Bryant Pond news

BRYANT POND — Sunday services at the Baptist Church are Sunday School at 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. and Evening Service at 6 p.m. On Wednesday, the Prayer Meeting is at 6:30 p.m. The men's breakfast will be on December 11, at 7 a.m. at the Calvary Bible Church in Andover. The church Christmas program is on Sunday, December 19, at 6 p.m.

Today, December 9, at 1:30 p.m. the program at Whitman Memorial Library will be the Woodstock Elementary School chorus under the direction of Linda Stowell and a Christmas sing-along with Susan Glines. Come and join them. There is no charge and light refreshments will be served.

Judith Grover Tent 17, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, will hold their Christmas party and regular meeting on Monday, December 13. Bring a gift to exchange and this will be a tasting party.

The Woodstock Extension will meet on December 15, at the home of Alice Hoyt with a tasting party and exchange of gifts.

The Historical Society Museum actually has some furniture caned and made by Indians. It belonged to local author, George Allen England, who was a friend of Hemingway and stayed with him in his Key West home. England had a camp on Lake Christopher and his daughter saved someone from drowning and was awarded the Carnegie medal. England was a distinguished graduate of Harvard and ran as a Socialist for governor of Maine.

Woodstock had a citizen who became governor, Sidney Perham. He had a career on Paris Hill as well and is buried in Lakeside Cemetery. He served sometime around the Civil War period and was active in temperance and the Universalist Church.

The Christmas light on the common tree is very pretty and thanks to the firemen for decorating it.