Kathleen Stover was 88 years old on May 2, and would appreciate greetings from her many friends. Her address is c/o Sherry Bourgoin, Box 26, Rural Route 1, Lee 04455.

B. Bossie of Rural Route 2, Box 2860, Old Town 04468, is looking for old garters made of metal instead of plastic. She needs them for compression hose, which are too heavy for plastic. Call 827-4276.

Ann Guesman of P.O. Box 1, Levant 04456, is seeking information on a reunion of the Strategic Air Command Bomber Group stationed at Down Air Field in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The get-together is to be held Aug. 22-24. Please call her at 884-7943.

A 10-week-old male kitten and and 1-year-old neutered male cat are free to a good home. Call 469-7870 between 4 and 7 p.m.

The USS Pasadena CL-65 is planning a reunion for Oct. 3-6, in Pittsburgh, Pa. For information, contact W. Adrien Giroux, secretary, USS Pasadena Association, Rural Route 2, Box 421, Norway 04268.

The Swe(a)(e)tland family will hold its annual meeting on July 27 in Olean, N.Y. If any member or anyone having this last name has not been contacted, please call Barbara Boudreau at 924-7400 or write to her at 17 Prospect St., Dexter 04930.

Muriel Thornton will celebrate her 80th birthday with an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the residence of Herbert and Loyce Ripley on Route 1 in Topsham. She would like to see her students from 40 years of teaching in the Maine school system.

William A. Ross of Minto, AK 99758, plans to tour Maine on a bicycle with his 6-year-old son this summer, and is looking for any Mainers who know the state well and who might be interested in traveling with them. He plans to bring an inflatable kayak. He has lived in Alaska for the past 10 years, and is originally from Ireland.

The former crew of the USS Wilkes (DD41) will meet for a reunion Oct. 17-20, at the Crest Hotel on Town Lake, Austin, Texas. For more information, contact John Mercer, 2012 Dale Drive, Dupo, Ill. 62239-9717; tel. (618) 286-4690. Mercer is president of the USS Wilkes Reunion Association.

The Sirois/Duplessis family reunion will be held June 28-30, in Madawaska. Anyone who is a descendant in either of these families may obtain information from the Sirois/Duplessis Family Reunion, RFD 2, Box 99, Madawaska 04756.

Merryspring Park is looking for some special plants not generally commercially available to put in its Margaret Taylor Pattison Woodlands garden. People who have or know where Merryspring can obtain the following plants are asked to call Beth Miller at 354-6427. The plants are: Sanquinaria canadensis (bloodroot); Clintonia borealis; Cornus canadensis (bunchberry); Hepatica americana; Arasemas (Jack-in-the pulpit); red and painted trillium; Erythronium americanum (trout lily); Polygonatum biflorum and P. canaliculatum (Solomon’s seal); Lycopodiums (club moss); and other mosses and ferns. Merryspring is also looking for perennials that people may have to donate to the park’s plant sale scheduled for late May. Call 236-3778.

Becky Seavey recently lost her cocker spaniel and would like to know whether there are any Maine Street readers who might have one that needs a good home. Please call 667-5867.

Military Women will gather for a summer luncheon at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Scarborough Veterans Home on Route 1, Scarborough, by reservation, only, by June 1. Tickets are $10, from Margaret Shaheen, chairman, 6 Cutts Road, Site 89, Kittery 03904, or call 439-6573 in Maine or (508) 454-2181 in Massachusetts. Bring fruit, apples, pears, oranges, grapes or bananas for a basket for the veterans.

Eurrie W. Beers of Vanceboro will celebrate her 100th birthday from 1 to 4 p.m. on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, with an open house at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Constance Allen, 21 Mount Desert Dr., Bangor.

BAD 2 Association, those stationed at Base Air Depot No. 2, Warton, England, in World War II, is looking for lost members. The association will hold a reunion in September in Dayton, Ohio. Contact Ralph G. Scott, 228 West Roosevelt Ave., New Castle, Del., 19720. In June 1992 the group will return to England to visit the old base and nearby villages.

Irene Brown wants to locate some Wondura Yarn in colors No. 970 Green and No. 659 Forest Green and is willing to pay the postage. Coats and Clark has discontinued the colors. The yarn is 100 percent orlon acrylic fiber. Send to HC61 Box 22, Houlton Road, Danforth 04424, or call 448-2277.