TUCKER FREE LIBRARY 2018 Town Report
ROOF OF TFL REPLACED 2018 – Done!
The acroterians are back that means the roofing job is done! Thanks to Pat and his crew for their efforts. THANK YOU HENNIKER RESIDENTS for supporting the Tucker Free Library!
June 2018 – Three generations of Tucker Free Library Employees
Bonnie Smiley is pictured with Helene Dermon cutting the cake at the 75th Anniversary of the Tucker Free Library September 23, 1979. Bonnie Smiley was the mother of Margaret Smiley Russell and grandmother of our current employee Hugh Russell. I have always loved books. My parents would bring me to the library when I was growing
OUR TOWN, OUR LIBRARY, OUR HISTORY
In the Manchester, NH newspaper dated September 23, 1904, the headline read “HANDSOME GIFT WAS DEDICATED TUCKER FREE LIBRARY NOW IN HANDS OF TRUSTEES, UP TO DATE IN EVERY WAY.” During the morning of September 22m 1904 the library was open for public inspection. Town residents and neighbors visited the library for the first time!…The importance of a library was
January 2018 – GEORGE TUCKER & HENRY MARTYN FRANCIS
When the residents of Henniker voted to accept the gift of George Tucker at the 1903 Town Meeting, they formed not only a Board of Trustees to oversee the operation of the completed library, but also a building committee to steer the planning and construction of the new facility. It has been recounted that the committee toured several different libraries
February 2018 – BENNETTS IN THE SNOW
LIBRARY HISTORY FACTS: Fannie W. Bennett was the librarian from 1921 to 1955. During her time as the librarian, the Tucker Free Library transacted its first INTERSTATE INTERLIBRARY LOAN (1932). Story time was cancelled and the library was closed for a period in 1940 because of Scarlet Fever. In January of 1941 the library was closed at 7PM instead of
March 2018 — TOWN MEETING MONTH
It is TOWN MEETING time in Henniker. All of the business of the town for the year is voted on by the legislative body (i.e., citizens) at this meeting. The Henniker Town Meeting is divided up into two activities; ballot voting and deliberation. The first involves voting for candidates as well as issues requiring the sanctity of private ballot results.
April 2018 – A FOUNDATIONAL INSTITUTION IN HENNIKER
The above picture depicts the ceremonial event of the “LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE” at the Tucker Free Library. The event was depicted in an unknown local newspaper as such: The corner stone of the library building was laid on Monday, August 17, 1903, the same being Old Home Day proper in Old Home Week for this town. The progress that
Ocean Born Mary — Original Source Material
Early American Life Article, (April 2014, pgs. 28-31) House of Hurd, Realtors “The ‘spooks’ have been evicted but all the charm remains!” Here’s a real haunted house by Donald Wayne New England Heritage Article NH Profiles, May 1954 pgs. 22-24 A New Look at an Old Legend, Peerless Talk, January 1967 “Millions in Treasure Buried in Henniker? by Deak Morse
Individual Inventory of Historic Places
Individual Inventory Part 1 Individual Inventory Part 2 Individual Inventory – Photos