Biddeford Daily Journal Newspaper Archives
January 17, 1955 Page 5

Biddeford Daily Journal (Newspaper) - January 17, 1955, Biddeford, MaineKennebunk MRS. EDMUND CASHEN Dial 5-2174 Far West Still Wild In Many ii The Lotus class of the Kennebunk Baptist church will celebrate the 39th anniversary at the meeting which will be held on Friday. A supper will be served at 6:30 p. in. Hostesses will be Mrs. Jessie Phillips, Mrs. Annie Russell, Mrs. Nellie Hayes, and Mrs. Myrtle Hall. Plans for reorganizing the Brownies in Kennebunk were made in a recent afternoon meeting at the Cousens school with Mrs. Anthony Cibelli and Mrs. L. Pitt Warren as group leaders. This week another group will be formed at the Kennebunk Beach home of Mrs. Floyd Bull under the direction of Mrs. Bull and Mrs. Timothy Mahrt. Mrs. Robert Wilson and Mrs. Elliot Green will direct the advanced Girl Scout group in Kennebunk at the Webhannet clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon. A successful supper was served at Arundel Grange hall, North Kennebunkport Saturday evening by the ladies of the Grange. This was followed by an auction sale which was conducted by George A. Martin, assisted by other members of the Grange. The men of the Grange plan to serve a supper in the near future. The meeting of Arundel Grange will be held Friday evening, at 8 when the third and fourth degrees will be conferred on a class of candidates. Past Masters night will also be observed at this meeting, with past masters of Arundel Grange filling the chairs. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson have purchased the home on the Ross road which they have been occupying for the past four years from her father. Fred Bunnell. Cpl. George C. Ackley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Birchall, 4 Intervale road, Kennebunk, is now at his home after receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Army. He has just recently returned from Korea where he has served for the past 18 months with the armed services. He has been in the armed services for two years, six months of which were spent at Fort Dix. N. J. An all day sewing meeting was held by the Missionary society of the Kennebunk Baptist church at the church. Mrs. Harry Hutchins, chairman of the White Cross work was in charge of the sewing. This sewing which is done by the group is sent to the Phillipines and the Belgian Congo. A picnic lunch as held at noon. Two boxes of clothing was packed and sent to the Mather school for negroes in Beaufort, N. C. those attending were Mrs. Madge Jackson, Mrs. May Hallett, Mrs. Marion Cousens, Mrs. Myrtle Hall, Mrs. Beatrice Jackson, Mrs. Bertha Fleming, Mrs. Ida Cousens, Mrs. Louise Nichols, Mrs. Elizabeth Pray, Mrs. Susan Joy, Mrs. Myrtle Knight, Mrs. Frances Hutchins. Mrs. Louise Huff and Mrs. Smirk. The all-day sewing meeting of the Ladies Aid of the Baptist church scheduled to be held on Tuesday has been postponed until Tuesday, January 25. The meeing of the Future Homemakers of America was held in the home economics room with President Theresa Wakefield presiding. Following the recitation of the F. H. A. creed, the secretary and treasurer’s reports were given. A number of the girls are working on their Homemakers Degree. In order to receive the pin a member must have 15 points and IO more points will be receive the guard. Elliot Freeman and T. O. Kingsbury attended the National Association of Cost Accountants monthly meeting held at the Eastland hotel in Uortland. Misses Virginia Freeman, freshman at the University of Maine and Sally Nichols, freshman at Pembroke college, Providence, R. I., attended the Military Ball at I the University of Maine on Friday evening. A rehearsal of the Community Band will be held Tuesdav evening at 7:30 at the K. of P. hall under the direction of William Foster, Kennebunk Lower Village. There are still vacancies for anyone wishing to join tho band. The meeting of the B. O. V. class of the Kennebunk Baptist church will be held in the church dining room on Thursday at 6:30 p. rn: A covered dish supper will be served. Hostesses will be the officers of the coming year Mrs. Marion Maguire, Mrs. Marion Cousens, Mrs. Minnie Robbins, Mrs. Louise Nichols. Mrs. Marion Maguire will lead devotions. Mrs. Ruth Chappell and Mrs. Ruth Wills will serve on the social committee. Despite the amazing birth of the atomic and hydrogen bombs, spawned in the deserts of New Mexico; despite the tremendous growth of such cities as Albuquerque, Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake ] able. City and Tucson; despite the com-! The which of the area, the greatest storc-isary to be impounded, with the President Roosevelt in his proela- no possible alternatives which will house of valuable minerals    in the j    lowest possible    loss    because ofjmation; the    monument    was ex-    serve    the purpose    without scri- Wcstcni Hemisphere, could    not be    evaporation, and    the    places which    erupted from    the law which savs    ously    impairing    the    entire basin- developed without water    a li d    would be most    advantageous for    power dams    cannot bo    construct-    wide    project. is not enough water    avail-    the development    of    hydroelectric    ca within the confines    of a na- power.    Clonal monument. The dam is lo-    *”"!    Mv    «    "pessary part great Two of the dams will bo located ca ted 20 miles above the original ll1(    11    a    pa    t    ion    of with its Biddeford, Maine, Journal, Monday, January 17, 1955 there Old Orchard Beach MRS. CLEMENT P. WIGHT Tel. 6-2015 Wells MRS. ELAINE LaPIERRE Tel. 164-M main river of this plcx highways which criss-cross | area is the Colorado; wun us ma-; within the expanded Dinosaur Dinosaur Monument, the arid plains and high moun- jor tributaries, the Green, the San Monument in Utah and Colorado tams, the Far West in many ways Juan, and the Gila, it rushes thou- cn lhe Green and Yampa Rivers. is still very wild.    i    sands of miles across arid pin- -p, .    i.    ,    .    The canyon selected had long You can buy the very latest teaus, carving deep and awc-in- bccn in nouses for the and oowe r fashion creations in    the smart    -sPiring canyons. shops of Dallas    and    Santa    Fe, and More than 30 years    ago, the vou can watch    the    antics    of your    seven states along the    Colorado favorite    comedians on    TV    from    River—Arizona, Cab'own, (’M)- Roswell    or    Amarillo, or    you    can    rado, New Mexico. Nevada, Utah see some of    the finest    basketball    j apd Wyoming — agreed on    a di- Amcrica    played in    the field    vision cf lhe waders    o' ibis    great in Provo or Missoula. |river and its tributaries. .. .    ,    ,    .    .    ,    And a few vears later, with the Yet only a few hundred miles   _.    ..     .    .    ___ .,    ..    ,    ,    support of the people    of the    entire away there    are thousands    of    Nav-    - , „ ,    D • iX t i . •    ...    .. .    I    colorado River Basin, the federal SJO families on    their vast    reserve-    „overnmcnt lcn, mon Mon tending their flocks of sheep construction of dar as their ancestors did centuries ,    *    ,    , plants and aqueducts and *annjs on the lower river—from Hoover Dam to the Mexican Border, and half the great river was tamed. The lower basin bloomed, as the engineers who planned the great dams had forecast, and with the water made available through the great engineering masterpieces, Southern California enjoyed one of the greatest developments in | ♦he history of America. The Upper Basin states, after many years of study by hundreds | of expert engineers, have present- j od to Congress a plan for control | the wilderness. Even with this development, thousands of square miles of awe-inspiring wilderness will remain, but with the passage of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, a bettor life will    be- reservoirs, and when    Hole    (recently    renamed    Echo    gin for millions of Americans,    now the monument    was expanded    in    Park)    and Split    Mountain,    but all    without WD cr, and the 1938, this    fact    was recognized    by    studies have shown that there are    United States will benefit. recognized cations for as excellent lo- Engineers of the Bureau of Reclamation have made continued exhaustive studies of possible alternatives to the dams at Pat Lynch entire ago. Tucked into the wider canyons outside Moab, where the uranium boom is in full swing, there are ranches not too different from the ranches of a century ago, except for a truck or so and the availability of electricity. Airplanes can fly over any section of the Far West with great '’ase; it is possible to fly from the headwaters of the Colorado River down to Hoover Dam in a few hours. Yet the only other way to get way jiito many portions of the vast: of the upper half of this river. Upper Colorado River Basin is on j This plan involves the use of the horseback.    !    best reservoir sites, selected from Thousands of square miles of surveys made of hundreds of pro-♦ his desolate country are still in posed locations. the primitive condition that the; Chief factors in tho selection of Spanish Conquistadores found more than three hundred years ago. Yet tho fertile portions of this vast country have been lived in r'"r hundreds of years; the rest inc reservoir locations were the underlying geological structure, so that the bedrock would support] the massive tons cf concrete necessary; the areas which would nold the amount of water ncccs- ip ■MiJPPMIp NPSP*1'' * HW OASIS IN THE DESERT—The value of wafer for irrigation is shown here in th-' Grand Valley of Colorado; the desert bluffs contrast sharply with the irrigated orchards and fields of the valleys, where water makes farming possible. Donations Made By Wells Grange A stated meeting of Priscilla ] chapter, Order of tne Eastern j Star, was held Friday evening at; the Masonic hall in Highpine, Wells. Associate Matron Mrs. Edith Mills presided, due to the dines of Worthy Matron Mrs. Dorothy Mavel. Past Matron Miss Elizabeth Bragdon substituted as associate matron, while Charles Seaman and Theodore Mills filled their own .stations as worthy patron and associate patron, respectively. Other substitute officers included Past Matron Mrs. Alice Bourne as treasurer; Past Matron Mrs. Myrtle Moulton as chaplain; Past Patron Harry L. Perkins as sentinel, and Mrs Effie Fenderson as organist. Guests were present from Acacia chapter, Wilmington, Mass.; Priscilla chapter, Reading, Mass.; Madonna chapter, Kennebunk, and Clover chapter, Sanford. A donation of $10 was made to the Dr. Elmer M. Tower Memorial Scholarship fund, and a donation of $5 to the Wells Health association. Proceeds from a fudge sale and a silver collection benefited the E. S. T. A. R. L. A sunshine basket was filled during the evening, to be sent to Worth Matron Mrs. Mavcl at the York Village hospital. Refreshments were served after the meeting by Mrs. Anne Kallio, Mrs. Marguerite Huckins and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Perkins. Past Matrons and Past Patrons Night will be observed at the next meeting to be held on February ll. Degrees will be conferred and refreshments will be served by Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Smith, Mrs. Emma Perkins, Mrs. Jerelena Knox and Mrs. Doris Field. Read Journal "Want" Ad- Wells Church Has Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Second Congregational church of Wells was held recently at the church with William j/O’Connell as moderator. The annual clerk’s report was given by Miss Ethel Weymouth, and other committee reports were heard from Mrs. Grace Bodge, treasurer, and Mrs. Bert G. Goodwin, tcasurer of benevolences. Those elected to serve for the 1955 church year are clerk, Miss. „    _    _ . Ethel Weymouth; collector and I ^‘rs- George Spiller, Mrs. Frank treasurer of current expenses, I Hatch, Mrs. Elwyn Beals, Miss Mrs. Grace O. Bodge; collector I A1»ce Burgess, Mrs. Paul Met and treasurer of missionary I ca“ and Mrs. Reginald Jones; funds, Mrs. Reginald Jones; and! and music committee, Mrs. board of trustees; Miss Ethel Weymouth and Mrs. Guy Littlefield, board of Christian educations; and Benevolence, Christian World Mission) Mrs. A. Allen St ack pole, 1958; Mrs. Guy Littlefield, 1957; Mrs. William J. O'Connell, 1956, and Mrs. Reginald Jones, treasurer. Arthur Tufts and William O’Connell were appointed as head ushers. to appoint assistants to work with them. Committees elected to serve for one year include finance, Elwyn Beals, William J. Connell, Al ben G. LaPierre, Clifton Stevens and Col. David Craig; flower commit tee, Mrs. Earl Morse, chairman; included Arthur J. Fellows, Hartley Stewart, Elwyn Beals, Albeo G. LaPierre, Guy Littlefield, Carroll Beals, Arthur Tufts and Harrison Roberts. Ogunquit Woman Is Honored At Shower adys at a co at Cont re 11 was stork she we of Mrs. Madeleine lit:-,mouth road, Ogun-. Celia Norton was co auditor, William J. O’Connell. Board members elected to serve for three years with others whose terms did not expire are Guy Littlefield. deacon; Arthur Fellows, Mrs. David C. Morison and Mrs. Grace Bodge, ex-ufiicio, William J. McCullough, Mrs. Richard E. Farnsworth, Mrs. Albeo G. LaPierre and Mrs. Earl A. Boutilier. A special committee appointed by the board of trustees as the building and grounds committee Mrs. ti tort ai tied the home Young, Pt quit. Mrs hostess. Those present were Mrs. Jessie Pl ai stet I, Mrs. Ruth Plaited, Mrs. Artella Chase, Richard Daisied and Shirley Plaited, Eliot; Mr . Priscilla Mclntire, Mrs. Ruth Kemp, Mrs. Alice Bourne, Mrs. Teresa Hayes. Mrs. Beatrice Dodge, Mrs. Marion Stevens, Mrs. Annie Milner and Mrs. Jean Turner, Ogunquit. Canasta was played and re freshments were served by the hostesses. Mrs. Marie Berry has returned to her home on Myrtle avenue after attending the funeral of her grandson, Benjamin Berry, at Worcester, Mass. He was the son of Harold Berry, Jefferson, Mass., and was I!) years old. Mrs. Berry and her daughters, Mrs. Irene Foley and Mrs. Norris Marshall, Jr., Old Orchard Beach, went to the funeral with another daughter, Mrs. Eva Currier, Miami, Fla., and son, Herbert Currier. Mrs. Clement Wight. Paul Wight and Miss Ethel Wight were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rice and family, Lincoln road, Saco. Installation Slated By Kennebunk Temple The meeting of Ivy Temple, Pythian Sisters, was held at the K. of P. hall with Most Excellent Chief Mrs. Gertrude Barrett presiding. Plans were discussed for the public installation of officers] to be held on Wednesday, Jan. 26. at 8 p. rn. Refreshments will be served following the installation. District Deputy Grand Chief Geneva Austin, Scarborough, and her staff will install the officers. Committee in charge of this evening’s program will be Mrs. Persis Moulton, Mrs. Ray Lank, Mrs. Jessie Phillips, Mrs. Stella Pillsburv, Mrs. Olive Johnson. Mrs. Gussie Ephross was appointed chairman of the project of selling vanilla. Mrs. Gertrude Barrett appointed the trustees who include Mrs. Mary Ingalls, chairman, Mrs. Gussie Ephross and Mrs. Ray Lank. It was reported that Harriet Decker is a surgical patient at the Maine General hospital in Portland. Mrs. Mildred Hutchins was reported ill. All members were asked to send cards to Mrs. Minnie Harrington of Kittery, a former member of Ivy Temple. Mrs. Gertrude Barrett is chairman of refreshments for the meeting to be held Wednesday evening. Stork Shower Held For Ogunquit Woman Mrs. Jeanne Batchelor was guest of honor at a stork shower at the home of Mrs. Marion I), ischbourg. Post road, Ogunquit. Mrs. Bernice Tower and Mrs. Priscilla Richeson were hostesses for the evening. Those present were Mrs. Bar-j bara Grover, Mrs. June Weare, i Mrs. Jennie Keene, Mrs. Helen ] Weare, Mrs. Jessie Fir acy, Mrs. ' Pearl Siegfried, Mrs. Nancy I Laurent, Mrs. Mary Von Schlc-gell, Mrs. Aldine North, Mrs. Sally Jones, Mrs. Betty Mae- The meeting of the Highpine Extension Service scheduled for this evening at the Highpine fire .station has been postponed until January 24 when the meeting topic will be "Know Your Food Supply,” to be led by either Mrs. Shirley Hobbs, York County home demonstration agent or one of her assistants. Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tufts and Mr. and Mrs. Albeo G. LaPierre, all of Wells; and Mr. and Mrs. Ward Allen and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Johnson, North Berwick, attended a dance held Saturday evening at the Cheeko Valley association club in Milton, N. H. During the evening Ward Allen was honored on the occasion of his birthday, January 16. Mrs. Frederick Lavin, Pos road, will be hostess to a soda1 meeting of the Ladies auxiliary to the Wells Corner Hose company on Tuesday at 9::30 a. rn., at her home. A covered-dish luncheon will be served at noon, with dessert and beverage furnished by the hostess. The comedy-basketball game by the Wells Lions and their wives will be held Tuesday evening at the Wells high school. At a recent meeting of the Wells and Ogunquit Parent-Teacher association, an anticommunist bill was presented for the consideration of the group, for its support. After study was conducted by a committee, the PTA went on record as favoring this bill in general, or one similar. This bill, presented to the State Legislature by Representative Gordon Brewster, Wells, and now in the hands of the Judiciary committee, is entitled "Subversive Activities Act,” Item I, H. P. No. 20, and is being given support by members of the PTA group. A business meeting of the Wells Band Booster organization will be held this evening at Wells high school at 8 p. rn. The first rehearsal for the annal Wells minstrel show will be held this evening at 7:30 at the grange hall. The show will be presented on February 18. C. P. O. Irving Coolbrith, USN, Mrs. Coolbrith and children, Jill and Kevin, were recent guests at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James O’Gorman and family. Post road. The Coolbriths have just returned from Cuba, where C. P. O. Coolbrith was stationed at the Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay. He will now be located at Providence, R. I. The Ladies Aid society of the First Congregational church of Wells will hold the annual meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the vestry. Birthdays will also be celebrated. Donald, Mrs. Gladys Shum, Mrs. Muriel Brazer, Mrs. Edna Staples. Mrs. Nancy Emmons, Mrs. Sidney Henderson, Mrs. Lillian Perkins, and Mrs. Martha Densmore. Ba WEINESDAY JANUARY SAMPSON SUPER IARKET FAMILY AT REUNION A Huot family reunion took place recently at the Rocham-bcau hall. Main street when plans were discussed for a famiiv convention at Old Orchard Beach during the summer. Letters were read from Huot families in Miami Beach. Chicago. Kankakee. 111.. Coaticook. P. Q.. and Minnesota. Rene J. Huot. a member of La Socicte Genealogigue Canadienne Francaise presided. Another session is scheduled for next month. Scientists say that if a mine shaft could be dug 35 miles deep, the air at the bottom would be so heavy that wood would float in it. MUSTEROLE ■an SUNNY HEAT on Chest Colds for fast relief I Musterole's exclusive double-action heat formula gives you fast, comforting, permeating heat that helps break up acute upper bronchial congestion ... plus vaporized heat that helps loosen localized nasal congestion. In three strengths: Child’s Mild, Regular, Extra Strong. ELM ST Be DOLFORD, MAINE ON I). S. 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