Banjos, Bones, and Ballads at Highland Lake Grange Hall
Jeff Warner in concert
Tucker Mountain School House Open on August 10
Press release
The 1837 Tucker Mountain School House will be open on Sunday, August 10, from 1 to 3 PM. Visits may also be arranged at others times by calling Donna Baker-Hartwell at 735-5586 or Pat Cutter at 735-5628. Refreshments will be served. There is no charge. The school house is owned and maintained by the Andover […]
Fifty Years Ago in Andover: August 1964
An auction; clams; and the effects of drought
By Selected by Heather Makechnie
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. August 1, 1964 For Sale: Capuchian Monkey, 10 months old, $65. Mrs. Agnes O’Brien, 171 Kendall Street. Franklin. Born July 29th at Franklin Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Henderson, Andover, […]
A Sneak Peek at This Year’s Auction Items
Be there on Sunday, August 3, at noon
Site of 1959 Plane Crash Receives an American Flag
Pilot seeks to memorialize sites of military crashes
By Peter Ferraro, for the Beacon
Peter Ferraro, a pilot for American Airlines, has taken as his task the planting of an American flag where military aircraft crashes result in death. “There are wrecks of military and civilian aircraft from one coast of our country to the other,” Peter says. “There are also wreck hunters, such as myself, who spend time […]
Area Fourth Graders Visit Potter Place Museums
A glimpse into life in the past for the youngsters
By Rita Norander, Andover Historical Society
June 4 was an exciting and busy day in the town of Andover as the young and the old came together for a visit at the Potter Place Railroad Station. The young were the fourth graders from the towns of Webster, Salisbury, and Andover. The old were the various buildings and artifacts which comprise the […]
Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse, July 2014
Open house on Sunday, July 13
By Donna Baker-Hartwell, Andover Historical Society
The Tucker Mountain School House will be open on Sunday, July 13, from 1 to 3 PM. There is no charge. Pat Baker’s homemade cookies are provided and make the two-mile trip up Tucker Mountain Road worth it. The 1837 one-room school house was built on land originally settled by William Tucker. William was born in […]
Fifty Years Ago in Andover: July 1964
June marriages and a new principal
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. July 2 United in marriage on June 27 were Miss Norma Jean Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brown of West Franklin, and Roger Guy Laro, son of Mr and […]
Historical Society’s Old Time Fair is Coming August 3
New calendar for 2015 on sale at the Fourth
By Pat Cutter, Andover Historical Society
The fifth in a series of Andover Historical Society calendars, “East Andover Remembered”, will be for sale on the Village Green on the Fourth of July. This calendar has been made possible by the generosity of businesses and individuals who sponsored a month to defray printing costs. Locations and people in East Andover are featured, […]
Floods and Hurricanes at the Telephone Museum in Warner
Presentation on Friday, June 27
Press release
The New Hampshire Telephone Museum (NHTM) kicked off its 2014 “4th Phridays at the Phone Museum” series in May with a presentation sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Dr. Herman Tavani presented Privacy in Cyberspace, a thought-provoking look at the issue of maintaining our privacy while reaping the benefits of using the Internet. His presentation […]