Class meeting

RUMFORD – Stephens High School Class of 1954 will meet at 11:30 a.m. today at the Route 2 Diner in Rumford Center. Classmates and guest are welcome.

Society speaker

RUMFORD – The Rumford Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Municipal Building auditorium. President Len Greaney has several matters of business to be brought before the group.

The program will be presented by Bill Weston, who has spent some time researching the “Cutting Mill” in South Rumford. He will tell a little bit about how it worked with the Oxford Paper Mill in getting wood to the mill.

Anyone interested in the subject is invited to attend. For more information, call Jean at 364-8660.

Tourney results

MEXICO – The Moontide Water Festival Committee held its third Texas Hold’em Tournament to raise money for the 4th of July Fireworks. First place went to Elijah White of Carthage, $1,225; second, Vernon Davis of Bethel, $600; third, Rod Lord of Chesterville, $300; and fourth, Don Cummings of Mexico, $200.

There was a low turn out of 31 players and the committee lost $345 on its license fee. The committee takes out a license for 100 players and has to pay the state $500 up front.

There will be one more tournament on Feb. 2 limited to 100 people, but if turnout is low, the committee may reduce the license to 80.

Ed Shurtleff said, “It took a long time to get the state to pass a law that would allow the citizens to have poker tournaments, but it is up to the poker players to attend in order to make it work.”

Lodge to install

CANTON – Whitney Lodge 167, AF and AM, will hold a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, for semi-public installation of officers at the lodge. The meeting will be preceded by a ham supper at 6:30 p.m.

Support meeting

RUMFORD – Widows or Widowers Sharing will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at the Fellowship Hall, United Methodist Church, Linnell Street.

Snacks will be provided by Dot Chissikos, Charlotte Hayes and Lucille Bohern. The program will be provided by Marcus and Kimberly Couch, who will tell of their trip to Jamacia, Egypt, Cairo and Giza. For more information, call Barbara Morse at 562-4335.

Meditation class

BETHEL – A workshop on qigong meditation, a 5,000-year-old Chinese movement and meditation art, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Gehring House/Lewin Center for Social Change, 77 Broad St.

Betsey Foster, MPH, will teach reclining, sitting and standing meditations, breathing techniques and moving meditations.

Cost is $25. To register or for more information, contact Foster at 875-2426 or [email protected].

Class luncheon

RUMFORD – Members of the Stephens High School Class of 1949 will meet for luncheon at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Sam’s Italian Shoppe in the Virginia section of Rumford.

Office closed

CANTON – The Town Office will be closed on Thursday, Jan. 17, so that the employees may attend a General Assistance Workshop. In the event of a storm, the workshop will be canceled and the office will be open.