Sherman Seniors meet
The Sherman area Senior Citizens Club met on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the gym for a potluck lunch. Beano was played for entertainment after the meeting.
Our next meeting will be on Nov. 16 when we shall celebrate Thanksgiving. Annie will prepare the dinner and expects other members to provide desserts.
Present were: Donna Grass, Sandra and Paul Qualey, Bonita Staples, Frances Gorman, Linniea Perry, Esther Greenier, Annie Atkinson and Mary Lawler.
Please come and enjoy!
Patten Library improvements
The Veteran’s Memorial Library in Patten is happy to announce the carpeting installation is done. We received a grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation to install carpeting and linoleum in the library.
We’ve also received three new high-speed computers for public use, including access to Ancestry.com free to our patrons. We have added to our Young Adult collection thanks to the Libri Foundation and funds donated by friends of the late Honey Lyons. All are welcome to visit and see the improvements.
Houlton Council of Catholic Women
By Lois Downing
Houlton Council of Catholic Women met in the parish center Sunday, November 6, commencing at 12:20 following the 11 a.m. Mass and Eucharist.
Twenty-two members attended with Janet Barker’s sister, Pat McConnell, and Mary Newhouse as guests. Co-president Mary Armour led the meeting directing the NCCW prayers and hymn. After the blessing before the meal said in unison we enjoyed the luncheon, then the meeting was resumed.
Janet Barker, co-president, thanked everyone for their help in any way during and after the death of her son-in-law, Kevin Larson. A benefit spaghetti supper will be available for Kelly Larson and sons Saturday, November 12 at the Hodgdon Fire Station, 4-7 p.m. and the supper will be by donation.
St. Mary of the Visitation Church Christmas Bazaar is slated for Saturday, December 3 in St. Anthony’s Hall. HCCW will sponsor a table with jams, jellies, pickles, homemade bread, rolls, and sweets, tea breads, also fancy cups and saucers, and other items. Jane Mitchell will donate a wreath, like last year, and Mary Grant will supply it with $1 bills for a raffle. Alta Reardon and Jane Stile will have a table of religious articles, separate from the Council. A quilt will also be available for tickets and raffle.
Thanksgiving dinner on the day of Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 24, is organized by Margaret Casey. HCCW will help with the meal preparation and supply food for the diners in St. Anthony’s Hall. A generous donation was given to help for the expenses of the dinner.
Margaret Casey is also chairing the annual Giving Tree. Articles from a local store will be given for the recipients, mostly personal care products. Crest View Manor will also receive items, as requested and Jane Stile will be the buyer.
November 13 the local Knights of Columbus had a chicken stew, free for those who would like to come, also at the parish center. The commissions of St. Mary of the Visitation will each have a display to let the public know of their work to them and our community. HCCW will supply a table displaying the historian’s work and other items, religious articles. Mary Grant ‘’manned’’ the table.
Rita McDade spoke of the Beaulieu family. The collection for the Seminarian fund was taken up. Prayers were offered for military personnel, hunters, all in the hearts and minds of others.
The usual Yankee Swap will be the focus of the Christmas party, December 4. Our ladies are asked to please bring a wrapped gift, not exceeding in value of $5.00. This is always a fun time for members.
Anniversaries and birthdays were recognized. Door prize was won by Rose Bushey.
The luncheon committee was in charge of the November committee, the tables were decorated with fall colors, orange and yellow.
Oakfield News
By Peggy Sanders
A total of 20 members and three guests met at the Oakfield snow mobile club for their first meeting of November. We had grace and a good lunch. The Lord’s Prayer and the flag salute was led by Bob Locke. The secretary’s and the treasurer’s report was given and accepted. Bonnie Pratt spoke on volunteer work and we had a short business meeting.
Attending were Tessie Barrett, Evelyn and Merle Burpee, Bernice Campbell, Jeanne Clements, Roger and Shirley Ethier, Mildre Gagnon, Marie Gillotti, Ursula Levesque, Bob and Delores Locke, Charlotte and Don Marley, Bonnie Pratt, Peggy and Larry Sanders, Wanetta Townsend, Romona White, George Barrows and guests Barbara Doughty and Margaret Cameron.
Purple Hat Society
by Lois Downing
The Purple Hat ladies met at the SAVE building on Bird Street for its November meeting Tuesday, November 8. One guest from Oakfield attended, Thelma Flowers. We were given the menu ahead of time so mostly we decided what we wanted early. The service and meal was very good. I gave the blessing before the meal.
Each lady gave her given name and then her Purple Hat name. Peggy Sanders gave the birthday list: only one, Sandy Wyman and we sang the ‘’Happy Birthday’ song to her. Our leader, Charlotte Marley, reminded all that Friday was Veterans Day, an official holiday. She asked the question if we voted, since it was also voting day for our community.
The purple shoe project is obsolete and so we will start a new project at the first of the new year. One of our ladies, Doreen Messina is back in Florida.
Dec. 3 is the date for the Christmas party at the Snowmobile clubhouse in Oakfield. We will have spaghetti and meatballs and the cost for the dinner will be derived from the treasury. We are asked to please bring a wrapped gift for swapping (if you want to swap, if not, no gift). The gift should be $5 in value.
Since Thanksgiving is coming up, we have selected our gift for the Christmas good deed. Charlotte asked what we were thankful for—one piped up and said she was thankful to be alive, others were thankful for family and health and many other facts. The next question was our favorite Thanksgiving and some of us remember way back in the ‘30s and ‘40s with children and many members of their family during stormy weather.
Charlotte read two poems, short and to the point. Sandy also read a joke.Ladies attending were: Jackie Colella from Cary; Marsha Reed, Paula Wyman, Betty Wyman, Lois Downing; from Littleton, Kay Grass.
Also, Wannetta Townsend, Marie Gillotti, Charlotte Durr, Sandy Wyman; Peggy Sanders and Charlotte Marley from Smyrna.
Also, Delores Locke, Bernice Campbell, Mildred Gagnon, Evelyn Johnston, Elaine Barrett, and Evelyn Burpee. If you need information about the Purple Hat Society, you may call Charlotte Marley at 757-8483 or any of the other ladies. Come, enjoy and socialize and have a good time!
Take Off Pounds Sensibly ME 233, Houlton
by Lois Downing
Take Off Pounds Sensibly Chapter 0233 of Houlton met at the Aldergate building on High Street for its Friday, November 11 meeting. Because of the holiday, Veterans Day, it was a shorter meeting.
Eighteen TOPS ladies were weighed – 6 being KOPS (Keep Off Pounds Sensibly). Loser of the week was Joanne Scott.
Denise Clark, leader, greeted everyone. Barbara Troy is a volunteer for a greeter. Linda Cassidy was the recipient of the skinny dish. Denise read a letter from one of our representatives stating the increase in dues in 2012, from $26 to $28.
The meeting was spent talking over the workshop in Washburn the previous Saturday, which a goodly number of our chapter attended. Joyce Estey, in charge of our turkey contest, reviewed the rules. Charlotte Marley read a letter from Barbara Hogan on an event to be scheduled November 13. She distributed the letter, so all could read. The next meeting is November 18 at the same location. For information on the chapter, you may call Charlotte Marley at 757-8483 or Betty Ivey at 532-9653.
Weigh-in is every Friday at 8-8:45 each Friday, unless otherwise denoted (no weigh-in after that time to give the ladies time to figure their report). All are welcome.
