Sunday service

AUBURN – The Sixth Street Congregational Church in New Auburn will hold its Easter service at the regular time, 10 a.m. Sunday, April 8. The service will feature music by the MidCoast Symphony Brass Quintet, with members John Foss and Martin Jones on trumpet, Margory Landis on French horn, Bruce Theriault on trombone and Seth Morton on tuba. Works will include “Ave Verum Corpus” by Mozart; “Where’er You Walk” by Handel; “Canzone” by Gabrielli; and “The Hallelujah Chorus” from the Messiah by Handel.

Legion to meet

AUBURN – Alden Gayton Post 31, American Legion, 426 Washington St., will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, April 9, to discuss future events, election of officers and the need for new members. All members are invited, as well as veterans and spouses. For more information, call 783-2340.

Club dinner

AUBURN – The Sacred Heart Golden Age Club will meet on Tuesday, April 10, at the church. Dinner menu will be baked ham with pineapple, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, salad and cake and ice cream. The raffle table will be ready. Dinner will be at noon and the meeting at 1 p.m.

The May 8 banquet will be held at Marco’s, and reservations will be accepted at the meeting. No reservations will be taken after May 2. For more information, call Paula at 579-4082 or Irene at 782-6443.

Rosary Sodality

LEWISTON – Rosary Sodality of St. Patrick’s Church will hold a meeting and “penny sale” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10. It will start with recitation of the rosary in the chapel, followed by a meeting in Msgr. Fitzpatrick room, where plans for the annual card party, to be held on Tuesday, April 24, in Msgr. Gleason Hall, will be finalized.

Aging information

LEWISTON – A Successful Aging session, sponsored by d’Youville Pavilion on Thursday, April 12, will focus on consumer protection. The session will take place at noon in the resident dining room, d’Youville Pavilion.

Guest speaker will be Alan Elze, a volunteer for the Attorney General’s Office. He has spent the past several years helping people who have had difficult experiences with product warranties. Lunch is available for $5. Call 753-5467 to preregister by Monday, April 9.

Society speaker

DRESDEN – “From Saw Mill to Shoe Shop: An Industrial History of Gardiner’s Cobbossee Stream Gorge” is the title of a talk to be given by Richmond historian and current Lincoln County Historical Association President Jay Robbins.

He will speak to the public at a meeting of the Dresden Historical Society at 7 p.m. Monday, April 9, at Bridge Academy, which now serves as Dresden’s Town Library.

Cobbossee Stream Gorge extends for about one and a third miles through downtown Gardiner, dropping its water 127 feet. The gorge was first dammed by Sylvester Gardiner in 1760 to support lumber and grist mills.

Expanding to a system of eight dams supporting multiple industries at each site, Gardiner’s waterpower supported everything from paper mills to foundries to saw mills to shoe factories.

Combining many old map and photo images with more recent pictures, Robbins will walk the audience down the stream through time. To find out more about the association, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.lincolncountyhistory.org.

Bridge winners

LEWISTON – The Lewiston-Auburn Social Bridge Club winners at the Multi-Purpose Center on April 2 were: first, Lucille Bilodeau and Luke Merry; second, Jan Arey and Linda Leotsakos; third and first in B, Cynthia Bonsey and Claire Lyons; fourth and second in B, Helen Little and Alberta Turner.

Games are played at 9 a.m. Mondays and a partner is guaranteed. Call Rosemarie Goodwin at 783-1734 for more information.