Thursday, March 10, 7pm
An Informal History of Hanover High School, with Bill Murphy
Bill Murphy, longtime Social Studies teacher at Hanover High, has written (“compiled,” in his words) “Did You Know…? An Informal History of Hanover High School.” He will present some of the highlights of this collection via Zoom. Spread the word and join us on March 10th! (We hope you’ll bring along some stories and memories yourselves, too.)
Please register in advance for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlc-uorzMrH9KdtMp_emedqoXt1XPO3YXL
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Information about how to purchase a copy of the book will be available on March 10th.
ICYMI, here is Matt Brown’s email about Bill’s book (thanks, Matt!):
Last Saturday morning something cool and surprising walked into the gallery. It was Bill Murphy, long-time Lyme resident and well-admired Hanover High School history teacher, carrying a spiral-bound newly-printed book:
Did You Know? an Informal History of Hanover High School, compiled by Bill Murphy.The book is set up to be interactive: you can write in your own memories (if you are gifting your copy to a Hanover High alumni, or anyone else, a child who was student, a grandmother who was a student, a parent . . . ).It begins with a section of 138 general Fun Facts, such as Fact # 1: “Did you know that twice Hanover High School held the Guinness Book of World Records for leap-frogging?”This is followed by a Fun Facts section about the physical building (77 facts). A third section contains 89 facts about the staff, such as,“Did you know that Bill Murphy ran for President of the United States in the 2020 election and . . . received 447 votes.”The last is a section of 92 facts about Hanover High Alumni, including the following:“Did you know that Duncan Watson, class of 1981, was the voice of Charlie Brown between 1975 and 1977 when he spoke in ‘Be My Valentine, You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, and other films . . .’ and is now manager of the Keene Recycling Center which is a model for other communities.”Many of the fun facts already include notes, such as Ford Dailey’s mention that Duncan’s family owned and operated (for a time) Lou’s Restaurant on Main St. in Hanover.Bill left several copies for us to sell in the gallery, and mentioned they will soon be available elsewhere, including directly from himself and (did I get this right?) thru the Lyme Library. It is not only loaded with interesting and fun stories, it has pictures! There are cool photos, classroom layout maps, a Mod Schedule sheet indicating the 26 mod periods that made up each school day back in 1971. Oy vey!Please realize if you stop in to check out Did you Know (we are open today until 3 pm), you can also visit something totally different, an exhibit of color woodblock prints by U. Kunisada featuring the famous kabuki actor, “Bringing to Life Danjuro VIII”. These prints, made in the 1850s, are full of beautifully woodblock carved patterns and colors, and contain lots of stories (five kabuki plays that we have researched) as well.