Andover Service Club, August 2015

Ladies of all ages are welcome to join

By Mary Ofenloch, Andover Service Club

The first meeting of the Andover Service Club (ASC) for the fiscal year 2015-2016 will be held on Wednesday, September 9, at 10 AM in the Highland Lake Grange Hall in East Andover. New plans for fundraising during the year will be implemented. Mary Ofenloch’s term of office as president ended on June 30, and […]

Andover Congregational Church, September 2015

Fundraising needed to repair Grange Hall

By Sandy Miller, Andover Congregational Church

Under the direction of John Bourdon, the church’s Highland Lake Grange Hall will be undergoing some temporary repairs recommended by the structural engineer to make it usable throughout the winter months. All materials on the second floor have been removed. To make the entire building usable will involve some serious fundraising, which we will be […]

Andover Snowmobile Club’s Community Events Calendar is Coming Soon

Fundraiser supports trails, holiday baskets

Press release

The Andover Snowmobile Club’s Community Events Calendar fundraiser (our 18th edition) is now in progress. The medium-size ad is $65, the small ad is $40, and a monthly event is $25. Also, a calendar can be purchased for $5, which includes four listings in the calendar such as birthday, anniversary, or “in memory of” dates. […]

101st Blazing Star Grange Fair on September 12

Lindsey Schust and Ragged Mountain Band featured

Press release
101st Blazing Star Grange Fair on September 12

The 101st annual Blazing Star Grange and Community Fair will be held on Saturday, September 12, in Danbury. A day-long schedule of activities is planned that includes breakfast, lunch, and supper along with games, crafts, exhibits, parade, tractor pulling, and a horseshoe tournament. Another long-standing tradition that is sure to please fair-goers is the Baby Show, […]

NHCHF Members Take a Summer Trip to Farm Museum

A fun day with many hands-on activities

By Judy Perreault, NHCHF
NHCHF Members Take a Summer Trip to Farm Museum

Three Halcyon Seekers (Merrimack County), one Pittsburg Roadrunner (Coos County), and two Nashua Dunstable (Hillsborough County) members visited the New Hampshire Farm Museum in Milton. It was a beautiful day sunny but not too hot. We packed a lunch and arrived at 10 AM. We spent four hours exploring this 18th century farm. It is […]

Annual Summer Sale at Service Club’s Thrift Shop

Closed Saturdays in August

By Gisela Darling, Andover Service Club

The Andover Thrift Shop is located beside the Andover Elementary/Middle School. For more than 15 years it has served the community by offering a place for people to bring their clothing to be donated or resold. In turn, by making clean, affordable clothing available to the public, we have provided scholarships to local students and […]

Andover Lions Club Hosts 10th Annual Golf Tournament

Monday, September 21, in Sutton

By Bill Leber, Andover Lions Club

The Andover Lions Club is pleased to sponsor a Golf Classic at the Country Club of New Hampshire on Monday, September 21, with registration at 9 to 9:45 AM and shotgun start at 10 AM. It will be a scramble format with regular open division and separate divisions for golfers over 65 years of age; […]

Andover Service Club’s Fiscal Year in Review

By Mary Ofenloch, Past President

The fiscal year of Andover Service Club (ASC) is from July 1 to June 30. The following is a month by month review of activities and fundraisers during the fiscal year just ended. July 2014: The annual Slices for Scholarships pie sale on the Village Green was canceled due to inclement weather. This was a disappointment, […]

Andover Congregational Church, August 2015

$100 donated to Andover Food Pantry

By Sandy Miller, ACC

The Church had a very successful Fourth of July sale of cotton candy on the Village Green. We realized a net profit of over $400. A huge “thank you” to Joyce Bourdon and all of her helpers. The Missions Committee of the Church decided to give $100 to the Andover Food Pantry as well as to […]

Andover High Enjoys Another Reunion

A beautiful day for a festive occasion

By Judy Poblenz Perreault, AHS '53
Andover High Enjoys Another Reunion

  It was a great day for our reunion – hot, but with a nice breeze, at the Ordway Recreational Area. We had about 45 attendees with 35 Andover High School students. Classes of’1940, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1959, and 1960 had no representatives. The first graduating class was 1938, and the last graduating class was 1963. Our […]