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nhvillagernewspaper.com August 10, 2018 The Villager 7

And the winners are....everyone had a good time

By Michael Pon from Hollyhocks. The best man in period dress went to
The Villager Chris Bemer of the Country Spirit. The two best period
dressed kids went to Taelyn Poulin and Abbi Gould with
With rain coming down every so often outside, the dresses made by Anne Gould. The most uniquely dressed
Lee Clement Ice Arena was where the action was after went to the horse-headed person who pulled the Country Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
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Saturday’s parade commemorating Henniker’s 250 year Spirit carriage.
incorporated under its one only name – the only Henniker Next up was the mustache and beard contest, judged by
on Earth. applause from a long semicircle of awesome Henniker
Crafters, vendors and organizations of all nature lined the community celebrants. Honorary British guest Geoffrey
rink entertaining scores of familiar faces from the Henniker Robinson checked each beard with a tug to made sure they
community as the winners of the parade floats were named. were all bonafide contestants.
Edmund’s Hardware won the float with the best Henniker Eric Adler, looking something like one of the three
spirit and theme. The Boy Scout Troop 76 float won was musketeers, won the most original mustache. However the
awarded the best community spirit. The most patriotic thickest mustache went to Tom Seavey, who paddled away in
was awarded to the Hollyhock’s Flowers float. The Azalea one of his custom made canoes with his certificate of award.
Park theme won the most artist float award. And the most Rocky Bostrom, one of Henniker beloved firefighters, was 7
elaborate was awarded to the Pats Peak float. recognized for having the longest beard, not that it dragged
The best period dressed woman went to Heather Shaw along the floor. Ray Day stood beside Rocky with what was
acclaimed to be the thickest beard. Will Auer, who could
easily be cast as Red Beard, was recognized for having the
most original beard.
Next up were a series of fun competitions from sack and
three-legged races to the curious wife-carrying contest to
keep the afternoon rolling.
On Sunday there was breakfast on the New England College
covered bridge and a square dance at the Colby Hill Inn.
As event organizer Terri Trier commented, “This community
shows us rain will not stop us. We’re having a good time!”