Game wardens
STRATTON — On Saturday, Aug. 6, The Dead River Area Historical Society will pay tribute to “The History of Local Game Wardens” hosted by Scott Stevens, who is making a display in the museum of this very subject. Scott is also continuing this heritage as he is a Game Warden himself and has done an extensive study on this history. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The society’s special days are not presentations but a gathering of people knowledgeable about the featured subject. On display in the museum are artifacts, manuscripts and photographs that have been donated or loaned by interested townspeople and descendants of original families of the Dead River Region. Collections from 1850 on include old carpentry and logging tools, china, glass, church organ, furniture from native families, a complete schoolroom, a memorial room to the “lost” towns of Flagstaff and Dead River, the lineage of several native families, and a host of memorabilia from native homesteads.
For more information call 246-2271.
Wayne author
WAYNE — “Safe in a Box in the Attic,” a true story written by Priscilla B. Stevenson, was originally drafted as a children’s book. It provides a brief memoir of early childhood life in rural Maine during the 1920s. It is also the story of a family heirloom and how technology can unite the past and the present.
A Wayne native, Priscilla, now 94, will be in attendance at the Cary Memorial Library Loon Festival from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. Books will be available for purchase and to have a personal inscription from the author. The antique redwork quilt will also be on display, visiting Wayne for the event with its owner, Virginia Sigel of Boston.
Preserving food
FARMINGTON — Chris Cosce, of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will offer a three-hour “Preserving the Harvest” workshop from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 11, at the Franklin County Office of UMaine Cooperative Extension, 138 Pleasant St., Suite 1.
There is a materials fee of $10 per person. Participants will receive a “Preserving the Harvest” food preservation packet. Participants will learn recommended methods for preserving foods, the latest and safest recipes, equipment to insure safety and how to check for properly sealed jars. Participants need to bring a potholder with them to the workshop.
Preregistration is necessary. Call 778-4650 or 1-800-287-1478 by Aug. 9 to register. Materials fee is payable by check, payable to “FCEA,” putting “Preserving the Harvest” and date in the memo section.
Those needed special accommodations to attend should contact the Franklin County Extension office seven days prior to the event.
Hutchinson family
CARTHAGE — The 101 Hutchinson Family Reunion will take place Saturday, Aug. 13, at the former Webb River Grange Hall. The family will gather for greetings at 11:30 a.m. followed by a potluck lunch at noon. A meeting, entertainment and auction are planned for the afternoon.
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