” says McGowan who has been employed full-time with New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Laconia, for three years. “I was afraid that I couldn’t handle it.”


Lowe and Ballester were also concerned that they could not succeed in college. “Being out of school for 20 years, I didn’t feel that I would be successful as a student,” says Lowe, who was a full-time Case Manager at Lakes Region Community Services, a full-time student, and cared for her five children while in school.


“I was scared to death when I started college,” says Ballester. “My first class was Introduction to Business and I was the only older student in a class of 25. Younger students were more fluent on computers, but I caught up quickly.”


Words of wisdom come from each of the LRCC Valedictorians. “Change is definitely possible,” says McGowan who started college once before, dropped out, and made a different choice the second time at LRCC to achieve success. “One must be willing to sacrifice for success.”


“As one can see right here with LRCC’s 2009 Valedictorians, it is never too late or too early for success in college,” Lowe continues. “When a person is ready to do well, he or she will do well.”


“The commitment of LRCC faculty and staff makes students want to succeed,” says Ballester. “These are some great people!”


McGowan, Lowe, and Ballester represent the best America has to offer. They deserve a significant place in LRCC’s 40-year history.

 


 

 

 











 
 

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