Class luncheon

MEXICO – The Mexico High School Class of 1955 will meet for a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the Mexico Chicken Coop. For more information, contact Doris at 562-8392.

Women to meet

MEXICO – Women of Stephens High School Class of 1956 will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at Far East Restaurant. For more information, call Muriel Shurtleff at 562-7550.

Society speaker

RUMFORD – The Rumford Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Conference Room of the Municipal Building on Congress Street.

Dr. Bill Hersey will talk on photography and show some of the cameras he has collected. He started with a Kodak Brownie when he was in high school and learned darkroom techniques there. Photography money helped to put him through college, and he will show some of the cameras he used then.

The society will also hear about the variety show scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18 and 19, in the Municipal Auditorium. It is sponsored by the Historical Society and the proceeds will go to the Jane deFrees Scholarship Fund.

Alzheimer’s group

RUMFORD – The monthly Alzheimer Support Group will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Armory building, 85 Lincoln Ave. For more information, contact Donna Landry at 364-4561.

Piano queen

BETHEL – Gould Academy’s Performing Arts Series will present Marcia Ball, Bayou Queen of the Piano, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Bingham Hall, Gould Academy, Church Street. Tickets will be on sale at the door. Cost for adults will be $6, students $4. For more information call 824-3575.

Stop smoking

RUMFORD – March sessions of the Smoking Cessation program, sponsored by River Valley Healthy Communities, are announced.

There will be four free one-hour sessions at Rumford Hospital Conference Room A from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21 and 2. For more information or to sign up, call Stephanie at 364-7408.

Kilroy’ cast

RUMFORD – The cast for this year’s spring musical, “Kilroy Was Here,” has been chosen at Mountain Valley High School, and the show has gone into rehearsal for the March 30 opening. Four performances will be staged, with 7 p.m. curtains on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 30, 31 and April 1, plus a 2 p.m. matinee on April 1.

“Kilroy Was Here” is a musical comedy set in 1942 in a USO club outside the Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, N.Y. It is under the direction of Bob and Cindy Bohren.

Cast member include Kayla Anastasio, Brian Arsenault, Kayla Bartlett, Stephanie Beadle, Denise Belanger, Alina Bezkorovanya, Tori Bohren, Aaron Cayer, Dylan Cayer, Cassie Clement, Alyssa Fournier, TJ Fournier, Angella Gallant, Mindi Hill, Matt Hutchins, Leah Mawhinney, Ian Miller, Chad Moeun, Kati Nile, Phoebe Pike, Jessica Profit, Marie Russell, Eric Volkernick and Carl Zurhorst.

Residents sought

RUMFORD – Residents are being sought for a Community Forum to be held in April. The focus will be community assets. The first meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition office, 94 River St. Light refreshments will be provided.