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Dixie Diehards performing at the summer concert series

A big thank you to  the UCC Church of Raynham, the Raynham Cultural Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council for a wonderful summer concert series.
It was enjoyed by many!

The First Congregational Church of Raynham, UCC, better known as the Stone Church, was founded in 1731. They can be reached at: stonechurchraynham@gmail.com 508-822-6177.  785 South Main St., which is Route 104 in Raynham. At the corner with the flashing light. Sunday Worship Services are held at 9:30 AM.



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Congratulations!!!
Gloria Larson 
Maureen Campbell
Judith Cicierega 

They each won a gift certificate worth $25 redeemable at 
Wright's Garden Center, 
378 E Center St,
W. Bridgewater

You should play
our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom of this column.

You could win a 3 Yoga Class pass ($30) from 
Mind Body Spirit Healing, 541 N. Central St,
E. Bridgewater
Historical Tidbit:  Cowbells
 
image via wikipedia.
  When I was growing up my  grandfather, Guy Baker, use to call his corner of the world "Cowbell Corner." Over the years I used the term myself, thinking the saying was quite quaint.
 
   My paternal grandfather, Clyde Bosworth Sr. happened to have a dairy farm next door to "Grampa" Baker's new home leaving one to wonder if perhaps in the early mornings he would hear the melodious tinkle as cows moved slowly from one grazing spot to another. Or maybe around sundown, when the herd was being brought home for milking.
        
  Farmers of the world have been belling their cows for thousands of years. In America, except for a few remote spots, the old and time-honored tinkle of the cowbell is now mute and almost obscure. Today's cows are mechanized and data-processed and the modern dairyman knows where every cow is at all times.
         
The traditionally prudent New England dairy farmer sometimes fashioned, with his frugal fingers, bells out of scraps of metal, which he then shaped with a hammer. History records the first commercial manufacturer of cowbells as being the Barton Bell Company, founded in 1793 in East Hampton, Connecticut.
  
Respectfully Submitted by~ Sue Basille 

Monday, August 24

Walking - 10a - Council on Aging (COA)

Bridge - 1p - COA

Beginner Line Dancing -1p - COA 

Tuesday, August 25
Canasta/hand foot - 9a - COA
Chair Yoga - 10a - COA
Qi Yoga - 11:15a - COA

Whist - 12:30- COA

Intermediate line dancing - 1p - COA 

Pokeno - 1p - COA

Board of Selectmen - 7p - Town Hall

Wednesday, August 26
Exercise  - 9 a - COA
Tai Chi - 11a - COA
Cribbage - 12:30 p - COA
Thursday, August 27
Canasta/hand foot - 9a - COA
Wii Bowling - 9a - COA
Ice Cream Social - 1p - COA
Friday, August 28
Exercise  - 9a - COA
Quilting/Knitting - 11:30a - COA
Painting - 1p - COA
Saturday, August 29
St. Anns - 4p - Service
Sunday, August 30
Agape Chapel - 10:30a
First Baptist Church - Worship 10a, no summer Sunday School
First Congregational Church of UCC - 9:30a   
Lutheran Church of the Way - 8a, 11a worship,  9a coffee hour, 9:30a Sunday School
St. Ann's - 8a, 9:30a, 11a and 5p  
 
* Information Compiled in this issue from Town web sites
THE BODY MAINTENANCE PLACE

Lisa Evans, CHT, NCLMT 


Board Certified Massage Therapist

Consulting Hypnotist

Clinic Facilitator

 

Smoking Cessation, HypnoBirthing, HypnoCoach

Call for a free consultation

Southeastern Massachusetts Festival Chorus
New Member Enrollment/Open Rehearsals
August 24 and 31, 7:00pm
First Congregational Church, Raynham
 
The Southeastern Massachusetts Festival Chorus (SMFC) will begin its 2015 Holiday Season with Open Rehearsals on August 24 and 31.  The 90-member SMFC will present its holiday concert on December 12 and 13, with additional engagements to be announced.  SMFC's 2015 holiday program with feature elegant arrangements of classic Yuletide carols alongside popular and contemporary sacred Christmas songs. 
 
Enthusiastic singers are invited to Open Rehearsals where they may learn about SMFC membership, meet other members of the group and preview our musical program. Following rehearsal, a brief audition will be held, using music drawn from rehearsal material.
 
Open Rehearsals and all weekly rehearsals are held Mondays, 7:00 - 9:00pm, at the First Congregational (Stone) Church,
785 South Main Street, Raynham.  For more information, please call 508-821-9571 or email admin@smfconline.org.

Bridgewater Farm Supply
BRIDGEWATER  FARM SUPPLY
 
Come On In & Enter Our Free Raffle To Win a $50 Gift Certificate To Johnny Macaroni's Restaurant, East Bridgewater To Be Drawn On August 30.
 
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Wheels of Time Cruise Night
www.wheelsoftimema.com
August 27,2015         1958 Broadway, Raynham
Bwater Square Chiro Building
Bridgewater Square Chiropractic

Laser Therapy Treatment

New Modality For Muscle & Joint Treatments!

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63 Main Street 
Bridgewater
(508) 697-0050

Raynham's own Freedom Food Farm

is giving

a talk on pickling
 

 August 25, 6:30pm
 Bridgewater Public Library
Make some unbelievable pickles with locally grown cucumbers this summer!  Instructor, Chuck Currie has been making pickles for over a decade.  You will be walked through the step by step process, discuss pickling options and leave with a perfect jar of pickles.
Freedom Food Farm is a sustainable, full-diet farm started by Chuck Currie serving Southern New England located in Raynham, MA.  The farm grows and produces food year-round. (www.freedomfoodfarm.com )
 
The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Public Library, is free and open to the public. Like us on Facebook



Raynham Hypnotist Lisa Evans Lectures At Worldwide Hypnotists Convention

 Local professional consulting hypnotist, Lisa Evans, will lecture at the 28th annual National Guild of Hypnotists Worldwide Convention (www.ngh.net), which was held in Marlborough, MA this weekend. 
In the greater Taunton/Raynham area, Evans works with adults and teens (parental permission required), to help them deal with many of life's everyday problems, including overeating, smoking, fear of flying, anger management, depression, painless childbirth, nail biting and the stress of speaking in public. Evans said, "The annual NGH Convention offers the most exciting and comprehensive platform for professional consulting hypnotists to come together to learn, exchange ideas, network and grow. Being part of this conference equipped me with new information that I am so excited to share with my clients."

National Guild of Hypnotists President, Dr. Dwight Damon added, "Each year, several thousand professional hypnotists from around the world convene at the NGH Convention. During the three-day event, more than 300 seminars and workshops are taught, along with the extended- study program we offer in our Pre- and Post-Convention Summer Institute. Attendees at the convention include well-established practitioners, newly trained hypnotists, licensed health professionals as well as people who are interested in learning more about the personal and professional rewards of becoming a professional consulting hypnotist."

The National Guild of Hypnotists is recognized as the oldest, largest and most respected professional association of hypnotists in the world.  It includes trained, certified hypnotists, doctors, dentists and other health professionals and educators. Founded in Boston, MA in 1950, NGH has grown to over 17,000 members worldwide. Under Dr. Damon's leadership, the National Guild of Hypnotists has established a strong universal code of ethics for the profession and now maintains a rigorous certification program based on a standardized curriculum. In 1994, the National Guild of Hypnotistschartered the rapidly growing National Federation of Hypnotists, Local 104, a Union affiliated with the OPEIU, AFL-CIO, CLC. To contact Lisa Evans, call 781 963 2901 and/or email Lisaevansbmp@gmail.com
 

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Magazines To Go

Courtesy of Raynham Public Library 

 

Thanks to a new service that we've just launched at the library, I no longer have to limit my magazine selection to whatever is lying around a waiting room. I can now choose my own magazines to read online anytime, anywhere. The service is called Zinio for Libraries, and it offers a collection of 50 popular titles. I can choose magazines from a wide range of categories including business and news, computer and electronics, crafts, fashion, food and cooking, health and fitness, home and family, science and history, travel, pop culture or sports. The collection includes popular favorites such as Newsweek, Reader's Digest, Glamour, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, National Geographic, Golf Digest and yes, even ESPN Magazine.

To get started with Zinio for Libraries, use your PC or Mac to visit the library's website, raynhampubliclibrary.org; click on elibrary, and then on the Zinio icon. You'll be asked to enter your library card number and create an account. Browse the collection and check out any title you like. You have access to the current issue as well as a year's worth of back issues. You even have the option of being notified by email when the next issue is available. There is no waiting, no checkout limit and no return. You may keep issues as long as you like. All magazines are full-color and interactive. Click on an article listed in the Table of Contents, and you'll be taken directly to that page.

For reading on the go (and all those waiting rooms), download one of Zinio's mobile apps for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire HD/HDX, and read on your tablet or smartphone. Have questions? Give us a call or make an appointment for a one-on-one help session.

 

From the directors blog at www.raynhampubliclibrary.com 

Fading Memories: A Tribute to the 70th Anniversary

of the End of the Second World War

 

Victor Jorgensen's photo from Times Square, public domain.
The pivotal moment of the Twentieth Century, The Second World War came to it's end seventy years ago this month.  Politically, scientifically and even culturally, it marked a transitional phase in our nation. 
Many of us grew up hearing of the saga from those who participated in the events. For others, it is a journey through tomes and photographs, capturing not only the technical aspects of the conflict but also the emotions, fears and hopes of those who lived and died through it.
Countless films of various quality have been made. 

What is important about this anniversary of the end of the war is how close we are to losing all living memories of those years. Surviving veterans are now well into their late eighties and nineties. Even the children who participated in scrap metal drives are now senior citizens. Let us ponder all that happened in those years, and think about those who sacrificed their tomorrows so we could have our todays.  
Signing the surrender on the USS Missouri, 9-2-1945. Photo public domain
Respectfully Submitted, M. Hardy
jacquie 2013

~ Jacquie

Town Building Locations:

 

Town Hall

558 South Main St. 

 508-824-2707

Mon-Thurs 8:30a-4:30p,

Fri 8:30a-12Noon
 Tues eve  6-8PM

 

Public Library

760 South Main St.

508-823-1344

Mon-Wed 10a-8p

Thurs 10a-6p, Fri 10a-5p,

Sat 10a-2p

 

Council on Aging

2215 King Philip Street 

508-824-2740

Mon-Fri 9a-3p 

 
Local Businesses Rock. Show them your support!
Pat Snow ballet
Pat Snow's Dance Academy

Classes Start The Week Of September 14

Open Houses:

 Bridgewater
Sept 8, 2-6pm

Whitman
Sept 9, 2-6pm

Competition Teams Meet 
Aug 27, Sept 3, Sept 10

3 Studios
Bridgewater
E.Bridgewater
Whitman

For more Information 
Call (508) 378-7079
or email 


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School begins for all students grades 1-12 on Tuesday, Sept 1.

MEN'S
BREAKFAST
August 24, 9 am
Raynham Senior Center

$3.50 Raynham residents
$4.50 all others for a full breakfast
Tickets must be
purchased in advance
at the
Senior Center.

Ice Cream Senior Social August 27 at 1 pm.
Raynham Senior Center

Join us for an end of summer ice cream social We will have a delightful selection of Ice cream, toppings, cones and fun!
Sign up in advance at the Senior Center.
Sponsored by All American Assisted Living


 Taunton / Raynham Garden Club Meeting

 

          The next meeting of the Taunton Garden Club will be held on September 3rd, at 7:00 p.m. at the First Parish Church in Taunton.

Anyone interested in membership to the club can go on-line to find out more about the club at tauntongardenclub.com or e-mail tauntongardenclub@gmail to be in contact with the new President, Valerie Ferreira.


Free Fun Fridays

70 MUSEUMS & CULTURAL VENUES10 WEEKS OF FUN THIS SUMMER
7 SITES OPEN FOR FREE EACH FRIDAY
Free Fun Fridays offers visitors no cost admission to many of the most treasured cultural venues in Massachusetts

August 28
 
OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE
Sturbridge
PLIMOTH PLANTATION
Plymouth
CLARK ART INSTITUTE
Williamstown
MASS MoCA
North Adams
ECOTARIUM
Worcester
GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM
Winchester
CAPE COD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Brewster
 

Singing Group at the Raynham COA

 

Every Monday at 11 a.m. join Nancy Donnelly, local music director and piano in-structor, for an informal singing group.

This is a free fun program open to all who enjoy singing. 

UWGAT Announces Annual Fall Classic

 

United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, Inc. 

Annual Fall Classic Golf Tournament 

Agawam Hunt, 15 Roger Williams Avenue, Rumford, RI 

October 5, 2015 

 

 

The event begins with registration at 10:00 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 11:00 a.m.  A boxed lunch is provided.  Enjoy golfing a scramble format with a Poker Run, Putting Contest, Best Dressed Individual contest, as well as, prizes for Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.  After golfing, enjoy dinner and dessert, awards, and Chinese raffle.

 

Sponsors to date include: Event Sponsor - Bristol County Savings Bank; Platinum Sponsor - BankFive; and Hole in One Sponsor - The Travel Experience.    

 

Sponsorship opportunities along with golfer registration information may be obtained by visiting www.uwgat.org.  If you would like to donate a raffle prize or cash donation, or for further details, please contact Emily Treano at 508-222-2337, ext. 116 or Emily@uwgat.org.

 

REGISTER TODAY!  

Worried about what to do with the kids this summer?

Check out these great activities and events!

The kids won't have time to be bored!

 

Kids bowl free - 2 games a day all summer!

Kids bowl free link, click here

 

365 things to do south shore

lists different daily ideas

365 things link, click here

 

Free outdoor movies, events & more

visit South Shore Mamas

south shore mamas, click here

 

For free events at Patriot Place

Patriot Place free activities, click here

 

Free Kids Workshops at Home Depot

For workshop info, click here

 

Free Kids Workshops at Lowe's

Build & Grow Clinics

For clinic times & activities, click here 

prize box  
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
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and beeee entered to win

A 3 Yoga Class pass ($30) from 
Mind Body Spirit Healing, 
541 N. Central St, 
E. Bridgewater

Historical Tidbit Question:
How are the cows located today?

Email us your answer at: 
Please include your name, 
phone number & town
with your answer.
 
By entering, you give us
permission to announce 
your name in next week's 
Buzz Around Raynham.
  
On August 25, 2015, we 
will randomly pick a winner 
from the correct answers.

The Buzz was compiled

this week by Mark Hardy, TJ Kelley, Theresa McNulty, Marla Prince, Stacy Rancourt, & Jacquelyn Rose  

  

Copyright 2015 Buzz Around Raynham  You have our permission to share and copy this issue in its entirety as much as you like. If you take it in part, please give credit : ("Buzz Around Raynham 8/23/15")

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