Pelham - Windham News

May 21, 2010 - 5

Sewing and Quilting Students Visit Textile Museum

submitted by Jane Martin

The Pelham High School Sewing and Quilting class visited the American Textile Museum in Lowell, MA, on May 12. The museum staff provided a full program of events that included a history of how natural fibers were made into cloth, a demonstration of power looms, and a hands-on experience weaving using a hand loom. The course is taught by Jane Martin.

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Hopes Remain High for Sherburne Hall’s Future

by Gloria Sullivan

Years ago, when Pelham officials decided to turn the old Sherburne School into its municipal building, the renovation costs were kept down by not including the old gymnasium as part of the remodeling project. Also left not renovated were six classrooms adjacent to the town offices and space behind the new Police Station. These areas have been used as make-do storage rooms for the recreation department and for town records. The huge snowman that graces the old town common every winter even spends his downtime in these dark hallways.

Meetings for the Selectmen, the Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, and the Conservation Commission are just some of the public meetings that have been held over the years in the gymnasium/cafeteria of the old school. Bill McDevitt and Charlene Takesian agreed that Pelham needed a place to host public events. It must have been daunting for the pair to picture what would need to be done to make the room something to be proud of. The walls that had many different colors of paint, the heating pipes covered with dust, and the floors just tiles on concrete, complete with the keyholes for basketball on it. Takesian remarked, “Wouldn’t it be great for the kids to be able to come up on a stage with their parents in the auditorium and get awards and feel like, ‘Wow, I accomplished something,’ and not be in a crummy gymnasium?” The Sherburne Hall Committee was created, named as such to preserve the name of the old school. The school was named after Ernest G. Sherburne who, according

to Pelham’s Historical Society, was a farmer and craftsman who dedicated his life to improving the Pelham schools and the educational opportunities that they provided to Pelham students. While a member of the Pelham School Board, he participated in the planning process that led to the consolidation of Pelham’s five one- room schoolhouses into one single school to be located in Pelham Center. In contrast to the one-room schools, the new school was to have a furnace, running water, and inside toilets. Ernest died in 1948, while the Pelham Junior High School was being remodeled and greatly expanded to become a thoroughly modern, eight-grade grammar school. At a dedication ceremony organized by Edward F. Hayes, who had been appointed to finish Ernest G. Sherburne’s term on the Pelham School Board, the new school was officially named the E. G. Sherburne Grammar School. The Sherburne Hall Committee interviewed anyone and everyone

who might be looking for a space to use in order to help envision what the hall could become. The Police, the Library, the Parks and Recreation department, the New Greeley Singers, Fire Department staff, and Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were all asked to make suggestions. Architects came up with a design, and the Committee embarked on their quest to raise money to fund their vision. Sixty-thousand dollars was raised in the first four years. The

objective was to raise $150K on their own without having to go to taxpayers on a warrant. The Committee offered to place plaques with donor names on them throughout the hall. The stage would be named after a qualifying donation, and the Committee would even name the entire hall after the person who donated enough money to renovate the space. The decision was made to spend the money they did raise, and the renovation process began. Takesian remembered the embarrassment she felt during the swearing in of Police Chief Roark in the multi-colored gymnasium: “The place looked like a dump. This is terrible,” she said. With the recession looming overhead, the Committee lost hope of

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ever raising enough money to complete the job, so using the funds they had, they replaced the floors with carpeting and re-worked the plumbing and electrical conduits and replaced lighting fixtures. The room was painted, cleaned extensively, and the outdated life safety issues were addressed.

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McDevitt spoke about the wish list for the hall: “Our biggest single need is chairs. We desperately need chairs. When the Theater group had their last play, we had to grab every chair in sight,” he admitted. Unfortunately, the cost of 200 sleigh-bottom stackable chairs could be as high as $500. The wish list includes stage lighting and a visit from an acoustical engineer. If there is one in town, these folks would certainly love to meet him or her. They also discussed how they would like the Hall to have its own entrance, which could be achieved by the generosity of a local landscaper. They would be happy to name a walkway to the set of currently unused doors if somebody was willing to donate the actual walkway. McDevitt and Takesian remained upbeat and positive as they discussed the hurdles they encounter with raising funds, and the difficulty in asking for money from people when the town’s list of priorities were long and did not include an auditorium. The space is currently usable, although without air conditioning. The stage has hosted a fair share of performances, despite its dreary and stained curtains.

“When my daughter Jennifer, who now teaches kindergarten at

Pelham Elementary School, threw a pie at somebody as part of a play and they hit the curtain, my daughter said, ‘Dad, that stain is still there!’ and there it is,” McDevitt admitted, as he demonstrated how worn the curtains have become over the last 30 or so years. The pair hopes to raise awareness of the Hall’s needs by having people use the Hall for such events as the Festival of Trees and the town’s Theater Group’s performances. Pelham Community Spirit, which hosted the Festival of Trees, donated enough money to replace the stage curtains. The Sherburne Committee continues to keep looking to keep fundraising efforts alive. “We have a lot more to do,” stated McDevitt. For more information, go to www.sherburnehall.org.

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