‘Old Peabody Pew’

This year’s traditional production of “The Old Peabody Pew” has been set for 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Tory Hill Church, intersection of routes 112 and 202, Buxton.

The historic church was the original setting for the play, a romance written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. The Dorcas Society, a charitable group founded by Wiggin, who spent summers in nearby Hollis and attended the historic church, produces the play annually.

Admission is $5; $2.50, children under 12.

Snow date for the performance is Dec. 9.

Turkey trot

The 2-mile turkey trot race is set for 10 a.m. Saturday on the Haines Meadow Road.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. on race day in the cafeteria at the Hanson Elementary School in Buxton Center. The entry fee is a donation of a non-perishable food item for the food pantry.

Prizes include frozen turkeys to the first boy and girl at each grade level, Grade K-8 and the first male/female for high school, adult and teacher. Other prizes will be drawn randomly.

The event is a family affair. Students under 16 need to be accompanied by an adult at the race site and students Grade 2 or lower need to have an adult participate with them in the race.

Turkey day invite

The Pythian Sisters Narragansett Temple 111 will serve a free Thanksgiving Day dinner noon to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 22, at its building on Route 22 in Buxton Center.

For more information, call Joann Groder at 929-8806 or Carol Moore, 929-6148.

Feeney fund drive reminder

A fundraiser for the family of Frankie and Melissa Feeney will be held noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday at Skip’s Tavern, Narragansett Trail, Buxton.

Frankie Feeney, who faces more surgery and a long rehab, was seriously injured on Sept. 30 in a car accident that claimed his brother’s life. Feeney wasn’t covered by insurance.

The benefit includes a live band, raffles and a 50/50. Tickets are $15. For more information, call Michelle at 939-0157.