Here’s some old news from the Andover, East Andover, West Andover, Potter Place, and Cilleyville “gossip” columns of the Franklin Journal Transcript, selected by Heather Makechnie.
Andover Junior High School held its Sports Banquet Monday, April 5, with some 140 parents and friends in attendance. The 1965 Andover Sportsmanship Award was given to Elwin Barton, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Barton, by School Principal Raymond Burton, Coach Richard Day, and Assistant Coach Martin Feuerstein.
Services for Charles Augustus Jones, 73, were held at the First Congregational Church on Saturday. Mr Jones was stricken at the annual meeting of the New Hampshire Fairs Association, held at the New Hampshire Highway Hotel, immediately following his election as its director. Mr Jones was a member of the US Trotting Association, New Hampshire Horse Trail Association, and the New Hampshire Harness Horse Association. In addition, he was past president and secretary of the Hopkinton Fair Association and had been an official starter at the Hopkinton and Plymouth Fairs.
Mr Jones was a member of the Olive Branch Lodge F&AM, Concord Shriners Club, Bektash Temple, New Hampshire Consistory, Rose Croix, Princes of Jerusalem, Alpha Lodge of Perfection, OES, Demolay, and Sir Galahad Commandery. Mr Jones retired as steward chef for Proctor Academy and for 20 years had been associated with Holderness School. He is survived by his wife Lolita M (Avery) Jones and son Gerald C Jones of Norfolk, Virginia.
Congratulations go to Mr and Mrs Paul Whitcomb on the birth of a son at the New London Hospital on Easter Sunday. The baby weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces.
Lt Col Lloyd C Hall of Second Army Headquarters was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for Achievement while assigned to the Army Section, Military Assistance Group, Germany, from November 1961 to August 1964. The citation accompanying the medal stated that Col. Hall’s “outstanding professional competence and diligent efforts were instrumental in obtaining essential training for German Army personnel on United States equipment.” Col. Hall is the son of Mrs Florence Hall of Andover.
Andover Lions are celebrating their 10th anniversary this month. They met on Monday night with Raymond Burton, Principal of Andover Elementary School, as speaker. He spoke on the Andover school system. Andover’s first public education started in 1781, and in 1782 the town voted $70 for hiring its teachers for the year. By 1825 the town had grown to the point where it had 16 different school districts. In 1858, a young female teacher was paid $14.58 per month of teaching, and the male teacher received $25 a month in the Village School. Today, a teacher has 154 pupils in the Andover Elementary School. It costs the town $287 per pupil. The average school teacher in town is paid $4,400 a year. There are eight full-time and four part-time teachers. The total school budget is $118,000. Next year, all current teachers will receive a minimum salary of $5,000.
Shoulder lamb chops are 39 cents a pound this week at the Franklin Food Outlet.
Miss Cynthia Phelps has the German Measles.
Ronald Charles, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Charles and a graduate of Andover High School and Tufts Engineering School, is leader of a group of electrical engineers working on the Gemini project for McDonnell Aircraft in St Louis and Cape Kennedy. Mr Charles was also a leader in the now successfully completed re-entry project.
Special matinee at the Regal Theatre on Saturday: Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii. Free popcorn, free balloons, 25 free passes to be given away. Regular prices: 25 cents for children, 80 cents for adults.
Congratulations go to Mr and Mrs John Dukette on the birth of twin girls born at Franklin Hospital on April 20. Babies weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces and 5 pounds 4½ ounces. Names: Darlene Ann and Marlene Ann. Mother and babies returned home on Sunday.
Ice went out on Highland Lake on Saturday, April 24.