Organizations
To the citizens of Easton, there will be a special town meeting at the Easton Elementary School on Monday, June 2, at 7 p.m. to approve the school budget for the 2008-2009 school year.
There will be important things to be discussed such as the cutting of funds to certain programs and the rising costs of other things. On Tuesday, June 10, there will be a referendum vote taken to finish the process as required by the state.
The Easton Alumni Association will hold its annual Alumni Banquet on Thursday, June 5, at 6 p.m. at the Easton Elementary School cafeteria. Honored classes will be 2008, 1983 and 1958. Alumni members are asked to bring either a salad or dessert. Please plan to attend this night of welcoming the Class of 2008 and reminiscing with old classmates and friends. Any questions, please call 488-5781.
The Easton United Methodist Women met for their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 21, at the home of the president, Eldora Carter, with five members present. Marie Hewitt led devotions with the word for the month being, “purpose.” A prayer list was made up and a special prayer given for them. There was no secretary’s report given as the secretary was absent. The treasurer, Marie Hewitt, reported that $115 was taken in on Blanket Sunday, held during Mother’s Day service. Fifty dollars of that amount came from the Mars Hill United Methodist Women. The sum was given to the Church World Service Organization and it will buy 23 blankets for those in need. Ten visitations were made by the group this month. Under New Business, the group voted to donate $100 to the area Red Cross to help defray the cost of the spring floods and home fires. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments served by the hostess. The next meeting will probably be at the church with hostess Lindy Fowler. Those present were: Marie Hewitt, Glenice Craig, Dottie Beaton, Lindy Fowler and the president, Eldora Carter.
Early Childhood Program
There will be an informational meeting for parents of 2008-2009 Early Childhood Program students on Tuesday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Easton Elementary School kindergarten/pre-school classroom. Children must be 4 years of age by Oct. 15, 2008, to be eligible for the program. Please bring an official birth certificate and current copy of immunizations with you to the meeting. Mrs. White will be screening ECP students on Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13. Please contact the Easton Elementary School office at 488-7701 to set up your appointment and register your child.
Visits
Dorothea Crofts and her daughter, Elaine, of Beverly, Mass., drove here, and were overnight guests recently of Dottie Beaton, on their way to Frederichton, New Brunswick. Dottie and Dorothea were in the same nursing class when they were students at Salem Hospital School of Nursing in the class of 1949.
Eldora Carter is the correspondent for Easton. She can be reached at 488-5961.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
The Easton ECP class entertained their mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers at a special tea for Mother’s Day. Here they render a special song for their special audience. From left: Kody Carter; Teacher Tammey White; Quin Gillespie; Sierra Lawrence; Austin Carver; Wyatt Brewer; and, hidden, Kyle Flewelling; Mitchell Flewelling, Keegan Dumond, Liam Maxwell, Shantelle Simon and Maddison Coffin.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
Gathered here at the Easton Elementary School Early Childhood Program classroom are the mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers of the little ECP students who entertained them with song and a special Mother’s Day tea. Those whose faces are visible are, in the front row: Susan Maxwell, and her son, Liam, who sets on his grandmother Maxwell’s lap. Middle row: Marti Pelletier talking with her granddaughter, Shantelle; Rita Flewelling; Lois Higgins; and Theresa Lloyd. Next row: Little girl Maddison Coffin and the little boy is Quin Gillespie. All enjoyed the tea with their youngsters.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
OFFICERS OF THE VARSITY Club at Easton Jr./Sr. High School are front row, from left: Co-President Brittany Lafrance, Media Personnel Casey Baston, Tri-President Ana Rae Holmes, and Advisor Leslie Carlow. Back row: Tri-President Jeremy Brock, Media Personnel Molly White, and Secretary Amanda Weeder. Absent at the time were Tri-President Matt Blodget, Co-Vice President Starla Gadaire and Treasurer Kristen Boxwell.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
SNOWSHOE – The Easton Recreation Department set out for what turned out to be our final snowshoe of the season during the last week in March. Taking a break from their ‘hard’ trek are: Emma Bonner, Chris Place, Nick Clark, Miranda McLean, Delaney Leach, Katelyn White, Ethan Luciano, Aidan Maxwell, Sara Gilman, Alex Allen, Delia Bonner, Blake Bradley, Abby Thompson, Keely Nichols and Kerrigan Arnett.
Photo courtesy of Eldora Carter
STUDENT OF THE MONTH at Easton Jr./Sr. High School are, from left: for February, Casey Baston; for January, Sean Daniels, junior class; and for December, Zachary Clark, of the freshman class.
