EATON column by Nancy E.
Williams 10/4/22 447-5635
News from LWC: The Artful
Noise String Quartet is performing at the Little White Church
in Eaton on October 23rd at 4:00 p.m. Artful Noise is the Seacoast’s
premier quartet. Four prominent New England musicians: Margaret
Hopkins, Lynne McMahon, Sally Wituszynski, and Karl Jukka will
present works by Haydn and Schubert, among others. Tickets are
$20 and can be purchased at the Little White Church website,
Eaton Village Store and White Birch books. Cash or check only
at the stores please.
More church news: After
a two year hiatus due to COVID the Little White Church plans
to hold the traditional Christmas Eve Service this year. This
service has been held every year since 1946 (when it was performed
in the barn at Rockhouse Mountain Farm) and the church is always
filled to capacity for this beloved community event. The service
includes a Children’s Christmas pageant. The Church needs
help organizing the pageant and finding children who would like
to participate. If you can help, please email the church at infolwcenh@gmail.com
Here’s some information
about everyone’s favorite food - chocolate from Beth Griffin:
“September Chocolate - I’m a little later than usual
announcing chocolate this month. I’ve been making hay as
the sun shines, as they say. You can check out this month’s
Chocolate Club selections and/or order chocolate a la carte.
What a sweet way to savor autumn. Be well, eat well and shine
on.” You can email Beth at livingtheplantbasedlife@gmail.com
or call 603 307-0108 or the internet at https://livingtheplantbasedlife.weebly.com/order-pure-chocolate.html
If you happen to go
into Shaw’s, instead of turning right to go to the deli,
move a little to the left and look for a life size cut-out of
a young man holding some Sam Adams beer. If you’ve seen
the recent ads on TV, there’s this guy, “Greg’s
cousin from Boston” who is selling this beer, but the man
is actually Greg Hoyt from Amesbury, Massachusetts, whose parents
Patty and Peter are dear friends of mine from when I taught in
Amesbury. I never had Greg in class, but I had the pleasure of
teaching French to his sister Johanna. After I saw the cut-out,
I told Patty right away and she said that Greg would be so happy
to know the ad was already up in the North Country. His parents
and sister all have a copy of the cut-out in their houses. Such
fun! Make sure to look for it.
I hope you are all going
to Fryeburg Fair this week for the animals, the food, the rides,
the smells, the crowds, the horse racing, the Expo Halls, and
more. I always go to Vinny’s Sunflower Farm to get my pizza,
then to the Brown Church for my apple crisp with ice cream, of
course. You can find fried dough, French fries, sausages with
peppers and onions, a big turkey leg, ice cream, lemonade, turkey
dinner with the fixings, and so much more. It is a wonderful
fair with something for everyone. Hope to see you there.
I am devastated and
incredibly sad at the passing of my dear friend, Bob Malvesta.
He was a true gentleman, kind, caring, intelligent, generous,
very witty, sports-loving fan, loving his family and friends
more than anything. Fred and I used to have dinner with Nancy
and Bob quite often, at their house or Fred’s. The only
time I ever heard Bob yell was at his beloved dog Maggie, who
was happily nibbling on the homemade pasta strips hanging on
the back of the chair. We four were in hysterics, it was for
dinner you know, but Maggie couldn’t understand what she
was doing wrong. For years we ate at the Palmer House Pub at
the Inn at Crystal Lake every Thursday and Sunday nights, usually
with various other friends. Saturday nights we dined looking
over at Mt. Washington from the Snowvillage Inn, again the four
of us or welcoming other friends. We all need to hold onto those
memories to last a lifetime.
When Stephen Malvesta
became engaged to Shelby Tucker in California, fifteen people
gathered at the Snowvillage Inn to celebrate together not too
long ago. All the grandchildren were present: Jen and Jason’s
sons, Domenic and Roman Malvesta-Morelli; Stephen’s children:
Miller, Jameson and Carolina Malvesta. Add to that group, Jen
and Jason, Stephen and Shelby, Nancy and Bob’s niece, Whitney
Pray, Domenic’s girlfriend, Shelby’s son and very lucky
me to join in the festivities. With Bob and Nancy at the head
of the table, Bob stood up to give a toast to the happy couple
and welcome most of his favorite people to gather together and
take nourishment. That is my fondest memory of Bob and all of
us and I will remember it forever. We love you, Bob, and you
will live on in all our memories. You were a giant of a man to
us.
