Gorham Lions Club recently donated $300 to the Gorham Food Pantry. Pictured, from left, are Lions President Ken Aldrich, pantry co-manager Bill Couch and Lion Jim Burnham. Contributed / Gorham Lions Club
Combating human trafficking
A potluck meal and program about raising awareness of human trafficking is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at Centerpoint Church, 53 County Road, Gorham.
The meeting will feature two speakers, Steve Dyer and Tricia Grant, both “passionate about seeking justice for victims of sexual exploitation,” according to an announcement.
Dyer is an instructor of criminology and criminal justice at Thomas College, a campus chaplain and liaison to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. He is co-founder and co-director of the Mid-Maine Youth Court and director and scholar in residence with Not Here Justice in Action Network.
Grant is an anti-trafficking leader in New England as the executive director of Just Love Worldwide, community engagement manager and mentor at Amirah, and founder and director of If Only 1.
Parking is available behind the church. The meeting is open to the public and those attending are asked to bring a dish to share.
Gunpowder mills documentary
Saco River Community Media and Gorham Community TV are hosting a public documentary premiere of “The Gunpowder Mills of Gorham and Windham.” The showing will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, at the Old Robie School, 688 Gray Road, in Little Falls.
The documentary is based on the book “The Gunpowder Mills of Maine” written by the late Maurice Whitten, a longtime University of Southern Maine chemistry professor.
“It is a privilege to honor Dr. Whitten’s work by telling a visual story of the mills and the people who worked there under dangerous conditions,” Georgia Humphrey of Gorham Community TV said in a press release.
The mills on the banks of the Presumpscot River produced gunpowder for 81 years. An estimated 25% of the gunpowder produced for the Civil War was manufactured at the Gambo Mill on the riverbank, according to the press release.
Doors will open for the screening at 5:30 p.m. A suggested donation of $5 will benefit the nonprofit Maine Community Media Association
Free Thanksgiving meal
Roxanne Moody and a staff of volunteers are cooking up their 13th annual Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, Nov. 24. Volunteers will deliver meals to those who can not pick them up at Mister Bagel, 13 New Portland Road, in Gorham where the meals will be prepared.
“We cannot promise what time your meal will be delivered; it will be Thanksgiving Day afternoon. This all depends on how many meals we are putting out. We will call you when we are on our way to you. The expectation is that you be home to receive this free meal,” Moody said in an announcement. “Another expectation is if you are diabetic or have any food allergies, you take responsibility for what you eat.”
To reserve a meal or for more more information, leave a message for Moody at 839-4516 with your name, how many people will be having dinner, your address and phone number. Or, email her trmoody75.rm@gmail.com with Thanksgiving Dinner in the subject line.
50 years ago
The American Journal reported on Oct. 25, 1972, that Mr. and Mrs. Harland Banks of State Street had returned after visiting a couple in Manchester, Connecticut.
U.S. taxpayer debt
The Treasury Department reported on Oct. 20 that the U.S. public debt was $31,226,777,244,320.88. Alto Shurtleff of Gorham pointed out recently that the national debt is more than $93,000 per capita.
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