Kiantone Church To Host Ice Cream Social

KIANTONE – The annual ice cream social will be held by Kiantone Congregational Church 646 Kiantone Road, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12. Hot dogs, ice cream sundaes, homemade cakes, and drinks will be served. Two quilts, one “All Kinds” made by Sharon Werner will be given away. Grandma’s Attic and bake sale are held in Fellowship Hall. The Gospel Blue Grass Band “Misfits” will be playing. Proceeds go towards missions.

Bemus Point Library Board To Meet Tuesday

BEMUS POINT – The Bemus Point Library board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The public is welcome to attend.

Library System Board To Meet Aug. 13

OLEAN – The Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library Board of Trustees meeting will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Olean Public Library. The public is welcome to attend.

Quilt Guild To Gather Wednesday

BUSTI – The Chautauqua Region Quilt Guild will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Busti 5 Corners Community Church, the former Busti Federated Church. The group will hold its annual silent auction, so the schedule is different than usual. There is no community sew this month. Items for the auction will be accepted from 1 to 4 p.m. so the committee has time to process the donations. Bids will be accepted upon members’ arrival until the meeting begins. Refreshments will be available from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Members will also begin making pillowcases for the Boys and Girls Club. They can be brought to the September, October and November meetings.

Ripley School Board Schedules Aug. 13 Meeting

RIPLEY – A regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Ripley Central School District will be held Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Superintendent’s Office (Room 119) of the Ripley Central School for the purpose of any and all items that come before the board. The public is welcome to attend.

Fenton To Host Discussion Of County’s First WWII Casualty

The Fenton History Center’s August talk on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 1 p.m. is about John Henry Mann from Stow, N.Y., who was killed at Hickam Field on December 7, 1942. He was the first casualty of World War II from Chautauqua County. Last October the Fenton History Center’s research team made contact with the family of one of his comrades and have been following his story since. In June center officials received information that Mann’s remains have been identified and his family is making plans to bring him home. Janet Wahlberg, Fenton History Center board vice president and researcher, will present her findings on the topic. The event is free and open to the public.