Page 10 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, SEpTEmbEr 9, 2022 The Sounds of Saugus By Mark E. Vogler See you Saturday at Saugus Center Normally, I find errands to get done over my weekend – or just relax while spending my time enjoying family, friends or fun pursuits. But I do plan to get up early tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 9, to spend half of my day off in Saugus, enjoying the 41st Annual Founders Day. I have no special plans, but I look forward to catching up with friends and acquaintances I may have missed. I have traveled this country far and wide – to Nantucket, up to Maine and Vermont, down to Virginia and Florida and out to West Texas – covering a wide range of human interest and news stories in the course of 50 years. And I have to say that Saugus has a great tradition going on tomorrow that is somewhat unique in my travels. A lot of hard work from many people in the community went into making Founders Day the great event it is. I’ll be hanging out around the Saugus High Band’s Jail cell, hoping to get some photos of some of the local celebrities and politicos looking like jailbirds – all for a good cause. Have a great weekend! Grand Knights Banquet tonight The Saugus Knights of Columbus Council #1829 is hosting a Grand Knights’ Banquet today (Friday, Sept. 9.) The event will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall (57 Appleton St., Saugus) starting at 6 p.m. This event is to rec—Cont est— CONTEST SKETCH OF THE WEEK ognize all past Grand Knights, but it’s in special recognition of former Grand Knight Chris Luongo for his devotion to charity and the Saugus Community. The Knights of Columbus was founded in 1882 and has 1.9 million members around the world. Core values include integrity, professionalism, excellence and respect. Charity is at the heart of everything they do. Everyone is welcome to attend this event! Tickets are $30 each. For more information, please call Richard at 781858-1117. Youth Cross Country Hey parents! If you have a child or several kids who could use an opportunity to get into a healthier lifestyle – which might, in tern lead to better academic scores – consider getting them to sign up for Youth Cross Country. Here’s a simple outline of what this entails. Who: any Saugus child in grades 1 through 5. When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. at the Belmonte Track; Saturdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m.at the Visitor Center at Breakheart Reservation. Dates: The program began this week and will last through Nov. 15. Why: to learn to enjoy Cross Country Running and make new friends. Cost: $100 for new runners; GUESS WHO GOT SKETCHED? If you know the right answer, you might win the contest. In this week’s edition, we continue our weekly feature where a local artist sketches people, places and things in Saugus. Got an idea who’s being sketched this week? If you do, please email me at mvoge@ comcast.net or leave a phone message at 978 683-7773. Anyone who identifies the Saugonian sketched in this week’s paper between now and Tuesday at Noon qualifies to have their name put in a green Boston Red Sox hat with a chance to be selected as the winner of a $10 gift certificate, compliments of Dunkin’ Donuts in the Food Court at the Saugus Square One Mall. But you have to enter to win! Look for the winner and identification in next week’s “The Sounds of Saugus.” Please leave your mailing address in case you are a winner. (Courtesy illustration to The Saugus Advocate by a Saugonian who goes by the name of “The Sketch Artist”) $50 for returning runners. This weekly program will be guided by Coach Steve Boudreau and Coach Chris Tarantino. Children will learn good stretching techniques and learn the basics of exercise and Cross Country running. Best of all, this will be a great way to make new friends. Participants need to wear a good pair of sneakers, dress in comfortable running clothes and bring a water bottle. For more details, contact Coach T (Not Mr. T.) at 781-854-6778. Sounds like a worthwhile and affordable fitness program with lots of upside for grade school kids. Fall festival hopes prevail Peter A. Rossetti Jr. of the Friends of Breakheart was optimistic this week about Breakheart Reservation hosting a fall festival on Oct. 1, as in past years – despite the fire that was burning. The state Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) has tree cutting crews set to go into the woods soon to remove the dead wood so that visitors will not be exposed to the danger of falling trees. “With any kind of luck, they hope to have it open pretty soon so people can enjoy the place,” Rossetti said this week. “The crews were supposed to be in there yesterday (Aug. 30) doing cleanup,” he said. Rossetti noted that most of the fire damage has been on the Wakefield/Main Street side of the park. Meanwhile, Rossetti said he’s confident that the fall festival set for Oct. 1 will not be canceled. “This will be the First Annual Breakheart Family Festival,” Rossetti said. “It had been called the Fall Festival in the past and it was something we had been going to for 20 years. It’s going to be the same idea, but they will do away with pumpkin-decorating, which DCR just doesn’t have the staff to do anymore,” he said. “DCR is downplaying the hands on arts and crafts decorating of pumpkins. We do expect face-painting, some music activities and games for kids to play. It will last from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 1.” Rossetti said he believes the festival will include a petting zoo and some nature exhibits featuring raptors and birds of prey. There will be a mounted unit, either from the State Police or the DCR. The festival will be cosponsored by DCR and the Friends of Breakheart. Legion breakfasts resume We received this announcement from Debra Dion Faust, the House Manager of Saugus American Legion Post 210: “At last night’s [Aug. 30] E-Board meeting it was decided that, when we reopen the breakfast at the American Legion for the 2022-23 season on Friday, September 9, with breakfast served from 8 - 9 a.m., we will need to raise the donation for it to $8 rather than $7 due to the great increase in the price of food. “I will be sending out an email to those of our guests who have signed onto a group emailing list laying this out, on Friday, September 2, but I thought you might want the information to include in The Advocate. (And thank you.)...” Even with the increase, this is welcome news for the folks who look forward to the Friday morning breakfasts at Legion Hall. Bon appétit! Saugus Historical Society meets next week The Saugus Historical Society’s first meeting of the fall will be on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at 30 Main St., the home of the Saugus Historical Society and Saugus Cable Television station. As is customary, the meeting is open to the public and you are not required to be a member to attend. Light refreshments will be served. Members of the Parson Roby Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will present a program on their organization, which has an emphasis of historical preservation. The national organization was formed in 1890 and is a lineage-based organization whose members can trace their ancestry back to the American Revolution. The original Parson Roby Chapter was very active in Saugus in the early to mid-twentieth century and was very instrumental in preserving the Appleton-Taylor-Mansfield House and the Saugus Iron Works site, which is now a national park, particularly due to the activism of M. Louise Hawkes, who was also president of Saugus Historical Society for approximately two decades. In the later twentieth century and the beginning of this one, the Saugus chapter was inactive until just a few years ago when the current group of ladies resurrected it. Their most visible recent activity may be the Wreaths Across America project, which had a large showing in our town this year, with wreaths being donated to many veterans’ graves and a moving ceremony at Riverside. A submarine near Saugus? Local author Stephen Wilk will talk about that unusual event on Sept. 15 at the Saugus Public Library. (Editor’s Note: The Saugus Public Library issued the following press release this week.) How did an S49 Submarine Get so Close to Saugus? Join us at the library on September 15 at 6:30 pm to hear the answer to that question from local author Stephen Wilk. Launched in 1921, Submarine S49 was built for the United States Navy but was eventually sold 10 years later to “Captain” Francis J. Chrestensen who turned it into a floating tourist attraction, for which he charged a 25-cent admission. THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 11
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