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2024 VOL. 4. NO. 8
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Bristol, NH’s
Museum of
Petroliana
By William nieman
For semanticists, Petroliana is a com- bination or melding of two words, pe- troleum, and Americana. Its interest for most of us has to do with what the word represents. In this regard, Petroliana is a collection of memorabilia and artifacts that tell the story of America’s greatest industry. They represent the delivery of a refined fossil fuel (via gas pumps) that, over many decades, changed the face of American society.
In our world today, cars and trucks, countless miles of highway, shopping malls, suburbs, and agricultural avail- ability are products of the delivery of gasoline, the lifeblood of the internal combustion engine. The past few de- cades have witnessed the proliferation of “Museums of Petroliana”. This has been a worldwide phenomena. One of the largest such museums is in Fisogni, Italy. Provo, Utah, is home to the larg- est American Petroliana venue. Here in
Bristol Petroliana’s founder and curator, Russ Hertrich.
New Hampshire, two facilities on Bristol’s Lake Street (one next to the Newfound Middle School, the other at 865 Lake Street) house extensive Petroliana col-
lections. These collections represent the realization of one man’s vision and de- voted effort, the founder and curator of
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Rotary
Citizen of
the Year
By Donna RhoDes
PLYMOUTH—On the 97th Anniversary of the Plymouth Ro- tary Club, members gathered at the Barn on the Pemi to celebrate new leadership with their Chang- ing of the Guard and announce this year’s recipient of their Citi- zen of the Year award.
The award began in 1978, and each year since, it has been a tradition to select a local resident, not a member of Rotary, who has shown “extraordinary efforts to enhance life in the Plymouth area,” motivated by the “spirit of goodness, kindness, and care for other beings and the community.” Recent past recipients have been Elena Worral (2023), Martha Richards (2022), and Tim Keefe (2021).
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