Chicken barbecue at Wilton church

WILTON — A chicken barbecue will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at First Congregational Church, Main Street.

Menu is barbecue chicken, cole slaw, roll, blueberry cake or ice cream with blueberry sauce. Half-chicken or quarter-chicken meals are available. Eat in or take out. Call 645-2535.

North Jay Grange public supper

JAY — A public supper will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the North Jay Grange No. 10.

Menu will include baked beans, casseroles, salads, cole slaw, meatballs, hot dogs, rolls, beverages and dessert. There will be dinner music with Terry Moore.

Cost for adults is $7, 10 and under $3. For more information call 645-4628, 645-2910 or 645-9353.

Association plans annual picnic

OQUOSSOC — Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust and Mooselookmeguntic Improvement Association will hold the annual picnic from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Bald Mountain Camps.

For reservations call BMC, 864-3671.

‘The Sylvesters of Eustis’

STRATTON — On Saturday, Aug. 3, The Dead River Area Historical Society will remember “The Sylvesters of Eustis,” hosted by Alene Sylvester Smiley.

She will share memories of her family and of growing up in Eustis.

“Eustis was a wonderful place to grow up in the 1930s and 1940s. Nearly everyone in town was a relative and most of them were Sylvesters,” she said. “I hope many will come on Aug. 3 and share their memories. Those of us who were living in the village at that time love to tell the younger generation about the ‘old days.’ I know many of the descendants of John and of Harry Sylvester plan to attend.”

On display in the museum are artifacts, manuscripts and photographs that have been donated or loaned by townspeople and descendants of original families of the Dead River Region. Collections from 1850 on include 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.

The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Porter Lake bean hole supper

STRONG — The Porter Lake Association will hold its 44nd annual bean-hole bean supper from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Strong Beach on Porter Lake. The event will be in the Forster Building in Strong in case of rain.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children 5 to 11. Bring a salad or dessert to share. The menu includes bean-hole baked beans, franks, rolls and beverages, and a wide variety of donated salads and desserts.

The dinner supports activities beneficial to the lake, its users and the lake environment. Strong Beach can be reached from Route 234 (connecting New Vineyard and Strong) turning onto Pond Road and then right again onto Beanie’s Beach Road.

Wilton Fish & Game plans open house

WILTON — Wilton Fish & Game Association will hold an open house during the Blueberry Festival weekend on Saturday, Aug. 3, on Route 2.

A shooting gallery and Gatling gun event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A three gun challenge will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring your own ammo and hearing protection for trap shooting from noon to 4 p.m.

This is a great opportunity to try your shooting skills and receive instruction. Range officer on site. Rimfire and Firing Pin Youth Competition League will be providing a hot dog and hamburger lunch as their fund raiser. For information call Phil at 897-4305.