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The Colebrook Chronicle
Friday, July 8, 2016
Around The Region
Thomas Bilodeau and Emily Sylvester were winners of guitars during
Bury’s Canada Day events last weekend. Corey Bellam photos.
CANADA DAY IN BURY
We were proud to be Canadian with the holding of Bury's
Canada Day celebration last
weekend. The fun kicked off on
Friday at 6 p.m. with the holding
of the annual Bury Amateur
hour. This included four categories from the tiny tots singing
right up to the adults belting out
a song. One by one, they strutted
up to the stage to sing their songs
for a full house of friends and
family–and of course the judges
for the event. When all the
judges’ marks were tallied up,
Emily Sylvester from Cookshire
won first prize, which was a
guitar donated by the Bury
Sports Assoc. Then it was time
for the next category, with
Thomas Bilodeau from Cookshire winning first prize, which
was a guitar donated by PlavAudio from Sherbrooke. Last
year, Thomas's sister Leanna
won the guitar. After the show it
was time for Tim Brinks to take
the stage. Tim has become a local
music star above the border since
his long run on La-Voix, which is
a Quebec talent show that many
local musicians got their start on.
Tim took the stage and amazed
all with his talents. This pretty
much wrapped up Friday evening in Bury.
Saturday morning, the fun
kicked off again at 7 a.m. with
the holding of the Canada Day
fishing derby at Pope's Pond.
Both young and old anglers tried
to catch a huge fish. A pancake
breakfast was going on at the St.
Paul's Rest Home just up the
street to fill up tummies and
prepare folks for a long fun day.
At 10 a.m., we were off to the
Bury Community Center for
strawberry shortcake. (Just can't
miss that tradition!) At noon
sharp, the sound of bagpipes was
heard up the street. The parade
was on its way. The sidewalk was
full to admire the many floats,
clowns, the Bury Legion branch,
horses, and horse drawn wagons.
The rain poured down but it
certainly didn't dampen the spirits of the crowd.
After, it was time to head up
into Memorial Park to enjoy the
music of Mike Patrick and Kylie
Cote. The kiddie corner was
abuzz with tiny tots having fun
on the inflatable slides and
games. The adults were watching Gymkhana in the horse ring.
Gymkhana was a huge part of
the celebration for many years
but it was stopped. It is now
back, thanks to two hardworking
young ladies by the names of
Becky Coates and Whitney
Hodge. These two dynamos organized the event, built the poles
needed, bought the proper barrels, and truly amazed the crowd
with a show that included over
35 taking part in events such as
barrel racing, pole bending, dash
race, figure-8 and other events
that kept over 100 spectators on
the edge of their seats all afternoon.
After supper, Carole Vincelette amazed all with her singing
and piano playing under the big
tent. The Rainbow Country Cloggers livened up the scene with
their unique way of dancing and
fancy steps. At 8 p.m., the Country Swingers band took the stage
and kept dancing feet moving
well into the night. The evening
ended with the sky lighting up
with a super fireworks display.
That pretty much wound up
another Bury Canada Day.
–Corey Bellam
COMMUNITY AID AT
WERA BERRY FARM
This past week we met up
with a group from the Lennoxville Community Aid at the Wera
UPCOMING ART SHOW
IN NORTH HATLEY
From July 8-10, the North
Hatley Curling Club located at
3245 Capelton Rd. will be hosting the annual North Hatley
Antique and Folk Art Show and
Sale. Friday evening, the doors
will swing open at 6:30 p.m. for
an opening night wine and
cheese. This show is one of the
oldest shows of its kind in all of
Canada. It is renowned for its
quality and variety of items
ranging from artwork, antique
paintings, sculptures, jewelry,
antique toys, furniture, and so
much more. One collector in particular brings some of the most
unique pieces that we’re anxious
to see.
This show draws collectors
from all over Quebec and Ontario
to this show. Friday evening, the
tickets are $30, which includes
the wine and cheese and entry
all weekend. Saturday and Sunday are $5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
each day. This is a good chance
to see some of the nicest collections in Canada. It is also a
chance to visit scenic North Hatley.
–Corey Bellam
Obituaries
Eva M. Stevens
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are always well represented at
Canada Day events, including these two in North Hatley. Daniel
Bosquet photo.
Strawberry Farm on the corner
of Rte. 143 and Rte. 147 near
Lennoxville, Que. We arrived at
the strawberry field at around
9:15 am to be greeted by Vicky
Cardinal-Brisson from Community Aid. She was waiting for
volunteers to arrive.
At about 9:30, Lennoxville
Councilor Claude Charron and
Community Aid Volunteer Patrick Draper arrived ready to pick
strawberries. Vicky, Claude, Patrick and this reporter hit the
field, containers in hand, and
before very long we had 10 kg–or
22 pounds–picked.
While picking, we talked to
Vicky about how Community Aid
works. They prepare on average
60 meals per day to be delivered
to seniors that are still living in
their own homes and need a bit
of help. It not only brings them
healthy food, it also provides a
daily visit to these homes by
qualified people. Community Aid
not only covers food, it includes
friendly visits, a ride to appointments, drugstores, and most of
all, caring for the community. By
about 10:15 am we were leaving
the field containers full of juicy
red strawberries to be used in
meals.
–Corey Bellam
EVA M. STEVENS
WEST STEWARTSTOWN–Eva
Mae Stevens, 89, passed away on
Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at the
Coös County Nursing Hospital in
West Stewartstown, after a period
of declining health. Her sister
Ethel and her two daughters, Eva
Mae and Dottie, were with her
when she passed.
She was born in West Stewartstown on Sept. 24, 1926, a daughter to the late Wesley and Myrtle
(Shaw) Mills. She was a 1944 graduate of Canaan Memorial High
School. She married Shirley Stevens on Nov. 27, 1944.
The Stevens’ family lived for
many years on a dairy farm in
Bloomfield, Vt., They moved to
Amherst, in December, 1966.
While living there Eva worked as
a cashier at First National Groce ry
Store. She and her husband
returned to the north country in
1983. When she first got back she
made donuts at the donut shop in
Colebrook. Because she had to get
up at 4:30 to make the donuts her
family would laugh many times
and say “it’s time to make the
donuts.” Later, she worked as a
teacher’s aide for special needs
children in the North Stratford
school.
Eva loved to cook. Cooking for
family and friends was her loving
way of welcoming people to her
home. It didn’t matter if 1 or 10
showed up, she would feed them.
In her earlier years, while farming,
she cooked at the Bloomfield Hotel
and at the Silver Dollar Grill.
She is survived by her two sons,
Fred Stevens and wife Diane of
Goffstown, and Burton Stevens of
San Francisco, Calif.; a daughter,
Sandra Sheltry of Cantonment,
Fla.; a brother, Albert Mills of
Holiday, Tex., and a sister Ethel
Goodrum of Colebrook; three
grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren; two sisters-in-law,
Elsie Noyes of Colebrook and Elizabeth Mercer of Wilmington, N.C.
She is preceded in death by a
daughter Janice in 1969, a grandson, Michael in 1972, her husband
Shirley Stevens in 2006, and a
brother, Richard Mills in 2007.
The family will receive visitors
at Jenkins and Newman Funeral
Home on Tuesday, July 12, at 11
a.m. with a short funeral service to
follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral
home. There will be a graveside
service to immediately follow.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of Eva may be made to the
CCNH Residents’ Fund, PO Box
10, W. Stewartstown, NH 03597.
Condolences may be offered to
the family online by going to
www.jenkinsnewman.com.
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Jenkins and
Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.
Olive K. Hicks
OLIVE K. HICKS
COLEBROOK – Olive Keach
Hicks, 89, of Colebrook, died peacefully on Monday morning, July 4,
2016, at the Upper Connecticut
Valley Hospital with her children
at her side. Her 90th birthday
would have been July 31.
Olive was born on July 31,
1926, to the late Howard N. and
Susan (Oakes) Keach. She was a
1944 graduate of Colebrook Academy, and later attended the University of N.H. and graduated from
the Chandler School of Business in
Boston with a degree in secretarial
science. Upon graduation, she
worked for an insurance company
in Boston.
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