Community Notes From Kennebunk Area Residents
The Kennebunk fire department ambulance aided Mrs. Howard Marlinson of West Kennebunk to Webber hospital Friday evening. Guests include Mrs. Raymond Richter and daughters Janie and Melissa of New York City staying two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbiar Briddell. Frederick Staples Jr returned from a month with his grandparents in Canaan Connecticut and attended a family birthday party for his grandmother Mary DiTullio in Lynn Massachusetts. The Stinson family have returned home on Summer Street after July at Drakes Island. Richard B. Clark and children Cynthia and David vacation at Kennebunk Pond cottage with Mrs. Roy A. Evans. Jessie Strayhorn returned home after two weeks with niece Ava B. Westhaver in Mansfield Massachusetts following surgery at Webber hospital.
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Kennebunk
Howard Marlinson
West Kennebunk
Webber Hospital
Raymond Richter
Janie
Melissa
New York City
Wilbiar Briddell
Storer Street
Frederick Staples, Jr
Arents
John Staples
Canaan
Conn
Freddie
Mary DiTullio
Lynn
Mass
Claudia
Jennifer
Janice DiTullio
DiTullio
Robert Stinson
Patty
Polly
Scott
Summer Street
Drakes Island
Richard B. Clark
Cynthia
David
Lewiston
Kennebunk Pond
Roy A. Evans
Jessie Strayhorn
Fletcher Street
Ava B. Westhaver
Mansfield
Ogunquit Patrolman Fired For Refusing Lie Detector Test
Ogunquit police chief announces automatic firing of Gordon Bridges Jr a beach patrolman who refused a lie detector test related to his report to state troopers about an assault on the beach Bridges had reported being struck and beaten after an incident while patrolling the area troopers found no trace of suspects and Bridges was suspended pending further investigation as the special patrol faced criticism over beachside behavior
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Ogunquit
Christian Larsen
Gordon Bridges, Jr
Bridges
Larsen
Canadian Trio Rescued At Old Orchard Beach
Three Canadian bathers from Montreal were rescued from a sand bar at Old Orchard Beach after an incoming tide and strong surf. Lifeguard Donald Keene assisted by boat, with Charles Clark notifying police. All three were treated for exposure and exhaustion at Webber Hospital. Mrs Brown remained under observation.
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Old Orchard Beach
Orchard Beach
Margaret Brown
Barry J. Brown
James Chalmers
Montreal
Donald Keene
Charles Clark
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Donald ‘Aker
Thomas Anton
Brown
Chandler
Keene
Plane crashes at front of two story Compton home
A light plane crashed and burst into flames at the front of a two story apartment building in Compton California injuring five people including an expectant mother on the steps. Rescues by neighbor Melvin Calloway 21 saved the mother and helped extract the pilot and two children from the wreckage. Pilot Chester Fees 34 of Anaheim escaped with facial cuts and bruises. His daughters Cheryl Ann 12 and Sandra 7 were injured with Cheryl Ann in critical condition. Frances L Brown 38 the expectant mother was treated for possible fractures after a telephone line was torn loose by the crash. Margery 24 was struck in the back while hanging clothes and suffered leg and back injuries.
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Compton
Calif
Melvin Calloway
Chester Fees
Anaheim
Fees
Cheryl Ann
Sandra
Frances L. Brown
Margrey
James IV of Scotland's Golf Fascination with Bermudas Game
James IV of Scotland born 1488 pursued golf due to fascination with the Bermudas game. Records note about 360 islands in 1513 shaping maritime and sporting interests of the era.
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James IV of
Scotland
Cape Porpoise News Roundup of Local Visits and Events
Murray Roberts returns from Nova Scotia after a two week visit. Ziegler family back in Drexel Hill after cottage stay. Ridlon family visits Orono then Weld camping en route to New York. Crowell family visited Plattsburgh area. European sisters Berkman occupy Blair DeBanke apartment for August. Ziegler couple vacationing at Point cottage. Helfman family staying in Dodge cottage. Methodist church summer fair nets 1059 dollars with weekly food sales. Guests include Johnston, Mellen, Schreider, Huskins, Linstrom, Hutchins from Melrose, West Englewood, Springfield, and New York City.
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Murray Roberts
Nova Scotia
A. A. Ziegler Jr
Drexel Hill
Langsford Road
Ernest Ridlon
Orono
Ernest, Jr
Winfield Allen
Jon
Garden City
A. A. Ziegler
Plymouth Meeting
Point
Harry Helfman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Richard Nelson
the Methodist Church
William Johnson
Leicester Johnston
Ella Mellen
Melrose
Mass
Lillian Nunan
Lloyd Schreider
West Englewood
N. J
Douglas Huskins
Siri Linstrom
Springfield
Perry Hutchins
Mess
Little Sanford
Vivian Leopold
Virginia Schonberg
New York City
Blair-DeBanke
Sheriffs Look For Clues In Child Murder
In Wheeling Illinois sheriff deputies combed the scene of a child murder of Betsy Benham age five found near her home. Cook County Sheriff Frank Saine dispatched deputies within a two mile radius and sought information from known sex offenders. An 18 year old former mental patient was detained Saturday suspected of nothing yet confessed. Police planned blood tests on shirts found near the grave.
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Wheeling
Chicago
Betsy Benham
Cook County
Frank D. Sain
Benham
Chicago Police Crime Laboratory
Chronic snorer helpless in search for a cure
More than 3,000 readers of Family Doctor sought a remedy for snoring amid failed experiments. An 250 volunteers tried throat, jaw, and tongue exercises but no cure emerged. Editor Harney Flack aims to test chewing gum and wind-instrument players’ snoring. A Toronto wife quips that no cure exists except unwise humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Neeld
London
Family Doctor
Houston
Tex
Pennsylvania
Scotland
Harvey Flack
Toronto
New Bird Named After Dr Crosvenor on New Britain Island
A new bird discovered on New Britain Island in the Southwest Pacific is named cichiornis grosvenori in honor of Dr Gilbert Crosvenor, chair of the National Geographic Society trustees.
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New Britain Island
Southwest Pacific
Cichiornis Grosvenori
Gilbert iCrosvenor
Board For Trustees
The
National Geographic Society
Owen-Davis Post Initiates Twelve Members at Meeting
Twelve members will be initiated at the Owen-Davis Post American Legion meeting Tuesday at 8 p m at the post home Beach street Saco. The group includes William P. Coggins Old Orchard Beach John H both Biddeford Stephen Halasz Daniel C Falvey Guy C Goodwin James K Monroe John Mazieko Emile Vachon Adney J Harmon Roland J Paquette and Guy Levesque all of Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Post
Beach Street
Saco
William P. Coggins
Old Orchard Beach
John H
Biddeford
Stephen Halasz
Daniel C. Falvey
Guy C. Goodwin
James K. Monroe
John Mazieko
Emile Vachon
Adney J. Harmon
Roland J.paquette
Guy Levesque
Police Seek Indian Perry Assault Suspect
Police search for a construction worker identified as the assailant of Chris Eltivater, 50, who was critically injured outside his Pleasant Point Indian Reservation home. Sheriff Raymond Tracy said Eltivater has a fractured skull and is in poor condition at Eastport Hospital. Witnesses, workers at Cutter Navy Station, provided possible name. warrants issued for assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to kill.
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Perry
Chris Eltivater
Washington County
Raymond Tracy
Eltivater
Eastport Hospital
Eltivator
Cutler Navy Station
Pleasant Point Indian Reservation
Woman Dies After Police Questioning In Nashua
Nashua New Hampshire reports Mrs. Jeanne Micnaud Ouellette, 32, found dead at police headquarters four hours after questioning over a hit run. Medical examiner cites a heart condition. Police say she was likely a passenger in a car that struck two men in Methuen, Massachusetts. The injured man from Lawrence, Massachusetts, was listed on the danger list.
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Nashua
N. H
Jeanne Micnaud Ouellette
John D. Spring
Joseph L. Regan
Quellette
Methuen
Mass
Hannigan
Lawrence
General Hospital
Ford Foundation Grants Fund Masters Degree Quality
The Ford Foundation awards $195,000 to Tufts University and $126,000 to the University of New Hampshire to support a program aimed at improving the quality of masters degrees for college teaching.
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NEW College
New York
Ford Foundation
Tufts University
University of New Hampshire
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Kennebunk Antiques Fair
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