Take Off Pounds Sensibly
ME 0233 Houlton
by Lois Downing
Take Off Pounds Sensibly Chapter 0233 of Houlton met at the Aldergate building on High Street for its Friday, July 13, meeting.
Twenty members were present, as well as Diane Folsom, leader. Janette Nelson gave a monthly financial report. Other reports were given by secretary Brenda Lacostic and co-weigher Joanne Scott.
Losers of the week were Diane Folsom, first, and runner-up Denise Clark. Charlotte Marley explained rules of the flowers in a basket contest. Add to the rules, lose weight, she requested.
Copies of the bylaws were distributed by Barbara Grant. A discussion was held on the new t-shirts. Diane informed us of the presence of Janice Cote at the July 20 meeting.
Margaret Hagerman introduced her daughter, Ellie Hagerman, massage therapist. She is located at 70 Bangor Street, telephone: 694-0895. She explained 30-minute massage, one-hour massage, hot stone massage and prenatal massage. She told us it helps with muscle sprains and headaches.
We will have a silent auction July 27. Bring an unwrapped gift.
For more information on the chapter, call Charlotte Marley at 757-8483 or Betty Ivey at 532-9653. Weigh-in is at 8-8:45 a.m. every Friday morning. Meetings are at 9 a.m.
Come, enjoy and lose weight.
East Grand Dames
Gardens are in, Canada Day and July Fourth have passed, now it’s time for the 16th season of the East Grand Dames. This year we’re reading three novels.
On July 19, we meet at Hot Brook Lake to discuss “The Art of Running in the Rain” by Garth Stein, about love, tragedy, redemption and danger from the point of view of a dog. On July 26, the group reassembles at the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust in Forest City, Maine, to share thoughts regarding “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese, concerning family members and their lives and medical practices in Ethiopia and the U.S. August 2 we’ll be in Orient to review “The Man from Saigon” by Marti Leimbach which deals with a woman reporter’s experiences during the Vietnam War, covering the atrocities and complexities there while choosing between love with an American reporter or a Vietnamese photographer. The season ends on August 9 in Danforth when suggestions will be made for reading in 2013 and three selections made.
The meetings are held at 10 a.m. EDST. For more information, call Pam Taylor at 207-448-2928.
Purple Hat Society
by Lois Downing
The Purple Hat Society met for their monthly get-together Tuesday at the Chinese Restaurant on Military Street. Our leader Charlotte Marley attended and greeted everyone. Lois Downing gave the blessing before the meal. Pretty purple flowers adorned the table.
The ladies wore name tags as supplied by the society. Peggy Sanders had charge of the birthday ladies. Delores Locke and Paula Wyman won the purple purses, supplied by Charlotte Marley. Peggy Sanders was the winner of the photo scavenger hunt.
Jackie Colella did a reading on the humorous side. The next meeting will be August 14 at Sandy Wyman’s in Dyer Brook.
Attending this meeting were: from Cary, Jackie Colella, Denise Clark, Joanne Scott; from Dyer Brook: Wannetta Townsend, Marie Gillotti, Sandy Wyman, Charlotte Durr; from Merrill, Arlene Friel; from New Limerick, DoReen Messina; from Oakfield, Mildred Gagnon, Elaine Barrett, Bernice Campbell, Delores Locke; from Houlton, Lois Downing, Betty Wyman, Marsha Reed, and Paula Wyman; and from Smyrna, Peggy Sanders and Charlotte Marley.
If you would like more information about this group, please call Charlotte Marley at 757-8483 or any of the ladies listed above.
Island Falls News
Christopher Chamberlain, son of Alan Chamberlain, has returned home to Virginia after spending a week at the Chamberlain cottage on lower Mattawamkeag Lake. While here he and a friend climbed Mt. Katahdin, did some fishing and generally had a great time.
Marion and Don Burton, former residents of the area arrived the end of June to spend the summer at their cottage on upper Mattawamkeag Lake. They were here in time to enjoy the fresh strawberries from the Cox farm and soon will be having fresh produce from the area. While here Marion meets with the Happy Losers every week and enjoys a get-together with them every year.
Ed Wood, nephew to Riva, has returned home to Wilton, N.H. after spending three weeks at the Wood cottage on upper Mattawamkeag Lake, with plans to return in a couple of weeks. It has been much too warm lately to do much of anything outside the house. My lawn is again beginning to look a bit shabby and my flowers look a bit wilted. Water them all every day, though, so maybe they will survive.
I have one potato plant (one from three planted) that is thriving and come September I may have a few potatoes to dig. Still have a few of my birds around — especially the gold finch. And the flock of black birds are still here every afternoon and their favorite perch is in my big birch tree out by my former garden. If I have any leftover bread I throw it out for them and they seem almost – to be waiting for the handout.
I have found a few skunk holes in my lawn but not nearly as many as I had last year. Maybe they have all migrated to someone else’s lawn? Watch for any deer sightings, but so far no success.
