Country Sunday

DIXFIELD – Countryfolk Country Sunday will offer a lineup of special bands performing free from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at Countryfolk Music Theater on Route 2 in East Dixfield.

The regular Sunday jam session will be held plus appearances by The Crosbys (Bing and Nancy) from Jay; Blais and Bronish (Bob Blais and Ed Bronish) from Weld; The Rocking Chair Ramblers (Robin and Terry Moore with Alan Lewis) from Livermore Falls and Fishers of Men, a gospel quartet from Rumford-Mexico.

Larry Bisbee, director of the project, said, “All these bands and musicians are volunteering their time to help raise money for the Countryfolk Youth Music Scholarships and $650 in scholarships has been awarded so far this summer. Countryfolk projects are free, but donations support the youth scholarships.”

There is also a free weekly Friday night jam session with dance to follow on Friday, Aug. 26. This week features the Rocking Chair Ramblers, and the following Friday night, Sept. 2, Blais and Bronish will play. The last Country Sunday Jam Session on Sept. 4 with a potluck meal, please bring your favorite dish to share, for the Labor Day finale, Jamboree in the Valley, a weekend of music to close out the season for the summer.

More information at 645-4875 or online at www.countryfolkmusic.com.

District board

FARMINGTON – Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold a special board meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, at the USDA Service Center at 107 Park St. The meeting is open to the public. Anyone interested in an agenda may pick up one at the district office. For more information, call Rosetta Thompson, district manager, at 778-4279.

Hospital reunion

FARMINGTON – Fourteen former employees of the old Franklin County Memorial Hospital met Aug. 12 at Deer Crossing Apts. to reminisce about their years together.

The group included doctors, operating room personnel, maternity nurses, an x-ray technician, nurses, nurses aids, housekeeping and kitchen workers.

A potluck lunch was enjoyed and a short business meeting followed. For the past few years Vivian Kennedy has made sure the reunion was held annually, but the group relunctantly voted to discontinue the reunions due to low attendance and the fact that the new hospital has been in operation for over 30 years.

It was also voted to take what money has accumulated over the years and give it to the hospital auxiliary for the nurses scholarship fund. For many years they have given six scholarships each year to area students who are pursuing a nursing degree.

Society social

STRATTON – The Dead River Area Historical Society will be open on Labor Day weekend from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4. There will be an ice cream social from 1 to 3 on Sept. 4 served by volunteers.

The society is open every weekend throughout July and August from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Displays include a collection of old carpentry and logging tools, china, glass, church organ, furniture from native families, a complete schoolroom, a memorial room to the “lost” towns of Flagstaff and Dead River, the lineage of several native families, and a host of memorabilia from native homesteads.

For more information call Mary Henderson at: 246-2271