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VOL. II, No. 10
A weeping willow tree is made into a bear
following a windstorm in Groveton
GROVETON — After a
recent windstorm knocked three
branches off the weeping willow
tree in their yard, Toby and
Mary Beth Kenison decided it
was time for the huge tree to go.
Toby’s brother Jamie came to
saw the tree down. Toby said
they thought they’d just make a
seat out of it.
As Jamie sawed, Toby and
Mary Beth decided they might
have Mark make a bear out of
it—and none too soon either.
The Mitten Tree is
at the Post Office
in Stratford
STRATFORD
—
The
Stratford Mitten Tree is now in
the Post Office lobby. Please add
items, handmade or store
bought. All sizes are welcome.
The reports are that this is
Mark Fontaine of Lunenburg, Vt., was at Toby and Mary
Beth Kenison’s in Groveton on Wednesday, Nov. 22, sawing
this seven-foot bear for the couple.(Photo by Lyndall Demers)
Mitten tree -----------------(Continued on Page 12)
Jamie was about to cut it even
shorter when Toby ran out and
told him to stop.
They called Mark Fontaine at
Folk
Art
Heirlooms
in
Lunenburg, Vt., to see if he
would come and make it into a
bear.
Mark showed up on Wednes-
Bear -------------------------(Continued on Page 12)
Currier of Lancaster still open
for business and ready to serve you
LANCASTER
—
Dan
Fournier, General Manager of
Currier of Lancaster wanted to
put to rest some rumors floating
around about the Lancaster
store being sold.
The rumors just are not true.
What has happened is Doug
Currier has a purchase and
sales agreement with Berlin
City on the RV building in
Currier ----------------------(Continued on Page 12)
Next issue will be December 9
Deadline is December 5 at 4 p.m.
In this Journal:
Midge's column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4
Crossword & games, Horoscopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 6
Bedtime story for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 6
Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 8
Dining Out and Having Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 9
Olde Tyme Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 10, 11 & 12
Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 13
Business Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 14, 15 & 16
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 19
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December 2, 2006
Local runner is back from
Dublin City Marathon
LANCASTER — John Eddy
went to Dublin to run in the
marathon there on October 30.
He took his wife Pat, his son
Matt, and his mother-in-law,
Eleanor Bowers who lives in
Winthrop, Me., along with him.
John said the group enjoyed
many sites in Ireland. Among
them was the Guinness
Brewery. They traveled to the
west side of Ireland to visit
beautiful Galway, and then
went south to Limerick. They
enjoyed a medieval dinner at a
real castle. There they had soup,
mead (honey wine), ribs, chicken, and plenty of potatoes.
John finished the race with a
John Eddy at the 24-mile mark of the Dublin Marathon that he ran on October 30.
(Photo by Pat Eddy)
Holiday Sale on Friday, Dec. 1
from 9 to 3at Country Village
LANCASTER — At the lobby
at Country Village Health Care
Center residents of that facility
and Holton Point will be having
their sale.
Beginning at 9 a.m. and
going to 3 in the afternoon, they
will be selling holiday crafts,
foods and more.
A quilt made by Donna
Bailey will be raffled off.
The money raised will benefit
the Memorial Garden that they
plan to build in the spring.
For more Information, please
call (603) 788-4735.
Boston Ballet Nutcracker Coach Trip
There are a few seats available for the trip to Boston on
Saturday, December 16th for
the l p.m. matinee performance
of the Nutcracker. These are
unobstructed orchestra floor
seats. The cost of the trip is $120
per ticket and includes the
Ballet ticket, coach fair, and
dinner on the way home. The
group will leave from Lancaster
at 8 a.m. and will return approximately 9 p.m. Please call
Annetta McGinnis at 788-2489
to make a reservation.
Lancaster
Weather
Summary
You are invited
to the
Paul F. Smith Memorial
BARN RAISING
at the
Lancaster Historical Society
Intersection of Routes 2 and 3
December 7 and 8
Week of November 19-25
TEMPERATURE:
High Week
46 11/23
Low Week
18 11/25
High 1 Year Ago
54
Low 1 Year Ago
8
Normal High
38
Normal Low
22
Record High
70
1991
Record Low
-9
1989
Degree Days This YTD 1689
Degree Days Last YTD 1511
Avg. Degree Days YTD 1793
Note: Degree Day Year Begins July 1
and ends June 30.
PRECIPITATION:
Total Week
.01
Total This Month
2.19
Normal This Month
2.81
Total This Year
40.55
Normal For Year To Date34.52
Total. Snow This Month
.2
Normal Snow This Month 3.6
Total Snow This Winter
.2
Normal Snow This Winter 4.2
Note: Melted Precipitation Year
begins Jan. 1 and ends Dec. 31.
time of 3:39:12. That put him in
1440 place. There were a total of
8,142 runners who finished the
race. The first male crossing the
finish line was Aleksey Sokolov
from Russia, in 2:11:39. The
first female to cross the line was
Alina Ivanova, also from Russia
with a time of 2:29:49.
John described his finishing
time in this race as mediocre for
him.
They all enjoyed the beautiful scenery and all the places
they visited, but do not plan to
return next year.
John is now preparing to run
the Boston Marathon in April.
New Lancaster throws are
on sale now for holidays
LANCASTER — A new
Lancaster throw, sponsored by
the Lancaster Congregational
Church, is now available just in
time for Christmas. Unlike previous two-color throws, the new
one is in full color. Included on it
are many of the town’s church-
es, the old courthouse, Holton
House, Mechanic Street bridge,
the old high school, and the hospital. Throws can be purchased
at Parker’s Jewelry on Main
Street for $45, or reserved by
calling the church at 788-2201.
Flu clinic at Town Hall on
Dec. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m.
LANCASTER — Weeks
Medical Center will be offering a
flu vaccine clinic to coincide
with Lancaster’s annual Olde
Tyme Christmas celebration.
Flu vaccine will be available at
the Lancaster Town Hall on
Thursday, Dec. 7, from 5 p.m.
until 8 p.m.
The clinic is designed for
those 18 years of age and over.
For those eligible for
Medicare B, New Hampshire
Medicaid, or Anthem, the shots
are free, but recipients must
present their medical card. For
others, the cost is $20.
To learn more about the flu
clinic, one may call Weeks
Medical Center Community
Outreach at 603-788-5020.
Safe Sitter class held at
Weeks Medical Center
WHITEFIELD — Fifteen
girls and boys ages 11 to 13
graduated from a Safe Sitter
class held Saturday, November
18 at the Weeks Medical Center
Physician Office in Whitefield
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost
was $20 and included lunch and
take home materials.
The Safe Sitter program is
the only national, nonprofit
organization exclusively devoted to babysitting. The goal of
Safe Sitter is to reduce the number of avoidable and uninten-
tional deaths among children
being cared for by babysitters.
Thousands of young adolescents
across the country have been
trained by Safe Sitter to handle
life-threatening emergencies.
The program was taught by
trained Safe Sitter Instructors
Margo Cliche and Becky
Wallace. During the course, students got hands-on practice in
basic lifesaving techniques so
they are prepared to act in a cri-
Safe Sitter -----------------(Continued on Page 13)
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Great Northwoods Journal
December 2, 2006
Page 3
Groveton Elementary School Honor Roll
Honor Roll Students
The faculty and staff of
Groveton Elementary School are
pleased to announce first quarter honors and high honors in
grades 4-6. In order to qualify
for honors, students must obtain
an overall average of 88 in their
core academic subjects, with no
grade lower than 85. To qualify
for high honors, students must
obtain an overall average of 93
in their core academic subjects,
with no grade lower than 90.
Honors:
Grade 4:
Cheyenne Deblois, Nicholas
Dubois, Ian Guay, Brian Manville, Sean Rainville, Tanisha
Singer, Arianna Woodward,
Bryce Yelle.
Grade 5:
Jessica Beaton, Kellie Bedell,
Erin Hamilton, Katie Watson,
Ashlee
Wetherbee,
Jena
Wheelock.
Grade 6:
Adam Atkinson, Samantha
Cross, Drew Hamilton, Ethan
Marshall, Beau Perras, Kyle
Rainville.
High Honors:
Grade 4:
Alyssa Blodgett
Grade 5:
Talia Bedell, Sadie Conroy,
Shania Curtis, Daniel Gadwah
Honor roll ------------------(Continued on Page 13)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Lancaster
306 Main Street
Lancaster, NH 03584
Christmas
Sale and Tea
Saturday, Dec. 2, 12-2:30
Fall is for planting!
While Jon sits in his tree stand not far from where his son
sits, a gunshot is heard…and Jon Jr. (Goobie) gets the Buck!
On November 24th in Lancaster, Goobie bagged an 11 pt.,
176.6 lb. buck. This is the biggest rack Goobie has ever gotten.
Yes, so far this year, he has out done Dad! But, we all know
that Jon is still sitting in that tree stand.
‘Christmas Carols 2005’ CD by
Lancaster Congregational Church
choir is on sale now
LANCASTER — The members of the choir of the Lancaster Congregational Church have
completed their second CD,
“Christmas Carols 2005.” The
new CD includes 16 of the most
popular Christmas carols, including “O Come All Ye
Faithful,” “Away in a Manger,”
“What Child is This,” and
“Silent Night.”
The recording was done local-
ly by Jonathan Robarts. Copies
can be purchased for $10 at
Parker’s Jewelry on Main
Street. Alternatively, individuals can call the church at 603788-2201 or mail a request to
the Lancaster Congregational
Church, c/o Barbara Robarts,
142 Main Street, Lancaster, NH
03584. An additional charge
may be added for mailing.
Homegrown trees, shrubs,
mums, pumpkins and gourds
www.lancasterfloral.com
(603) 788-3311
Food, Candy,
Crafts and
White Elephants
®
Greeting Cards, Yankee and Soy Candles, Books, Toys, Hello Kitty, Kitchen Items, Ariston
Gourmet Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar, Puzzles, Ty & Other Plush, Irish Imports, Rep. of Tea,
Wrought Iron, Caterpillar Collectibles, Pottery, Klutz, Red Sox Merchandise & MORE!
Open our regular hours, PLUS these nights:
Open till 8 on Nov. 24, Dec. 7, 8, 9, 18-22.
Open till midnight on Dec. 23
Big Savings
at
Abbott’s Furniture
Brown Street Furniture
A small ad, but low prices every day.
Come in and see for yourself, because seeing is believing.
It's worth the trip!
Open 7 days a week!
Delivery Available
Above the Fairgrounds in tax-free Lancaster
Layaway
563 Main Street, Lancaster, NH 03584
(603) 788-5500
No Sales Tax
Financing
HOURS:
Mon.-Thurs. 9-5
Fri. 9-6; Sat. 9-5 and Sun. 10-4
Christmas
Patrick and Amy Weagle of Groveton visited with Santa
Claus at the Red Sleigh Bazaar at Christ United Methodist
Church in Lancaster on Saturday, Nov. 25.
(Photo by Lyndall Demers)
“Really-Aged” CHEDDAR CHEESE
vintage June 2003
Visit our store for free Tasting Samples
Fine Gourmet Items • Pure Maple Products
Cheddar Cheese with Horseradish
Harman’s Smoked Cheddar
Great Holiday Gifts & Stocking Stuffers
Saturday, December 2 ~ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 3 ~ 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Refreshments
Ship 2 Pounds of
Harman’s Really-Aged Cheddar Cheese
with Common Crackers
Door Prizes
Gift-Wrapped for the Holidays
Only $25 to anywhere in the USA
And only $23 to a New England State!
Harman’s Cheese & Country Store
1400 Route 117, Sugar Hill, NH 03586
Open Monday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 603-823-8000
www.HarmansCheese.com
PERRAS
Kids,
Come have your
picture taken with
Santa on
December 2
from 10 a.m. to
12 noon
31 Perras Road
Lancaster
(603) 636-1391 or 636-2227
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Say, did you hear about
the time…
December 2, 2006
Pet of the Week
Above the Notch Humane
Society has Sam. He is a oneyear-old black lab husky mix.
He looks like a black lab with
one blue eye. He is a wonderful
family dog—great with kids,
cats and other dogs. For more
information please apply online
at www.atnhs.org or call 603444-6241. We also have several
kittens and adult cats for adop tion.
By Ed “Midge” Rosebrook, Jr.
… Biddy pulled out a pulp truck?
The time was the early 1950’s
and William “Biddy” McCarten
had a big woods job in progress
all one winter. Where, I’m not
sure. Elmer Eager was working
for him then. There were several pulp and log trucks coming
and going in and out of the
woods on a road that Biddy’s
crew constructed. Biddy would
keep it plowed with his Dodge
Power Wagon, equipped with a
huge Vee Plow. They had a bad
ice storm one day and the road
became a skating rink. The drivers had to be very careful and
most were using their chains. In
the late afternoon one of the
trucks missed a bad turn and
smashed through the snow
bank, ending up stuck. The yard
was shutting down for the day
and Biddy and Elmer came
upon it right after it happened.
The driver and his helper were
about to start unloading the
pulp. Biddy hollered, “don’t
unload, you’ll never make it to
the mill on time!”
“Well, it ain’t comin’ out
loaded!” the driver yelled back.
“We’ll see about that!” Biddy
shouted back. “I’ll hook my
winch onto that tree over there!”
he said, pointing. Elmer, you
hook a chain to the truck! I’ll put
the Power Wagon into four low
and use the winch at the same
time. She’ll come out!”
“There’s no good place to
hook on Bid!” Elmer called back.
Biddy ran over to see for himself.
“Well, hook it to the rear end,
then I’ll have better traction,
because it’ll be pullin’ down on
me!” he told Elmer.
Elmer did what he was told.
“She hooked?” Biddy asked.
“She’s hooked!” Elmer yelled
waving his arms. Biddy stepped
on the gas and the Power Wagon
took a big leap forward. It gave
a mighty snap as it came to the
end of the chain. At the same
time, Biddy had his hand firmly
on the winch lever and the old
gear driven winch was “just-ahowlin’.” All four chained tires
were digging into the ice throwing up a hundred chards of
glass-like chunks into the air.
The sparks flew as they caught
gravel and dirt. The old Power
Wagon was bouncing up and
down as it grabbed then lost
traction. It slowly started moving forward. Both chain and
winch cables stretched almost to
their breaking points—the little
flat-head six, screaming under
the hood. Elmer started waving
his hands wildly. “STOP, STOP,
STOP Biddy!” he hollered over
the noise.
“Can’t stop now, damn it,
she’s comin’!” Biddy yelled back.
Just then the Power Wagon
took a giant leap forward and
Biddy kept going a few feet more
to make certain the truck was
up on the road. He shut her
down and jumped out. His grin
dissolved quicker than spit on a
hot stove. The only thing hooked
to the chain was the differential.
The loaded truck was now sitting frame deep in the snow.
Elmer looked at Biddy, who had
removed his knit tuque and was
nervously twirling it on his fingers, and asked, “what’s the
chances of it makin’ the mill
now Bid?”
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From the heart of the Common Man
By Bob Elwell
Last Monday’s (Nov. 20)
meeting of the State’s Assessing
Standards Board at White
Mountains Regional High
School was a joy to behold.
From the time Joe Hoey
reminded Chairperson Betsy
Patten, “In the North Country,
we have a tradition of starting
our meetings with the Pledge of
Allegiance to our flag”, and the
volume with which it was recited, the North Country spoke in
no uncertain terms, and was
heard loud and clear by all present.
Now it will be interesting to
see how much spin will be added
as the word travels down
through the Notch to Concord.
The good folks from Concord
may think they have heard the
last from the North Country,
but if so, they may be in for a
surprise.
Town meeting, and a good
turn-out next year will be very
important, because it still is one
of the only chances we all get to
speak right straight to our government in our own words,
about what is wrong in our
world.
I have been advised by several elected officials, “to get in
touch with your elected representatives, and work through
them.”
My response has been “you
mean they don’t know what a
putrid tax the View Tax is
already?”
If they don’t, they not only
don’t deserve to serve the taxpayers of this state, they shouldn’t be there in the first place.
Our elected officials, especially our selectmen, described
by all at the meeting as the duly
constituted assessors in each
town, will, I hope be called to
account at the next town meetings all across the state.
We have only begun to see
the effects of the View Tax, and
there may be some we have not
even thought about, like it’s
View Tax --------------------(Continued on Page 13)
Letters to the Editor
There are other political parties
To the Editor:
We DO have a choice! Do you
know that there are other political
parties
besides
the
Democratic and Republican parties?
A political party that I just
learned about, though it’s been
in existence for 14 years, is the
Constitution Party. It is headquartered in Lancaster, Penn.,
(23 N. Lime Street) and its
chairman is James Clymer. The
NH state contact is Lee Button
at 603-736-9621.
So, what is their party’s philosophy? It has a Biblicallybased, Constitutional foundation.
The Constitution Party was
founded by people concerned
with America’s moral decadence, its out-of-control judiciary, the greater and greater
infringement
on
our
Constitutionally-guaranteed
freedoms, the influx of millions
of illegal immigrants—some of
them criminals and terrorists,
the abuse of power by those at
all levels of federal governments, etc.
The Constitution Party is
committed to providing tools at
the local and state levels. These
tools include instructional manuals, candidate training seminars, and “in the field” assistance.
They are holding a National
Committee meeting of the
Constitution Party on December
1 and 2 in Concord, at the
Courtyard Marriot Hotel (70
Constitution Ave.). Please call
Lee Button for further details
and for other information about
the Party. You can also check
out their website at www.constitutionparty.com.
At the meeting they will be
having great speakers – Alan
Keyes,
Jerome
Corsi,
Constitution Party founder
Howard Phillips, Tom Abrose,
etc.
A vote for the Constitution
Party is a vote for the Constitution. Think 2008!!! Check
them out!
Henrietta Moineau
Lancaster
Proud to be a voice of the North Country
To The Voters of Coos
District 2,
It is with enthusiasm, determination, and humility that I
now can truly be a voice of the
North Country, representing my
Constituents at the State House
in Concord. Thank you for your
confidence in me and for giving
me the opportunity to help
make the North Country a
healthier place to live. I am committed to working hard and
helping to achieve the goals
which were the foundation of my
campaign pledge, and I will
remain accountable to the people who have put their trust in
me.
So many people deserve to be
recognized for their constant
support, and faith in my ability
to be a good Representative. It
was truly a team effort, comprised of people who really care
about the North Country. I
would not have been able to
achieve this honor without
them, and I am deeply grateful…for the use of the lawns
that displayed my signs, the
hours stamping and labeling
post cards, the hosting of “meet
the candidates” gatherings, the
holding of signs on wet, windy
days, providing warm fluids and
light sustenance on cold days,
the use of office space, and the
words of wisdom, to mention a
few. I wish to acknowledge and
thank Lucy Wyman for the common goals she shared with us,
and her ongoing efforts to
Voice of NC ----------------(Continued on Page 5)
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