Richards Junior High students give competent performance of ‘Words and Music’

1978

CLAREMONT

Fifty-three members of the Women’s Federation were honored last week at a special meeting of the group. Those honored for a quarter century of membership received a silk rose, a religious motif bookmark and a certificate of appreciation. They were greeted by the church’s pastor, the Rev. Larry Turns. At the annual business meeting new officers installed were Kathy Turns, president; Dorothy Tatro, vice president; Barbara Hewitt, secretary, and Bertha Haugsrud, treasurer.

Photo Caption—Several Stevens High School boys will be attending New Hampshire Boys State at St. Anselm’s College June 25 to July 1. From left, Jon Tierney Ricky Kainu, Ed Tenney, Richard Kanto, Michael Trottier, David Cloutier, Peter Harrigan, Timothy Halevan, Alexander Puksta and David O’Hara.

Capt. Gregory F. McGowan is “looking forward with anticipation” to his 16th new home in his 11-year Army career, 14 of them within a seven-year period. He is moving right out of the country to Brussels, Belgium, where he will be protocol officer on the staff of General Alexander Haig, chief of the Supreme Command Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE) situated at NATO headquarters.

Photo Caption—Four Claremont police officers were awarded American Police Service medals and citations for serving honorably in law enforcement for more than five years. Commissioner Joseph St. Pierre distributes awards to Jonathan E. Putnam, Robert J. Jackson and Charles A. Wilson Sr., William H. Durfey, not pictured, also received the award.

A panel of experts answering questions about buying a house posed by the audience will be featured at a Home Buyer’s Forum June 24 at the Moose Home. They are Robert Love, president of Claremont Savings Bank; Joe Poirier, owner of J&M Realty; Albert Leahy Jr., a prominent attorney; Richard Mailloux, vice president and senior loan officer at Claremont Savings Bank and Normand Beaudry, a noted area builder.

Principal Frederick W. Carr announced the names of those seniors ranking in the Top 10 in this year’s graduating class at Stevens High School. They are Cynthia Coolidge, Eric Costa, Robert Foster, Donna Frenette, Lynette Merrill, David St. Sauveur, Kassandra Spanos, Susan Williams, William Wilmot and Jennifer Maculiewicz.

NEWPORT

Photo Caption—The former J.A. Nadeau home, 81 Sunapee St., Newport, is shown here a few weeks ago in the process of being razed. Coronis Market, also on Sunapee Street, will open in this location in about three months.

The top scholars of the 1978 Newport High School senior class were announced at the Newport Teachers Association annual banquet Wednesday. Grace Hopkins of Goshen was named valedictorian; Carol Parssinen, salutatorian and Virginia Story, class essayist.

The Newport Garden Club and two of its members won awards at the 48th annual meeting of the New Hampshire Federation of Garden clubs Wednesday. The Newport club’s yearbook received first award and its scrapbook third award. A poster by Mrs. William Morrow received first place in both and state and New England Regional Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl contest and Mrs. Richard Wentzell was awarded third prize for her entry in the poster contest adult class. Kimberly Ann Morrow, 6, won second prize for the kindergarten to second grade class of the contest.

After re-evaluation by staff members, Orion House, Newport, is looking for a new director and hoping to modify staff design. Amy Anderson Winchell, current staff director and house parent, says many of the questions arising in a new project such as Orion House are now answered. Possible changes in staff design have been approved by the board of directors.

More than 15 area people including a number of Newport High School students recently returned from a two-week educational tour of Paris, London and Scotland. Students involved included Vicki Kulesza, Jodi LaValley, Jonathan Howard, Michael Wentzell, John Wilcox, Taffy Campbell, Lennie Fellows, Robert Keefe, Dan Murchie, Steven Pare, Mark Eaton and Steven LaValley.

SUNAPEE

Sunapee’s town dump will no longer allow open burning effective Thursday. A recycling center on Sargent Road, shared with Springfield, will open the same day. Metals will be separated at the facility but glass must be separated by colors—clear, brown and green. The Town of Sunapee will no longer provide garbage collection as of Thursday.

John N. Internicola, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Internicola, Youngs Hill Road, received his Eagle Scout medal at a Boy Scout Troop 40 National Eagle Court of Honor at Sunapee High School recently. Richard Breed, advisor for the Order of the Arrow, was the master of ceremonies.

SPRINGFIELD

Nine members of the Springfield Volunteer Fire Department, under the direction of Chief Fred Davis, responded with a tanker to extinguish a grass fire Saturday at the home of Dennis George, Bowman Road.

Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Santor, Oxford, Mass., spent the weekend with Mrs. Santor’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Mason Sr.

GOSHEN

Four members of Sunapee Mountain Grange with an accumulative total of 195 years of Grange service were honored at the recent home economics night meeting. Nathaniel Thurber received a 50-year membership pin; Lucy E. Newton and Abbie Newton, 60-year pins, and Ethyl Matheson, a 25-year pin.

LEMPSTER

Advertisement—The Goshen-Lempster School District will accept sealed bids for the drilling of an artesian well. Bids should include price per foot for drilling, price of casting per foot and method of drilling.

Photo Caption—Broiling hamburgers with solar heat. Seventh grade students at Goshen-Lempster School have been studying solar power. They have built two large cooking units, parabolic instruments lined with aluminum foil to concentrate reflected sunlight. Here are Andrew Davis left, and Peter Yurgeles making sure the angle of the sunlight is correct. It takes about 25 minutes to cook a hamburger.

1963

CLAREMONT

Miss Patricia Palin, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aldei Palin of 25 Chase St., Claremont, has been chosen the “Outstanding Junior” by Junior Court Virgil H. Barber 892, Catholic Daughters of America. The Outstanding Junior is rated according to dependability, cooperation, personality, leadership, scholarship, and application to the junior program.

Leo E. Harrigan, commanding officer of the Claremont National Guard unit, was promoted recently from first lieutenant to captain. Captain Harrigan lives at 104 Myrtle St., Claremont.

Carson Airlines Inc. will “most likely” discontinue permanently Claremont service tomorrow, general manager Richard Carson said this morning. Arrangements are “not definite” and are pending talks today with Frank Robinson, manager of the Claremont Airport operation. Carson cited lack of local demand for a regularly-scheduled air service as the reason for his move. “There was no great improvement after talking with people here,” he said.

Photo Caption—Winning team of the Independents Monday Night Bowling League, honored at season’s end. Kneeling, from left, Alex Adamovich and Roger Pinard, standing, Harold Noyes, league president; Tony Lewko team captain; Pete Adamovich, and Jeff Pinard.

Arnold Shulins was installed as president of Meyer-David Lodge of B’nai B’rith at an annual ceremony held Sunday evening at King’s Arrow Inn. Other new officers installed were Sol Brandstatter, first vice president; Harold Katz, second vice president; Maurice Wernick, treasurer; Herbert Moss, corresponding secretary; Jack Weiner, recording secretary; Dr. Joseph Esersky, chaplain, and Harold Winer, Harry Rosenberg and Kaufman, trustees.

Richard Giguere, airman, U.S. Navy, son of Rudolph Giguere of 11 Palmer St., is serving aboard the command ship USS Wright, which was commissioned May 11 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.

NEWPORT

Photo Caption—Louis Willett, director of Civil Defense, presents a gift to Henry Allen, Red Cross advanced first aid course instructor during graduation ceremonies in Newport Junior High School Tuesday night. Looking on are Mrs. Prudence Nichols and Edward Bailey, CD police officer.

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bushaw spent the weekend in East Longmeadow, Mass., as guests of Mrs. Bushaw’s brother, Armidas Viger and his family.

Gauthier and Woodard Inc. has announced the addition of Mrs. Ransom Krauss to its office staff as a full-time employee. Mrs. Kraus has been working afternoons in the office recently following completion of her duties in the office of Atty. Kenneth Andler.

Malcolm Hall, Laurel Street, executive vice president of the Peoples National Bank, Claremont, left Friday for Chicago to attend the week-long National Institute Credit Conference. He was accompanied by Mrs. Hall, His mother, Mrs. Lester Hall, Newbury, is caring for the children.

The Western Auto Associate Store will open its doors at noon today at its new location in the old Coniston Theater building on Main Street. John and Marion Cummings, storeowners, purchased the theater in mid-February from Holoise C. and Walter Howland. They have since remodeled it to include a barbershop and an office as well as the store area.

Ten members of Brewster-Gould Post, American Legion, were honored with 45-year membership pins at the post’s annual membership banquet in the Newport Junior High School Saturday night. Present to receive their pins were Dr. Burton D. Thorpe, Charles F. Aiken, Wilfred Snow, Maurice J. Downing and Guy Currier. Unable to attend were Maj. Sam Edes, Dr. William Mansfield, Harold Shepard, Arthur Bergeron and Charles Silverman.

SUNAPEE

Sunapee area workers for the New Hampshire Catholic Charities drive are Mrs. Jarlath Slattery, Farrell Quinlan and Mrs. Donald Gallup.

Lee Bakun of Stratford, Conn., and Edward Brewster and his son of Milford, Conn., were guests of the Donald Gallup’s for a day last week.

GRANTHAM

The members of the fifth and sixth grades of the Grantham schools visited points of interest in Grafton County recently. Transportation was provided by Mrs. Howard Pillsbury. Mrs. Ludvig Hautaniemi, and Mrs. Francis Mutney.

CORNISH FLAT

Saturday morning Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Deming, Clifford Sawyer, Alonzo Spaulding and Clifton Colburn went to West Swanzey to look over some property that had been bequeathed to the United Church.

BLODGETT LANDING

Lance Corporal Paul Preble, Camp Lejeune, N.C., has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Preble, Blodgett Lodge.

GEORGES MILLS

Airman 1/C and Mrs. James Fleming and their sons, Rusty and Ronnie, have returned to their home in Dill City, Okla., after having spent a leave with Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Fleming.

CROYDON

RM2 Raymond Spencer Jr., who is stationed at Long Beach, Philadelphia, Pa., has returned to his base after having spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. William Call, Croydon Flat.

SPRINGFIELD

Jeannine Howard arrived home Monday from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, for the summer vacation.

1948

CLAREMONT

Federal inspection of the 141st Engineer Combat Company, New Hampshire National Guard, was carried out Monday in the Claremont Armory. Forty-eight enlisted men under the command of First Lt. George L. Denis were present, and well as Second Lt. Daniel L. Fortune and Second Lt. Raymond A. Hall.

One hundred and twenty-five young children will receive their first Communion at St. Mary Church here Sunday morning at the 8:15 a.m. Mass. The children, who will march to the church from the school, will be given a special address and will recite their prayers. The blessing and enrollment in the scapulars will be held directly following the morning Mass.

Photo Caption—At the head table at the annual communion breakfast of Court Virgil H. Barber 892, Catholic Daughters of America, were from left, seated, Mrs. Cora Matineau, monitor; Mrs. Rose Moreau, grand regent; the Rev. George Godaire, S.J. of Lawrence, Mass., guest speaker; Mrs. Mildred Mainville, trustee; the Rev. Frederick Gaumont, chaplain and Mrs. Romelia Michaud Prophetes. Standing, Mrs. Gladys Bowles, treasurer; Mrs. Lauretta Denault, lecturer; Mrs. Theresa Charron, secretary; Mrs. Madeline Gosselin, historian; Miss Mary Dubois, organist; Mrs. Beatrice Crosby, sentinel; Mrs. Adeline Limoges, chairman of juniors; and Mrs. Clara Bostwick.

The New Hampshire State Liquor Commission Store in Claremont will remain open Friday evenings until 8 p.m., it was announced today. The store will close at 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Notice of the change from the present practice of remaining open late on

Saturdays instead of Fridays came from the State Liquor Commission in a letter to Robert E. Hasham, executive secretary of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce. The commission made the change so that the local store hours will conform to those of other stores in this city.

NEWPORT

Mrs. Olin H. Chase was elected regent of Reprisal Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution at a meeting held Saturday at Mary’s Little Lamb Restaurant in Guild. Mrs. Chase succeeds Mrs. Frank Haven. Other officers, all of who were re-elected to their respective posts include Mrs. Curtis L. Wood, vice regent; Mrs. Levi C. Springer, secretary; Miss Natalie Sargent, treasurer; Miss Ada R. Tenney, historian; Mrs. Fred P. Wyman, registrar; Mrs. Chester Pollard, chaplain and Mrs. Charles Clement, librarian.

Further plans including committee chairmen and additional program information for the Newport High School Alumni Association banquet and reunion were announced yesterday by Henry N. Allen Jr. of Guild, president of the association. Committee members are Hazel Campbell, Frances Pratt, Phyllis Walters, C. Lloyd Jobes, Madlon Karr, Heloise Brill, Bertha Wilmarth, William Hoy, Edward J. Maley, Lena Haubrich, Mazie Dodge and Earle Pollard.

Advertisement, First National Stores—Betty Alden Bread, 2 18 Oz. Loaves, 27 Cents; Plain or Sugared Doughnuts, Doz., 19 Cents; Finast Peanut Butter, Lb. Jar, 29 Cents; Sunshine Krispy Crackers, Lb. Pkg., 27 Cents.

A competent performance of a two-act operetta, “Words and Music,” was given recently by 60 student of Richards Junior High School before a nearly full Town Hall auditorium. Gwen Devenger, playing the lead female role, that of Mary Allen, a college secretary, displayed an excellent soprano voice and her acting talents were equally as good. Playing opposite her as John Warren, secretary to a college dean of men, was Edward Monkton, who gave a creditable and sure performance. Other performers were Jack Smith, Alexander Usko, John Scranton, Rebecca Johnson, Olga Spanos, Marjorie Haven, Jennie Perkins, Jean Webster, Joan Libby, Kenneth Hamel, Jean Wright Robert Bowlan, Charles Howard, Maxine Holt, William Hackett, Bertha Kainu, Blanche Ashley, Lois Amidon, Barbara Lamphere, Marjorie Pariseau, Grace Avery, Valderese Goyette, Alyce Gobin, Ella Roberts, Josephine Karr, Betty Perra, Geraldine Emerson, Charles Howard, Sandy Amidon, Robert Cunningham, James Wright and Angelo Coronis.

GOSHEN

A record early-season registration of 52 campers, four of whom are girls, has been received for the June 17 opening of Camp Soangetaha at Rand’s Pond, Goshen. Lewis W. Primmer, Sullivan County YMCA secretary, announced today. Advance pledges by eight Claremont organizations to sponsor at least one child each for a two-week camping period have already guaranteed 11 campers, Mr. Primmer announced.

UNITY CENTER

Mrs. Dorothy Hansen, Mrs. Martha Fellows, and Mrs. Bess Pierce attended Presiding Lecturers Night at Charlestown Grange Tuesday night.

CHARLESTOWN

Mrs. Susie Webster of Suffield, Conn., is a guest of her sister, Mrs. Walter R. Willard. Mrs. Webster spent Monday in Langdon.

Mrs. Vern Bradish is convalescing from the grippe.

CROYDON

Mrs. Roland Dent spent the day in Claremont last Friday and accompanied the group of women from the County extension clubs on a tour through Houghton and Symonds Store, the Dartmouth Woolen Mills and the International Shoe Shop.

SUNAPEE

Mr. and Mrs. Cleon O. Dodge were pleasantly surprised recently by a visit from their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Cleon C. Dodge of Ridgefield Park, N.J. They flew up in their plane.