Calendar
The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in the community calendar for three days before the event. Events requiring reservations may be promoted for up to two weeks before the reservation deadline.
Events that require a purchase from a for-profit business, even if a donation is made to the organization, are not eligible for the calendar.
Submit items at least one in advance via email, events@lewistownsentinel.com; call (717) 248-6741; online, Virtual Newsroom at www.lewistownsentinel.com; or mail or drop off, The Sentinel, 352 Sixth St., P.O. Box 588 Lewistown, PA 17044. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions.
You must include a telephone number for verification purposes. The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.
Reserve Now:
•Beef vegetable soup sale — Pick-up noon-6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1, Fellowship Hall of the Reedsville Lutheran Church (Logan and Pearl streets, Reedsville) during holiday bazaar. Cost is $7 per quart. To pre-order: call (717) 250-0985. Leave message with name, phone number and quantity desired. Order deadline is Thursday, Oct. 31.
•Mifflin County Chapter PASR luncheon meeting — noon, Thursday, Nov. 7, Birch Hill Event Center, Burnham. Program will be the annual bazaar to benefit scholarship program. Menu: mixed greens salad, lemon pepper fish, stewed tomatoes, macaroni and cheese, pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Cost is $16. Reserve by emailing ldmjdj@embarqmail.com or by calling (717) 437-6024 by noon, Friday, Nov. 1. All school retirees are welcome.
•Turkey dinner — 3-5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9, Crossroads Church of God of Prophecy in Maze, (Rte. 235, approx. 2.5 miles east from East Salem). By donation. Drive-thru. Pre-order take-out only. Menu: turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and green beans with a slice of pumpkin pie. You must Pre-order by calling the church at (717) 463-2389 by Nov. 1.
•Holiday bazaar pie sale — Friday, Nov. 15 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 16 from 8 a.m.-noon, Port Royal Lutheran Church. Soups sold by the quart (chicken corn, ham and bean and beef vegetable) and frozen homemade ready-to-bake pies (mincemeat, apple crumb and carmel apple) and mincemeat filling must be ordered by Nov. 8. Pick-up during bazaar. To order, call (717) 527-4040 or (717) 968-3816. Leave name, phone number and order.
Today
•Coffee with friends — 9 a.m.-noon at Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 South Route 75, East Waterford.
•Domino’s — 9 a.m., Yeagertown Senior Center.
•Juniata County Historical Society Archives — open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 498 Jefferson St., Suite B, Mifflintown (below the Juniata County Library). Hours by appointment also. Call (717) 436-5152. Leave a message if there is no answer.
•Mifflin County Historical Society Research Library — open 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., rear of Historic Courthouse, Monument Square, Lewistown.
•CLHS Class of 1968 luncheon — 12:30 p.m., Burnham OIP. Classmates, spouses and friends are welcome.
Wednesday
•Blood drive — 9 a.m.-2 p.m., East Juniata High School. Appointments requested. For appointments and “Rapid Pass” visit: www.redcross.org.
•Bingo — 9:30 -11 a.m., Lewistown Senior Center.
•Juniata County Historical Society Archives — open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 498 Jefferson St., Suite B, Mifflintown (below the Juniata County Library). Hours by appointment also. Call (717) 436-5152. Leave a message if there is no answer.
•Mifflin County Historical Society Research Library — open 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., rear of Historic Courthouse, Monument Square, Lewistown.
•LHS Class of 1959 luncheon — 11:30 a.m., Honey Creek Inn, Reedsville.
•CLHS Class of 1961 lunch — noon, Vince’s Burnham. Classmates, spouses and friends/guests welcome.
•Mission quilts — 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center. Sewing skills not necessary. Helpers needed.
•TOPS Chapter 1749 meeting — weigh-in 5 p.m., meeting 5:45 p.m., Old Reedsville Firehouse. Welcoming new members. Information: (717) 994-0905.
Thursday
•Standard Steel melt shop retirees — 8 a.m., Vince’s, Burnham.
•Bingo — 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center.
•Trunk or treat — 5-7 p.m., East Waterford Carnival Grounds.
•Burnham Lions Halloween Safe Night — 6-8 p.m., community building, First Ave., Burnham. Free event featuring food and displays for children.
•Mifflin County Veterans Organization meeting — 6 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown. No scheduled speaker. All veterans and spouses are welcome. Light refreshments.
•Trunk or treat –6-8 p.m., First Baptist Church parking lot, Rte. 35, one mile north of Mifflintown.
•Trick or treat — 6-8 p.m., Lewistown Borough.
•Trick or treat — 6-7:30 p.m., McVeytown Borough.
Reunions
Upcoming reunions, including missing classmate requests, are published as part of the calendar and should be sent to events@lewistownsentinel.com. Brief reports of reunions and class reunion photos with the people identified in the order in which they appear are accepted for publication in the Saturday Living section and should be sent to living@lewistownsentinel.com.