The Walpole Clarion

Yes at the Post Offices ready for delivery soon, and now posted on-line for the world to see is the 20 page September 2022 issue of THE WALPOLE CLARION. You can click on this link, or on the image below to bring up the issue to read.

School starts later this week, then the official end of the summer with Labor Day weekend. I have leaves turning color on one of my trees, and the October CLARION deadline approaches with just a tad over three weeks away. I will send out my reminder, but in the meantime, stay safe and well. Yours, RAY BOAS, Publisher

Yes a “baker’s week” away, it is time to get your inputs submitted for the September issue of the CLARION on Monday, August 22. Hopefully there will some activities you wish to share that will begin as the summer months wind down. I am aware of only a few things, so please help so together we can tell the community what is about to happen.

Again, closing date Monday, August 22, so you have until then to get busy and send your submissions along. If you have any questions or are interested in advertising, do get in touch with me. Thank you, RAY BOAS, Publisher

Twenty Years Ago – Labor Day Weekend 2002 – Walpole celebrated its 250th Anniversary with a gala four day party concluding with a sensational sit-down dinner celebration for 800 people under a tent on the Common. Memories of that weekend abound.

In the September CLARION, for our 270th Anniversary, I wish to share that event with images and memories. Particularly I would like to have a program of all the events to scan and share, any other handouts you may have saved, and maybe a special photograph or two. If you would like to share a memory or two in a few sentences, please send that along to me as well. Any programs, ephemera or photos you wish to share will be returned once scanned.

If you can help with any of the above, please contact me by Thursday, August 18. Thank you.

RAY BOAS, Publisher
rayboas@comcast.net
603 756-4545

SAVINGS BANK OF WALPOLE TO HOST COMMUNITY COOKOUT IN WALPOLE ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 14

The Savings Bank of Walpole is hosting a Community Cookout as a way to say thank you to both customers and the community. The event will be held on Sunday, August 14 beginning at 5:30 PM on the Green in Walpole.

In addition to free hot dogs, chips and drinks, the August 14 cookout will be followed by a night of music featuring The Residential Band. This show marks the final performance in the Concerts on the Green Concert Series sponsored by the Bank. The show will begin at 6:30 p.m. and run until 8:00 p.m. 

“Our Community Cookout is the Bank’s way of thanking our customers, friends, and neighbors in the Walpole community,” said Mark Bodin, President of Savings Bank of Walpole. “It’s always a terrific family-friendly event. And, in addition to the cookout, folks will also be able to enjoy some great music as our Concerts on the Green Concert Series concludes the same evening.”

With assets totaling $675 million, the Bank offers a wide range of financial products, including services to individuals, businesses and organizations. The Bank is affiliated with NH Mutual Bancorp, further enhancing the quality products and services it provides to customers. The Bank is a partner of the NHTrust1 brand to better serve customers by providing localized trust and wealth management products and services. Savings Bank of Walpole is an equal housing lender, and member of the FDIC. For more information visit www.walpolebank.com or call (603) 352-1822.

Roxy Rubell – Saving Bank of Walpole

Yes a tad early with the printer’s vacation schedules, but now at the post office for delivery, and available on line – CLICK THIS LINK (or image below) to see this issue. A slow summer so far. Organizational activities still not “back up” as in the past. COVID has certainly redefined our lives to some extent.

Enjoy the coming month of summer, stay safe and well, and as always I welcome your submissions and advertising for the next issue — RAY BOAS, Publisher

Time again to start thinking about, writing, and sending me your inputs for the August issue of the CLARION. From my desk, this appears to be a slow month coming up, probably still due to COVID cancellations and the reticence to get back into “the swing of things,” and I can relate to that. But if you or your organization has something coming up to share, let the community know through the CLARION.

With my printer’s vacation schedules I need to have the files to them the night of Thursday, July 21 – just a week away – so you have until then to get busy and send your submissions along. If you have any questions or are interested in advertising, do get in touch with me. Thank you, RAY BOAS, Publisher

and, it is packed with Old Home Days 2022 photos for you to relive the fun we had last weekend. Your hardcopy will be in the mail tomorrow, June 30. You may CLICK ON THIS LINK, or or the front cover below to access and read this twenty page issue.

Don’t forget your copy of
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
EXPLORATIONS INTO WALPOLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORY

Ten years of DYKT history from THE WALPOLE CLARION
111 articles with 268 images, 313 pages

Copies ($20) will be available during the band concert on the Common July 3. Look for the display at the first house on the west side, south of the Town Hall.

RAY BOAS, Publisher

DID YOU KNOW THAT?
EXPLORATIONS INTO WALPOLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORY
by Ray Boas

Ten years of DYKT history from THE WALPOLE CLARION
111 articles with 268 images, 313 pages

This book is a compilation of my local history writings as published the past ten years in the CLARION column, DID YOU KNOW THAT? – I felt they had to be under one cover, as one collection, and the perfect time would be to have it available starting during OLD HOME DAYS 2022

OLD HOME DAYS PRICE — $20 a copy

Available during Old Home Days – Saturday – June 25
West Side of Common – 44 Elm Street (under a white tent on drive)
or contact me at anytime to pick up your copy or copies.
Email: rayboas@comcast.net or call 603 756-4545 — thank you, RAY

The last time I used the term “Baker’s Week” I was not sure, but I checked, and according to the Urban Dictionary, this is your “Bakers’s Week”– eight day notice prior to the closing date for the July issue of the CLARION on June 22, Wednesday next week.

I have completed some writing, and two other inputs have arrived. You are all busy getting ready and excited for Old Home Days (OHD) I hope.The full OHD schedule is the centerfold in the June CLARION, but you can also see it by CLICKING THIS LINK. My book, DID YOU KNOW THAT… EXPLORATIONS INTO WALPOLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORY is at the bindery, and should be ready to be released on Saturday, June 25. You will get more notification and details on how to get your copy of the limited printing.

If you have any questions, or would like to place an advertisement to reach the almost 2,000 addresses the CLARION is mailed to (not to mention the world-wide reach on-line), please contact me. Hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you, RAY BOAS, Publisher

Yes Memorial Day approaches with the post office closed on Monday for the holiday, and Howard Printing finished up a tad early so I could get June in the mail to you. And, in the centerfold of this issue you will find the entire schedule for OLD HOME DAYS 2022 beginning Friday June 25 for the weekend, and with a Block Party to start the excitement on Wednesday the 23rd. If you would like to print out the schedule you can do so from the sidebar link on the CLARION website. Just CLICK ON THIS LINK for the PDF of the June issue, or on the front cover below.

Earlier this week I reviewed the proofs for DID YOU KNOW THAT…? EXPLORATIONS INTO WALPOLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORY – a compilation of ten years of my history articles that have appeared in the CLARION. Make sure to stop and see me during OLD HOME DAYS to get your copy of this new 316 page book.

Stay safe, stay well, and have fun when we can finally again celebrate our “little piece of heaven” here in Walpole, New Hampshire.

Yours, RAY BOAS, Publisher