Chicken pox; Santa Claus; and then, JFK
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. November 7, 1963 John Wadleigh, Jr. died Friday, November 1. He was born in East Andover, December 1, 1909, the son of John and Katharine G. (Manion) Wadleigh. He was a […]
Annual meeting on October 27 at 1 PM
The Wilmot Historical Society (WHS) will hold its annual meeting and program at 1 PM on Sunday, October 27 at the historic Wilmot Town Hall in Wilmot Center on North Wilmot Road off Route 4A next to the Wilmot Public Library. A short meeting will take place prior to the program, during which the election […]
Potluck supper follows the 5 PM talk on October 27
Christine Hadsel, Director of Curtains Without Borders, will give a talk and show slides of New Hampshire’s historic stage scenery at the Blazing Star Grange Hall in Danbury at 5 PM on Sunday, October 27. A potluck supper will follow. The evening is free and open to the public. (Curtains Without Borders will also make […]
Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse and museums closing for the season
For those who will be visiting Andover this weekend, the Andover Historical Society has planned a number of free events that may be of interest. On Sunday, October 13, from 1 to 3 PM, the Society-owned Tucker Mountain one-room schoolhouse in East Andover will be open to the public. This schoolhouse was built in1837 to […]
Apple cider and cookies on October 13
Sunday, October 13, will be the last scheduled open house of the year at the Andover Historical Society’s Tucker Mountain School House on Tucker Mountain Road in East Andover. The 1837 one-room school house will be open from 1 to 3 PM. Hot apple cider and cookies will be served, and a short walk to […]
Joseph and Margaret Fellows, in 1761
Two little-known and seldom-seen Andover landmarks – the burial ground of first settler Joseph Fellows and family members, and a nearby monument commemorating his role in the town’s settlement – may be visited by local residents on Sunday, October 13, between 1 and 3 PM. At that time, visitors will be guided to the landmarks’ […]
Wealth of information about NH and the nation
Today, if you want to learn something fast about the state we live in, no problem: You ask Google. But if you lived back in, say, 1807, things were different. You would have consulted your copy of Curtis’s Pocket Almanack and Register of New Hampshire, which sold for a quarter (about $5 today). The Andover […]
October 17 event includes a speaker
On Thursday, October 17, at 6:30 PM at the Highland Lake Grange Hall in East Andover, the Andover Historical Society will hold a dessert and coffee social followed by a speaker at 7 PM. Sarah Smith, our speaker, will talk about the subject of her book, They Sawed Up a Storm. Here’s a brief overview: […]
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. October 3, 1963 Services were held Sunday afternoon for Miss Ella Carr, 89, at the Proctor Chapel in Andover. Burial was in Proctor Cemetery. Miss Carr died at her home last […]
Tim bagged a large bear that was stealing fruit.
Back in 19676, John Graves Sr., who lived on Taunton Hill, called me to come up to see the damage that was being done to his fruit trees by a bear. I drove up, and John took me over to his neighbor’s home across the road to the old Bachelder Farm (now owned by Alex […]