General Government - Town of Meredith

Community Action Program
Supported Outside Agencies
During the past year, we have provided $833,598 in services to Meredith residents. Our major concern has
always been, and will continue to be, the delivery of needed services to the elderly, handicapped and
low-income residents of the community. Some of the services we provide are administration of the Fuel
Assistance Program, Electric Assistance, Congregate Meals at the Senior Center, Meals on Wheels,
Emergency Food Pantry. For more information, please contact 279-4096.
We wish to thank the Town of Meredith for its continued support.
Prudence Tylenda, Area Director
Historical Society
The Society’s purpose is the collection and preservation of the history of Meredith.
This includes preserving valuable books, manuscripts, photographs, prints, textiles,
relics and other articles related to the history of Meredith. The purpose also
includes maintaining the Pottle Meeting House, operating as the Farm Museum, and
the Main Street Museum to house our collection.
The funds for maintaining the artifacts and the two museums buildings are provided
by donations from members and other interested parties. Sums designated as trust
funds and bequests are encouraged, as they enable the Society to hold such amounts
in trust and use only the interest as needed. The Town generously provides funds to
assist in the payment of a stipend for the greeter for our Main Street Museum during
the summer.
The Main Street museum is open from Memorial Day to Columbus Day four days a Historic Walking Tour
week Wednesday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The Farm Museum is open Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons during the summer and from Labor Day to Columbus Day on Saturdays from
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM and is staffed by volunteers. Arrangements can be made to visit the museum at
other times by calling 279-1190. Again this year there were visitors from all over the US and other
Countries.
From May through November, on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM, the Society sponsors
programs and activities that increase awareness of town history. The topics this last year included:
American Police Motorcycle, Tips on Finding your History, Wild and Colorful: Victorian Architecture in
New Hampshire, Page Pond, a Story of Meredith’s History, Lafayette and the Farewell Tour, the Story of
the Concord Coach and Civil War General George Thomas, Union Army. All programs are open to the
general public and are free of charge.
The Society would like to thank the many volunteers for their help cataloguing articles, cleaning textiles,
organizing exhibits, creating window displays, hosting the Farm Museum, providing refreshments for the
meetings, baking for the bake sales and maintaining the buildings. The Society is grateful for the
consideration and support of all the people in the Town of Meredith, making it possible for the Society to
continue to serve the public.
George Jewell, President
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