LEWISTON – Post 22, American Legion, will hold installation of officers for the year on Thursday, June 3, at Trinity Church Hall, 247 Bates St.

Installation will be held at 6 p.m. followed by a social hour and dinner at 6:30.

Members attending should notify Chairman Joseph Paradis at 786-0488 by Sunday, May 30.

Golden age

MONMOUTH – The Golden Age Seniors will meet Wednesday, June 2, for the monthly potluck luncheon at the Packard Activity Center. Plans for summer trips will be discussed. All area senior citizens are welcome.

Seniors meeting

AUBURN – First Auburn Seniors will meet Wednesday, June 2, at Hasty Community Center, Pettengill Park. The regular meeting will start at 11 a.m. preceded by the board of directors meeting at 10. Following a bag lunch, bingo will be played.

Tickets will be sold for the June 16 Italian sandwich lunch.

The club met May 19 with President Betty Hebert presiding. A moment of silence was observed for Rupert Davidson, recently deceased. Lucy Cowles, corresponding secretary, announced that books have been received at the Auburn Public Library in memory of Kay Morin, Wayne Welch and Dorothy Cormier. The following were placed on the honorary membership list: Phyllis Davidson, Elsie Luce, Anne Nichols, Theo Parker, Clara Pike, Clara Desjardins and Lydia Williams.

Attendance winners were Caroline Chapman and Penny Rossignol; pot of gold, Carola Randall, Clare Haskell and Barbara Libby.

Peter Bushway, Parks and Recreation Dept. director, introduced City Manager Pat Finnigan and Finance Director Laurie Smith, who spoke on the tax cap proposal and property tax relief.

A memorial service was conducted with the following members participating: Lucy Cowles, chaplain; Pat Donahue; Betty Hebert, pianist; Kay DeBurra, Audrey Fleming and Doris Michael. Bingo was played following a bag lunch.

Meeting change

LEEDS – The Leeds Historical Society meeting will be postponed from June 2 to June 9 and will be held at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building. All are welcome.

The postponement will allow the results of the vote on the old Town House as a history center to be evaluated and plans made for the coming year.

The society is hoping the town will vote to allow the building to be leased to the society for a historical resource and learning center.

The state library can also lend books from their collection without charge to local residents.

There will be no meeting in July.

Bridge play

LEWISTON – The Lewiston-Auburn Social Bridge Club winners of the annual ACBL Membership Game at the Multi-Purpose Center on May 24 were:

N/S, first, Martine Begert and Rosemarie Goodwin, first overall; second, Ellie and George Wigton, second overall, first overall in B; third, Helen Little and George Vogt, fifth overall; fourth, Betty and Doug Sise, third overall in B; fifth, Grace and Luke Merry.

E/W, first, Patricia Daley and Agnes Winn, third overall; second, Alberta Turner and Charlie Bartlett, fourth overall; third, Beverly Dolan and Jim Dickens; fourth, Sharon Tyler and Paul Pierce; fifth, Barbara Beegle and Allie Boyer; sixth, Marta Clements and Nancy Farmer, third overall in B.

Games are played Mondays at 9 a.m., a mini-lesson is given, and a partner is guaranteed. Call Goodwin at 783-1734 for more information. There will be no game on Monday, May 31, Memorial Day.

ALS benefit

MONMOUTH – A fund-raiser for Lou Gehrig’s Disease is being sponsored by the Theater at Monmouth. The theater will donate half of the proceeds from the July 16 show, “As You Like It,” a Shakespeare romantic comedy, to ALS Hope, a nonprofit organization that funds ALS research.

Tickets are $25 each and can be ordered by calling the Monmouth box office at 933-9999 by June 15.

The fund-raiser has been initiated by a group of women from Portland who formed in early 2004 after their 34-year-old friend had been diagnosed with ALS. ALS is a fatal neurological disease that kills motor neurons and eventually leaves its victims paralyzed. There is no treatment or cure.

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