WINTHROP – Winthrop Grange 209 will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, for a potluck supper, chaired by Leslie Gilman. At the 7:30 p.m. business meeting, plans will be completed for the annual harvest supper on Oct. 18. The charter will be draped in memory of 78-year member Robert Pettengill. Lecturer Stan Taylor will present the program.

Robin Dow

AUBURN – Robin Dow Senior Citizens will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the American Legion Hall, Washington Street. The board of directors will meet at 10.

Bingo will be played after a bag lunch. Tickets will be on sale for the Oct. 22 Halloween party. In observance of the upcoming holidays, tickets will also be sold at the Oct. 8 and 22 meetings for a Thanksgiving Day dinner on Nov. 12 and a Christmas Day dinner on Dec. 10 at the Ramada.

There will be no Robin Dow meetings during November and December.

New members welcomed at the last meeting Sept. 24 were Landon and Sandra Hall. There were 77 members present with President Audrey Fleming presiding. Trip Chairwoman Evelyn Sawin said she has tickets for the Indian Head Resort Christmas program in Lincoln, N.H., Dec. 5, and they will be available Robin Dow meetings, or Sawin may be reached at 998-4577.

Birthdays were acknowledged for September. Attendance prize winners were Lorraine Marcoux and Audrey Flaming; pot of gold, Aileen Harnden, Mary Tassinari and Alice White. Bingo was played after the meeting and a bag lunch.

DAR speaker

NEW GLOUCESTER – Mary Dillingham Chapter, DAR, will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Opportunity Farm for Boys and Girls, Gloucester Hill Road. Guest speaker will be Julie Poulin, director of development, who will discuss the new girls’ campus. Members should bring a lunch. Prospective members are welcome.

Look good

LEWISTON – A Look Good … Feel Better program for assisting women who are faced with appearance changes resulting from cancer treatment, will be offered from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Central Maine Medical Center’s Cynthia A. Rydholm Cancer Treatment Center.

A volunteer from the National Cosmetology Association will teach a small group of women how to apply cosmetics specific to their individual needs. Hair and wig styling will also be discussed. Wigs are available through purchase or loan. Each participant will be given a complimentary bag of cosmetics made available through the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association Foundation.

Anyone seeking more information should call Diane Mulkhey at 795-2440 or Sandy Piper at 345-9048.

Club Richelieu

AUBURN – The local chapter of Club Richelieu International will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Rolandeau’s Restaurant, 775 Washington St. Speakers will be the club’s president, Roger Mailhot, and secretary/treasurer, Vincent Leblanc, telling of their travels. Members and guests are invited.

Gettysburg speaker

BRUNSWICK – The Chamberlain Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Brunswick Junior High School cafeteria, Columbia Avenue. The guest speaker will be Eric Campbell, Gettysburg guide and park ranger. He will discuss “I am Still in the Land of the Living, Letters from the Gettysburg Battlefield.” The program will examine the Gettysburg campaign and battle through the letters of the Union and Confederate soldiers involved.

The topic takes a new perspective of the most famous battle in American history by using the words of the soldiers themselves, from letters written just before, during and shortly after the campaign. The public in invited.

Emblem Club

LEWISTON – Lewiston Emblem Club 528 will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Lewiston Lodge of Elks, 1675 Lisbon St. All members are encouraged to attend. The club is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is always looking for new members. For more information, call Emblem President Sonia Woodrum at 375-8839.

Rotary speaker

LEWISTON – The speaker at the Thursday, Oct. 9, noon meeting of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club will be Cory Haskell. The subject of the talk will be “Casino No.” The session will be held at the Ramada Inn. Anyone interested in the topic or in knowing more about Rotary is invited to attend. The cost of the luncheon is $7.

Bridge tourney

LEWISTON – The Lewiston-Auburn Duplicate Bridge Club held the quarterly club championship at the Multi-Purpose Center on Sept. 30. Overall winners in Flight A were: first, David Lock and Luke Merry; second, Dick Horne and Nancy Lindgren; third, Randall Silver and Marguerite Zohurioko; fourth, Martine Begert and Rosemarie Goodwin; fifth, Don Johnson and Richard Balian.

Overall in Flight B: first, Don Johnson and Richard Balian; second, Larry Fortier and Terry Gendron; third, Jim Flanagan and Bill Adams.

North/South winners in Flight A: first, Randall Silver and Marguerite Zahurioko; second, Martine Begert and Rosemarie Goodwin; third, Alfred Letourneau and Jeanine Kivus.

Flight B winners: first, Jim Flanagan and Bill Adams; second, Nick Karamessinis and Maude Abbott.

East/West winners in Flight A: first, David Lock and Luke Merry; second, Dick Horne and Nancy Lindgren; third, Don Johnson and Richard Balian. Flight B winners: first, Don Johnson and Richard Balian; second, Larry Fortier and Terry Gendron.

Another game will be played at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the center. A partner is guaranteed.

The club also met Oct. 1 at Schooner Estates for a club appreciation game. Overall winners in Flight A were: first, Fred Letourneau and Sherry Hinckley; second, Leslie Buzzell and Mike Quinn; third, David Lock and Martine Begert; fourth, Bruce Murray and Lucille Theriault. Winners in Flight B: Richard Balian and Don Johnson.

Another game will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Schooner. For more information and/or a partner, call Lucille Theriault at 783-0431.