Boyle's Notebook collects quips and tiny town notices
AP columnist HAL BOYLE riffs on manners, odors, programs, and modern life with wry vignettes about flirtation, boredom, and aging. The piece sits alongside local notices: Well Baby clinic details, school vacation notices, church circle meeting, a doctor’s medical update, and a box alarm for a car fire near the Kennebunk fire station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Del
Daphne DeMerritt
Andrews
Alta Guilbert
Emily Andrews
La‘rena Drew
Una Miller
Marion Bedard
Norman M. Nadeau
Boothby Road
Kennebunk
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Kennebunk Health
Storer St
Kennebunkport
Women’s Fellowship of Christ Church
Raymond Bergeron
Spring Street
Ken Muir-Evans
Main Street
Frank Stevens
Stevens
Gendron Lane
Arents
Romeo Vn Prade
Holden
Mass
Ramblers Club Meets at Emily Andrews Home
The Ramblers Club gathered Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Emily Andrews in Arun for their regular meeting. Members discussed community projects and upcoming events, with plans for a neighborhood clean-up and a charity drive.
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the Ramblers Club
Emily Andrews
Arun
Shallow Lake St Clair Feats Deep Titling
Lake St Clair links Lake Huron and Lake Erie covering 7 430 square miles but reaches only 27 feet at its deepest, a fact cited by the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Lake St. Clair
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Social Security Death Benefit Guide Helps with Burial Costs
The Social Security Administration explains a lump sum death benefit for fully insured or currently insured workers. Surviving spouses living in the same household at death qualify. if none, the person who paid funeral expenses can receive the benefit or assign it to the funeral home. Readers ask about burial insurance, survivor benefits, and timing of payments, with examples of divorced spouses and dependents.
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Social Security
F.C
Social Security Administration
R.W
B.M
Social Security Office
K.T
Your
Reservations urged for limited event openings
Officials urged Mr and Mrs Henri Camire and others to reserve promptly as only a small number of openings remain for the upcoming event.
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Henri Camire
Beverage Committee
Woolworths February sales rise 13 percent to 126 million
F. W. Woolworth Co reports February sales totaling 126159403, up 13 percent from a year earlier. For the first two months, sales reach 246,595,917, up about 16.9 percent from 210,932,383, as Biddeford store manager Jim Doyle cites anniversary observance and growth efforts, with higher advertising and promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Woolworth Co
Jim Doyle
Woolworth
Biddeford
Circle 2 Women’s Fellowship Meeting Plans Sale
Kennebunk Circle 2 of the Women’s Fellowship met at Mrs. John York’s Summer Street home. Co leader Mrs. Lincoln Good led devotions and the meeting. Final plans were made for a combined rummage and food sale at the church tomorrow at 9 30 a.m. Circle members discussed the annual fellowship meeting set for May 1 at the church. A potluck supper was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Women's Fellowship of Christ Church
John York
Summer Street
Lincoln Good
St Andre s PFTA May Ball Scheduled
A St Andre s PFTA May Ball plan was formed at a Biddeford meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs Roger L Heureux. Robert Lamontagne named as co chair with listed appointments for tickets decorations and food.
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St. Andre's
Friends and Teachers Association
Roger L'Heureux
Cleaves Street
Biddeford
Robert Lamontagne
George Neault
Emile Lajmontagne
John Paquet
Women's Civic Group Plans Tree Planting At Beach
The Old Orchard Beach Women's Civic Group met at Temple Avenue Ocean Park to plan summer activities. They intend to plant a tree on Jameson School grounds on Arbor Day as last year and to announce the date for a meeting at Mrs Muriel Bepe's home.
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Old Orchard Beach
Lillian Jakeman
Temple Avenue
Ocean Park
Jameson School
Muriel Be
Beach Lions Club Will Elect Officers
The Old Orchard Beach Lions Club will hold its officer election on May 7 overturning last night’s announcement of a date next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach Lions Club
Old Orchard Beach
Lions Club
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Morningstar, Corp
Edmund Cashen
Cougar
America
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Atlantic Motors
Portland Road
Saco
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Lincoln
By Martin E. Segal
Frederick Perkins
Kenneth Burr Jr
Maria Corita
Bertha Hill
Shirley Brown
York
Donald Smith
Burr
Henry Powell
Michael A. Petit
St. Andre’s
PFTA
Pine Point
Haddock
Maine
SAT & Sun
Dio Shop
Constance Carroll
Fez
Constance Carroll Cosmetics
Happy Home
Small Appliances
Primstyle
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