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123 Report of the Council on Aging To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee:. .. This -committee has met on the first Wednesday of the month throughout the year. This year ewe have setup a health program for Flu Shots and 58 were given, and a monthly blood pressure check-up on the 3rd Monday of the month at the Town Hall through the services of the Falmouth Nursing Association. The Nutrition Program has enlarged enough so that now lunch is served in Mashpee. Presently at the Mashpee Bap- tist Church facilities, approximately twenty-five hot lunches are served daily. Mrs. Shirley Peters is in charge of the nutrition program with Mrs. Aurie Avant as Aide. Our Building Committee consisting of Marion Griffin, Mial Folkins and John Williams;was able to locate a suitable surplus building on Otis Air Force Base and obtained it from the Federal Government. The Committee hopes to have it on the ground site by May. Mr. Williams, a retired architect, has drawn all the site and building plans and donated his services to us. This Center will be located on six acres of land on Great Neck Road near Old Barnstable Road. Much time and effort has gone into this major project. Mial Folkin of our Council is district representative of CIRCA, (Cape & Islands Regional Council on Aging) Region 1. This Region includes Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth and Mashpee. The Mashpee Senior Citizens Club under the guidance of John Hazzard, president, has been most successful and has grown to approximately 165 members. The Club ran a most successful Harvest Dance the week before Thanksgiving for the building fund together with raffle items donated by local merchants and other friends. A letter was sent to all residents of Mashpee, fifty-five years of age and over, inviting them to join the Mashpee Senior Citizens Club.