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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1963

Page

3

Kennebunk Beach Hotel Sold to Milligans for Season

The Sagamore hotel at Kennebunk Beach changes hands to Mr and Mrs Jon Milligan of Cape Porpoise who will run it as Sea and Surf Motor Inn for the 1963 season with an open plan Eur concept. They will close the main dining room and serve only breakfasts and lunches, with plans for a cocktail lounge and entertainment later.

Kennebunk Beach Sagamore Jon Milligan Cape Porpoise Sea and Surf Motor Inn Milligans Kennebunk

Pleasant Way to Ease Loose Plate Discomfort

A denture powder FASTEETH improves fit by sprinkling on upper and lower plates. It holds dentures firmer, provides a non acidic feel, and reduces denture odor without sour taste. Available at drug counters.

1957 Chevrolet 210 two door with options and payment offer

Classified ad lists a 1957 Chevrolet 210 two door with R and H seat covers and white walls in black and white, and a 1956 Ford Customline two door with R and H automatic and blue and white. Down payment five dollars and five dollars weekly secures either car.

Plymouth Belvedere P. S Oldsmobile

District 4-H Clubs Attend Dayton Meeting

York county District 4 4-H clubs held a demonstration tournament at Dayton Consolidated School. Winners include Norma Noel as girl single, Kathy Grantham and Bonnie Stoodley as girls double, Stephen Goodwin as boy single, and Alan Cole with James Roberts as boys double. The York County tournament follows at Dayton Consolidated on April 6.

York County Dayton Consolidated School Jane Smith Faith Mullen We-Ten Club Kathy Grantham Bonnie Stoodley Debra Goodwin Crimson Clover Club Julie Waterhouse Norma Noel Stephen Goodwin Challengers Club James Roberts Alan Cole Saco Valley Club

Two Artists Exhibit Work At Kennebunk Open House

Kennebunk Free Library hosts an Open House on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. honoring Peggy Bacon and Charles Andres. An exhibition of their drawings paintings and book jacket work runs April 21 to 27 for National Library Week with pieces from Bacon and Andres plus a Scottish scene by Leslie Turner White.

Kennebunk Free Library Peggy Bacon Charles Andres Metropolitan Museum Navy Art Student's League New York Lowell Thomas Leslie Turner White Andres Webhannet Clarence Crosby Earl Freeman Nelson Hall Albert A. Nickerson Stanley Day Orren Tibbetts Charles Bowdoin Robert Stinson Robert Spofford John Dresser

Daughters Entertain At Lodge Meeting In Old Orchard Beach

At the Mothers and Daughters night in Old Orchard Rebekah lodge thirteen daughters participated with an accordion solo piano solo a school poem and a skit. The youngest daughter was Betty Anne Lavoie and the oldest grandmother was Mrs. Laura Jordan. Prizes were awarded and refreshments served. The engagement of Alana L Beaulieu to Michael Martel is announced with a June 29 wedding planned.

F. Raymond Moulton Kennebunkport Della R. Moulton John J. Evans Myvyri S&s. Evans Cumberland U. S. Navy U.S. Naval Base Norfolk Old Orchard Beach Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge Gienna Bradeen Eleanor Bradeen Novella Briggs Avis Briggs Cynthia Pettengill Lorraine Pettengill Carol Collins Geraldine Collins Betty Anne Lavoie Anne Lavoie Laura Jordan Ruth Hamilton Alana L. Beaulieu Mona DeWitt West Buxton Edgar Beaulieu Main Street Saco Michael Martel George Martel Arundel

Community Guests and Local Events Highlight Kennebunk Weekend

Social rounds fill Kennebunk with family visits and gatherings. Nurturing kinfolk from Putnam Connecticut Abington Massachusetts Newmarket Scituate Laconia Portland Rumford Bath and West Kennebunk joined relatives for meals, birthdays, and a joint anniversary plan. Fire ambulance aided a local resident and Western Maine Pythian Jubilee groups met in Bath with leaders and ushers. A Shriners circus visit in Portland capped weekend activities. Nickersons from Fitchburg stayed with relatives.

Summer Street Edmund Cashen Marilyn Beaulieu Putnam, Conn Florence Clark Abbington Conn Cashen Nellie Cashen Norwood Mass William Caouette Anita Buddy Auburn Leon Caouette Lois Jeannette Elaine Newmarket Westchester Kennebunk Fire Department Raymond Gosselin Tri-County Osteopathic Hospital Kittery Western Maine Pythian Jubilee Association Knights of Pythias Hall Bath Richard Leech Myrtle Lodge Gladys Leech Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters Eleanor Leech Knights of Pythias Ivy Temple Pythian A. Wesley Leech Robert Leech William Taylor Gussie Ephross Roberta Martin Pathena Dennett Roy Jackson Edward Benoit Henry Smith Clarence Nickerson Denham Springs Albert Nickerson West Kennebunk Carol McConnell Chester McConnel Rumford Ora McConnell High Street George Clark Curtis Tolman Linda Kevin Portland George Gibson Fred Seavey Bob Oswell Joy Lynne Carol Ann Alewive Road Laconia N. H Bel- Mak N.H Kenneth Joy Susie Joy Emily Whicher Kennebunk Joy Charles Dennett Helena Joy Gardiner Carole Ann Velma Howard Leslie Richard Shriners Circus Guy Nickerson Fitchburg Gordon Phillips Christensen Ford

County Council to Send Boy to Dirigo State

York County Council of the American Legion hosts April meetings at Wells post. Speakers include James Page and Eleanor Chambers. A sponsor will send a Old Orchard Beach High student to Dirigo Boys State in June. May 11 meeting set at Brown-Emmons post Alfred.

Wells Elbridge Leroy Hanson York County Council American Legion Wells Post Legionnaires James Page Portland Department of Maine Eleanor Chambers South Portland Dollard Roy Springvale Royal Sheltra Biddeford Roland Shank Freeport Donald Leighton Alfred Old Orchard Beach Dirigo Boys State University of Maine Ralph D. Caldwell Woodfords Togus Veterans Hospital Harold T. Andrews Foster Memorial Buiding Strong Merion Kingsley Milton Vigne Kittery Charlene Farnham Saco Gilberte Lavoie Rosette Alpren Gertrude Wood Cathrine Ambrose Kennebunk Togus Brown-Emmons Bar Mills Oe

Wells Eldridge Hanson post meets at Wells post home

Notices detail meetings of the Eldridge and LeRoy Hanson posts and units in the American Region and auxiliary to be held at 8 in the Wells post home on Eldredge road. Also notes a $22.25 Easter Seal fund-raiser by Wells First and Second Congregational churches Youth Fellowship.

Eldridge Leroy Hanson Wells Post Eldredge Road Wells First and Second Congregational Churches Wells Congregational Churches Youth Fellowship Portland Exposition William F. Abbott Arthur M. Perkins

Potato Program Extension Urged by Maine Leaders

Washington AP Secretary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman was urged to extend Maine s Potato Diversion Program through May 31 Sen Edmund S Muskie D Maine said the current low spirits market for Maine potatoes justifies such an extension Muskie backed a similar Maine Potato Council request

Washington Secretary of Orville L. Freeman Maine Edmund S. Muskie Dmaine State of Maine Muskie Maine Potato Council

Cars collide at Old Orchard Beach injuring four

At Old Orchard Beach a Sunday crash at Saco avenue and Ocean Park road involved Malcolm Butler 58 of Saco and Paul Benoit 31 of Sanford. Hildegarde Butler 51 and Bonnie Butler 14 were sent for X rays. Shirley Benoit was treated for facial cuts and released. Damages to Benoit car about 300. Butler car undetermined.

Old Orchard Beach Malcolm Butler Springstreet Saco Paul Benoit Sanford Saco Avenue Ocean Park Road Benoit Hildegarde Butler Bonnie Butler Shirley Benoit Webber Hospital Pauline Pelletier State Street Biddeford Marie L. Garvreau Lewiston West Grand Union Avenues Camille N. Landry Cedar Avenue Herman

CAP Squadron Forming In Kennebunk

Prospective Civil Air Patrol cadets hold meetings at the VFW hall in Kennebunk Mondays at 7 p.m. A CAP squadron charter may be applied for after enough senior staff is recruited. Training is led by Capt. Alexander Hamilton of Arundel with Cadet Steven P. Chasse of Biddeford assisting. Applications for the 1963 encampment with the U.S. Air Force must be filed by April 22. Cadet memberships will be received this spring and thereafter each year.

Civil Air Patrol VFW Kennebunk C.A.P Saco Alexander Hamilton CAP Arundel Steven P. Chasse Biddeford Maine U.S. Air Force Kennebunk Squadron

Collision on Portland Avenue Damages Landry Car

A small car struck the Landry vehicle on Portland Avenue. The Small car was totaled with over 300 dollars in damage to the Landry car. The driver of the Small said headlights from an oncoming car blinded him.

Small Portland Avenue Landry

Salon 257 Votes Donation For Nurses Fund

Salon 257 held its April meeting at the Wells American Legion home with co hostesses Mrs Catherine Ambrose and Mrs Rosette Alpren. Money was voted for the nurses scholarship fund and the next pouvoirs meeting will be May 19 at Belfast. An invitation was extended to a May 26 reception in Portland honoring Mrs Marie Noble departmental chapeau of Maine.

York County Wells American Legion Chapeau Catherine Ambrose Kennebunk Rosette Alpren Wells Nurses Scholarship Fund Belfast Portland Marie Noble Departemental Maine Marie Jeanne Pelletier Gilberte Lavoie Biddeford Florence Gagne Gertrude Rankin Florence Lewis Charlene Farnham Saco Alberta Redmond Cape Porpoise Ambrose Alpren Rankin Angie Cote

Practice Meet Won By Wells High

Wells High defeated Biddeford High 78 to 48 in a practice meet. Biddeford was without top athletes Danny Pappas Bill Sansoucy Lloyd Cochrane and Johnson stood out for the Tigers while Russ Johnson Bill Byrnes and Prentis Gourde starred for Wells. Wells faces Kennebunk and Berwick in a three corner practice meet Tuesday at Kennebunk.

WELLS Biddeford High Wells High Biddeford Danny Pappas Bill Sansoucy Lloyd Cochrane Johnson Tigers Russ Johnson Bill Byrnes Prentis Gourde Kennebunk Berwick

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