MGRS Spring Meeting Update

MGRS held its Spring Meeting on Sunday, March 18th starting with lunch at the Hometown Buffet in South Portland.

38 members, spouses and friends attended.  And club membership has increased by ten since the July Annual meeting.

STRIVE ROCKS!

Our next event is a train display for Strive Rocks at the Cross Insurance Center in Portland. It runs from 10am-5pm on Saturday, 3/24 with setup starting at 7am.

MILL FIELD FESTIVAL

Our next public event is our 3rd visit to the Mill Field Festival in North Berwick on August 25th in North Berwick. For the kids there will be "drive a train" tickets so they can run the throttle.

ANNUAL SUMMER OUTING - JULY 14th

The Annual Summer Outing will take place on the second Saturday after July 4th, which is July 14th. Pat and Carl Churchill have again offered the Overlook Garden Railway for the club to hold this event. A volunteer committee solicits help from other members for the event. Frank Howard and Joanne Tarbox will repeat last year's phone calls to each and every members. Norman Waycott will take care of the drinks. Grace Miller and Andriana Colucci also offered to help with this event

Sue Hoffman is making two quilts for the raffle at the outing. One will be a children's quilt with a "Thomas" theme, and the other an adult quilt with a major railroad theme.

Andrianna Colucci offered to make railroad themed pillows for the raffle.

REMINDER: Please bring items for the Club's Annual Auction. Our private auction firm of Braithwaite,  Howard and Norton is ready to go!

JUNIOR PROGRAM

Ben Braithwaite talked about the Junior Program he is developing. It came our of interests expressed by kids and parents at the Holiday Train Display. He is looking for sponsors and a location. Casco Bay Ford is interested in being a sponsor.

This would be an after school program, and the parents would bring the kids. It would combine model railroading and after schools studies. The club would provide the initial layout. Bill Goodrich spoke about his experience as a Boy Scout Troop leader. Roger Tobin and John Middleton talked about the overnight Scouting Camp at Seashore Trolley Museum as an example of what we could do..