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<strong>The</strong><br />
Free<br />
<strong>Hebronian</strong><br />
<strong>Volume</strong> 7, <strong>Issue</strong> 3 For and About Hebron <strong>December</strong> 1, <strong>2008</strong><br />
Testimonies Gets Green Light from State<br />
Filming to Begin May 2009<br />
Matthew Troy wrote the script for Testimonies<br />
of a Quiet New England Town, and will direct<br />
the film in May 2009, thanks to a Culture and<br />
Tourism Special Initiative Grant awarded to<br />
Hebron Historical Society in early November.<br />
After two years of<br />
applying for numerous<br />
grants, the<br />
quest for funding<br />
to produce Testimonies<br />
of a Quiet New<br />
England Town, written<br />
and directed by<br />
Matthew Troy, has<br />
reached a successful<br />
conclusion.<br />
On November 10,<br />
the Hebron Historical<br />
Society was<br />
notified that it’s most recent Special Initiative Grant (SIG) application<br />
for Testimonies had received a thumbs-up. <strong>The</strong> Connecticut<br />
Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCT) approved a $50,000<br />
budget for the pre-production, production, and post-production<br />
costs needed for the film.<br />
“We’re grateful and humbled by CCT’s support for this project,”<br />
said Donna McCalla, who will be producing the film on behalf of<br />
the Society. “This grant is in addition to a previous Culture Tourism<br />
Partnership grant which was used to launch the website promoting<br />
the film, and a May <strong>2008</strong> Special Initiative Grant to hire an Executive<br />
Producer and a Certified Historian.”<br />
Five-time Emmy Award winner Karyl Evans, a<br />
well-known producer of films on Connecticut<br />
history and Connecticut slavery, will serve as<br />
Executive Producer of Testimonies.<br />
Using those previous<br />
grant funds,<br />
McCalla and Troy<br />
met with 5-time<br />
Emmy Award winner<br />
Karyl Evans,<br />
who agreed in June<br />
to serve as Executive<br />
Producer. Evans<br />
is best known for<br />
her work with Steven<br />
Spielberg on<br />
<strong>The</strong> Amistad; she<br />
has also produced<br />
numerous films relating to Connecticut slavery and Connecticut<br />
history, including her most recent documentary on New Haven’s<br />
Grove Street Cemetery.<br />
Evans will be working on production details and casting, which is<br />
scheduled to take place in New York and Hebron during January<br />
2009. At this time, there are six primary speaking roles slated for<br />
the film, and approximately 30 roles as extras. Casting calls for<br />
actors will be publicized in a variety of media outlets in <strong>December</strong><br />
and January.<br />
In early November,<br />
Gregory Farmer,<br />
Circuit Rider for<br />
<strong>The</strong> Connecticut<br />
Trust and the National<br />
Park Service<br />
and Principal<br />
Owner of Agricola<br />
Corporation in Chicopee,<br />
MA, agreed<br />
to serve as Certified<br />
Historian for<br />
the project. Farmer<br />
brings a solid background<br />
in historical<br />
preservation and<br />
Gregory Farmer, Principal Owner of Agricola<br />
Corporation and Circuit Rider for Connecticut<br />
Trust for Historic Preservation, has agreed to<br />
be Certified Historian for the film project.<br />
Farmer brings decades of experience to<br />
Testimonies.<br />
analysis to the team. As Certified Historian, he will review the<br />
script for accuracy and provide consultative services on the film’s<br />
costuming and properties.<br />
Significant corporate grants supporting the film have also been<br />
received as a result of the efforts of Society members Mary Melfi<br />
(United Technologies) and Lynn Schroder (ING).<br />
Using flashback techniques, Testimonies focuses on the first trial Cesar<br />
and Lowis Peters faced following their attempted seizure by South<br />
Carolinian David Prior and his gang of slave traders. Troy emphasizes<br />
the drama of just one day – September 27, 1787 – to illustrate the<br />
moral conflict many colonists felt immediately after the Revolutionary<br />
War and their struggle for freedom from England and the issue<br />
of slavery. How could men fighting for the notion of “freedom for<br />
all” condone the existence of slavery in their very midst<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> continued <strong>2008</strong> on <strong>Page</strong> page 18
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 3
Advice on Taming Unruly Computers<br />
by Allen Stein<br />
Seven Rules To Follow When Buying a New Computer – [Revised<br />
again because technology is constantly changing]<br />
<strong>The</strong> holiday season is just about here and many people buy computers<br />
for others and themselves. If you are planning on buying a new<br />
computer, take a few minutes and read this article.<br />
It all started with an email from one of our radio listeners asking “I’m<br />
thinking of buying a new computer, can you give me some guidance<br />
<strong>The</strong> ads are confusing and it is very hard to compare” - (Bill from<br />
Lebanon).<br />
Bill is just one of the people who have asked us this question; this is<br />
one of our most asked questions. “How to Buy a Computer” has been<br />
a topic more than once on our weekly radio show and I’ve had a few<br />
columns answering the question.<br />
First of all we recommend an Intel dual chip for desktops. If you are<br />
buying a notebook, we recommend the Centrino Duo that integrates<br />
the processor with advanced wireless networking and there is more<br />
memory on the chip to speed up processing. <strong>The</strong> Centrino Duo also<br />
has special features built into it allowing it to use less power than<br />
traditional chips. Less power use equals less heat produced thereby<br />
increasing battery time and overall life of the components; these benefits<br />
are important with laptops. Enemy number one of all computers<br />
is heat. <strong>The</strong> less heat the longer its life.<br />
Celerons are used on budget computers. Intel manufactures both the<br />
Core 2 Duo and Celeron Dual Core processors. <strong>The</strong> Intel Core 2 Duo<br />
will work faster than the Intel Celeron Dual Core because the Core<br />
2 Duo has more memory on its chip (this type of memory is called<br />
“cache,” and increases the cost). <strong>The</strong> Intel Celeron Dual Core will be<br />
less money. In our opinion, the money you save with a budget computer<br />
may not be the best investment in the “long run.” <strong>The</strong> service life of a<br />
budget computer is about 2 years at most. Getting a better computer<br />
such as a middle-of-the-road model will last you 4 to 5 years.<br />
Second, we recommend Windows VISTA Home Premium for most<br />
all home users and VISTA Business for business users. VISTA Business<br />
is designed for organizations that have a Microsoft network with a<br />
domain. Home networks will work fine with VISTA Home Premium.<br />
Budget computers will perform best with Windows VISTA Basic<br />
which offers very little innovation. VISTA Ultimate provides all of<br />
the features and functions of the operating system; power users may<br />
opt to purchase it. Our technicians recommend XP over VISTA for<br />
many users. A professional service center like <strong>The</strong> Computer Tamers<br />
can still provide XP on a new computer. You may want to consult<br />
with a technician to determine if VISTA is best for you.<br />
Third, your new computer should have at least 1GIG of RAM to run<br />
Windows VISTA.<br />
Anything less will slow down your system when it works on multiple<br />
tasks. We Tamers suggest getting 2GIG of RAM to get the most out<br />
of Microsoft VISTA and this will speed up the computer. 512MB or<br />
1GIG is more than enough RAM for XP.<br />
Fourth, we recommend for desktops a minimum of a 100GIG hard<br />
drive and suggest getting a 250GIG hard drive especially if you are<br />
going to do digital photography, music, and video. For laptops 80-200<br />
GIGS is fine. It makes good sense to keep your personal data on your<br />
hard drive as long as you back it up on a regular basis. Hard drive<br />
storage has come down in price and we Tamers think when it comes<br />
to hard drives, bigger is better so that you’ll have enough space for<br />
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Fifth, we suggest a CDRW drive so that you can copy data and music to<br />
CD’s. This is a drive that permits you to write audio and data CD’s. A<br />
CDRW is a cost-effective backup device as well. Consider a DVDRW<br />
so that you can write DVD’s and CD’s with the same drive especially<br />
if you plan to do video, audio or have large amounts of information<br />
to write and save. Also buy a USB “thumb” drive for backup – a 4 or<br />
8 GIG one will serve your needs for a long time.<br />
Sixth, this rule is often overlooked by computer buyers, yet it is an<br />
important one.<br />
When you buy your new desktop computer include a UPS backup unit<br />
to protect your computer from electrical surges and brownouts. UPS<br />
means Uninterrupable Power Supply. A small UPS is about $60 - $70<br />
and it is well worth the money. An inexpensive<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 4<br />
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there are many interruptions in power and browning. Laptops are<br />
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Seventh, buy your next computer from a store that includes setup and<br />
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try to do the setup and installation themselves and they spend many<br />
frustrating hours and often end-up with an unprotected computer<br />
that can be easily compromised while on the Internet. An unprotected<br />
computer is “red meat” on the Internet for viruses, Trojans, and spyware<br />
infections. A local computer store like the Computer Tamers can also<br />
copy your important data, pictures and music from your old computer<br />
to your new one as part of the initial setup. This is a valuable service<br />
that can save you a lot of time.<br />
Here is a summary of the seven rules to follow when you buy a new<br />
computer:<br />
1.<br />
2.<br />
3.<br />
4.<br />
5.<br />
6.<br />
7.<br />
Intel Core 2 Duo for a desktop, Intel Centrino Duo for a notebook/laptop,<br />
or budget computer with a dual-core Celeron<br />
(remember a budget computer will not serve you as long as one<br />
that is better equipped with the latest technology)<br />
Windows VISTA Home Premium for home use; Windows VISTA<br />
Business for businesses and Windows VISTA Basic for budget<br />
computers<br />
1 GIG of RAM at a minimum – better 2 GIGS<br />
100 to 250GIG hard drive for desktops, and 80 to 100 for<br />
laptops<br />
Definitely include a CDRW and consider a DVDRW to write<br />
DVD’s<br />
Buy a UPS backup unit for your new desktop computer – this<br />
is important!<br />
Get setup and service with your new computer from a dependable<br />
local computer service center like the Computer Tamers – this will<br />
save you hours of time and reduce your frustrations<br />
If you follow these seven rules, you will be happier with your new<br />
computer and it will serve you for many years to come.<br />
Allen is one of the Computer Tamers heard every Wednesday after the 5<br />
o’clock news on WILI AM 14 and you can learn more about getting your<br />
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beware, the Computer Tamers are here!<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 5
HOLIDAY CONCERT TO BENEFIT<br />
HEBRON COMMUNITY<br />
by Ronald Miner Hughes<br />
Local<br />
Talk Radio<br />
Monday Thru<br />
Saturday<br />
Morning Guest<br />
Wayne Norman<br />
Mon - Fri 6 - 10 am<br />
Best of Wayne<br />
Wayne Norman<br />
Mon 5:10 - 6 pm<br />
Business Outlook<br />
Roger Adams<br />
Tues 5:10 - 5:30 pm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Neighborhood<br />
Hannah and Bruce Clements<br />
Tues 5:30 - 6 pm<br />
Computer Tamers<br />
Allen, Jaison & Mish Stein<br />
Wed 5:10 - 6 pm<br />
Republic Forum<br />
Alan Giordano<br />
John Monaghan<br />
Thurs 5:10 - 6 pm<br />
Let’s Talk About It<br />
Dennis O’Brien<br />
Susan Johnson<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 6<br />
Taking a bow with Conductor after one of many<br />
performances with New Britain Symphony Orchestra<br />
He’s a new face in town to<br />
most in Hebron and Gilead,<br />
but a celebrated icon in<br />
Connecticut. Jason Castonguay,<br />
Concert Pianist<br />
and Vocalist will perform<br />
a benefit Holiday Concert<br />
open to the public at St.<br />
Peter’s Church in Hebron<br />
at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, <strong>December</strong><br />
14 th . Attendees<br />
will have the opportunity<br />
to make donations that<br />
will benefit programs for<br />
the needy sponsored by<br />
Hebron Interfaith Human<br />
Services program. All proceeds will benefit those Hebron residents who qualify<br />
for assistance with such needs as fuel oil and food supplies.<br />
Jason, who has been a Gilead resident for over a year now, recently characterized<br />
living in Gilead as, “…like living in paradise.” It is the hometown of his<br />
promotional assistant, Ronald Miner Hughes, and Jason reports feeling like he’s<br />
lived here all of his life.<br />
Blind since birth due to Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), Jason began playing<br />
familiar tunes at the age of 3, began formal classical lessons at the age of 4, and by<br />
13 began Jazz lessons. In High School, Jason played and sang with Madrigal and<br />
Concert Choirs, began playing for many public and private events, and continued<br />
to take classical lessons at the Hartt School of Music of the University of Hartford.<br />
At Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) Jason earned a Bachelor of Arts<br />
degree in music performance (Jazz Studies) and in Management Information<br />
Systems (computer technology). At CCSU he entered the Jazz Studies program<br />
in addition to his classical piano study.<br />
During his college years, Jason developed his jazz skills in jazz ensembles and<br />
jazz combos, and performed extensively, during and after college, with the New<br />
Britain Symphony Orchestra as a featured performer in the annual Young People’s<br />
Concerts and Holiday Pops Concerts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1 st “Connecticut Idol”, Jason in 2004 won the first FOX-TV “Connecticut<br />
Idol” title and was featured in newspapers and interviewed on TV stations—<br />
appearing daily for weeks on FOX-TV, the station that flew him to Las Vegas to<br />
audition for the pop show, “American Idol.” <strong>The</strong>re, an audience of over 9,000<br />
stood and cheered when he won auditions to the top level. Although executive<br />
producers lauded his impressive talent, they pondered for some time before<br />
concluding that his “stage image” might not be quite what they wanted. Had he<br />
gone any further with the TV show, it would have cost him the more appropriate<br />
audition that better captured not only his vocal talent, but his extraordinary and<br />
versatile piano talent—that was for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra where he<br />
won the “Search for A Star” competition and performed with the HSO at the<br />
Hartford Bushnell auditorium before an audience of some 2,500 people who were<br />
dazzled. One of the Bushnell employees remarked, “I’ve worked at the Bushnell<br />
for many years and I can honestly say yours was the best performance I’ve ever<br />
heard!” Since that time, Jason has performed again in Las Vegas, NV; Jacksonville<br />
FL; St. Louis, MO; and in <strong>2008</strong> he performed in Kentucky and Alaska.<br />
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Every Thursday and Friday evening, Jason performs at Cavey’s Restaurant<br />
in Manchester and enjoys an increasing crowd of fans. Jason<br />
was honored twice last year in the Journal Inquirer newspaper. One<br />
feature article, “Manchester’s Maestro” stated, “…We are not bereft<br />
of sophistication…east of the river—we don’t mean only the Connecticut<br />
but also the Hudson…now we’ve gone a step further—the<br />
Café Carlisle, the home of Bobby Short, Eartha Kitt, and other famous<br />
entertainers, but those who have enjoyed its supper club need no longer<br />
head for the big city…Cavey’s now features Jason Castonguay, piano<br />
playing chanteur. He is creating a sophisticated atmosphere that need<br />
not take a back seat to his big city rivals…he not only holds his own<br />
against big city competition, but…puts Big City competition to shame.<br />
Castonguay provides an evening of musical pleasure that allows us to<br />
stay home in these green suburbs and enjoy everything our big city<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 7
continued from page 1<br />
Carol A. Taylor’s pen and ink drawing in John Sibun’s Our Town’s<br />
Heritage: Hebron, CT 1708-1958 drew the attention of many local<br />
and state residents to the Cesar and Lowis Peters story.<br />
Following their rescue by Hebron neighbors, a faux trial was necessary<br />
in order to “sentence” the slaves to a length of servitude, thus making<br />
them “unavailable” for transport to the South for a long period of time.<br />
Central to the story is the role of Elijah Graves, the local tailor pressured<br />
to lie about Cesar’s purported theft of clothes. Lying in the 18 th<br />
century, of course, was an unpardonable sin, carrying both religious,<br />
legal and social repercussions.<br />
Hebron’s rescue of Cesar and Lowis Peters and their eight children<br />
is the earliest documented evidence of abolitionist action in Connecticut.<br />
It predates the Prudence Crandall story by 46 years, the<br />
Amistad story by 52 years, and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s<br />
Cabin by 65 years.<br />
Part of this latest SIG grant includes hiring an educational resource<br />
consultant, who will determine the most logical and appropriate way<br />
to include the film in the current curriculum approved by the Connecticut<br />
Department of Education.<br />
“It does no good to widely promote and distribute the film to schools<br />
if we can’t demonstrate to teachers and administrators how it fits into<br />
the approved curriculum,” said McCalla. “We hope to hire someone<br />
who is intimately familiar with the curriculum approval process…<br />
someone who will work with us to ensure the film’s message reaches<br />
the most viewers.”<br />
In addition to the state and corporate grants that have been received,<br />
the Historical Society has been working for over a year to raise funds<br />
for their share of the film costs. In addition, almost $30,000 in “In<br />
Kind Services” have been raised. “What began as an $8,000 film short<br />
has grown into an almost $100,000 project,” said Troy. “It’s exciting<br />
to know that this significant piece of Hebron history has the support<br />
of so many local residents and state organizations.”<br />
Testimonies is scheduled to begin filming in Hebron and surrounding<br />
locations from May 22 through May 29, 2009. It will be shot entirely<br />
in 16mm format, which is considerably more expensive – but offering<br />
a much higher quality – than videotape. Troy’s professional colleagues<br />
at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts have volunteered<br />
their production services on the film, significantly reducing the costs<br />
of the project.<br />
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and emphasizing the importance of independent film producers in CT.<br />
Following its premiere, the film will be offered to CPTV and entered<br />
into a number of significant film competitions.<br />
Testimonies of a Quiet New England Town is currently scheduled for<br />
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This is one of those personal stories that’s simply too good not to share.<br />
My closest friends know that I HATE EBAY! That’s because over the<br />
past couple of years I’ve been trying to “buy back” Hebron artifacts<br />
on EBay and donate them to the Hebron Historical Society. I’ve<br />
shed many tears over losing some real treasures, but the corker was<br />
earlier this year – April 2 to be exact – when, at $200, I finally had<br />
to stop bidding on a wonderful Benjamin Trumbull love letter. <strong>The</strong><br />
letter ultimately sold for $472, and all I could do was kick myself for<br />
pursuing a history degree 40 years ago, turning my nose up at those<br />
Wichita State University students who knew business and accounting<br />
would give them a far more lucrative future – and the financial means<br />
to buy a single letter for $472. Ah, but those were the 60’s and all the<br />
ideals we had back then… love, peace, and history degrees….<br />
Former Connecticut resident Linda Pingel (right) now enjoys bright<br />
sunny days on Texas beaches with her daughter Amy and granddaughter<br />
Brianna. Linda recently repurchased 87 letters to the Hebron Board of<br />
Selectmen, all of which are over 150 years old, and turned them over to<br />
Hebron Historical Society.<br />
Back to EBay. After the Trumbull letter episode,<br />
I swore I’d never do that to myself again. I felt<br />
the letter “L” permanently tattooed on my forehead.<br />
I was convinced that everyone in town<br />
knew I was bidding on that letter… and had<br />
lost it. I felt I had let the Historical Society and<br />
Hebron down. No doubt that precious letter is<br />
now stuffed in some drawer in Dubai.<br />
In late September, I got an email from Bryan<br />
Bentz of Stonington, someone I didn’t know,<br />
letting me know there was a collection of early<br />
19 th century letters addressed to the Hebron<br />
Board of Selectmen located under the “Stamps”<br />
category on (where else) EBay. I checked it<br />
out, and he was right; they were amazing letters.<br />
I have no clue how they had ended up in<br />
Florida (the seller’s location).<br />
So, taking a deep breath, I once again jumped<br />
on that fast-moving EBay train. And once<br />
again, I stopped when the bidding exceeded my<br />
$200 limit, heartbroken one more time.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 10<br />
Hebron History Comes Home Through EBay<br />
By Donna McCalla<br />
That same night, I got a call from Texas! “That’s odd,” I thought as I<br />
saw the area code on Caller ID, “who do I know in Texas anymore”<br />
It was a woman named Linda Pingel, and she too had received an<br />
email from Bentz about the letters. She was determined to “win” the<br />
letters and return them to Hebron.<br />
As it turns out, Pingel, a native Nutmegger from Rockville, is the<br />
Hebron genealogy webmaster for an internet project called USGen-<br />
Web. USGenWeb is a network of volunteers consisting of webmasters<br />
who design and maintain the web content, contributors who submit<br />
material to the webmasters, and transcribers who turn the data into a<br />
usable format. <strong>The</strong> project is dedicated to free genealogy for all researchers.<br />
You can learn more about the Connecticut aspects of the project<br />
at www.ctgenweb.org. Hebron-specific genealogy can be found at<br />
Linda’s site, www.rockvillemama.com/hebronct.htm, which contains<br />
a wealth of information.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final bidding day was on Saturday, September 27. I was online<br />
watching all the activity and the usual last minute bids. Linda was in<br />
there frantically bidding to the bitter end. Suddenly a bid for $481<br />
came in at the final second from a brand new bidder, and the letters<br />
were lost.<br />
Or so I thought. I obviously didn’t know my new friend from Texas<br />
very well!<br />
Not willing to give up, Linda contacted the winning bidder, Jim<br />
Bedigian of Massachusetts, a few days later. “After you look at the<br />
collection, would you be willing to sell back any of the letters you don’t<br />
want” she asked. “We’d like to see Hebron history come home.”<br />
Once he received the collection, Bedigian found that he was only interested<br />
in 20 of the letters, 16 of which related to Hebron, and agreed<br />
to sell the remaining 87 letters to Linda for an undisclosed amount.<br />
He also agreed to scan those letters he kept, and email them to the<br />
Historical Society for its archives, which he has since done.<br />
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When the heavily insured collection arrived, I was shocked: first, by<br />
the quality of the letters (they are extremely well-preserved; the ink is<br />
sharp and the paper is in superb condition despite a few holes from the<br />
old wax seals), and second, by the content. Almost all of them deal<br />
with Hebron residents living in other towns “on expense.” <strong>The</strong>y are<br />
primarily demand letters to the Selectmen for support payments for<br />
those who had left Hebron and were receiving food, shelter and other<br />
forms of welfare in neighboring towns. <strong>The</strong> letters paint an expansive<br />
and vivid picture of Connecticut – and Hebron – life in the mid 19 th<br />
century, and the trials and tribulations of so many. It will make a great<br />
story, one that has never before been written.<br />
Recently I asked Linda: “Why were you SO persistent in getting those<br />
letters back” Her answer was simple: “Although history belongs to<br />
all of us, I believe that historical documents belong to the source of<br />
their content ... so that the content can be shared freely with those<br />
who might relate to that history. Just one clue – for one person – in<br />
all of those letters could result in a wonderful discovery of someone’s<br />
ancestral line.”<br />
“To me, those letters are priceless and I am pleased that the Historical<br />
Society is going to display them for all to see. I plan to also put the images<br />
of the letters on my Hebron web site so that researchers in all states<br />
can view them and perhaps find a missing link,” she continued.<br />
So this EBay saga ends on a positive note with the unlikely meeting of<br />
two women – one who left Connecticut and landed in Texas, one who<br />
left Texas and landed in Connecticut – who shared the singular goal<br />
of buying a bunch of old letters. And in the end, thanks to Linda’s<br />
gutsiness, extremely valuable pieces of Hebron history have come<br />
home. I may even try EBay again…<br />
For all of you genealogists, the letters in their entirety will be scanned<br />
and placed on the Hebron Historical Society’s website, www.Hebron-<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 11
Auction Raises Money for AHM – New Fundraiser Also Announced<br />
Celebrity auctioneer Bruce Ingraham<br />
of Coventry used his characteristic<br />
humor during AHM’s annual auction of<br />
goods and services. Here, he is assisted by<br />
Nick Aubin, one of several AHM volunteers<br />
demonstrating items donated to the annual<br />
event.<br />
Like many non-profit<br />
organizations throughout<br />
Connecticut, AHM<br />
Youth and Family Services<br />
is feeling the pinch of<br />
today’s sliding economy.<br />
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AHM Executive Director,<br />
Joel Rosenberg, to<br />
work harder and keep the<br />
AHM doors open.<br />
On Saturday, October<br />
18, AHM held its annual<br />
live auction of arts, antiques,<br />
goods, and services<br />
at their organization’s<br />
facilities on Pendleton<br />
Drive. Celebrity auctioneer Bruce Ingraham was again on hand to<br />
lead the bidding with his characteristic good humor.<br />
“At a time of such great economic uncertainty, it was reassuring to see<br />
people coming together to support AHM,” said Rosenberg.<br />
Enjoying the many delicious desserts provided by AHM volunteers,<br />
participants eagerly bid on the 120 items, including handmade quilts<br />
and throws, original art pieces, monthly cookie deliveries, Skybox<br />
tickets to a UCONN basketball game and a Hartford Wolfpack hockey<br />
game, Bushnell performances, Halloween pumpkin arrangements,<br />
antique furniture, vacations, home-cooked meals, restaurant gift<br />
certificates, front row seats to Quest for Home and the RHAM 2009<br />
graduation, season passes to RHAM sports and arts events, and much<br />
more. <strong>The</strong> basket silent auctions were also a great hit.<br />
“We set a very high goal of raising $13,500,” said Rosenberg. “But these<br />
are difficult times, and we knew it would be hard to reach that figure.<br />
Fortunately, AHM has a dedicated committee of auction volunteers,<br />
donors and participants. <strong>The</strong> quality of the donated items and the<br />
response from patrons who attended this fundraiser contributed to the<br />
overall success of the auction. At the end of the night, we had raised<br />
$11,200, and we were overjoyed!”<br />
AHM’s next fundraiser was recently announced, and Rosenberg is<br />
hoping again for the support of area residents.<br />
“We’re inviting people to honor someone special in their life with a<br />
donation that pays tribute to this extraordinary individual,” he said.<br />
“Honor a family member, teacher, coach, friend, employee, customer,<br />
valued business contacts and more with a gift to AHM Youth and<br />
Family Services.”<br />
Rosenberg wants everyone to know that their tax deductible gift can<br />
be directed either to support current AHM programs, or it can be<br />
placed into the AHM Children’s Trust Fund, where it will remain for<br />
perpetuity. “AHM will send out a personalized letter on your behalf,<br />
along with a certificate to the person you honor,” he said.<br />
You can learn more about this holiday fundraiser at their website, www.<br />
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AHM Celebrates Twenty Fifth Anniversary<br />
October <strong>2008</strong> will mark the Twenty Fifth Anniversary for Andover,<br />
Hebron, Marlborough (AHM) Youth and Family Services. To mark<br />
the milestone, several parties are being planned by the AHM Board<br />
of Directors and members of the youth services staff. <strong>The</strong> first event<br />
will be a celebration for the youth in middle and high school from the<br />
towns of Andover, Hebron and Marlborough. A Teen Center party<br />
will be held in the AHM Performing Arts Center on Friday evening<br />
September 19 th starting at 6:00 – 8:00 PM. <strong>The</strong>re will be live music,<br />
food and beverages. Reverend Denise Esslinger, the pastor from the<br />
Gilead Congregational Church and a member of the AHM Board of<br />
Directors will co-host the party with Lindsey Karsmarski, the Teen<br />
Center Coordinator. <strong>The</strong> teen party is made possible through the<br />
generous support of the Forever Young Foundation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second event will celebrate family life in the regional community.<br />
It will be a Twenty Fifth Birthday party for AHM. Activities at the<br />
family party will feature movement, dance, and drumming. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
will also be food and beverages. AHM Board Members Heidi Byrne<br />
and Brenda Bula along with Becky Murray and Laurie Larsen from<br />
the AHM Family Resource Center will host the family celebration.<br />
This event will be held in the AHM Performing Arts Center on Friday<br />
evening October 3 rd starting at 5:45 PM. and is made possible through<br />
the generous support of the Marlborough Moms Club.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final celebration will recognize the contributions that members<br />
of the communities of Andover, Hebron, and Marlborough have<br />
made to youth services over the last twenty five years. This event will<br />
take place on Friday October 24 th in the AHM Performing Arts Hall.<br />
Special proclamations will be read by state leaders recognizing the<br />
Twenty Fifth Anniversary of youth services for the Towns of Andover,<br />
Hebron, and Marlborough Connecticut. A short film produced by<br />
RHAM High School graduate Ms. Dana Lovallo will be shown. <strong>The</strong><br />
short film looks back at 25 years of youth service for the Towns of<br />
Andover, Hebron, and Marlborough. Robin Lane from the AHM<br />
Board of Directors and Joel Rosenberg AHM’s Executive Director will<br />
co-host the final celebration. AHM Board members are sponsoring<br />
this final celebration.<br />
For anyone wishing to attend any of the three celebrations please call<br />
to RSVP at the AHM offices at 228-9488.<br />
<strong>The</strong> perfect Holiday Gift from AHM Youth and Family Services!<br />
We invite you to honor someone special in your life with a donation that pays tribute to this extraordinary individual. Honor a family member,<br />
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Honoree Name _ ______________________________________ Relation to Donor ________________________________________<br />
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Honoree Address<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 13
<strong>The</strong> History of Gospel<br />
by Rev. Fred Shapiro<br />
Note that Americans have always understood the necessity of a special<br />
day to give thanks. But a specific day was not officially set until 1941,<br />
when Congress voted the fourth Thursday in November would be a<br />
holiday of Thanksgiving.<br />
This month’s Gospel Record looks at the history of two Thanksgiving<br />
hymns.<br />
Come Ye Thankful People Come- Henry Alford<br />
When Henry Alford was 16, he wrote a statement of faith in the front<br />
of his Bible:<br />
“I do this day, in the presence of God and my own soul, renew my<br />
covenant with God and solemnly determine henceforth to become<br />
His, and to do His work as far as in me lies.”<br />
Alford was born in London, England, on Oct. 7, 1810. He was<br />
nurtured by Christian parents and influenced by his grandfather- an<br />
Anglican clergyman.<br />
Upon graduation from Trinity College, Cambridge, he began his public<br />
ministry in London as theologian, poet and musician. Dr. Alford was<br />
eventually appointed Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, known as the<br />
“mother-church” of England. His death in 1871 at age sixty-one left<br />
a void in the hearts of many people whom God had touched through<br />
his ministry, however he left the world a memorable hymn- Come Ye<br />
Thankful People Come.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hymn was written in order to invite people to celebrate the faithfulness<br />
of God through the beauty of the English countryside during<br />
Harvest as is displayed in the songs first verse. “Come ye thankful<br />
people, come, Raise the song of harvest home. All is safely gathered<br />
in, Ere the winter storms begin.”<br />
We Gather Together- music by Edward Kremser, lyrics anonymous<br />
We Gather Together” is a traditional Dutch hymn that was written<br />
at the end of the 16th century. Initially, the singing of this hymn<br />
was limited to the Dutch people. However In 1877, the lyrics were<br />
discovered by Edward Kremser.<br />
In order to truly appreciate the hymn, it is necessary to know its<br />
historical background. For many years, Holland had been under the<br />
scourge of Spain. In 1576, Antwerp was captured and sacked by the<br />
Spanish armies. Nine years later, it was captured again by the Spanish<br />
and all Protestant were exiled.<br />
Many other Dutch cities suffered similar fates. William the Silent,<br />
one of the revered leaders of the struggle against Spain was eventually<br />
murdered by a Catholic assassin. His youngest son, Frederick Henry,<br />
Prince of Orange, assumed the leadership for more than a quarter<br />
century. His rule was the great golden age of prosperity where rich<br />
culture developed throughout Holland.<br />
Commerce was expanded, and this was the period of great Dutch art,<br />
with such prominent painters as Rembrandt and Vermeer. In 1648,<br />
the Spanish endeavors to control Holland were finally destroyed beyond<br />
recovery.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se historical events can be seen from the references within the<br />
hymn’s text that God will continue to defend:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,”<br />
(in first stanza)<br />
“so from the beginning the fight we were winning,”<br />
(in second stanza)<br />
“and pray that Thou still our defender will be.”<br />
(in final stanza)<br />
Edward Kremser who found the hymn and composed wrote the music<br />
was born on April 10, 1838, in Vienna, Austria, and died there on<br />
November 27, 1914. He was a choral director, composer and publisher<br />
of vocal and instrumental works.<br />
<strong>The</strong> English translator of this text, <strong>The</strong>odore Baker, was born in New<br />
York City on June 3, 1851. He was highly respected as a music researcher.<br />
His famous Biograpical Dictionary of Musicians, became an<br />
authoritative reference book for all serious students of music. From<br />
1892 to 1926, Baker served as literary editor for the G. Schirmer<br />
Music Company. Upon his retirement, Baker returned to Germany,<br />
where he had received his earlier musical training. He died in Dresden,<br />
Germany, on October 13, 1934.<br />
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Hebron Artists Show: A New Annual Event<br />
overheard or directed to me, were positive. <strong>The</strong> artists were amazed<br />
with the out pouring of support by the community and enjoyed sharing<br />
their talents with each other as well as their neighbors.”<br />
State Representative Pam Sawyer, who also attended the event, noted<br />
that “<strong>The</strong> local artists from across town displayed remarkable collections<br />
of unique pieces of art, and from so many different mediums. <strong>The</strong><br />
variety made this local show extraordinary. What a delightful event!”<br />
Local artists Jonnie and Pat Lujan displayed their Native American<br />
artwork at the Artists Show, and were one of the 10 exhibitors located<br />
at Old Town Hall. Pat is a photographer, and Jonnie is an artist.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hebron Artists Show, held November 1, was so successful that<br />
talk is in the air for holding the event on an annual basis.<br />
Held at Old Town Hall and the Douglas Library, the show was the last<br />
scheduled event planned by the Hebron 300 th Committee celebrating<br />
the town’s anniversary of incorporation in 1708.<br />
Thirty-two artists participated in the event: Neal Alderman, Randy<br />
Anagnostis, Lety Bell, John Chesnes, Phyllis Christy, Stephanie<br />
Custance, Kimberly Dorval, Catherine Haugh, Lilly Humphrey,<br />
Diane Lally, Valerie Lavake, Marsha Lodge, Jonnie Lujan, Pat<br />
Lujan, Lynda McMahon, Jim Mirakian, Kathleen Monroe, Jill<br />
Pandolfi, Chuck Paprzyca, Judith Podell, Donna Raheb, Shari<br />
Reveron, Susan Santillo, Michele Sinkez, John Soderberg, Tom<br />
Stevenson, Linda Stevenson, Lucy Szwed, Dorothy Taggart, Kari<br />
Tew, Dawn Tyler, and Larry Zimmerman.<br />
In addition, four studios<br />
were also opened<br />
to the public: Wythe<br />
St u d i o , A r t i s a n<br />
Framing & Gallery,<br />
Gilead Congregational<br />
Church, and<br />
Golden Egg Studio.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hebron 300 th Committee Chairman, Peter Moon, was also on<br />
hand to direct visitors to the various exhibitions. “When my wife<br />
Dottie and I arrived, the library parking lot was almost all full, as<br />
well as the American Legion parking, too!,” said Moon. “That was a<br />
very good sign! We went in early to the library, knowing we would<br />
be working the afternoon at the Old Town Hall - which held another<br />
ten artists. <strong>The</strong> lower meeting floor of the library was entirely covered<br />
with 20 exhibitors - some I even knew!”<br />
Following the event, a reception for the artists was held at the American<br />
Legion. “Most of the artists stayed and shared stories about the<br />
day’s events,” said Moon. And that’s when talk began about a repeat<br />
performance.<br />
“People commented that they would like to see this become an annual<br />
event and actually started making plans to form a group to make this<br />
happen,” said Pomprowicz. “I was so proud to take part in organizing<br />
this event.”<br />
Children from the Hebron Center Nursery School celebrated Halloween<br />
in style. Parents were invited to see a show by the children followed<br />
by a parade around the school and spooky fun for all.<br />
Donna Raheb was one of 20 exhibitors at the<br />
Douglas Library during the recent Hebron<br />
Artists Show. Raheb had copies of her<br />
“Henrietta Ham” children’s book on hand, as<br />
well as other collectible Henrietta Ham items.<br />
Photographs courtesy of Carla Pomprowicz.<br />
Carla Pomprowicz<br />
took a leading role in<br />
organizing the event,<br />
and was extremely<br />
pleased with the outcome.<br />
“I think a good<br />
time was had by all,”<br />
she later said. “<strong>The</strong><br />
air was filled with<br />
good energy and excitement,<br />
and all the<br />
comments, whether<br />
Pumpkin Picking<br />
Children from Hebron Center Nursery School’s three year old program<br />
visited Hurst Farm. While exploring the farm, they met a variety of<br />
farm animals and picked pumpkins.<br />
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Quest for Home Receives Rave Reviews<br />
At the end of Saturday’s performance, the cast and crew of Quest for<br />
Home presented flowers and gift certificates to Karl Jancis, Director, and<br />
Donna McCalla, Producer. <strong>The</strong> now-historic pump/canon, autographed by<br />
all members, was donated to Hebron Historical Society.<br />
Quest for Home, which played to large audiences on November 7 and<br />
8 at RHAM Auditorium, is over.<br />
<strong>The</strong> historical drama featured 100 actors and production crew, and was<br />
a reprisal of Burton Moore’s 1958 play written in honor of Hebron’s<br />
250 th anniversary of incorporation. <strong>The</strong> <strong>2008</strong> version of Quest featured<br />
19 scenes in two acts; each scene was a vignette of Hebron history that<br />
Moore believed important. Only the final two scenes were written to<br />
make them more contemporary.<br />
Thanks to the support of<br />
the Connecticut Commission<br />
on Culture and Tourism,<br />
Quest was produced by<br />
Hebron Historical Society.<br />
Other partners in the Culture<br />
Tourism Partnership<br />
Grant (CPTG) awarded<br />
in June <strong>2008</strong> were RHAM<br />
Drama Club, Hebron Historic<br />
Properties Commission,<br />
and Patio Productions.<br />
Popular teacher and director Karl Jancis<br />
is shown here helping Jesse Kirsch, son<br />
of RHAM teacher Elizabeth Kirsch, get<br />
into character shortly before Jesse went<br />
onstage.<br />
<strong>The</strong> women’s dressing room at RHAM was<br />
often chaotic, but filled with enthusiastic<br />
members of the Quest for Home cast.<br />
Karl Jancis, Social Studies<br />
teacher for the RHAM<br />
Middle School Purple<br />
Team and a seasoned veteran<br />
of school productions,<br />
served as Director,<br />
and spent two months<br />
coaching and rehearsing<br />
with the actors. Because<br />
of the large number of actors<br />
and scenes, rehearsals<br />
were broken into three<br />
groups. With only a few<br />
exceptions, rehearsals were held every day after school beginning in<br />
September and on selected evenings and weekends.<br />
Other weekends drew in community volunteers who built the unique<br />
sets used in the play. “We could not have done this without the time and<br />
commitment of Joyce Moorcroft, Donna Dumaine, Michael Gifford,<br />
and Paula Verrier,” said Donna McCalla, who produced the play on<br />
behalf of the Society. Other people answering the call to build sets<br />
were Steven Goode, Jeff<br />
Gonci, T.J. McGuire, Kari<br />
Tew, Dan East, and David,<br />
Carolyn, Nick and Parker<br />
Aubin. “Don’t let Karl fool<br />
you,” said McCalla. “He’s<br />
a fantastic director, but<br />
he’s also one heck of a set<br />
builder!”<br />
Backdrops not physically<br />
built were recreated using<br />
a rear projection screen<br />
Stage Crew Manager Steven Goode<br />
(center) is surrounded by his production<br />
staff, from left clockwise, Jacob StJean,<br />
Amy Hetherington-Coy, Collin Fitzgerald,<br />
Colleen Sargent, and Kelsi Fochi.<br />
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“It was an amazing effort, and an amazing job by the students, teachers<br />
and community members who auditioned for the play,” said Jancis.<br />
With so many parts, everyone was guaranteed not one but three or<br />
more roles, speaking and non-speaking!<br />
“I’ve heard many positive things about Quest from many people, but<br />
what pleases me most is hearing that one special phrase – ‘I learned<br />
more about Hebron history from this play than I ever knew’ – and<br />
that was one of the Society’s key goals,” said McCalla. “I can’t say<br />
enough about the enormous talent that exists right here in our small<br />
community.”<br />
She also gives credit to a good friend who did a<br />
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performance. “I could not have pulled this<br />
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small details needing attention in the final weeks<br />
before we opened,” said McCalla.<br />
Especially important to the Society was creating<br />
a program that would be considered “collectible,”<br />
just as the 1958 program is today. Diana Wythe<br />
Tyler created an original watercolor for the cover,<br />
which everyone agreed is “simply amazing.”<br />
McCalla also credited <strong>Gulemo</strong> Printing of Willimantic<br />
for the program’s successful reception.<br />
“Lena Fontaine and Bjorn Stemberg went to<br />
literally untold lengths to ensure the highest<br />
quality program, and I’m very grateful for their<br />
professional support and assistance,” she said.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> actors weren’t aware that several in the<br />
audience were members of the 1958 Quest<br />
cast, some of whom traveled back to Hebron<br />
just to see the play again. “It was fantastic,”<br />
said Connie Johnson, who played Lowis<br />
Peters in the original play, and came with her<br />
daughters to Saturday night’s performance.<br />
Dwight Martin, part of Moore’s production<br />
crew in 1958, attended with Marie Billard,<br />
whose grandfather, Edwin Smith, was portrayed in Act 2/Scene 7 when<br />
Hebron’s Great Elm in the center of town was cut down. Martin and<br />
Billard were so delighted with the play that they stayed afterwards<br />
and talked with many of the young actors about their memories of<br />
the 1958 original.<br />
At the end of Saturday night’s performance, the cast presented Jancis<br />
and McCalla with beautiful bouquets of flowers and gift certificates<br />
to Donato’s Restaurant. <strong>The</strong> actors also all signed the creative “canon”<br />
(or is it a “pump”) built by Gifford, who donated the special prop to<br />
Hebron Historical Society where it is now on display for all to see and<br />
remember the effort that went into this mammoth production.<br />
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<strong>December</strong> 7 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.<br />
Decorated and undecorated wreaths, Christmas cactuses, and poinsettias<br />
in 4.5”, 6.5”, and 2” pot sizes will be for sale. <strong>The</strong> holiday greenery<br />
will be sold at the Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Company 1,<br />
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Please note that proceeds from this annual holiday plant sale will be<br />
used to continue the support of Hebron’s very first fire truck, Engine<br />
#1, a 1937 Ford Sanford.<br />
<strong>The</strong> restoration of this unique vehicle – which has almost disappeared<br />
from the Connecticut landscape – began in 2005. A group of Hebron<br />
volunteer firefighters decided they wanted to restore the truck to its<br />
original condition. It was disassembled, and parts were carefully tagged<br />
and categorized.<br />
A fundraiser group, established in 2007 and chaired by Harvey Desruisseaux,<br />
raised the initial $50,000 needed to get the truck restored<br />
and running in time for Hebron’s <strong>2008</strong> Memorial Day activities. <strong>The</strong><br />
members conducted a number of fundraising activities, including hot<br />
dog sales at Ted’s, a boot drive at the annual Hebron Lions Fourth<br />
of July picnic, tee-shirt sales, and a raffle of five major prizes. Donations<br />
were also received from townspeople, businesses, and area fire<br />
departments.<br />
“Engine #1 still needs to have gold leaf striping applied,” said Bruce<br />
DeGray, who has been extremely active in restoration activities. “We<br />
look forward to having our restored fire truck participate in invited<br />
parades and local events for years to come,” he said.<br />
However, to share this unique vehicle with other communities, HVFD<br />
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“<strong>The</strong> wreath & poinsettia sale will help us enormously in obtaining<br />
additional funding for the striping and trailer purchase,” said DeGray.<br />
“We hope the Hebron community will support our efforts.”<br />
Proceeds from the third annual sale of Christmas plants will benefit the<br />
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Here’s a “Checklist” for Surviving a Financial<br />
Crisis<br />
Over the past few weeks, the news has been<br />
almost incomprehensible. It’s hard for many<br />
of us to make sense of the failure of major<br />
Wall Street firms and large banks and the<br />
$700 billion bailout of the financial sector.<br />
And it’s hard for investors to be calm when<br />
stocks have fallen almost 30 percent from their all-time high a year<br />
ago. What can you do to cope Consider the following “checklist” for<br />
surviving a financial crisis:<br />
_____Close your ears — but open your eyes. <strong>The</strong>se days, you may<br />
hear some so-called “experts” talking about end-of-capitalism scenarios.<br />
Try not to listen to these doomsayers. We still have the most powerful<br />
economy in the history of the world and we will recover from these<br />
setbacks. However, even if you close your ears, you should keep your<br />
eyes wide open. Specifically, look for opportunities. Stock prices are<br />
down now, but they won’t always be — and, all else being equal, investors<br />
who buy into the stock market at lower prices are likely to earn<br />
higher returns than those who buy stocks when prices are higher.<br />
_____ Focus on things you can control. During a financial crisis, your<br />
success at weathering the storm depends on your ability to stay calm<br />
and concentrate on the things you can control. For example, you can<br />
control your emotions so that you aren’t panicked into making unwise,<br />
short-term decisions, such as putting all your money under your mattress.<br />
And, to a certain extent, you can even control your<br />
portfolio’s ability to withstand volatility. How By diversifying<br />
your holdings as broadly as possible. <strong>The</strong> wider your<br />
range of investments, the less you’ll be hurt by downturns<br />
that primarily affect one asset class. (Keep in mind, though,<br />
that diversification, by itself, cannot guarantee profits or<br />
protect against loss.)<br />
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In honor of Veterans Day two members of the United<br />
States Navy, Chief Leonard Viggiani and Petty Officer<br />
Alexis Bingham, visited the students of Christ Lutheran<br />
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<strong>2008</strong>. Chief Viggiani and Petty Officer Bingham fielded<br />
questions from the School Age and Pre-K kids about life<br />
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_____ Review and rebalance your portfolio. During this market decline,<br />
some of your holdings have probably fallen more than others.<br />
As a result, you may now own a lower percentage of a specific asset<br />
class than you had originally intended when you built your portfolio.<br />
Consequently, you may want to meet with your financial advisor to determine<br />
if you should rebalance your portfolio by adding more money<br />
to those asset classes that have fallen the most. You may also want to<br />
rebalance if your risk tolerance or long-term goals have changed.<br />
_____Look for quality investments. In this economic environment,<br />
it’s more important than ever to focus on quality investments. If you<br />
buy stocks, look for those companies with strong balance sheets. If<br />
you’re purchasing bonds, stick with those that receive high credit ratings.<br />
If we are entering a prolonged economic downturn, these types<br />
of investments will, in all likelihood, fare better than lower-quality<br />
stocks and bonds.<br />
_____Be patient. No one can predict when a bear market will end, but<br />
history has shown that turnarounds can happen quickly and unexpectedly.<br />
So be patient. <strong>The</strong> most successful investors have the courage to<br />
stay the course and take advantage of opportunities while others are<br />
“bailing out” of the financial markets.<br />
We may still have some rough roads ahead of us. But if you can check<br />
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Respite from the economic worries<br />
found in stonewalls …<br />
By Kathy Hendrickson<br />
<strong>The</strong> holiday season is a time to build<br />
meaningful memories that last a lifetime.<br />
May the memories you make with family<br />
and friends this year be joyous, happy<br />
and cherished your whole life through.<br />
I don’t think anyone needs to be told that during these chaotic times,<br />
we need to find economical ways to draw strength into our lives. As<br />
we learned those first awful days after 9/11, one important step toward<br />
healing is to turn off the television for a while and take a walk outside<br />
our doors. We <strong>Hebronian</strong>s have the good fortune to live in one of New<br />
England’s most picturesque regions. Here our strength is free for all.<br />
Strength comes from family, friendship, knowledge and, for me, from<br />
stonewalls. Recently as I walked took my own advice and walked<br />
through the woods with our golden retriever, I could feel the energy<br />
of the stonewalls reaching out to me. It was an energy that felt at<br />
once familiar.<br />
On this particular day, snapshots of memories skirted my conscience.<br />
Growing up, stonewalls lined the driveway of my family’s home and,<br />
later, defined the woods of my college campus where I took solace<br />
from the madness that was college life.<br />
One of the joys of walking alone through the woods is the fact that<br />
your thoughts can follow their own path. <strong>The</strong>re is no need for witty<br />
conversation or self-monitoring of feelings. You are free to wander at<br />
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For RHAM Football, the W’s Are Coming!<br />
“We’re headed where we want to go,” exclaimed a confident Head<br />
Coach Tom Hammon about the RHAM football team. “<strong>The</strong> W’s<br />
[wins] are coming!”<br />
And if November 17’s Junior Varsity game against Bristol is any indication,<br />
he’s right.<br />
RHAM’s football program includes three major groups: the freshmen,<br />
Junior Varsity, and varsity teams. While the program is relatively new at<br />
RHAM, that hasn’t stopped the players and their coaches from working<br />
hard to produce winning teams and a winning future.<br />
What’s interesting about this year’s program is all the changes that<br />
have taken place. Hammon, a Federal Marshall by day with flexible<br />
hours, is totally dedicated to his coaching role at RHAM. He runs<br />
the federal Fugitive Task Force Unit and is the U.S. Marshall’s Warrant<br />
Coordinator in Connecticut. He brings years of focused discipline,<br />
as well as his experience playing football during his military years, to<br />
his players.<br />
“If you watch on a game-by-game, you’ll see that RHAM is becoming<br />
very competitive,” said Hammon. “<strong>The</strong> freshman program is doing<br />
very well, and the junior varsity wins almost every game.” Just seconds<br />
after he made this statement, RHAM ran the ball almost 65 yards,<br />
scoring what appeared to be an easy touchdown. <strong>The</strong> JV team is led<br />
by Coach Chris Riley and Coach Jarrid Clifton.<br />
Hammon noted that the success of any athletic program is paying attention<br />
not only to the varsity team, generally comprised of juniors and<br />
seniors, but also to the freshman team, who will play varsity football<br />
in the not-so-distant future.<br />
Leading the freshmen this year is Mark Gendron, one of Hebron’s<br />
Resident State Troopers. Even though he is a Salem resident, Gendron<br />
“wants very much to make a difference in the Hebron community on<br />
and off the job. I like working with teenagers and helping them through<br />
difficult times, and I want to know that I am making a difference and<br />
helping them grow into adults.”<br />
Gendron joins Hammon in his enthusiasm about the RHAM football<br />
players. “I think the most gratifying aspect is watching the progress,”<br />
he said. “At the beginning of the season, many of the players had never<br />
played football before. Our goal was to learn one offense and eleven<br />
plays. But now they know three different offenses and 58 plays, and<br />
they run them very proficiently. I have never been more proud of a<br />
group of people in my life as I am of these young men and what they<br />
have achieved on and off the field.”<br />
Having cops as your coaches might be intimidating to some players.<br />
“At the beginning of the year, many of the players were not sure if I<br />
was approachable or not since I’m a Trooper,” said Gendron. “But as<br />
the season progressed, the players found that I am not just a Trooper,<br />
but a person who cares about each of them as individuals. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
know I will help them with problems or listen to them when they<br />
need someone to just listen.”<br />
<strong>The</strong>re have been some truly telling moments in this year’s RHAM<br />
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RHAM Football Coach Don Hammon, a Federal<br />
Marshall by day, has great belief in the<br />
future of the RHAM football team. “<strong>The</strong>y<br />
are a great group of kids, and the wins are<br />
coming,” he said.<br />
wanted me to still be<br />
their coach. I even have<br />
one player that shakes<br />
my hand after practice,<br />
no matter how hard it<br />
was. Every time I shake<br />
his hand, I realize that<br />
I am making a difference.”<br />
“Frankly, the greatest<br />
thing we’ve been able to<br />
accomplish this year has<br />
to do with the academic<br />
improvement of our<br />
players,” said Hammon.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> boys are doing<br />
very well. At the start<br />
of the year, nine players were academically ineligible to play; today<br />
there is only one. Some of the players are even looking to play at the<br />
college level; I’m confident that’s where they are headed.”<br />
So how did all of these academic improvements in the program happen<br />
“We instituted a mandatory study hall for our players, and<br />
we keep in close contact with all their teachers,” said Hammon. “If<br />
they don’t perform, then they know they’re going to have a date with<br />
Wilma and Karen.”<br />
Wilma and Karen As it turns out, Wilma and Karen are two really<br />
huge, heavy logs. No one wants to run laps with Wilma or Karen in<br />
tow. It’s part of Hammon’s team-building approach that has proven<br />
successful in many ways.<br />
Freshman football coach Mark Gendron, one of<br />
Hebron’s Resident State Troopers, has worked<br />
hard to prepare the first year high school<br />
players for the future. “<strong>The</strong>y’re working hard,<br />
and I couldn’t be more pleased with their get-itdone<br />
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“<strong>The</strong>y don’t make town’s like that anymore!” This is typical of the e-<br />
mail comments I enjoy from readers of my website who are hopefully<br />
treated by recollections of what it was like to live over 40 years ago in<br />
the rural section of Hebron called “Gilead.” Throughout those 40 years<br />
of raising a family away from my hometown, it was always a treat for<br />
me to frequently re-visit Hebron and Gilead with my kids and point<br />
out over and over again the places, and tell over and over again, the<br />
stories of that special place where I grew up in a family of five kids—on<br />
a 400 acre dairy farm yet. At the time, I could only entertain visions<br />
of extricating myself from a small town to an urban place of exciting<br />
city life—away from farms and country folk with country ways I could<br />
not fully appreciate. In the summers I rode the tractor around the hay<br />
fields (and let me tell you it was a different experience from driving<br />
tractors today) dreaming of someday having an office in a busy place<br />
and wearing a suit and tie to work every day. I learned the meaning<br />
of “Be careful for what you ask—you may get it!” and I did.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hebronian</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Page</strong> 24<br />
HOME AGAIN IN GILEAD—After over 40 years!<br />
by Ronald Miner Hughes<br />
Years later, for many years I<br />
got my fill of office, suit and<br />
tie, and all that goes with it.<br />
However, those colleagues and<br />
patients who visited any of my<br />
offices would always inquire<br />
about my pictures and trinkets<br />
of cows, and farms and, of<br />
course, had no idea what they<br />
were in for when they asked.<br />
<strong>The</strong> tables had turned—there<br />
I was, at one point with 2 offices<br />
at the same time, dealing<br />
with meetings, telephone calls,<br />
3 rd Pay phone number installed<br />
in Hebron at the “old” RHAM High<br />
in 1957. <strong>The</strong> first was at Hebron<br />
Elementary School and the 2 nd at<br />
Frank & Marion’s Grocery Store.<br />
deadlines, consultations, presentations, projects—with suit and tie and<br />
secretaries, to boot—but this time, dreaming of living in the country,<br />
near the cows and farms, and woods, and the likes. And now, after<br />
well over 40 years, I’ve come full circle and am delightfully, home<br />
again—not in just a small town, but the hometown where the memories<br />
were and are. But, now, I’m almost the stranger in town—to most,<br />
anyway. As I talk with my classmates (none left in town), who still<br />
hold Hebron close to heart, we say, “Who are these people living in our<br />
town <strong>The</strong>y don’t know about all the things that once were—but yet,<br />
they say, “Welcome to our town.” <strong>The</strong>n they say after my response,<br />
“Welcome back!” And, of course, I say, “It’s great to be back!” And I<br />
think, “Oh, there are so many wonderful things I remember. I wonder<br />
if they’d like to know about these wonderful stories of half a century<br />
ago. <strong>The</strong>n, to my delight, I see, “Ah, they do!” I discover all these<br />
“new” people are interested and have gleaned from those still around<br />
from yesteryear, for lack of a better word, a “delicious” collection of<br />
not only 40 or 50 years—but 300 years and are celebrating it. What<br />
a wonderful time to have come back home. Can you imagine—and<br />
I know you can, what it’s like for your grandchild to say, “Grampy—<br />
show me the cows,” and I do.<br />
I wonder still, “Will people want to know<br />
what it was like to have dances at the Grange<br />
Hall, and have Christmas Caroling on hayrides,<br />
and ice skating on Way’s pond Will<br />
people want to know what it was like to listen<br />
carefully when your party line phone rang to<br />
know if it would be a double ring to indicate<br />
it was for you—or would it turn out to be one<br />
long and one short for Bob Warner’s house,<br />
or 3 short for Homer Hills’s house—or one<br />
long for Mr. and Mrs. Way’s house Does<br />
anyone care that their telephone numbers<br />
at that time were 3-0152 for the Warners,<br />
3-3623 for the Hills, or 3-4426 for the Way’s<br />
Will anyone care that in the 1950’s when<br />
we lived in Gilead, we had a Willimantic<br />
telephone number, and an Andover mailing<br />
address Will anyone care that Billy Hills<br />
was our postmaster and he knew everyone by<br />
first name and there were no street numbers<br />
Will anyone care that my Dad, Ralph Miner,<br />
had to call ACademy 8-3146 to ask Doug or<br />
Mary Porter for a permit to burn trash Will<br />
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anyone care that my Mom, Emma Miner, milked cows in the morning<br />
before getting me off to school Will anyone care that there were<br />
6 school buses #1-6 for the whole town Will anyone care that we<br />
had to pay a long distance charge to call some of our neighbors who<br />
had Colchester, Manchester, Glastonbury, or East Hampton phone<br />
numbers—even though they lived in Hebron Will anyone care to<br />
know how Alice Fogil drove up and down Gilead Street in the middle<br />
of the night calling, “Fire! Fire!” to awaken us to a barn burning in the<br />
night I cared—my bicycle was in it! Will anyone care to know about<br />
the old water wells, now almost hidden, that are still in existence—<br />
though not used, but once important supply systems for the farms<br />
Will anyone want to know about Edna and Jesse Post’s Jersey cow that<br />
was led up and down Gilead Street on a regular basis Will anyone<br />
want to know about Norm Warner’s team of horses that were also led<br />
up and down Gilead Street—long after they were working, but just<br />
for exercise in their retirement Will anyone want to know about the<br />
mysterious bell ringing in the steeple of the Gilead Church—when<br />
no one seemed to be there Will anyone want to know about the ice<br />
cream parlor at Grandpa Fogil’s store—and the free candy he gave to<br />
almost every kid who came to the store—not to mention the free ½<br />
gallons of ice cream he gave out on Christmas Will anyone want to<br />
know about one of the first TV’s in Gilead—with a hidden antenna in<br />
the attic to avoid too many kids from showing up every night Will<br />
anyone want to know about Annie Foote’s cream-colored convertible<br />
just about every kid in town rode in Will anyone want to know<br />
about the run-away tractor at Wellesway Farm Will anyone want to<br />
know that all the Gilead kids had an Aunt Do, a Grandma Foote, a<br />
Grandma Ding, an Uncle Adolph, and a Grandpa Fogil—who really<br />
weren’t our grandma’s or uncle or aunt Will anyone want to know<br />
about the May Baskets and June Boxes in Gilead Will anyone want<br />
to know about George Borsotti’s car accident caused by a blue lighted<br />
Christmas tree in Gilead Will anybody want to know where Jack<br />
Lendy’s “shack” was, and what’s there now Will anybody want<br />
to know about the Harrison’s Parcheesi games Will anybody want<br />
to know which teacher drove a school bus and shook the living daylights<br />
out of kids who were out of line Will anybody want to know<br />
where the first payphone (ACademy 8-9484) in town was installed<br />
Will anybody want to know who Rosemary Secord was and why her<br />
radio was haunted Will anybody want to know who had the first<br />
car in Gilead with electric windows (1950 Lincoln) Will anybody<br />
want to know where Charlie Barrasso’s name was inscribed in wood<br />
Will anybody want to know where Charlie Warner hid a Nichol in<br />
cement Will anyone want to know who smoked a cigarette in one<br />
of Jean Simon’s three attics Will anyone want to know what “riding<br />
the goat” meant to Gileadites Will anyone want to know who in<br />
Gilead had a huge fireworks display and watermelon for everyone in<br />
their Gilead yard every 4 th of July Will anyone want to know what<br />
Gilead Minister used sheep instead of a lawn mower—and whose dog<br />
ate all of his chickens but one Will anyone want to know about the<br />
story of the mysterious Mrs. Henwell and Albert of Gilead I suppose<br />
all of these crucial historical facts may remain a mystery along with<br />
all those not even mentioned here. It’s not a wonder that I cannot<br />
remember what happened to me yesterday. Someone said my mind<br />
is too cluttered with Gilead’s and Hebron’s “important” memories!<br />
Someone said I should write them down. Perhaps I’ve started. Please<br />
feel welcome to visit my website: www.HughesSpeaking.com to share<br />
more memories.<br />
Yes, it’s great to be home—once again in my favorite town, once again<br />
in an historic farmhouse, and once again, with family, and with friends<br />
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HIHS Announces Annual Appeal<br />
Hebron Interfaith Human Services, located at<br />
20 Pendleton Drive, recently sent out its annual<br />
appeal to Hebron residents. Distribution of food<br />
items at HIHS has more than doubled since March<br />
of this year, and help is needed as the winter<br />
months approach.<br />
Hebron residents<br />
recently received<br />
a mailing from<br />
Hebron Interfaith<br />
Human Services<br />
asking for help as<br />
the winter season<br />
approaches.<br />
HIHS Chairman<br />
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was blunt in his<br />
appeal. “<strong>The</strong>re are<br />
people in Hebron<br />
who do not have<br />
enough foot to eat, who do not have fuel oil to heat their homes,<br />
who do not have money for prescriptions, who cannot afford quality<br />
childcare so that they can work at a job, and who do not know how<br />
to look for a job or qualify for a state program.”<br />
“In our town, individuals and families faced with these crises do not<br />
turn to a municipal office. Rather, they turn to Terry Young, a social<br />
worker who is the Executive Director of HIHS and her legion of<br />
volunteers,” he continued. He also noted that while 300 bags of food<br />
were distributed in March of this year, by September, the need had<br />
grown so much that 776 bags were distributed.<br />
Hebron residents have always stepped up to the plate when it comes<br />
to food donations, as evidenced by the ever-present donation boxes<br />
at Ted’s, last May’s highly<br />
successful Troop 28 Boy<br />
Scout Food Drive, and<br />
even recent food and cash<br />
donations at Quest for<br />
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loaded boxes of food items<br />
were collected along with<br />
almost $38 in cash.<br />
Young is very happy to see<br />
this support, and noted<br />
that cash donations, no<br />
matter how small, go a<br />
long way. “We can buy<br />
food at FoodShare for<br />
14 cents a pound. This<br />
means a $5 donation allows<br />
us to buy 35 pounds<br />
of food.”<br />
Rick White, HIHS Vice Chairman, spends<br />
a lot of time at HIHS organizing food<br />
donations and putting them on the shelves.<br />
“We’ve been really blessed in Hebron,” he<br />
said. “People care about their neighbors<br />
and understand that HIHS needs their<br />
donations to help those neighbors during<br />
hard times.”<br />
In his letter to residents, Fitzgerald emphasized that HIHS receives<br />
“absolutely no tax dollars from the Town of Hebron. We raise money<br />
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Hebron Elementary Celebrates Veterans Day<br />
Music teacher Lyn Nagel led the assembly in<br />
a rousing rendition of Lee Greenwood’s God<br />
Bless the USA.<br />
Monday, November 10<br />
was, as Superintendent<br />
Eleanor Cruz later described<br />
it, “a special moment”<br />
when the nearly<br />
700 Hebron Elementary<br />
School students honored<br />
66 local veterans attending<br />
the school’s annual<br />
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<strong>The</strong> events began around<br />
1:00, when veterans<br />
gathered in a reception<br />
room and enjoyed delicious snacks and beverages provided by HES staff<br />
members and parents. Lynn Snietka and Patty Pekarski coordinated<br />
the plans for refreshments and table decorations.<br />
Other veterans visited the individual classrooms of their sons, daughters,<br />
or grandchildren, where they talked about the time they served in<br />
the military and answered questions about their experiences.<br />
Jardo Opocensky, Jr. met with<br />
Mrs. Snayd’s 3rd grade class where<br />
his granddaughter, Lauren, is a<br />
student. Opocensky used humor to<br />
describe his time with the Marine<br />
Corps in Vietnam, fully engaging the<br />
students’ attention.<br />
Thomas Sousa, Jr. and his wife,<br />
Tammy Sousa, both served with the<br />
U. S. Army. <strong>The</strong>y discussed their<br />
experiences with students of Mrs.<br />
Lacasse’s 6th grade class, which<br />
includes their son, Thomas III.<br />
Jardo Opocensky, visiting his<br />
granddaughter Lauren’s 3 rd grade<br />
class, asked the children “How<br />
many of you know what a Huey<br />
is” Chuckling at the few small<br />
hands that went up, Opocensky<br />
said, “I see those hands, but I<br />
don’t see it in your eyeballs!” He<br />
carefully described the large helicopter<br />
that was the workhorse of<br />
the Vietnam War, and then went<br />
on to tell of his experiences as a<br />
1965 enlistee in the United States<br />
Marine Corps. His humorous<br />
presentation clearly captured<br />
the minds and attention of the<br />
Emily Snayd’s students.<br />
Thomas and Tammy Sousa<br />
went to their son Tom’s 6 th grade<br />
class and related their own experiences<br />
in the U. S. Army, as well<br />
as a PowerPoint presentation on<br />
the history of Veterans Day. Tom<br />
is a retired Lieutenant Colonel,<br />
and Tammy served as a Warrant<br />
Officer 3 in the Military Police.<br />
Tom Sousa, who served in Operation<br />
Iraqi Freedom, related<br />
that “being away 13 months<br />
made me really appreciate my country.” Tammy Sousa spoke to the<br />
class about the lack of clean, drinkable water in the areas where she<br />
was deployed.<br />
Joining the Sousas in Jessica Lacasse’s class was Edmund Kureczka,<br />
who told the children, “War is not good… it sounds good in the movies,<br />
but war is not good.” His cautionary words caused a moment of<br />
thoughtful consideration before the questions to the three veterans<br />
started flowing.<br />
Following the classroom sessions, the children were dismissed to the<br />
gymnasium where the formal program, organized by Christopher<br />
Lapsis, was began at 2:00. Music was provided by the HES band,<br />
with a standout performance of Taps by Kelly Whitesell.<br />
Emmy Award winning journalist Kara Sundlin from Channel 3<br />
served as Master of Ceremonies. Following a video message from<br />
Jennifer Love Hewitt on the importance of honoring our nation’s<br />
veterans, Sundlin asked each of the veterans to stand as she called<br />
their names. It was impressive to everyone to see so many who came<br />
to the ceremony.<br />
Lexie Burgess then read the “History of Veterans Day,” followed by<br />
music teacher Lyn Nagel’s rousing rendition of God Bless the USA.<br />
Christopher Epps spoke on the difference between Memorial Day and<br />
Veterans Day, followed by Jack Hallbach, who led the assembly in a<br />
moment of silence. Emily Everlith read J. L. Sager’s poem “Thank a<br />
Veteran for Your Freedom.”<br />
Lapsis closed the ceremony with thoughtful comments, and presented<br />
an HES fleece jacket to Sundlin, who promised to wear it on air, much<br />
to the delight of the students.<br />
“In these uncertain times, it was heartwarming and uplifting to participate<br />
in the Veterans Day ceremony,” noted Cruz. “It reaffirmed how<br />
important it is to acknowledge those who have sacrificed so much to<br />
make this great country safe for our children. I was deeply proud of<br />
our students – how respectful they were and how they demonstrated<br />
their appreciation for all the veterans that have served us bravely over<br />
time.”<br />
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Gilead Cemetery Association<br />
Elects New Officers<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gilead Cemetery Association has elected new officers for the<br />
<strong>2008</strong>-09 fiscal year.<br />
At their annual meeting, held in September, James L. Derby, Jr. was<br />
chosen to succeed Helen Hodge as president. Hodge died in late August.<br />
Derby was formerly the association’s vice-president. Replacing<br />
Derby as vice-president will be Calvin Fish, a native Gileadite who<br />
handily lives next to the cemetery.<br />
Continuing on as Treasurer will be Robert Warner, who has served in<br />
that position since 1982. Although Warner’s 26 years as Treasurer is<br />
notable, continuing as the organization’s Secretary is Maralyn Porter,<br />
who has functioned in that capacity even longer. Porter has been<br />
Secretary since 1971.<br />
Later into the meeting, Porter’s husband, Wilbur Porter, was reappointed<br />
as the cemetery’s superintendent, a position that he has<br />
held for nine years.<br />
<strong>The</strong> non-profit group oversees the operation of the private cemetery,<br />
located on Gilead Street. It has no connection with either the Gilead<br />
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