Sisters address deaf conference
June L Carrier and her sister, Jane L. Byron, talked last month at the Deaf Women of New England conference in Ogunquit.
The sisters, daughters of deaf parents, were born and raised in Westbrook. At the three-day conference, they told of surviving public schools and the Depression years of the 1930s.
They also talked about laboring during World War II in work usually done by men. Both women worked in paper mills most of their lives. Carrier was a co-founder of Maine Deaf Seniors in 1992. She has served as president and treasurer.
They are crafters and artists. Byron displayed her quilts and Carrier exhibited craftwork and paintings in a booth at the convention.
The sisters, both hearing impaired, married deaf men. Carrier’s husband of 63 years is John Carrier. Jane Byron married William Byron three years ago after her husband of 54 years died. The women have a deaf sister in California.
Carrier and Byron collectively have seven children, 26 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Post 62 to meet
The Stephen W. Manchester Post 62 of the American Legion will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3, for dinner.
A business meeting will follow.
‘Show’n tell’
The Westbrook Historical Society will hold its monthly program at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 17B Dunn St.
The program will be “Show and Tell,” presented by members of the society. The program is free and open to the public.
Seniors’ meals resume next week
Following the holiday break, meals for senior citizens will resume at noon on Thursday, Jan. 11, at Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St.
The cost is $3.50.
On the town
The Westbrook Senior Citizens will see the Portland Players’ production of “The Wizard of Oz” and dine at DiMillo’s Restaurant on Jan. 11 in Portland.
For more information, call 854-2292 or 854-2705.
Who mystery photo
Barbara Libby of Spring Street took a candid photo of two women resting on a stone wall after one of their regular walks through this Westbrook neighborhood.
Libby didn’t offer too many clues, and is challenging readers to identify the pair.
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