THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, SEpTEmbEr 27, 2024 Page 15 SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 14 had been converted into a large food court full of fancy eateries of all kinds of cuisine with tables and chairs in the middle. It has enough space for 900 customers. When I was a student, the legal drinking age was lowered in April of 1972 from 21 to 18, which probably was the main reason why the Blue Wall’s beer sales soared, then took a dive when the drinking age was moved back up to 21. Jimmy Fund Craft Fair at The MEG Sunday Sharon Genovese and the members of Sharon’s Sneaker Crew will be involved again in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, which is set for Oct. 6. The MEG Foundation announced that the Jimmy Fund Craft Fair – sponsored by Sharon’s Sneaker Crew – will be held at The MEG building (5458 Essex St., Saugus) on Sept. 29 from 1 to 4 p.m. A Pumpkin Patch “SHOUT OUT” Karen Spencer, one of the organizers of First Congregational Church’s annual “Pumpkin Patch,” offered the following “Shout Out.” “Thank you to the members of the community that came to the First Congregational Church last Saturday morning to unload the delivery of pumpkins. A large tractor trailer truck came from the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico to Saugus with 4,000 pumpkins. Students from Saugus High School, Pioneer Charter School, N.E Vocational School, Pop Warner football players, cheerleaders, coaches and parents, School Committee member Stephanie Mastrocola, Athletic Director Matt Serino along with members and friends of the church formed an assembly line and passed pumpkins one to one until our lawn was full. They did this while it rained the entire time. Thank you also to Patrick Follis from Agganis Construction who showed up with a forklift to unload some pallets. It was like a scene from a movie watching these 100 people working together in the rain to help our church. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. “If you would like to help, we have another delivery on October 12 @9.00 am.” Want to “Shout Out” a fellow Saugonian? This is an opportunity for our paper’s readers to single out – in a brief mention – remarkable acts or achievements by Saugus residents or an act of kindness or a nice gesture. Just send an email (mvoge@comcast.net) with a mention in the subject line of “An Extra Shout Out.” No more than a paragraph; anything longer might lend itself to a story and/or a photo. The Library hosts a Helen Keller portrayal tomorrow The New Friends of the Saugus Public Library welcome back actor Sheryl Faye in “Helen Keller: Champion of the Disabled.” Fae will perform in the Community Room of the Saugus Public Library from 2 to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 28). The program is written from Helen’s mind’s eye. The story is told on a taped voice-over as Helen reenacts her full life from THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 17
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