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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1960

Page

3

Mothers Club Plans Christmas Sale and Meeting in Kennebunk

An all day Mothers' club gathering in Kennebunk Lower Village sets final plans for a Christmas event on December 14 for members and children. Members will craft wreaths to be sold by the group and a noon dinner will be served. Also noted are local social updates including weddings, military training graduations, hospital stays, and astronomical notes about Callisto's density.

Mothers’ Club Kennebunk Lower Village Eugene Lewin Richard Main Street Lloyd Robinson Gary Cinda Lou Longview Terrace Skowhegan Lewin Priscilla LeBlanc Stanley Spencer Massachusetts Notre Dame de Lourdes Jack Ephross Park Street Tri County Osteopathic Hospital Kittery Leonard Esterbrook Auburn Donald Ackson Pine Street Edmund L. Cashen Floyd Mitchell Delphis Caouette Brian R. McBride Rodney W. McBride High Street Naval Training Center Great Lakes Pvt William L. Davis USMC Gilbert O. Davis Sea Road Army Marine Corps Jamlex Second Marine Regiment Marine Division Camp Lejeune N. C

Meeting notice for St Margaret parish hall gathering

The Rev. James J. Mullen K of C auxiliary invites members to a Wednesday evening meeting at St Margaret parish hall. Also noted is the Old Orchard Rebekah lodge event accompanying the notice.

James J. Mullen K. of C. Auxiliary St Margaret Parish Hall Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge

Meeting Notice at Odd Fellows Hall on Old Orchard Street

The group will meet Wednesday evening in the Odd Fellows hall located on Old Orchard street. Members are advised to attend for an update and planning session.

Odd Fellows Hall Old Orchard Street

Local businessman classifies merchants by age

In Cortez Colorado a local businessman observes merchants and assigns age based categories. Up to 35 he calls them girl watchers. Up to 45 he labels them bird watchers. Above that he terms them watchers of time and temperatures seen on the clock outside a bank.

Cortez Colo

Past Matrons and Patrons Night at Beach Hall

Miniwanca Chapter Eastern Star held its Past Matrons and Patrons Night at Robinson Memorial Hall in Old Orchard Beach. Attendees honored past leaders, welcomed visiting officers, and distributed Christmas gifts amid a festive setup with a decorated tree and corsages.

Beach Hall Miniwanca Order of the Eastern Star Robinson Memorial Hall Old Orchard Beach Jane I. Worthen Dwight A. Sturtevant Mildred K. Collins Deering Patricia Strickland Old Orchard Beach Assembly Order of the Rainbow Edrice Bates John Strickland Marjorie Douglass Asa Douglass Mildred Nowell Donald Nowell Ruth Durant Jennie Rallis Kay Mewer Helen Smith Gertrude Leonard Jennie, Samson Josephine Hanson Gladys Black Annette Mary Robbins Helen Parks Hazel Daly Adah Ethel Wight Richard Bliss Ethel M. Wight Cora M Jones L. Gertrude Wight Violet H. Mewer Fannie C. Emmons Esther M Black Ethel M. Reed Helen E. Cummings Doris E. Ellingwood Ruth E. Durant Frances Murphy Hubert Standeven Ray L. Littlefield Anna Anderson May Slaney Greenville General Hospital S. C Esther Gilbert Star Club Helen Cummings School Street Florence Roy Cole Geneva Harold Rackliff Roberta Marden Alice Carleton Huntress Jean Mooers Doris Ellingwood John Wortman Ruth Winford Farr

Tips For You Replace Old With The New

A Christmas season message encourages replacing appliances furniture and electronics while noting old items can still be useful. Trade ins secondhand dealers and newspaper want ads help budget values. Donating to Salvation Army Goodwill or church bazaars can yield tax benefits and repurposing kitchen gear for family use is advised.

Salvation Army Goodwill Shops

Navy enlistees from Biddeford and Kennebunk in 1960

Several local servicemen face leave and new assignments. Benjamin Frothingham, airman apprentice USN, completes 27 weeks of aviation fire controlman schooling at Memphis and 9 weeks at Great Lakes, aiming for first ship duty after a 114 day leave. Brian McBride, fireman apprentice USN, ends nine weeks at Great Lakes, then eight months aboard USS Sahara near Norfolk before electrician mate schooling. Paul Therrien, airman assigned to Strategic Air Command at Lincoln AFB after basic training at Lackland. Albert Ouellette, AA USN, finishes nine weeks at Great Lakes and heads to Bainbridge for a welding career, with prior employment at Allied-Hampshire Footwear.

Walter Frothingham Goodwins Mills Benjamin C. Frothingham USN Naval Air Station Memphis Tenn Frothingham Naval Training Station Great Lakes Ill Biddeford High School Navy Rodney W. McBride High Street Kennebunk Brian R. McBride Naval Training Center McBride Norfolk Sahara Naval School Command Sunoco Paul Therrien Lucien Therrien Pool Street Biddeford Strategic Air Command Lincoln Afb Nebr Lackland Air Force Base Texas Therrien St. Louis High School Biddeford-Saco Journal Aurelle Ouellette Cleaves Street Albert J. Ouellette Naval Training Cener Ouellette Allied-Hampshire Footwear Corporation

York Masonic Lodge Elects Officer Slate

York lodge F and A M elects Arthur A. Tracy worshipful master Yates junior warden Arthur Goodwin treasurer William West secretary Robert Sprague senior deacon Marvin Budd junior deacon. Installed Friday at 7 30 p m Masonic hall Walfred Johnson to supply refreshments Officers elected at Kennebunk Masonic hall last night J Russell also named as senior warden slate

York Lodge A. M Kennebunk Masonic Hall Arthur A. Tracy Walfred Johnson J. Russell

Buxton Youth Is Sentenced For Jail Breaks

Clifford L. Guptill aged 18 of Buxton was sentenced to 46 years after pleading guilty to charges tied to two jail breaks in two months. He escaped Cumberland County jail on Nov. 17 after an Oct. 27 escape from South Windham Men's Reformatory. Another escapee, Roger L. Hanna, 25 of Freeport, will learn sentence in January.

Guptill Larry W. McKenzie Portland

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