Organizations
The Easton United Methodist Church is inviting members of the Easton Fire Department and Easton people connected with law enforcement and their wives to a spaghetti supper on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. It will be held in the downstairs dining room.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
PASTOR MATTHEW MAXWELL of the Easton Wesleyan Church is undergoing a shave by Presque Isle barber Dwight Helstrom at the annual Friend Day held at his church. Pastor Matt and Pastor Vaughn Martin had grown beards for a month prior to Friend Day as a special challenge to the congregation: If at least 165 people attended this special service then barber Dwight would shave the beards. After the shave, they got a cream pie in the face.
The Easton Parent/Community Organization (EPCO) will be collecting General Mills Box Tops for Education again this year. The brightly-colored tops can be found on a variety of General Mills products.
The group asks that if you have box tops that are to go toward a child’s Box Top award, please put them in an envelope labeled with the child’s name and grade and leave it in the school office. Used ink cartridges and cell phones can be recycled for profit to the schools also. There is a box in the elementary school office for this collection.
The annual Harvest Party for Easton young people will be held Saturday, Oct. 27 from 2-4 p.m. There will be fun and games for children up to grade 6. If anyone would like to donate a bag of candy to this fun event, please feel free to leave it at the Easton Elementary School or in a donation box at Mike’s Family Market. The EPCO is also seeking CLEAN small toys to use as prizes during the event. These could also be left in both places, as well.
Just a note: A keychain was found quite some time ago in a bottle recycle box at the Elementary School. The blue keychain is from Whited Ford, and has a label 22C on it. It is hanging on the bulletin board near the office if anyone needs to claim it.
The Easton Wesleyan Church will be holding an Apple Cider Press Day at the Science Center Saturday, Oct. 6. Call the Pastors, Matthew Maxwell or Vaughn Martin, for time and more information.
The Easton Happy Days Senior Citizen’s Club met for their bi-weekly meeting Thursday, Sept. 27 with 15 members present. After the flag salute and singing of “My Country Tis of Thee,” the roll call was done by treasurer Lindy Fowler and the secretary’s report given by Dottie Beaton. President Marie Hewitt laid out a lot of informational material on Shingles and the potential danger of that disease, and also material from Legal Services for the Elderly on “Know Your Rights,” information on how to pay the bills if something should happen to man or wife, or if one or the other might suffer a stroke and could not communicate. Also information on how to change a deceased spouse’s bank account to another name, as well as a safe deposit box, how to handle medical and hospital bills, and how to sell the house if needed were presented. Other interesting knowledge to help seniors in times of stress or becoming widowed are also in those pamphlets. There was some discussion on this material. It was voted that Monday, Oct. 1, the Club would take the school bus to St. Agatha to the Lakeview Restaurant for lunch, that is, if the restaurant was open that day and the bus and driver were available. Marie said she will look into this and inform the members. It was voted that the Club was to pay for the bus driver’s lunch as it had been doing unofficially.
There was a lot of discussion about the Club’s bylaws and constitution. Marjorie Corey read some of the bylaws; that anyone who was an Easton citizen and 55 years old or older could become a member for the dues of $1, if over 80, membership is free. There was much talk about those who could participate in the bus trips and the lunches, which are paid for by the Club. The question was if other people who had once lived in Easton but was now a citizen of another town would be able to go on the bus trips and have their lunches paid for by the Club. It was felt that they could go on the trips if there was room, but that they should pay for their own lunch.
The Rules and Constitution will be studied and discussion made at the next meeting. Those attending were Marie Hewitt, Dottie Beaton, Lindy Fowler, Marjorie Corey, Margery Niblett, Arlene Ladner, Joanne Johnson, Nina Trask, Ezalee Smith, Glenice Craig, Avis Hume, Mike (Mary) Carter, Edith Fuller, Rena Richardson, and Eldora Carter.
Visits
Lindy Fowler recently returned home after flying from Bangor to Kalamazoo, Mich., where she attended her 60th high school reunion. While there, she stayed with her sister and then went on to Davison, Mich., where she spent three days visiting with a sister-in-law before returning home.
Hospitalized
Carolyn Mahany reported that her sister, Barbara Mahany, who was completely paralyzed with Guilian Barre Syndrome is now able to eat and is progressing fairly well, but will be hospitalized for some time yet.
Comes a Change
Easton is a town that is experiencing a change, looking back to many years ago. We now see horse and wagons, horse and buggies on our roads, and horses tied behind the store or bank. The Amish have come to town. They have purchased several farms and pieces of farms to settle on. On the Forest Avenue Road, they bought the Johnston farm and part of the Tom Clauson farm, and on the Ladner Road, they have purchased part of Merlon Cronkite’s farm, the fields above Tom Osgood’s home and also some other land around about. What you see now are groups of families all working to build barns and other buildings. Remember when we used to do things like that? When there were barn and potato house raising and all the neighbors helped and then had a big dance in the building to celebrate? Only Habitat for Humanity does that nowadays, not the dance though. Maybe they should. Anyway, it’s nice to see them here. We were sorry to hear that one of the little ones fell off a teeter and broke his arm and landed in The Aroostook Medical Center for a day or two. We hope he’s doing OK now.
Barnes named postmaster
Barbara Barnes, from Lyman and formerly of Easton, has been installed as the Newfield postmaster. The installation was held at the Newfield Post Office on Sept. 14. Larry Barnes, Barbara’s husband, held the Barnes’ family Bible as the oath of office was performed by USPS District Manager for the state of Maine Julius Locklear. Also in attendance from the District Office was Regina Bugbee, manager of Post Operations for southern Maine; and the manager of Postal Operations for Portland, Rene Albert. Barnes has been employed with the U.S. Postal Service for 21 years. She was employed at the Alfred Post Office and has held officer in charge positions at five area post offices during her postal career.
Along with the area postmasters, past and present co-workers and Newfield residents and friends, attending the ceremony were Barnes’ mother, Marjorie Corey, and sister Jill Barnes, both of Easton; her brother and sister-in-law, Keith and Kathy Corey, from Washburn; and nephew, Kent Corey, of Bangor. Also attending was her brother-in-law Danny Barnes, from Portland. All the family members visited with Barnes and her husband at their home in Lyman for the weekend.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
PRESQUE ISLE BARBER Dwight Helstrom prepares to shave the month old beard of Easton Wesleyan Church pastor Vaughn Martin after the congregation brought in over 165 people to their special Friend Day service. The number in attendance was 168 people. I wonder what would have happened if it had been 164? The wives would have probably gone after them with hot wax or tweezers.
Photo courtesy of Jill Barnes
BARBARA BARNES, a former Easton resident, was installed as the Newfield Postmaster during a Sept. 14 ceremony. Pictured, from left: Regina Bugbee, manager of Post Operations for southern Maine; Barnes; Julius Locklear, USPS district manager for the state of Maine; and Rene Albert, manager of Postal Operations in Portland.
