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WB Lion's Club Annual Town Wide Scarecrow Contest

  24 Entries total.  Go on their Facebook Page to see them all! Share the post. Take a drive and see them all.

Vote for your favorites by "Liking" the picture. Voting ends Nov 4th. There are 24 to consider; you can like just one or like them all. 

Please look at all 24 pictures before voting (Liking) any of them. The top three with the most "Likes" win!
WB LIONS CLUB FACEBOOK PAGE




Lion's Club - "2nd Annual Business &
Community Scarecrow" contest
Oct 18 - Nov 4, 2015
 
LION'S CLUB - SCARECROW CONTEST: It's back!
Entry forms have been sent out for the "2nd Annual Business & Community Scarecrow" contest.
The entry fee is $20. 
 The contest brings awareness to the Lion's Club organization and showcases our supportive community. Scarecrows will be on display throughout the town from Oct. 18th - Nov. 7th. There are two categories - Business and Residential. There will be three "JUDGE" Awards and "People's Choice Awards." 
November 1, 2015
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A big Happy Anniversary to Lisa & Rob, who spent their 29th anniversary on a canoe ride from War Memorial Park.  Lisa said it was a "beautiful day - with pastel autumnal colors in the distant looming trees, and she counted 25 turtles!"

Prize Box
 


Congratulations
Sue Cyr

Sue won a facial and a $10 gift certificate of Mary Kay products from Jeanne Smith and Cindy Guarino, Mary Kay consultants

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

You could win a 16-oz candle from the East Bridgewater Candle Company ($17 value)
HISTORICAL TIDBIT: 
Growing up in the 1950's, many things were different. The bath tub in front of the stove was not all that long ago. Many apartments did not have hot water heaters, so any hot water for washing had to be heated on the stove.

We had a bath tub in the bathroom, but you still had to heat the water on the stove for the tub.   There were other times when my Dad would say "It's time for an Army bath."  During his tour in France during WWll, he would often have to wash up in a helmet full of hot water.   In our case, it was a small sink filled with hot water heated on the stove, a bar of soap and a face cloth.

Some may remember to term, "pull the chain when you're done."  Some toilets had a water tank mounted high up on the wall and there was a chain that hung beside it to flush it.

That was also back in the days when you had to get up and walk across the room to change the channel on the television.  TVs back then, if you were lucky enough to have one, were smaller than most computer monitors; the picture was black and white; you only had four or five stations and it went off the air between midnight and 6:30 AM.

Respectfully submitted, David Moore
Monday, November 2
Exercise - 8:30a - Council on Aging (COA)
Outreach - 9a - COA
Supportive Care - 9a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
Water Comm - 5p - 29 Cyr St
Historical Comm - 6:30p - Town Hall
CWRMP - 6:30p - Town Hall

Tuesday, November 3

Outreach - 9a - COA
Swedish Weaving - 1p - COA
Zumba Gold - 3p - COA
Conservation Comm - 6:30p - Town Hall
Zoning Board - 7p - Town Hall

Wednesday, November 4

Rotary Club of the Bridgewaters - 7:15a - Good Days Restaurant
Outreach - 9a - COA
Supportive Care - 9a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
Bridge - 12:45p - COA
COA Full Board - 1p - COA
Employee Flu Clinic & Benefits - 1:30p - Town Hall
Board of Assessors - 6p - Town Hall
Board of Selectmen - 7p - Town Hall
Chapters Discussion Group - 7p - Library

Thursday, November 5

Board of Health - 8:30a - Town Hall
Outreach - 9a - COA
Supportive Care - 9a - COA
Line Dancing - 9:30a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
Mah Jongg - 12:45p - COA
Trucchi's Van - 1p - COA
Yoga - 6p - First Church
Friday, November 6
Outreach - 9a - COA
Tai Chi - 9a - COA
Swedish Weaving - 10:30a - COA 
Zumba Gold - 3p - COA
Saturday, November 7
Church of St. Ann Mass - 4p
 
Reminder:  No weekend MBTA Rail Service 
Sunday, November 8
Church of St. Ann - 8:30a, 10:30a  
Cochesett United Methodist - Sunday Worship Service & Sunday school 10:15am
First Church - Worship Service and Sunday school 10a, Teen Bible Study 9a
Fellowship Hour - 11a 
Joy of Pentecost - Sunday school & Service 10a
Evening worship 6p
Temple Baptist - 10a, 11a & 6p
West Bridgewater Baptist - 9:15 Sunday school, 10:30 Service, 
Evening worship 6p

 

* Information compiled in this issue from Town web sites & submitted information. Feel free to submit events & information from your non-profit group.
Dance Theater of New England
It is Not Too Late to Register for Fall Classes!
    
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Check Out Why Dance Theater of New England is Meghan's Choice!

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50 Central Square
Bridgewater, MA 02324
                      (508) 697-5255

The First Church of West Bridgewater presents its next Benjamin Beal Howard Lecture

 Monday, November 2, at 7:00 p.m.
The program will include a video, "Showing Mindful Movements" Contemplative Exercises by Thich Nhat Hanh.

The program is open to the public and admission is free.
Light refreshments will be served.
Community Blood Drive

The First Church of West Bridgewater will hold a Blood Drive on Wednesday, November 11, from 1 until 6 p.m. at
the Club Fit facility at 1 Component Park, West Bridgewater.

The need for blood is always present. Please consider donating and give "the gift of life."

You may schedule your appointment by calling the Red Cross at 1-800-Red Cross or log onto redcrossblood.org
Bridgewater Square Chiropractic

18th Annual Community Food Drive
 to benefit the Bridgewater Food Pantry is Wednesday, November 18, 2015 
 8:00-11:45a.m. & 2:00-6:30p.m. 
All current and former patients:  bring in a shopping bag of non-perishable food items as well as toiletries  and receive an adjustment at NO CHARGE on Nov 18.
NEW PATIENTS: For your donation of a BAG OF NON PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS AND/OR TOILETRIES. you will receive a gift certificate for a Complimentary Consultation and Exam!!

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                63 Main Street 
     Bridgewater
    (508) 697-0050
 New England Village Fair 
First Parish Church

Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14.
29 Howard St WB 

The doors will open on Friday from 4 until 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. 

A homemade chicken pot pie dinner will be served on Friday starting at 4:30 p.m. Ticket price is $10.00 and a children's menu will also be available.

A pancake breakfast will be served on Saturday morning from 8 to 11 a.m. and a soup and sandwich lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Many different tables will be featured as well as raffles, home baked goods, and homemade items. Hope to see you there!
www.firstchurchwb.org


Lion's Club Holiday and Fall Craft Fair
Sun, Nov 15, 10a- 4pm
WB JR SR HS
Vendor space available; request one from WBLionsClub@aol.com

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BRIDGEWATER FARM SUPPLY

 

Give the leaves an inch and they will take your yard

 

We Have All Your Fall Clean Up Supplies

    Bridgewater Farm Supply
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1000 Plymouth St, (Rt104) 
Bridgewater

(508) 697-0357 

 


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. East 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 bring 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 who has 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.

Adult Coloring Night
Tuesday, November 17, from 6:30-8pm
WB Public Library

Come try the newest craze: Coloring for Adults!
You may be surprised at just how relaxing coloring can be.
The first class will be held on Tuesday, November 17th, from 6:30-8:00 pm. The library will provide coloring pages and colored pencils (or you can bring your own if you prefer) free of charge. In addition, all attendees will be entered into a raffle that will be drawn at the end of the first class!
This is for adults only, please.
Please register at the Library or by calling 508-894-1255.


Early Morning Visitors at the Birdbath. 

Thank you to Sue Basile for these wonderful fall pictures.
  
~ Jacquie

WB Town Buildings

 

Town Hall

65 N. Main Street

   (508) 894-1200

Mon, Tues & Thurs
8a-4p

Wed  8a-7p, Fri 8a-1p

 

WB Public Library

80 Howard St

508-894-1255

Mon, Thurs, Fri 10a-5p,
Tues-Wed 10a-7p
Sat 10a- 2p

 

Council on Aging

97 W Center St

508-894-1262

Mon-Fri 8:30a-4p 

 

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Committee Vacancies 
This Fall
 
If interested in serving on a Committee, please fill out the Volunteer Information Form found on the home page. Click here for link and return it to the Selectmen's Office.

Town Committee Vacancies as of September 2015:

ADA Committee (alternate)
Agricultural Commission
Brockton Area Transit Authority
Cable TV Advisory Committee
Conservation Commission (alternate)
Council on Aging (2)
Cultural Council
Fence Viewers
Field Drivers (2)
Memorial and Veterans' Day Committee
Mobile Home Rent Control Board
Recycling Committee *New!
Service Member Recognition Committee (2)

Chapters Discussion Group
 Wednesday, 
November 4th
at 7:00 pm
WB Public Library
 
The Library Book Discussion Group will meet in the Meeting Room. The group will discuss Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell. Books are available at the circulation desk.  
WB Council on Aging Trips and Adventures

A HOLIDAY IN N.Y.C. - "BIG APPLE"  New York City, NY Saturday, December 5, 2015
Pick-Up at Lowe's: TBD 

HOLIDAY PARTY Tewksbury Country Club Tewksbury, MA Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Pick-Up at Lowe's: TBD 
 
CHRISTMAS IN NEWPORT Newport, RI, Sunday, 
December 13, 2015 
Pick-Up at Lowe's: TBD

REMINDER - ALL TRIPS REQUIRE PAYMENT AT THE TIME OF RESERVATION. Telephone reservations will be held 3 days.  Seating is limited. 
If you are interested in any of these trips, please do not wait to sign up.  
Call 508-894-1262 for more information.

From Boston Children's Hospital Center for Media &
Children's Health, here is an
computer
internet-safety-toolkit
to help guide your child's internet experience and make it a healthy one.

There are four sections within this toolkit covering the topics of: The Basics, For Content They See, For Content They Make and For How They Interact. Within each section there are age specific tips for parents of preschool, school-age, 'tweens and teens. 
Open Lab Night:  A BSU event for the community, including 
K-12 students
Thursday, November 19, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM
 
The Center for the Advancement of STEM Education and the Office of Community Partnerships at Bridgewater State University are excited to hold "Open Lab Night 2015" in the Dana Mohler- Faria Science and Mathematics Center!
 
Love science and mathematics?  Love learning in a hands-on environment?  Then please join us for Open Lab Night at BSU.  You can chat with BSU faculty and students, hang out in our labs, and even do a few experiments.  A wide variety of hands-on activities will be running throughout the night; anything from the "Virtual Reality Sandbox" to "Alien Substances." The Observatory will be open from 5:00-7:00 PM (weather permitting).
 
Snacks and refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.  All children must be accompanied by an adult. 

Parking is available in the Bridgewater State University Parking Garage. To view the campus map, please click here.

prize box  
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME  

Have fun with us
and beeee entered to win

A 16-oz candle from the East Bridgewater Candle Company ($17 value)
 Historical Tidbit Question:
What time each night did TV go off the air in the 1950's? 

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 West Bridgewater.
  
On November 4, 2015, we 
will randomly pick a winner
from the correct answers.

 

The Buzz was compiled

this week by Theresa McNulty, Marla Prince, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose, & Betty Stirling.
  

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