Signatures sought
On Saturday, Jan. 12, there will be one last drive for the signing of the petition against consolidating the schools. On the 12th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will be people at the Easton Elementary School cafeteria where those who are registered voters can sign this petition. There will also be people there who can register you to vote if you aren’t registered. This is the last call for help to save our schools.
Science Center program
Vaughn Martin will be hosting a winter tracks mammal program at the Francis Malcolm Science Center which will include a snowshoe hike in the woods to find animal tracks and signs. The program will be Saturday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. and is open to everyone of all ages. You may come to the indoor program only, about 45 minutes long, or join Mr. Martin for the program and hike, which will last about 90 minutes. The program fee is $3.50 for adults and $1.50 for children, students and senior citizens. There is no additional fee if you bring your own snowshoes. The center has available a selection of snowshoes of various sizes that may be rented for $3 per pair. Please call the Science Center at 488-5451 to schedule a reservation.
Organizations
The Easton Happy Days Senior Citizens’ Club will get back on schedule with their first meeting of the new year on Thursday, Jan. 10, with the usual potluck luncheon, followed by their meeting. This is ‘weather permitting.’
The Easton Wesleyan Church will be hosting a scrapbooking time at the church on Tuesday, Jan. 15, beginning at 6 p.m.
Visits
Joanne Johnson took the bus to travel to Massachusetts where she spent the Christmas holiday with her daughter, Lori Silvis, Lori’s husband, Derek, and their children, McKenna and Taylor. It was a trying time coming home as the snow storm had started in Boston so the bus was late, but as the Cyr bus line most always does in Bangor, they waited for an hour and a half until the Boston bus arrived. Driving was bad all the way to Aroostook but the drivers were very cautious even though they were late.
Angie Johnson’s daughter, Rhonda Norton, of Plymouth, Conn., drove to Easton to pick up her mother to take her back to Plymouth to spend the holidays with them. Angie spent three weeks with Rhonda and her husband, Wayne. She was also able to visit with her grandchildren and great grandchildren, Christie and Mike, and their children, Nicholas, Christopher and Alex; also with grandchildren Chuck and Alysa Folsom and with Dennis Norton and his girlfriend, Heather, all of Plymouth. Rhonda and Wayne drove her home on Saturday, Dec. 29, and stayed until Tuesday, Jan. 1, after spending New Year’s Eve with her.
Duncan and Dottie Beaton flew to Iowa right after Christmas to spend a couple of weeks with their daughter, Dawn and Fred Quelle, and family, in Coralville, Iowa. Duncan will get in some ice skating at the mall and Dottie will get some much-needed rest.
Sympathy
Our sympathy goes out to the friends and family of Aldine Wortman, who passed away at The Aroostook Medical Center Sunday evening, Dec. 30. Aldine had been making his home at Leisure Gardens in Presque Isle for a couple of years but he still drove his car and came to Easton often. He had been visiting with a friend when he began to feel not well and upon returning to his apartment was quickly rushed to the emergency room, where he suffered a heart attack and passed away. Aldine was 93 years old and the second oldest citizen of Easton after Alberta Flannigan. He leaves a brother, Keith Wortman, and family in New Hampshire; and three sons; Galen of Stafford Springs, Conn.; Lowell, of Winstead, Conn.; and Art, of Coventrey, Conn.; and their families.
His daughter, Sandra, predeceased him.
There will be more details when his sons arrive.
Eldora Carter is the correspondent for Easton. She can be reached at 488-5961.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
ANNA SHERWOOD holds a wall hanging in the Nova Star pattern that she made for her project in the American History class at Easton Junior/Senior High School. This is a beautiful piece of work that anyone would be proud to hang on their wall. Many pioneer women made quilts in this pattern.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
TAYLOR BURTT, at right, holds a sample of work that she did on her working Inkla Loom for her class in American History at Easton Junior/Senior High School. It would take some time and work to make an afghan of this.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
KAITLIN BENNETT embroidered this sampler for her American History class to show the homemade things that the pioneer women made to decorate their homes. She’s a student in the American History class at Easton Junior/Senior High School.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
TREVOR HATHAWAY and John Anderson from Easton's Cub Scouts display how the American flag should be folded as history teacher Paul Dudley reads the meaning of each fold.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
THE PEOPLE behind the great Thanksgiving dinner served to Easton's senior citizens and Easton's veterans on Nov. 8th at the Easton Elementary School are, from left: Megan Bradley, Molly White, Coast Guard veteran Cindy Kimball, Laurie Gilman, Donna Corey and Kristen Boxwell.
