Career sessions

WILTON – The following sessions will be held at the Wilton CareerCenter, 865 Route 2, during September and are offered free to the public. To register for the workshops, call 645-5800 or 1-800-982-4311.

•”Applications/Work History/References” from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2.

• “Interviewing Skills” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2.

• “Test of Adult Basic Education” from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8.

• “General Aptitude Test Battery” from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 23.

• “Career Decision-Making” from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28.

• “Career Ability Placement Survey” from 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 28.

• “Essentials of College Planning and Study Skills” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. To register for this one, call 1-800-281-3703.

Women’s meeting

WILTON – “Life is a Patchwork Quilt” will be the theme for the next Western Maine Women’s Connection meeting to be held from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Boiler Room on Main Street.

The Fabric Inn of Farmington will present a program on quilt basics and a quilt display.

Nancy Bates, a retired home economics teacher from Massachusetts who is recovering from cancer surgery, will attend. She will speak and compare her life of changes and challenges to making a quilt.

The cost is $11, which includes gratuity and tax. Reservations and cancellations are essential. Call Millie at 684-4160 or Linda at 645-2412 or e-mail a reservation to [email protected].

A free nursery is available if needed with reservation. All women of the area are invited.

Jones reunion

STRONG – Recently 17 descendants of John D. and Mary Rand Jones (1858-1905) and guests gathered. Most of those present were from son John A. Jones, who settled on a farm in Farmington. He had a brother and two sisters who also lived there.

After a potluck dinner, a business meeting was opened. Two people have attended more than 60 meetings and two others more than 50 during the past years.

President Andrew Pratt, host of the reunion, has been to 63 and secretary Floriece has a count of 61. The family’s genealogist has 54 years and an emergency volunteer has 55 meetings.

The same slate of officers was elected for another year. An invitation to meet at the home of A.G. Pratt in Strong on the third Sunday in August next year was accepted.