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Qusamequin Woman's Club



The Ousamequin Woman's Club of Greater Bridgewater inducted two new members at their March meeting.   Pictured are the new members:  Marilyn Fournier (Sponsor Virginia Deknis) and Carol Darcy (Sponsor Sandy Higgins); and Club President, Joyce Middleton.

Our Guest Speaker, Ms. Kathryn Lockhard, discussed genealogy with "Let's Dig Up
Some Roots!" (also pictured, behind the podium)

Our civic projects this month were:
1) We raised funds for HEIFER FUND INTERNATIONAL
2) We supported DYW (Distinguished Young Women) scholarship program for area high school girls 
with a monetary donation

OUR MOTTO:  GOOD DEEDS plus FUN !
  Adelene Ellenberg
adelene@comcast.net


 
Health & Wellness Symposium Workshops
Sunday, April 3, 2016, Noon - 4 pm
Free
Featured Speakers: 
Mike & Arielle Ruggiero ~ Getting Started For a New You
Lisa Evans ~ Hypnotist
Noelle Armstrong ~ Holistic & Realistic
YMCA's Helen Byrne ~ Enhanced Fitness.
Author Julie Ann Gerstel ~ Living Happy
Rachelle Croteau ~ Reflexology For Everyone
Stephanie Woods ~ Singing Bowls of the Himalayas Meditation
Healing Hearts Holistically ~ New Research of Relationship of Stress & Cholesterol

Plus 20 tables with health & wellness products & professionals & free massages.  Join Our Facebook Event 
You are going to LOVE this afternoon! 
March 20, 2016

 

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 

Thurs 10a-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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Congratulations,
Chris Lombardi!

Chris won a 1-hr Reiki Session with Jacquelyn Rose
You should play
our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom 
of this column; 
you could win a $35 gift certificate at Lambert's Deli, 826 Crescent Street, Brockton

Send us your news: bwater@buzzaround.info
Historical Tidbit:  Plymouth County Agricultural Fair



View from Broad St. cattle barn, grandstand, exhibition hall
and half-mile racetrack in foreground
 
Bridgewater was once the home of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society's Annual Fair.  It began on the Bridgewater Common and front lawn of the Academy Building in the early 1800's.  By the 1850's, it had grown to a large fairground complex just north of the Town River on Broad Street.  There was a 1/2 mile horse racing track, grandstands, cattle sheds and a huge exhibition hall.  There were a number of functions in the hall and grounds over the course of a year but the main event was an 8-day fair in late August each year.  The Governor would attend and open the fair with a blast from a ceremonial cannon cast at the iron works.  There would be displays and competition of produce grown over the summer.  There would also be entertainment each evening of magicians, dance troop and bands, to mention a few.  The fairgrounds in Bridgewater eventually closed down in the early 1890's and consolidated with other grange fairs in the area. 
The land was then turned into a brickyard.  The exhibition hall went on to be used as a function hall for many years and was eventually used as a shoe factory up until WWII.                                 

Up until the early 1950's, there were smaller fairs in town at many other locations in town, such as:  Legion Field, Grange Park, McElwain School and Flynn's Field next door to the school.


Submitted by:  David Moore

Monday, March 21

Painters - 9a - Cole-Yeaton Senior Center (CYSC)
Nurses' Hours - 10a - CYSC
Lunch - noon - CYSC
Economic Development/Planning Board - 7:45p - Police Station

Tuesday, March 22

Zumba - 9a - CYSC
Shopping - 10:15a - CYSC
Lunch - noon - CYSC
Golden Agers - 1:30p - CYSC
Board of Health - 4p - Library
Water & Sewer Comm - 5p - 90 Cottage St
Clutter Control - 6:30p - Library
Conservation Comm - 7p - Police Station
Town Council - 7:30p  BTV Studios
Wednesday, March 23
Exercise - 9a - CYSC
Crafters - 9a - CYSC
Shopping - 10:15a - CYSC
Quilters - 11a - CYSC
Adult Coloring - 1p - Library
BR School Comm - 7p - Raynham Middle School
Thursday, March 24
Zumba - 9a - CYSC
Nurses' Hours - 10a - CYSC
Cribbage - 1p - CYSC
Friday, March 25
Exercise - 9a - CYSC
Crafters - 9a - CYSC
Mah Jongg - 9:30a - CYSC
Good Friday - No School All Grades
Excise Taxes Due
Saturday, March 26
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Mass - 4p
Whist - 7p - CYSC
Sunday, March 27
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.
"BAG IT!"  The Movie
Monday, March 21, at 7 pm
Bridgewater State University
 

Students for Sustainability will present "Bag it!" 

The movie that revolutionized our understanding of plastic and its impact to environmental and human health!
A great learning, empowering and activist platform for community members of all ages!  Sustainability is the cultural reality of the present and future!
 
  Dunn Conference Center  Starting at 7:00 pm

Refreshments will be served.  For questions email at
mvenkatesan@bridgew.edu

Parking for Dunn Conference Center is in the Moakley Lot: 


Bridgewater Academy Lions Club Vendor All - Call!!
28th Annual Indoor Antiques-Crafts Flea Market!
April 2, 2016
9 am - 2 pm
 held at Bridgewater Middle School
(Former Bridgewater High School)
166 Mt. Prospect St., Bridgewater
Vendor Info Call: 1 (508) 697-3765
Email:  lionsflea@bridgewateracademylions.org

Kenneth Gloss Speaks at Bridgewater Library
Monday, March 29, at 6:30 pm
 Kenneth Gloss will be at the Bridgewater Public Library
  
So come and grab a favorite book of yours and head on over there.
Learn the value of books and how they become a value. 
There will be Q&As about the books you have brought. 
It is a free event and everyone is welcome.
For more information about this event, call the Brattle Book Shop:
1(800) 447-9595 
Or visit online for more details

Now Accepting Easter Reservations

Johnny Macaroni's

582 West St., EB 
(508) 378-9335
or

1300 Plymouth St., EB  (508) 456-4460

Johnny's Facebook                   johnnymacaronis.com

 Support TJ 2 !

The BR robotics team, TJ-squared, is doing very well this year so far already!  It is looking favorable that they will be invited to the district championship in Hartford, Ct., and if so, they will have a very good chance of qualifying to go to the world championship in St. Louis in April.  Although our students and families have worked very hard to raise money, it has been very difficult to sustain our team, without a corporate sponsor the past year or two.  A group of current parents & alumni students & parents have established a non-profit group, Friends of TJ2 Robotics, Inc., but at this point, we still have not been able to attract any major contributors.

As a result, a GoFundMe has been set up:   www.gofundme.com/tj2frcteam88
 
If anyone can donate, large or small, your donation will be tax deductible and will certainly help us reach our goal.  We will be most appreciative of any help.  And just as important, if you would be willing to share this post on your Facebook page, and otherwise spread the word, we would be most grateful. You never know who might have a soft spot in their hearts (and wallets) for an amazing program for teenagers!  Thanks in advance. 
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 (Rt 104) Bridgewater, MA  
    (508) 697-0357 
 
Did you know The Historical Room at the Bridgewater Public Library is open on Tuesday evenings?  Our dedicated volunteer, Bob Wood, is there from 5:00 pm until 6:30 pm every week to assist any patrons who wish to visit the Historical Room.  Come by and visit!
Bridgewater Public Library owns The Bridgewater Independent on microfilm from 1876.  We have the Vital Records for most of the cities and towns in Massachusetts in either book or microfiche format.
The Historical Room has a collection of Bridgewater authors.  Since Bridgewater is a college town, many notable authors have lived and worked here.
Below is a brief bibliography of just some of the work you will find in the historical room.
  •  The Bridgewater Historical Collectors, Pictorial History: Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Bridgewater, Mass.: 
  • The Bridgewater Historical Collectors, 1994.
This paperbound volume contains old photographs of various locations of interest around Bridgewater.
  • Doherty, Katherine M., History Highlights, Bridgewater Massachusetts:  A Commemorative Journal, Taunton, Mass., 
  • W. S. Sullwold, 1976.
Published for the Bridgewater Bicentennial Commission, this volume provides a wealth of information on Bridgewater history.  It is an excellent starting point for researchers who want to know about the town.  It documents the early settlement of Bridgewater and highlights many fascinating facts.
  • Latham, William, Epitaphs in old Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 
  • Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, 1986.
A complete list of epitaphs in the graveyards of West Bridgewater, Bridgewater and East Bridgewater.  All of the public graveyards and most of the private graveyards are included up to 1882.  Family historians use this source when they visit Bridgewater for summer genealogy trips. 
It has a very useful index.
  • Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.  Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1970 (reprint of 1840 edition)
This book has a family register of the earliest settlers in Bridgewater and their descendants.  Genealogists often consult this book first before they explore other sources when they visit us.
 

 Easter Sunrise Service at Hanson Farm 
For more information, contact:  508-697-3728
Bridgewater Square Chiropractic

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The Bridgewater-Raynham Special Education Parents Advisory Council 
(BR-SEPAC)
Tuesday, April 5, at 6 pm
The Bridge Center

The BR SEPAC will be holding a presentation called:
Behavior Fundamentals 
presented by Jeanine Fitzgerald, who will discuss behavior as a symptom of an unsolved problem and a form of communication.  Jeanine will examine the principles that govern behaviors and strategies of positive guidance from prevention to crisis intervention. 
The presentation will be held at The Bridge Center, 470 Pine St, Bridgewater, MA.  Please register online in advance for free childcare at:   www.thebridgectr.org.
Hallie Ephron to Speak at Bridgewater Public Library on April 5th 


Inspired by Hollywood and Hitchcock, Hallie comes to the Bridgewater Public Library on April 5 to talk about her new suspense novel, Night Night, Sleep Tight.
The New York Times bestselling author will talk about growing up in Beverly Hills in a family of writers.  Her new book is inspired by an infamous murder that took place around the corner from her childhood home.
Set in 1960's Hollywood, her book draws on her parents' experience in the movie business.  Henry and Phoebe Ephron, wrote screenplays for classic movies like Carousel and Daddy Long Legs.  Hallie was the last of their four daughters (Nora, Delia, Hallie, Amy) to start writing or, as she calls it, succumb to her genes.
Hallie is the author of nine novels.  Night Night, Sleep Tight is her fourth novel to be named a finalist for the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark Award.  It received a starred review in Publishers Weekly ("Old Hollywood glamour, scandals and lies infuse this captivating thriller").  Christina Baker Kline (The Orphan Train) calls it "Taut, tart and absorbing."   

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Bridgewater Kiwanis Club Annual Pancake Breakfast
Sunday, April 7th, 7 am - 11 am
@ The Senior Center


Bridgewater Kiwanis Club Annual Pancake Breakfast 
Benefit of Scholarship


Adults, $3.00 
Children under12, $2.00 
Family, $10.00

Pancakes ~ Sausages ~ Eggs ~ Juice ~ Fruit 50/50 Raffle

Bridgewater Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast

 
"I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity." 
~ Oprah Winfrey

"Good luck is the willing handmaid of an upright and energetic character and conscientious observance of duty." ~ James Russell Lowell

"The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act." ~ Barbara Sher

"And a lucky  Irish Blessing: May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, 
those you love near you, and all 
your heart might desire."
Have a great week ~ Jacquie
Small Businesses make our Community Strong.  Support them every day!

Grant's Rental
If you need it for your weekend warrior project, we've got it!

spring clean ups  * wood chippers *thatchers & aerators  *Slice seeders  * log splitters

10 Bedford Park
Bridgewater, MA
(508) 279-0950

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by Julie Gerstel
Happiness is a choice.  It is a choice we make from moment-to-moment and day-to-day


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Opens for the season 
March 21
8a - 5p Everyday

Easter Flowers
Honey
Early Spring flowers
Cold weather crops 
Firewood

Order your CSA share for the season!
318 Plymouth St.
Halifax, MA  02338
 
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Reminder:

Friday, March 25, 

is Good Friday.  

There is no school, all grades!

Bridgewater Library
 "Clutter Control II"

Tuesday, March 22, 6:30 pm 
Bridgewater Library
15 South St.

Due to the overwhelming response to the first Clutter Control program, we have asked Dave Downs back for his follow-up program, 
Clutter Control II. 
 
"We can't resist bargains, sales, yard sales; we buy and receive gifts we don't want," are just a few reasons why we consume twice as much as we did just forty years ago!  Americans spend four times as much shopping as Western Europeans!  You will learn how advertisers use many techniques, such as developing shopping habits, planned obsolescence, slogans, and the use of credit, to motivate people to purchase, purchase, and purchase!  You will leave the library recognizing if you are thoughtful about what and why you acquire items, you will start to reverse the tendency to bury yourself in "treasures!"
 
With his upbeat and unique approach, Dave Downs explores the many reasons that our drawers, closets and garages get filled with STUFF.  Downs offers helpful hints for managing this difficult problem.  He uses colorful stories throughout the talk to engage as well as inform the audience.  You may recognize a part of yourself in these stories.
 
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Public Library, and is free and open to the public.


 Bridgewater Garden Club 
Weds., March 23, at 
1 pm - Cole-Yeaton Bridgewater Senior Center
 Walley Krueger Way

The topic will be "Right-Size Flower Garden."  Kerry Ann Mendez will present her ideas for exceptional plants and design solutions for aging and time-pressed gardeners and low-maintenance flower gardens.
The evening meeting will be held on March 28 at 6:30. 
 
The meeting will be about "Yard Birds."  Geoff Dennis, commercial fisherman and published bird photographer, will discuss the ways and means of attracting birds to our backyards.  Meetings are open to the public.
For more information, 
call 508-697-7617.

HELP!
The Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library (FOL)  are looking for new board members!
 
Meeting:
Monday, April 11, at 6:30 pm
 
FOL has been incorporated for 42 years.  Over the past 10 years, the patrons have helped the FOL raise an average of $19,000 a year.   These funds have been raised through our annual membership drive and other events and sales throughout the year.
The current members of the FOL board are resigning their positions effective June 30, 2016, to allow for a new board to take over the reins of this important community fundraising group.  They have enjoyed their tenure and have made some wonderful friends. 
In the absence of a new board, the Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library 
will cease to exist on 
June 30, 2016.   
The following positions for the Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library will need to be filled for the Friends to continue:
    President
    Vice President
    Treasurer
    Secretary
    Fundraising
    Membership
    Publicity
 
The current board invites any interested parties to attend our next board meeting on Monday, April 11, 2016, 6:30 pm, at the library.  The current bylaws and roles of the board will be explained.  Please contact Rebecca McGrath at 508-697-5193 for further information.
 
Thank you for your support.

Transportation to Market Basket
Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Call the Senior Center at
508-697-0929 to reserve your seat.
Registration is open for the 2016 Spring Baseball season


Anyone interested can visit 
to register.
 prize box  
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME

Have fun with us
and beeee entered to win a $35 gift certificate at Lambert's Deli, 826 Crescent Street, Brockton
 
Historical Tidbit Question:
   How many days did the fair run in August?
 
 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 Bridgewater.
 
On March 23, 2016, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.

The Buzz was compiled
this week by Hillary Gurney, Theresa McNulty, Sarah Primack, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose, Jill Silvia & Betty Stirling.


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