Meeting change

LISBON – VFW Post 9459, Route 196, will hold its monthly meetings on the third Saturday of each month. At 11 a.m. members will hold the monthly post clean-up followed at noon by the House Committee meeting. The regular meeting will start at 12:30 p.m.

All members are encouraged to attend and new members are welcome. The post changed the meeting day and time to accommodate those who cannot drive at night and those who work during the week.

The new operating hours have changed as well. The post is open Thursday and Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m. and will remain open later if business warrants. For more information stop by the post or call 353-4879.

Send boxes

LISBON FALLS – Nelson-Conley Post 66, American Legion, recently sent eight large boxes of individual gifts to two platoons and one squad engaged in the Middle East conflict.

Each group had at least one connection to Lisbon because of the grandsons of post members Leonard Lidback, Forrest Jordan Sr. and Vito Ancona. More than $1,000 was donated to the cause, all but $60 by post members.

In addition, a box of baked goods by post families and DVD movies was sent to each group. This was the fourth year Post 66 has done the project.

Candle service

HEBRON – Hebron Community Baptist Church will hold the annual candlelight service with carols and the nativity story at 5 p.m. Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24. It will be led by Pastor Meredith Dalessandro.

Readers for the Christmas Story will include Velma and John Farnsworth, Julie and Steve Middleton and Frank Dalessandro. The service will feature a choir made up of children and adults.

Vocal soloists will be Ed Gabrielsen, Darlene Morrill and Anne Davidson Murphy. Flutists participating will be Julie Middleton and Nicole Godbout. The public is welcome. For details, call the church at 966-2694.

New year’s meal

SABATTUS – Sabattus seniors will have a baked ham dinner during a New Year’s celebration on Thursday, Jan. 3, at Maxwell Hall. Members will probably play bingo after the meeting.

A Christmas party with a roast pork meal was attended by 116 members.