C Fayette Staples Post Initiates New Members
Old Orchard Beach coverage of the C Fayette Staples American Legion Post initiation night led by Portland’s Anthony Rump. New members Paul Remillard Leo Danis Winfred Coreau Aime Violette Ellery Clark and Joseph Cyr welcomed. officers elected for the coming year. six teen chairs and a WWII grave marker approved. meeting featured a memorial for the Thresher crew.
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Old Orchard Beach
State Department
American Legion
Anthony Rump
Portland
C. Fayette Staples Post
Robert Girard
Portland, and First District Service
York
Cumberland County
Royal Sheltra
Biddeford
Howard Slaney
Herbert
Bean
Boys State
Legion ‘Post
York County Council
Parent-Teachers Association
Kiwanis Club
Joseph Girard
George Skillin
Joseph Cyr
David Hoyt
Joseph Mullen
Louis Balkan
Richard Doe
Leo Danis
Paul Remillard
Donald Jones
Aime Violette
Joseph Presley
Winfred Coreau
Royal
Sheltra
Cumberland
Thresher
Anthony Rumo
Winfred Cor‘eau
Ellery Clark l
W. Warren Harmon
Herbert Bean
Cribbage
Automobiles For Sale Includes Mercury Wagons and Monterey
1959 Mercury Commuter six passenger wagon red and white equipped with radio heater automatic power steering power brakes and blue plate registration. Also a 1957 Mercury Monterey four door sedan with radio heater automatic.
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P. S
Mercury
Beach Junior AMVETS Elect New Officers
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Officers were elected at the Junior AMVETS meeting at the Post home on Walnut Street. Elected: President Carol Goulet, Vice President Norman Simpson, Treasurer Freddy Simpson, Secretary Rebecca Kimball, Chaplain Diane Jacques, Public Relations Officer Bonnie Boyer, Historian Carol Travers. Installation soon. they plan to march in the State AMVETS Convention parade May 26 and Memorial Day parade May 30.
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Old Orchard Beach
Amvets
Post Home
Walnut Street
Carol Goulet
Norman Simpson
Freddy Simpson
Rebecca Kimball
Diane Jacques
Bonnie Boyer
Carol Travers
Grou
Jerry Jacq
Russell Kimball
Concert Plans Completed by Old Orchard Beach Club
Old Orchard Beach Music Sponsors club held a meeting last night to finalize plans for the annual combined concert. The event, organized by local sponsors, aims to showcase community musical talent and draw residents and visitors to Old Orchard Beach for an evening of performances.
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Old Orchard Beach
Committees For May Day Tea Are Announced
Old Orchard Beach women announce May Day tea committees for May 1 from 3 to 5 pm at Mrs Elizabeth Garands home 36 Imperial Old Orchard Beach. Hostesses include Mrs Jakeman Mrs Garland and others with table arrangements under Mrs Henry Rudy. Glee club band and majorettes to perform at the high school gym. food sale planned. related Spring Festival events May 4. Names of attendees listed.
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Old Orchard Beach
Elizabeth Garland
Elizabeth Garand
Imperial
Adelbert Jakeman
Bettter
Jakeman
Garland
Fred Good
Leonard Gray
Henry Rudy Pourers
Jakemer
Lawrence Borges
Carl Leavitt
Franklin Milliken
Edward Smith
Borges
John White
Ellen Lamb
Florence Benson
Ernest Gallant
Mildred Leonard
Asi
Bern Goulet
Gordon Haskell
Richard i Sweet
Conrad Hebert
Frances Murphy
Alec Garon
Ruth Hamilton
Nold Morin
Albert Cyr
Roland Sweet
Wells Hosts Vermont Music Exchange Weekend Show
Wells High School welcomes the Chester Vermont High School band chorus and glee club for a two day exchange. Hosts provide homes, joint rehearsal after dinner, social, and a Saturday public concert at the new Wells Junior High gym. Activities include masses and worship services and a Sunday departure with plans for a return visit May 17 to 19.
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WELLS
Wells High
Chester, Vt
Chester
New Well
St. Mary Church
Wells Beach
Ogunquit Methodist Church
Wells "Igh
Kennebunk Boosters Plan 7:30 Meeting at High School
Kennebunk Athletic Boosters president William Bonney announced a 7:30 pm meeting tonight at Kennebunk High School. Scholarship awards for Kennebunk High School and a report on the recent athletes banquet will be discussed. ARUNDEL Health Council and Community Club sponsor a Friday food sale at Arundel Market starting 10 am to benefit the Grade 8 graduating class.
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Hrowkbunk
William Bonney
Kennebunk Athletic Boosters
Kennebunk High School
Arundel
Local social notes from Kennebunk and Bath area
Kennebunk and Cape Porpoise residents attend the Western Maine Pythian Jubilee in Bath. Madonna chapter O E S Past Matrons host a dinner in Kennebunkport with plans for May 28 at Wells Howard Johnson. New member initiated, and several local families travel for memorial services and visits. A Pioneer union meet in Arundel with Burleigh in charge, Morin family updates, and a VFW meeting with officer nominations and district inspector present.
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Lois Wentworth
William Taylor
Kennebunk
Kathey Seavey
Fred Frederick Seavey
Cape Porpoise
Western Maine Pythian Jubilee Association
Bath
Matrons Association of Madonna Chapter
Kennebunkport Inn
Lucile Jennison
Howard Johnson
Wells
Luella Ingalls
Gertrude Hatch
Doris Mortenson
Benda Edwards
Marion Maguire
Carrie Emmons
Emily Morse
Louise Russell
Agnes Jackson
Frances Hutchins
Margaret Johnson
Agnes Tracy
Phyllis Maling
Bernice Crosman
Howard Mortenson
West Kennebunk
Charleston
S. C
Robert Millington
U. S. S. Hobson
U. S. Navy
Department of Pa
Brooklyn
Pioneer Union
Arundel Grange
Arundel
Merlin Burleigh
Friend Street
Fletcher Street
Merritt Jones
Kittery
Grade School Picture Judging At Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Art association judged pictures by first through fifth graders at Jameson school with Ed Mayo and Miss Ethel Wight as judges. Naomi Bean announced winners and awards later. Plans for a May 4 smorgasbord at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall were completed. A surprise birthday cake greeted Evelyn Monier. Attendees included Josephine Bay, Joseph Bay, Mary Borges, Anna Anderson, Isabelle McIver, Elizabeth Wilson, Sarah Graves, Allen Sneider, Marguerite Drolet, Almonza Souliere, Marlene Pruneau, Allen Hooper Jr, Adrienne Binnette, Gabrielle Gagne, Naomi Bean, Ethel Wight, and Ed Mayo.
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Old Orchard Beach
Ethel Wight
Jeff
Edward Mayo
Old Orchard
Robinson Memorial Masonic J Hall
Evelyn Monier
Bean
Josephine Bay
Joseph Bay
Mary Borges
Anna Anderson
Isabelle McIver
Elizabeth Wilson
Sarah Graves
Allen Sneider
Marguerite Drolet
Almonza Souliere
Marlene Pruneau
Allen Hooper, Jr
Adrienne Binnette
Gabrielle Gagne
Naomi Bean
Ed Mayo
Gasoline Bid Accepted by Kennebunk Selectmen
Kennebunk leaders met with Town Manager Robert York to interview three of four applicants for the Communications center as Gulf Oil won the town gasoline bid with a .0417 per gallon discount. Other bids came from Texaco and Tide Water while Lower Town Hall alterations were reviewed for submission to the accelerated work program in New York.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Board of Selectmen
Norman Stevens
Plummmer
Ad‘jutant
Ernest Brown
Raymond Brearey
A. Wesley Leech
Robert York
Harrison Coleman
Frank Stevens
Communications Center
Gulf Oil Corp
iGulf
Texaco
Tide Water
New York
Cancer Crusade Donation Voted At Relief Corps Meeting
At the Abraham Lincoln Women’s Relief Corps gathering in Wells Grange hall donations to the Cancer Crusade and Centennial fund were approved. Reports covered Memorial Day plans, with all Wells-Ogunquit groups invited to join the parade and services on Memorial Sunday at 10 30 a.m. May 26 at Wells Second Congregational Church led by Rev. John N Simpson.
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Wells
Cancer Crusade
Centennial Fund
Abraham Lincoln Women's Relief Corps
Wells Grange Hall
Sanford Road
Wells—Ogunquit
Wells Second Congregational Church
John N. Simpson
Ethel Kelley
North Berwick
Jennie Carson
Suzie Leonard
Bessie Johnson
Emma Willis
Celia Eaton
Ethel Seavey
Anne Daniels
Lizzie Reid
Dawn Hayes
Barbara Lewis
Irene Kimball
Barbara Perkins
Mary Stacy
Veterans Administration cites WWI vets average age at 68.1
The Veterans Administration reports the mean age of World War I veterans as 68.1 years, reflecting the aging veteran population. The statistic underscores ongoing demographic shifts among surviving veterans and the need for continued support and remembrance.
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The
Veterans Administration
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