Teacher Joins Peace Corps At 62
Jeanne Dumas 62, a Putney Vermont substitute sociologist, becomes the oldest Peace Corps trainee at the Experiment in International Living. She and 29 others undergo two months of training and aim to teach sociology and study social psychology in Rajshahi University, Bangladesh region research, possibly arriving in East Pakistan in October. Dumas, who holds degrees from Boston University and the University of Chicago, emphasizes learning from local contexts rather than Western texts. The piece also notes Georgetown’s historical harbor decline along the Potomac.
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Putney
Jeanne Dumas
Peace Corps
Miss Dumas
East Pakistan
Vermont
Rajshai University
Madras
India
Boston University
Sargent College
University of Chicago
South Asia
Kennebunk Social Roundup Notices and Visits
Local families and visitors share summer and weekly stays across Kennebunk. Francis Lamontagne hosts Paul Bannon of Somerville while vacationing line operator duties, with several relatives from Massachusetts visiting or returning home. Guests include Mr and Mrs Walter Graham and children from Winthrop, Mr and Mrs Burleigh Littlefield of Stoneham, and A Lee Kierstead hosts guests Victor Thompson and family. Mary Harendean transitions to Spofford Convalescent home as Kennebunk Inn resident. Elmer Morse family from Norwood visit John Lindsey in Summer Street, while Ackley family reunion draws 27 attendees at Squam Lake New Hampshire.
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Francis Lamontagne
Winter Street
Biddeford- Saco Journal
Paul Bannon
Somerville
Mass
Kennebunk
Walter Graham Land
Kimberly
Stacey
Scott
Winthrop
Charles Thompson
Summer Street
Burleigh Littlefield
Stoneham
John Dresser
Mechanic Street
A. Lee Kierstead
Parsons Street
A. Victor Thompson
Milton
John Baker
Dorchester
Baker Summer Home
Annie Baker
Richard Baker
Mary Harendean
Kennebunk Inn
Spofford Convalescent Home
West Kennebunk
Elmer Morse
Virginia
Norwood
John Lindsey
Kenneth Ackley
Jon
Ackley
Squam Lake
N. H
Five Injured As Two Fishing Vessels Collide
A 60-foot Montauk Point fishing party boat named Joshua B. collided with a 50-foot dragger Anna Grace four miles southwest of Block Island in fog. Five were injured and taken to Block Island. Joshua B. sank after all 49 passengers and crew were rescued by Coast Guard and local boats. The Anna Grace assisted survivors, and its crew of three escaped injury.
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Block Island
R.I
Montauk Point
N.Y
Block
Joshua B
Anna Grace
Coast Guard
Point Judith
Theodore Dykstra
Providence
Shragger
Ray Browning
Polio Cases Plummet As Vaccine Effects Grow
Basil O Connor reports U S Public Health Service data showing paralytic polio diminishing as a health problem. 1961 projections suggest 850 paralytic cases, a 95 percent drop from 1954, with 10 states reporting no cases through week 31 and 22 others with only a few.
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New York
Basil O'Connor
The
National Foundation
U.S
O'Connor
Cowboys Ride Again in Train of TV Animal Mania
Hollywood faces a wave of animal centered TV shows as fall schedules flood the air with trained beasts. Lassie National Velvet and Mr Ed lead a lineup with The Hathaways Frontier Circus and Bugs Bunny among ABC and NBC entries. Animal stars aim to draw families, but one observer doubts it will boost overall viewership.
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Hollywood
Tony
Lassie
National Velvet
Ed Sullivan
CBS
Mr. Ed
Cleo
People’s Choice
the Hathaways
ABC
Marquis Chimps
NBC
Time
Europe
Frontier Circus
Ludwig von Drake
Bugs Bunny
Calvin
the Colonel
Colonel
Alvin
Coast Guard Reservist Finalizes School Training
Hilton W. Lamson of 58 Union Street Saco will graduate September 1 from the school for commanding and executive officers of Coast Guard Reserve units. A lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard Reserve he attends the course at the Coast Guard Reserve Training Center Yorktown Virginia during his annual two week training period. Lamson is executive officer of Reserve Port Security Training Unit 01 342 in South Portland.
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Hilton W. Lamson
Union Street
Saco
Coast Guard
U. S. Coast Guard Reserve Training Center
Yorktown
Lamson
South Portland
Lisa Green Birthday Party at Kennebunk Home
A Saturday afternoon party at Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Green’s Fletcher street home in Kennebunk celebrated Lisa Green’s second birthday. Guests included Carol McCullough, Melanie Bowdoin, Robin Nesbitt, Gretchen Moser, Lisa’s brothers Douglas and John, her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Green, and the hostess Mrs. Green.
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Elliot Green
Fletcher Street
Kennebunk
Lisa
Mrs. Green
Carol McCullough
Melanie Bowdoin
Robin Nesbitt
Brunswick
Gretchen Moser
UMP To Offer Extension Courses In 19 Subjects
University of Maine General Extension Division announces fall Portland courses in 19 subjects at Payson Smith Hall. Weekend and weekday evening classes run Sept 9 to Dec 16 with instructors from UM and partner colleges including Bates and Portland Public Schools. Advance registration advised, with on-site spots if not filled.
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UMP
Portland
University of Maine
Payson Smith Hall
Roger Clapp
Margaret Allen
Portland Public Schools
Edard Colgan
David Walker
Bowdoin College
America
Herbert J. Edwards
George Jackson
iEnglish
Harrison C. Lyseth
Asa Gordon
Phyllis Therriault
South Portland
George Healy
Bates College
Holmes
William Whiting
Europe
Healy
Carlene Hillman
State Department of Education
Augusta
General Extension Division
Orono
Interviews Slated For KHS Musicians
Kennebunk High School musicians will be interviewed by music director Alexander Economos starting Wednesday morning at the high school to classify students by achievements. Uniforms will be issued as bandsmen qualify. Economos also announced Miss Lynda Brearey as head majorette for the coming year, with a squad including Angell, Budd, Genthner, Taute, Milligan, Winston and others.
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Kennebunk High
Alexander Economos
Economos
Lynda Brearey
Angell
Suzanne Budd
Paula Genthner
Carol
Brearey
Ol Taute
Nancy Milligan
Pamela Angell
Sally
Ann Winston
Maine School Enrollment Seen Higher This Year
The Office of Education projects national enrollment to rise to 49 300 000 in 1961 62 with Maine public and private school totals at 204 783 this year. Maine expects 3 percent more teachers needed. 7 644 classrooms in the state. Population 5 to 17 in 1960 was 240 380, with a projected 5.7 percent rise by 1965 to 254 000. The piece notes rapid school age growth outpacing total population and cautions on changing marriage trends.
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Maine
Robert C. Cook
Old Orchard Beach Social Notes Include Guests and Weddings
Mr and Mrs Antonio Dufresne of Sabattus visited Sabattus guests of Carroll Bent in Saco. Mrs William Munster hosted Luela and Florence Fuller from Plainville for two weeks. Mrs Kavanagh of Meriden is visiting her mother Eulah Matthews and Grace Macomber. Gladys Edwards of Sea View travels to New Haven for a wedding of her nephew in Norfolk. Maurice Edwards and Rev Arthur Marshall attend with Stephen. The couple marrying are David Burns and Joan Link.
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Antonio Dufresne
Sabattus
Carroll Bent
Saco Avenue
William G. Munster
Hoffman Street
Luella Fuller
Florence Fuller
Plainville
Mass
William Kavanagh
Meriden
Conn
Eulah Matthews
Grace Macomber
Hillside Avenue
FALSE TEETH RELIEF POWDER PROMISES COMFORT
An advertisement touts FASTEETH denture powder as odor and taste neutral and non acidic. It claims it prevents denture breath and lets wearers eat, talk, or laugh with less worry, and is available at drug counters.
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Edmund Cashen Dial
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Alfred H. Gagnon
Highpine
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John Hancock Building
Boston
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Webber Hospital
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Oak Ledge
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Lisa Green
Journal
Biddeford Pool
Hill’s Beach
A. M
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Hill's Beach
Hill
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TAS
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Goldthwait’s Bus Line,, Inc
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