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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1962

Page

3

Kennebunk Chamber Moves Meeting For Town Session

The Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce annual meeting will be held at 6 30 p m the same day as the special Town Meeting at Kennebunk Town Hall. Arundel Grange shifts its public social to Saturdays at 8 p m starting this week with a Christmas party Friday at 8 p m at the Grange hall. Firemen decorate the Central Fire Station in Kennebunk Sunday. Mrs Ruth Russell and Mrs Adelaide Day plan winter stays in Safety Harbor Florida visiting relatives in Red Bank Easley Savannah and more. Mrs Alfie Leech of Storer Street is improving. Knights of Pythias Chancellor Commander Richard Leech to hold officers meeting tonight at 7 at his home. page class to be worked on at Friday gathering.

Kennebunk Town Hall Kennebunk - Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce Arundel Grange Grange Hall Central Fire Station Kennebunk Ruth Russell Kenne Adelaide Day Kennebunkport Safety Harbor Fla Red Bank N. J Russell Norman Perkins Easley S. C Carl P. Tarr Savannah Henry S. Perkins Alfie Leech Storer Street Richard Leech Knights of Jas 8S Road William Taylor John Clark

Fifty states with oil or gas production listed

The report lists thirty three states producing oil or natural gas and names the states without petroleum. Hawaii Oregon Idaho Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Delaware New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire and Maine are cited as non producers.

America Hawaii Oregon Iaho Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Delaware New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire Maine

Geraldine Brock and Donnell Lord wed in North Berwick

Miss Geraldine Elaine Brock and Donnell Hamlin Lord were united in marriage at the First Congregational church North Berwick with Rev Chauncey Harding officiating. The ceremony featured holiday decor and music by Geneval Hobbs and Robert Pickett. The couple will reside in Ogunquit after a West Virginia trip.

Geraldine Elaine Brock Donnell Hamlin Lord First Congregational Church North Berwick Chauncey Harding Geneval Hobbs Robert Pickett David O. Brock Hamlin Lord Ogunquit Judith Matthews Wells Brock Lord Wells High School Cambridge School of Business Boston Internal Revenue Service Portsmouth N. H Mason Contracting

Tide Rodders To Limit Membership

The Tide Rod Club met at Old Orchard Beach with dues collected. Directors report a by law change limiting membership to a set number. Insurance forms are being completed for beach drag racing. Meeting adjourned at 9 45 p.m.

Tide Rod Club Old Orchard Beach

Card Players Win Prizes At Beach

Mrs Mary Emery won the ladies high prize and Mrs Marie Jacques the low at the card party sponsored by the Abbott Verville AMVETS Post auxiliary at the Post Home in Old Orchard Beach. Men’s high went to Paul Cote and Ralph Lariviere the low. The Queens prize went to Mrs Toni Bill, and John Price won a special prize. A final card party before the holidays will be held next Sunday at 8 pm.

Mary Emery Marie Jacques Abbott-Verville Amvets Post Walnut Street Old Orchard Beach Paul Cote High Ralph Lariviere Low Toni Bill John Price

University of Maine Wins NSF Grant for Physics Institute

The National Science Foundation provides 38900 dollars to the University of Maine to run a six week summer institute for high school physics teachers starting July 8 1963 in Orono. Dr Clarence E Bennett will be director with Prof Jonathan Biscoe on the teaching staff and forty teachers from across the country will enroll with a 75 dollar weekly stipend plus dependent allowances.

Bennett Orono Jonathan Biscoe Chicago

Initiatory DeMolay Degree Tonight in Wells Chapter

Highpine chapter of DeMolay meets at Highpine Masonic hall Wells to confer the initiatory degree at 7 30 tonight. Investiture ceremonies for Wells Ogunquit Girl Scouts are postponed to December 18 at 7 pm in Ogunquit Baptist church vestry. A joint Christmas party by American Legion posts and auxiliary is planned for tomorrow at 8 pm at the Wells Post home with gifts for both genders and refreshments. Proceeds from the Wells High varsity versus Wells-Ogunquit Teachers scholarship game on Tuesday at 7 pm will aid the association. Congo Women’s group postpones its meeting to December 17 due to dedication ceremonies at the Wells Junior High. Ladies Aid annual Christmas party details updated.

Highpine Order of DeMolay Highpine Masonic Hall Sanford Road Wells Ogunquit American Legion and Auxiliary Wells Post Eldredge Road Wells High School Wells-Ogunquit New Wells Junior High New Wells Congo Women's Wells First Second Congregational Second Church Ladies Aid Society Wells First Congregational Church

Biddeford Soldier In Army Exercise

Army Specialist Four Richard W. Gobeil aged twenty, son of Mr and Mrs Richard W Gobeil of Biddeford, participates with the 69th Engineer company in Exercise Sabre Knot in Germany. The week long field maneuver tests winter combat readiness with about 30 000 troops. Gobeil serves as a topographic repairman in Frankfurt and entered the Army in June 1960 arriving overseas January 1961. He is a Biddeford High School graduate of 1960 and formerly worked at Edwards Super Market.

Army Richard W. Gobeil Summer Street Biddeford 69Th Engineer Company Germany Gobeil Frankfurt

Community Sing Planned at Kennebunk High School

The Junior class of Kennebunk High School plans the annual Community Sing on Monday December 17 in the high school auditorium. Cochairs are class president Carol Taute and vice-president Susan Davidson. William Welch will be master of ceremonies. The program features the high school band and glee clubs, plus the Kennebunk Junior High glee club and a Majorettes routine. Santa Claus will be present.

Kennebunk High School Carol Taute Susan Davidson William Welch Kennebunk Junior High School KHS Santa Claus

Ocean Park Extension and St Johns Auxiliary Guild Meet

The Ocean Park Extension will hold a meeting Tuesday at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall West Grand avenue at 10 30 a m. Members are asked to bring Christmas suggestions. St Johns Auxiliary Guild meets Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at Miss Ann Pennells Atlantic avenue home.

Ocean Park Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall West Grand Avenue St. Johns

Troop 28 Finishes Wreath Project

Girl Scouts of Troop 28 met at the Girl Scout hall on Saturday with leaders Mrs. Gauvin, Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Cookson. Cans for the peanut sale were distributed as the next Scavenger hunt deadline approached. Dues were collected and a Christmas wreath project completed. The meeting closed with the Friendship Circle and Taps. Members included Patrol 1 the Pioneers Susan Boucher Germaine Dumont Colette Lapierre and Alden Simard. Patrol 2 the Astronauts Suzanne Beaulieu Martha Conroy Denise Dubois Diane Houde Paula Martel Elaine Remillard Ann St Pierre Ann Tousignant. Patrol 3 the Busy Bees Suzanne Angers Charlotte Baiguy Diane Boucher Diane Cookson Diane Dubuc Donna Dubuc Joan Gauvin Lucille Gauvin Linda Ouelette.

Girl Scouts Girl Scout Hall Laurette Gauvin Therese Hardy Mary Jane Cookson I Friendship Circle Patrol 1 The Pioneers Susan Boucher Germaine Dumont Colette Lapierre Alden Simard Patrol Astronauts Suzanne Beaulieu Martha Conroy Denise Dubois Diane Houde Paula Martel Elaine Remillard Ann St. Pierre Ann Tousignant Busy Bees Suzanne Angers Charlotte Baiguy Diane Boucher Diane Cookson Diane Dubois Donna Dubuc Joan Gauvin Lucille Gauvin Linda Ouelette

Syracuse End John Mackey Sparks Olympic Trial Remark

Coach Ben Schwartz remarks on John Mackey of Freeport New York running laps after practice like the Olympic Trials, highlighting Mackey as a standout for Syracuse.

Ben Schwartzwalder Syracuse John Mackey Freeport, N.Y

West Kennebunk Fire Destroys Family Home in Fire

A West Kennebunk family of six lost their Kimball Lane home in a blaze of undetermined origin. The 12 story house was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived after 5 51 p m Water from a pond supplied by Herman Cohen aided the effort. The all out was sounded at 8 46 p m The Page family lost all possessions including gifts and pets They are staying with relatives in North Saco Kennebunkport and nearby towns sent aid crews with equipment. no loss estimate given.

West Kennebunk Kimball Lane Route 35 George Page Herman Cohen Cohen Bertelle Smith Page Carl Winchester North Saco Winchesters Kennebunk Central Station Kennebunkport Kennebunk Lower Village Wildes District Cape Porpoise Arundel

Maine Chicken Farmers Face Europe Market Pressures

Maine poultry growers lose access to a large export market as the Common Market imposes new tariffs on poultry imports. The United States fears retaliation while European farmers gain from higher prices, squeezing U S exporters and endangering a $50 million yearly trade started in 1958. Secretary Freeman pressed Europe to avoid broadening trade barriers.

Journal Washington Bureau Washington Maine Gerogia Alabama Arkansas North Carolina Mississippi United States Europe Department of Agriculture West Germany Hamburg Orville Freeman U.S Congress Freeman

Hooves Down On Whiskey Clash In Kentucky

Kentucky's two famed industries, whiskey making and horse breeding, clash as most horses disdain the odor of whiskey, highlighting an ancient regional tension between distilling and racing interests in Frankfort.

Frankfort, Ky Kentucky

Kittery Man Named to MTA Assembly

Carl W. Wood elementary supervisor in Kittery is elected to represent York county in the Maine Teachers Association Representative Assembly. The 30 member body will meet in Augusta December 27 and 28 to adopt MTA policy for the upcoming Legislature, with discussion on minimum salary law state aid for schools and expansion of teachers colleges. Wood has taught in Bangor and led a remedial clinic in Petersburg Virginia and directed the Summer Reading Workshop at the University of New Hampshire last year. He holds a University of Maine degree and a master's in supervision from UNH. He is vice president of the Maine Supervisors Association and a life member of the National Education Association.

Carl W. Wood Kittery York County Representative Assembly Maine Teachers Association Clyde Russell MTA Augusta Robert Butler Helen Finn Geraldine Fenderson Saco Wood Bangor Petersburg University of New Hampshire University of Maine The University Maine Supervisors Association National Education Association

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