Cole Reunion 2012 will be held on
Sunday, July 8 at Tim and Sue Wallace's place on Black
Mountain Rd. in Sumner. Come and see Tim's classic cars
and crazy-awesome gas station re-creation and gas pump
collection--and visit with family!
And in an attempt to cut down on the vast amount of
food at recent events, just bring one dish to share
pot-luck style.
Also bring old family pictures and your own
genealogical materials. I have been busily working
all year to build on my database and now have
connections back to the Mayflower passengers (among
thousands of other new additions). We're also all
eligible for Sons and Daughters of the American
Revolution membership, if you're interested.
Bruce Cochran, Tim and Sue and I all recognize that
summer is a busy time and not everyone may be able
to attend--just come if you can. And please spread
the word to others who don't have or don't check
email.
One last note: our cousin Larry Bisbee lost his
house in Wilton to a fire two weeks ago, a
victim of the recent drought as dry leaves
caught fire from sparks from his wood stove.
Thankfully, he is fine. He has shelter and is
gathering the basics, but the original house is
a total loss. Please keep him and his family in
your thoughts and I hope we'll get an update
from him in July.
I thought this was worth watching..Hope
you do too.
Winter 2011-
2012
Well
overall it was a mild warmer than usual winter
without a lot of snowfall. We have had a early
Spring to the delight of a lot of people. It hasn't
been a good year for businesses in Maine that rely
on the snow and colder weather. An example of this
is the Maple Syrup season was not very good due to
the weird warmer weather.
October 21st &
22nd
Aunt Marge
Stinson's 90th Surprise Birthday Party
Do You see
anyone you recognize?
The photo & video barrage begins.
Mom & Aunt Marge.
Great turn-out for the Party.
September
2011
Click on Pictures for
Larger View.
Roxbury Windmills.
Entrance to Windmill Farm
in Roxbury.
August
2011 The Windmills are arriving.
Note:
Is
There Something Wrong With This Picture?
Hard to believe that with all the people who
need jobs in our country, if the information
I have received is correct,
all these
parts for these windmills are coming from
overseas.
Not manufactured here in the good old USA.
WHY
CAN'T WE MAKE THESE HERE?!!!
Trucks loaded with
parts to the windmills for the Roxbury
Windmill Site have been rolling through
Andover. The picture above is just 1 piece
of the tower of a windmill. You can get an
idea of how huge these windmills must be.
Trying to
maneuver the large windmill blade around the corner
in uptown Andover.
August 2011
Hurricane Irene arrives.
Crockett Bridge in North Andover.
This is
on the flats down by the
green bridge and "Big Rock".
Water has flooded the fields
on both sides of the road.
Andover Covered Bridge
Road this is just a section of it as many
roads were closed off and not usable.
Flooding was even worse further up this road
and road washed away in places.
Heavy rains and
somewhat heavy winds washed out roads,
washed away bridges, and lengthy power
outages were all part of the problems
experienced by people in the path of
Hurricane Irene. Our neighbor community
Rumford was one of the worst recipients of
damage. We were without power for a day and
a half. Some other communities had power
outages for several days.
August 2011
"Contractor's Day" Andover School
I copied this article
from the Bethel Citizen. There was a great turnout for "Contractors
Day" at the Andover Elementary School and a lot of work was
accomplished to some extent, refurbish if you will, the old school
that has given Andover so many good years educating kids. In a time
when our country's economy is struggling. it's these kind of efforts
that make all the difference. Thankfully Andover has always had a
lot of "Good Hearted" "Strong Back" people who are willing to chip
in when things need to get done.
Below is a list of many of the volunteers &
contributors who contributed to this effort.
I'm
not sure if all the volunteers &
contributors names made it
on this list, if not let me apologize in
advance. If anyone got overlooked,
just
let me know I will be glad to add their name
to this list.
August 2011
Junior Poor Received the Silver Start
earlier this year for his service in World
War II. It was presented to him in a
ceremony at the Rumford American Legion,
shown above with his daughter Paula. Also
shown above is him riding in a military
vehicle at this years Olde Home Days
Parade held recently.
How do we
change the World? 1 Act of Random Kindness.
If you haven't
had a chance to read this story of a little
9 year old girl and her birthday wish, to
raise money for the people in African
Villages that have no clean water, you
should take a minute and read it. Here is
the link:
Click HERE!
I'm amazed at what a kind hearted little
9 year old girl can accomplish when
she's doing it for the right reasons,
and how little good a Congress full of
highly educated, over paid, men and
women can get done with all the money we
give them and their full time job is to
do what's good for the People.
I honestly wonder what would happen if
we took our young children and put them
in charge of Congress for a month. Why
is it that I think they might get more
good done in that 1 month than our
Congress gets done in a year.
OK I'll get off my soapbox.
August 5th,
6th, & 7th 2011
Olde Home Days
2011
Here are
a few pictures from this years Olde Home
Days. See if you recognize anyone in
these pictures. A beautiful day for the
events.
People lined up along
Main Street to watch the parade.
Mini Fair grounds
and rides for us kids.
The "Best of Show" Grand Price photo winner Johnny
Walker with his colorful landscape picture that I
believe was taken in Bryant Pond. Click
on the picture for larger picture of
the photo.
People lining up around the track
for one of my favorites..the start
of the annual Lawn Tractor Races.
This is a really fun event to watch
and I'm sure to participate in. It
just needs to be sped up somehow. It
is something you need to be prepared
for as it takes several hours from
start to finish, I think I got there
a little early for the time trials
and by the time the last race was
over I had been there about 4 hours.
So sunscreen and plenty of liquids
to drink as well as a comfortable
chair are all good ideas.
Time trials.
I thought it was a good suggestion
that in the future they have the
time trials done earlier in the day,
maybe during the tractor pull, to
shorten the amount of time that
people have to wait for the actual
races to start. I saw a lot of
people give up and leave because it
takes so long to get to the actual
racing.
Oh
Oh someone has taken the turn too
fast and gone over the tires.
Got some old
photos of Andover or it's people that you'd like to
share? Send them to me so I can put them on the
website for all to enjoy! Email a copy to me at
spotsb@gmail.com
or send me a copy of the photo to Bruce Simmons P.O.
box 176 Andover, Maine 04216. I'll be happy to
return them to you if you want, just let me know you
want them back.
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