MAPLETON NEWS
by Jennifer Buzza
The Castle Hill Grange Hall Preservation Society has held three meetings so far in 2014. The main topic of discussion has been how to raise funds to keep the society going.
The group will be holding a raffle on a gift basket containing many items from local sponsors. Tickets will be sold by members and at local businesses.
To date, the society needs $1,635 to cover its annual expenses — $1,000 for insurance, $400 for fuel, $200 for lights and $35 for tax-exempt status. This year the major repair work will be done to the front porch with an estimated cost of nearly $900. The society is struggling with only seven working members and has a difficult time holding a large function for fundraising. At the same time, funds are running low.
Would you please consider becoming a member for $15 per year or make a lifetime commitment as an individual for $100 or $150 per couple? Meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of each month February through November for about an hour. Monetary donations are also welcome! Your support is desperately needed to preserve this 110-year-old building for future generations.
Birthdays
Birthday wishes this week go out to Brayden Boulier, Galen Kennedy Sr., Tom Steeves, Julie Savage, Adam Beals, Jeannie Wilcox, Andrew Paterson, Erin Frost, Joseph Bushey, Bonnie Burnett, Woody Garland, Doug LaCombe, Forrest Flagg and Brent Boyles.
Anniversaries
Happy anniversary this week to Wayne and Jill Ireland on the 28th, Arthur and Rebecca Langille on the 29th, and Bob and Melanie Kaiser and Graydon and Shirley Dougherty on the 30th.
Fiddlehead supper
The Chapman Ridge Runners Snowmobile and ATV Club will again be hosting its annual fiddlehead supper this 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 by calling 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.
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.
