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Pittsfield NH News

August 4, 2010

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A church service will be held at the Quaker Meeting House in South Pittsfield on August 8th at 1 p.m.


Speaker will be Harold Muzzey.


All are welcome!




Celebrating Birthdays are: August 4, Betty Hartford; August 6, Jonathan Desmarais, Fred Mayhew;  August 7, Brandon Giuda, Michael Tuttle, Keith Snedeker, Andrew Fries, JoAnne Ward; August 8, Fred Hast I; August 9, Jess Hillsgrove; August 10, Jennifer Snell, Alysha Quattrucci, Jim Adams II.


A Very Happy Birthday To One And All.




Celebrating Anniversaries are: August 5, Mark and Sylvia Wallace; August 6, Harold and Debbie Darrah; August 9, Bruce and Barbara Smith.


Best Wishes.




PHS Class of 1975 is planning a Class Reunion to be held on September 18th.


For further information, please contact Chris Schoppmeyer at [email protected] or [email protected]

 



The Sunrise Farmer’s Market in Pittsfield would like to introduce our two newest vendors. Janet Ware of Pittsfield has graced us with her mouth-watering baked goods. Janet brings to the market pies, muffins, and breads-just to name of few- all made with in-season fruits and veggies. We also welcome Potter Farm who brings much anticipated sweet corn to our market. They also have tomatoes, squash and other produce available. Come on down and check us out, you’ll be glad you did.



 

The Pittsfield Youth Baseball Association wishes to thank Allenstown Aggregate and Thiebault Corporation of New England for their wonderful contribution to the park renovation and enlargement project on Tilton Hill. They provided much needed stone dust for the numerous walkways. Community support like this is rapidly bringing the project to a successful conclusion.

 


 

Pittsfield Police Association To Sponsor Annual Comedy Show


The Pittsfield Police Association is sponsoring its second annual comedy show. The Cavalcade of Comedy Show will be on September 24, 2010, at 6:00 PM at the Dell-Lea Country Club in Chichester, NH.


Enjoy a hilarious evening of over 21 adult comedy. Featured comics: Rob Steen (from the David Letterman Show), Bob Gautreau (HBO Comedy Special and Comedy Central) and Pat Napoli. (a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival). Tickets are $15 a piece. Limited space available. All proceeds go to the Pittsfield Police Association and then donated directly back into the Pittsfield Community. For more info or tickets contact Officer Jay Darrah at the Pittsfield Police Department.

 


 

School Days, A Blast from the Past
Pittsfield Old Home Day, 2010


Saturday, July 17 was a busy day in Pittsfield. The weather was great, although a little hot, as we celebrated our Old Home Day event.  “School Days, A Blast from the Past” was the theme of the day as a nod to the Pittsfield High School ALL CLASS REUNION that was held after the parade. Many THANKS to all the groups, organizations, businesses and individuals who made our Old Home Day event possible.
The Pittsfield Players performed “Encore 2010: A Musical Review” on Friday night.  Many thanks to them for their continued involvement in and support of Old Home Day.
The Park St. Baptist Church served their delicious breakfast on Saturday morning. Thank you to all the cooks. Thank you to Tammy Colby, for once again, organizing the craft fair. The craft table was manned by Carol Grainger, Paula Belliveau, Michele Karwocki, Kathy Bleckmann, Lily Edmond, Nick Davis, Shawna and Garrett Sherwood and Leslie Vogt – Thank you to ALL!  Rebos the Clown provided balloon animals for all the kids. Thanks to PYW for manning the jump tent, it’s always a favorite for the kids.


A huge THANK YOU to Stephanie, Marilyn and Phil Joyce for providing music and singing for the morning at Dustin Park and also for the use of their equipment on the reviewing stand. The committee truly appreciates your continued support of OHD. The Concord Coachmen Barbershop Quartet provided a wonderful show. The Little Red Wagon Theatre group entertained the kids with “Jack and the Beanstalk and the Two-Headed Ogre.”


The “old, past schools” - Pittsfield Academy (now PYW), Memorial School (now Police Station), and Grammar School (now Town Hall) were open for tours and plenty of alumni visited and reminisced about their school days.  Thanks to the various groups and individuals who opened the buildings and provided the guides for the tours. Thanks, also, to the Historical Society for opening their headquarters to show off their awesome collection of Pittsfield items.


The annual cookoff was a hot lunch favorite from school, “American Chop Suey.”  The winners, by popular vote were:  1st – Beth Farrar (pot #5), 2nd – Susan Bleckmann (pot #2) and 3rd – Trina Blackwood (pot# 4). Thanks to ALL the participants and a very special thank you to the Victory Worker’s 4-H Club for organizing and manning the booth.


We’d like to thank Rev. David Stasiak and Ms. Stephanie Joyce for being available to perform the invocation and the National Anthem. Many thanks to Stan Bailey for providing announcing duties for the Parade this year. We would also like to thank Granite Image for providing all the flyers and program printing for the day. THANK YOU to the Suncook Valley Sun for printing all of our articles, ads, and the day’s schedule.


Congratulations to Pauline Wheeler on being named Citizen of the Year.  Thank you for everything you do - in front and behind the scenes - for our community.


THANK YOU to all who participated in the Parade.  YOU are the ones who make the parade what it is!  A huge thank you to NHMS  - NH Motor Speedway for the use of their “people movers”. They worked great for transporting the bands in the parade.


Parade Winners

Youth Division:  1st -  Cub Scout Pack 84, 2nd -  Forest B. Argue Recreation Area, 3rd - Girl Scouts and Honorable Mention -  kYdstop.


Class Floats
Earliest - Class of 1944
Principal’s Award -  Class of 1960 and 1961.


Open Division: 1st -  Ayla’s Restaurant, 2nd -  Pittsfield Players, 3rd  -  Granite Brigade from the Epsom Bible Church.


Thanks to everyone who participated in having the Panther Paws painted on their driveways. It was great to drive around town and see them all.


After the Parade, a PHS ALL CLASS REUNION was held at the Elementary School and tours were held at PMHS. Many alumni attended from near and far and spent the afternoon visiting with classmates. Light refreshments were served in the afternoon and a chicken BBQ was held in the evening.  Many THANKS to EVERYONE who helped to make the Reunion a huge success.


The Windham Town Band performed a wonderful show at Drake Field in the early evening and the spectacular fireworks display capped off the day!  Thank you to ALL who made the show possible.


The Old Home Day Committee would like to THANK the Pittsfield Police, Fire and Highway Departments and the many extra volunteers who helped at any of the events.


We hope you enjoyed the day.  Please feel free to contact Andi Riel at 435-6346 or Louie Houle at 435-6938 if you have suggestions, comments or if you’d like to volunteer next year.

 


 

Greater Pittsfield Chamber Of Commerce Holds Business After Hours


The Greater Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Business After Hours. The event was sponsored by ESL Distributing located on 16 Main Street in Pittsfield, Thursday, July 15th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. They provided a warm and welcoming event for all Chamber Members to meet and interact with one another.


Refreshments and snacks were put out for everyone to enjoy. A tour of the facility was given by Eric LaRoche the owner of ESL Distributing. Eric started this business over 10 years ago working from his home. He expanded and moved into his barn, within 6 months as he needed a bigger office space.  He decided to move his business to Pittsfield and within 6 months needed an even bigger office space. He then purchased his business location on Main Street.


ESL Distributing, LLC offers Wireless Emergency Call Systems, Resident Security Systems, and Wireless Networking solutions to customers in the Senior Living Industry. They provide their products to a wide range of customers throughout New England.


They are the Authorized distributors of Motorola WLAN (wireless local area network) and VoWlan (voice over wireless network) in our area. They are also the authorized Philips Lifeline Solution provider for New England.


ESL Distributing, LLC strives to provide their customers with State of the Art wireless solutions backed by knowledge and courteous staff. Their products improve the efficiency of staff members through the use of mobile wireless devices to improve communications between staff members.


The Members all enjoyed their time during The Greater Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours. Each Member was able to interact with one another and had the opportunity to learn about the individual businesses and the services they offer.  For more information about The Greater Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce, please visit www.pittsfieldchamber.org.


The Chamber loves hearing about successful business owners and how they started. Eric LaRoche of ESL Distributing is a prime example of a person having a dream and following that dream until it is complete! He is a successful business owner who is still passionate about the service and products he offers. We would like to send out a special Thank You to ESL Distributing for offering the space for such a wonderful event.

 


Obituaries


 

Thomas Vincent Sanuth


Pittsfield - Thomas Vincent Sanuth, age 33, died July 28, 2010.


He was born in Boston, the son of William J. Sanuth of Goffstown and Eileen J. (Brunnock) Sanuth of Boscawen.


Tom enjoyed many things in life, including his passion for his family, auto mechanics, boating, snowmobiling, and everything to do with craftsmanship.


He attended Bishop Brady High School and graduated from Merrimack Valley High School class of 1995.


In 1997, he received his degree in Automotive Science (ASEP GM) from NHCTC-Laconia.


From 2000 to 2008, he was the owner and operator of Beech Street Auto Wholesalers in Manchester, after which he constructed the Car Farm in Chichester.


His beautiful smile, sense of humor and entrepreneurial spirit will remain alive forever in our hearts.


In addition to his parents, he is survived by his loving wife; Sarah E. (Taylor) Sanuth, he was a devoted father to three children, Emlee, Bryana and Thomas Jr.; three brothers, Carl Sanuth, Keith Sanuth and his wife Anne, Matthew Sanuth and his wife Melanie; one sister, Katie (Sanuth) McKerley and her husband Matthew; his grandmother, Barbara Sanuth; and many nieces and nephews.


Visiting hours were held on Sunday, August 1, 2010, at the Waters Funeral Home, Concord.


A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, August 2, 2010, at St. John the Evangelist Church, Concord.


Burial followed in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery,  Manchester.

 

Contributions in his memory may be made to The Sanuth Children’s Fund, c/o Matthew Sanuth, TD Bank, 3 Elm St., Goffstown NH 03045.

 


 

Carlton W.“Red” Potter


Pittsfield - Carlton W.“Red” Potter, 71, of 2 Park St. died July 27th at the Epsom Manor Health Center following a brief illness. He was born in Pittsfield, the son of S. Earle and Julia F Potter and lived here all his life. He was a mechanic and had most recently worked for Clattenberg Auto Salvage Co in Pittsfield.


He is survived by2 sons, Carlton W. Potter Jr. of Franklin, KY, and Gary W. Potter of Littleton; 2 daughters, Wendy LaBrecque of Ctr. Barnstead and Melanie Bondarev of Fryeburg, ME;  9 grandchildren; a Brother, Lester F. Potter of Loudon; and several nieces and nephews.


He was predeceased by a sister Betty Lasky.


A Memorial Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 5, 2010, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Perkins & Pollard Memorial Home, 60 Main St. Pittsfield.


Burial will be at the family’s convenience in the Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield.


In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the NH Humane Society, Meredith Center Road, Meredith, NH 03253.


To sign an online guest book, log on to www.perkinsandpollard.com

 


 

David L. Chase


Alton - David L. Chase, 66 of 61 Linwood Drive, died July 22nd at Concord Hospital following a long illness.


He was born in Farmington, the son of Curtis and Mildred Chase. He lived in Middleton for many years where he worked for several  propane gas companies. He moved to Alton 12 years ago and  owned and operated Dave’s Propane Installation Co. He also was the Superintendent of the Pine Grove Cemetery in Farmington for three years following his retirement. He was an outdoors person who enjoyed fishing, snowmobiling and family outings. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.


He is survived by his wife, Ellen (Clark) Chase of Alton; a daughter, Tammy Ramsdell of Barrington;  2Stepsons, Robert Garland of Alton and Dean Garland of Concord; and a stepdaughter, Tammy Minery of Pittsfield; 6 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren; a sister, Jeraldine Packard of Andover, MA; 3  Brothers, Irving Chase of New Durham, Gregory Chase of Milton, and Mark Chase of Dover; several nieces and nephews.


A graveside Service was held Friday, July 30th,  2010, in the Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield.


The Rev. Henry Frost, Pastor of the Loudon Free Will Baptist Church officiated.


In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the NH Humane Society, Meredith Center Road, Meredith, NH 03253


The Perkins & Pollard Memorial Home, Pittsfield,  assisted with arrangements.

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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