Just a reminder that the all-class Andover High School reunion will be held this year on Saturday, July 12. Once again we will be meeting at the Ordway Recreational Area in South Danbury. We will follow the same schedule as usual, with a meeting in the morning, pictures, and then our wonderful pot luck lunch […]
May 10 at 7 PM at the Blazing Star Grange Hall
On Saturday, May 10, at 7 PM, Wally Borgen’s vaudeville troupe will fill the Blazing Star Grange Hall in Danbury with music, comedy, and a hint of burlesque to help raise funds for the Blazing Star Grange’s historical stage scenery conservation project. A dessert social at 6:30 PM will precede the event. All are invited […]
Grange Youth Day on Saturday, May 3
It’s Spring and time to get outdoors for the first Grange Youth Day at the Blazing Star Grange Winter Market! Blazing Star will be sponsoring some Danbury organizations that offer programs and activities for the youth of its community. Among the organizations and churches which will gather to entertain and inform youngsters with games, face […]
Fun facts and much nostalgia
One of our more interesting programs was about the telephone. It was titled Number Please, not a phrase we hear very often today, but when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, these two words were commonplace. The first phones installed required two lines into the home and were connected to each other. Over 1,000 lines were […]
Residential wind workshop in May
Gathered at the Darlings’ home were Vicky Mishcon, Susan and Larry Chase, Steve and Gisela Darling, Andy Prokosch, Jeff Dickinson, and Janet Moore. Our first order of business was to discuss material for the AEG table on Town Meeting day. We decided on a tankless hot water heater, small size, various model cars and house, […]
Serve the community while socializing with your neighbors
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines the word “volunteer” as a person who, of his/her own free will, offers himself/herself for a service or duty, “service” as the art of serving, and “community” as a body of people living in the same place under the same laws. The Andover Service Club (ASC) is a volunteer organization […]
April meeting at AE/MS on the 26th
Weather Folklore was our discussion at last month’s meeting of the New Hampshire Circle of Home and Family. Considering how unpredictable the weather has been lately, it was a timely topic. Wasn’t it Mark Twain who said, ” If you don’t like New England weather, wait a minute”? Throughout the ages man has been interested […]
"One of the most rewarding experiences of my life."
In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush called on all Americans to make a lifetime commitment of at least 4,000 hours – the equivalent of two years of their life – to serve their communities, the nation and the world. President Bush announced the creation of the USA Freedom Corps […]