THE JAFFREY CENTER Village Improvement Society is pleased to announce two new publications which have been issued to commemorate the Centennial of the VIS. Both are now available from the Society. (Marshal the Willing Forces may be obtained from the Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce and The Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough.) These companion publications were researched, written and produced by VIS member Robert B. Stephenson and make use of the minutes, records, photographs and ephemera of the Society. Many of the images included have never appeared in print before. (more information)

Marshal the Willing Forces; A Centennial History of the Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society

100 years; A Commemorative Keepsake Celebrating the Centennial Year of the Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society,

HISTORY: The Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society was founded in August 1906 by a group of nine women and two men —both year-round and summer residents—…to improve and to ornament the streets and public grounds of Jaffrey Center and vicinity.” Since that first annual meeting, it has preserved and continues to maintain, for the benefit of all, over 16 acres of commons, parks, lawns and meadows in the village. Since 1919 the VIS has done the same for Melville Academy—Jaffrey’s own local history museum.

The Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society is a nonprofit association which includes about 200 individuals and families from Jaffrey, the Monadnock region, Massachusetts and elsewhere who are committed to maintaining and sustaining a vibrant and historic New England village.

Persons interested in joining the JCVIS may write to the Society at Post Office Box 722, Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452. Annual dues are $10.

Contact: Ken Campbell, President. (President@jcvis.org)