Next meeting: Thursday, June 21 ~ Strawberry Shortcake Social

The next meeting of the Boxford Democratic Town Committee will be held on Thursday, June 21 at 7 pm in the second floor meeting room of the Boxford Community Center, 4 Middleton Road.  We will conduct regular business and hear a report from the town’s delegation to the June 2 state convention in Springfield.

This meeting will also mark the Committee’s Second Almost-Annual Strawberry Shortcake Social.  Come hungry!

Boxford Democrats sponsor canned goods drive

In a community-service effort to help local food pantries stock up on needed goods, the Boxford Democratic Town Committee is sponsoring a canned goods drive. Committee members will be stationed at the entrances to Masconomet Regional High School for about an hour before Boxford’s Annual Town Meeting is to begin (7 pm) on Tuesday, May 8. Boxford residents attending town meeting are ask to bring non-perishable food items with them, and the BDTC will see to it that collected items are donated to a local food bank.

Boxford caucus elects delegation for June convention

21 Boxford Democrats caucused at the Boxford Community Center on Sunday afternoon, February 26 to elect the town’s delegation to the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s 2012 endorsing convention in Springfield this June.

The caucus elected Kenneth Thompson of Herrick Road, David Woodruff and Denise Woodruff of Pye Brook Lane as delegates and Donald Bumiller of King George Drive, Joan Campbell of Pinehurst Drive and Christian Schoenberg of Topsfield Road as alternates to represent Boxford’s Democrats at the annual convention. In addition, the committee’s chair, Marianne Rutter of King John Drive, will serve as an ex officio delegate.

For the first time this year, the caucus also voted David Woodruff the first Franklin Pierce Pomroy Honorary Delegate, honoring the memory of recently deceased committee member Frank Pomroy of Mill Run Road.  Pomroy, a decorated veteran of World War II, had been an active member of the committee and an enthusiastic member of its delegation for the past several years; he passed away in June.  For more on Frank Pomroy, scroll down on this page or set your browser to www.witnesstowar.org

A brief business meeting followed the caucus.  The committee will hold its next meeting over breakfast on Saturday, March 31 at 10 am at Jimmy K’s Restaurant in Georgetown.

2012 Boxford caucus date set

At its October 27 meeting, the Boxford Democratic Town Committee voted to hold its annual caucus on Sunday, February 26 at 2 pm, with coffee- hour and sign-in beginning at 1:30 pm.   The caucus will be held in the second-floor meeting room of the Boxford Community Center, 4 Middleton Road, Boxford.  All Boxford Democrats registered by December 31 of this year are welcome to attend.  A brief business meeting will follow the caucus, at which time any new members who wish to join the committee will be voted onto the committee.

October meeting scheduled

The next meeting of the Boxford Democratic Town committee will be held on Thursday, October 27 at 7:30 pm at the Boxford police station first floor meeting room, 285 Ipswich Road.
Required signature papers will be available for Democrats who wish to renew their committee membership and be listed on the Democratic primary ballot in February, 2012.

Fall meeting date

Please save the date:  The Boxford Democratic Town Committee’s next meeting will be on Thursday, September 8, at 7:30 pm at the Boxford Community Center’s second floor meeting room.  On the agenda:  welcome new members, plan for our October 15 Fifth Annual Barn Dance.

In Memoriam: Franklin Pierce Pomroy

Franklin Pierce Pomroy, a popular and well-known resident of Boxford, a decorated World War II veteran, and a fondly remembered member of the Boxford Democratic Committee, passed away June 11 at his home in Boxford.

Many of us count our first recollections of Frank from our committee’s Citizen’s Circle event on the war in Iraq in March, 2007.  During the open round-table discussion, with emotion in his voice Frank told us that very recently he’d changed his party registration from life-long Republican to Democrat as a protest to President Bush’s Iraq war policy.  As a veteran, this could have been no easy step for him to take.  Frank became a member of the Boxford Democratic Town Committee that same year, and we elected him a delegate or an alternate to the state Democratic convention every year since that time.

Frank loved those conventions.  He went out early to attend the parties, attended the delegates’ breakfast sponsored by the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, and relished meeting Governor Patrick in person.  We missed Frank Pomroy’s cheery presence at this year’s convention — so much so that it has suggested to us a particularly appropriate way to remember him.  We plan to name a delegate’s seat at each year’s state convention after him:  The Franklin Pierce Pomroy Honorary Delegate from Boxford will commemorate the enthusiasm with which Frank celebrated his new-found political home in the Democratic party.

Rest in peace, dear friend.

Marianne Rutter, Chair

5th Annual Barn Dance scheduled

Boxford Democrats are inviting local friends and those from surrounding towns near and far to put on their dancin’ shoes:  this year’s 5th Annual Barn Dance will have a harvest theme, scheduled for Saturday, October 15th at 7:30 pm in the Gould Barn, 1 Howlett Street in Topsfield.  As in years past, musical entertainment will be provided by 2120 South Michigan Avenue.  Appetizers and desserts, beer and wine will be served.  Early-bird prices for tickets will save you $5:  $30 per couple and $20 for individuals  Tickets go on sale June 1, and the early-bird price will be in effect until Labor Day.   Contact Marianne Rutter, mariannerutter@yahoo.com for more information.

March meeting scheduled

The Boxford Democratic Town Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, March 10, at 7:30 pm in the Boxford Police Station meeting room, 285 Ipswich Road.  All are welcome to attend.

Boxford Democrats Hold Caucus

Boxford Democrats caucused on Saturday, February 5, to elect a slate of delegates to represent the town at the 2011 Massachusetts Democratic Convention.

Elected as delegates were Frank Pomroy, Mill Run Road; Cheryl L. Hoyt, Ipswich Road; and Joan Campbell, Pinehurst Drive.  Elected as alternates were Donald Bumiller, King George Drive; Maureen Malcolm, Main Street; and Susan Toleos, Sunrise Road.  The chair of the Boxford Democratic Town Committee at the time of the June convention will complete the delegation, serving ex officio.  Marianne Rutter, King John Drive, is currently the committee’s chair.

The state Democratic convention will be held on Saturday, June 4 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell.  Democrats from across the state will gather to vote on an Action Agenda and participate in training on party-building, electoral techniques and issue-based organizing.

After the caucus, the committee held a brief business meeting.  Its next meeting will be on Thursday, March 10 at 7:30 pm.

The Boxford Democratic Committee meets regularly at various public venues in town and welcomes any Democrat registered to vote in Boxford to attend. For more information, visit the committee’s website at www.boxforddems.wordpress.com.  For general information on the Convention, please contact the Democratic State Committee at 617-776-2676.