Alastair Maitland

The February/March 2012 issue (Volume 33, Number 6) 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:  Eric Glazier, Bill Lattrell, Pat Leuchtman, Donald Purington, Claire Rabbitt

Contributors:  Lois Buchaine, Charlene Churchill, Lizz Davin, Jonathan Diamond, Finance Committee, Heath School Staff & Students, Heath Union Church, Dave Howland, Ruth Johnson, Justin Lively, Tim Lively, Sheila Litchfield, Alastair Maitland, Dave Ouellette, Parent Teacher Partnership, Deb Porter, Hazel Porter, Laura Porter, Pam Porter, Selectboard, Kathy Sprague, Hilma Sumner, Eileen Tougas, Ned Wolf

Table of Contents

• Page 2:  Heath Herald masthead; Heath Union Church News; reprint from "The 200 Year-Old House" by Hazel Porter
• Page 3:   Alastair G. Maitland 1916-2011 by Laura Porter
• Page 4:  New Owners for the Red House by Charlene Churchill and Hilma Sumner; Alastair by Dave Ouellette
• Page 5:  A Man of the World by Deborah Porter; A Gentlemanly Man by Lois Stetson Buchiane; Dear Friend by Ned Wolf
• Pages 6-7: Thoughts in a Forest on a Warm January Day by Bill Lattrell
• Page 8:  Halfway Through the Year by Eric Glazier, Principal of Heath School; Heath School Drama Club by Jonathan Diamond
• Page 9:  Deer-Resistant Plants by Pat Leuchtman
• Page 10:  Advertisements
• Page 11:  Valentine by Pam Porter; A Whiff of Elegance by Alastair Maitland
• Page 12:  Brigadoon, OH 43056 by Alastair Maitland; General Heath, An Enigma by Alastair Maitland
• Page 13:  Elegy by Alastair Maitland
• Page 14:  Advertisements
• Page 15: Heath Fair News by Justin Lively
• Page 16:  Winter Raffle by Donald Purington; The Community Hall by Eileen Tougas
• Page 17:  Advertisements
• Page 18:  Origin of the Heath Historical Society by David F. Howland
• Page 19:  Advertisements
• Page 20:  Heart Health by Claire Rabbitt, RN
• Page 21:  Selectboard's Report by the Heath Selectboard (Thomas Lively, Brian De Vriese, Sheila Litchfield); Finance Committee by the Heath Finance Committee (Don Freeman, Ned Wolf, Janis Carr, Dave Gott, Jeff Simmons)
• Page 22:  Milestones: Gale Elizabeth Bush Fleming (1938-2012); Alastair G. Maitland (1916-2011); Ann O'Shea O'Brien (1932-2012); Lucianna Gladney Ross (1915-2012)
• Page 23:  Presidential Primary, Town Election, and Annual Town Meeting; Heath's Monthly Precipitation (Observed by Heath School Staff and Students) by Timothy Lively; Community Calendar
• Page 24: Advertisements

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