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Happenings Isn't life glorious! Isn't it grand! Here - take it - hold it tight in your hand; Squeeze every drop of it into your soul, Drink of the joy of it, sun-sweet and whole! Laugh with the love of it, burst into song! Scatter its richness as you stride along! Isn't life splendid - and isn't it great. We can always start living - it's never too late! (Helen Lowrie Marshall) Dear Dan: I can now see the steeple at the First Church! Remember the Marion Fire Department's TURKEY PARTY on Saturday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. Free refreshments. Come and support your local Fire Department. Whose idea was it to paint the fire hydrants blue and yellow? Thanks go to Julia Wise Reesor for bringing the special music at the morning worship service at the Second Reformed Church on November 5. Children in grades 4 to 6: Plan to attend THE GREAT BANANA BASH from 1 to 3 p.m. on November 11 at the gym in the Second Reformed Church Educational Building. Admission is one banana. If you are tired of telemarketing calls and would like you name put on the 'Do Not Call' list being organized by the NYS Consumer Protection Board, you may call 1.800.697.1200, or visit their Web site at www.consumer.state.ny.us. The prohibition will not take effect until April 1, 2001. Those at the Marion United Church are planning a Thanksgiving Singspiration for Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. Members and friends of local churches are invited to attend for an evening of music and Scripture with Dick Crooks. A blood drive sponsored by the American Red Cross will be held in the high School auditorium on November 13 from 8:30-1:30. Currently there is an extreme shortage of available blood. Please donate! It's that time of year again when walking outside can be hazardous to your health, so the school halls are open again for wintertime walking. The elementary and high school buildings will be open for walking now through April 1, 2001 from 6:30-8 p.m. The elementary building will also be open on school day mornings from 7-8 a.m. for walking. Parents who walk and bring children along are asked to please keep them supervised at all times to prevent any accidents beginning immediately when evening activities are held at the elementary school, only the back door by the gym will be unlocked to allow access to the building. Congratulations to Val Corteville, who received a B.A. Degree from Empire State College at Saratoga. 'Happy Birthday Wishes' to Liz DeLyser on November 9, from all her friends and family members. A Christmas open house is planned today and tomorrow by Michelle Palmer at 3945 North Creek Rd, Palmyra. Over 75 new original water colors! With folk, primitive, country and traditional art items. Santas and snowmen and more. Free gifts and door prizes. Hours are today 10-7 and 10-3 on Saturday. 'In Colonial days, housewives had to churn cream into butter, cut sugar from hard ten-pound loaves, sift flour through cloth and beat eggs with twigs in order to make cookies.' November 13: Fairville Fire Department - Turkey Party- Route 88 North. Free refreshments and door prizes-7 p.m. November 13 - Marion PTA meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Elementary Faculty Meeting room. November 28, National Honor Society induction dinner at 6 p.m., with induction at 6:45 p.m. November 15 - Marion Seniors leave on the SENIOR TRIP at 8:30 p.m. NOVEMBER 11, 1920: Motorists of Marion are being most earnestly urged to join the Wayne County Automobile Club and endorse a petition of motorists backing the committee in their efforts to get a county highway built from Marion to Palmyra in 1921 - Dr. John VanDoorn is Auto Director of the club for Marion. Open House at Wee Town USA will be held Nov. 11 from 10-5 and Nov. 12 from noon-5. There will be door prizes and refreshments. Wee Town USA is located at 3728 S. Main St., Marion. November 17 - the East Palmyra Christian School, located at 2023 East Palmyra-Port Gibson Road, will host a dinner. The menu will include ham, baked potato, corn, applesauce, rolls and desert. The serving hours are from 5-7:30 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the school at 597.4400. Greeting cards, Rada Cutlery, Book Sox, napkins and mints for sale during the dinner. American Legion Post roast beef dinner is today, Nov. 10. Family-style delicious dinner. Isabelle Bushart is home following knee surgery. Copyright
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