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Island Legend Ernest H. Abbott 1888 - 1964 by Ripley Forbes Contributing Writer

ity, phone service and now the Internet. It is a tale of a gentle man who over decades of service to his island friends came to represent what islanders most value about these special places. Ernest Abbott was born in Concord, NH in 1888 and came to Lake Winnipesaukee in 1913 to begin work catering to

the needs of the growing summer population that was inhabiting the Gilford and Meredith islands. He lived off Paugus Bay in a simple home on the shore from where he launched his work boat. Initially he did his work of shuttling families from shore to island from docks at the Weirs and later Glendale See abbott on 30

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nity. The story of Ernest Abbott is different. It is a tale of friendships across families that are grounded in a common love for our island home. It is a tale of 20th Century life but one that embodies much of what we most value in our island life even as we have accommodated to the modern conveniences of electric-

Ernest Abbott (R) with John Ripley Forbes traveling in his boat LIMIT south of Jolly Island on Lake Winnipesaukee. Abbott was “a gentle man who over decades of service to his island friends came to represent what islanders most value courtesy Photo about these special places.”

The red carpet is about to roll out for the fall debut of the Rochester Opera House Film Series, featuring an eclectic mix of classic movies and independent films for adults and families. Film highlights include Beetlejuice on November 5th at 7pm; Full Metal Jacket on November 11th at 7pm; Generation Found on November 8th at 7pm; The Big Lebowski on November 12th at 7pm; Blazing Saddles on November 25th at 7pm; and White Christmas on December 14th at 11am and 7pm. The Rochester Opera House encourages the public to check RochesterOperaHouse.com and the FaceBook page for more showings, as they will be added throughout the year. Suggested donation at the door. The film series is sponsored by The Cocheco Times. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse. com.

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October Thursday 13th Modern Western Square Dance Lessons

Leavitt Park Clubhouse, 334 Elm Street, Laconia. 7-8:30pm. Weekly lessons Thursdays through May. Singles, couples and families are welcomed. Great exercise! First lesson is free, after that it’s $6pp. Casual attire. Refreshments available. 253-9518 or 279-4548 for more info.

Silent Film Series – “Woman in the Moon” Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com or 5362551

Comedian Kathleen Madigan Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www. casinoballroom.com or 929-4100

Annual Harvest Supper

Union Congregational Church Chapel, Union. Two settings at 5:30pm and 6:15pm. Delicious home cooked menu includes: corned beef, cabbage, carrots, turnip, potatoes, beets, squash, rolls, homemade pies and coffee and punch. $9/adults, $5/ children.

“Spain: A Magical Mystery Tour” Presented by UNH Professor John Chaston

Wolfeboro Library, Wolfeboro. 7pm. This program is designed to educate those unable to travel to Spain and to give travel ideas to those who will. Attendees will experience and learn through video, pictures, music and commentary with a whirlwind tour of some of the wonders, legends, and characters of Spain from the beginning of its history to the present day. Free and open to the public. 569-2428

Friday 14th Tom Rush Flying Monkey, Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.com or 5362551

Artist Reception and Display – Stephen Godlieb

Halloween Ball October 22.

Save the date From Weirs Beach, 6–9 PM

RiverSea Gallery, Washington Street Mills, One Washington Street, Suite 310, Dover. 6pm-9pm. This exhibit features a collection of Stephen’s work over the past few years which demonstrate his varied interests and diversity of skill. Public is invited to meet and talk with the artist. Refreshments will be served. Stephen’s work will be on display through November 12th. 767-0431

Hospital & Community Aid Street Fair Fall Fundraiser Sale

65 Pine Hill Road, Wolfeboro. 10am2pm. Art, antiques, camping, books, furniture, sports, toys, electronics and more!

Rummage Sale and Flea Market

United Methodist Church, 35 Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 8am-1pm.

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Saturday 15th Leaf Peeper’s Craft Fair North Conway Community Center, 2628 White Mountain Highway, Route 16, North Conway. 10am5pm. Biggest North Conway Craft Fair Ever with over 80 exhibitors! Live music, crafters outside and inside the new building. Rain or shine! Free admission. www.joycescraftshows. com or 528-4014

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Trinity Episcopal Church 93 NH Route 25, Meredith. 5pm-7pm. Tickets are available for $12pp or $30/family (includes 2 adults and 2 children under 12, children under 5 are free). 279-6689

Family Comedy, Juggling & Magic with Bryson Lang and Steven Kradolfer Franklin Opera House, Franklin. 7:30pm. For a dazzling display of comedy, dexterity, personality and a touch of the bizarre, Bryson Lang is, The Cure for the Common Show! The magic of Steve Kradolfer never fails to amaze and enthrall audiences of all types. Together they create a spectacularly entertaining show for the whole family! Tickets are $8 $16pp. www.franklinoperahouse. org or 934-1901

Halloween Hoot ‘N Howl

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, 23 Science Center Road, Holderness. 6pm-8:30pm. Get ready for an “eerily” entertaining Halloween celebration! Guests can enjoy various Halloween thrills at the Science Center with 40-minute guided tours departing every 10 minutes along the Halloween themed trails. Once finished with the tour, guests are welcome to warm up with refreshments, treats and fun Halloween games for kids. Come dressed in costume and suitably dressed for outdoor weather. $11/ non-member, $8/member. 968-7194

Old Farm Days

Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. Working steer demonstrations, tractor display, pumpkin games, visits with animals, free tractor rides from noon till 4pm, and the tricky corn maze! Activities are free of charge, although there is a charge to enter the corn maze. 279-3915

Moultonborough Lions Club Presents Boston College bOp! Jazz Ensemble

Moultonborough Community Auditorium, Moultonborough. 7pm. Boston College’s bOp! has a repertoire of over 50 musical selections including music from the 1940s to the present and is designed to satisfy a variety of musical tastes! Adults and students will be allowed to mingle with the band during intermission. $18/adults, $7/students. Tickets are available at Aubuchon Hardware, Bayswater Books, Cup and Crumb, E.M. Heath and MVSB in Center Harbor and Moultonborough. 476-5140

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65 Pine Hill Road, Wolfeboro. 10am2pm. Art, antiques, camping, books, furniture, sports, toys, electronics and more!

Rummage Sale and Flea Market

United Methodist Church, 35 Tower Street, Weirs Beach. 8am-1pm. $2 bag on most clothing today.

Farmers Market and Craft Fair Open Air Market of New Hampton, Winona Road, New Hampton, just past the Ashland town line. 9am-2pm. Come for the final market of the season. Corn, apples, pumpkin carving, local crafts, unique gift items, baked goods, farm to plate sandwiches,

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Leaf Peeper’s Craft Fair The Leaf Peeper’s Craft Fair will take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 15 & 16th a the North Conway Community Center - 2628 White Mountain Highway, Route 16, North Conway. Hours are 10am to 5pm both days. This is the biggest North Conway Craft Fair ever with Over 80 Fabulous Exhibitors. The photo features the alpaca exhibit. There will be music by Tim Janis. Crafters outside & inside the new building.Rain or Shine. Some of the crafts will include: cedar wood furniture, fabulous quilts, gourds, alpaca items, gift baskets, seasonal florals, leather, handpoured soaps, fine jewelry, pottery, NH maple syrups, gourmet foods, whoopie pies, kettle corn, gorgeous quilts, fine jewelry, glass art, aromatherapy items, personalized signs, photography, upcycled mittens, wood & lots more.Info Joyce (603) 528-4014 www.joycescraftshows.com Always free admission. See you there.

Church Hosts Pasta Supper On Saturday, October 15 the First United Methodist Church of Gilford continues its long tradition of serving a Fall Harvest Supper, however, this year the menu will be a little different. For 43 years, the church has been cooking huge iron pots of beans in holes dug behind the church and lined with red-hot stones but since there have been some needs that have changed in the church, for this year the menu has also changed. The fare will be an all-you-can-eat Pasta Supper and will include Baked Ziti with mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce, Garden Salad, Garlic Bread, Vanilla Ice Cream Dessert and Beverages. Come anytime between 5-6:30pm for continuous seating. Chairman, Jessica “J” Alward, states, ”We hope the community will support this pasta dinner that will raise funds for our building which is a spiritual center as well as a venue for community groups such as Streetcar Company, AA, Girl Scouts, Wesley Woods events and many other health and wellness activities. We anticipate that the traditional Bean Hole Harvest Supper will resume next year and the planned date is October 14, 2017. So mark your calendars.” Tickets for the Pasta Supper are available at $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. The church is located on Rt. 11A near the 3/11 bypass (18 Wesley Way) in Gilford. Call 603-524-3289 for information and reservations for the dinner. Tickets may also be purchased in the church office daily Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM or at the door.

Fundraiser To Benefit Genesis Behavioral Health Fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, October 18th from 5pm to 8pm at the Tilt’n Diner, 61 Laconia Road, Tilton for a Spaghetti Dinner to benefit Genesis Behavioral Health. The Common Man Family of Restaurants will generously donate $5 from each spaghetti dinner sold that evening to Genesis Behavioral Health to support programs and services for children, families, and adults living with and recovering from mental illness. “The Tilt’n Diner has been so gracious to host us for several years now, and we look forward to another successful event on the 18th,” said Kim Beardwood Smith, Interim Director of Development & Communications at Genesis Behavioral Health, “It’s a great way to meet our community and share information about our organization and how we contribute to the health of the region.” For more information about the auction, visit the website at www.biddingforgood.com/genesisbh or contact Kim Beardwood Smith at 524-1100 x445 or kwelch@genesisbh.org.

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One of the more important things a governor does, besides attend luncheons and dinners, is to sign or veto bills that they don’t read once they land on the governor’s desk from the House and Senate. The reason governors don’t read the bills they sign or veto is because they have already made up their mind about it long before they ever really see it so there is no need to read it since they really don’t have the time anyway since there is an important luncheon or dinner to get to. Sometimes, if it is really an important bill, like making the fork the official state eating utensil, then the media might be there for the signing of the bill, so the governor will pretend to at least scan the bill by flipping the pages, so there will be some good photos to use in the next election television ads. (I have heard that one governor actually was looking at the entrée selection for that day’s important luncheon instead of the actual bill during a photo op.) As governor, I promise to read each and every bill, even if I’ve already made up my mind about it. At least this way I might actually catch something that needs fixing and bring it to people’s attention before I sign or veto it. A good example of this is a bill that must have been

signed by our present governor one afternoon as she was putting on her coat on the way out the door to a lobsterfest and wasn’t in the mood to pay attention to details. (After all they did warn her: “Once the melted butter is gone…it’s gone.”) Now a law, this bill makes it illegal for an employer to retaliate against an employee who asks for a more flexible work arrangement. (You can’t make this stuff up since it’s never quite as amusing as the real thing.) If the governor had actually read it, she might have noticed that there was no clear definition of what might be considered fair as far as a more flexible work arrangement goes. It also did not designate what might be considered retaliation by the employer. In other words, the legislature passed along a bill that required certain things be done or not be done without clarifying what those things might or might not be. These things happen, after all more pressing bills, like the aforementioned state eating utensil, were most likely on the docket that day and needed to be attended to quickly. I wouldn’t have let this pass as governor. I would have noticed these big boo boos and sent the bill back for further consideration with suggestions of my own (if a governor can actually do that. I’ll have to look it up.) Without guidelines in place, this law is really a free for all. Can an evening employee now ask for an hour off on the nights “Dancing With The Stars” is on, and if so, can the employer retaliate by placing an inflated Whoopee Cushion on the employees chair while they are gone? Something like this may

sound ridiculous, but since there are really no guidelines, anything goes. Lawsuits will be popping up all over the place and employees and employers will be spending valuable time requesting silly new flexible arrangements as well as devious retaliations and nothing will ever get done, the work force will slow to a halt and our economy might collapse. (Lawyers will have plenty to do though. Hey, wait a minute….whose idea was this bill anyway?) A governor who pays attention to these things instead of worrying about melted butter will not let things like this happen. (Though, I think I might side with the Whoopee Cushion solution, those things will always be hilarious.) No matter how frivolous or ridiculous a bill is that lands on my desk, I promise to take the time to read each one thoroughly. Even the ones that are pages long and I can’t understand since they contain enough legalese to clog up Manchester’s sewer system. At least I will try. At least I’ll do that much. I know doing this will take up a lot of my time and many of the citizens of New Hampshire will become angry with me as it might cut into the time I have to cut ribbons for their new business for a nice picture in the paper and even keep me from giving a speech at another boring business luncheon (depending what’s on the menu, of course). I will take my chances and do my best to make sure that each and every bill that lands on my desk is read. Even if I’ve already made up my mind. Visit Brendan’s website at www.brendantsmith. com

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THANK YOU from the Family of Cheryl and Samantha Green Cheryl Ann Howland Green lived robustly from December 29, 1960 until she passed suddenly August 21, 2016 at 55. Cheryl, her family and friends also suffered a tremendous loss when Samantha Margaret Green (Cheryl’s daughter) passed unexpectedly on July 12, a few short weeks prior, at only 20 years of age. Cheryl’s family wishes to express our sincerest gratitude to the overwhelming amount of people in attendance at Samantha’s service and Cheryl’s service to share their love and strength during this most difficult time in our lives. In unison we all feel the days were made more survivable with the many sources and varieties of support from those who loved Cheryl and Sam, and those who love us. One day at a time we try to move into our new normal without our daughter, granddaughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, niece, cousin as we continue to mourn and miss Cheryl and Sam. Rereading the many sympathy cards received, looking over the guest book, perusing the cards from the flower arrangements, all serve to remind us how much Cheryl and Sam were loved, as are we. We thank you so much to any and all who made and brought food to any of us, what a gift. We did start a Green Grandchildren’s Fund for any who wish to assist Cheryl’s four beautiful grandchildren, the loves of her life. Cheryl was such an incredible help and huge presence in their lives. Donations may be mailed to PO Box 218, Laconia NH 03247. Thanks so much to any who have already graciously given. In short, we wish we could thank you all individually; however, the task would be daunting. Please know we appreciate each person as much as the next. Thank you all, from Cheryl & Samantha’s Family for the little people. On November 8th it will be time to decide which candidates for office you will stand up for. From the Presidency to the House of Representatives, from the U.S. Senate to positions on the state and local level the choice is ours. Do we stand for

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Will Illegal Foreign Voters Steal the Election? “It could all come down to Colorado.” That’s the latest conventional wisdom from presidential poll watchers. But it may not be by Michelle Malkin legal AmeriSyndicated Columnist can citizens in my adopted home state who choose the next commander in chief. Instead, it could very well be foreign noncitizens voting illegally in the Rocky Mountains -- and in other crucial swing states -- who seal our country’s fate. Former Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler identified nearly 5,000 noncitizens in Colorado who voted in the 2010 general election. Gessler’s office uncovered upwards of 12,000 noncitizens registered to vote. Liberal groups who oppose stronger election system protections attacked him for trying to verify citizenship status -- because God forbid public officials sworn to uphold the rule of law actually do anything to enhance the integrity of our election system! Compounding the problem: The militant immigration expansionist group Mi Familia Vota, connected with the Service Employees International Union, has ramped up its efforts in swing states to facilitate naturalization and registration of Latino voters who will promote the open-borders agenda at the polls. Another rare defender of American sovereignty, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, fought in court for his state’s right to require citizenship documents from people who register to vote at motor vehicle offices. Last month,

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unwritten pledge that the next Secretary General should be a woman from Eastern Europe, nonetheless in the end Guterres got the nod from the Security Council. The election of the Secretary General, or more precisely the selection, emerged after the Security Council held a number of unofficial “straw ballots” to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a plethora of candidates. Antonio Guterres who consistently polled first in six “straw polls” was a clear favorite from the start, but still faced a possible veto from the Russians. Over the past six months in a move for overdue transparency, the various candidates were publicly vetted through speeches and town hall type settings. Some contenders such as Bulgaria’s once favorite Irina Bokova or Slovenia’s Daniel Turk failed to get serious traction. Helen Clark of New Zealand, the choice of many insiders, never seriously got off the ground. Yet, from the start Antonio Guterres cut an impressive policy See Metzler on 35

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Curiouser and Curiouser While not a proper English word, when used together as Lewis Carroll coined them in Alice in Wonderland, by Ken Gorrell “curiouser Northfield, NH. and curiouser” is an acceptable way of saying something is increasingly strange. Alice used it as she was being stretched out of proportion to more than nine feet tall. I’m using it to describe the sensation I had while sitting through a meeting of school district officials and legislative candidates. It’s increasingly strange to me that people refuse to recognize that traditional public schools have been stretched out of proportion trying to be all things to all students while stretching taxpayer wallets to the breaking point. This public meeting was a forum for the superintendent’s office, the school board, and budget committee to meet current legislators and candidates to discuss education issues. Given the state of public education and the ongoing battle over funding (especially acute in my district), I was expecting the Superintendent and board to take advantage of the opportunity by presenting a few ideas that might help our high-cost/low performing district. Unfortunately, our public school officials – elected or hired – failed to demonstrate the least bit of intellectual curiosity about how

these legislators might help students, parents, and taxpayers grapple with providing the right educational opportunities at an affordable cost. They seemed content to continue down the path of ever-higher budgets and poor educational results. New Hampshire spent $14,335 per public school student in 2014, making us the 10th biggest spender in the nation. New York was No. 1, spending just over $20,000, but 23 states managed to educate their students for less than $10,000. My district spent slightly more than the state average for a high school ranked 61st out of 77 by the analysts at Niche. They used factors including test scores, graduation rates, college readiness, and teacher quality. For comparison, the state’s Virtual Learning Academy, with no points for extracurricular activities and sports, ranked 41st. Some taxpayers in my district, Winnisquam, are just now beginning to understand that the status quo is about to slap us in the face. The state is reducing the Education Stabilization Grant. It will eventually get to zero, and possibly at an annual rate faster than the 4% currently advertised. Without that Stabilization money, Northfield, one of three towns in our district, will see an increase of $8 per thousand to the property tax rate. Northfield isn’t the only town where this is happening. How can we prevent people from being taxed out of their homes? How can we avoid being marked as a real estate dead zone with

unacceptably-high property taxes and a low-end school? Not much, judging by the lack of ideas presented to our legislators by our Superintendent’s office and school board. There are solutions, but they require more curious minds

than were sitting at the table that morning. We could start by consolidating SAUs. We have 100 school administrative units, many with six-figure-salary superintendents See gorrell on 34

The Academic Curtain Back in the days of the Cold War between the Communist bloc of nations and the Western democracies, the Communists maintained by Thomas Sowell pervasive reSyndicated Columnist strictions around Eastern Europe that were aptly called an “iron curtain,” isolating the people in its bloc from the ideas of the West and physically obstructing their escape. One of the few things that could penetrate the “iron curtain” were ideas conveyed on radio waves. “The Voice of America” network broadcast to the peoples of the Soviet bloc, so that they were never completely isolated, and hearing only what the Communist dictatorships wanted them to hear. Ironically, despite the victory of democracy over dictatorship that brought the Cold War to an end, within American society there has slowly but steadily developed in too many of our own colleges and universities a set of restrictions on what can be said on campus, either by students or professors, or by outside speakers with views that contradict the political correctness of our time. There is no barbed wire around our campuses, nor armed guards keeping unwelcome ideas out. So there is no “iron curtain.” But there is a curtain, and it has its effect. One effect is that many of the rising generation can go from elementary school through postgraduate education at our leading colleges and universities without ever hearing a coherent presentation of a vision of the world that is fundamentally different from that

of the political left. There are world class scholars who are unlikely to become professors at either elite or non-elite academic institutions because they do not march in the lockstep of the left. Some have been shouted down or even physically assaulted when they tried to give a speech that challenged the prevailing political correctness. Harvard is just one of the prestigious institutions where such things have happened -- and where preemptive surrender to mob rule has been justified by a dean saying that it was too costly to provide security for many outside speakers who would set off campus turmoil. Despite the fervor with which demographic “diversity” is proclaimed as a prime virtue -- without a speck of evidence as to its supposed benefits -- diversity of ideas gets no such respect. Students taught economics by Keynesian economists are unlikely to hear about the 1921 recession, with double-digit unemployment, where the government did nothing, and unemployment fell by more than half, as the economy recovered on its own. Nor are they likely to learn how grossly misleading are many of the income statistics cited to justify the agenda of the left. As economist Alan Reynolds put it, many people “form very strong opinions about very weak statistics.” Students are unlikely to go through college without being assigned to read “The Communist Manifesto” -- often in more than one course -- while a classic like “The Federalist” is seldom assigned reading, even though it is a very readable and profound explanation of the principles on which the Constitution of the United States is based, written See Sowell on 35

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take in high school. However scores on the EU tests, will determine on which of two educational paths the sixth grader will proceed. There is either the trade program or a continuation in the current school system; designed for those who are deemed â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;college boundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Depending on the trade, students study as apprentices for various additional numbers of years. On the other hand, the top test scoring students continue for a minimum of six subsequent years or their program may include another, seventh year, for a total of thirteen years. Upon successful completion of their thirteenth year, those students are awarded an International Baccalaureate(IB) diploma. Pursuing this option, are generally students interested in studying at a university in another country; for the program curriculum ensures students have all the skills and background necessary to succeed in the top Universities worldwide. Included in the IB graduation requirements, is an in-depth research project with an applied piece- much like a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thesis for a US university, or a senior project in an increasing number of US

schools (Souhegan High School in Amherst NH, for instance). So, as you can see, after the sixth year, students in European schools have already been sorted. What you have left are the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;topâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; students. Thus, the test results for these EU students taken after their sixth year, are going to be skewed. This is unlike in the US, where all students, from all levels of ability are part of the testing samples. Consequently, comparing EU and US test results for students above the sixth grade is not an accurate nor fair comparison. You might say, it is like comparing apples to oranges. Dale is a Laconia resident currently living on assignment in Brussels, Belgium. With her husband of 35 years, Vince, she and their three boys have lived and travelled extensively in and around various regions in the US and Europe, as well as some parts of the Orient and the Middle East. Given her North Eastern perspective, Dale has entertained many with her insights and stories from her experiences living and travelling abroad.

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Colonial Militia Muster & Market Fair

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Franklin Opera House, Franklin. 4:30pm-6:30pm. The film is a thought-provoking look at end-of-life issues that opens the floodgates of thought and, hopefully, will start conversations about this subject among families and community members. Admission to the film is free but seating is limited, so pre-registration is required. Please call the VNA to register at 934-3454

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tos which translates as guardian or watchman ... a most appropriate title. In addition to general care of the island, Ernest Abbott performed individual services for families. In the Spring he would put our docks in and in the Fall he would take them out. When a repair job had you stumped, he could fix it. There was little he couldn’t do. In today’s era of Uber-like convenience, Ernest was his own transportation network. If you needed to get out to the island he was the man who would make that happen. If you were late arriving to meet him at the docks -- a phone call wasn’t possible and it really wasn’t necessary... you had 100 percent certainty that Ernest would be there...waiting in his boat. In the beginning he started picking up island families at the Weirs where many arrived to the Lake by rail. In time with greater reliance on private cars to transport families to Winnipesaukee, Abbott also picked up families at Glendale. The process was explained in

the official Birch Island history: “The usual plan was to make an appointment with Ernest Abbott to meet you at Glendale with his boat “The Limit”, which could take all your provisions and which in 40 minutes would get you to your dock and would give a leisurely chance for all the news of the island’s families - news, not gossip.” Birch Islander Barry Simpson recalls: “My first trip to the Island was in August 1945, in The Limit with Ernest at the helm, leaning over the gunwales in a driving rainstorm, which was the only way you could see where you were going with the canvas cover up over the passengers up in the bow. There was a small isinglass (mica) window in the front of the canvas cover, but it was useless for trying to pick out buoys. All you could see was light or dark which indicated an island ahead.” Dennis Shedd recalled: “Takes me back to the 4:30 am wake-up call to start our drive to the lake, getting there about 9 hours later, and waiting by the Glendale docks or in Dot’s Restaurant for Ernest to get there in the Limit as the excitement builds because we’re about to get out to the island for a week or two - the highlight of the year!” One of Ernest Abbott’s little known talents was his success as a gardener. Following the ‘38 hurricane that leveled many of the trees on the west side of Birch Island, our history credits him with planting a garden in a newly open area on the northwest end of the island. “So for many years, Ernest Abbott planted a garden there -- most of the vegetables were ripe after the camp was closed, and so Ernest, the deer, and raccoons had a healthy vegetable diet eachFall.” (BICC History; 39). Florence Oldham Speakman wrote in the official Birch Island history of her five month stay on the island in 1956 from “the middle of July until See abbott on 31

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do anything to your wharf he was on Pine island on a boat house in Nov. his small boat broke down and he probably did not do any other job. I was over the last time Dec. 6 came in all ice it was dusty coming back pulled my boat up the next day a little snow and two zero mornings Sat & Sun snow almost all gone rain Monday a little ice in the bay but not solid some open water no ice in the main part of the lake look out and don’t yet blown away they say it blows down

there sometimes. Yours truly Ernest Abbott Weirs N.H. May 6, 1952 Dear John I received your letter and check Thank you and everything at Birch is alright. I called Edward Levalley and he said he would do the wharf and will write to you soon I gave him your address the ice broke up Apr 20 it is still cold here Mt. Washington was all white Monday it snowed up

around the Mt some skiing yet at Mt Washington it started in the middle of Dec. this year it looks good for the island The Shedds will not be here they go to Europe June 11 but they have let the camp I suppose you have heard Mr. Avery passed away last month well it seems good to be boating again it was a long winter we had snow from Dec. 1 to the middle of April The last at my place a week ago Sunday with best wishes to both of you See See abbott on 32

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the end of November.” Her stay ended on November 20th, a day after a “blanket of snow covered Birch Island which was turned into fairy land. The pine branches bent low under the snow. Everything was white. A mink wandering across the beach stood out against the snow. Any plans for play in this new world were shattered by a hail from Ernest who advised us we must leave.” (emphasis added) Not all Ernest Abbott’s duties were predictable. On a dangerously windy afternoon on July 31, 1954, he was called upon to assist with the aftermath of a death on Birch Island. Ellen Elizabeth Forbes first came to Birch Island in 1922 and over decades of summer island living was a friend and customer who greatly valued the role Ernest Abbott played in making island life possible. In the hours after her death, her obituary noted that a small inboard, piloted by my Father, brought Gilford police, the medical examiner and funeral home out to the island. “While they were on the way back to the island a storm came up and the waves ran high. They were unable to reach Mr.

Forbes wharf but made a landing at the main wharf. The four men were soaked during the squall. The trip back was in a larger boat piloted by Ernest Abbott of the Weirs Boulevard.” It’s no surprise that Ernest Abbott would have been called upon and available to help with this final journey for one of his island friends. In an era before cell phones Ernest corre sponded with his island customers the old fashion way ... by letter and card. My father (John Ripley Forbes) kept a file of his correspondence from Ernest from the 40s and 50s. While Abbott’s writing demonstrates a frugality with punctuation, the message conveyed is succinct and for the recipient a welcome reminder that their island camps were well kept in his care. Weirs, N.H. Dec. 14, 49 “Dear John Received payment I did not know your address so I sent the Sept bill in care of your mother. Mrs. Brown said they stopped by Fort Worth on their way back from California but did not find you They were up for the day in October. Levalley did not

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you in July. Yours truly Ernest Abbott

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a committee was formed representative of the various island families that Ernest served. Their mission was to honor Ernest Abbott. While there is a tendency in human nature to take people for granted, support for this idea was immediate and heartfelt. The only concern expressed at the time was the importance of secrecy and an unnecessary fear that such recognition might be misinterpreted as encouragement for Ernest to retire. One islander who was unable to attend the function wrote that they wanted assurances that this would only be an “interim sort of gesture” and “I do hope that he won’t think we now expect him to resign.” The event was designated “Ernest Abbott Appreciation Day” and would take place on Saturday, August 22, 1959 on the Birch Island wharf. While initial impetus for the event came from Birch Islanders, financial contributions came in from all the islands Ernest served. The party included vanilla ice cream from Sawyers Dairy and cake/cookies from LaFlamme’s HomeLyke Bakery. A big crowd was expected which explains an order for 400 cookies and press reports credited the event with 162 partygoers. What made the event especially unique was its secrecy. Despite all the planning and coordination that took place by letter and motor boat to collect donations and plan the agenda, the event was a total surprise to the honoree. Indeed, there was general agreement that if Ernest knew of the event in advance he might have resisted the honor. The plan called for Ernest to be hired to bring ice cream out for a party that was being planned on Birch Island. He would also be asked to stop on the way to pick up guests from Kinneho Island and bring them to the event. There were logistical considerations that could have jeopardized the goal of secrecy. Staff at LaSee abbott on 33

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coniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furniture store Lougee-Robinson were concerned about which day to send one of the gifts, a barcalounger, out to Birch Island on the mailboat because they did not want to â&#x20AC;&#x153;spoil the surprise.â&#x20AC;? The chair came out on the morning mailboat that day. The press account that appeared on page one of the Laconia Evening Citizen (8/25/59) noted that when Ernest â&#x20AC;&#x153;finally got up on the island and they crowded around him and told him it was Ernest Abbott Day and his retort was typical, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gosh, why?â&#x20AC;? After the official welcome from BICC President Harry Restall, Ernest was given a TV and a recliner, and then, as he relaxed in his new chair, long strings containing two one hundred dollar bills. The idea of gifting a TV set came from Ruth True of Kinneho. Island. In a July 26, 1959 letter she wrote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those of us ... who have known Ernest for many years and feel that we could not run our camps without him would like to make a suggestion about the gift. We think that he has no television set and would enjoy one during those long winter evenings when he is not visiting any of us or coming out on the Lake.â&#x20AC;? The final portion of the program involved Walter Holmes of Jolly Island who read and presented Ernest with a Certificate of Appreciation with the following inscription: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ernest Abbott, guardian through summer and winter of our island properties, navigator of that limitless boat â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Limitâ&#x20AC;? transporting family and goods between mainland and isle, exemplar of those New England virtues of humor, integrity and ingenuity, beloved friend for more than three decades of the men, women and children of our island communities whose acts of kindness devoted concern for our welfare and self effacing service have contributed universally to the happiness of our summer days on Lake Winnipesaukee.â&#x20AC;? The Laconia Evening

Citizen report on the day concluded: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A fine tribute was paid to a fine man and Ernie will be 71 years come December and 50 of those years were spent with love, devotion and service to his island friends.â&#x20AC;? Members of the Ernest Abbott Appreciation Committee from Birch Island included John Ripley Forbes, Reginald Brown, John Lyman, Mrs. A.W. Tucker and Clarence Shedd. Other members of the Committee were Mrs. Edgar Caffall (Dollar

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party. Sarah Wright of Eagle Island contributed $25 to the event but wrote in an August 10, 1959 letter â&#x20AC;&#x153;I regret I cannot join in the happy occasion. I am a bit lamed by arthritis.â&#x20AC;? The August 1959 party did not presage a retirement but instead celebrated the man who over decades of service had come to represent a friend unlike any service personnel we contract with today. Indeed the Caffall Family of Dollar Island sent a Western Union telegram expressing regret that they could not attend but wanted to confirm a future appointment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dearest Ernest, Regret we cannot be with you on your day. We are thinking of you with best wishes. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to meet me Monday at Glendale. Love, Craig Caffall & Family. (August 22, 1959). Ernest Abbott continued his unique friendship based service until his death on Birch Island; Labor Day, September 7, 1964. Bill Tucker was first to find Ernest after his collapse and wrote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a shock for us, and a great loss to all Ernestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many friends. But how better for him to

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for the business, but he needed further equipment. To meet that need he visited the Laconia Carriage Company where a Thomas Pentland was the manager. From Mr. Pentland the so-called Mr. Whittemore purchased “… an Amesbury buggy, a threeseated carriage, harnesses, robes, and a miscellaneous assortment of goods…” priced at $ 467.65. After the items were delivered on a Wednesday and Thursday of the same week Whittemore arrived at the Carraige Company late on the Friday afternoon with a check issued by the Laconia National Bank, that name being crossed out and the name of the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston written in ink on the check. That check was accepted and the buyer was given a receipt for the goods he received. The next morning (Saturday) before the bank opened for business young Mr. Whittemore arrived at the Laconia Carriage House and told manager Pentland that he was short of funds and asked him not to cash to the check he had given him, explaining that his mother was coming on the noon train and would bring the payment due with her. The problem was that Mrs. Whittemore did not arrive on the train or by any other means, so the police were called and the so-called Mr. Whittemore was arrested. But the young swindler was not quite through with his acts of deception. He now claimed that he had a guardian named Mr. T. Jefferson Coolidge who would be able to make right all the matters that needed to be settled. The arresting officer, City Marshall John M. Guay, contacted Mr. Jefferson by telephone and the latter denied having any knowledge of Whittemore. The young man, who was charged with “obtaining goods under false pretences”, then admitted his guilt and the fact that he was wanted by authorities in Concord, Mass. by pretending to be J.Montgomery Sears of Boston and apparently acquiring personal gain by his deceitful practic-

es. It was discovered that the man had built up a record of numerous offences related to the misuse of checks in Massachusetts and had spent time in reformatories. Furthermore, his real name was neither Whittemore or Montgomery. He was identified as Harold Prouty of Milton, Massachusetts. A man named H. G. Whittemore, apparently an art collector of those days, lived in Naugatuck, Connecticut, and a J. Montgomery Sears was said to be the wealthiest man in Boston and one of the wealthiest in the country. The man that the young man from Milton, Mass. claimed was his guardian, Mr. T. Jefferson Coolidge, was a leading Boston businessman and the great grandson of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Coolidge had ties to New Hampshire as the manager of the largest textile mill in America at that time, the Amoskeag Mill in Manchester. The offender was said to eventually cooperate with the police, admitting that he was wanted by authorities in Concord, Massachusetts. Chief of Police Craig of Concord came to Laconia hoping to take Prouty back with him, but Laconia officials decided to keep him for trial at Belknap County Superior Court. Prouty entered a guilty plea to receiving goods under false pretense and , unable to pay the $1,000 bail fee, was taken to jail to await trial. Not knowing what happened afterwards, I can only hope that he changed his ways and from then on directed his skills and ambitions to honest and productive pursuits.

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by three of the men who actually wrote the Constitution. On the racial front, landmark studies like â&#x20AC;&#x153;America in Black and Whiteâ&#x20AC;? by Stephen and Abigail Thernstrom are unlikely to see the light of day in courses or even on college bookstore shelves. While there is no â&#x20AC;&#x153;iron curtainâ&#x20AC;? around our campuses, there is a curtain, and its effects are dangerously close to the effects produced by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;iron curtainâ&#x20AC;? around the Soviet bloc. What is lacking is anything like the Voice of America broadcasts to pierce the academic curtain. In an electronic age, there are plenty of sources from which forbidden facts and suppressed views can be beamed into the many electronic devices used by college students. There are many recorded speeches and interviews of outstanding thinkers, from the past and the present, with viewpoints different from the prevailing groupthink on campus, and these can be presented directly to students with electronic devices. Someone from the real world beyond the ivy-covered enclaves would have to do it. And it is not yet clear who would do it or who would finance it. Perhaps some of those donors who have kept on writing checks to their alma maters, while the latter surrendered repeatedly to ideological intolerance, might consider such a project. Campus mobs could not shout down thousands of scattered iPads. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www. creators.com.

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swath combining a sense of competence, confidence and charisma in his audition for the UNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top job. Early in the process a number of European Ambassadors told this writer, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You must hear Guterres. He is the best so far.â&#x20AC;? Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ambassador Matthew Rycroft said that Antonio Guterres â&#x20AC;&#x153;will take the United Nations to the next level in terms of leadershipâ&#x20AC;? and furthermore be â&#x20AC;&#x153;a moral authority at a time when the world is divided on issues.â&#x20AC;? Ah, classic understatement! So as the two term tenure of South Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ban Ki-moon comes to an end, what does Antonio Guterres really inherit? Antonio Guterres is an electrical engineer by profession but later went into politics an subsequently become Portugalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prime Minister between 19952002. A member of the Socialist party (though from its more moderate wing), his tenure was marked with close relations to the European Union (EU) and the USA. Later he would serve as the chief of the Geneva-based UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) a post which gave him the jarring personal experience in dealing with the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expanding refugee

crisis. Given that the world is facing the largest refugee crisis since the end of WWII, with more than 65 million fleeing their homelands, it may be fitting and indeed wise to select a candidate who has distinguished himself over a decade in humanitarian efforts to help the displaced. As I often say, the UN has done an admirable job in treating the staggering humanitarian symptoms of global crises but has failed to solve the actual problems causing the refugee flows. Syria, Libya and Afghanistan come to mind. The UN system is confronted by a world in crisis; humanitarian missions, the spread of ethnic/religious conflict, widening peacekeeping mandates, and trying to break the rigid diplomatic logjam in the Security Council are but a few of the challenges. More distressing remains the Crisis overload from a plethora of failed states and dystopian regimes which have created a humanitarian tsunami facing any new Secretary General. May I mention a few names? Afghanistan, Congo, Central African Republic, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear weapons. As a longstanding mem-

ber of NATO and the European Union, Portugal, and Guterres by extension had the support of Britain, France and later the USA. He was apparently able to cajole both Russia and China from using their vetoes to block his candidacy, though one expects him to appoint a Deputy Secretary General of Moscowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s liking from Eastern Europe to close the deal. Was there a wider quid pro quo for Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sudden turnaround? Speaking from Lisbon, Antonio Guterres said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have two words to describe

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