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February 3, 2012
Dear Editor,
Lakeport lost its greatest cheerleader, its Queen of Lakeport, that lady with a commanding stance, booming voice and a quick smile. Wanda Tibbetts passed away on Thursday, February 2 at Dartmouth/Hitchcock Medical Center.
The heart that she gave to her Lakeport community gave out but her spirit will continue to inspire those that she lead to complete her goals, the most important being the grand opening of the Lakeport Freighthouse Museum and Community Center for railroad and Lakeport memorabilia.
Because she had a hearing problem, her voice was strong but her ways were soft. She had leadership qualities that encouraged the most humble to advance from the negative to the positive to tackle the task on hand and get the job done. Generations to come must respect Wanda's role in saving Lakeport historic sites like the last Boston & Maine Railroad building, the "Hathaway House", the Goss Reading Room while planning for its growth with the TIF District, WOW Trail, Leavitt Park and the Elm Street Bridge and preserving the old oak tree in Torrey Park, cleaning up Bond Beach and beautifying Lakeport Square with flowers, flags and holiday decorations with Santa and scarecrows to greet all.
Her customers will miss their kind hair dresser that picked them up to give them their "do" in her shop. Hail to the Queen! We will miss our dear leader, Wanda Tibbetts, and we hope you will remember her and share her dream of preserving Lakeport history as a railroad hub established by the wealth of blue collar citizens that put it on the map . . . between Laconia and the Weirs.
Dorothy Duffy
Lakeport Community Association
Published in the Laconia Daily Sun February 4, 2012
Dear Editor,
Lakeport lost its greatest cheerleader, its Queen of Lakeport, that lady with a commanding stance, booming voice and a quick smile. Wanda Tibbetts passed away on Thursday, February 2 at Dartmouth/Hitchcock Medical Center.
The heart that she gave to her Lakeport community gave out but her spirit will continue to inspire those that she lead to complete her goals, the most important being the grand opening of the Lakeport Freighthouse Museum and Community Center for railroad and Lakeport memorabilia.
Because she had a hearing problem, her voice was strong but her ways were soft. She had leadership qualities that encouraged the most humble to advance from the negative to the positive to tackle the task on hand and get the job done. Generations to come must respect Wanda's role in saving Lakeport historic sites like the last Boston & Maine Railroad building, the "Hathaway House", the Goss Reading Room while planning for its growth with the TIF District, WOW Trail, Leavitt Park and the Elm Street Bridge and preserving the old oak tree in Torrey Park, cleaning up Bond Beach and beautifying Lakeport Square with flowers, flags and holiday decorations with Santa and scarecrows to greet all.
Her customers will miss their kind hair dresser that picked them up to give them their "do" in her shop. Hail to the Queen! We will miss our dear leader, Wanda Tibbetts, and we hope you will remember her and share her dream of preserving Lakeport history as a railroad hub established by the wealth of blue collar citizens that put it on the map . . . between Laconia and the Weirs.
Dorothy Duffy
Lakeport Community Association
Published in the Laconia Daily Sun February 4, 2012
Mid-March and the lion is still roaring. It's been a rough winter but we have not hibernated. Our guys have been working on the office - ceilling, walls, floors, applicances. Our yard sales will resume and during the winter months, we've been enjoying dinner parties - pizza, Chinese and Corned Beef and Cabbage next week.
Stop in to see us when you visit. DD
Stop in to see us when you visit. DD
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girokonto vergleich
02:20 PM on December 06, 2010
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- Rob
- Rob
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Robert Fletcher
06:12 PM on October 03, 2010
Dear Judy,
After doing a Google on your Grandfathers name 'Joseph Carter Towers' I found your post here. I hope this Guestbook is not limited in size of this post as I can tell you a story.
I have a friend Robin Towers and his wife Molly. Molly said there was Towers in her family and being interested in genealogy I wondered if they were related through ancestors before they were married. I also found your Grandfathers marriage in FamilySearch. My reasoning was that they could all be connected. Now I have found Molly and Robin's ancestral links and started to look today at Joseph.
If you look on FreeBMD.org.uk you can find a record for Joseph Towers born Jun Qtr 1866 Hinckley Registration District. No one in 1867 and we should not expect this accuracy from our ancestors.
1871 Census shows Joseph being the son of John and Millicent Towers in the village of Stoke Golding it's a village only about 3 mile from Hinckley.
Stoke Golding is important as this seems to be the centre of the Towers family in this district. In this time frame the village had a population of just over 600.
I cannot find online any marriage for John and Millicent. But there was living in Stoke Golding at this time a Millicent Carter. In fact only one Millicent came up in a wide time frame and that is Millicent Carter.
Not being baptised with the Carter name is not unusual. But I have seen this before where someone has gone to the USA and added his mothers name.
I want to go to the Hinckley Library tomorrow and have a look through the Parish Register to see if I can find the marriage of John and Millicent.
After reading your post I am now more determined to put all this together and possibly let you know you have relatives in Hinckley.
Please feel free to contact me direct at bobfl42@gmail.com
Best Wishes
Robert
Hinckley Leicestershire
After doing a Google on your Grandfathers name 'Joseph Carter Towers' I found your post here. I hope this Guestbook is not limited in size of this post as I can tell you a story.
I have a friend Robin Towers and his wife Molly. Molly said there was Towers in her family and being interested in genealogy I wondered if they were related through ancestors before they were married. I also found your Grandfathers marriage in FamilySearch. My reasoning was that they could all be connected. Now I have found Molly and Robin's ancestral links and started to look today at Joseph.
If you look on FreeBMD.org.uk you can find a record for Joseph Towers born Jun Qtr 1866 Hinckley Registration District. No one in 1867 and we should not expect this accuracy from our ancestors.
1871 Census shows Joseph being the son of John and Millicent Towers in the village of Stoke Golding it's a village only about 3 mile from Hinckley.
Stoke Golding is important as this seems to be the centre of the Towers family in this district. In this time frame the village had a population of just over 600.
I cannot find online any marriage for John and Millicent. But there was living in Stoke Golding at this time a Millicent Carter. In fact only one Millicent came up in a wide time frame and that is Millicent Carter.
Not being baptised with the Carter name is not unusual. But I have seen this before where someone has gone to the USA and added his mothers name.
I want to go to the Hinckley Library tomorrow and have a look through the Parish Register to see if I can find the marriage of John and Millicent.
After reading your post I am now more determined to put all this together and possibly let you know you have relatives in Hinckley.
Please feel free to contact me direct at bobfl42@gmail.com
Best Wishes
Robert
Hinckley Leicestershire
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Robert Fletcher
06:11 PM on October 03, 2010
Judy E Towers says...
I am looking for any records for my paternal grandfather, Joseph Carter Towers, born 1867 in England, naturalized in Sept. of 1896 in Belknap County SS, presiding judge was Robert M Wallace. Joseph lived at 307 Elm Street in Laconia. I have the original citizenship papers......they seem legit. with N.H. Supreme Court Seal . I have looked on Ancestry.com, all records from 1900 on are correct. There should be some document somewhere to back these papers up. As a child I was told he was from Hinckley, England. He immigrated to the USA in 1888, and married Addie Esther Smith on Jan 15 1896.I have contacted the State Archives in Concord, but............Spoke with someone by the name of Ben.My maternal side has been traced back to 1785. I would appreciate any help you can give me. I don't believe he came through Ellis Island. Perhaps his citizenship was a result of marriage. I am really curious about this guy. It is my roots......
Thanks!
Judy E Towers
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Garret
(AREI ) Rebuck
08:46 AM on September 08, 2010
Yo Fellow Forumites
Appears like www.lakeportcommunityassociation.org may be a wicked forum for me
I am lucky to have found it.
This made me smile and hopefully after your last post it will do the same for you: What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens. :
Lol!
Anybody into Stamp Collecting
Looking forward to a good long membership here!
Wisconsin,Winneconne
Appears like www.lakeportcommunityassociation.org may be a wicked forum for me
I am lucky to have found it.
This made me smile and hopefully after your last post it will do the same for you: What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens. :
Lol!
Anybody into Stamp Collecting
Looking forward to a good long membership here!
Wisconsin,Winneconne
Hi Liv,
Anne & Joseph Tuttle sold your house at 8 Franklin Street to Robert & Claire DeCormier in 1990. I hope you used the Goss Reading Room then and still want to offer your support by being a Friend of the Goss Reading Room.
DD
Anne & Joseph Tuttle sold your house at 8 Franklin Street to Robert & Claire DeCormier in 1990. I hope you used the Goss Reading Room then and still want to offer your support by being a Friend of the Goss Reading Room.
DD
Olivia Drake aka Liv says...
I am originally from Lakeport. My Dad was Carroll Davis of 8 Jefferson Street. The Tuttles bought our home and we moved to Belmont. I was 15 at the time. We had good times in Lakeport.
Hello Fans,
The Lakeport Community Assn. is hosting its second meeting to establish a Friends of the Goss Reading Room, 188 Elm Street this Wednesday, July 7 at 7 pm at the Lake Opechee Inn & Spa. We are seeking supporters to continue the maintainence of this historical library and to increase the usage. Please, offer your support near or far.
The Lakeport Community Assn. is hosting its second meeting to establish a Friends of the Goss Reading Room, 188 Elm Street this Wednesday, July 7 at 7 pm at the Lake Opechee Inn & Spa. We are seeking supporters to continue the maintainence of this historical library and to increase the usage. Please, offer your support near or far.
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Olivia Drake aka Liv
11:05 AM on March 06, 2010
I am originally from Lakeport. My Dad was Carroll Davis of 8 Jefferson Street. The Tuttles bought our home and we moved to Belmont. I was 15 at the time. We had good times in Lakeport.
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