DIXFIELD – The Extension Homemaker groups of Oxford County will hold their annual holiday open house crafts and demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Dirigo Middle School.

Woods course

BETHEL – A fall course, Wood and Woods: Logging and Landscape in Northern New England, will be offered by the Bethel Historical Society’s Regional History Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4. The course is being offered in conjunction with the current exhibit at the society’s O’Neil Robinson House, “Wood and Woods: Finding a Middle Ground.” The first class will deal with the region’s logging heritage and include a visit to the exhibit by Bruce Towle, who organized and prepared it. Society Director Stanley R. Howe, who will coordinate the course, will also present the historic background of logging with a slide lecture.

The second class Nov. 10 will focus on a presentation by Wayne Millen, assistant director of the Resource Division of the White Mountain National Forest based in Gorham, N.H. He will discuss the history of the National Forest and its practices, procedures and goals through the years.

The third class Dec. 1 will feature a panel consisting of foresters, forest land owners and representatives of organizations that advocate limits on logging. This presents an opportunity for participants to hear a variety of viewpoints and to interact with some of those involved with this complex issue. The fee for the course will be $10 for nonmembers and $8 for society members. To register phone the society office at 824-2908 or (800) 824-2910.

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