Half a million milk bottles lost; Grantham celebrates Bicentennial

1976

Claremont

Edgar Condon is the new operator of the former Art Dion Market on Hanover Street. Condon, who has been in the grocery business since he was 10 years old, except for the past four years, is happy to be back in the business.

Timothy Foisy, Andrew Hopkins, and Andrew Palmer, all Stevens High students, have been selected to play roles in the “1776” production by the New London Barn Players.

Recipients of junior awards from the Sewing Basket II in a recent 4-H contest were Heather Gaudreau, Christine Head and Suzanne Marcotte, Smiley 4-H Club; Wendy Barr, Lucky Leaf 4-Club; Dacia Pelton, Five Point Dandys; Sandra Wagner, Maple Jeans 4-H Club and Heidi Sargent, Riverside 4-H Club.

Avis Powers, 18-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Powers of Windsor Road, is the winner of this year’s King’s Department Store Teen Fashion Scholarship.

“A sign outside the Fiske Free Library announcing, “Winter’s Almost Here,” has drawn at least one comment on the subject of our sanity,” librarian Susan Hunter said. The sign is intended to draw attention to a program by Steve Wood, Sugar River Watershed Forester, on how to select, cut and store your firewood for next winter.

Charlestown

A collective “Big Tipper” award went to six members of the Sullivan County Counseling Center at an evening sponsored by Young’s Restaurant to benefit the Center. In their gay 90’s outfits, members of Claremont’s Rotary and Kiwanis clubs served as waiters. They included Norman Langlois, Robert Arcand Jr., Joseph Helie, Mayor Charles Puksta, Samuel Satzow, Raymond Keating, Douglas Scott, Bernard Mucci and Father Hector LaMonagne.

Grantham

Members of the Grantham Bicentennial Committee met at the home of Robert Osgood to continue work for the Bicentennial weekend. Approximately 10 floats have been entered for the parade, according to Robert Hubbard. Vernonica Pillsbury and Jeff Masone will reign as princess and prince of the weekend. Kenneth Barton, chairman, reported that $1,000 in matching funds has been received to complete an oral history of the town.

Colonel and Mrs. Merle Schotanus, Dunbar Hill Road, have returned from Alexandria, Va., where they attended the wedding of their daughter, Susan.

Andrea Pinkul Pederson has opened an antique room at the Stone Eagle on Route 10 in Newport.

1961

Claremont

Minnie Tolles Davis, Class of 1891, of Chillicothe, Mo., returned for her 70th reunion and led the Stevens Alumni parade as marshal. The theme of the parade was song titles, with the following floats judged outstanding:

Class of ’39, “A String of Pearls,” Class of ’37, “Stein Song,” and Class of ’51, “Tiptoe Through the Tulips.”

“Magic in the Deep Woods” will be one of 10 dramatic productions given in the eighth annual Summer Play Festival of Mrs. Gertrude Groggin’s Junior Theater League School. In the show are Jay Byrne, Denise Couture, Thomas Marshall, Alan Besemer, Ronald Desilets, Paulina Bonaccorsi, Lowry Whetstone and Arthur Marshall.

Best scores in the history of the Claremont Jaycees Junior Golf Tournament were recorded at the Claremont Country Club by Acie Chandler, winner for the third year in a row with a 69; Tom Filipowicz, second with a 73; Chick Rathbun, third with a 74 and Gary Bisonnette, fourth with a 77. Chandler’s score was the lowest in tournament history.

Two star players of Claremont’s PeeWee and Junior Hockey League are planning to attend a two-week session at the Eastern Hockey Clinic in Worcester, Mass., in August. Steve Savage, 15, and Paul Lafreniere, 16, are saving to pay their own way to the extended clinic at the Worcester Arena.

Newport

A summer school for religious instruction sponsored by St. Patrick Parish will be held five days a week until June 30. Directors are Henry Buinicky and Mrs. James Ferriter. Those teaching include Miss Mary Bea Butler, Mrs. Stanley Rastallis, Mrs. William McHugh, Mrs. Francis Coles, Mrs. Edward Kennedy, Miss Sandra Cote and Mrs. Emile Thibodeau. Also assisting will be Mrs. Ralph Blodgett, Mrs. Gardner Stetson, Mrs. Henry Bartlett, Miss Mary Ann Woodard, Mrs. John Schweitzer, Miss Dorothy Woodard, Mrs. Harold Aiken, Miss Arlene Mahoney and Mrs. Robert Hurd.

1946

Ckaremont

The Daily Eagle will be compelled to limit its daily sale of papers to 8,250, publisher Lincoln O’Brien announced today. Rising costs of newspaper operation and shrinking newsprint supply has left him with a shortage of both money and newsprint.

Loss of half a million milk bottles in the Claremont area was revealed by the Claremont Dairy Association, which published a newspaper advertisement asking customers to return all bottles, which they have on hand. New containers are practically unobtainable at present. The dairymen are willing to pay the full deposit price of five cents on each bottle returned.

Twenty new members were welcomed into the Claremont Rotary Club at an informal supper at the Colonial with Lyman D. Stoughton acting as master of ceremonies. They are J. Park Goddard, D. Kearns Gilbert, Per Thoresen, Dr. Leroy Stringfellow, Fred Perry Jr., Eugene Isabelle, George Emanuel, Lyle Fillmore, Andrew Hauge, William Squire, Dr. William Stuart, Dr. Ralph Hopkins Samuel Heller, Raymond Denault, Henry C. Hawkins Jr., Merton Thompson, John Howe, Arthur Davis and Gerald Wood.

Two Claremont Boy Scouts, Donald Richardson and Harry Marshall, both of Troop 32, were presented with the Eagle badge by Lawrence L. Lee, Scout executive of the Daniel Webster Council Scoutmaster George Wilmarth of Troop 32 and the boys’ parents assisted at the ceremony.

Newport

Forty-four members of the American Legion Auxiliary enjoyed a turkey banquet at Steven Hearths on Wednesday. Mr. Orvitt, past commander of the Legion at Rockland, Mass, led a group sing. Mrs. Ruth McAllister read the prophecy and members returned to their homes in Newport at 9:30 p.m. Mrs. Natalie Allen and Mrs. Agnes Shedd were in charge of the banquet.

Police Chief Alex Lewko and Officer Marshall M. Perkins attended a convention of the New Hampshire State Police Association in Keene on Wednesday.

Joseph Kuchaski and Clarence Morrill escorted the American Legion basketball team to Boston Tuesday. The group stopped at Canobie Lake on the return trip.

Craig MacMann, Roger Gould and Paul Pillsbury attended the Red Sox vs. St. Louis Browns baseball game in Boston yesterday.

1931

Claremont

Diplomas for 86 senior, the largest number ever graduated from Stevens High School, were awarded by Headmaster Stephen A. Doody before an audience, which taxed he capacity of the auditorium. Henry Clay Hawkins Jr. spoke on “the YMCA and the changing world.” The orchestra under the direction of Richard L. Phelps performed, with Raymond Edward Falconer playing the clarinet solo. Other speakers were Alice Harriet Wood, Peter Lihatsh and Shirley Inez Keet. The Valedictory Address was delivered by Samuel Arthur Stone.

Claremont Lodge No. 879, BPOE, will observe Flag Day with a patriotic observance of unusual significance. Members of the lodge will meet at the Elks Home and march to Stevens High School, headed by the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. Following the parade, which will be joined en route by various organizations, exercises will be held in the high school auditorium. The committee in charge consists of Emerson W. Brown. Howard H. Hamlin, and John H. Leahy. Clarence Hurd will act as parade marshal.

Through the courtesy of the American Band of the Stevens High School band, state winner in the Class C contest held in Concord last April, will furnish the program for the Thursday evening band concert in Broad Street Park. Willard D. Rollins will direct the band.

Geraldine Collins and Elizabeth Fletcher were approved by the Claremont Playground Commission as children’s supervisors for Monadnock and Barnes playgrounds. The summer park season will open June 22.

Newport

The Newport Legion nine won a close decision battle over the Claremont team with a 2-1 score in the junior baseball league game sponsored by the American Legion. The Newport team took the lead in the opening inning when Hasevlat led off with a three-bagger and crossed the rubber on the succeeding play. The score was tied until the fifth, when Fenno tallied Newport’s second and final run.

Charlestown

Class Night exercises were held in the Town Hall. The program was given in the form of a play with the scene in a hotel of the future, 1951, with Marjorie Nelson acting as hostess. Participating were Cecil Fisk, Ruth Miler, Vera Blanchard, Ivan Chisamore, Grant DesRoches, and Irene Pettengill. Before the exercises, the prize-winning essay of the Old Fort No. 4 Chapter DAR contest was read by Miss Mildred Streeter. Judges were the Rev. H.T. Law, Superintendent W.L. Mason and Wesley Hunt of North Charlestown.