Little Miss pageant
The Mars Hill Rotary Club is searching for a director for the Little Miss Mars Hill Pageant. Anyone interested in this is asked to contact Bruce Hussey, the Rotary Club president, at 429-9815.
Birthday Calendars
The Rotary Birthday Calendars have arrived and are available for purchase. Due to the increased cost, the price of the calendars is $6 this year.
Calendars will be available from any Rotarian, at the Mars Hill and Blaine town offices and at the Mars Hill Katahdin Trust Company.
If you received your calendar last year through a Rotarian, they may be contacting you again this year.
For any corrections or additions, please contact Tomi Henderson at 429-9126.
Book Club
The Tuesday Book Club has selected “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini as its current reading selection.
The Tuesday Book Club will meet next on Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Walter T.A. Hansen Memorial Library. All are welcome to participate.
For more information, please contact Rita Kingsbury at 429-9359.
Reading hour
There will be a reading hour for children ages third grade and up on Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. The first book will be “Goosed” by Bill Wallace. This program will run every Thursday at the library.
Book sale
The Walter T.A. Hansen Memorial Library is having a book sale. Cost for the books is .50 for hard covers and .25 for paperbacks. There are also bags available to fill for $5.
Old and new copyrights for adult and children are available. Fiction, nonfiction, westerns, science fiction and romance are among those currently on hand. There are also children’s books for sale, so plan to stop and check things out. Stock up now for your winter reading! Monetary donations will also be accepted.
Thanksgiving visit
Gary and Geraldine Dyer spent Thanksgiving with their son, Gary, and his family, Lori, Garrett, Erika and Emily, of Easthampton, Mass.
While there, they attended the Greater Easthampton Junior Miss Scholarship Pageant, where Erika was one of 21 contestants. She was the recipient of two awards, including the $100 ‘Be Your Best Self’ – voted on by the Board of Directors.
Erikae was also awarded the $100 ‘Spirit of Junior Miss’ – voted on by the contestants themselves.
Garrett had come home for Thanksgiving from Bridgewater (Mass.) State College, where he is a freshman.
Gary and Geraldine also visited their son, Gregg, and his family, Heidi, Annaluise and Regina, in Marshfield, Mass. On Friday, they took the train from Scituate into South Station – Boston. They ate lunch at China Town, shopped at Macy’s and saw the huge Christmas tree, which had come from Island Falls.
BHA book sale
Looking for an interesting read? How about a copy of “The History of Bridgewater?”
To raise money for their sesquicentennial events, the Bridgewater Historical Association has copies of the book “The History of Bridgewater” by Annie Rideout for sale. The book has a hard cover and sells for $35 each ($29 plus $6 S/H). To avoid the shipping costs, books can be picked up at a BHA meeting.
During the winter, the BHA meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Civic Center on Main Street in Bridgewater. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. For more information, contact Denis Gagne at 429-8290 or Jann Votaw at 425-7901.
Orders with a check for $35 can also be sent to: Bridgewater Historical Association, P. O. Box 341, Bridgewater, ME 04735. Information on the BHA can also be found at www.bridgewatermaine.org.
The history of Bridgewater
The Bridgewater Sesquicentennial Committee has just received copies of “The History of Bridgewater, Maine,” written and originally published by Annie E., Rideout in 1953.
The Henrietta Bradstreet family and Helen Rideout, heirs to the copyright of the book, graciously granted written permission to the Sesquicentennial Committee to have the book reprinted as part of the town’s celebration activities planned for July 21 – 26, 2008.
The Committee received the permission just before Henrietta’s death this fall, and an acknowledgement to the heirs of Annie Rideout has been included in the reprint of the book.
Net proceeds from the sale of this copy of “The History of Bridgewater, Maine” will be donated to a charity designated by the Rideout heirs in memory of Megan Bradstreet, Henrietta’s great-granddaughter, who died in a tragic accident in 2005.
The cost of the book is $25 plus $1.25 sales tax plus $5.25 S/H, for a total of $31.50.
Anyone wishing to purchase a copy can e-mail Diane Clough at e&dclough@ainop.com, Rita Kingsbury at rmkme@ainop.com, or call Rita Kingsbury at 429-9359.
Tomi Henderson is the correspondent for Mars Hill, Blaine, Bridgewater and Westfield. She can be reached at 429-9126 or e-mail tomihen@yahoo.co m.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
LUCAS GRAVES was the only 2-year-old brave enough to visit with Santa at the Children’s Christmas Party in Mars Hill on Dec. 9.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
GINGERBREAD CONTEST WINNER – Deidre Cushman, of Mars Hill, competed in the Live Gingerbread contest at the Aroostook Centre Mall in Presque Isle in December. Deidre was named the winner out of seven contestants and received $200.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
BOB AND SANTA – Assistant Fire Chief Bob Collins fills Santa in on what the Mars Hill Fire Department has on its list of ‘wants’ at the Children‘s Christmas Party on Dec. 9.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
HEALING HEARTS RANCH was the scene of a heavenly event recently, with a baby born in a manger, as there was no room for them in the inn. Witnesses to this event were the innkeeper, some shepherds and three wise men, as well as the animals that were in the stable that evening. This was such a special evening – surely something life-changing will come of it!
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
THERE WERE MANY willing hands to help decorate Christmas cookies at the Children’s Christmas Party for the Fire Department families on Dec. 9.
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CHRISTMAS CAROLING was part of the activities enjoyed at the Children’s Christmas Party for the Mars Hill Fire Department family members. They sang at the senior citizens’ housing unit in Mars Hill. Children that participated included: Nevaeh Shaw, Jacob White, Cierra White, Hunter Crouse, Madison Crouse, Shayden Shaw, Zachery Phair, Carly Guerrette, Riley Gooley, Cooper Simmons, Chase Simmons, Riley Simmons, Noah Boyington, Lucas Graves, Jenna Cousins and Gaila Allan.
Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
The Christmas Concert at CAHS included selections by the CAHS Chorus on Thursday, Dec. 6.
