AUBURN – Pine Cone Chapter 26, Order of the Eastern Star, will host the Maine Grand Family at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at the Masonic Hall, 1021 Turner St. All Eastern Star members are welcome as the Grand Officers do the degree work.

A ham dinner will be served at noon by Lewiston Assembly 14, Order of the Rainbow for Girls, and their advisers. Reservations for dinner can be made by calling Betty Perkins, 784-9485.

China adoption

LISBON – The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers and the Great Wall China Adoption Agency will hold a program on adopting children from China from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 8, in the Farwell Mill Community Room, 244 Lisbon Road. Call Lisa Tracey at 786-2315 or e-mail [email protected] for details.

Cemetery meeting

GREENE – The annual meeting of the Valley Cemetery Association will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, May 10, at the home of John Fogg. All annual business will be taken up, and lot owners are welcome. They are reminded that old baskets and arrangements should be removed for spring clean-up.

Call Sandy Bates at 946-7067 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

Chapter Martel

AUBURN – Association Canado-Americaine’s Chapter Martel will have a meeting and installation of officers at noon Monday, May 10, at Rolandeau’s Restaurant, 775 Washington St. Regular active members are invited to attend this last session and hear plans for September’s activities.

GOP women

LEWISTON – The Androscoggin County Republican Women’s Club will meet at 11 a.m. Monday, May 10, at the Ramada Inn. All Republican women and guests are invited.

Plummer to talk

DURHAM – The Durham Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at the Union Church, Route 136, Southwest Bend. Charles Plummer, in the persona of Chaplain John Wesley Adams, will share some of his experiences in ministering to the Second New Hampshire Regiment during the Civil War.

Plummer will show a series of transparencies related to the chaplain. All are welcome to the free program. Refreshments will be served.

Fidelity Rebekahs

AUBURN – Fidelity Rebekah Lodge 4 will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, to play beano with the Odd Fellows Home residents. All Rebekahs are welcome.

Club Richelieu

AUBURN – The local chapter of Club Richelieu International will hold its last meeting of the season at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, at Rolandeau’s Restaurant, 775 Washington St. On the agenda are reports of the district congress and a possible conference speaker and selection of delegates to the regional meeting and Great Falls Balloon Festival in August. Members and guests are invited.

Firefighters

MECHANIC FALLS – The Androscoggin County Firefighters Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, at the Mechanic Falls Fire Station.

Memorial service

AUBURN – The Androscoggin Valley Past Noble Grands Association will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, for a memorial service for departed members at the Odd Fellows Home, 50 Elm St. A potluck supper will be served at 6:30 by the committee members, Lucy Cowles, Suzanne O’Connor and Frances Robitaille. All past noble grands are welcome.

Look good

LEWISTON – A Look Good … Feel Better American Cancer Society 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, May 12, 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.

DAR speaker

LEWISTON – The annual meeting of Mary Dillingham Chapter, DAR, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 12, at the home of Lois Gilbert, Genest Street. Guest speaker will be Nancy Lecomte on her new book, “Alnobak.” Members should bring a sandwich.

Need plants

MONMOUTH – Cumston Public Library’s May Faire committee is looking for home-grown perennials from Monmouth-area flower gardens.

Gardeners are asked to set a few plants and donate them to the May Faire Homegrown Plant Section on May 23. The committee is looking for shade and sun plants. The homegrown plant section is a major fund-raiser for the May Faire, as it provides 100 percent profit.

Call Ellen Eldridge, 933-2238, Nancy Ludewig, 933-4677, or the library, 933-4788 for assistance. Pick-up can be arranged.

WLU lunch

AUBURN – The annual luncheon followed by a wrap-up meeting of the Woman’s Literary Union will be held at noon Thursday, May 13, at the clubhouse, 19 Elm St.

Garden work day

LEWISTON – Lots to Gardens is having a community work day at the Knox Street Garden, 63 Knox St., from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15. Everyone is invited to get the garden ready for the summer season, plant some seeds and find out more about what Lots to Gardens is doing this year. Contact Lots to Gardens at 753-6944 for more information.

80th birthday

TURNER – Ruth Lind was honored on her 80th birthday on March 28 at the Turner Village Church. Many relatives and friends attended the celebration.

Lind was presented a cake, flowers, gifts and cards. She was born on Upper Street and now resides with her sister, Elizabeth Brown, on Route 4.