Yard sale for Great Danes

TOPSHAM — Coastal Maine Great Dane Rescue will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Topsham Fair Ground. For a donation of $5, sale items may be previewed Friday, April 20, from 4 to 6 p.m.

DAR luncheon honors students

SABATTUS — Burnt Meadow Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their Good Citizen and Good Citizenship Awards Luncheon at the home of Mrs. C. Byras of Bowdoin on Saturday, April 21. Attending will be three of the four awards winners, their parents, the contest judges, members of Burnt Meadow Chapter and guests.

Guest speaker will be Ann Thomas, honorary state regent; past vice president general; state chairman of membership, bylaws, speakers staff and chapter development and revitalization committees and present regent of Koussinoc Chapter.

Any woman interested in becoming a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution who believes she may be the descendant of a Patriot, may call and talk to Violet Gerber, regent, at 375-2698 about the qualifications and process of joining.

Danville Grange Degree Day

AUBURN — Degree Day will be held on Sunday, April 22, at Danville Junction Grange, when all four subordinate degrees will be performed at 4 p.m. After the first two degrees, a light luncheon for $3 will be served, after which the third and fourth degrees will be worked. Any grange having candidates needing the degrees are invited to bring them along. All grangers are invited.

‘Color Line’ author at library

AUBURN — Local historian and Southern Maine Community College professor Eben Miller will share from his latest work, “Born Along the Color Line,” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at the Auburn Public Library in the Androscoggin Community Room. The program is free.

Miller narrates how a little-known conference brought together a remarkable young group of African American activists, capturing through the lives of five extraordinary participants — youth activist Juanita Jackson, diplomat Ralph Bunche, economist Abram Harris, lawyer Louis Redding and Harlem organizer Moran Weston — how this generation shaped the ongoing movement for civil rights during the Depression, World War II and beyond.

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