FARMINGTON – The Franklin County 4-H Leader’s Association fifth annual auction will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 14. The preview begins at 6 p.m. and the auction is at 7 in the Starbird Building on the Franklin County Fairgrounds. All funds will benefit Franklin County 4-H programs.

Senior citizens

FARMINGTON – The Farmington Senior Citizens will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the home of Ethel Walton. There will be a program and refreshments donated by the members. New people are welcome to attend the meetings, which are on the first and third Tuesday of every month. For more information, people can call Maxine Turner 778-3529 .

Historical society

NEW VINEYARD – The New Vineyard Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, in the Historical Room. The subject will be postcards. People are being encouraged to bring old postcards or those acquired in travels. The Historical Room will be open 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through June, July and August. All are welcome. For more information, people can call G. Stewart 652-2273.

Bicentennial

INDUSTRY – The town of Industry bicentennial celebration will be Friday, June 20.

“We are going to be 200 years old, 1803-2003,” said Historical Society President Bob Burton.

In the afternoon, the Farmington Post Office will be at Allens Mills Town Hall with a pictorial collection. This work was created by the society’s historian and artist Helen Foster. A mill was selected for the postmark because sawmills have always played a large part in the town’s life, and the first U.S. sawmill was built in Maine in 1683.

A supper will take place at 5 p.m. at the Allens Mills Town Hall along with an opening observance by the Historical Society. At 7 p.m, there will be an opening observance at West Mills. “West Mills was the first village of Industry,” Burton points out. “And I’ve got family that go back here to day one. I love the town!”

Historical Society Bicentennial books will be available for the celebration at $16 each. One hundred of the 300 books available have been sold. For more information call Bob Burton 778-4974.