Orchard Beach Visit and Local News Notes
Miss Gertrude Thompson visits Pleasantville New York at the Hobbs home. Merrill Thompson attends Old Home Sunday at North Limington Baptist Church. Laura Rose Jeffrey returns to Randolph Massachusetts from visiting Mrs D J McAfee. Mrs F Carroll Perkins visits Fort Hill Avenue after visiting Mr and Mrs George Jackson in Brunswick. Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge to hold regular meeting tomorrow evening for officer nominations and other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Thompson
Kenneth Hobbs
Pleasantville
N. Y
Merrill Thompson
North Limington Baptist Church
Laura Rose Jeffrey
Randolph
Mass
D. J. McAfee
McAfee
Washington Avenue
F. Carroll Perkins
Ethel Wight
Fort Hill Avenue
George Jackson
Brunswick
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Vintage Car Lot Seeks Quick Buyers With Many Classics
A list of used cars for sale includes models from 1957 to 1960 with four doors and hardtops. Highlights feature a 1960 Valiant and 1959 Dodge Coronet plus Plymouth Belvedere and Buick Special Convertible in two tone colors, all with standard options and varying trims.
Community events and museum appointment in Kennebunk area
The York County Law Enforcement association meets tomorrow at Riverside Grange East Lebanon with Capt. Philip Lincoln of Maine State Police speaking and a chicken pie supper at 7 p.m. Brick Store Museum appoints Mrs Donald D Kimball as curator after three years as associate director. Touring company presents plays in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport including An Episode of Sparrows Winnie the Pooh and Pass by this House. Copyright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Law Enforcement Association
Riverside Grange Hall
East Lebanon
Philip Lincoln
Maine
Charles W. Smith
Brick Store Museum
Kennebunk
Donald D. Kimball
Kimball
Kennebunkport
Gerald H. Kennedy
Methodist Church
South Congregational
Christ Church
Christchurch
South Congregational Church
Wayne Manchester
Janet Elizabeth
Vernon, Conn
Manchester
Charles Belyea
Riverhurst
Charles Manchester
Sebago Lake
Robert Pickett
Beth
Edward
Potsdan N. Y
Max Pickett
Kennebunk Pond
Robert
Syracuse University
N. Y
Potsdan
Clarkson University
Potsdam
George R Clark Receives Promotion to Private First Class
George R Clark II, wife Patricia at 407 Columbia St Ithaca NY, promoted to private first class with the 48th Infantry in Worms Germany. He joined the Army in 1916, trained at Fort Chaffee Ark, arrived overseas in March 1962. A 1955 Bolton Central High School graduate and 1961 Cornell University alum, he belongs to Triangle fraternity. Son of Mr and Mrs William Clark of Kennebunkport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Clark II
Patricia
Columbia St
Ithaca
N. Y
48Th Infantry
Worms
Germany
Clark
Army
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Bolton Central High School
Bolton Landing
Cornell University
Triangle Fraternity
William Clark
East Avenue
Kennebunkport
Cossaboom Family Reunion At Kennebunk Home
The Cossaboom family reunion gathered at Mr. and Mrs. R L Jacobson's Summer street Kennebunk with 26 attending. Outdoor cook-outs were held at noon and evening. social games, sports, and music followed. Attendees included Fire Chief and Mrs Arthur King and daughter Shery of Biddeford and several families from Dorchester Saxonville North Quincy and Dorchester Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Jacobson
Summer Street
Kennebunk
Linda
James
Susan
Katrina
Inside the Soviet Union a child of the future and its flaws
The piece surveys Soviet life from education to housing and transit. It notes 739 higher education institutions with long work weeks, vast apartment skylines by year end 1965, poor building maintenance, and strong mass transit led by subways, buses, and Aeroflot. It contends housing remains the gravest problem while praising public transport and notes climate of global tension and the aim of world domination by communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
University of Moscow
Aeroflot
Running speeds of polar bears and a man
Running polar bears have been timed at 25 miles an hour. A man running a mile in four minutes travels at 15 miles an hour.
Wells Board Approves Police Arrangements
The Wells Board of Selectmen met with Police Chief Elmer C. Hutchins to review operations. They approved hiring a second full time officer by September 1 under Hutchins, with updated hours and on call arrangements, maintaining Hutchins at $85 weekly until then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Board of Selectmen
Wells
Elmer C. Hutchins
Hutchins
Noted Scribe Westbrook Pegler Leaves King Features
New York AP Pegler and King Features Syndicate end relationship after 18 years amid irreconcilable differences. Pegler, 68, wrote a controversial column carried by many papers beyond Hearst. Officials avoided linking the split to recent criticism of the Hearst family and Kennedy administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Christian Crusade
Tulsa
Okla
William Randolph Hearst Jr
King Features
Kennedy
Stolen Saco Car Recovered Today
State Trooper David W. Knight recovered a car reported stolen from Walter Cousins of 31 Hill Street Saco. Taken from the Saco Tannery parking lot on Factory Island yesterday the car was found abandoned on Route 111 in Biddeford this morning. Police noted damage to the right rear fender a dead battery and empty gas tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Knight
Walter Cousins
Hill Street
Saco
Saco Tannery Company
Factory Island
Knight
Biddeford
Ogunquit Festival Week Set To Open
Ogunquit prepares for its fourth annual Festival Week with a lobster bake at Perkins Cove noon to 6 pm, square dance at Fireman's Hall, a Westover Air Force Base band concert, shuffleboard and card events, barber shop quartet, fashion show by Ogunquit shopkeepers, blueberry social, gift shop bazaar, choral concert, Art Day activities, film showings, galleries open, black dance, and a Maine arts exhibition all free except as noted. Local residents host visitors and participate in multiple weekend gatherings, with many names and places listed among the hosting and guest families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogunquit
Perkins Cove
Fireman's Hall
Eighth Air Force Army Band
Westover Air Force Base
Ogunquit Beach
Riverside
Fireman’s Hall
Burgess and Fobes Company
Lookout Hotel
Methodist Church
Shore Road
Graham Hotel
E Ogunquit Choral Group
James Hanosh
Fireman'sall
Kennebunk Girl Is Feted On Birthday
A family dinner at Mr and Mrs J Frank Harrison Pleasant street Kennebunk honored their daughter Annie on her third birthday. Gifts were given and a pink and silver birthday echo crafted by her mother was presented. Attendees included the family, grandmother Dorothy Harrison of Kennebunk, John McCarthy Jr and family of Medford Mass, Edward Campbell and family of Medford Mass, and Mrs John McCarthy Sr of Arlington Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Harrison
Pleasant Street
Kennebunk
Annie
Dorothy Harrison
John McCarthy, Jr
Micael
John
Rose
Holy Day Services In Kennebunk Wells Area
Special holy day services list Catholic churches in Kennebunk and Wells area with masses at St Martha Kennebunkport 7 and 9 am 7 pm St Monica Kennebunk 7 30 am 6 pm St Mary Wells Beach 7 9 am and 6 pm All Saints Ogunquit 9 am 7 pm plus mass times and locations for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk and
Wells
St. Martha
Kennebunkport
St. Monica
Kennebunk
St. Mary
Wells Beach
All Saints
Ogunquit
Michigan State to visit Hawaii for three service-team games
Michigan State will travel to Hawaii for a Christmas visit to play three games against service teams. Mr and Mrs Frederick Crowell reside on Langsford Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan’ State
Hawaii
Mrs
Frederick Crowell
Langsford Road
Tripling speed makes impact nine times stronger
The discussion explains force of impact rises with speed squared. Doubling speed yields four times the force, tripling yields nine times. It notes faster impacts cause greater damages and provides an example: at 60 mph hitting a solid object equals falling from a nine story building.
Lawrence Davis Resigns Post At Kennebunkport
Lawrence Davis resigns as organist and choir director of South Congregational church Kennebunkport to lead Springvale Baptist music program. He will start next month, open a Sanford music studio, and teach one day weekly at the Kennebunkport music academy. He remains on Nasson college staff and plans Sanford move in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Davis
South Congregational Church
Kennebunkport
Springvale Baptist Church
Sanford
Music Academy of Fine Arts
Glee Club
Nassan College
Davis
Biddeford
Health Pointers At Old Orchard Beach Camp Assembly
Health assembly in the Old Orchard Beach Lions hall highlighted this week at Happy Day Camp for Boys and Girls. Agnes Murphy public health nurse urged polio shots sanitation insect care and poison ivy avoidance while outlining rules to prevent accidents and diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Lions Club
Agnes Murphy
Louise Drapeau
Marcia Joncas
Janice Hamilton
Elizabeth Kearney
Maureen Staples
Debbie Nadeau
Marina Bellevue
Marilyn Markuse
Al Kaline Leads AL Batting Average Start of 1962
Al Kaline opened the 1962 season with a .309 career batting average, the highest in the American League, while Mickey Mantle followed at .308.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Kaline
Mickey Mantle
County Catholic Council Plans Candy Project Meeting
York county district Maine Council of Catholic Women will discuss a district candy project at an August 20 meeting in Berwick led by president Mrs August Parent. The $300 district quota funds MCCW treasury for delegates to conventions the Bishop's Seminary project and scholarship fund. Officers Miss Elaine White and Mrs Armand Morrisette of Biddeford report. Rev Giles Simard of Sanford will speak. a social with refreshments follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Maine
Council of Catholic Women
Berwick
August Parent
MCCW
Bishop's Seminary
Elaine White
Biddeford
Armand Morrisette
Giles Simard
Sanford
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Robert L. Girard
Comet
W. W
Valiant
P. S
Plymouth
P. G
Oldsmobile
P. B
Mercury Montclair
P. W
Buick
DeSoto
Savoy
Ford
Motor Sales
Elm Street
George R. Clark
Cossaboom
Soviet
Wells Board
King Features Part
Cape Porpoise
Alice M. Crowell
Ralph McKelvey
Germantown
Langsford House
Church-on-the-Cape
Richard Seavey
Wildes District Road
Glen Wayne
Seavey
Albert Seavey
Main Street
A. C. Corthell
New Ipswich
N. H
Everett Corthell
Ward Road
Corthell
Everett
Maine Medical Center
E. E. Brewster
Christine
Old Cape Road
Brewster
Joliet
Lloyd Nunan
Crow Hill
Kenneth Burns
Connecticut
Dick Leonard
Bolton
Burns
Marier
Kennebunk Beach
Williams Curlew
Hartford
Ethelyn Foss
Robert Conner
Newport
Jack Crowell
Parsippany
N. J
Gretchen Nunan
Raymond Nunan
New Jersey
Walter Bailey
Florida
Bailey
Woodrow Landry
Mills Road
Amy Landry
Winthrop
Carol Eaton
Sanbornville
Murray Roberts
Fishers Lane
Alma Young
Odette
Lloyd Duggan
London
England
Stephen Crowell
Timothy Duggan
Dorchester
Stephen
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Pearl Street Station
Portland
County Catholic Council To
Yan]ley
Wen
AY AS
Telstar
Bangor
U.S
Defense Department
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Andover
Maine Communications
Department of Economic Development State House
Augusta
Atkinson
Laco
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