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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1961

Page

4

Local Gazette Brims with Social Attendances and Events

Kennebunk notes list guests of several families in Casco Old Port Road and Wells Road with extended visits from Petersburg Fla and Riverhurst. A Youth Center meeting at Lower Town Hall 7:30 PM. Birthday cookout at Belyea home with families and relatives attending. Pomona officers of Massachusetts grange host lobster feed in Arundel with multiple attendees from Pinehurst and Lowell grange groups. A Kennebunk Baptist church class plans a church sale Friday 10 AM with rain contingency. committee members named.

Eugene Winslow Casco Eir Cousins Fred Knols Cat Mousam Road Royade Old Port Road Ernest Forrest Petersburg Fla Robert Look Obert, Jr Debbie Lou Ofardiner Elmernett Ernest Arnold D Aughter Phyllis Foster Linda Ean Auburn Mass Randsons John James Va CIA Westwood Even Bank Lower Town Hall Wayne Manchester Janet Manchester Arles Belyea Riverhurst Gorham Raynd Belyea Wells Road Charles Belyea Iola Littleield Wells Wayne Aron Flora Inna Picking Haverhill Tate Ceres Arthur Botwell Masor Pinehurst Grange Lowell Fass Doris Starie Lillian Badger Manueachado Ambrose Reddy Oseph Higgins Kenebunk Ormerly Everett Truman Bennett Biddeford Mary Hen Card Arundel Keneuak Baptist Church Alma Tomlinson Marion Cosuens Harriet Freeman

False Teeth More Firmly in Place

Do your false teeth slip wobble or embarrass you while you eat or laugh? Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates for a firmer hold. This alkaline non acid powder helps dentures fit more comfortably with no gummy taste or odor. Get FASTEETH at your drug counter today.

Ny Drug Counter

Acton Fair Plans Annual Flower Show This Weekend

Acton Fair announces its annual flower show to be held Friday and Saturday August 25 and 26 at the fair grounds. Riussell Staples, chairman, says 17 classes of flowers plants and arrangements will compete with entries due by noon on day one and judging to follow in the York County Extension Association Hall. Awards will honor top three in several classes including dinner table arrangements wild flowers red white and blue displays teacup and small vase designs and a youth division. Four places will be awarded for best general exhibit best house plants best African violets and several gladiolus categories.

Acton Fair Fairgrounds Riussell Staples Staples York County Extension Association

Kennebunk River Club Art Show and Yacht Race

The seventh annual Art Show at the Kennebunk River Club takes place Sunday August 20 from 2 to 6 pm, featuring oils, watercolors, sculpture, ceramics and crafts. Exhibitors may call Mrs. Albert Madeira, Kenne opera chairwoman, to enter. pictures displayed in the boathouse with tea on the porch.

Kennebunk River Club Albert Madeira Kenneoe

Sisters Honored At Twin Birthday Fete

A double birthday party at Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Stevens Jr. home in West Kennebunk honored their daughters Mrs. Donald Kellett and Mrs. David Shields. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. William Mercier Cape Porpoise Miss Andrea Hardy James Carbinieris Chelsea Mass Miss Pamela Bickford Sanford and others.

Maurice Stevens, Jr West Kennebunk Donald Kellett David Shields Stevens William Mercier Cape Porpoise Andrea Hardy James Carbineris Chelsea Mass Pamela Bickford Sanford Frederick Shield Kennebunk Frederick Phillips David Mark Scott Jeffrey

Miss Wakefield Ties Knot With Donald Jones at Cape Porpoise

Barbara Wakfield daughter of Mrs. John Wakefield of Pier Road Cape Porpoise wed Donald Jones son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones of Eliot formerly Greenville R I in a double ring ceremony officiated by Rev Henry C Meyert on Saturday August 5 Present were immediate families with Mrs Ethel Sewall as matron of honor and Hyland Rowan as best man Barbara wore informal ink dress with a corsage of sweetheart roses and baby's breath Mrs Jones has taught in Portsmouth NH public schools Jones is in a Lubrication Engineers training program in Fort Worth Texas The couple plan a Maine coast honeymoon and will live with the bride's mother at Cape Porpoise until their Beech Road Eliot home is completed.

Barbara Wakfield John Wakefield Pier Road Cape Porpoise Donald Jones Harold Jones Eliot Greenville R.I Henry C. Meyert Ethel Sewall Hyland Rowan Beech Road

Goose Rocks Art Flower Show Set

The Goose Rocks Beach Association hosts a flower and art show at the Community House tomorrow. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs Frederick Smith chairs the art portion. Mrs Randolphe Gerrish and Mrs Lloyd Clark co chair the flower division. Open to the public.

Goose Rocks

Benefit for Fred Seavey Injured at Navy Yard

A Cape Porpoise fundraiser to aid Fred Seavey, injured while working at the Portsmouth Navy Yard on July 26, will be held August 23 at the Firemen's Hall. Firemen donate the hall and the Katahdin Mountaineers provide music, with advance ticket sales and a free band concert in Porpoise Square from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

Fred Seavey Navy Yard Portsmouth Atlantic Firemen’s Association Porpoise Bar Harbor St. Petersburg Fla Betty Mary Adams Sam Jennings Sharon Mass Lucy Lord Gloucester Mass Jean McGregor Lawrence Leonard Despres Stanley S. Reid Revere Walter Vickers Everett Chelsea Medford Melrose All Mass Newton Sq Louise Wilson Dauhter Linda Lexington John J. Hartigan Andover Lillian Holmes Cape Porpoise Ada F Sec Arthur Redmond Weber Hospital William Anton Sgt. Redmond Korea Ralph Waldo Perkins Manchester Conn Alta Bradbury Eleanor Blair Audubon Dorothy Adams Otto Hikachi Chicago Hodes Patricia Flannery Millville N .J Samuel Armstrong George Gifford Perry Hutchins Webber Hospital Ralph McKelvey Germantown The Cape

Bates Alumni Elect Lindholm at Ocean Park Meeting

Milton L Lindholm Bates College dean of admissions spoke at the 46th Ocean Park Bates Alumni Association meeting at Jordan Hall Ocean Park on how prospective students are selected for many qualities beyond scholarship. Officers were elected including Arnold Ganley president and Ruth Severance secretary treasurer. Bates alumni and guests attended and singing of the Bates Alma Mater closed the event.

Milton L. Lindholm Bates College Lewiston Ocean Park Bates Alumni Association Jordan Hall Temple Avenue Ocean Park Frank O. Street Dean Lindholm Bates Ag Park Group Em. Lindholm Street Robert L. Tomblen Christine Davis Arnold L. Ganley Irene H. Dwelley Ruth M. Severance Patricia Bradbury Baldwin John W. Goodall Jr Dorothy Barton Tripp Susan Johnston Murrayville Don G. Mason First Presbyterian Church Uniontown Aill Elvnn Young Wheeler Lillian Stevens Jakeman Philip R. Webb Tomblen Miss Donnell R.l.tomblen N.maude Donnell Charlotte A

How To Be Millionaire For 100 In Bolivia

A brief item notes a Bolivian scheme offering riches for 100 dollars. It mentions Bolivia's boliviano, once 190 to 1 against the dollar, and cites inflation, stating 12 000 bolivianos are now required for a stated goal. It reflects the era's sensational economic foreign exchange context.

LA Paz Bolivia U.S

Mothers to Face Sons in Park Street Ball Game

A charity ball game with mothers versus their Small Fry league sons is set for Saturday at 6 30 PM at Park Street playground Kennebunk. Proceeds fund playground equipment. popcorn and tonic will be sold by boys under Mrs Mary Cuneo. Players include Mrs Millie Whitten Mrs Connie Lamontagne Mrs Carol Holmberg Mrs Betty Smith Mrs Dot Papcan Mrs Virginia Bregitano Mrs Roberta Seeley Miss Norene Whitten Mrs Arvilla McBride Mrs Edna Wentworth Mrs Barbara Stone Mrs Helen Ackley Mrs Marjorie Sprague and Mrs Phyllis Peterson.

Park Street Kennebunk Mary Cuneo Millie Whitten Connie Lamontagne Carol Holmberg Betty Smith Dot Papcan

Fourteen Face Municipal Court At Kennebunk

Judge David W. Emmons presided as 14 violators appeared in Kennebunk Municipal Court. Among fees, Anthony M. Jacobsky of Portland paid 30 dollars after pleading guilty to transporting blasting caps and dynamite. four Massachusetts youths each paid 20 dollars for illegal beer possession. Walter E. Pazark of Dorchester paid 15 dollars for speeding and an improper muffler. Other defendants faced fines from 5 to 30 dollars for speeding, no license, no sticker, or left-side driving near a grade. Additional notes mention a September Superior court appeal and a humorous aside about Bolivian currency and wealth.

David W. Emmons Kenebunk Anthony M.jacobsky Portland Massachusetts Robert D. O'Neill Boston Robert Prosperi Melrose John Pavidis Dorchester James Thirkell Walter E. Pazark Mass Daniel T. Smith North Berwick Austin G. Pratt North Abington

More Artists Added to Goose Rocks Exhibit

Four more artists have been added to the Goose Rocks show list joining the previously announced exhibitors. The updated roster expands the lineup and offers visitors a broader selection of works across multiple media.

Goose Rocks Beach Association Hosts Flower and Art Show

The Goose Rocks Beach association’s combined flower and art show will take place August 9 at the Community Center. Open to the public from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9. Art show chairman Mrs. Frederick Smith announced Elmont Tyndale and Madeline Brown of Goose Rocks Beach Ruth Chace of Granite Point and Robert Chace of Brattleboro, VI, will display paintings.

Goose Rocks Beach Elmont Tyndale Madeline Brown Ruth Chace Granite Point Robert Chace Brattleboro

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