From the President's desk . . . July 2008

President's Letter Dear Members,     I hope your summer is going well. We got through the cold, long winter and now we are enjoying the second heat wave of the summer of 2008!! If you need some place to cool off, I suggest the gazebo on the Hunt House Museum site. The board met there this week and it was lovely!     For the first time in anyones memory, our annual meeting/picnic was rained out; not one night but two!! Many of us did "picnic" at Newman Church on Tuesday, June 24. I apologize to anyone who did not get the message about the change. It has been suggested that we try the picnic again for our first meeting in September. The Board was planning on a Pot-Luck Supper for that night, so we are going to go with a Pot-Luck outdoor dinner!. Nancy Moore will try to arrange another tour of the new Rumford Center prior to our dinner meeting.     The Master Gardeners continue to work on the gardens at the Hunt House Museum. If you are free on a Tuesday evening, you are welcome to join them for "Weeding and Wine"!     On June 23 the PBS Special on The Rumford Baking Powder Company was shown at Weaver Library. It was quite good. Our own member, Mary McManus, was featured and interviewed!. Check the PBS listings to see if and when it will be on again. The society was given a copy and we will show it at a meeting sometime in the future.     Enjoy the rest of the summer and we will see you all in September at the Pot-Luck Dinner/Picnic!     Kris Rose, President