Historial Society calendars

STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society’s pictorial 2013 calendars are now available.

The cover features Stratton High School Class of 1963, 50 years ago, with Lucille Dube, Ellen Henderson, Gary Savage, Marcia Bachelder, Donna Viles, Jimmy Bigelow, Felix Nadeau, Ronny Fotter and Noman Bachelder.

January is of the Stratton boys Bobcats 1957; February, Walter Taylor with a team of horses hauling six skids of pulp; March, the seven daughters of Lloyd and Erma Nile; April, Coburn Hotel, Eustis, circa late 1800s; and May, E. Harry Williamson 1924.

June features Glidden Tours in Stratton circa 1910; July, The last Flagstaff Village Fourth of July celebration, 1949; August, Climb up Cranberry Peak with Fred Hutchins Jr. Mountain Climbers; and September, James and Ethel Bachelder’s 50th wedding anniversary with their nine children.

October’s picture is of horse teams in Eustis Village, early 1900s; November, Stratton Mill Yard; and December, Butts & Lisherness and Landers & Taylor stores, Stratton, 1913.

The back page of the calendar features a paragraph about each photograph. They are for sale at Pine’s Market and Fotter’s Market and can also be purchased through the mail for $6 plus $2 for postage for each calendar. Send to: Dead River Area Historical Society, PO Box 15, Stratton, Maine 04982.

There are many pictorial calendars left from previous years for sale at $2.50 each. Cookbooks can also be ordered from the same address as the calendars, for $6 each or two for $10.

Paris Cape Historical

PARIS — Members and friends of the Paris Cape Historical Society will meet at 77 High St. on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. After a brief business meeting Jeffrey R. Parsons of Ann Arbor, Mich. and South Paris will speak on working girls from South Paris, 1845-1964.

Jane Robinson Stevens (1829-1917) was the granddaughter of Dr. Cyprian Stevens, one of the earliest doctors in Oxford County, and the daughter of Simon S. Stevens and Nancy French, all of South Paris. She was orphaned at age 13 and lived during her adolescence and youth at the home of her cousins, John and Apphia Robinson Parsons on their farm in South Paris.

While there she received letters from her widowed stepmother and numerous sisters who lived scattered around New England. Parsons will highlight what he and his wife, Mary, have learned from these letters about how these impecunious girls and young women from South Paris, forced to support themselves, made their ways in life as dressmakers, housekeepers, school teachers, shop assistants and textile mill workers during the early years of the industrial revolution in New England.

Refreshments will be served. The public is welcome.

Children’s theater in Norway

NORWAY — Shirli Allen Heald, a local thespian and educator, invites children in grades K-6 to register to become a part of her new venture to bring children’s theater back to the Oxford Hills. Registration for the free 10-week workshop will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Second Congregational Church UCC.

Workshops will also be held on Wednesdays from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. at the church. There is no cost for attendance.

The children will investigate the process of show production and stage performance as they prepare to put on the musical, “It’s Saturday” by Mac Huff and Jacob Johnson. Production assistants are Kate Wood of Otisfield and Deborah Fickett of Paris.

Having directed children’s theater during the summer, the workshop will be the first time that Heald is directing children’s theater during the school year.

For more information, call 743-7047.

Prayer Service at St. Rose

JAY — A Project Rachel Prayer Service for Mercy and Reconciliation will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at St. Rose of Lima Church.

The prayer service is for anyone who is suffering from the pain of a past abortion. Women, men, grandparents, friends, relatives and professionals are invited.

For more information on the service, call Judy Pottle at 312-0737.

For more information on Project Rachel, call Catholic Charities Maine Paris Social Ministry at 871-7464 or 1-800-781-8550 ext. 3670 or 2671, or email [email protected].