Kennebunk Happenings and Local Visits
Miss Kimberley Dennison visits grandmother in Kennebunk while Roy S. Jackson hosts a birthday dinner at Mechanic Street featuring gifts and a cake. Fires, travels, and a special Arundel Grange meeting with a 6 30 supper are noted among local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberley Dennison
Keith Dennison
South Portland
Madeleine _ Bartlett
Parsons Street
Theodore Chamberlin
Mechanic Street
Boston
Roy S. Jackson
Jackson House
David Holbrook
Cape Paiise
Beatrice Jackson
Kathleen Jackson
Roy Jackson
Kenneth Ackley
Kennebunk
St. Petersburg Beach
Fla
Llewellyn M. Fletcher
Grove Street
Tampa
Flo
Missouri
New York
Alice L. Downing
Fletcher Street
Coffee and Food Sale at Ogunquit Nets $85
The Ogunquit Baptist church vestry fundraiser raised 85 dollars from a coffee and food sale. Organized by Mrs. Celia Norton Mrs. Betty Meyo and Mrs. Ruth Kemp to buy shades and drapes for the redecorated vestry. Some money remains. Assisting at the food table were Mrs. Elizabeth Ramsdell and Mrs. Alice Bourne. Mrs. Mabel Perkins poured at the coffee table aided by Mrs. Alice Littlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Celia Norton
Betty Meyo
Ruth Kemp
Elizabeth Ramsdell
Alice Bourne
Mabel Perkins
Alice Littlefield
County Baptists To Hold Spring Meeting Tuesday
The York County Baptist association plans its annual spring meeting next Tuesday at Ogunquit Baptist church Shore Road with a 10 30 morning session including a missionary meeting and devotionals. Basket lunches, coffee, and a 530 supper precede an evening program featuring a guest speaker and Ogunquit Baptist choir in the vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Baptist Association
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Ogunquit Church
Ogunquit
Seasonal Happenings Tie Kennebunkport Residents
Kennebunkport residents report winter departures and returns. Andrew Halvorsen and family are back in Wildes district after a New York sojourn. Betty Shuffleburg, six, is undergoing surgery at Saco Hospital. Madeline and Lucy Clough have come home from Florida. Bill Riley and his wife visited relatives in Connecticut. Jimmy Drown visits his aunt and uncle Elmore Crown and attends school in Arundel. Robin Cluff remains ill at home on Old Cape Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Halvorsen
Wildes District
New York
Betty Shuffleburg
Clayton Shuffleburg
Beachwood Avenue
Elmore Crown
Arundel
Robin Cluff
John Cluff
Old Cape Road
Kennebunk Mothers Plan Smorgasbord
An all day Mothers club meeting in Kennebunk Lower Village, presided by Mrs Grace Gunn, gathered over 20 members. They set an afternoon May 3 break until fall and approved a public smorgasbord for May 2 from 5 30 to 7 p m at the Mothers club hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers Club
Kennebunk Lower Village
Grace Gunn
Mothers’ Club
Jessie Gooch
Ruth Gooch
Kathleen Baum
Leone Maling
Patricia Brannen
Coin Dealers Show Unique Displays at Maine Meeting
The Maine Numismatic Association held its spring meeting in Ogunquit with 12 dealers from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Displays featured Chinese and Far Eastern coins and Civil War money for the centennial. An afternoon auction sold over 300 lots. Williams Elms of Brunswick was named president, succeeding Charles Seaman after two years. Ogunquit’s Methodist church provided sandwiches cookies and coffee and at 5 30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Numismatic Association
Ogunquit
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Williams Elms
Brunswick
Charles Seaman
Public Supper Planned by Ocean Park Mission Group
A community supper will be held at Porter Memorial Hall in Ocean Park this Saturday at 6 p m hosted by the Toilers by the Sea the local women’s out of season missionary society. The event will serve about 100 people with Ocean Park Girl Scouts among the waitresses. Officers include President Mrs Leon A Cole Vice President Mrs Fred L Gooch Secretary Mrs Isabella L McIver Treasurer Mrs John White Auditor Mrs William A Frizzle and Devotional Leader Mrs G Stephen Johnston. The Toilers formed in 1902 and Porter Hall was built in memory of Rev Ethan W Porter of Lowell Mass the first assembly superintendent when Ocean Park was founded in 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Park
Toilers-by-the-Sea
Missionary Society
Porter Memorial Hall
Leon A. Cole
Adelbert M. Jakeman
G. ‘Stephen Johnston
Leroy A. ‘Rowell
Elizabeth M. Wilson
Edward P. Johnson
Fred L. Gooch
Isabella L. McIver
John White
William A. Frizzle
G. Stephen Johnston
Porter Hall
Ethan W. Porter
Lowell
Mass
Assembly
Lebanon The Colonist Social News and Local Notes
Lebanon residents report social calls and visits across the area. Mrs. Lillian Smith presides over the Woman's Missionary Society annual meeting, and Emma Goodwin hosts at Mrs. Howard Chick's home. George and Judy Rand host relatives from Union Connecticut, with visits to Center and West Lebanon. Community notes include a Maine Heart association donation, a church drive led by Joyce Gerrish, and several illness and teaching news. Martha Gale will teach biology in Bennington Vermont while continuing Dartmouth classes, and David Gale purchases a bulk tank with a new milk house planned. Stephen Alfred Rankin dies in a family loss. Chet Gale returns to Norfolk Virginia after visiting Croton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Goodwin
Howard Chick
Little River
Woman's Missionary Society
Lillian Smith
Ruth Stevens
Jenette Tufts
Arvilla Randall
Robert Rand
Union
Grace Colburn
Helen Rand
West Lebanon
Lebanon
Maine State Heart Association
Joyce Gerrish
Gertrude Gale
Charles Grant
Lovina Dubois
Earl Bailie
Sanford
Isabelle Rand
Jacqueline Rand
Gladys Bardall
Eleanor Downs
Hanover
N. H
Wilbur Woodman
Haseen
Martha Gale
Bennington
Dartmouth
Gloria Rankin
Jackie Rankin
Stephen Alfred
Chet Gale
ATN
Nto
Norfolk
Croton
N. Y
Arthur Gale
Be Prepared for Emergencies Around Children in Traffic
The Maine Highway Safety Committee urges drivers to think twice when children are near roads and to expect the unexpected. It emphasizes taking responsibility for both personal safety and child safety by anticipating possible emergencies and acting with caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Banquet Served for 45 Members of the Association
The association held a banquet for 45 members and announced that the next meeting will be held in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Joint Band Concert Slated At KHS Old Orchard
Rev James J Mullen Knights of Columbus auxiliary met in Old Orchard Beach with vice president Adele Grenier presiding. Nomination and banquet committees formed. mystery prize awarded to Mildred Smith. A joint Caribou and Kennebunk high school band concert is planned for Kennel bump gym May 13 with exchanges this weekend at Kennebunk. return concert in Caribou May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Mullen
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Old Orchard Beach
Adele Grenier
Rita Sherman
Joanne Deprey
Mildred Smith
Catherine Lemire
Cecile Ledoux
Aurore Nolette
Ida Robichaud
Vivian Joncas
Ruth Corean
Caribou
Kennelbunk
Kennel
Kennebunk
Banc
Kennet Matthews
Poster
Hig
Oes
Ellen Warrren
Lynda Brearey
Timmy Martel
Kennebunk Beach
Linda Spiller
Arlen Wentworth
Andrea Peterson
Sandra’ Goodrich
Edward Fairfield
Andrew J. Peterson
Robert Fontaine
Ernest Morris
Holiday Coffee At Porter Hall Attracts 50 Attendees
A holiday morning coffee was held Wednesday at Porter Hall Temple Avenue Ocean Park sponsored by the Ocean Park Resident committee. Mrs Russell K Smith chaired arrangements with assistants including Mrs Daly Cox Frizzle and others. A spring floral centerpiece donated by Mrs Elmer F Sawyer styled the decor and several members poured. The guest list named numerous residents and families, including J L Billingham and the Jakeman and Groves households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Hall
Temple Avenue
Ocean Park
Russell K. Smith
Jerome Daly
Kenneth Cox
William Frizzle
Percy Frizzle
Elmer F. Sawyer
Ted Johnson
Mildred A. Soule
Maude Rowell
Kay H. Mewer
Edrice Bates
J. H. Billingham
Nancy Billingham
Anne Billingham
Jillian Jakeman
Jon
Jeff Jakeman
Doric Chandler
Rufus H. Bond
Old Orchard Beach Family Visits Minnesota and Maine
Old Orchard Beach residents Mr and Mrs Vance Nichols and family return to Minnesota after visiting Mrs Nichols parents at 17 Hillcrest Avenue and Nichols parents in Rochester New York. Mrs Nichols, a Minnesota teacher, pursues a psychology doctorate at the University of Minnesota and has Phi Beta Kappa honors from the University of Maine class of 1960. A social trip to Boston featured visits to the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabel Stewart Gardiner Museum. The local VFW plans a Teen Age Hop on its renovated Atlantic Avenue hall. Mrs A H Prosser of Lawn Avenue receives a leave of absence from teaching for the rest of the school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Nichols
Minnesota
University of Maine
Ethel Wight
Herbert Hodsdon
Portland
Gertrude Eastman
C. Paul Wight
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
Isabel Stewart Gardiner
Old Orchard Beach
V. F. W. Post
Atlantic Avenue
A. H. Prosser
Lawn Avenue
Boothby House Sold in Kennebunk to Boston Couple
The Boothby house at 8 Pleasant Street, Kennebunk, has been sold to Mr and Mrs Roy Boston of York Street Kennebunk. They are occupying the premises as a home. The Findahl property on Upper High Street in Kennebunk has been sold to Lloyd and Pauline Day of Brown Street for a home and occupancy. Mrs Day teaches at Kennebunk High School and Mr Day is assistant manager at Public Finance Biddeford. Both sales were made through the Cole Agency on Main Street Kennebunk. Harry Mapes of Kennebunk Landing purchased the Roy Boston property on York Street Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothby House
Pleasant Street
Kennebunk
Roy Boston
York Street
Findahl
Upper High Street
Lloyd and
Pauline Day
Brown Street
Day
Kennebunk High School
Public Finance
Biddeford
Cole
Main Street
Harry Mapes
Kennebunk Landing
East Windsor Man Found Sleeping on Tracks
An East Windsor man awoke on a railroad track and questioned police fuss over the incident. He insisted there was no train today and offered no clear reason for his location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Windsor
Conn
Children Art Exhibit Slated at Beach Hall
An art show by local children will be displayed tomorrow at the new Methodist Sunday school building in Old Orchard Beach from 1 to 5 p m. Works from recent lessons will be judged by popular vote with first through third prizes awarded. Mrs Gertrude Eastman asks all pieces be turned in by 5 this afternoon and invites everyone to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Anna Anderson
Seaside House
West Grand Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Hazel Ilsley
Gertrude Wight
Hazel Kennett
Florence Benson
Marcia Stahl
John Stahl
Elizabeth Garland
WSCS
Samuel L. Browne
Lewiston
Helen Cummings
Gertrude Leonard
Bliss
Alice Browne
Florence Gray
Isley
Wight
Anderson
Harriet Andrews
Hazel Davis
Frances Johnson
Retta Sait
Barbara Gilbert
Mattie Bliss
New Methodist Sunday School
Gertrude Eastman
Wells Scouts To Camp Out This Weekend
Wells Boy Scout Troop 353 plans a weekend camping trip to Milinski camp at Mirror Lake, Shapleigh, leaving the American Legion home at 4 this afternoon. They will sleep in tents Friday and Saturday, return Sunday afternoon. A 6:30 Sunday worship for Protestant boys will be led by Rev. John N. Simpson. Catholic boys will attend Mass in Sanford. Troop will collect $2 per Scout for meals. Final trip plans were reviewed at Wednesday’s Scout meeting. A family night pot luck is set for April 26 at 7 p.m. at the Hickpine fire station Wells, with a brief pre-meeting at 6:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Boy Scout
American ‘Legion
Milinski
Mirrorlake
Shapleigh
John N. Simpson
Sanford
Hickpine
Sanford Road
Kennebunk Hosts Joint VFW District Meet
A joint District VFW and auxiliary meeting at the Kennebunk VFW hall drew 70 attendees from Kittery Wells Biddeford Sanford York and Kennebunk Plans for the May 21 district meeting at Wells include nomination election and installation of officers Announced by Mrs Jeanne Thibodeau Sanford district vice president The Boardman Ellis post York Beach and Kennebunk Memorial post installations were noted with dates and Memorial Day and poppy day plans discussed A cake by Mrs Ruby Bouvier Kennebunk auxiliary won by Warren Albee Kittery Past District Commander Refreshments followed by the Kennebunk auxiliary members Edith Horne Ruby Bouvier and Phyllis Lindquist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford-Springvale
Boardman
Ellis Post
York Beach
Kennebunk Memorial Post
York County
Kennedy
Ruby Bouvier
Kennebunk
VFW
Warren Albee
Kittery
VFW Auxliary
Edith Horne
Phyllis Lindquist
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Edmund Cashen
BING
Ice Cube Maker
Twomey Electric Foss Street
Daly Bros
Alfred Street
ABC Venetian
Blind Co
Howe
Howe’s Highway
County Baptists
Beach
Officer State
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk Mothers Plan
Smorgasbord
KHS
Old Orchard KC Auxiliary
St. Johns
Son
Low
South Atlantic
Tristan da Cunha
Tristao da Cunsha
Biddeford & Saco Coal & Oil Company
Mencing
Towle
Deford and Whitten’s Hardware Store
Saco
Beach St. Saco
Alcoa Aluminum Siding
Bird Insul Siding
Fiberglas
J. C
Chevy
Chevrolet
ED & Frank Chevrolet, Inc
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