From left, Marion Marr, Joan Wager and Ruth Gardiner, during the Penrith Methodist Church Choir rehearsals for the Cumbria-Patagonia Link Celebration Concert, in Penrith Methodist Church Hall, 2 March 2011 LOUISE PORTER 50017128F009.JPG. A NEW choir is taking place in Swindon this month which encourages stay at home parents to bring their children along. The event will take place on Thursdays at Moose Hall and will feature popular songs such as Bob Marley’s ‘Three Little Birds’ and Queen’s ‘The Show Must Go On’. Sarah Summers, who previously managed a nursery, wants any newcomers to be aware that no formal experience is required.
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BENNINGTON, â The American Red Cross will host a blood drive 11:30 a.m. â 5 p.m. Thursday, July 29, at the Moose Hall at 916 Main St. in Bennington.
Blood drives cancelled during the pandemic have increased the need for donors. Red Cross staff, volunteers, and donors will be masked and observe social distancing to the greatest extent possible.
To make an appointment to donate, visit www.redcrossblood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS, or text bloodapp to 90999 to download the app to your smartphone. As always, walk-ins will be accommodated as well. Those who have questions about the drive may contact Susan Gallina at 802-447-5345.
A fundraiser for Shelter House and the Thunder Bay Food Bank is committing to its second drive-thru event. Robin Cooper, co-chair of Empty Bowls Carin.
Bemidji saw some hard times in the decade preceding the 1920s. Saloons were closed, sons and husbands went off to war, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic closed schools and businesses for seven weeks. Major fires took down many of the frame buildings on Second and Third Street, and the city was left with a lot of empty real estate. Many thought that when the saloons closed due to Prohibition, the town would die.
On the contrary, Walter Brooks, banker, reported that savings went up substantially, and money was more available than ever. A local building boom started in 1921 and held up through the 1920s until the collapse of the financial world on Black Friday in 1929.