Ron Allen displays a photo of the WPA outhouse located at his Hurricane Creek Road residence.

The humble outhouse was the topic of the quarterly meeting of the Upper Vandalia Historical Society, which was held on Sunday, April 27, at the Bancroft Mission. Ron Allen discussed the history of two Great Depression era structures constructed by the Works Progress Administration. One outhouse is still in existence at the Breeze headquarters on Hurricane Creek Road. The other once stood behind the old Hurricane Breeze Office on Main Street in Hurricane. He also discussed outhouses he had experienced during his youth in rural Maine.