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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1959

Page

3

Wells hosts District 1 P T A meeting on teacher education progress

The Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers District 1 gathered at Wells Elementary with guest speaker Hayden Anderson highlighting 1400 students in Maine training to teach. He noted more colleges, better facilities, and four year programs. The group elected a nominating committee for April 25 1960 at Shapleigh School Kittery.

District 1 Maine Edwards J Frederick A. Halla Portland Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers Halla

Schubert Club Plans Annual Music Festival

The Schubert Club will present the May Music Festival at Kennebunk High School Saturday at 8 p m. The program features school bands glee clubs majorettes and soloists. Proceeds fund a summer music school scholarship at the University of New Hampshire. Music director Alexander Economos selects pieces. Tickets available at the door.

Schubert Club Kennebunk University of New Hampshire Alexander Economos

Kennebunk Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events

Trooper and Mrs Richard Bowley of Coopers Mills spent the weekend with their parents in Kennebunk and Cape Porpoise while John and Walsh family members returned from St Petersburg Florida. Mrs Walsh was briefly hospitalized in Georgia on the trip home. Gabrielle Duguay of Kennebunk Walsh’s accompanied the couple to Georgia. Mrs Walsh now recuperates at home on Sea Road. Mrs Harvard Mann and Mrs Norman Julia chair a parish hall buffet supper in St David Church Portland Street from 5 30 to 7 p m Saturday. Kennebunk Unitarian church Men’s Club hosts May Breakfast Friday 6 to 9 a m at the church with chefs Robert Wentworth Everett Cluff and Lewis H Burr. The breakfast honors a 20 year old local custom. Mrs James Dorcas of California visited West Kennebunk with Mrs Thomas Mars. Baptist Mission Circle meets Friday May 8 at church dining room to sew dresses for Pineland hospital at Pownal. Bring a box lunch Tea and coffee served at noon.

Richard Bowley Coopers Mills Gerald Crocker Sea Road Kennebunk Nelson Nunan Cape Porse John Walsh St. Petersburg Fla Walsh Glenville Gabrielle Duguay Georgia West Kennebunk Baptist Mission Circle Pineland Hospital Pownal

County Juvenile Granges Meet At Arundel

A district meeting of juvenile Granges from York county will be held at Arundel Grange hall Arundel Friday evening with State Flora Mrs Phyllis Dolloff as special guest The Arundel Grange will open the meeting Saco Juvenile Grange will work the degree Riverside Grange will lead the Lecturer program Alewive and Cape Neddick will assist Granges include John F Hill Riverside Cape Neddick Alewive and Arundel Subordinate members may join take the degree and become honorary members Cookies for refreshments will be provided by attending subordinates

York County Arundel Grange Hall Arundel Flora Phyllis Dolloff Granges John F. Hill Riverside Cape Neddick Saco Alewive Arundel Juvenile Grange Saco Juvenile Grange Riverside Grange John F. Hill Grange

Minivanca Star rummage sale set for Friday and Saturday

Old Orchard Beach notices announce a rummage sale by the Minivanca Star club at Play Mates store on Old Orchard Street near Beach Pharmacy from 10 a.m. Friday to Saturday morning. Contributors may drop items at homes on Sea View Avenue St John Street School Street Longwood Avenue. Funeral services for Roseanna Roderick were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Skowhegan. An Arundel Town Hall meeting will organize a volunteer fire department this evening at 8 with men invited.

Old Orchard Beach Minivanca Star Club Play Mates Old Orchard Street Beach Frances Murphy Sea View Avenue Stanley Leonard St. John Street Harry Cummings School Street Clement Wight Longwood Avenue William Beauford Sea Road Roseanna Roderick Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Skowhegan Arundel Town Hall Arundel

Beach Cancer Drive Ends at Old Orchard Beach

Cancer Crusaders completed the 1959 drive at Old Orchard Beach announced by Mrs. Mildred Leonard general fund drive chairman. The planing committee included Mrs. Philip Auger and many volunteers with Postmaster Robert H. Morse treasurer. The program featured Pan American outreach from El Salvador and a York council meeting set for May 8.

Cancer Crusaders Old Orchard Beach Mildred Leonard Leonard Philip Auger Carl Leavitt Franklin Milliken Robert Morse Paul Potvin Robert H. Morse Thomas Anton Gerald Russell Emelda Paul Claude Faulkner Gerard Cote Frank Harris Robert Toulouse Mary Verrill Alphonse Monier Paul Sicard Claudette Monier Effie M. Ross Marion Beaudette Richard Conwell John Marshall Harry Cummings Jerome LePelletier Ruth Auger Louise Reed Jorhn Lombard David Mooers George Granger 1Vid Marshall Robert Yorke Ernest Brousseau Raymond Hayford Francis Murphy Archie Draggins Conrad Hebert Russell Osgood Joseph Saucier Joseph Boucher Norris J Marshall, Jr Preston Armstrong

Legion Auxiliary Program Held at Kennebunk Post

Kennebunk American Legion Auxiliary met Monday evening at the Post home with President Mrs. Phyllis Truscott presiding. A membership report, rummage sale results, and nominating committee update were given. A donation was voted for Hospital Day at Togus. programs included Child Welfare led by Mrs. Catherine Ambrie with Judge David W. Emmons as speaker, and Community Service led by Mrs. Lillian Hicks with Miss Alice Gibson, Kennebunk Public Health nurse, attending.

Zella Tibbetts el Salvador York Council York Post Home Alice L. Downing Lillian Hicks Catherine Ambrose Alice Gibson Georgia Evans Pearl Belyea Elinor Berceron Sarah Owen Louise Marsh France Burke Elizabeth D’ascanio Mary Day Mildred Hamilton Phyllis Truscott David W. Emmons Marsh Maryay American Legion Auxiliary of Kennebunk Togus Catherine Ambrie J Alice Gibson R. N

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