November 18 "Between Farm & Mills: Letters of the Buswell sisters of Hopkinton, 1820-60". A first time reading of the letters by local girls with a brief talk and slides presented by Fernanda Harrington.

February 17 "Readings from the Kearsarge Independent".

New Hampshire Chronicle interviewed Bev & John Hill, Pud Ellsworth and Rebecca Courser in February regarding the snow trains coming to Warner during the 1930-1950s.

"It Had To Be Done, So I Did It" was performed at Pleasant View Retirement Center on February 18 and was attended by 160 people. A slide show about Warner and the women interviewed ran continuously during the reception was well received.

April 28 – Slide show regarding "Women in Warner, 1860-1900".

May 26 – Slide show regarding "Businesses in Warner 1860 -1900".

"It Had to Be Done, So I Did It" was presented at the Warner Town Hall on May 21 to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the dramatic reading of women’s work in rural New England.

June 15 – Test production of "Warner in the Wake of the Civil War," was shown at the Town Hall.

August 27 – Annual Church service at the Lower Warner Meeting House.

September 15 – A slide program about "Eight families living in the Liberty Union School District."

Coming up in October – Please tell all your family & friends to come and visit the exhibit "In the Wake of the Civil War," while they are visiting Warner during the Fall Foliage Festival. We are sponsoring "A last change to see the exhibit on Friday evening October 13 from 7 – 9 p.m. and Saturday morning October 14 from 9:00 – 12 noon.

A Walk in the Woods! We will explore the Liberty Union School District and see the sites of the families we learned about at September’s slide show. We will trek down into Daisy Hollow and up Badger Lane to eat our snacks overlooking Bear Pond. Wear good walking shoes and bring a snack and something to drink. October 15 – 12:30 p.m Meet at Main Street House.

Dick Strickford from the Contoocook Water precinct contacted the Stone Structures committee regarding a cellarhole he found at Bear Pond that is not indicated on either the 1858 and 1892 maps of Warner. Richard Cook, Lauren Guimond, Robert Shoemaker and I went out to examine the foundation in March. Research will be conducted at the Registry of Deeds to find out who owned the farmsite.

The Lyme Historical Society is planning to conduct a survey of their stone structures and have been sent a packet of information about our project.

A new publication, "Good Fences – A Pictorial History of New England’s Stone Walls" had just been released. William Hubbell, the author, lives in Maine. He contacted the Stone Structures committee two years ago to visit sites in Warner that we had discovered during our ongoing research. In December 2004 he went on tour with David & Linda Hartman, their dog Tucker and I. As a result there are nine photos of Warner sites, more than any other community covered in the book, and a descriptive section about life in the Mink Hills. I am happy to announce that Mr. Hubbell will be our guest speaker at our program meeting on November 17 at MainStreet BookEnds at 7:00 p.m.

I am happy to announce that our fundraising goal of $25,000 has been met.

November 5 - A workshop "Sleuthing Local History: How to uncover your town’s stories," was held at the Pillsbury Library with movie project humanist, Professor Marcia Schmidt Blaine from Plymouth University. This event was sponsored by the N.H. Humanities Council.

Volunteers: Ian Rogers, Alice Carson, Robert Manchester, and Sophie Courser, and Eli Elliott have volunteered for various aspect of this project.

We have met with and corresponded via e-mail with Marcia Schmidt Blaine to review script and ideas. George and Rebecca were interviewed on WTPL by Debbie Watrous from the N.H. Humanities Council in February.

Programs about the movie were given to the Warner Business & Professional Association on March 17^th and the Men’s Club on April 24^th. George was interviewed for WEVO’s "Front Porch" program on March 20^th.

Mary Morris of Warner was selected to be "Jennie" our female narrator for the movie. Casting for voices were conducted at the Pillsbury Library on May 23 & 25.

A one-day digital video workshop titled, "Moviemaking De-Mystified," was held on August 5^th in Concord at Great Northern video. This workshop was sponsored by the NH Council on the Arts.

This week George has been recording voices at his studio in Waterloo. Plans are to have the movie completed by ....

Rebecca Courser