Washburn Rotary Club
to hold garage sale Saturday
WASHBURN NEWS
by Christie Cochran
Washburn Rotary will be holding a garage sale on Saturday, Sept. 18. It will be held in the former Maynard’s Garage, currently White’s Service. Donations can be left at White’s, or phone Charlotte Griffin at 455-8498 or e-mail cgriffin@mail2maine.com to arrange for pick-up of items. Proceeds of sales will be used by Washburn Rotary for local projects throughout the year.
The next scheduled food sale put on by the Lidstone Memorial Methodist Church will be held on Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Washburn Civic Center. The sale will be 8:30-11:30 a.m. and will include delicious homemade cooking with everything from beans and breads to salads, cole slaw, cookies, cakes and pies.
The Salmon Brook Historical Society will hold their fall meeting at the Washburn Civic Center on Thursday, Sept 30. The potluck supper will start at 6 p.m., followed by a business meeting. Participants are asked to bring a main dish, salad, dessert or rolls and their own place settings.
Pictured, front row, from left are: Chris Willette, Linda Seward, Dean Seward, Billy Pike and Joanna Pike. Second row, from left are: Audrey Hartford, Dick Hartford, Loren Johnson, George Seward, Sylvia Bridgham, Dan Bridgham and Dave Moreau. Back row, from left are: Rodney Sperrey, Carroll Sperrey, Wilburn Scott, Alan Carter, Donnie Hewitt, Joyce Boynton and Roger Hewitt.
Those celebrating birthdays this week include: Blake Harvath, Albert Gabourie, Josh Pike, Janet Peary, Terri Farley, Jordan Chandler, Anne Carter, Kassie Farley, Shawn Thompson, Cayla Robbins, Glenna White, Chris Haines, Kellie Carmichael, Rachel Campbell, Christian Forcier, Charlotte Wilson, Daniel White, Bud Umphrey, Marlene Whipkey, Stacy Tulley, Marlene Forbes, Jordyn Martin, Kristi Pike, Sara Pinette, Jesse Potvin, Merissa Cannon, Mike Wilcox, Lottie Ford, Crystal Butkovic, Robin Drost, Blyn Tilley, Christen Hobbs, Shawn Scott, Kevin Weston, and Tim O’Donnell.
Anniversary wishes go out to: Larry and Peggy Ross and Scott and Martha McIntosh.
Washburn High School’s Class of 1960 recently held a reunion. Pictured seated from left are: Jan (Clark) Gilbert, Joyce (Turner) Doody, Helen (Crouse) Hause, Katherine (Rand) Gardiner and Nancy (McIntire) Todd. Second row from left are: Leah (Jardine) Tafolla, Brenda (Cameron) Swafford, Brenda (Levesque) McCoy, Caroline (Umphrey) Thibodeau and Christine (Nickerson) Humphrey. Back row from left are: Charles “Mike” Baker, David Dickinson, Frank Spinney, Donald Wilder, Richard Rand, Harry Rideout, Linda (Wood) Kennedy and Douglas Peary. Several classmates who attended the evening Alumni Banquet on Aug. 20 and the Sunday, Aug. 22, cookout were not present for the class dinner held on Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Caribou Motor Inn and Convention Center, and were not in the class photo. Absent when photo was taken were: Albert Doody, Jerome Churchill, Harold Marr, Dick Campbell, Norma (Baker) Holmes and Linda (Churchill) Sowers.
Fifteen area senior citizens met at the Washburn Rec Center for lunch on Friday, Sept. 3. The meal consisted of spaghetti and sauce, cucumber slaw, garlic bread and brownies with ice cream.
Those attending included: Evelyn Woodman, Norma Baker, Bern Rossignol, Lorraine Harrison, Anita Tarr, Glenna Ewing, Gwen Bragg, Arline Cole, Drucilla Turner, Wilda Goodall, Barbara McLaughlin, Helen Armstrong, Marilyn Whitten, Gwen Thompson and Edna Sherburne.
The special speaker was Mona Lynch from Aroostook Agency on Aging who spoke to the ladies on Medicare. She sent them home with some informational pamphlets, along with a promise to return near the first of the year.
Fifteen area senior citizens attended a lunch as well as enjoyed a special speaker from Aroostook Agency on Aging, Mona Lynch, who spoke on Medicare issues recently in Washburn. Those in the photo, in no particular order, are: Speaker Mona Lynch, Drucilla Turner, Wilda Goodall, Arlene Cole, Bernadette Rossignol, Edna Sherburne, Helen Armstrong, Anita Tarr, Barbara McIntosh, Gwen Bragg, Glenna Ewing, Lorraine Harrison, Norma Baker, Evelyn Woodman, Marilyn Whitten and Gwen Thompson.
Members of Washburn Boy Scout Troop 177 took a special two-week Jamboree trek, truly enjoying some of our national history as well as a special day-long visit at a famous amusement park.
The Scouts took a visit to the Washington Mall, visiting the new WWII Memorial, the Vietnam Wall and the Korean War Memorial and Lincoln Memorial.
Also included in the trip, they traveled to Hershey, Penn., and spent a day at the famous Hershey Park. They enjoyed riding all of the rollercoasters, water rides and park food that they could take in. They “closed” the park that evening and all agreed that it was a day to remember.
Boy Scouts enjoying a visit at the famous Hershey Park pictured at left from left included Washburn members: Ronald Rand, Bryce Roix, Drew White, Parker Thompson, Brandon Cropley, Tyler Jardine, Taylor Skinner, Kody Brissette and Stacey Skinner. Back row from left: Shirley Rand, Tim Roix, Curtis Thompson, Adam Wilcox, Donald Wilcox, Jacob Reed, Larry Harrison, Daniel Roy, Tina Jardine and Randy Thompson. Not pictured was Pam Wilcox.
VISITING WASHINGTON — Boy Scouts and leaders from Washburn pictured at right at the Lincoln Memorial included in front from left: Randy Thompson, Brandon Cropley, Parker Thompson, Ron Rand and Stacey Skinner. Back row from left: Larry Harrison, Tyler Jardine, Curtis Thompson, Drew White, Kody Brissette, Jacob Reed, Taylor Skinner and Daniel Roy.
Dixon Sr. (Skip) and Autumn Creasey recently enjoyed the gathering of the clan for a two-week period of time. Shown in photo was, seated: Dixon Creasey Sr. Behind him was his wife of over 50 years, Autumn Creasey. Second row from left are: Michelle Creasey, Mary Ann Smeeks, Helen Hause, Kayla Creasey, Jon Emerett, Dapheen Creasey and Sonja Creasey. Back Row from left: Angela Creasey, Tony Creasey, Dixon Creasey Jr., Bill Hause, Dion Creasey and Danny Creasey.
The family farm home of Skip and Autumn Creasey on the Cross Road in Crouseville was the scene of a large get-together of over 17 family members and several friends, the week prior to Labor Day.
Many memories were shared and even a “reunion” of three students, Anissa Cochran Levesque, Jason Clayton and Tony Creasey, who all graduated together in 1989. Grandchildren and cousins met, some for the first time, and came from as far away as Oregon, Indiana and all areas in Aroostook County. Other guests attending included Jason, Nichole and Mitchell Clayton, Anissa and Dave Levesque, Kassy Belk and Christie Cochran.
The weather was hot and humid, but none seemed to mind it, and all had lots of cool drinks to enjoy, including Moxie, which is unknown in other areas but is a family favorite of the Creasey clan. Dixon Jr. also got to enjoy some of his favorite “red hotdogs” which are unavailable in Indiana. Dixon and Mary Ann took a good supply of both Moxie and red hotdogs as well as much of the humid heat home with them.
Many stories were shared by the brothers of their boyhood days. It turns out most of which their parents had never heard of before.
The other “Daniel Creasey, grandson of Skip and Autumn, arrived from Boston the next day to share some special time with Grampy and Grammy Creasey and his dad, Dixon Jr. He certainly would have never gone unnoticed by his family, as he’s reached the height of 6’5”!
Unable to attend were Ben and Erin Meeks of Indiana, and Erik Creasey of Boston. Such fun was had that likely more trips will be made back home some other summer.
Zumba classes with Instructor Paige Huston will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Washburn District Elementary School.
Marching members of Washburn Boy Scout Troop 177 took part in this year’s festivities.
A “Tractor Train” ride, operated by Sterling Haynes, loading up for youth rides around the square during August Festival.
Christie Cochran is the correspondent for Washburn, Wade and Perham. She can be reached at 455-8034 or gramchristie@yahoo.com.
