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The Sutton Historical Society has planned several events for the remainder of 2021. Events are open to all members and the general public. Any changes in scheduled events will be updated on their website, suttonhistoricalsocietyinc.org and in local newspapers. Membership in the Society is open year-round with family dues of $25 and individual dues of $15. Membership forms can be downloaded from the website. The Society maintains three historic properties, the Eight Lots School House, the General Rufus Putnam Museum, and the M.M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop all of which maintain and preserve the history of Sutton. These facilities are open during various town events and by contacting the curators through the contact page of their website or at sutton1704@gmail. com. Society members also assist with genealogical research relating to Sutton. Questions can be submitted to their email. Volunteers are always needed and welcome to assist with the ongoing Cemetery Restoration project as well as cleaning, cataloging and maintaining the properties, and researching genealogical questions. Please consider becoming a member today, and get involved in preserving Sutton’s rich and diverse history of farming, manufacturing, immigration, military service and more.

NOTE: Dates and Times may be Subject to Change • August 6th 6:30 p.m. Annual Potluck Supper. Eight Lots School House, 54 Eight Lots Road • September 7th 7:00 p.m. Robert Hubbard, Author Location TBD General Rufus Putnam: George Washington’s Chief Military Engineer and the “Father of Ohio”. Presentation about the life of General Rufus Putnam. Born in Sutton, American soldier, and pioneer settler of Ohio • October 5th 7:00 p.m. Annual Meeting First Congregational Church 307 Boston Road • October 30th 7:00 p.m. Cemetery Ghost Walk Sutton Center Cemetery. Reenactors will tell the tale of early 4 Uxbridge Road. Sutton settlers buried in the Sutton Center Cemetery • November 2nd 7:00 p.m. William Reid, Chief Ranger First Congregational Church. The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor, 307 Boston Road. Presentation about the history of bald eagles in the country and a description of the unique characteristics of these amazing birds • December 4th Various Chain of Lights Eight Lots School House • Annual Town-wide Christmas Event General Rufus Putnam Museum, M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop • December 7th 6:30 p.m. Christmas Potluck First Congregational Church, 307 Boston Road • December 31st Midnight Last Night Cannon Firing M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop, Cannon Club 6 Singletary Avenue. Quilt Guild plans show

The Thimble Pleasures Quilt Guild is busy planning their biennial quilt show which will be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 12th and 13th, 2022 at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School in Upton, Massachusetts. The Guild has selected “Visions of Hope” as their show theme. This inspiring theme ties together their show’s Special Project, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, and their dream for a bright future. On display will be over 200 individual member quilts as well as guild challenges and round robins. Sadly, the 2020 show was cancelled due to Covid restrictions so members are anxiously looking forward to this upcoming show. The 2022 show is being chaired by Deb Hudgins, Terri Vadenais and Roberta Ciaramicoli.

Sutton Historical Society calendar of events Summer Series at Valley Chapel Come join them as they dig deep into Hebrews Chapter 11 this summer. Hebrews Chapter 11 is often called the "Hall of Faith" or the "Faith Hall of Fame." In this noted chapter, the writer of the book of Hebrews introduces an impressive list of heroic figures from the Old Testament --remarkable men and women whose stories stand out to encourage and challenge the faith. They will be studying Hebrews 11 for 12 weeks this summer, beginning June 20th with an assortment of pastors each preaching on a different faith hero. Each service begins Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. join in person at 14 Hunter Road in Uxbridge or live online: www.valleychapel.us/livestream. Let’s LocaL SchoLar: Last april learn from those who came before us Faith S. adam graduated and see faith in action! magna cum laude from the For more information – check out University of alabama with a www.valleychapel.us/summer21 “Now double Bachelor's Degree in faith is confidence in what we hope communication and Spanish. She is the daughter of ron and for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 NIV. kim adam of Uxbridge. She will be attending the University Send Us Your News.... of alabama School of Law this fall. newsatthenut@msn.com

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SPECiaL EvENTS: Tim Jones will be guest artist at the Northeast Comiccon & Collectibles Extravaganza July 2-4 in boxboro, Ma and at Terrificon at the Mohegan Sun Casino in CT from July 30th through august 1st.

Tim Jones is a self-syndicated Comic Strip artist, and a member of the National Cartoonist Society & aRia For more information about tim jones and Sour grapes visit: www. facebook.com/sourgrapescomic or: www.sourgrapescomic.com.

Lefebvre earns US Air Force appointment

Ethan Lefebvre from Ux-

bridge recently received an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Congressman James McGovern recently called Ethan with the great news. Ethan graduated from Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton on June 5th and reported for Basic Cadet Training (BCT) at the Academy in Colorado Springs, CO on June 24th. He has worked very hard over the past four years to achieve this goal and has earned multiple awards including the Congressional Bronze Medal and Daughters of the Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen Award. During the pandemic,

Ethan worked with veterans

to place flags on local graves over Memorial Day and raised over $1500 for Veterans Inc. He will be studying mechanical engineering and hopes to become a pilot. The United States Air Force Academy accepts only eleven percent of applicants and Ethan’s family is very proud that he earned an appointment.