The 53rd annual Senior Citizens Banquet was held on Nov. 25 at the Fleetwood Grange Hall. The banquet is held each year and is to honor the senior citizen’s for their lifetime contributions they have made to our community. The event is co-sponsored by the Fleetwood Lions Club and the Fleetwood Grange.
Attendees were treated to a family style ham dinner and musical entertainment by “Time Frame”. The members of the Fleetwood Grange prepare the meal and it is served by members of the Eastern Berks 4-H Dairy Club.
Attendees honored were the couple married the longest, Essie and Bernard Dietrich, who have been married for 62 years; the oldest woman, Elsie Seaman, 99 years old; and the oldest man, Elwood Rothenberger, who is 94 years old.