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The Catholic Center and Saint Basil Chapel in Bridgewater
                                      Celebrate 50th Anniversary
 
For half a century, the Catholic Center and Saint Basil Chapel has offered hospitality, friendship, service and prayer among the Bridgewater State University and Town communities.  On November 15, 2015, the Catholic Center, with roots as a Newman Club in 1936, will celebrate its 50th Anniversary at 122 Park Avenue on the BSU campus.

 Dinner reservations may be made until November 1st at www.stthomasaquinas.com $35 / per person

That Sunday, former Chaplains will celebrate an Anniversary Mass at 3:30 PM in the Chapel, accompanied by a host of current and former music ministers.  Community residents and BSU Administrators, faculty, staff, alumni, students, and friends are cordially invited.
 
An Anniversary Dinner will follow at 5:30 PM in the Rondileau Campus Center Ballroom.  Newly-inaugurated BSU President Fred Clark, and his wife, will attend. Keynote speaker Lou Ricciardi, former BSU Trustee, will address "The Place of the Catholic Center in a Secular University." A short video tracing the legacy of the Center will be featured.

A 50-Square Commemorative Quilt telling the stories of various members and groups affiliated with the Catholic Center and Saint Basil Chapel will be unveiled on November 15.  Highlights of the Center's historic founding and history will also be on display that week.
For further information on the dinner:  Rita Garufi at (508) 531-1346 or at ritagarufi@bridgew.edu. 
  
To commemorate the 50th Anniversary, the Catholic Center invites donations that will fund a perpetual endowment to defray the cost of spiritual and charitable service retreats, in the U.S. and in developing countries, for students today and into the future.  The goal is to reach 1,000 donors who "Give 50 for the 50th." 
 
Donations can be made online at http://www.stthomasaquinas.com, or by checks payable to "Saint Basil Chapel, Give 50 for the 50th."  Further information can be obtained from Leo Cote at (508) 697-6072 or at ldcote@aol.com.  Businesses are encouraged to contribute by calling Mr. Cote.


Tapped:
 a film about the environmental impact of bottled water

Screening hosted by the First Parish Green Sanctuary Committee
and the Bridgewater Green Committee
Sunday, October 18th, at 2:00 PM
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
50 School Street, Bridgewater

This event is free and open to the public.
Popcorn and apple cider will be served.
October 18, 2015
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Congratulations
Richard Duffus

Richard won an Ultimate Hair conditioning treatment with a haircut & style ($70) from Revolutions Styling Salon & Spa Rte 106, 
East Bridgewater


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

You could win a martial arts birthday party for 10 children at South Shore Martial Arts, Rt 106, Halifax, MA

 Historical Tidbit: 
Carver's Pond, like all ponds and lakes in town are man made mill ponds or portions of left over mining operations of bog ore or clay.

Carver's was created by damming up South Brook, which originates on the new high school property, in the early 1700's by the Edson family for a mill pond. The Edsons, and later the Washburns, used the water power to run a small iron mill, manufacturing iron implements from the abundant bog ore in the area.

It wasn't until almost 100 years later that Eleazer Carver took it over for his cotton gin business, giving the pond its current name. As time went on, Carver's business grew and the advent of steam power the use of the mill pond as a power source faded. Carver moved his manufacturing to Plymouth Street and then to East Bridgewater.

The last commercial use of the pond was for ice, up until the 1920's and today it sits on top of 50% of the town drinking water supply. Our water is deep under the pond and not in it.

Respectfully submitted by David Moore

Monday, October 19

Painters - 9a - Council on Aging (COA)
Lunch - noon - COA
Citizens Advisory Board - 6p - Town Hall
Beatles of the 60's - 6:30p - Library

Tuesday, October 20

Zumba - 9a - CYSC
Shopping - 10:15a - CYSC
Lunch - noon - CYSC
Golden Agers - 1:30p - CYSC
Drop In Story Time - 1:30p - Library
Zoning Board - 7p - Police Station
Town Council - 7:30p - BTV Studios
Wednesday, October 21
Rotary Club of The Bridgewaters - 7:15a - Good Days Restaurant, WB
Exercise - 9a - CYSC
Crafters - 9a - CYSC
Drop-in Story Time - 9:30a - Library
Shopping - 10:15a - CYSC
Quilters - 11a - CYSC
Book Babies - 11a - Library
Spanish Class - 11:15a - CYSC
Autumn Fest - noon - CYSC
Baseball History - 6p - Library
Community Preservation - 6:30p - CYSC
Thursday, October 22
Zumba - 9a - CYSC
Food Pantry - 10a - Central Square Congregational, UCC
Book Babies - 10:30a - Library
Rep Pacheco Office Hours - 11a - CYSC
One Book Discussion - 2p - CYSC
Friday, October 23
Exercise - 9a - COA
Crafters - 9a - COA
Mah Jong - 10a - COA
Read Together, Grow Together - 10:30a - Library
Saturday, October 24
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Mass - 4p
Whist - 7p - CYSC
Sunday, October 25
First Parish Church - 10:30a 
Bridgewater Baptist Church - 10a
Saint Thomas Aquinas Mass - 7:45a, 10 and 12p 
Trinity Episcopal - 8am and 10a worship services, 10a Sunday school 
Central Square Congregational, UCC - 10a
Bridgewater United Methodist - 10a
Faith Chapel Assembly of God - school 9a, service 10a
Trinity Covenant - 10a
United Methodist  - 10a - Worship & school 
New Jerusalem - 10:30a
Scotland Trinitarian Congregational - 10:30a 
St. Basil's Chapel - 10:00a and 5p -  note new 5p time * -
BSU Campus  
West Bridgewater Baptist Church - 10:30a
 
* Information compiled in this issue from Town web sites, submitted information and "Senior Publishing."  Feel free to submit events & information from your non-profit group.
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The Remarkable Courtship of General Tom Thumb
Nicholas Rinaldi


November 4, 2015,  7PM
Horace Mann Auditorium, Bridgewater State University
This novel is based on the real life of Tom Thumb, a young man only twenty-five inches tall, discovered at age four by P.T. Barnum.  Tom soon finds himself entertaining the masses and traveling the world, eventually marrying Lavinia Warren from Middleborough Massachusetts, eventually making it their home.

For more information about One Book One Community, contact:
Susan McCombe at smccombe@bridgew.edu


Bowl For A Cure
 
Walking Teams Register Today!  

For questions, contact Emily Ryan E.Ryan4191@yahoo.com or 508 245 0899

TEAM TIFFANY!

On October 11, we rode to cure Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a debilitating, life shortening neuromuscular disease that affects the heart, eyes, bones; the ability to walk, talk, eat, swallow and live a normal life. We rode with local FA families, friends and cycling enthusiasts to redefine what is possible in FA research.

We want to thank everyone for your support in the past. FARA is in the last leg of the marathon to find a cure!

This year, Tiffany is joining us in her wheelchair bike that she received from FARA's Ataxia Athletic Initiative Grant. We are very excited to be Team Tiffany!  Please donate: checks can be made out to FARA and sent to 20 Woodland Drive, Bridgewater, MA 02324, 533 W. Uwchlan Ave, Downington, PA 19335, or just follow this link and donate on-line to Team Tiffany!

 
BRIDGEWATER FARM SUPPLY

 

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We Have All Your Fall Clean-Up Supplies

 

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Bridgewater

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You're cordially invited to
The Taunton River Watershed Alliance, Inc.
2015 Annual Meeting

Saturday, October 24, 2015, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Bristol County Agricultural High School, Dighton, MA

Featuring a special presentation:
"The Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area: Past, Present and Future Restoration"

Guest speaker: Joan Pierce, Land Agent for the
Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game,
Southeast District


The Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Halifax and Hanson is one of the irreplaceable open space gems in the Taunton River watershed. Our featured speaker, Joan Pierce of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, will talk about the past, present and future of this remarkable area: its acquisition history, outstanding natural resource values, what to see and where, management issues and future plans.

Refreshments will be served. The 2016 Taunton River Tide Calendar will be available for purchase at a discounted price.
 
Please join us for TRWA's 2015 Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will be held in the auditorium of Bristol County Agricultural High School, located at 135 Center Street in Dighton. The program will include reports on TRWA's activities during the past year, election of Board members and officers and a display of award-winning photos from TRWA's 2016 Taunton River Tide Calendar.
The Annual Meeting is open to the public. Admission is free and all are welcome. Please bring family and friends as well! You can contact TRWA at 508-828-1101 or e-mail us at: director@savethetaunton.org. You can also visit our website: www.savethetaunton.org.


Bridgewater Public Library Presents:

 

THE BODY MAINTENANCE PLACE
Lisa Evans, CHT, NCLMT

Board Certified Massage Therapist
Consulting Hypnotist
Clinic Facilitator
 
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  Goulish Mini Golf

Sunday, November 1,  11:00am to 3:00pm.  $5.00 per person, under 3 free.  Costumes are encouraged.  Light lunch will be available.  Raffles  galore.  Proceeds to help defray cost of Museum passes and programming.
Come on out and support the Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library, 
15 South Street. 


Dance Theater of New England
Bring-A-Friend Week is Oct 19-24

DTNE Dancers Can Bring a Friend To Take a Class.
Free Registration Forms May Be Picked Up at The Front Desk 
or From Your Child's Instructor

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Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Hot Mess Concert Fundraiser for the 
Greater Bridgewater Women of Today
 
November 7, 7-11 PM
Bridgewater Veterans' Club
Ticket Price: $25 per person, (all proceeds benefit our Family in Need Fund)
For Tickets: Wheel House Real Estate office-604 Bedford St. 
E. Bridgewater, or e-mail: KARoss1@comcast.net
(Please note that groups of 10 may reserve a table for this event.)
Greater Bridgewater Women of Today will be hosting a concert with Boston area favorites Hot Mess! Hot Mess is a party band with roots that run deep into the Boston Music scene. Boasting drums, keyboards, guitar, bass & both male & female vocalists, Hot Mess can serve up a wide range of "OMG, they sound JUST like the original band" & "Oooooh, I love this song"!

Admission cost is $25.00 per ticket and the group asks that each person brings a canned good for donation to our local food pantry. Proceeds will benefit our Family in Need Fund. The GBWOT Family in Need Fund has been established to help assist local families experiencing hardships. 

To date, GBWOT has helped more than 40 families in various ways, including supplying gift cards to families with an immediate family member in the hospital, providing photography services to families with a terminally ill parent, providing meals and Christmas gifts to families with a parent 
recently passed away, donating gift cards to family who lost their home in a fire, and much more.

GBWOT meetings are open to the public and are held on the third Monday of the month. For meeting location in Bridgewater, visit the group's Facebook page and send them a private Facebook message.  To access event flyers and for more information on the group visit: www.mawt.org/gbwot.
A tangerine and russet cascade of kaleidoscopic leaves, creates a tapestry of autumn magic upon the emerald carpet of fading summer.
 ~ Judith A. Lindberg

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all."   ~ Stanley Horowitz

  Delicious autumn, the mosaic of them all. 
~ Jacquie

Town Buildings

 

Town Hall

64 Central Square

508-697-0921

Mon-Thurs 8a-4p

Fri 8a-1p

 

Public Library

15 South St

508-697-3331

Mon-Wed 9a-8p 

Thurs10a-5p

Fri & Sat 10a-2p

 

Cole-Yeaton Senior Center
10 Wally Krueger Way
508-697-0929

Mon-Thurs 9a-3p

Fri 9a-noon 

 

Food Pantry

Central Square Church

71 Central Sq.

 508-697-6016

Thursdays - 10a

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The Beatles: Band of the Sixties
Monday, October 19
 at 6:30pm
Bridgewater Public Library

The Beatles: Band of the Sixties, will be presented by Beatle scholar, Aaron Krerowicz.
Explore the music of The Beatles in this 60-minute multimedia presentation (part history and part musical analysis) spanning the full 1960's: beginning with the band's seminal visits to Hamburg, continuing through Beatlemania, and concluding with Abbey Road.
The program will be supplemented with audio clips of music and excerpts from interviews with the band members.
This is a free event open to the public.  All are welcome.

 

Free Admittance for ALL Senior Citizens to concerts, shows and sporting events!

 

The BR School Committee offers Senior Citizens living in the towns of Bridgewater or Raynham ages 62 and older with ID to be allowed FREE admittance to district events such as athletic contests and school concerts.  Please call the COA at 508-697-0929 for more information.  

The Bridgewater Cultural Council is looking for members. 
Help us distribute funds to artistic and cultural endeavors!

Any further questions should be directed to:  Angela Dimisioris, Secretary, Bridgewater Cultural Council at angie@dimisioris.com

Fall Into Autumnfest

Wednesday, October 21 at noon

Cole-Yeaton Senior Center

 

Join us for a special gathering with a catered lunch.

Entertainment to follow by entertainer, Gary Leanues

$5.00 donation

Event is for Bridgewater Seniors Only

Seating is limited.

Please stop by the Center to purchase your ticket. 

 
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Fall Social
"The Magic of David Oliver"
Friday, October 23, from 7-10pm
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Center 

David Oliver is a master of presenting classical magic in a contemporary manner.  You may have seen David on one of many TV appearances, including recently, when his magic was featured on the Discovery Channel, "The Early Show" on CBS, the Documentary Channel film "American Carny" and "ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
 
We hope you will join us for a night of Fun!  
Please remember to print your tickets.
 
Must be 21 years and over. Doors open at 7pm
Bring your own drinks and snacks.
Tickets are $20 in advance and can be purchased

The Rotary Club of the Bridgewaters 16th Annual Citizen of the Year Awards

Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. 

 

 Dessert Reception immediately following at the Moakley Center on the campus of Bridgewater State University:

This year's recipients are:
Patrick Cronin, East Bridgewater
Joan McAndrew, West Bridgewater

Carlton Hunt, Bridgewater
This event is a recognition of people who give -- and it is also a fundraiser to help the Rotary in its local efforts, which include numerous scholarships and literacy projects. Tickets are 20.00 each, and if you act now, you can advertise your business in our Program. Please help! You can contact diana.jennings@bridgew.edu. Thank you!

Fall Rummage Sale
9 AM to 1:30 PM
Saturday, October 24
Central Square Congregational Church, 71 Central Sq. (on the common), Bridgewater

  Featured will be clothing, shoes, linens, household items, jewelry, books, toys, fellowship furniture and our newest shop "Denim Den" (all things denim!).  Bag sale starts at noon.  The fantastic "Soup's On" luncheon will feature a variety of homemade soups, sandwiches and hot dogs with an assortment of condiments.  Take- out available!  There will also be a gourmet bake table.  Proceeds from the sale benefit various local mission projects.
"Remembering Franklin D. Roosevelt,"
Tuesday, Oct 27, 6:30pm
Bridgewater Public Library

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Franklin Roosevelt, a president whom many historians celebrate as the greatest president of the twentieth century.

Join us as we discuss how FDR's New Deal Programs worked to relieve the unemployment crisis of the Great Depression and in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, to fight and win a war in both Europe and Asia. No matter how grave the situation appeared, a confident FDR assured the nation that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Hylander is currently an independent scholar who specializes as a presidential historian, a pedagogical specialist for the National Endowment for the Humanities and professor of history.

The event, which is funded by the Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library, begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Public Library and is free and open to the public.
"Ready for the Holidays?" at the Bridgewater Public Library presented by Bettie Howarth, Certified Financial Counseling Professional on November 4th.

Join Bettie Howarth of the American Credit Counseling Service, Inc., a United Way Community Partner.  Although the holidays bring cheer and celebrations, they also bring stress to many, especially when it comes to finances. The key to enjoying an affordable holiday season is creating a budget that covers all expenses. 
Topics of discussion will include how to develop and stay within a budget, tips for reducing expenses, as well as how to prepare for the impact of higher fuel costs this winter.
 
The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Public Library, is free and open to the public.
 

The movie Jaws was all about  Martha's Vineyard.
So it is with some hometown pride that the movie that never really died is such a big part of the "Day Marty McFly lands in the Future" Celebration this week. Oct 21, 2015 displayed on the Delorean time machine 
Just for hoots and giggles, here is the clip: 
Marty McFly Lands Oct 21, 2015
Marty McFly Lands Oct 21, 2015

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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME

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and beeee entered to win
a martial arts birthday party for 10 children at South Shore Martial Arts, Rt 106, Halifax, MA 

Historical Tidbit Question:
What business did Eleazer Carver run? 

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By entering, you give us
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your name in next week's 
Buzz Around Bridgewater.
 
On October 20, 2015, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
The Buzz was compiled
this week by  Stephen Kelley, Theresa McNulty, Marla Prince, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose,
Jill Silvia  & Betty Stirling.


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