2019
The Friends of the Northwood Library will meet at the library on Monday, June 26, at 6:45 p.m.
Friends of the Library's Blooming Book Sale was a success!
Friends First Book Sale is a Blooming Success
The Friends of the Chesley Library thank book donors, buyers, and volunteers for their help with the first annual Big Blooming Book Sale. Thanks also to the Masons for their generous loan of their hall where the sale was held. The sale netted over a thousand dollars. This money will be used for library projects and expenses. Projects have included repairs to the walkway, museum passes, subscriptions for genealogical services, and the picnic table among many others.
The Big Blooming Book Sale was an especially satisfying fundraiser. People who donated books were happy to find a good cause to support and good homes for their treasures. People who bought books were happy to be able to choose from the hundreds of offerings. Picture books sold for a quarter each. Young readers seemed to have a great time filling their bags with these books, many of them like new. Fiction fans sought out their favorite authors in stacks sorted alphabetically by many hands. The history, how-to, and crafts sections were also popular.
One young reader came in looking for books on Marco Polo. Sure enough, one was eventually located. A perfect fit.
In the category of “this is amazing,” a woman picked up a book that looked familiar. She opened it to a bookmarked page and there was her family name. She turned to the front cover and there was her own name, handwritten. This book — Who’s Who of 1915 — had been a favorite when she was a child. It had been lost or given away in a move. Forty years later, it was back in her hands. She couldn’t have been more tickled.
The Friends meet (usually) on the 4th Monday of each month at the library at 6:45. New members always welcome. If you’d like to be on our e-mail list, sign up at the library. In addition to the book sale, we sponsor Humor and Harmony (a variety show featuring the band Cordwood and local humorist Rebecca Rule) and the ever popular Soup and Pie, pick-up or eat in, held in early November.
The Friends of the Chesley Library thank book donors, buyers, and volunteers for their help with the first annual Big Blooming Book Sale. Thanks also to the Masons for their generous loan of their hall where the sale was held. The sale netted over a thousand dollars. This money will be used for library projects and expenses. Projects have included repairs to the walkway, museum passes, subscriptions for genealogical services, and the picnic table among many others.
The Big Blooming Book Sale was an especially satisfying fundraiser. People who donated books were happy to find a good cause to support and good homes for their treasures. People who bought books were happy to be able to choose from the hundreds of offerings. Picture books sold for a quarter each. Young readers seemed to have a great time filling their bags with these books, many of them like new. Fiction fans sought out their favorite authors in stacks sorted alphabetically by many hands. The history, how-to, and crafts sections were also popular.
One young reader came in looking for books on Marco Polo. Sure enough, one was eventually located. A perfect fit.
In the category of “this is amazing,” a woman picked up a book that looked familiar. She opened it to a bookmarked page and there was her family name. She turned to the front cover and there was her own name, handwritten. This book — Who’s Who of 1915 — had been a favorite when she was a child. It had been lost or given away in a move. Forty years later, it was back in her hands. She couldn’t have been more tickled.
The Friends meet (usually) on the 4th Monday of each month at the library at 6:45. New members always welcome. If you’d like to be on our e-mail list, sign up at the library. In addition to the book sale, we sponsor Humor and Harmony (a variety show featuring the band Cordwood and local humorist Rebecca Rule) and the ever popular Soup and Pie, pick-up or eat in, held in early November.
Photo caption: Pam was reunited with a book she’d lost 40 years ago.
2018
SOUP’S ON WITH PIE - - Friday, Nov. 2 from 5 - 7 pm
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Please join the Friends of the Library on Friday, November 2, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. for their Soup’s On With Pie fundraising event. Soups on the menu include: beef stew, chicken soup, chili, fish chowder, squash soup, and vegetarian chili. Pies on the menu include: apple, blueberry, chocolate, custard, lemon, and pumpkin.
Soup will be served in to-go packaging so you can enjoy it in the cozy library or take it home for later. Small soup and roll: $5.00; large soup and two rolls: $10.00; slice of pie: $3.00; whole pie: $12.00. Beverages will be provided at no charge. All proceeds go to the Friends to support library services. |
CANDIDATES NIGHT
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The winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries are set to face off in the general election on November 6. They will get a chance to ask for support and participate in a question-and-answer session with voters at the Northwood Town Hall on Thursday, October 18, at 7:00 p.m. Northwood will choose state representatives in Rockingham District 1 (Northwood only) and District 32 (Candia, Deerfield, Northwood, and Nottingham.) The state senator for District 17 and the executive councilor for District 4 will also be elected. Candidates Night is sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries and the Harvey Lake Women’s Club.
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Saturday July 28th - Bean Hole Bash!
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Join the Friends of the Northwood Libraries at the Bean Hole Bash on Saturday, July 28, to make felted rock monsters. The Friends will be in the Northwood Congregational Church’s Fellowship Hall from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm so join them to make your own felted rock monster.
Cute monsters, scary monsters…the possibilities are endless! |
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The Friends of the Northwood Libraries will meet at the library on Monday, August 27, at 6:45 pm. |
What a great show!
Rebecca Rule, Joel Sherburne and Cordwood kept the audience on their toes.
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Rebecca led off with her yankee yarrns and Joel added spice to her repertoire with stories about beans, cuttin cheese and ladies hats from Calef's Country Store days. Cordwood's notes were clrear, clean and crisp. They strummed, picked and plucked their guitars, banjos and washboard to some really fun bluegrass. The crowd loved it all clapping so loudly that the noise resounded off the old masonic halls walls. Great sound filled the room for over 2 hours. It was a night to remember.
The Chesley Memorial Library and the Friends of the Northwood Libraries sponsored "Humor & Harmony” at the Masonic Hall on Route 4 in Northwood on Saturday, May 19, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca Rule is a humorist/writer who specializes in funny stories about New Hampshire. Rebecca Rule gathers and tells stories and she'll be telling some of her funniest ones for Humor and Harmony. Her latest book is Sixty years of cuttin' the cheese : Joel Sherburne and Calef's famous country store. Other books include: N is for NH, an ABC book for children and adults with photographs by Scott Snyder; The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever, illustrated by Jennifer Thermes; Moved and Seconded: NH Town Meeting; and Could Have Been Worse: True Stories, Embellishments, and Outright Lies. She hosts Our Hometown on NHPTV. |
Cordwood is a bluegrass and folk quartet made up of instrumental, vocal, and recording artists from Northwood, Durham, and Deerfield. This is not your local neighborhood hobby band. They are a fine group of seasoned New England musicians. Each can hold his or her own at field picking or a back stage jam, and yet, as a band, they present a highly polished on-stage performance. All four members of Cordwood are storytellers and songwriters, creating original material for instrumentalists who can sing and harmonize, sometimes taking the lead vocal, other times hanging back and lending two, three, or even four part harmonies to a song. Cordwood provides a unique sound to both originals and the covers they perform. Their tunes remain heartfelt and down-home. The band’s material is a mixture of traditional bluegrass, folk, and swing. Cordwood is Wini Scovill Young on banjo and guitar, Walt Kutylowski on bass, Al Pratt on guitar, and Bob Young on mandolin, names you may remember from Big Chicken, The Deerfield Coffeehouse Band, and Fat Hands.
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CANDIDATES NIGHT
There will be a Candidates Night on Wednesday, February 21, at the Northwood Town Hall. It will begin at 7:00 p.m. This will be an opportunity for all voters and interested people to meet those running for Northwood offices in the March elections. It will be moderated by former Moderator Robbie Robertson and all candidates will have an opportunity to speak briefly and answer questions from the audience. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries and the Harvey Lake Woman’s Club.
2017
Third Annual Soup's On - Saturday, November 4th from 4 to 6 pm.
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The Friends of the Chesley Memorial Library hosted a heart warming, stomach filling and very tasty meal on Saturday, November 4th.There was a delicious selection of homemade soups, breads, desserts, beverages and some musical accompaniment provided by fiddler Steve Schulz.
Choices included: SOUPS Beef Stew Chicken Chili Corn chowder Fish chowder Eggplant Tuscan white bean BREADS Cornbread Cranberry bread Pumpkin bread DESSERTS Bars Cookies BEVERAGES Cider Coffee Water (Food and drinks available while they last.) All proceeds will benefit the Chesley Memorial Library. |
2017 |
The Friends of the Library was at the Bean Hole Bash 2017
on Saturday, July 29th! The Friends of the Library were at the Bean Hole Bash. They had books and sundries for sale. People browsed, picked out favorite things and made us an offer. There will be no price tags, every sale was a donation. Enjoying the children's activies at the Bean Hole Bash. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library and led by Robbie Robertson the kids pounded nails and built with Magformers. Enjoying shopping at the Friends of the Library annual book sale. $300 was realized and will go toward library activities and improvements. |
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Members
Susan Robertson, President Sue Lombard, Secretary Nancy Borman, Treasurer |
Friends of the Northwood Libraries
The Friends of the Library are a group of citizens who have joined together to support, improve, and promote the library of Northwood. They understand the importance of library service to the community and work in many ways to help provide quality service and stimulate library use. The Friends provide materials (such as bookshelves), services (like the volunteer appreciation day), and special programs (like Humor and Harmony) that supplement the library's budget.
Why should you join the friends? By joining, you show the community that you feel that the library is an important institution in the Northwood community. By joining the Friends of the Library you can help provide direct support for the library by participating in fund raising activities.
The Friends of the Northwood Libraries also sells copies of A Guide to the History and Old Dwelling Places of Northwood, New Hampshire, by town historian Joann Weeks Bailey. Copies sell for $25.00 each, with all proceeds benefiting the Friends and the library. To purchase a copy of the book by mail please send a check or money order for $32.20 (book price + shipping) to the Chesley Memorial Library attention Friends. For more information on purchasing a copy by mail please call Donna Bunker at 942-5472.
The Friends of the Northwood Libraries meet periodically at the Chesley Memorial Library throughout the year. For more information, call the Chesley Memorial Library at 942-5472, or check out our calendar page.
Why should you join the friends? By joining, you show the community that you feel that the library is an important institution in the Northwood community. By joining the Friends of the Library you can help provide direct support for the library by participating in fund raising activities.
The Friends of the Northwood Libraries also sells copies of A Guide to the History and Old Dwelling Places of Northwood, New Hampshire, by town historian Joann Weeks Bailey. Copies sell for $25.00 each, with all proceeds benefiting the Friends and the library. To purchase a copy of the book by mail please send a check or money order for $32.20 (book price + shipping) to the Chesley Memorial Library attention Friends. For more information on purchasing a copy by mail please call Donna Bunker at 942-5472.
The Friends of the Northwood Libraries meet periodically at the Chesley Memorial Library throughout the year. For more information, call the Chesley Memorial Library at 942-5472, or check out our calendar page.
Friends of the Library hard at work ...
