Christmas party notes and local service events in Kennebunk area
A summary of community notices from Kennebunk including the annual Christmas party at Hyde Home for Crippled Children in Bath hosted by the Maine Elks Association with Master Paul Dumont Sr presiding. Also covered are Grange and Knights of Pythias activities, a Future Homemakers of America party at Kennebunk High School, a hospital update on a patient at Essess Hospital 4, a grass fire on Storer Street, and Cpl David Sargent returning to Camp Lejeune after leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Arthur Costellon
Dane Street
Hyde Home For
Bath
Maine Elks Association
Paul Dumont
Arundel Grange
Winnifr. Lank
Paul Boucher
Olive Rebekah Lodge
York County Past Noble Grands Association
IOOF
Lucille McBride
Foster S. Boothby
West Boylston
Mass
F.H.A
Mabel Foster
Santa
Elizabeth Shuffleburg
Coness Hospital
Kennebunk Fire Department
Ernest Warren
Storer Street
David Sargent
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Madeline Sargent
Kennebunk Lower Village
Sarent
U. S. Lines
Wells churches host music program and events tonight
A Wells village slate includes a 7 45 p m concert by the Congo Women’s church group at the Wells First and Second Congregational churches in the Second church parish house. Members bring gifts for boys or girls for distribution to needy children. The Wells Band Boosters meet at Wells High School at 7 30 p m. Highpine Chapter DeMolay will confer degrees at 7 30 p m in Highpine Masonic Hall. Wells Second Congregational Ladies Benevolent Society plans its annual Christmas party Wednesday at 2 p m in the vestry north of Second church. A senior and junior choir rehearsal for Wells First and Second Congregational church is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Second church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Wells Band
Wells High School
Highpine
Order of DeMolay
Highpine Masonic Hall
Sanford Road
Wells
Ladies Benevolent Society of
Wells Second Congregational Church
Second Church
iWells First and Second Congregational
Socialists Outline Holiday Programs
Sodalities of St Joseph High and St Louis High plan Christmas projects starting tomorrow with 100 boys and girls at the St Louis home Scarborough. They will play games and receive gifts from Santa before refreshments. Next week the Christmas basket project will be completed for distribution on Christmas Eve with about 60 baskets to be filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Confused canines prompt sign at Glendo cafe
In Glendo Wyoming the Dog House Cafe displays No Dogs Allowed in a playful note that may confuse patrons and their pets, highlighting a lighthearted clash between canine curiosity and restaurant policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendo
Wyo
Dog House Cafe
Mrs Frank Stevens Honored At Shower Card
A surprise stork shower honored Mrs Frank Stevens of Colonial Drive Kennebunk at Mrs Julius Deans Birchwood Road home. Hostesses were Mrs Dean and Mrs Alexander Burr Jr. Numerous Kennebunk guests attended. several others could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stevens
Colonial Drive
Kennebunk
Julius Dean
Birchwood Road
Dean
Alexander Burr, Jr
Fower
Albert Berry
John York
W. H. Williams, Jr
William Bath
Frank Braun
Sylvia LaPierre
Richard Stevens
Alexander Burr, II
David Holbrook
Alfred Mathieu
Edward Winston
Raymond Brearey
Ernest MacDonald
E. Donald McKeon
Clayton Cox
Edward Bath, Jr
Arnold Betty
Dean and Burr, Jr
Herman Schneider
Andrew Peterson
Gerald Page
Warren Morse
John S. Seekins
Stanley Zaleski
Norman Stevens
Warren Bowdoin
Warren Fisher
Roger Fortin
Durham
N.H
Maine Highway Fatalities Rise Marked Toll in 1962
Maine's highway fatality toll for 1962 stands at 172, two shy of last year's total. The latest crash occurred on snow-covered Route 46 at Brownville Junction, killing Harry E. Crocker, 66, and his wife Madeline, 58. Three others in the other car were hospitalized in Bangor in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden
Maine
Brownville Junction
Harry E. Crocker
Madeline
Bangor
Charles Laughton Dies of Cancer at 63 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns Charles Laughton, giant of cinema, who died at 63 from spine cancer after a four month hospital stay. He was surrounded by his wife Elsa Lanchester and brother Frank, with his wife having stood by him daily through the illness. Laughton’s career featured Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty, Henry VIII in the 1933 best actor film, and a beloved butler delivering the Gettysburg address in Ruggles of Red Gap. His last film role was Sen. Seah Cooley in Advise and Consent. He was an art aficionado with a Renoir collection and had directed Shaw's Don Juan in Hell for which he earned critical and financial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bacon
Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Laughton
Cedars of Lebanon
Charles
Elsa Lanchester
Frank
Captain Bligh
Ruggles
Red Gap
London
Sen. Seah Cooley
Hell
Yale Session Held By Priscila Chapter OES
A Christmas party and December meeting of the Priscilla chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star was held at Highpine Masonic hall Wells. The session, led by Worthy Matron Jeannine Goodale and Worthy Patron Roy A Goodale, voted donations to the Boy Scout fund drive and York County Tuberculosis and Health association. A letter from Mrs. Juanita Sessions noted the special project of Worthy Grand Matron Anne R. Horsman. A rose bowl was sent to patient Roger S. Bragdon. Guest invitations and upcoming events were announced, including January visits and Grand Family night. Entertainment by Wells Junior High Glee Club followed. gifts were distributed, and a holiday auction benefited the Star club. Past Matrons night planned for January 11 and 25-year pins. An officers rehearsal set for January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
Order of the Eastern Star
Highpine Masonic Ha
Sanford Road
Wells
Jeannine Goodale
Roy A Goodale
Boy Scout Fund Drive
York County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Juanita Sessions
York
Anne R. Horsman
Elaine la Pierre
Iona
Portland
Beacon Light
North Berwick
Sandra Brown
Piscataqua
Kittery
Ard
Esther H. Linscott
Priscilla Galencia
Martha Washington
Waterville
Elizabeth Bragdon
Fern
Alfred
Clover
Sanford
Wells Junior High School Glee Club
Carolyn Colby
Marjory Fernald
Star Club
Akron thefts claim grand scale losses in city
Akron protection chief Paul Brothers told Junior Chamber of Commerce members that a local store suffered an 18 foot boat with equipment gone. He also said the store where he works is trying to locate a concert grand piano as part of ongoing shoplifting losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, Ohio
Paul Brothers
Akron
Brothers
TV line up features Liberace Nero and CBS star shifts
Medic shows Saturate TV screens with guest stars Liberace and Peter Nero contrasting piano styles. John Larkin, hero of The Edge of Night, plays a villain in Gun Smoke, while Perry Mason’s radio voice appears as a killer. Burgess Meredith guests on Ben Casey. Dinah Shore TV plans noted. York County Law Enforcement meeting announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liber‘ace
Peter Nero
John Larkin
NBC
Legion
Marshal Dillon
Ben Casey
ABC
Burgess Meredith
New York
Doctor Shannon
A. J. Cronin
Dinah Shore
Bing Crosby
Alan Handley
York County
Good Oldjment Association
Dinah
Nesday
Grange Hall
Vacation periods set for Wells and Ogunquit schools
At a regular Wells school committee meeting the vote closed Wells and Ogunquit schools early at 1 p m on Friday December 21 for the Christmas break and set January 2 as reopening day. The board authorized Superintendent Robert W Johnson to confer with the Wells Health association on purchasing an audiometer for Wells schools. Approval allowed the Gideon Society to place Bibles in Grade 5 classrooms.
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Wells Superintending
Wells
Ogunquit
Robert W. Johnson
Wells Health Association
Gideon Society
Former Biddeford resident Colette Fortier to speak in Alameda
NOW ATTENDING school and residing in Alameda California with her sister Mrs Gerald Cordeau and family on Garden street Colette Fortier a former Biddeford resident and transfer student is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil J Fortier 27 Fall street active in local school and parish societies Retired State Police Sgt Stephen Conant of Norway sheriff elect of Oxford county will be the guest speaker A baked ham supper will be served by Saco grange Chief Raymond Kerry Lt Robert Foran of the Saco Police Department and secretary Edmund L Cashen are in charge of the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Calif
Gerald Cordeau
Ant Family
Garden Street
Colette Forter
Bidderford
Emil J. Fortier
Fall Street
Stephen Conant
Norway
Oxford County
Sacogrange
Raymond Kerry
Robert Foran
Saco
Edmund L. Cashen
ARA Training Project Classes Completed at John Roberts Inc
Trainees under the Area Redevelopment Act for John Roberts Inc in Biddeford finished the last sewing machine operators class. Two earlier three week sessions trained 20 per class, then October added three more classes. Over 2,000 hospital gowns and scrubs were made, some sent to other hospitals and institutions, enabling the firm to expand space in the Saco Lowell buildings and increase employment by over 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roberts Inc
Biddeford
Francis M. Coughlin
ARA
Coughlin
Coe
Saco- Lowell
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Nix
Caldwell Vodka
Westral
Samuel
A.&g
Caldwell Company
Boston
Mas
Tiny Talker
SKY Diver
Boys Home Workshop
Peg Desesette
Yale
Priscila Chapter
OES
AP Television
County Law Group
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