New Hampshire. Primary-related 

 booking have priority, so the date's 

 still uncertain. 



...and a Casualty 



The 1991 Granite State Garden & 

 Flower Show, scheduled to be held at 

 the Manchester Armory on March 6- 

 10, was cancelled on February 11, "a 

 casualty of the Persian Gulf War." 



The Armory rental was doubled (from 

 $500 to $1000 a day) and the Board 

 was reminded that should conditions 

 in the Gulf warrant, the Garden & 

 Flower Show "would be required to 

 vacate the premises at a moment's 

 notice." 



Expenses were high. Along with the 

 rent, the Board was told that the 

 Manchester Police Department 

 would require a 15% increase (to 

 $5400) in the fee paid to the three 

 officers needed during the show and 

 that there was a good possibility 

 that they'd be required to add a 

 fourth "to insure security at this 

 time." A fee to the fire department 

 was $1700; the janitor's fee, $2000; a 

 permit from the city of Manchester 

 "to run a fair" cost $300; dumpster 

 rental was $400. John Jacobs, Presi- 

 dentofflower show organization, felt 



"there was no way we could recoup 

 our costs." 



But things look good for next year. 

 The Board began working on the 1992 

 Show on April 4. Members are seri- 

 ously considering holding the event 

 at the Philips Exeter Academy Field 

 House "during the spring break 

 when the students aren't there". 

 John feels it is "a good spot, only 30 

 minutes from Manchester." The 

 building has a glass roof, there's ad- 

 equate parking, and — importantly — 

 costs would be substantially lower. 

 (For example, rental would be "$2000 

 for the entire eight days — and this 

 would include the services of two se- 

 curity guards".) 



The Board is also actively looking for 

 sponsors to help offset any costs in- 

 curred should this sort of unexpected 

 financial situation happen again. 

 And Jacobs said he'd been discussing 

 with the New Hampshire Land- 

 scaper's Association "their mem- 

 bership's full support of and partici- 

 pation in a 1992 show". 



This year's cancellation was dis- 

 heartening, but from the sound of 

 things right now, next year's show 

 might really be "better than ever." 

 For more information, contact John 

 Jacobs at Mr. Bee's (603-627-7667). 



Aaron Wentworth: 

 1934-1991 



Aaron A. Wentworth of 

 Rollinsford, vice-president 

 and operator of the family 

 business, Wentworth Green- 

 houses of Rollinsford, died 

 January 11, 1991, at the 

 Wentworth- Douglas Hospi- 

 tal after a brief illness. He 

 was 57 years oldL 



Bom January 4, 1934, he 

 was the son of Andrew and 

 Mary(Chick)Wentworth.He 

 was a lifetime resident of the 

 Dover-Rollinsford area. A 

 well-known horticulturist, 

 he was also a member of 

 the Maine Obsolete Auto 

 League. 



Survivors include his wife, 

 Janice (Henderson) Went- 

 worth, two sons, Daniel and 

 John, his father, a brother 

 and a sister, and several 

 nieces and nephews. 



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