Saturday, August 13, 2011

Come to the 94th Annual Heath Fair

The August/September 2011 issue (Volume 33, Number 3) is available now. Purchase your copy of this 24 page newspaper for only $1.50 in the lobby of Sawyer Hall (1 East Main Street) or at Peter's General Store (38 Number Nine Road).

 Columnists:  Bill Lattrell, Donald Purington, Claire Rabbitt

Contributors:  Rebecca Allen, Michael Coe, Lizz Davin, Finance Committee, Jerry Gilbert, Earl Gleason, Walt Gleason, Dave Gott, Heath Historical Society, Heath School Staff & Students, Heath Union Church, Lyra Johnson, Ruth Johnson, Tim Lively, Lorena Loubsky, Pam Porter, Claire Rabbitt, Selectboard, Kathy Sprague, Doug Stetson

Table of Contents
  • Page 2:  Heath Herald masthead; Heath Union Church News by the Deacons; Unsung Heroes of our Community by Jane deLeeuw
  • Page 3:   Spirit of '76 by Claire Rabbitt; Historical Society Annual Meeting to Feature Susan Gruen on Looms. Weaving, and Hatchels
  • Page 4:  A Day in Center Cemetery by Jerry Gilbert
  • Page 5:  Benson Family Reunions Resume After a 75 Year Lapse by Dave Gott;
  • Pages 6-7: Lessons from a Northwest Wind by Bill Lattrell
  • Page 8:  Local Education Council by Lorena Loubsky; Parent Teacher Partnership; Heath School Committee Update by Rebecca Allen
  • Page 9:  My Early Years at South School by Earl Gleason
  • Page 10:  Remembering Fred Crowningshield:  Farewell to a Good Neighbor by Michael Coe; Fred Crowningshield - A Busy Man by Doug Stetson; Memories of Frederick Crowningshield by Walt Gleason
  • Page 11:  Advertisements
  • Page 12:  Advertisements:  Benson Place, Freeman Farm, Hager Bros. Farm, Berkshire Sweet Gold Maple Farm, Burnt Hill Farm, Tripp's Blueberries. This page is free to Heath farmers and is made possible by the sales of Carroll Stowe's compilation "The Way it in the Country."
  • Page 13:  Heath Fair News by Pam Porter
  • Pages 14-15:  Visit Us at the Fair:  Heath Historical Society at the Fair by Pegge Howland; PTP at the Fair by Lyra Johnson; Family Tent by Lyra Johnson; Friends of the Heath Free Public Library Book Sale; Wagon Tour by Jane deLeeuw; Heath Ladies Aid 2011 Quilt Raffle
  • Page 16:  New at the Library by Donald Purington; Summer at the Library by Lyra Johnson
  • Page 17:  Heath Business Directory; Advertisements
  • Page 18:  Advertisements
  • Page 19:  Lyme Disease by Claire Rabbitt, RN
  • Page 20:  Selectboard's Report by the Heath Selectboard (Thomas Lively, Brian De Vriese, Sheila Litchfield); Recycle Plastic Bags in Retail Stores Only
  • Page 21:   Finance Committee by Don Freeman, Ned Wolf, Jan Carr, Dave Gott, Jeff Simmons
  • Page 22:  Milestones:  Deaths: Frederick A. Crowningshield (June 22, 2011), Hazel D. Hillman Wilson (June 11, 2011); Births:  Joshua Carmine Cerone; Heath People in the News:  Beth Ferretti, Julie Smead, Holly Griswold, Cleon and Teresa Peters, Lizz Davin.  In Memory of My Friend Hazel by Ruth Johnson; Heath Ladies Aid Awards Scholarships
  • Page 23:  Heath's Monthly Precipitation (Observed by Heath School Staff and Students) by Tim Lively; Community Calendar
  • Page 24: Advertisements

The Heath Herald is a nonprofit newspaper staffed by volunteers and published six times a year in Heath, Massachusetts.