Community events brighten Kennebunk area with fairs and readings
Park Street and Cousens schools host a book fair in the Park Street School gym on Thursday from 3 30 to 9 30 p m with popular children’s titles and adult author William Clark signing Tales of Cedar River 3 30 to 5 p m Santa Claus attends all hours Armed Forces Career Night Thursday 8 p m at Kennebunk High School Auditorium features speakers from all five services Arundel Grange meets Friday 8 p m Refreshments after Gentlemen’s Night at WebHennet clubhouse hosted by Christchurch Women’s Fellowship two plays performed If Men Played Bridge as Women Do and The Amazing Arabella Kennebunk fire department responds to a tree fire from an Open Door incinerator on Main Street Open Door fire noted Thursday December 8 is Feast of the Immaculate Conception mass times listed for nearby churches Catholics observe holiday of obligation.
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Park Street
Cousens
William Clark
Cedar River
Santa Claus
Armed Forces
Kennebunk High School
Arundel Grange
Arundel
Webhennet
Women's Fellowship of Christchurch
Kenneth Ackley
Charles Smith
Russell Bryant
Churchill Cressey
Clarence Lombard
Marvin Budd
George Whittier
Edward Travers
Fred Hansen
Richard Smith
Clifford Edwards
Bridge Town
N. S
Luella Foster
Pleasant Street
Kennebunk
Main Street
St. Monica Church
St. Martha
Kennebunkport
St. Mary, Wells
Local Community Notes From Old Orchard Beach Area
A report from Old Orchard Beach highlights events including C Paul Wight of Rumford attending a joint physics and chemistry teachers meeting at Wentworth Institute in Boston. Lions Club officers from District 41 L gather in Auburn with District Governor Harold E. Franck presiding. Abbott-Verville AMVETS auxiliary card party winners are listed, plus Toilers-by-the-Sea and Nee Nah council activity. A Girl Scout program is announced and Nee Nah council plans its second officer nomination and a Christmas observance.
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C. Paul Wight
Sion High School
Rumford
Longood Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
New England
American Association of Physics Teachers
New England Association of Chemistry Teachers
New England Biological Association
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Sumner P. Johnon
King Lion
Emerson Cummings
Joseph Racine
Alan C. Radley
Richard Valentino
Johnson
Radley
Valentino
Harold E. Franck
Portland
Sylvia Brooks
Hhe
Avonet Pettengill Low
Abbott-Verville Amvets
Post Home
Walnut Street
George MacDonald
Robert Pettengill
Joan Tenan
Irene Griffin
Toilers-by-the-Sea
Ada Cole
Colby
Social Worker Jane Addams Honored With Refugee Building
A new multi family apartment building in Spittal Austria dedicated to Jane Addams the pioneer social worker and first woman Nobel Peace Prize winner The Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom founded in 1915 contributed 830000 to UNHCR to mark the founder's 100th birth anniversary.
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Spittal
Austria
Jane Addams
Woman's _ International League for Peace and Freedom
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Reception for Annie Gowen Brings Maine New Hampshire Chiefs
Nearly 200 people from Maine New Hampshire and beyond attended a semi public reception in Ogunquit honoring Mrs Annie E Gowen Great Pocahontas of Maine for Aga menticus Council D of P The event at the Ogunquit firemen's hall featured decorations by Jeannine Goodale musical entertainment from Mrs Mildred Glendenning and the pupils of Richard Weare Jolene Handrinos and Kenny Bassett Corsages and bouquets highlighted the gifts table and cake presented to Mrs Gowen by Doris Ettinger Hostesses were Mrs Priscilla Stevens and Mrs Louise Kendall with Maude Hilton as general chairwoman and Vernon Kendall as MC.
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Annie E. Gowen
Moody, Wells
Great Pocahontas
Great Council of Maine
Pocahontas
Ogunquit Firemen’s Hall
Pocahontas Club
Agamenticus Council
Gowen
Maine
New Hampshire
Moody
Wells
D. of P
Ogunquit
School Street
Maude Hilton
Jeannine Goodale
Goodale
Vernon Kendall
Mildred Glendenning
Richard Weare
Kenny Bassett
Jolene Handrinos
Dicky Dixon
Grand Merch
Fiselyn Perkins
Edith Dixn
Gladys Chadbourne
Oxford
Owalssa Council
Mechanic Falls
Great Wenonah
Marjorie Steele
Hockomoc
Bath
Minnihaha
Eben Staples
Osceola Council
Belfast
Prophetess
Edwina Easton
Wenonah Council
Portland
Liselyn Perkins
Wampum
Dora Pitcher
Passaconway Council
Kittery
Doris Hilton
Agameniticus
Christine Snow
Accomac
Pownal
Celina Baillargeon
Navahoe
South Berwick
Betty Snow
Durumkin
Upper Gloucester
Great Pocahontas Assse
Muriel Cushman
Lina Snow
Wanda
South Portland
Celia Holland
Neola
Kezar Falls
Leah Charles
Waketta
North Fryeburg
Grace Locklin
Reserva
Eleatha Littlefield
Esther, Wyman
Hazel Margeson
Ruth Clough
Doris Ettinger
Sebago Lake
Priscilla Stevens
Louise Kendall
Mrs Laitres Honored at Arundel Hall Shower
Mrs Raoul Laitres of Sanford attended a stork shower Sunday at Arundel Grange hall hosted by her mother Mrs Edmund L Cashen. Guests from Maine and New Hampshire included many named relatives and friends, with pink and blue decorations, gifts on a card table, social hour, and buffet refreshments.
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Raoul Laitres
Rita Cashen
Sanford
Arundel Grange Hall
Edmund L. Cashen
Floyd Mitchell
Delphis Caouette
Auburn
Leo Doyon
Dover
N.H
William Beauford
Sam Spencer
Kennebunk
Joseph Goodness
Springvale
Beaulford
Cashen
Muriel Johnson
Olive Johnson
O'Neal Laurel
Alice Bernier
Robert Barra
A. Wesley Leech
Rosalie Chute
Judy Goodness
Raymond Vaillancourt
Joseph , Plante
Gayle Plante
Gaston Laitres
Rochester
Raymond Laitres
Emery St. Pierre
George G. Cook
Fred Merrill
Kennebunkport
Val Cliche
Arundel
Guy Thivierge
Peter
Biddeford
Nikki Tibbetts
Joy Oswell Joyful Birthday Celebration at Kennebunk Supper
Miss Joy Lynne Oswell daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Oswell Alewive road Kennebunk was guest of honor at a Saturday supper party for her seventh birthday at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Joy Alewive road Kennebunk The room carried a Christmas motif Gifts were opened games played prizes awarded A cake trimmed in red and white with a poinsettia centerpiece and an antique sleigh with snowmen attracted guests including Margaret Perkins Elizabeth and Esther Smith Carole Ann Oswell Joy Lynnes sister and Mrs Ro land Whicher great grandmother The Joys hosted balloons and snowman favors for all attendees
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Joy Lynne Oswell
Francis Oswell
Alewive Road
Kennebunk
Kenneth Joy
Joy
Margaret Perkins
Elizabeth
Esther Smith
Carole Ann
Roland Whicher
Kenneth
Maine presidential vote hits new high in 1960 election
Maine totals from the Secretary of State show 536,580 registered voters for the November election, with 421,767 ballots cast for president. The turnout reached 78.6 percent, compared to 70 plus percent in 1956 when 351,706 voted out of 500,922 eligibles.
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Maine
Augusta
Secretary of State’s Office
Six Escape Injury In Car Crash At Wells
Six persons escaped injury when a Wells auto left Route 9A between Sanford Road and Wells Branch and struck maple trees. Driver Mrs Cecelia Connors sustained minor head cuts and declined treatment. her husband Everett also had slight cuts. Passengers Edrick and Bernadette Prouty and Wilfrid and Gertrude Gregoire were not injured. Damages were estimated at 150 dollars to a 1951 model automobile.
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Sanford Road
Wells
Wells Branch
iElmer C. Hutchins
Cecelia Connors
Everett Connors
Edrick Prouty
Bernadette Prouty
Wilfrid Gregoire
Gertrude Gregoire
Ogunquit Woman's Club To Hold December Meeting
Mrs. Cameron Biewend will host the Ogunquit Woman's Club meeting on Wednesday December 7 at her Pine Hill Road home. Co-hostesses include Mrs. John Bradish Mrs. Barton Corneau Mrs. Robert L. Staples Mrs. Henry B Batchelor and Mrs. William C Seaton. An illustrated talk on the Biewends recent European trip will be presented.
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Cameron Biewend
Ogunquit
Wells Church Group To Give Silver Tea and Sale
Wells Church group plans an annual silver tea and casima sale hosted by the Ladies Benevolent Society of Wells Second Congregational Church. The event is Wednesday at 1 pm in the society vestry north of the Second church. Committees include Mrs Arthur Fellows Mrs Mildred Richards and Mrs Celia Thompson with aprons by Mrs G Maynard Trafton and Mrs Clyde Foss.
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Ladies Benevolent Society
Wells Second Congregational Church
Arthur Fellows
Mildred Richards
Celia Thompson
G. Maynard Trafton
Clyde Foss
Silver Tea Nigh Hosts Include Notable Ladies
Everett Coombs and Miss Candace Hill head a list of hostesses for a forthcoming silver tea event featuring fancy work by Mrs. Roland Hotte, Mrs. Margaret Wentworth, Mrs. Clifton Smith, and Mrs. Bert Goodwin.
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Everett Coombs
Candace Hill
Roland Hotte
Margaret Wentworth
Clifton Smith
Bert Goodwin
Food Preparations Mentioned For Mrs Jones and Guests
A fragment lists dishes prepared for Mrs Reginald Jones and guests including Beatrice Richards Elizabeth Hinds and Mrs Charles Hamlyn. It mentions a ham and veal dish seasoned with allspice and a loaf, plus a suggestion to add powder.
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Clude
Reginald Jones
Beatrice Richards
Elizabeth
Charles Hamlyn
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Ed Guest
Wenonah
Brunswick
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Tion
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Somersworth
Florence Poole
Manchester
Yvonne Hamilton
Beatrice Fecteau
Great Guard of the Forest
Laura Burke
Massachusetts
Ruth Stackhouse
Great Council of
Edward Ames
Frederick Stasinowsky
Yarmouth
Sagamore
Floyd Hunt
South Hiram
Herbert Foster
Cumberland Center
Clifford Baillargeon
Great Sannap
John W. Moore
Maine Council
Harry Charles
No. Fryeburg
Alfred Stearns
Basil Chadbourne
Roy Fitts
Arthur Hill
Raymond Snow
Perkins
Hilton
Pocahontasses
Alyce Brooks
Evelyn Lewingdon
Joy Oswell
Howe
Howe’s Highway
Unday
Woman’s Club of
Yold Meeting
Wells Church
Roe Pema
MR Cartenal
Indiana
Biddeford Savings Bank
Federal Deposit: Insurance Corporation
Park& Tilford
Park & Telford
Tiford Distillers CO
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Fresno
Park & Tilford, N.Y
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