MAPLETON NEWS
by Jennifer Buzza
The Chapman Ridge Runners Snowmobile and ATV Club will again be hosting its annual fiddlehead supper Friday, May 30 at the clubhouse at 94 Town Hall Road in Chapman. This is a once-a-year event and is anxiously awaited!
Tickets are $10 and are pre-sold only. Tickets may be purchased from any club member or from Audrey at 764-1769 or Sue at 764-1236. There will be two seatings — one at 4:30 p.m. and the second at 6:30 p.m.
The menu will include fiddlehead appetizers, roast pork, potatoes and gravy, fiddleheads, rolls, cranberry sauce and a choice of homemade desserts. Tables may be reserved. Come as a family!
Lions Club auction update
The Mapleton Lions Club auction was a success this year. The club wishes to thank all who made donations to the event. Without your donations, the auction would not be possible. Also, the donors who made cash donations have the club’s special thanks.
Because of the auction’s success, Mapleton Lions will be able to continue making the Lions Hall available for charitable purposes such as the Aroostook Teen Leadership Camp, Project Graduation, Mapleton Lions Club college scholarships, Mapleton Boy and Girl Scouts, and special fundraising for cancer and serious illness victims.
The Mapleton summer recreation program is an important program the club is able to support as a result of a successful auction. Mapleton Lions Hall rental rates are kept at an affordable price for those special family and community events. Mapleton Daze is given the use of the hall at no charge. The Mapleton Lions do appreciate the help of every donor and every buyer that participated in this 52nd Mapleton Lions Club auction.
Birthdays
Birthday wishes this week go out to Dennis Hoffses, Kellie Wood, Jolea Robinson, Phoebe Gamblin, Ralph Merchant, Roger Pelkey, Sidney Smith, Sophia Stephenson, Lynne Tenney, Shea Brown, Serrina Lovely, Bill Parker and Courtney Hoffses.
Anniversaries
Happy anniversary this week to Ryan and Renee Guerrette on the 22nd, and Todd and Ann Stephenson on the 25th.
Special grandson
Mapleton’s oldest resident, Pearl Williams, received the Boston Post Cane at a ceremony May 2. She proudly boasts about her only grandchild, Luke Esposito, who was inadvertently omitted from last week’s article. Luke is the 6-year-old son of Pearl’s daughter, Penny Esposito, and her husband, Greg, who all reside in New York.
One more Tuesday
Next Tuesday will be the last “Betty Tuesday” at The Pizza House in Mapleton from 4-8 p.m. A percentage of all sales will benefit cancer survivor and West Chapman resident, Betty Ireland. Home delivery of meals will be available in the Mapleton area on Tuesdays. To place an order, call the restaurant at 764-3600.
Contributions may also be made to the Mapleton Baptist Church “Betty Benefit.” Donations can be mailed to the church at P.O. Box 174, Mapleton, Maine 04757.
Birth announcement
Xavier Hugh McHatten, son of Martin and Michelle McHatten, was born on Mother’s Day, May 11, 2014 at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.H. He is the grandson of Michael and Grace Gelinas of New Durham, N.H. and Hugh and Sandra L. McHatten of Castle Hill.
Jennifer Buzza is the correspondent for Mapleton, Castle Hill and Chapman. She can be reached at 760-9115, or by email at jbuzza@ainop.com.
