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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1962

Page

3

Cub Scouts Honor Den Leaders At Kennebunk Event

Pack 304 held a Park Street School ceremony in Kennebunk led by Richard Bibber. Den 1 mothers Maynard Welch and helpers awarded pins and badges to Michael Emmons Malcolm Perkins Jeffrey Fontaine. Den 2 mothers Kenneth Ackley and David McCullough awarded Steven Yates. Den 3 mother Robert Bryant awarded Ross Merrill and Stanley Brown. A May 19 Roto-Cub Space derby at Sanford Airport was planned with possible May 26 rain date. Rocket run-offs featured 39 participants with judges John MacDonald Charles Cole and Fred Seeley. starters were Colin Campbell and Ralph Hatch.

Park Street Kennebunk Richard Bibber Den 1 Den Maynard Welch Raymond Russell Colin Campbell Michael Emmons Malcolm Perkins Jeffrey Fontaine Kenneth Ackley David McCullough Steven Yates Robert Bryant Ross Merrill Stanley Brown Sanford Henry Allen Michael Peterson Joseph Cole Kenneth Russell Robert Stone Allen Knight David Stuart John MacDonald Charles Cole Fred Seeley Ralph Hatch

VFW Auxiliary Holds Installation Ceremony in Kennebunk

Officers for the VFW Auxiliary were installed at the Post home on Fletcher Street Kennebunk. New president Mrs Carolyn Goldhammer succeeds Mrs Edith Horne who becomes a trustee for three years. Other officers installed include senior VP Mrs Dorothy Labbe junior VP Mrs Edith Horne secretary Mrs Patricia Chick treasurer Mrs Ruby Bouvier chaplain Mrs Flora Lindquist two year trustee Mrs Phyllis Lindquist three years. Guard conductress color bearers to be installed later. Next meeting May 11 at the Post home with Mrs Catherine Ambrose as hostess.

Fletcher Street Kennebunk Catherine Ambrose Carolyn Goldhammer Edith Horne Dorothy Labbe Patricia Chick Ruby Bouvier Flora Lindquist Phyllis Lindquist Horne Post Home Chick Wells Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars North Berwick Road Dorothy Fitch Irene Brown Geraldine Byrnes Mary Coggeshall Lester Stevens Carl Brown Paul Kimball Harold Coggeshall Eugene Hubbard Lawrence Welch William Byrnes Lester Eaton Marion Bridge

K O P Kitchen to Get Remodeling Job

Myrtle lodge Knights of Pythias reports new dining room tables arriving this week as plans unfold for the 83rd anniversary and neighborhood night next Friday. Ivy Temple will serve supper at 6 30 before a page ceremony for candidates. A reception for Grand Chancellor Jack Ephross is planned at A Wesley Leech’s home Thursday at 7. Roy Jackson notes kitchen equipment for remodeling once it arrives. Harland Dutch named local chairman of a Rare Blood club formed by Pythians nationwide. Maynard Redlon and Fred Hanson present.

Dorrance Clark Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters Jack Ephross A. Wesley Leech Roy Jackson Harland Dutch Rare Blood Club

Art Association Will Meet Tuesday

Old Orchard Beach Art Association will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Jameson School with officer elections. Mrs Adrienne Binette will lead the program and present a loan exhibit from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts including 52 famous paintings. She will show 80 color slides from Wonderland Park Flower Show and teach color value perspective and composition. Refreshments will follow.

Old Orchard Beach Art Association Jameson School Adrienne Binette Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Salesman Wanted for Building Materials Sales Career

Exceptional opportunity for an experienced and aggressive building materials salesman between ages 22 and 35 in Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Scarborough and Portland area. Attractive compensation plan car allowance and company benefits. Contractor and home improvement sales experience helpful. Reply by phone or letter to Romeo J Gendron Phone Sanford 1600 N. J. Gendron Lumber Co

Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Scarborough Portland

Adam Walsh Speaks at St Margaret Breakfast

Adam Walsh U S Marshal was guest speaker at the St Margaret parish annual communion breakfast in Old Orchard Beach sponsored by the Rev J J Mullen Council K of C The event included a Mass by Rev Armand Landry and a breakfast in the parish hall with a large turnout and a host of parish and council officers named for the arrangements.

J. J. Mullen Knights of Columbus St. Margaret Parish Hall Old Orchard Beach Edgar Deprey Edward Walsh Adam Walsh St. Margaret Parish Armand Landry U. S Walsh Notre Dame Four Horsemen St. Margaret Peter Dennis Arthur Loranger CCD Francis la Fountain William Southwick Joseph Lamontagne Roger Tousignant Emile Belanger Alec Garon Robert Quinn

Bowley and Graham Exchange Vows in Kennebunkport

Patricia Elinor Bowley and Richard Edward Graham wed in St. Martha chapel Kennebunkport with a double ring ceremony. The bride wore Chantilly lace and a French illusion veil, carried white roses and sweet peas. Attendants included Joan Somma and Judith Bowley. Reception at Olympian club followed. couple plans to reside on Grove Street Kennebunk after a Canada honeymoon.

Patricia Elinor Bowley Dorothy M. Bowley Maynard S. Bowley Kennbunk Richard Edward Graham Edward C. Graham Kennebunkport St. Martha Chapel William J. Kelly Joan Somma Portland Albert Meserve Judith Bowley Baster Susan Graham Peter Graham Stephen Bowley Kennebunk George Sullivan Fairfield Maine Maritime Academy Castine Kennebunk High School Merchant Marine Canada Warren Morses Grove Street

Great Day in the Morning cast features three couples

Three husband wife teams headline Broadway production Great Day in the Morning. J D Cannon husband of playwright Alice Cannon appears in the cast. Colleen Dewhurst plays the lead, wife of coproducer George C Scott. Thomas Carlin and his wife Franzas Sternhausen share other roles.

Spouses New York Broadway J. D. Cannon Alice Cannon Colleen Dewhurst George C. Scott Thomas Carlin Franzas Sternhausen

Inspection Held At Arundel Grange Session

Ernest Burleigh presided as State Deputy Leslie Adams inspected the First degree at Arundel Grange. Guest State Juvenile deputy Evelyn Adams spoke on Juvenile Grange and the May 5 convention in Saco. Degree team names and officers listed. Blanche Roberts won a Home Economics prize. upcoming special meeting for first and second degrees Friday at 8 with refreshments by Mrs. Constance Boucher.

Ernest Burleigh Arundel Grange Grange Leslie Adams Evelyn Adams Saco Paul Dumont, Sr Fred Merrill Merlin Burleigh Joel Duprey Paul Bo

Kennebunk residents mingle with FHA events and travel

Kennebunk families and friends are listed visiting relatives and attending the FHA convention in Augusta and Norwalk. Notables include Miss Sally Davis and Miss Mary Lou Clough from Kennebunk High School with chaperones. A Coast Guard assignment moves a Bristol resident, while local fires prompted letter responses.

George Anderson Sea Road Boston Mabel Garfield Gm-2c Robert Johnston Kelly Ann Stacey Warren Morse Place Park and Grove Streets Bristol R. J. Johnston U. S. Coast Guard Mabel Foster Mary Grispi Watertown Mass Miss Freeman Elliot Freeman High Street Cynthia Berdeen Kenneth Berdeen South Norwalk Conn Philip Berdeen Mary Jean Brown Bethel Judy Houle Sally Pitman Carolyn Doane Plymouth Teachers’ College Plymouth N. H Kennebunk Route 35 Fletcher Street

Teachers' Salary Talks Under Way

The Kennebunk Superintendent School committee and teacher representatives began a series of joint meetings on teacher salaries for the 1963 to 1964 school year. The discussions follow a January plan that approved a one year adjustment and provided a $300 increase for 1962-63.

Kennebunk

Madonna OES Past Matrons Initiate at Kennebunk

Madonna OES Past Matrons meet at Mrs. Johnny Ann Martel home York street Kennebunk for a covered dish supper and business session led by president Mrs. Martel. Junior past matron Agnes Tracy was initiated. a Cancer fund donation was voted. Attendees include Phyllis Maling Louise Russell Gertrude Hatch Mariel Balch Frances Hutchins Sally Bourne Bernice Crosman Lucille Jennison and Agnes Tracy plans for May 24 dine out and May meeting at Mrs. Gertrude Hatch home Mousam road.

Association of Madonna Chapter OES Johnny Ann Martel York Street Kennebunk Martel Agnes Tracy Cancer Fund Phyllis Maling Louise Russell Gertrude Hatch Mariel Balch Frances Hutchins Sally Bourne Bernice Crosman Lucille Jennison Mar

Walker Is Speaker At Tide Rod Club

The Tide Rod club at Old Orchard Beach heard John Walker of Hollis Center speak on club activities. He serves as president of the Kingsmen club and proposed a joint meeting for June 10. Members discussed roadside distress equipment and highway accident prevention.

Tide Rod Club Old Orchard Beach John Walker Hollis Center Kingsmen Club

Goldberg Heads Speakers For TWUA Confab

Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg will head a speaker roster for the 12th biennial TWUA AFL-CIO convention in Miami Beach May 7 to 11. Also appearing are Sen. John C. Pastore and Rep. Roman Pucinski, with 1,100 delegates from 33 states and four Canadian provinces.

New York Athur J. Goldberg Textile Workers Union of America Afl-Cio Miami Beach Flia U. S John C. Pastore Rhode Island Roman C. Pucinski Illinois Sen. Pastore Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Pucinski House National Labor Relations Board Joseph A. Beirne Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America Lewis Wright Manchester England Great Britain Amalgamated Weavers’ Association James L. McDevitt Deauville William Pollock TWUA

Abbott-Verville AMVETS Card Party Honors Winners

Mrs Leona Travers won the women s high prize and Mrs Clara Demers the women s low prize at the Abbott-Verville AMVETS card party held Sunday evening at the Post home on Walnut Street. Daniel Guarino won men s high and John Price men s low. Irene Griffin took the Queens prize. Special prizes went to Mrs Travers and Daniel Guarino. Toilers-by-the-Sea meet Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Genevieve Webb s Gooseare home. C Paul Wight, physics teacher at Cape Elizabeth High, attended the Maine Science Teachers association meeting at Colby College Waterville Saturday. AMVETS Post meeting Tuesday at the Walnut Street Post home.

Leona Travers Clara Demers Abbott-Verville Amvets Post Home Walnut Street Daniel Guarino John Price Irene Griffin Travers Toilers-by-the-Sea Genevieve Webb C. Paul Wight Cape Elizabeth High School Maine

Local VFW Posts Install Auxiliary Officers in York Area

Lillian Chase conductress and Ethel Welch secretary and musician led a ceremony with Martha Bradeen historian and guard Helen Hayes chaplain and color bearers Helene Shaw Lois Eaton Mabel Card and Margaret Kim. Installing officer Eileen Monroe assisted by Gertrude Carlson. Warren Albee York department surgeon installed post with Charlie Veres as aide. Refreshments followed. guests from York Sanford and South Berwick joined.

Lillian Chase Ethel Welch Martha Bradeen Helen Hayes Helene Shaw Lois Eaton Mabel Card Margaret Kimball Eileen Monroe South Berwick Gertrude Carlson Warren Albee York Charlies Veres York Vfw Sanford

Mother and Twins Honored At Crescent Party

A family dinner at Mr and Mrs Henry Smiths Crescent surf Kennebunk celebrated a triple birthday for Mrs Smith born Easter Sunday and twins Linda and Sharon Smith turning 18 on April 28. Gifts and a decorated cake were shared with attendees including Doris Emmons and children Michael Ellen and Bruce John Clark and guests Frank Walker Mrs Percy Belyea and others from Kennebunk and Kennebunkport.

Henry Smith Crescent Surf Kennebunk Smith Linda Sharon Smith Doris Emmons Michael Ellen and Bruce John Clark Frank Walker Kennebunkport Percy H. Belyea Wind

Shriners Circus Draws Kennebec Area Children

About 100 youngsters from Kennebunk and Kennebunkport attended the Shriners Circus at the Lewis on Armory on Saturday morning traveling by school buses. Chaperones included Mrs Louise Bradbury Mrs Harrison Seavey Mrs Robert Ficker Mrs Gilbert Brown Ronald Goulet and Mr and Mrs Lyman Matthews. Roy Jackson a Shriner assisted. there were three shows that day including morning afternoon and evening performances.

Neary Kennebunk Kennebunkport Shriners’ Circus Lewis Armory Howard Taute Fred. Daggett Lrivers Louise Bradbury Harrison Seavey Robert Ficker Gilbert Brown Ronald Goulet Lyman Matthews Roy Jackson

Also Mentioned on This Page

VFW K. O. P. Kitchen Art Association Alps Romeo J. Gendron N. J. Gendron Lumber Co Row Parish Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Executive Board Atty Francis LaFountain Patricia Bowley Richard Graham Madonna Mousam Road Walker Goldberg Twua Confab Ola Orchard Beach Science Teachers Association Colby College Waterville Satur Jamvets Abbott- Vervilie' Alnut Terry Polo Chix Parents’ Magazine Belyea Douglass Westbrookham Donald Tel Atlantic
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