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Library Friends meet: The annual meeting of the
Friends of the New Gloucester Library will be held
on Tuesday, May 18th, 2004 at 7pm in the meeting room
at the New Gloucester Library. We hope to see you
there!!
High School Clean up: On Saturday May 1st the plan
is to meet at the high school from 8:00-12:00 to paint
the lobby and spruce up the gardens. If you have a
rake, please bring it along with you. Notice of this
has gone out to the Student Council, Octagon Club,
National Honor Society and Class Advisors. Hopefully
a lot will get done in a little bit of time. If you
have any questions don't hesitate to call Nancy LaFleur
at 657-9303.
The
Pine Tree Post Card Club announces its Annual
Spring Post Card Show, to be held on Sunday, May 2,
2004, at the Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland
Ave., Portland, Maine (behind West Gate Shopping Center,
Outer Congress St.). The hours are 9:00 to 4:00, with
a requested donation of $3.00. Plenty of parking,
a snack bar, appraisals and supplies will be available,
along with over 20 post card dealers. For more information,
please contact: Patti or John Vierra, 657-4399, after
6:00 p.m.
Meatballs! Tuttle Road United Methodist Church,
52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland, will hold its semi-annual
Swedish Meatball Supper on Saturday, May 15 with seatings
at 5 and 6:30. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for
children. For reservations, contact Donna Kane at
829-4397.
Baked Bean And Chop Suey Supper: Saturday,
May 8, 5:00pm-6:30pm, First Congregational Church
of New Gloucester, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester,
ME, Adults $6, 12 and under $2.50.
By popular demand, we are now serving hot dogs. Also
homemade biscuits, cole slaw, brown bread, and cream
pies. For more information call 926-4498 or 926-3260.
Maine Genealogical Society meets: The Greater
Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society
will hold its May Meeting on Saturday May 1, at 1:00
pm. For the next two months our meetings will be in
a new location. We will me meeting in the Conference
Room of the Family History Center of the Church of
Jesus of Latter Day Saints at 29 Ocean House Road
in Cape Elizabeth. The Center is located on Rte 77
just south of the South Portland Line and north of
Spurwink Avenue. Please come to the North Entrance,
Rear door.
After the monthly business meeting, the speaker will
be retired sportswriter Bob Greene. Bob is a member
of our group and at least seven generations of his
family were born in Cumberland County. He will speak
on his search for his roots and their correlation
to the history of African Americans in this area.
Bob is a Portland High Alumnus and spent his working
career as a sportswriter throughout the US working
for various newspapers and the AP. He retired in 2001
to Maine and still does periodic journalistic assignments
when the topic and location are right. His search
for his roots has been the subject of several articles
in local papers.
The public is welcome and special help is available
for beginning family researchers. For more information
please contact Lynne Holland at 767- 4490 or email
lholland@maine.rr.com
