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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1962

Page

3

Rev Edward W Meury to Preach at Ocean Park

Rev Edward W Meury of Wellesley Massachusetts and Camden summer resident will be guest preacher at The Temple Ocean Park Sunday at 10 30 am The Temple choir will provide music with Miss Bernice F Libby accompaniment Adelbert M Jakeman will preside Sunday School for youth will be in B C Jordan Memorial hall Miss Ethel G Nelson directs The Stiles and Woodruff memorials honor the late local figures A 5 pm beach vesper feature Rev Hartley T Grandin of Concord New Hampshire heads the service

Edward W Meury Wellesley Congregational Church Wellesley Mass Camden Temple Ocean Park Ward R. Nelson Immanuel Baptist Church Portland Harry Lindley Hedding Methodist Church Barre Beach Hartley T. Grandin Concord N. H New Hampshire Council of Churches New Hampshire Bible Society Ocean Park Association Alan Paton Bishop's Company American Repertory Players Santa Barbara Calif Merle Harbach Alison Damon Lee Rinker Claudia Storms Stephen Brownfield Karl Slinkard David Ridenour Kenneth R. Henley Second Congregation Greenfield Ocean Park Assembly Phyllis Benbow Beardsley Ixopo South Africa Johannesburg States Canada Gerald H. Kennedy The Methodist Church

Kennebunk plans special meeting for boiler upgrade

Kennebunk selectmen chaired by Norman Stevens set a special town meeting for Friday at 7 p m to decide financing a cast iron boiler for the Industrial building on Storer Street now housing Kesslen Shoe. Seltzer of Alston Mass was low bidder at 422400 with Light and Power District paying a third and the town two thirds with Kesslen Shoe repaying one third in installments through 1964. A future special meeting will also cover Park Street Playground and new street acceptances.

Norman Stevens Kennebunk Selectmen Robert York George Noiles Kennebunk Light and Power District Philip Saxe Kessien Shoe Storer Street Seltzer Company Alston Mass The Light and Power District Kennebunk Kesslen Shoe Park Street

Williams Family Given Fo'2 At Home Surprise

A house warming for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Williams at their Apple Lane home in Kennebunk featured a cash purse gesture. Hostesses included Mrs. Roy Gordо, Mrs. Stuart Hathaway, and Mrs. John Lindsey. Attendees listed from American Cyanamid in Sanford and numerous Kennebunk residents, with several invited but unable to attend.

Kenneth Williams Apple Lane American Cyanamid Company Sanford Anthony Monaco Robert Lowe Robert Pelletier Neil Perry Robert McDonald William C. May John Jeffries Henry Willike Glendon Clarke Stuart Hathaway Jean Jones Eugene Lemouak Cincinnati Edmund Boucher George Marshall Waldo Cummings Stanley Hurd Spencer Andrews Kenneth Jones Churchill Cressey Peter Ascanio Edward Jellison, Jr Edward Jellison John Downing Stuart Maddox Gilbert Davis Raoul Charland James Dunn Floyd Bull

Ocean Park To Conduct Annual August Week

Ocean Park will host the annual August Chautauqua Week Monday through Friday with morning sessions led by Rev. John R. Schroeder at B. C. Jordan Memorial hall. The program features daily nature talks, slides, a lecture by Edward Rowe Snow, a Goodwins Mills concert, and a Friday banquet with William M. Clark as guest speaker. All events are free, advance reservations required, and a Temple film schedule is announced.

Ocean Park B. C. Jordan Memorial Hall John R. Schroeder United Baptist Church Lewiston Jordan Hall Edward W. Dodge Albany N. Y Woods Edward Rowe Snow Marshfield Mass Santa Claus Cedar River Assembly Music Temple Motion Pictures

Luncheon and Gift Table Hosted by St David Guild

In Kennebunk the St David Guild of St David Episcopal Church plans its annual luncheon and gift table on Portland Street from 11 30 a m to 1 p m on Wednesday. Mrs Woodbury Moulton will lead the luncheon and Mrs Charles Hatch will head the gift table assisted by other church women. Alden H Bradley on 15 day leave from McConnell AFB Wichita Kan visits his parents on Dane Street with siblings from Washington DC. Other locals host guests and residents welcome friends at various homes on Winter Longview Terrace Spring Hill Gardens and Apple Lane.

St. David Guild St. David Episcopal Church Portland Street Woodbury Moulton Charles Hatch Alden H. Bradley U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Kan Leon Bradley Dane Street Bradley Walter Cutler Allen Washington, D.C Cutler State Department Robert Maling Roxanne Billy Winter Street Longview Terrace Hugh Googins Spring Hill Gardens West Kennebunk Webber Hospital Merle Robertson Sherry Vicki Winchester Ronald Robertson Summer Street Robertson Ray Robertson Swanville Charles Williams Cincinnatti Kenneth Williams Apple Lane Penwood Kennebunk Kenneth Slowik Nancy Seeley New Haven

School Union 6 Superintendent Resigns Post

Willard T. Jacobsen of Alfred resigns as superintendent of School Union 6 to take a similar post in Connecticut. Effective August 31, interviews set for August 21. Jacobsen joined in 1956 after Maynard Wright retired, with Acton Alfred Newfield Shapleigh Lyman Lim erick and Waterboro in the union. He has been active in civic and fundraising and in progressive education.

Willard T. Jacobsen Alfred School Union 6 Carl E. Rhodes Jacobsen Connecticut Rhodes Maynard E. Wright Acton Newfield Shapleigh Lyman Limerick Waterboro

Kennedy Faces How Midterm Results Shape Kennedy Agenda

Kennedy warns that losing five House seats would erase his working majority. Analysts cite four imponderables for November: economy, presidential popularity, ability to explain complex bills, and public reaction to policy proposals like urban affairs and health care for the aged. The White House mail suggests some support for Kennedy plans, but mail is not a reliable barometer. Historical note recalls party gains in 1934 under FDR.

Senate Committee Kennedy House Eisenhower Congress Department of Urban Affairs White House Olete Reeces Sheemis Laddlasla

Nason on Education urges early effort for slow starters

Dr. Leslie J. Nason of USC argues that bright students can lag at term start as summer activities fade. He recommends incentives for good work, handwriting retraining, purposeful reading, and structured study routines to raise early grades and maintain motivation.

New Portland Prison Plans Framed as Modern School Style

Report outlines New Portland jail design with strict separation of inmates by gender and age, maximum security for hardened criminals, and civil prisoners housed separately. The exterior is described as modern and attractive, resembling an elementary school rather than a traditional prison, with no visible bars from the outside.

Pace One U.S. Bureau of Prisons

Birthday Fete For Linda Derham

Linda Derham celebrated her 11th birthday at her parents home on Summer Street. Guests included Gordon Hancock, Richard Hancock, Sandra Dickinson, Barbara and Elaine Baker, Linda’s brothers Robert and David, Mrs. William Hancock, and Mrs. Luther Derham. A gift opening preceded a social hour and refreshments, with a cake baked by Linda’s mother.

Linda Derham Luther Derham Summer Street Mrs. Derham Gordon Richard Hancock Sandra Dickinson Barbara Elaine Baker Linda Robert David William Hancock

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