Andover

Winners at the recent Hunter's Supper were as follows: Hunter's Survival Kit, Dick Merrill; Cabella's Gift Certificate, Allen Bodwell; Fifty-Fifty, Shirley York.

A group of quilters met on Saturday at the CEB working on various projects, some of which were for charities. The next work-meeting of the group at the CEB will be on Dec. 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For further information contact Shirley York at 369-0575.

The Andover Food Pantry will be having several holiday projects over the next few weeks to help area families in need. Thanksgiving Baskets will be distributed on Friday, Nov. 16, since Thanksgiving is very early this year, on the 22nd. Baskets will be assembled sometime on Thursday and help is needed for this project. Once again the “Star Project” will provide Christmas gifts for children in the community. The pantry group volunteers will be at the Tin Mountain Round-up at Sunday River on Saturday and Sunday of this week to collect canned goods, which will be given to the pantry to help stock the shelves. They will need help unloading these items at Andover and then stocking the shelves. If you have some time to aid in this important community project, please call Linda Couture at 364-7968. The food pantry will not be open on Tuesday, Nov. 20, as baskets will be picked up on the previous Friday.

Turnout for the election last week was heavy. By 9:15 sixty persons had voted following the 8 a.m. opening of the polls and traffic was good all day long.

The annual Christmas Fair day in Andover will be Dec. 8. Those wishing tables at the First Congregational Church should contact Marsha Burns at 392-1894. This portion of Andover Christmas Fair day will open at 8:30 a.m. with coffee and donuts, a food table and a luncheon. Vendors will include the Andover Historical Society.

The Reverend Dan Johnson will be leading a class in the history and polity of the United Church of Christ at the First Congregational Church on Monday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. This course, originally scheduled for Nov. 9 was canceled due to the weather, as it was snowing is some places.

The Andover Town Office will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 21 and Thursday, Nov. 22 for Thanksgiving.

A personal thank you to all those who supported my candidacy for District 2 County Commissioner, which was approximately 32 percent of the vote, and for your kind words of encouragement following the election.