HAMPDEN — Priscilla Mullins Alden Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants will hold its semiannual meeting Saturday, April 17, at the Kinsley House on Main Road in Hampden. Coffee will be available at 11 a.m., and lunch will be served at noon. The cost is $5. Participants are welcome to bring a friend. The speaker will be Del Paine of Holden, who will give a program on woodcarving of birds. For reservations, call 989-2652.