Canadian Legion Convene At Beach For Annual Conventions
Old Orchard Beach hosts the Maine New Hampshire command Canadian Legion British Empire Service league and auxiliary for weekend conventions. Town Manager Percival Ward will welcome guests Saturday at 10 30 am with David Burgess C L Beagley and Alexander Macmillan post present. HMCS Victoriaville will dock in Portland as part of the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Legion
Maine-New Hampshire Command
Canadian _—_Legion
British Empire Service
League and Auxiliary
Percival Wardwell
David Burgess
Ottawa
Dominion Command
C. L. Beagley
Provincal Command
Nova Scotia
Alexander Macmillan Post
Canadian Legion and Auxiliary
Saco
Auxiliary
Lions Club Hall
Town Hall
Old Orchard House
Covention Hall
Legion and Auxiliary
Old Orchard Beach Methodist Church
Maine State Kitties
Lewiston
Canadian Legion
Ronald Sawyer
Gertrude Phyllis
Portland
Auxiliary Command
Beach Kiwanis Club Hosts Canadian Guests
Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis Club held a Ladies Night honoring Quebec Winter Carnival queen Miss Michelene Bedard at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall. A program by F Stewart Shuster and Marjorie Shuster featured vocal solos and duets with Don G. Mason at piano. Louis Pare showed a Quebec carnival film. Attendees included duchesses Ramon de Jobidon and Elyse Metivier, Jacques Cote, Adelbert Jakeman Jr., Rev. Lester Boobar, and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Quebec Tourist Bureau
John M. Wortman
Kiwanis Club
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Jr
Lester Boobar
Portland
Ramon de Jobidon
Elyse Metivier
Pierre Berian
Quebec
Lucien Begin
Edgewater
Coffee Benefit At Ocean Park For Girl Scout Troop
Mrs. Jerome Daly hosted a morning coffee at her Ocean Park home to benefit the local Girl Scout troop. Guests included club officials and relatives of former owners, with proceeds helping the troop and a centerpiece of African violets and antique milk glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Daly
Colbys Avenue
Ocean Park
Charles B. Westgate
Winona
Edith Stephenson
Havel Osgood
Russell K. Smith
C. B. Westgate
Hazel E. Osgood
Hope S. Cox
Helen Johnson
Betty Connell
Sillers
Vera Kendall
Edna R. Sulis
Adelbert M. Jakeman
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Jr
Thomas R. Burns
Alex Bissett
Montreal
Lucy A. Sawyer
Ruth M. Bullock
Haverhill
Mass
Bessie Tabor
Everett
Richardson
Ethel Bird
E. N. Partington
Melrose
Lynnfield
Mess
Old Orchard Beach Rebekah Banquet Attendees Named
Members of Old Orchard Beach Rebekah lodge who attended the summer banquet of the York County Past Noble Grands association at Forbes in Wells Tuesday evening were Noble Grand Mrs Avonell Pettengill, Mrs Ethel Whitten, Miss Margaret Chamberlin, Mrs Eunice Pettengill, Mrs Una Oliver, Mrs Lorraine Pettengill and Mrs Elizabeth Leoncini. Pvt Jerome J Durfee, of Mr and Mrs Joseph J Durfee of Wilbur Avenue, is a member of the 2nd Marine regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
York County
Noble Grands Association
Forbes In
Wells
Noble
Avonell Pettengill
Ethel Whitten
Margaret Chamberlin
Eunice Pettengill
Una Oliver
Lorreine Pettengill
Elizabeth Leoncini
Jerome J. Durfee
Joseph J. Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
2Nd Marine Regiment
Tag Day Saturday At Beach For Jimmy Fund
A tag day to benefit the Jimmy Fund for Children's cancer research is planned for Saturday August 20 at Old Orchard Beach. William Earle chairs with William Mullen and Police Chief Leslie Wyman as co chairs. The police station serves as Jimmy Fund headquarters. Volunteers include Happy Day camp and youths ages 8 to 12. A prize will go to the top money collector. The fund, backed by the Boston Red Sox and Ted Williams, began 12 years ago. 17 children were helped its first year, growing to 642 last year. The Children’s Cancer Research center and hospital cost nine million dollars, with the ninth story of the wing not yet completed at 300000 more. New England goal set at 642900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Fund
Old Orchard Beach
William Earle
William Mullen
Leslie Wyman
Jimmy
Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
Children’s Cancer Research Center
New England
Visitors From Montreal And Massachusetts At Local Homes
Kennebunk hosts Nathan Gilser and family from Montreal visiting his parents Mr and Mrs David Lank on Brown Street. The Hanock family at The Landing welcomed guests Samuel Chaulk from Manchester Massachusetts. Frances Buzzell of Parsons Street spent weekend in Dayton at the Cambridge home of Kenneth Cole and wife. Arline Johnston returns to Methuen from Camp Lejeune where her unit supports the national Rifle and Pistol matches at Camp Perry Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Gilserman
Jody
Brian
Thomas
Montreal
David Lank
Brown Street
William Hancock
the Landing
Samuel Chaulk
Manchester
Mass
Frances Buzzell
Parsons Street
Dayton
Kenneth Cole
Cambridge
Arline Johnston
Methuen
Charles Thompson
Landing
High Street
Ernest Morris
Maud Morris
Frances Gardella
Fall River
Gordon and
Richard
Deerfield
N. H
Ethel Flett
al Kimball
Noble
Evelyn Court
Olive Rebekah Lodge
Washeld
Artists Ball At Kennebunkport Set For August 27
The annual Artists Ball at the Kennebunk River Club will present a gala evening August 27 with over 100 colorful posters decorating the ballroom. Lee Russell and his society orchestra will provide music as celebrities vie for best costume awards judged by Mr. and Mrs. Elmont Tyndale and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Madeira. Advance reservations indicate a festive night, though costume is optional for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk River Club
Lee Russell
Josef Arentz
Kennebunk
Edward Mayo
Henry Gunzelmann
Kennebunkport
Elmont Tyndale
Albert Madeira
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Pepperell
Lady Pepperell
Rose
Hunter Green
Cannon
Bates
Avisco
Bitler
Mander George Wither
HMSC
Victoriaville
Beach Kiwanis Club
Clement P. Wight
Bilson
Esmund Cashen
2Nd Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Camp Perry
Ohio
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
U. S. Infantry
USS
Boston
Childre
Club
American Xpress
Blanche
Touraine
Thomas J. Walsh
Mgr
Tremont & Boylston Sts
Tel
Hancock
Acousticon of
Congress Street
N. L. Pierson
Maine
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