Celebrating "Eve Potts Day" on her 90th birthday!

Eve Potts Surprised at The Center on her 90th Birthday!

June 10th marked the 90th birthday for Medfield resident, retired Middle School home economics teacher, volunteer extraordinaire and beloved friend of many, Eve Potts. A few of her close friends decided that she needed to be celebrated and worked behind the scenes with Selectman Pete Peterson and Town Administrator, Kristine Trierweiler to pull it off.

On Monday, the Center was filled with people at 2pm, as MPD Chief Guerette spoke to the crowd, about her role and her mission as Medfield's newest chief. At 2:45, she turned the mic over to Trierweiler, who read a Proclamation exclaiming June 10, 2019 as "Eve Potts Day"!

The surprise was real!

Potts' friends, Christa Thompson and Laurel Scotti were the co-conspirators and did a great job. She was surrounded by friends and her twin daughters were there to surprise her as well. She was presented with the Proclamation (text below) and a birthday cake was shared with everyone in attendance.

Happy 90th Birthday, Eve Potts and thanks for all you have done in Medfield over these 50 years as a resident.

"EVE POTTS DAY" PROCLAMATION

Whereas, on June 10, 1929, Eve MacQuarrie was born in Santa Monica, California

Whereas, Eve and her husband Charlie moved their family, including three daughters, to Medfield more than fifty years ago

Whereas, Eve has been a Garden Club member since 1993, and achieved honorary member status in 2018, is a volunteer at the Holiday Greens Sale and the Spring Plant Sale, while overseeing the beautification of over twenty sites in Medfield as past Chair of the TASC Committee

Whereas, Eve was Home Economics teacher at the Amos Clark Kingsbury High School, a member of the Certification Committee, and continued in a part time role as a teacher after retirement

Whereas, Eve has been a long time volunteer of the Medfield Girl Scouts, the Medfield Food Cupboard and the Chair of the Medfield Farmer’s Market

Whereas, Eve is a long time member of the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, serving on the Building Committee, assisting in the church kitchen, and a member of the Environmental Committee

Whereas, Eve has served in a number of environmental causes in Medfield including the movement to stop vehicle idling as well as the plastic bag ban

Whereas, Eve has assisted at the CENTER at Medfield, serving as the Director of Landscaping, volunteer bus driver, and a dedicated volunteer of the Annual Yard Sale

Therefore, now it be resolved that, on the ninetieth year of her birth, we, theBoard of Selectmen of the Town of Medfield, do officially proclaim, June 10,2019 to be Eve Potts Day and ask the citizens of Medfield to join with us in honoring her numerous contributions to the Town of Medfield.

We hereto affix the Seal of the Town of Medfield, this fourth day of June 2019.

Signed - Selectman Chairman, Gustave Murby