Gilmanton Old Home Day
The 110th Old Home Day for Gilmanton
will begin with a Sunday Service on August 10th, 2008 at
4 P.M., at the Smith Meeting House. The Meeting House is located on
Meetinghouse Road, between Routes 140 and Route 107.
Lowering the beans into the ground is
the official start of Old Home Day.
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The festivities will continue on Saturday, August
16th, 2008 at the grounds of the Smith Meeting House. The
day will begin with a 10 A.M. flag raising ceremony, conducted by
the American Legion Post #102.
Come join us for our old fashion, family-style
bean hole bean and ham dinner! Complete with homemade pies, the
dinner is just $8 for adults and $3 for children. Dinner service is
at 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM. Extra beans will be available for sale.
The Gilmanton Historical Society will hold a free
evening presentation of "Gilmanton in the 1890's" at 7:00 p.m. Join
us, to take a step back in time, and learn what life was like in
Gilmanton when the very first Old Home Day began in 1898.
Come by and see the alpacas! Children and adults
will enjoy their presence. Simply Alpacas, located on Stage Road, is
providing spinning demonstrations and an opportunity to purchase
alpaca related material.
Throughout the day, there will be an art show,
various craft and sales tables, Caricatures, and activities for
children of all ages. An antique car auto parade will commence at
1:30 P.M.
There will be various guests performing at Old
Home Day this year, including music from the Lakes Region Opera,
renditions from Gilmanton's own Michael Gallant, demonstrations from
our local master woodcarver John Downs, and a family magic show
performed by the town's very own, and talented, Larry Frates. All of
the entertainment is free. Bring a lawn chair, sit back, and enjoy
the day! Please note that pets cannot be allowed on the grounds for
Old Home Day.
For more information, or to sign up as a vendor,
please call Lori at 603-435-7715. To enter the free car show, call
Jon at 603-267-8983. To submit a work of art, please call Mary at
603-364-2810.
The proceeds from Old Home Day will benefit the
Smith Meeting House building restoration. We hope to see you
there...
Wood Carver, John Downs, Artist Of The Year at
Gilmanton Old Home Day Art Show
Submitted
By Mary Morse
For many years, visitors to Gilmanton's Old Home
Day Art Show have enjoyed the exhibits of beautiful wood carvings by
John Downs. This Old Home Day, he is featured as "Artist of the
Year."
Coming to Gilmanton 40 years ago, John built his
house at Shell Camp for his family as a summer home. They wintered
in Florida. Now John lives in Gilmanton full-time. His wife died a
few years ago.
Stop by and enjoy John Downs' exhibit
at Old Home Day. He brings historic pieces alongside
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About 20 years ago, John started wood carving. He
is mainly self-taught, but he spent a week one summer in Minnesota
and a week in Michigan another year at schools, plus about 10 days
in Europe at the Geisler Moroder School in Elbigeinalp, Austria, to
learn the German style of finishing with stain.
His lovely pieces of sculpture include a man
pitching horseshoes, a monk, clever "bobble heads," a unicyclist and
many more. A favorite is a little girl at the cobbler shop, the
cobbler looking at her shoes with holes in the sole. Inspiration for
this was on old photograph and the little girl is the late Doris
Jones, sister of Dick Price from Price's Farm.
John says he is a "fast carver." It takes him
eight 3-day weeks to complete a carving. Some carvers take a year.
His work has been exhibited at the Needham, Mass., Library, and at
"Woodside Carvers" at the Taylor Home in Laconia, NH.
Come and meet this artist on August 16 at the
Annual Gilmanton Old Home Day Art Show.
The show welcomes painters, oil, acrylic,
watercolor, and sculpture, photographs, and graphic art.
Up to three pieces per artist. There is an
entrance fee - works are judged and ribbons and prizes are awarded.
Bring your exhibit Thursday, August 14, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to
Smith Meeting House and please pick them up by 4 p.m.
High school age are judged with adults. Children
K through 8 are very welcome. Their work is not judged.
Questions or for further information, please
contact Mary Morse at 364-2810.
GIW Library To Host Larry Frates At Story Hour
The Gilmanton Iron Works Library will be hosting
artist Larry Frates at Story Hour on Tuesday August 5th, at 10:00
a.m. He will be helping the children attending Story Hour, with tips
on drawing/art work. Larry Frates is always entertaining as well as
a true artist. Come and enjoy this opportunity with one of
Gilmanton's own.
Fall 2008 Gilmanton Youth Organization (GYO)
Soccer Sign-Ups
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Monday,
Aug. 4th 6-7 p.m., Gilmanton School.
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Saturday, Aug. 16th - 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Gilmanton Old
Home Day, (Smith Meeting House)
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Wed.
Aug. 20th - 5-7:30 p.m. Crystal Lake for the PTA
Back-to-School Social.
Sign-ups for Gilmanton Youth Soccer is open to
Gilmanton children Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Looking for boys and girls to learn and play soccer, whether you've
played before or not. Cost is $40 per child, which includes jersey.
The season runs from late August through early November.
GYO was formed in 1990 to promote athletics,
sportsmanship, and teamwork. We would like you to be part of this
great organization. GYO is always looking for parent volunteers.
Even if you have never coached before, we are always looking for
head coaches, assistant coaches, and other volunteers to help.
If you have any questions, please contact: Phil
Eisenmann, Soccer Coordinator, @ PO Box 476 Gilmanton, NH 03237,
267-7912,
pjewoodworking@metrocast.net
Gilmanton's Farmer's Market
Submitted
By Daryl Hoitt
It's summer again ! And right in front of the
"Academy Building" which houses the town hall only a skip and a jump
from Gilmanton Four Corners, on map-quest at Rte. 140 & Province Rd.
(107) from 3 to 6 p.m. EVERY Wednesday, is a little flurry of tents
and lots of great summer fare.
What? Of course, the Gilmanton's Farmer's Market
is back again. It may not seem huge at first glance, but the variety
and freshness cannot be beat.
We start our line-up with Anne Bartlett from
Stone Berry Farm, with fresh-cut flower bouquets and fresh herbs
every week. Then comes Jamie Clark, from Meadow View Farm, always a
table full of fresh veggies and berries and, of course, her staples
of grass fed lamb products and maple syrup.
Sarah Baldwin-Wilcom's table showcases her five
gourmet mustards labeled Provincial Palate from the Pancake Hill
Farm. There are Lots of pretzels to taste test to find your favorite
flavor. And Lisa Robinson, has baskets full of fresh baked bread.
Included are among others and coming soon - a gluten free variety.
Simone Lord has her delicious variety of Simone's
Treats, which includes German cakes, Danish & Biscotti. You have to
taste these unusual delectables. And Steve Owen from Remedy House
always delights us with warm Blondie Brownies as well as fresh baked
Foccacia, home made granola, not to mention jam and pickles.
Last and with the most variety of odds and ends,
is Daryl Hoitt from Red Fox Farm. She brings a sampling from her
little farm shop, everything from postcards, non-deet bug spray,
herbal remedies and of course her famous fresh made Fudge, including
her Hot Pepper Fudge and "Fudge in a Cup".
This is your chance to help these small farms
stay healthy and available, by saving gas and buying local. If there
is every a gas shortage, and far away products can't get through,
well these farms will still be here with their products because of
your current support.
Gilmanton Selectmen's Corner
The following summary, compiled by Carolyn
Baldwin, is drawn from the minutes of Gilmanton Selectmen's meetings
of May 19 and June 2, 2008. (The selectmen meet on alternate Mondays
during the summer.) Complete copies of all minutes are available at
the Selectmen's Office during their business hours and can be viewed
on line at the Town's website:
www.gilmantonnh.org.
Special Town Meeting. The planning board
has redrafted Article VII of the zoning ordinance in an attempt to
correct problems created by an oversight in the draft adopted at the
March Town Meeting. After a second public hearing, and much
discussion, the selectmen voted, at a meeting on June 23, to go
forward with a special town meeting on July 22, asking voters to
approve the redrafted article. It will be a ballot vote. There will
be no floor meeting, and this will be the only item on the ballot.
Town Wide Cleanup. Brenda McBride reported
that the Town wide cleanup resulted in a total of 671 bags, along
with a sofa, dehumidifier, air conditioner, bundle of siding and bag
of insulation, 2 bicycles, 2 batteries, 12 tires, 2 beer stashes, 2
windows. 141 school children with accompanying adults plus an
additional 70 townspeople participated. The town expects to receive
2 elm trees for its participation in the program.
Single Stream Recycling. After discussion
with Recycling facility manager Doug Kapplain and Stan Bean, chair
of the recycling facility advisory committee, it was decided to cast
the Town's vote against the proposed shift to single-stream
recycling.
GYO Flag Pole Dedication. The flagpole at
GYO Park was dedicated on June 14th to Nick Cournoyer, a
town serviceman who died in Iraq. It will be lighted.
Appointments To Boards and Committees. The
selectmen are looking for volunteers to serve on various town
committees and boards, including the Historic District Commission.
Old Town Hall Study Committee. Town
Meeting voted to appoint a study committee to determine the
feasibility of uses, especially police, for Old Town Hall in the
Iron Works. Committee members include Israel Willard, Stan Bean,
John Dickey and Don Guarino as selectmen's representative. Bat
control continues to be a problem in the building.
The selectmen received 19 bids for a replacement
septic system at Old Town Hall. Bids ranged from around $11,000 to
$23,000. The selectmen accepted the bid from D.L. Docko for $11,900.
Town Offices. The selectmen reviewed
recommendations following the annual sprinkler system inspection at
the Academy. Costs for repairs and upgrades were several thousand
dollars. George Roberts, of the Historic District Commission,
suggested plantings around the site of the new vault.
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