A message from the Author:
Gardner has always been a special place of cooperation leading to great accomplishments. It began from tracts of land from four communities – Ashburnham, Westminster, Templeton, and Winchendon.
Gardner has had its tough times just like many other places. However, right now with a great public will of love and future-looking outlook, Gardner’s trajectory towards excellence is all but assured.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Gardner Christmas Wish
Original Poem by Werner Poegel
The City was once a town to be sure
And its substance became an allure.
First settled sixty four years after 1700,
Land gifted by nearby towns kindred.
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Becoming as busy as a beehive
Incorporated thusly in 1785.
Twenty years more it only took
To become a great furniture nook.
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20 Chair Factories, 4 million chairs
Each with legs 4, like grizzly bears.
Successfully brought 5 Heywoods together
Fashioning furniture like birds of a feather.
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Tracking the time worked became an invention
Simplex Time Recorder industry convention.
Gardner home to those critically thinking,
Traditionally forward ideas in the making.
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As if nature itself knew City’s future
23 square miles measured for sure.
Named after a brave Colonel named Thomas,
A Gardner city in 1923 came to pass.
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It’s highest point is Reservoir Hill
New heights reaching ever still
Now 2 years from city centennial
So many projects on the window sill.
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Now sending its love to folks near and afar
Gardner, Chair City, holds all of you dear.
A family of peoples assembled in love
Wishes Merry Christmas to you from above.