Lempster residents want to remain rural; new Claremont indoor pool ready to open

1985

CLAREMONT

Outstanding Effort Awards for the third marking period at North Street School went to Patrick Towle, Sacha Adair, Crystal Stacey, Matthew Kennett, Malinda Sargent, Jennifer Ferland, Tammie Holt, Danny Ordway, Mark Lamica, Ruth Wharton, Ricky Michalenoick, Jennifer Kennett, Angela Dulac, Heather Magoon, Stacey Chase, Eric Uitts, Heidi Kennett, Joshua Lacasse, Stephen Brodeur, Brian Chicoine, Joshua Sherburne, Tina Jarvis, Brandi Craig and Lynn Griffin.

Photo Caption—Southwest District Junior High Music Festival participants from Claremont Junior High School in the concert May 20, standing, from left, Mike Kierstead, David Tobey, Nancy Ruest, Lee Hentschel, Andrea Bueno, Melissa Bouchard, Ellen Demers, Julie Mann, Shelly Stevens, Cathy Hoyt and Christina Underwood. Seated, instructor Edward Evensen, Evan Erlanson, Rich Buckley, Nicole Perron, Sue Gold, Hillary Petty, and Erin Cahill.

Rather than trim funds for badly needed street repairs, City Councilors Wednesday decided to cut back planned equipment purchases to being the capital improvement budged in line with the appropriated $350,000. Caught with $442,000 for roof repairs, Barnes Park lighting and the purchase of new equipment, the council had to cut $92,000 from the package to come within an acceptable level.

NEWPORT

Newport Community Development Director Melinda Artman has been named Young Career Woman of 1985 by the Newport Business and Professional Women’s Organization.

Newport Recreation and Parks Director Larry Flint has been appointed to be the conference chairperson for the 1986 New England Training Institute to be held at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester.

The chances of getting a recreational lake included in the Sichol Swamp dam project appear to be very slim, according to Newport Planning Board Chairman Stanley Rastallis, who attended the Senate Capital Budget Committee’s public hearing concerning the project on Monday. “We’ll be very lucky if we can keep the lake,” said Rastallis, who doubted that testimony from Newport officials in support of the recreational lake would sway the members of the committee.

Newport has received state approval for a $35,000 matching grant to help build the track at Newport Junior-Senior High School, according to Peter Lovely, a member of the Newport Lions Club, which is organizing the track construction effort. Lovely said the Lions club is only $10,000 away from its goal of raising $35,000 for the match, and there are several fund-raising events ahead.

CHARLESTOWN

Lilla DeCose, Principal of the Charlestown Schools, has announced nine students have attained high honors for the third quarter. They are Meredith Piletz and Cindy Richardson, Grade 6; Stephanie Cook, Hilary Grabe and Nicole King, Grade 7, and Lori Bushway, Aaron Heenan, Clover Archer, and Marcy Royce, Grade 8.

LEMPSTER

The majority of residents want Lempster to remain a rural community, according to a recent Master Plan survey. Robert Varney, executive director of the Upper Valley-Lake Sunapee Planning Council, reported that the survey showed 83 percent of the respondents wanted Lempster to remain rural, 14 percent wanted a recreational-second home community, 11 percent wanted a retirement community and 9 percent wanted an employment center. No one wanted Lempster to become a commercial center.

GRANTHAM

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gay, Greensward, have returned home after spending the winter at Sanibel Island, Ga.

SPRINGFIELD

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Barton, Route 4A, have opened a store, “Doodles Video Shop,” at The Store, Old Route 10, Grantham.

Mr. and Mrs. David Reney, Main Street, spent the weekend in Plymouth, Maine.

NEWBURY

Rides on an antique fire engine, a free blood pressure clinic, and demonstration of fire apparatus and equipment will highlight an open house and dedication ceremonies of the new Newbury Fire and Police Station Sunday.

1965

CLAREMONT

Sunapee Region Board of Realtors will again participate this year in the nationwide observance of Realtor Week May 23-29, Lou Saucier, president, announced here today. Chairman of the committee for the local arrangements is Brad White and other committee members are Saucier; Len Powers, vice president; Warren Sanborn, treasurer; and directors, Carlton Bradford, North Sutton, Richard W. Chatellier, New London, and Merrill M. Dodge, Claremont.

Stevens students who have been accepted at colleges and universities include Pamela Moore, Keene State; John Witkowski, Rutgers University; Becky Call, UNH; Fred Carr, UNH; Robert Easter, Plymouth State; Brian Bourgoine, Plymouth State; Ralph Hale, South Carolina State; Jocelyn McDowell, Keene State; Sharleen Bradley, Plymouth State; Claudia Struthers, Skidmore; Robert Davis, Boston University; David Townsend, UNH; Judy Blight, Radcliffe; Gary Bissonnette, UNH; Robert Luckury, Dartmouth; Doreen Denis, UNH; Pat Haurlick, UNH; Hazel Redlands, UNH, and Joan Rogan, Syracuse University.

Photo Caption—Winners in the St. Mary School Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus 1820, were left to right, Richard Clough, eighth grade winner; Deborah Gagne, seventh grade winner; Susan Joyal, sixth grade winner, and Ronald St. Pierre, fifth grade winner. The contest judges were Louis Saucier and George Bourque. Pronouncers were John Miller and Theodore Rouillard.

NEWPORT

Donald R. Chase, Towle High School English teacher, was elected president of the Newport-Lake Sunapee Area Jaycees Tuesday. Jack Howard was elected internal vice president; Gordon Avery, external vice president; Leonard Gebhard, secretary; Royal A. Wallace III, treasurer; James McNamara, internal director, and Karl Salathe, external director. Chase is also regional vice president of the New Hampshire Jaycees.

Newport may need a supplementary source of water before the end of this summer, Town Manager Alvin A. Heidner said recently. Rainfall so far this year has been substantially less than that in 1964, which was itself a serious drought year. The new well, discovered by Engineers of Camp, Dresser & McKee, would provide additional water if it should be necessary, Mr. Heidner said.

George L. Kelley, 47 Cheney St., an agent for Nationwide Insurance Co., will attend a company sales convention next weekend at Kaimesha Lake, N.Y.

Four teachers of religion from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church attended the second annual Teachers’ Institute at Bishop Brady High School, Concord, Saturday. They were Mrs. Frank Wiggins, elementary teacher, and Alphonse Soucy, Bernard Towne and Leonard Gebhard, confraternity teachers. The Rev. John Bryson, curate, accompanied them.

SUNAPEE

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shepard, Sunapee, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Patch and their daughter, Jane, and her fiancé, Frank Morey, all of Claremont, attended the open house reception at the Bryant Machine Shop, Springfield, Sunday. Mr. Morey is the nephew of Mrs. Shepard.

GOSHEN

Sixteen pupils in the Goshen-Lempster Cooperative School participated in a sightseeing class trip to Boston Saturday. The trip cost $170, which had been raised by the children. Those who attended were Lissa Stevens, Christy Shepard, Charlene Whiting, Celia Thorngren, Margaret Hunter, Debbie Miller, Marilyn Pinkney, Renda Cheshier, Darlene Ayotte, Judy McGhee, Steve Heiser, Marshall Thomas, Ricky Dickerman, Robin Dane, Louis Gobin, and Gerald Proper. Chaperones were George Miller, Robert Hartwell, Mrs. Lois Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lizotte and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Heiser.

SPRINGFIELD

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klein, Newton, Mass., were at their cottage at Lake Kolelemook for the weekend.

Mr. and Mrs. Enson Clifford, Quincy, Mass., visited their cousin, Allen Waddell and his family on Sunday.

GEORGES MILLS

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lake were in Northfield, Mass., Mother’s Day. They attended a family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Bolton.

CROYDON

Sylvester Kiggins, Croydon Flat, attended a Grange meeting in Washington Saturday night. He was accompanied by Mrs. Lucy Newton, Newport, master of

Sunapee Grange.

1950

CLAREMONT

Mrs. Guido S. Baldacci of 13 Grove St., has received a cablegram of the safe arrival of her sisters, the Misses Elena, Mary and Milena Brand of Marlboro, Mass., in England. Elena and Mary sailed aboard the Queen Elizabeth last Friday and Milena left by plane from New York Tuesday. The girls plan a two-month tour of England, Scotland, France, Switzerland, and Italy.

Claremont’s new $100,000 indoor swimming pool, now nearing completion at the Goodwin Community Center on Broad Street, will be open for public inspection on Friday, May 19. The pool is housed in a building of Colonial design with steel frame and cinder blocks faced with brick veneer. Outside dimensions are 112 feet by 60 feet. The pool itself measures 30 by 75 feet and has a capacity of 80,000 gallons of water.

Mr. and Mrs. Omer Rousseau and family of Central Street spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rousseau in Franklin.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Potvin of Central Street spent the weekend with friends and relatives in Manchester.

NEWPORT

Members of the staff of the Spirit of Towle and the 1951 Yearbook were chosen this week by their classmates. They are editor-in-chief Kenneth Roberts; assistant editor, Louis Thompson; business manager, Henry Guimond; circulation manager, Joe Galotta; assistant circulation manager, Rocky Perkins; literary editor, Dorothy Barton; news editor, John Perry III; exchange editor, Janet Cummings; feature editor, Earl Legacy; boys’ sports, Al Hague; girls’ sports, Lucille Babbitt; club editor, Beverly Shedd and proof reader, Shirley Elfstrom.

Abe Caplan, new owner of the Gordon Woolen Mill buildings and land who owns a dusting mill in Enfield, will move such a mill to Newport within a few weeks, he said in a telephone interview with the Argus yesterday. He will also rent two floors to any industry that may desire to use the space. Mr. Caplan purchased the property for approximately $53,000 at a recent auction.

John Kenneth Eastman visited his aunt, Miss Zella Eastman, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thompson and family of Oak Street on Sunday.

CROYDON

Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Sawyer and Mrs. Robert T. Martin, all of Newport, were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.S. Rowell one afternoon last week.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Mrs. Lillian Kimball of North Newport called on old friends in town last week and visited the family lot in the cemetery.

GEORGES MILLS

Mrs. Helen Nichols has returned to her home here after spending the winter in Deland, Fla.

WEST UNITY

Lawrence Dutton returned to his home here Sunday afternoon after spending a week with relatives in Keene and Peterborough.

CHARLESTOWN

Miss Lorraine Davis, student nurse at New Hampshire State Hospital, was at home for several days last week.

1900

CLAREMONT

Dr. J. Black, having returned from vacation, would say to his patrons and friends that he may be found at his Dental Rooms on Sullivan Street, with increased facilities for doing the best and most approved work in Dentistry.

Mrs. Sula P. Chase has returned from Norwich, N.Y., where she spent the winter with a sister and is now at her home on Chestnut Street.

Mr. Albro Towns met with a bad accident last Friday morning. Part of his harness broke and the horse took fright and ran into the watering trough at the West End, throwing out Mr. Towns, who suffered severe injuries. Miss Fan and Miss Keyes, who were also in the wagon, escaped with bruises but no broken bones.