08/20/2020 Weirs Times by The Weirs Publishing Company

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VOLUME 29, NO. 34

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020

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A Day in Wolfeboro with Molly the Trolley It was a perfect August day with plenty of blue sky and sunshine when I set out to spend a day with Molly the Trolley in Wolfeboro, located on the northeastern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. “No need to pack a lunch,” Molly emailed me when I requested information. “There’re plenty of great places to eat here, several on the water and many with expanded outdoor seating. Just tell me what kind of food you want, and I’ll tell you the options.” With Molly’s 33 years of experience introducing people to Wolfeboro, I figured I was in good hands. As I planned to spend the day, Molly advised I park in the Glendon Street Parking Lot where there is no time limit; all the parking in Wolfeboro is free. It was an easy, short along the water on the Bridge Falls Path to the Wolfeboro Railroad Station where I would meet Molly for a tour of the town. Arriving early, I followed the aroma of freshly brewed coffee across See MOLLY on 22 the street to RE ONLINE FOR A H S & F RE AD E RE

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Gale School in Belmont’s Third Grade Class 1954-1955. The historic building was recently saved and moved. We asked PHOTO COURTESY CAROL (RIVERS) MACLEOD readers who attended Gale School to send us their memories and photos.

Gale School Memories —A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever. In our July 30th issue we featured the move of the historic Gale School in Belmont.

It came after decades of hard work and determination by the Save Our Gale School Committee. Now in its new location not far from its original spot, it will be renovated by Lakes Region Community Development and the building will start a new life.

Among the ideas for its use at the moment are housing, a day care and a senior day care. The Gale School was constructed in 1894 and was shutdown in 1985 when it was used for cold storage. The school was not only used for e l e m e n t a r y See MEMORIES on 27

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Learning To Look At All Sides To The Editor: I didn’t realize when I was in high school how much my favorite history teacher taught me when I was in her classes for both English History and United States History. Studying English History was a good way to build a foundation to understand the founding of the United States of America. However, because of the way she taught, it wasn’t just the actual facts and figures that her students learned. We weren’t told to simply memorize names and dates. We were told to think about what we were learning, as to the reasons that real people made the choices they did. We had many class discussions and debates with students taking on the parts of different historical figures. She helped us see them as living, breathing, human beings so we could better understand the consequences of the actions they took. She assigned research projects without any dictates as to how to go about them, other than to have at least 3 different resources on our research papers so we would see more than one side of any issue. In the pre-internet days, we had to actually visit the library. I now realize that it is because of those classes I’ve always looked at all sides of a situation and done as much research as possible before

making up my mind about important issues. I wish everyone would apply this method before casting a vote in the coming election. Denise Crompton, Nashua, NH.

Police Reform To The Editor: Republicans are running campaign ads trying to incite fears that if Democrats are elected, police departments will be shut down and 911 call centers will put callers on hold while burglars break into their homes. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Democratic candidates, starting with Joe Biden, have made it clear that, regardless of what some protestors might chant, they will not defund police departments or curtail 911 call capabilities. What they are looking at doing is relieving police of some responsibilities the police would prefer not to have, so that they can concentrate on public safety and stopping crime. Some Democrats have even suggested increasing police funding to do this, and to improve the quality of training. Nationwide, discussions of police reform are making progress in restricting chokeholds and strangleholds, pursuing de-escalation, and requiring officers to intervene if a fellow officer uses excessive force. These are positive steps -- not just for minorities, but for all

of us -- not just because black lives matter, but because all lives matter. In serving as an Air Force lawyer (JAG), I advised commanders and set up training for military police on proper use of force. Our civilian police should be no less professional and accountable. President Trump has said he opposes any restrictions on policing, while Democrats seek to improve public safety by eliminating dangerous and improper practices. Ignore the fearmongering. Vote Democrat on Nov 3. Don Nolte, Exeter, NH.

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My Brother Greg On Saturday, August 1st, my brother Greg passed away suddenly from a heart attack. He was only 72. It was a terby Brendan Smith rible shock, a Weirs Times Editor feeling I had never experienced. I had never lost a sibling before and now I understood the feelings of others I know who have lost a brother or sister. Greg was the oldest of us six kids. I have two other older brothers as well as two younger sisters. With a bit of prejudice, I will say that Greg was probably the smartest guy I ever knew. Some people know a little about a lot of things, Greg knew a lot about a lot of things. A voracious reader who never just focused on one side of an issue, he examined all sides and would often provide new viewpoints and observations on current events that I never considered before. He did not instantly accept something as the truth merely because it aligned with a comfortable line of thinking. Something we all do too easily nowadays. He was in the financial and banking business for years. Involved in many complicated aspects of money and how it works, it came easy to him. At a Celebration of his life this past weekend, colleagues of Greg’s spoke of how much they learned from him as well as how he used humor and straightforward advice as tools. One colleague told the story of how, when he first met Greg, he was confused as Greg had the nameplate “F. Blair Nevers” on his desk. Greg explained he found the old nameplate, liked the name and decided to keep it.

One constant theme from others who knew Greg was that, when they agonized over a decision, Greg’s advice was “Just go ahead and do it. Don’t waste time thinking about it”. This usually turned out to be the correct decision. I also learned that Greg, now in his early seventies, still with a foot in the financial field, also took a job at a local supermarket near where he lived in Falmouth, Maine. He liked to keep busy. I was told that Greg worked in the produce department and would bet others he worked with (not for money) what items would sell the most on that particular day. I have to assume his picks were made by careful calculations and that he enjoyed this latest endeavor. Being eight years older than me, I never really knew Greg very well when I was a kid. My earliest memories were Greg putting on his uniform every morning to take the train and subway from Long Island, NY into Manhattan to attend Xavier High School, a military academy. At a party in New Jersey in 1965, when he was 17, Greg met his future wife Peggy who often tells the story: “When I saw him that day I told my friend that ‘I’m going to marry that guy.’” They married in 1970, had five children and in March celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The loss Peggy must feel is unimaginable to me. It wasn’t until I was in high school that I truly formed a bond with my oldest brother. I visited him and Peggy in their apartment in Boston several times and later in their home in Arlington, Massachusetts. Eventually I went to college in Milton, Mass and visited them often on weekends. A few years later, in the midst of my own transition in life, I lived with

them for a year as I worked in Boston. Greg inspired me with his knowledge and the previously mentioned process of never taking anything at face value no matter how much it reinforced your own beliefs. He turned me on to great books to fuel my own desire to read and learn. More importantly, he had a terrific sense of humor, finding the absurdity in most anything. It is a trait I sharpened while being with him and it shows up most every week right here on this page. Greg and Peggy moved their family from Massachusetts to Maine years ago. As I grew and moved on with my life, I never visited Greg much over the years. Still, every time we got together it was like we had only seen each other a few days before. At his Celebration, his son told me that while going through Greg’s bureau, he had found a pile of clippings of some of my columns that he had kept over the years. That moment made all these years of writing this column worth it. I could write pages of stories about Greg, but there is only so much space. I even agonized if I should write this column about Greg, as there would be so much that I would have to leave out and not really do justice in telling his story. As I sat and thought about it, the words “Just Go Ahead And Do It And Don’t Waste Time Thinking About It” echoed in my mind. So here it is. I will miss my brother; he was a big part of my life. I wish he was able to read this column.

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Is Biden-Loving Comcast Meddling in Loomer’s Campaign? There’s bad blood between President Donald Trump and Comcast. It’s no secret. The commander in chief nicknamed the telecom giant “Concast” for presiding over incessantly skewed media coverage of his campaign and administration. Comcast is the parent company of NBC News and MSNBC, whose notorious fake news media execs are “trying to poison the mind of by Michelle Malkin the American voter” in President Trump’s Syndicated Columnist view. On Twitter, he has called on supporters to drop the cable conglomerate for its “terrible service” and “go to a good provider” instead. For their part, top Comcast execs and employees have forked over a whopping $213,974 in contributions to the Biden for President campaign. The Democratic presidential candidate held his first mega-fundraiser last April at the Philadelphia home of Comcast executive David Cohen, who oversees the firm’s corporate lobbying (which totaled more than $13 million last year). The very next day, after Cohen’s posh kickoff (which raked in more than $500,000), Comcastowned NBC News communications director T.J. Ducklo left his position to serve as Biden’s national press secretary. Against that backdrop, let us now consider what happened this week to Laura Loomer, the Trump-supporting conservative investigative journalist and fierce critic of big tech bias who is the GOP front-runner in Florida’s 21st congressional district -- home to Mar-A-Lago and the Trumps’ official legal residence since last fall. If Loomer prevails in her Aug. 18 primary as widely expected, she will face four-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel and win an extraordinary opportunity to turn Trump’s long-blue home district red. On Monday, Loomer discovered that Xfinity/Comcast had blocked voters from receiving her campaign texts and emails. Customers instead received an ominous warning that read: “Hold On! We blocked access” to Loomer’s messages because they were alleged to pose a threat to users’ devices “or contain dangerous content.” The company claims it was a “technical” glitch. One corporate spokesman in charge of engineering issues told me Monday afternoon that “the security alert had nothing to do with the content or sender of any communication.” Instead, he blamed “widely used third-party threatintelligence services” for flagging Loomer’s texting provider. When I asked which thirdSee MALKIN on 36

Joe Biden’s Awful Vice Presidential Pick

For well over a year, former Vice President Joe Biden has carried forth a simple strategy: Be nonthreatening. Facing a volatile, mistakeprone incumbent, Biden merely had to mimic vital signs, stay out of the by Ben Shapiro spotlight and avoid lookSyndicated Columnist ing off-putting or radical. And he accomplished those objectives, to great effect. He barely stumbled his way through the Democratic primaries, representing the nonradical voting repository for those alienated by the extremism of Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren; he refused to kowtow to the Twitter blue checkmarks calling for him to endorse rioting and looting; he shied away from insane slogans about defunding the police. He stayed in the basement, playing prevent defense against President Donald Trump. All he had before him was one final hurdle: picking a vice president. Usually, the vice presidential pick means little or nothing. The vice presidency is a uniquely powerless office, and presidents rarely hand over power to their vice presidents. But Joe Biden will be 78 in November and appears to be slipping significantly mentally -- despite CNN’s protestations that he can still ride a bicycle. There is a reason nearly 6 in 10 Americans, according to a new Rasmussen poll, think Biden’s vice president will finish his first term. So Biden had one task: to pick a vice president who would appear nonthreatening, mainstream and generally normal. The onus would then lie with President Trump to shift the spotlight from his own campaign. Biden couldn’t do it. He made an early error on that score when he declared publicly that he would pick a woman. This made it obvious that Biden was seeking a token -- some sop for the woke progressives in his base. And that

sop opened the door to further demands: the demand, for example, that he pick not merely a woman (or, as the woke left might have it, an individual with a cervix) but a black woman. And so Biden was trapped into a limited selection of politicians, ranging from the unknown (Rep. Val Demings of Florida) to the communist (Rep. Karen Bass of California), from the quietly sinister (former President Obama’s national security advisor Susan Rice) to the loudly ridiculous (Georgia non-governor Stacey Abrams). None of these picks would be great; some would be far worse than others. But there was one pick who would prove far worse than all the others: Sen. Kamala Harris, DCalif. Harris is deeply radical. She endorsed “Medicare for All” while announcing that she would move Americans away from their private health care plans; she announced in open debate that she would use executive orders to ban “assault weapons”; she said she would ban fracking; she attacked Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a purported rapist and Judge Brian Buescher for his Catholicism. Harris is unpopular with many black Americans: As a prosecutor, she was fond of pursuing heavy sentences for light charges, as well as civil asset forfeiture -- and then she bragged about smoking marijuana during her campaign. Harris has similarly alienated moderates, attacking Biden himself as a vicious racist for his unwillingness to support forced school busing in the 1970s, and suggesting that she believed Biden’s sexual harassment accusers. There is a reason Harris utterly flamed out in the primaries, aside from her bizarre habit of breaking into a Joker-esque whoop when asked difficult questions. Nothing about Harris screams nonthreatening. In fact, in her Machiavellian campaign manipulations, she appeared deeply threatening -- threatening enough that Biden campaign adviser Chris Dodd reportedly wondered why Harris “had no remorse” for her opportunistic and dishonest attacks on Biden. At See SHAPIRO on 36

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Anti-Racist Racists Black Lives Matter protests led many people to want to do something useful to reduce racial injustice. Racial justice groups are being flooded with by John Stossel money. Syndicated Columnist Big companies made multimillion-dollar donations. “Bad idea,” says Black radio host Larry Elder in my new video. “It is condescending... and not helpful. I urge white people to chill. Stop helping us, because you’re

making things worse!” Making things worse, he says, because it supports the activists’ claim that “Blacks are victims of racism. (But) if racism were in America’s DNA, Obama never could have got elected. Racism has never been more insignificant a factor in one’s success than right now.” I push back. “It must be a huge problem or there wouldn’t be all this protest!” “Well, they’re being lied to,” Elder responds. Teachers, Black activists and the media give “young people the impression that racism remains this huge problem in America when it is not.”

It’s not, he says, because today any person who does three things can succeed: “Finish high school, don’t have a kid until you get married, get a job. Do those things, you will not be poor.” The biggest problem facing the Black community today, says Elder, is the absence of fathers. In the 1960s, most Black children were raised in two-parent households. That changed when our government’s War on Poverty began. The handouts sent the message that it’s the government’s job, not your responsibility, to take care of you and your kids. “A mother with two children makes more money

than she would make on minimum wage because of all the goodies she gets through the welfare state!” Now, he says, Black Lives Matter actually encourages the breakup of families. Their website does say, “disrupt the Western-prescribed, nuclear family.” That’s a Karl Marx idea straight from “The Communist Manifesto.” Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors proudly describes herself as a “trained Marxist.” Elder calls her and the anti-capitalist protesters “phonies.” “Do they really want socialism?” Elder asks. “Do they really want inSee STOSSEL on 37

Health Focus of High Level U.S. Official’s Taiwan Trip A visit by an American Secretary of Health to an East Asian ally would seemingly not register much media attention, espeby John J. Metzler cially during the Syndicated Columnist Summer. But in the age of global Corona and the deadly spread of the Covid-19 virus, health certainly matters. So when U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan on a fourday fact finding mission, the highest level visit by a U.S. government official since Washington broke diplomatic ties with the Republic of China on Taiwan in 1979, people

took careful note. The stunning symbolism of a large blue and white jet emblazoned with the United States of America touching down at Taipei’s downtown SongShan airport, with a close backdrop of the capital’s skyline, reaffirmed Washington’s growing, if still unofficial, friendship with Taiwan. There were many ironies here, none of which were lost on the Beijing communists who predictably huffed and puffed. Taiwan, whose government has faced an unfair political ostracism, despite the island’s global business links, has basked in the well-earned glory of being on the cutting edge of health efforts to contain the Covid-19 virus.

Though Taiwan is internationally praised for its genuine democracy and socio/economic success story, it’s less known that the small New Hampshire sized island ranks equally well on the health and medical services scale. Taiwan is one of the few places which had the capacity to quickly contain and control the deadly COVID-19 virus when it spread from the Chinese Mainland. Since the onset of the virus, Taiwan, with a population of 23 million and despite its proximity to China, has registered just 484 COVID cases with 7 fatalities. Equally South Korea, with a larger population of 51 million, has had 15,320 cases with 305 deaths. Notably Taiwan has excellent

public health policy, preparedness and gains from previous experience with epidemics such as SARS back in 2003. During a meeting with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, Secretary Azar said, “It is a true honor to be here to convey a message of strong support and friendship from President Trump to Taiwan,” adding, “Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 has been among the most successful in the world, and that is a tribute to the open, transparent, democratic nature of Taiwan’s society and culture.” Secretary Azar stressed, “This visit represents an acknowledgement of the United States and Taiwan’s deep friendship and partnership across See METZLER on 37

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All ‘Spies & Sweethearts’ For Wright Museum Volunteer

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• No personal income tax- now or ever! • No personal capital gains tax- now or ever! • No broad-based sales tax- now or ever! • Repeal the tax on interest & dividends that falls hardest on our seniors and savers- it is nothing less than an income tax in our state in which we claim not to have one! • Smaller government & less government regulations • Protect the Second Amendment & Constitutional Carry • Limit voters to bona fide NH residents and enhancing election security • Support our local police & other first responders • Enhance our educational system • Enhance health care choices • Support traditional American family values

He is unafraid to speak out vociferously on these and many other important issues. Norm Is Endorsed by the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance; Gun Owners of America; Young Americans for Liberty; the Get Involved PAC; and the Granite Grok. Since Norm is retired, if elected, he has pledged that he will actually show up for his job working for you and he will vote. At least 80% of success in life is actually showing up! If you ever have any questions, comments or suggestions, or need any assistance with problems you are having with our state government, before or after the election, please feel free to contact Norm personally at 603-293-0565 or by email at njs@silbersnh.com. And feel free to view his complete profile at : www.linkedin.com/in/norman-j-norm-silber-83269522

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For volunteer Linda Shenton Matchett, a big part of her joy in time spent at the Wright Museum of World War II in Wolfeboro is the interaction with visitors.\ “Many share their memories or stories about loved ones when they are here,” she said. “I also enjoy watching patrons’ eyes light up when a particular exhibit resonates with them.” Shenton Matchett is also intimately involved with other aspects of the museum, including as archivist, a unique role in which she “handles items someone held themselves in the past.” “It is exciting,” she said. “Occasionally, research is necessary, and I learn something new about an aspect of the war, too.” For Shenton Matchett, who is also an author, such research enhances her writing. “I set my stories during the WWII era to honor the ordinary men and women who did extraordinary things,” she said. Citing a corporate employment background in Human Resources, Shenton Matchett is particularly fascinated by the history of women in the workplace, especially during World War II when “they flooded every industry to replace the void left by men.” “They raised their hands to do jobs they weren’t even sure they knew how to do, but were willing to learn,” she explained.

As an example, she cited most women in the 1940s did not know how to drive. “Families owned one car and dad drove it to work,” she said. “Gals who went to work for the Women’s Land Army, though, learned how to drive so they could operate the farm machinery necessary to sow and harvest the crops.” Some learned to drive, she said, so they could serve as ambulance drivers. “Others learned how to drive motorcycles so they could be part of the messenger service,” she added. In 2021, Shenton Matchett plans to speak in the Wright Museum’s Lecture Series, presented by Ron Goodgame & Donna

Canney, about her book, Spies & Sweethearts. It is the first book in the Sisters in Service fiction series. “It is the story of Emily, Doris and Cora Strealer, who choose to support the war effort in jobs that are atypical for women of the time period,” she said. In Spies & Sweethearts, Emily serves as a radio operator for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in occupied France. “Her partner is a senior agent who is not happy about being saddled with a rookie who is also a woman,”she said. “When their cover is blown, they flee toward neutral Switzerland with the NaSee WRIGHT on 34

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When Dr. Anna Shaw, the President of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association, was asked why there was no marriage in Heaven, her answer was, “Because there are no men in Heaven.” Writers of the present day express their amazement concerning the fact that when some women were campaigning for the right of women to vote a hundred years or more ago that there were other women who were campaigning against allowing women to vote. Perhaps Dr. Shaw’s comment was one of the reasons that some women chose to be anti-suffragists. It has been stated that there were as many anti-suffrage groups in New Hampshire as there were suffrage groups. Dr. Shaw referred to the anti-suffragist organizations as “the home, hearth, and Mother

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Once upon a time Major League Baseball had the summer to itself and during the Dog Days of August sports pages included little else besides baseball. But in this tumultuous Pandemic Year of 2020 all four England major league teams are playing or in the news. So following are capsule comments on all four. (Yes, I know the New England Revolution soccer franchise is also big league. We’ll soon have a soccer-centric piece in which the Revolution figures prominently.) Patriots New quarterback Cam Newton could bring a whole new dimension to the New England offense. As good as Tom Brady was, he was never a scrambler. He took countless sacks and threw away countless balls because he couldn’t avoid pass rushers very well, and seldom did much outside the pocket. It will be VERY interesting to see if Newton can flourish in the Patriot system. I sense that Coach Bill Belichick (and many others) really want to show they can be successful without Brady. But details as to how the NFL and member teams will deal with COVID-19 are still to be worked out.

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Jaylon Brown, Gordon Hayward, Marcus Smart, Jason Tatum, Dan Theis, and Kemba Walker all missed last week’s game against Washington. Still, I’m excited about the Celtics. Red Sox I’m not excited about the Red Sox and the reasons go far beyond their current last place position in the A.L. East. I received several supportive messages in response to a recent column criticizing BoSox owner John Henry’s politics and his lack of respect for the Yawkeys who previously owned the franchise. And it looks like they’ve perhaps set up interim manager Ron Roenicke for failure to make it easier to bring back Alex Cora. A “convicted cheater,” Cora is damaged goods in my estimation. While his shenanigans in Houston which led to his dismissal by the Bo-

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Last week, I received two emails from the Monadnock Region reporting cuckoo sightings. “Have you noticed an abundance of cuckoos this year?” Amy from Harrisville wrote. “I seem to hear them in a lot of places that I never noticed them before. I’ve had them in my yard here and there over the years, but this year one (or more?) has been in my woods all summer.” Amy noted it was a yellow-billed cuckoo. Black-billed cuckoos also live in New England. The next day, Linda from Swanzey sent in a photo of a yellowbilled cuckoo that she

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The Winnipesaukee Railroad heading to Lakeport. dating back to 1924. In 2020, event officials are expecting a smaller crowd than usual due to rescheduling of the event and lack of vendors, both due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

However, riders from across the country are still expected to enjoy riding New Hampshire’s scenic roads and byways making it one of the most popular motorcycle events in all of North America. For those interested round-trip service from Meredith, NH into Weirs Beach and back, this will be available three times each day at 10:30am, 12:30pm & 2:30pm. Free parking is also available in Meredith for motorcycles, cars and trucks. The cost of the 1-hour round-trip ticket from Meredith to Weirs Beach and back is $20 for adults and $15 for children 4-12 while ages 3 and under ride for free. For those interested in 2-hour train rides

along the western shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, these roundtrip excursions will be available daily from Meredith and Weirs Beach during the weeklong motorcycle event. Tickets for the 2-hour train rides are $22 for adults, $17 for children 4-12 and free for children 3 and under. Daily departure times from Meredith will be 10:30am, 12:30pm & 2:30pm, while 2-hour train rides from Weirs Beach will depart at 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm each day. Due to limited capacity aboard the trains this year due to COVID-19 Guidelines, those wishing to enjoy train rides from either Meredith or Weirs Beach will need See HOBO on 34

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LACONIA - When several hundred-motorcycle riders gathered 13 years ago to honor the life of Peter Makris, patriarch of The NASWA Resort and community leader, it began a snowball roll of benefits for the Laconia community. While the initial run benefited the Laconia Fire Department Lifesaving Fund, a nonprofit that encompasses all the fire department does to man and equip a water rescue unit— boat, training, and supplies—that Makris helped to start years ago, the Peter Makris Memorial Fund grew, expanded its beneficiaries and became the Official Kickoff of Laconia Motorcycle Week. Another important aspect of Makris’ life was his service in the U.S. Marine Corps, so when Cynthia Makris, President of The NASWA and Board member of Easter Seals NH, learned of the

community force to address area emergencies, the Peter Makris Fund stepped forward to help this and other area nonprofits. The annual Peter Makris Memorial Run has to date raised over $450,000 for area charities and embraces the aspects of life that meant most to Peter—family, friends, The NASWA, and giving back to his Laconia community. As a proud U.S. military veteran, Peter relished the See MAKRIS on 18

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MOLLY from 1 Seven Suns Creperie where I discovered why the coffee smelled so good; here it’s freshly roasted, as well as brewed! On my tour I learned Seven Suns is one of two coffee roasteries in Wolfeboro, the other being Lucas Coffee Company on King Street; you can buy from either on line. Covid -19 Precautions in Place Molly arrived right

Molly The Trolley at the Wolfeboro Train Station. on time. I expected to wear a face covering on the trolley and was prepared, but I was pleased to see free masks and hand sanitizer offered at the door as well. I have to admit I felt a bit like an undercover agent with my hat, dark glasses, mask and notepad, but of course, I looked like everyone else. The driver explained that to be safe, the trolley is presently divided into three sections to provide distancing between groups. Red satin ribbons cordon off seats separating the areas. A family of five boarded first and took the section in back. I was directed to the center section, which could have accommodated eight. However, I as I was on my own I was considered a group of one and had the entire section to myself. I felt

very safe and relaxed. An older couple with two grandchildren sat in the front area. I purchased my AllDay Pass from the driver, but I could have bought it on line in advance and called to reserve a time. The driver provided me with Molly’s Map/Brochure which I found very helpful, especially after the tour. Pulling away from the Railroad Station (barn red with gold-trim) I learned it was built by the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1872. It houses the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce and Information Center (Open Monday Saturday 10-6,) Wolfeboro Jet Ski Rentals, and public rest rooms. There’s also an adorable playground that looks a train behind the station. I was distracted from my note-taking by the beautiful lake views and

picturesque waterfront downtown, most of it built in the 1800s. I felt like I’d stepped back in time, perhaps into a Norman Rockwell painting. You can walk everywhere and there’s a nice variety of shops, art galleries, restaurants, bakeries and places to get that summer favorite, ice cream. Some store names are especially fun: Winni Paw Station (pet store,) Country Bookseller (bookstore,) Penny Candy (owner’s name is Penny,) Butternuts (kitchen wares,) Made on Earth (clothing) and Dive Winnipesaukee (everything for water fun.) Leaving downtown we visited Back Bay where from WolfeTrap Grill & Raw Bar we saw courses for the Back Bay Skippers (RC sailboat racing) and the Abenaki Water See MOLLY on 23

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MOLLY from 22 Ski Club (slalom and jumping since 1981.) I especially enjoyed Molly’s tour of Sewall Road where I saw some of the beautiful waterfront homes Winnipesaukee is famous for including cottages built a century ago, a new mansion just completed, and others built in the years between. And I learned about some of the famous people who have, or now live in them. Molly stopped at Goodhue and Hawkins Boat Yard on Sewall Point where we looked back across Wolfeboro Bay viewing the town from the water, easily identifying Brewster Academy,

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Saturday with some restrictions. The M/S Mount Washington (running only out of The Weirs this year), Millie B and Winnipesaukee Belle all plan to be back in Wolfeboro with cruises and boat rides in 2021. The vistas of Wolfeboro Bay and beyond from Brewster Academy

took me away from my notepad again as we began the second half of our tour where I learned about Wolfeboro’s colonial history. The town was named in 1759 for British General James Wolfe, a great hero of the French and Indian War; Kingswood Regional High School and Kingswood Golf Course on South Main Street are located in what was King George III’s woods in the mid1700s, so prized by His Majesty that one could be hung for poaching a tree! And Molly knows the reason why. Molly’s tour took me through Wolfeboro Falls where I discovered the other end of The Bridge Falls Path. There it connects with the Cotton Valley Trail which continues beside the railroad tracks for 12 miles over causeways crossing both Lake Wentworth and Crescent Lake to the Town of Wakefield where the spur line be-

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MOLLY from 23 one of three antique shops in town (Back Bay Antique Gallery, Mari’s Treasures, Wolfeboro Antiques and Artisans.) More beautiful views of those causeways and lakes came my way as Molly explained that Lake Wentworth is named for Governor John Wentworth, the last governor appointed by King George before the American Revolution. Wentworth built a summer mansion on Lake Wentworth in 1772 and that’s why Wolfeboro is known as the “Oldest Summer Resort in America.” “So that’s why…” The family in the back was chatting. “I’ve been coming here all my life and I always wondered…” The older woman in the front piped up “Don’t feel bad; I was born here, and I’ve learned a lot today myself. We came to give the grandkids a ride, a break, you know? But I never expected this. I’m going to bring their parents next time!”

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Museum and the Libby Museum of Natural History all recommended by Molly the Trolley were at the top of my Must-Do list. I wasn’t at all disappointed and next visit I’ll allow more time at all three. From the “Where to Dine” section I selected lunch and dinner spots and, as I’d already decided I needed to stay for at least another day, I booked a room at one

of the inns listed in the “Where to Stay” section. I could have done that on-line as everything in the brochure is also on Molly’s website, wolfeborotrolley.com, or I could have called 603569-1080. Now that I’ve “Discovered Wolfeboro,” you can be sure I’ll be back. Now where did Molly say I could rent a cottage for a week?

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logs have been in the pond for 82 years. (I was able to confirm that we did guess correctly and this is true). I took my paddle and pushed on the log and it surprised me how it bobbed up and down and I could spin it around too. Now that we were looking for logs we just kept seeing them. On the far end of the pond we paddled by a couple fishing from a canoe. We also discovered that there is a gravel cartop/canoe ramp on Gile Road. I would have learned that if I had pulled up the map right. If you don’t own a boat or a kayak go rent one! There are boat rentals available all over New Hampshire. Have fun.

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part we had really nice teachers back then who wanted us all to succeed! In talking with my two sisters we missed out on having a class trip like they did. That would have been some fun times for us. “I really don’t remember too much from the

students but between 1927 and 1937 it was also the home of Belmont High School. The building holds some wonderful memories for those who attended school there and we asked our readers who attended Gale School to send us any memories and photos they might have. We thank those who contacted us and shared these memories. Robert Banfill who attended Gale School in the 1950s remembers: “I remember saluting the flag every morning, reciting The Lord’s

Gale School era except for the recesses where we played on the cross-bars, swings and marble games we played. Also had fun toward the end of the year when we played outside games like the grain bag races and See MEMORIES on 28

Joyce Humiston Lounsbury sent us this photo of the Grade 6 Class of 1948. Mrs. Rego’s class. “The A-bomb shelter consisting of running outside to sit on the ground under the pine trees, duck our heads, and closing our eyes against the nuclear blast.” “The playground equipment and the cows that would sometimes break through the rickety barbed-wire fence of the adjoining pasture and wander onto the school property. And those pine groves where high school kids would grope and sometimes even smoke.”

Robert Banfill provided us with this photo to show us a classroom at Gale School in the 1950s. Prayer and then singing the Star Spangled Banner or America The Beautiful. I was also assigned to ring the bell to start recess. Of course, it wasn’t the big bell in the tower but it was a smaller hand bell.” Some memories of Gale School graduates from the class of 1957-

1958 including: Susan (Moulton) Crawley, Brenda (Roberts) Long, Carol (Rivers) MacLeod and Linda (Booska) Sweet “The sand-filled fire buckets on the stair landings, the bell pull on the upper floor, the coal-fired steam boiler in the basement where Mr. Harris, the principal when we were in

6th grade, would duck down to for a cigarette every hour.” “The huge icicles that formed, and fell, from the second story and the fire escape made of wood, designed to create a chimney in case of fire, that would have trapped half the school population.”

“I remember the sinks used for hand washing outside the first floor classrooms and the heat pipes that were right there because I recall pushing a boy against them due to teasing or something and he burned his arm. That would have been 3rd grade.” “I remember playing in the pine needles during recess and lunch. Later years I remember our home economics class in the basement.” “I think for the most

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“What I remember about the Gale School is the large windows and on sunny days the brightness in our classroom. “When my homeroom was on the second floor the outside stairs were used for fire drills. The inside stairs seemed really wide, but I was only 7 years old when I first attended the Gale School. I do remember the bathroom facilities were in the basement. I attended classes from grades 2nd through 6th. “I had 34 classmates in third grade with Mrs. Dorothea Wells our teacher. “There were 33 classmates in my 6th grade class with Mr. E. W. Harris as teacher and also the Principal of the

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guage (believe it is now referred to as “English”), Spelling, Penmanship, Arithmetic, Social Studies and Science. All the classes were held in the same room and I had the same teacher for all subjects.” Ray Booska who attended Gale School from 1959-1961 remembers: “The steep paved hill

at the grade school was great for us guys in the winter to slide down with our old leather ski boots, competing for distance. “The floors, stairs & hallways were the creekiest, noisiest floors in the world. “I often got to play checkers with Mrs. McAllister during recess. Guess it kept me out of playground trouble. “Lots of good hiding places in the Gale school. “The (Dungeon) basement was an area often used for punishment for we boys that got in trouble. “5th and 6th grade was a time for us guys to start selecting girls to develop and hone our hand holding and smooching techniques with especially in the roof covered fire escape area. “Gale school aged boys at times could group together and flex their muscles and turn Mr.Sylvesters (5th & 6th grade history teacher) VW bug sideways in the parking area. Lots of laughs. “Singing class included lots of kids that got gathered together in the large down stairs room to sing older generation songs like the old grey mare, coming around the mountain on and on and on for long periods of time! “Don’t remember having a school nurse? “There were a few after school outdoor sports. Sometimes on Saturdays we would meet at the basketball court above the town hall and would play with adult alumni.” Sally Stucker who now lives in Colorado remembers: “My name back then was Sally Thompson. I attended The Gale See MEMORIES on 29

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Thanks to Suzanne (Moulton) Crawley for this photo of the Class of 1958. Thanks to Robert Banfill for this class photo from 1952.

A recent photo of Gale School before it was moved. MEMORIES from 28 School 1965-1967. (Grades 5th and 6th) The Gale School was a step up I thought as we switched classrooms. “As I recall there were 4 classrooms; 2 on the first floor and 2 on the second floor. I don’t recall all of my teachers, but I do recall Mrs. Casey and Mr. St Cyr. “The teachers would ring a school bell to an-

nounce the classroom change! Exciting times in old Belmont. “We played softball and marbles in the spring. It was very nice growing up in little old Belmont. “I now live in Evergreen, Colorado. Very interesting to see that they have saved and moved the old Gale School. Gale is a family name. My mater-

nal Great grandmother was Bertha Gale (Houston). I have enclosed a school picture of myself from 1965. That old school building sure brings back some fond memories.” We would also like to thank Joce Humiston Lounsbury for providing a photo of her 6th Grade Class of 1948.

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SMITH from 9 Amendment was adopted by the affirming vote of the 36th state to approve it on August 2020 could New Hampshire women vote in the general elections. Of course it was only the men that voted and we don’t know what the result would have been if the voters were female. The seemingly highly accepted opinion is that the New Hampshire anti-suffrage movement was supported by mainly upper-class, wealthy, influential, white, Protestant women who were afraid that somehow their status in society would be diminished if women who didn’t enjoy the same privileges and life-style that they did were allowed to vote. This opinion seems to be based on the fact that the financial backing came mainly

Not all women were on board with the 19th Amendment which would give them the right to vote. from some women who had prominent positions in society and were well-to-do, or,in a word, wealthy. But it appears that the same could be said of the support for the suffrage organizations. To assume that the women who were not wealthy, many of whom were mothers and home-keepers,

were mostly in favor of women voting is likely a wrong assumption. Neither suffragists or anti-suffragists can be said to have come from one or more particular group of people. Some of the most liberal women who supported things like free love and birth control felt that women voting would not help

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their causes. The more conservative women were concerned that the change that would allow women to vote would lead to “the loss of the privilege of womanhood”, and the “disruption of the social order.” It was felt that suffrage was a threat to femininity and the value of domestic or home life. The suffrage supporters were many, and the effort to persuade the men to let the women vote started many years before the anti’s, as they were called, organized in an effort to keep voter qualifications as they were. It is not surprising, however, that the opposition would not start organizing until they felt that the suffrage effort might succeed. So the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage

was formed and New Hampshire organized a State Chapter of the NAOWS. Books were written to explain the reasons why some women (and men) opposed giving women a vote. On a national level the Ladies Home Journal’s policy was disapproval of suffrage. President Theodore Roosevelt was in favor of women’s suffrage, but his cousin’s widow, Kate Roosevelt was an anti-suffrage activist in New York City who said that a woman’s right to vote was “simply unnecessary.” Mrs. Edith Wendell was a summer resident of Portsmouth who organized and was the first President of the Portsmouth Anti-Suffrage Association. In the northern part of the state Mrs. Lydia Jackson of Littleton represented the anti’s and pointed out that many members of women’s clubs supported the opposition movement. Another anti group was The New Hampshire Association Opposed to Further Extension of Suffrage to Women. The Anti-Suffrage people may not have objected to Dr. Shaw’s characterization of their movement because some of their own did feel that a woman’s time should be given to “children, kitchen, and church.” Anti-Suffrage people were certainly not antiwomen people, or necessarily opposed to the advancement of women in society. One was a native New Hampshire woman who was an anti-suffragist was also a great promoter of women’s education and contributions to society. She was the author of the poem “Mary Had A Little Lamb “ and is See SMITH on 31

— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, August 20, 2020 — SMITH from 30 credited with persuading President Abraham Lincoln to issue a proclamation for a national Thanksgiving Day. Her name is Sara Josepha Hale, a native of Newport, New Hampshire. Though Hale died 40 years before the 19th Amendment was ratified and before any major antisuffrage movements, it is interesting that one in her position as a prominent woman editor and writer and ad-

vocate of education for women, was opposed to women voting. She felt that women could exercise a quiet influence over men without the vote, and that women were still the ones that shaped morality in the society. The pro-vote women obviously won, and by 1923 New Hampshire had three women serving in the legislature. They were Mrs. Emma Bartlett of Raymond, Mrs. Effie Yantis of Manchester, and Mrs.

Gertrude Caldwell of Portsmouth. According to The Granite Monthly magazine they all had common goals as representatives: “to work for measures aimed at social betterment, raising the standard of health and morals in the state, and the bringing about of certain reforms with as little hardship as possible to all concerned.”

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