MOCA Fall Program

Newport, Penobscot Co., Maine

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Newport Cultural Center - 154 Main Street

Hosted by Newport Cultural Center

EVERYONE WELCOME

                8:30 - 9:15         Registration               $3.00 per person at the door

                        Displays plus Coffee & Snacks

                         Displays and Exhibits continue until lunch

 
                9:15 - 9:30                 Greetings/Misc.           Jane Macomber, MOCA President

                9:30 - 9:45         "154 Main Street"        Leigh Hallett, Director, Newport Cultural Center

                9:45 - 10:30       "MIP Overview"  Roland Jordan, MIP Chair, will present an illustrated talk giving an                     update of his work   with the Maine Inscription Project - Past, Present, Future

                10:30 - 11:00     “Some Newport Cemeteries” Leigh Hallett, NCC

                12:00 - 1:00       Lunch by Newport Cultural Center Cost: $7.00 

Crudiets, dip, make-your-own-sandwich bar, chips, fruit, drinks/coffee, choice of dessert - crunchy coconut banana cake, cherry pie, or carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.  Mail your check, payable to MOCA, to Cheryl Patten, 1161 East Pond Rd., Smithfield, ME 04978.  List names of those for whom you are ordering lunch.  Money must be received by Wed., Sept. 14, 2011.  Questions: 207.634.2156 or cwpatten@tds.net

                1:00 ->              Tour of North Newport Cemetery & Hearse House 

then on your own to other Newport cemeteries

                2:00                  Door Prize Drawing (must be present at the cemetery to win)

 
The meeting space is in the Newport Cultural Center Community Room on the second floor. There is an elevator.

Please park and enter at the rear of the building.

DIRECTIONS: Main Street in Newport is State Route 2. Just north of 154 Main Street take Water Street to park and to access the Newport Cultural Center via the rear door.

For more information about Newport Cultural Center see http://www.newportculturalcenter.org/

A brief Town of Newport history and a local map can be viewed from links on the town web site: http://www.newportmaine.net/site/maps.asp