Kennebunk Special Town Meeting Seeks 27 Articles
A special Kennebunk meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM will consider 27 articles on the warrant. Major requests include 9500 for purchasing William Hobbs property for parking and 5000 by the Park Commission to battle Dutch elm disease among over 200 infected trees. The budget board backs many road and street projects and off street parking while urging limited tar rings and culvert work. A committee to study a communications center and a fire proof vault is proposed, plus a five member assessor slate and traffic regulation measures. A large turnout is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
William Hobbs
Main Street
The
Park Commission
Budget Board
Board of Assessors
Selectmen
Salvation Army Retired Officers Dinner Meeting
The Salvation Army Retired Officers association will hold its annual dinner meeting at the Methodist church vestry on Washington Avenue at 5 p m Saturday The Women s Society of Christian Service will serve the dinner under President Mrs Mattie Bliss with Mrs Florence Gray and Mrs Alice Browne directing the dining room Funeral services for Mrs Lillian Nickels Mellon Tosh were attended by Mrs Elizabeth Garland Miss Dorothy Garland Mrs Cora Jones Mrs Alice Browne Mrs Hazel Kennett and Mrs Retta Sait in Portland on Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Retired Officers Association
Methodist Church
Washington Avenue
Saturda
Women's Society of Christian Service of the Church
Mattie Bliss
Florence Gray
Alice Browne
Elizabeth Garland
Dorothy Garland
Cora Jones
Hazel Kennett
Retta Sait
Diluted chlorine solution cleans odor from bottle
A diluted chlorine solution helps remove odor from a bottle or jar. Swish the solution around, then let it stand for a couple of hours. Rinse thoroughly with hot water as the final step.
Delegates Chosen For County Salon August Meeting Plans
York County Salon 598 Eight and Forty completed final plans for delegates to attend the annual Departemental marches in Portland on Saturday. Delegates include Mrs Nellie White Mrs Ida Noyes and Mrs Renaud with delegates-at-large Mrs Mamie Balkan and Mrs Virginia Ford. Alternates are Mrs Shirley Doe Mrs Yvonne Bergeron and Miss Germaine Lariviere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
York County
Elodie Renaud
Pike Street
Biddeford
Nellie White
Ida Noyes
Renaud
Mamie Balkan
Virginia Ford
Shirley Doe
Yvonne Bergeron
Germaine Lariviere
White
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Colo
Petit Chapeau
Miniehler
Biehler
Secretaire Caissiere
Ford
Old Orchard Beach
Hollie McKee
Saco
Date Change for St Andre Open House
The St Andre school open house date moved to September 2 from August 26 at a St Andre PFTA meeting. Events run 6 to 9 p.m. with Mrs Suzanne Gobeil named general chairman of tour arrangements. Assisting are co-chairman Mrs Laurette Cantara and a special PFTA committee to be formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andre School
St. Andre
PFTA
Paul Houde
Edmund Hache
Albert Lemieux
Gobeil
Joseph Plamondon
Lucien Doyon
Violette Bellefeuille
Henry Camire
Ethel Dorais
Couple Irked By Litterbug in Berkeley Mass
Mr and Mrs Walter Winchoba 56 face disturbing the peace charges after entering a town board meeting with three boxes of refuse auto parts garbage and a crate of cut up newspaper They alleged neighbors Clarence Flint and family had showered trash on their property for three years The couple was arrested by a state trooper when they refused to leave the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Mass
Walter Winchoba
Clarence Flint
Winchoba
Winchobas
Record Alumni Fund at Bowdoin tops $231 thousand
Bowdoin College alumni and friends contributed a record 231 thousand 552 dollars to the Alumni Fund for 1961 62. The college reported 4 782 contributions averaging 48 42 dollars each on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Local Guests Visitties and Labor Day Plans
Kennebunk households host relatives from Shirley Mass Carlisle Mass Abington Pa and Norfolk Va with extended families visiting from Stoughton Medway and Providence R I plus Air Force duty return. Labor Day weekend plans include travel by car and plane. Arundel Grange hosts weekly social tonight with committee members and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hazlett
Summer Street
Inlaw
Philip Lamoreaux
Jonathan
Jennifer
Jason Judith
Justin
James
Shirley
Mass
Richard Lamoreaux
Carolyn
Evelyn
Carlisle
Arthur Hill
Louise Turner
Mary Ann
Arundel
Webber Hospital
Merle Turner
Alewive
Kennebunk
Wyman Hill
Maurice Hickey
Sean
Timothy
Karen
Joshua
Abington
Robert Fontaine
Ossipee Lake
Fontaine
Hickey
Dorothy Johnson
Norfolk
William Gilpatric and
Hovey Street
Marion Hamilton
Dana Hamilton, Jr
Ruth Horne
Stoughton
Alden H. Bradley
U.S. Air Force
Wichita
Kan
Leon Bradley
Dane Street
Rosalyn Arnold
Scituate
Martin Billings
Shirley McKenzie
Medway
Sheryll Ames
Dwight Ames
Ames
R. L. Mitchell
Keith
San Diego
Cal
F. J. Mitchell
Muriel
Deborah
Jacksonville
Fla
Helen Coburn
Providence
R. J
Sam Spencer
Kelly Lynn
Mousam Road
George Cook
Ernest Spencer
Kennebunkport
Edna P. Cook
Court room at Kennebunk is renovated
Kennebunk Municipal Court rooms have undergone extensive repairs and remodeling led by the Kennebunk police force and town and county officials. Former U.S. Assistant District Attorney Chester D. Cram commended Chief Frank Stevens for overseeing the changeover, noting the removal of a protruding floor buckle and improvements including refinished floors, light green walls, white ceilings, new steel desks, window shades, and fluorescent lighting. The town supplied paint, the county funded desks and lighting, and Daniel Austin wired the room with extensive officer volunteer labor during off hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
U.S
Chester D. Cram
David W. Emmons
Frank Stevens
Daniel Austin
Thompson to Lecture on Shakers at Brick Store Museum
Charles Bud Thompson will lecture on A Visit with the Friendly Shakers at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the museum Art galleries. The talk covers Shaker settlements from the Revolutionary era, their non-violent life, architectural and furniture innovations, and Shaker music, with color slides and displays of Arts and Crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Bud) Thompson
America
Stolen Bay State Car Is Recovered
A car stolen in Grafton Massachusetts on August 20 was found parked in front of the Dairy Queen in Kennebunk by Police Chief Frank Stevens. He suspects a link between the Massachusetts car’s theft and another stolen 1956 Chevrolet from the municipal lot. The vehicle belongs to Thomas Donnelly of West Kennebunk and Maine plates read 35 180.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Mass
Dairy Queen
Kennebunk
Frank Stevens
Stevens
Massachusetts
Thomas Donnelly
West Kennebunk
Maine
Dog Owners Forget Tags In Local K-9 Huddle
In Lexington Kentucky Rex and Bo Bo joined the Police Department K-9 Corps 52 days ago but ran without licenses. A tip led to hurried backdated licenses to July 1, the day they became official members of the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Rex
Bo Bo
Police Department
Nest of four mocking birds found in tractor clean up
Ray Jones near Elk Falls discovered a nest with four tiny mocking birds wedged between the tractor radiator and fan. He postponed starting the machine to let his guests leave, leaving the tractor idle for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Falls
Kan
Ray Jones
Jones
Biddeford Pool Club Sets Up Policy
The Biddeford Pool Community Club adopted a five point program for the Harbor survey funded with 6000 by the federal government. They will seek full Corps of Engineers information on Wood Island harbor and the Pool basin and favor a public wharf while remaining nonpartisan and cooperative with groups favoring community welfare. President William F. O’Neil presided. committee members Edward Wolfiitz Roy MacNaughton Walter Alexander William McKenney and Charles F. Small Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Pool Harbor
Biddeford Pool
William F. O'Neil
Biddeford Pool Community Club Committee
Edward Wolfiitz
Roy MacNaughton
Walter Alexander
William McKenney
Charles F. Small, Jr
Beach Town Loop Honors At Stake
The Old Orchard Beach Little Town league meets Sunday at 4 p m at the Saco Old Orchard Beach Little League park Saco The VFW versus IGA matchup could decide the league title or lock in a three way tie For VFW coach Bob Maguire pitcher Glenn Davis seeks his eighth straight win while IGA coach Harry Critchley plans to start Leon Kassalavage the right hander and mainstay of the team
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Little League Park
VFW
IGA
Bob Maguire
Glenn Davis
Harry Critchley
Leon Kassalavage
North Lebanon church welcomes mission talk and social events
No. Lebanon Misses Edith and Francella Woods from Rochester New Hampshire will speak Sunday at 9 a.m. on their Taiwan mission work. Local pastors and guests attended services and sang a quartet. Mrs. Ardine Gale started work as a practical nurse at Frisbee Hospital Rochester. A bridal shower for Miss Sally Nutter was held at the Mousam Lake home of Clifford Hewey. The community notes plant blooming tradition and visits by Hazel Clark, Ralph Stillings, and Nita Brown. The Women’s Missionary Society met, viewed a sound movie on India missions, and voted to buy pantry goods for the parsonage to welcome the new pastor Ernest Roberts and Mrs. Roberts arriving September 1. The Douglas Seaver family vacationing at their Schnectady summer cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Francella Woods
Rochester
N. H
North Lebanon Baptist Church
Taiwan
Formosa
Ralph Shirk
Eastford
Conn
Brooks
Earle Nickerson
Phippsburg
Etta Ford
Lena Tufts
Harvard
Mass
Henry Tufts
Ardine Gale
Frisbee Hospital
Lillian Smith
Joyce Zawadil
Sally Nutter
Mousam Lake
Clifford Hewey
Ruth Bumford
West Indies
Scott Bumford
Hazel Clark
Jack Wurtzen
New York
Ralph Stillings
Berwick
Nita Brown
North Lebanon
Women’s Missionary Society
India
Erenest Roberts
Roberts
Douglas Seaver
Schnectady
N. Y
Kennebunk Gas Contract Awarded
Kennebunk selectmen and Town Manager Robert York met with Joseph Metcalf to discuss a drainage pipe at the Summer and Park streets intersection. Gasoline and engine oil bids for town vehicles were opened, with Coleman's Gulf Station’s bid accepted as the lowest. Philip Saxe and George Emery of the town planning board spoke on future street acceptance rules, with Chairman Norman Stevens, Plummer Adjutant Raymond Brearey, A. Wesley Leach, and Town Manager York in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Robert York
Joseph Metcalf
Coleman
Gulf Station
Philip Saxe
George Emery
Town Planning Board
Norman Stevens
Plummer
Raymond Brearey
A. Wesley Leach
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Kennebunk Warrant
Woodside Drive
Pinewood Road
High Street
Penwood Glendale Road
Penwith
Sea Road
Penwood Drive
Apple Lane
Coyne-McKay Lane
Fairway Drive
Longview Terrace
AAA
Ola Orchard Beach
Campbell
Weider’s
West Street
Edmund Cashen Dial
Thompson
Shakers
Bay State
Biddeford Pool Community Club
Beach Town Loop
Lebanon
Kennebunk Gas
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