Cow Hampshire: That Remarkable Snowtober

Posted on 5 November, 2011 by Janice Brown

It was reported that over three million people were directly affected by what New England is calling Snowtober (and 60 million indirectly in some way).  Trees, laden with too heavy snowcoats, snapped and tumbled over like children over-bundled in their ski suits.  That was only the beginning of a difficult week.
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Merrimack New Hampshire International Athlete, Activist for the Disabled: Marilyn Warren Woods (1914-1998)

Posted on 18 September, 2011 by Janice Brown
Marilyn (Warren) Woods in 1979. Photograph courtesy of her nephew, Kevin Grove

Marilyn (Warren) Woods in 1979. Photograph courtesy of her nephew, Kevin Grove

She was born Marilyn N. Warren on 15 January 1915 in Hudson, New Hampshire, the daughter of Oscar G. & Ida (Proctor) Warren. As a woman with disabilities, she faced the difficulties of mobility, obtaining an education, and finding a job–and she became an activist for the handicapped.

She was a paraplegic due to polio as a baby, and as a result was a resident of a Protestant orphanage in Nashua during middle and later childhood years.  Despite the odds against her, she graduated from Nashua High School and Nashua Business College.  Later she obtained a job working as a counselor for the State of New Hampshire, and also for Nashua High School. She was instrumental in founding the Leticia Pratt Home for the Handicapped in Nashua NH. Continue reading →

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Manchester New Hampshire Baseball Pitcher and Baltimore Orioles Official, Michael Kendall Flanagan (1951-2011)

Posted on 25 August, 2011 by Janice Brown

Michael Kendall Flanagan, son of of Edward & Lorraine A. (Lane) Flanagan, was born December 16, 1951, and died 25 August, 2011 in Monkton, Maryland.  He grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire,

and graduated from Manchester Memorial High School.  I remember him from my class in high school–He was quiet and polite. When he spoke he was brief but articulate. Always in motion, he was a talented athlete.

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Orford New Hampshire Poet, Musician, and Teacher: Fannie H. (Runnells) Poole (1863-1940)

Posted on 7 July, 2011 by Janice Brown
Fanny H. Runnels Poole

Fanny H. Runnels Poole

Fanny Huntington “Fannie” Runnells was born in Orford, New Hampshire in 1863, the daughter of a minister-historian, and died in 1940.  Her parents supported her education, and she attended the Tilton (NH) Seminary from 1880-1882.  She showed a musical talent, and she studied classical piano in Boston, followed by teaching music in New York, Frankfort KY and Parkesburg (PA) Classical Institute between 1883 to 1890.

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A New Hampshire Song for the Fourth of July – 1826

Posted on 4 July, 2011 by Janice Brown

Come join the grand Chorus with hearts full of glee,
And drain each a bumper in toasting the free

Let care and light sorrows be banish’d away,
Nor Cherish one feeling discordant this day,
Derry down, &c.

Our fathers, brave fellows, quite strangers to fear,
Surrounded by foemen, with nothing but beer
To fire their bold spirits, for freedom declar’d,
And met “Jonny Bull” for all battle prepar’d,
Derry down, &c.

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