Christmas Parley and Local Holiday Happenings in Kennebunk
The Past Presidents Parley of the American Legion auxiliary meets at 8 tonight at Mrs. Phyllis Truscott's home on Storer Street with hostesses Mrs. Jances Burke and Mrs. Lillian Hicks. Christmas lights brighten Kennebunk as Santa visits Bagley’s Store, and several shops display festive windows. Olive Rebekah lodge gatherings follow at the Odd Fellows hall, while Madonna chapter of the Eastern Star plans a 8 o clock meeting with refreshments after.
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Parley
Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion Auxiliary
Phyllis Truscott
Storer Street
Jances Burke
Lillian Hicks
Kennebunk Light and Power District
Santa Claus
Bagley
Olive Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
Mildred Redion
Pauline Hayes
Madonna Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Alice Gibson
R.N
Kennebung
Beatrice Crowley
Saco
Gibson
Harold Scriver
Goose Rocks Beach
New York
Old Orchard Beach AMVETS and Eastern Star notices
Old Orchard Beach AMVETS post and auxiliary plan a Tuesday 8 p.m. meeting at the post home on Walnut Street. Mizpah Chapter Eastern Star honors Guest Officers night in Westbrook. Miniwanca Chapter hosts Christmas dinner meeting and ESTARL offering at Robinson Memorial Hall West Grand Avenue.
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Abbott-Verville Amvets Post and Auxiliary
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
Lorraine Wyman
Adah
Mizpah
Order of the Eastern Star
Westbrook
Kay Mewer
Miniwanca
Velma Dake
Knoxville
Reesa
Foote Street
Toilers-by-the-Sea
Ada Cole
Colby Avenue
C. Russell Durant
Geraldine
Adelaide Road
Walter Durant
Haverhill
Mass
Robert Durant
Hampton Beach
Estarl
Robinson Memorial Hall
West Grand Avenue
Bugler McCarty Leads Live Calls at Ft Sill
Pvt James A. McCarty of Battery D, 6th Training Battalion, at the artillery center in Oklahoma is the post’s sole live bugler. All other units rely on recorded calls.
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FT. Sill
Okla
James A. McCarty
6Th
Bio Artillery Center
Old Orchard Man Bert Allen Celebrates 91st Birthday
John Albert Bert Allen marked his 91st birthday with a party at Ruth Gilbert’s Old Orchard Beach home. Attendees included Edith Halasz and many relatives and friends from Saco, Knoxville, Lynn, Waltham, and beyond. Food and music were provided by local hosts and guests, with cakes by Susie Maguire and Jennie Powers.
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John Albert
Bert” Allen
Ruth Gilbert
Wesley Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Edith Halasz
Ocean Park Road
Saco
Glenna
Alice
Janice Bradeen
Susie Maguire
Jennie Powers
Peggy Holland
Bonnie
Dusty Holland
Gerald Hartley
Clifton Harmon
Richard Harmon
Eleanor Bradeen
Jeffrey
Gregory Holland
Marion Berry
Reesa Roy
Velma Dake
Knoxville
Tenn
Florence Lessard
Frederick Jenkins
Lynn
Mass
Eugene Storr
Barbara Gilbert
Arthur Lincoln
Waltham
Forest Stone
Jeannette Bedell
Stephen Halasz
Bert Allen
Levi Albert
Harriet Hersey
Charles Smith
Biddeford
Yvonne Godfrey
South Portland
Bob Nies
Canada
Richard Doe
Ocean Park
Wells area clubs host holiday events and meetings
The Wells Ogunquit Parent-Teacher association meets tonight at 7 30 in the Wells Elementary auditorium with a film and social hour. The Ladies Aid Society hosts a Christmas party tomorrow at 2 in the First Church vestry with 50 cent gift exchange. The Ladies Benevolent Society sponsors a Christmas Fair and Silver Tea Wednesday from 1 to 5 p m in the vestry. Priscilla chapter Order of the Eastern Star observes Past Matrons and Patrons night Friday at 8 in the Highpine Masonic hall with a gift exchange and refreshments. A Star club sale table features Christmas gifts, decora tions and greens.
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Wells-Ogunquit
Parent-Teacher Association
Wells
Ladies Aid Society
Wells First Congregational Church
First Church
Ladies Benevolent Society
Wells Second Congregational Church
Second Church
Priscilla Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Highpine Masonic Hall
Sanford Road
Maude Hilton
Star Club
Paula Small Honored at Ogunquit Baby Shower
A surprise baby shower for Mrs. Paula Sewall was hosted by sister Miss Ellen Dannert and cousin Mrs. Helen Dodge Wakefield at the Dannert residence on Main Street Ogunquit. Attending guests included Mrs. Edith Dodge and many other relatives and friends.
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Paula Sewall
Ellen Dannert
Helen Dodge Wakefield
Dannert
Main Street
Ogunquit
Edith Dodge
Cecil Perkins
Muriel Esslinger
John Jacobs
Ruth Freeman
Blanche Rumson
Sandra Hill
David Lindquist
Farle Kennedy
Bertha Keene
Paula Straus
Garland Slates 14 Appearances In Five Days
Rep. Peter A. Garland will make 14 appearances in 12 Maine communities over five days. He met constituents in Biddeford, spoke at Wayneflete School in Portland, and planned speeches in Augusta Bath Fryeburg Rumford Mexico Dixfield Andover Gray South Portland Rockland Harpswell.
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Peter A. Garland
Maine
Garland
Biddeford
Portland
Wayneflete
Augusta
Rotary Club
Augusta House
Congressman Garland
Bath
Washington Street Congregational Church
Fryeburg Kiwanis Club
Grange Hall
Stephens High Sch
Rumford
Mexico High School
Dixfield High School
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Andover
Soviet Union
Mexico
Mexica
Gray
Pennell Institute
South Portland High School Teachers Association
First Congregational Church
Rockland Rotary Club
Thorndike Hotel
Harpswell
Sub Launching Set This Week At Portsmouth
The 4 300 ton nuclear powered attack submarine Tinosa SSN 606 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be launched Saturday at 12 10 pm with Mrs. Stratton of Schenectady NY as sponsor. Tinosa a THRESHER class vessel will launch bow first while christening stern and is noted for deep diving and quiet high speed. Rear Admiral Lawrence R. Daspit will deliver the principal speech.
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Tinosa
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Samuel §. Stratton
Schenectady
N. Y
Congressman Stratton
New York
Thresher
Lawrence R. Daspit
USN
Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force
Ogunquit BYF elects officers and hosts film night
Ogunquit Baptist Youth Fellowship members elected Robert Ireland as president Jacqueline Low as vice president Susan Hilton as secretary and Sally Hutchins as treasurer. They hosted guests from the Highpine Baptist Youth Fellowship to view A Cry In The Night at the church vestry.
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Highpine Baptist Youth Fellowship
Ogunquit
Brian Richmond Goodale
Bradford Good‘ale
Peter Edward Goodale
Robert Goodale
Dean Clifford Ramsdell
Glenn Ramsdell
William Webber
Antone Beaulieu
Earle McDougall
Frances Sheridan
Florida
Leslie Ranco, Wells
Penobscot
Ogunquit Village
Republican Club to Hear Garland in Kennebunkport
The Arundel Women’s Republican Club of York County meets Monday December 11 at 7 p.m. at the Olympian Club Kennebunkport. Congressman Peter A. Garland will speak on his congressional experience. Dinner and accordion music by Marjorie Soule. Reservations to Mrs. Faith Eckler by Friday.
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Arundel
Women's Republican Club
York County
Olympian Club
Kennebunkport
Peter A. Garland
Marjorie Soule
Faith Eckler
Mrs Avis Briggs Hosts Staff at Flagstone Restaurant
Mrs Avis Briggs of Old Orchard Beach and her staff toured through New Hampshire to meet at Flagstone restaurant in Durham for Sunday noon lunch. The group included Mrs Doris Ellingwood and other staff members. They picked up Mrs Hazel McLaughlin at UNH dormitory and returned for a short visit before heading home.
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Avis Briggs
Old Orchard Beach
Rebekah Assembly of
Maine
Flagstone
Durham
N. H
Briggs
Marshal
Doris Ellingwood
Marion Coker
Ethel Whitten
Ruth Anderson
Avonell Pettengill
Gertrude Wight
Barbara Gilbert
New Hampshire
Hazel McLaughlin
University of New Hampshire
Flagstones
Ham with baked stuffed treats headline
The text suggests offering a variation on baked ham by serving it with a baked stuffed accompaniment. It emphasizes trying something beyond the standard ham, yam, and green peas combination.
Star Club To Honor Past Leaders Friday
The Star Club of the Priscilla chapter Order of the Eastern Star met at Mrs. Eleanor Hill’s Wells home. Plans included Christmas remembrances for shut ins and a Christmas sale table after the December 8 meeting in Highpine Masonic hall. An officers rehearsal is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m and Past Matron and Past Patrons night will be observed at the regular session. The annual Christmas party with 50 cent gift exchange will follow.
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Star Club of Priscilla
Order of the Eastern Star
Highpine
Eleanor Hill
Wells
Highpine Masonic Hall
Hill
Marian Chadbourne
Marjory Ferinald
Mildreth Kimball
Dorothy Fitch
Jeannine Goodale
Violet Rand
Mabel Keene
Priscilla McIntire
Star Club
Fernald
Margaret Brewster
Myrtle Lodge Works Rank On Two Candidates
Chancellor Commander Harland Dutch presided at the Myrtle lodge Knights of Pythias meeting. A 50th year jewel was presented to George Eldridge by District Grand Chancellor William Hockburg. Horace Richardson visited, and two candidates from Myrtle lodge and two from Saco were advanced to the rank of page. Dinner followed. esquire rank will be worked on a class of candidates.
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Harland Dutch
Myrtle Lodge
Knights of Pythias
George Eldridge
William Hockburg
N. H
Horace Richardson
Saco
Dorrance Clark
Eddie Benoit
Roy Jackson
Esquire
AMVETS Auxiliary Card Party Winners Named at Old Orchard Beach
Claire Larivierre and Irene McGlauflin won the women's high and low prizes at the AMVETS Auxiliary card party held at the post home in Old Orchard Beach. Robert Pettencill took men's high while Felix Neault was low. Mary Emery captured the queen's prize, with special prizes awarded to Robert Pettengill and Mrs. Anne Gaftason.
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Claire Larivierre
Irene McGlauflin
Amvets
Old Orchard Beach
Robert Pettencill
Low
Felix Neault
Mary Emery
Robert Pettengill
Anne Gaftason
Kennebunkport Planning Board Plans Village Area Meeting
The Kennebunkport Planning Board holds a public meeting for Villa area residents at a Consolidated School on Tuesday at 7 p.m. to discuss planning ordinances. This is the eighth neighborhood meeting arranged by the board.
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Kennebunkport
Civic association for information and discussion of the droning ordnance for the Town of
Civic group forms to discuss drone ordinance in the town. Members seek public input on regulations, safety rules, and enforcement. The association plans meetings with local officials and residents to shape policy and address concerns about airspace, privacy, and technology use.
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Civic Association For
Kennebunkport
Policeman Appointed Special Officer in Wells Firm
Valmore Ford of Shapleigh has been named a special police officer at Seven States Gas property in Wells. The Wells Board of Selectmen approved his appointment at a special meeting.
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Valmore Ford
Shapleigh
Seven States Gas Company
Wells
Wells Board of Selectmen
No Milk Today Sign At Franklin Street Tavern
A Franklin Street tavern posts No milk today signaling a food or supply shortage as Buffalo, New York, reports limited dairy availability and rising demand in the area.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Franklin Street
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