Kennebunk and Area Community Notices Spread
Local social and civic updates include Arundel Grange meeting Friday at 8 with an after meeting gift exchange directed by Ronald Lowell and refreshments by Karl Bailey. Officers report illness and travel in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport closures for Christmas vacation. Families visit relatives in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and attend hospital and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arundel Grange
Ronald Lowell
Karl Bailey
Shelly
Sharon
Teresa Bridges
Richard Bridges
Chelmsford
Mass
Robert Scott Guild
Arthur M. Guild
Still River
A. Lee End
Parsons Street
Frances Buzzell
Cambridge
Kenneth Cole
Maynard Redlon, Jr
Concord
N. H
Maynard Redlon
Ronald Hutchins
Sea Road
Understanding cultured sour cream in modern recipes
The note explains why recipes specify cultured or commercially prepared sour cream. It warns against using ordinary sweet cream that has soured or turned and clarifies that cultured products are produced to standard tastes and textures.
Kittery Man Is Hero Of Sea Rescue
New Bedford coast guard rescue saved five of ten crew after the Barbara and Gail sank off Sankaty Head during a gale. Boatswain’s Mate 2c James C. Jenkins of Kittery Maine was hailed as hero for staying aboard to haul fishermen and then diving into the sea to save two more. The inquiry into the sinking will open in Boston Thursday as missing crewmen and recovered bodies are accounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford, Mass
New Bedford
Coast Guard
Sankaty Head
Nan
Tucket
Barbara
Gail
Boston
Woods Hole
Coast
James C. Jenkins
Kittery
Maine
Jenkins
Edgar Kent
Fairhaven
Kent
Ellis Kendall
Kendall
Sheldon Kent Sr
Ives Riendeau
Clarence Roberts
North Dartmouth
Calvin Roberts
Clarence
Terrance McCarthy
Cook
Joseph Costa Jr
Walter Wecherski
Roger de Roche
Dance for Hevey family benefit at Firemen's hall
Cape Porpoise notes a Friday dance at the Firemen's hall to aid the Robert Hevey family on Mills road after Hevey was shot in the shoulder in a hunting accident and is recovering. The Heveys have four children amid visits and gatherings of locals and staff from the Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hevey
Mills Road
Hevey
Hevey’s
Sandy
Anneke Brooks
The
Star
Irving Perkins
Langsford Road
Dunedin
Fla
Morton Plant
Clearwater
Charles Nesler
East Orange
N.J
Dollie Merrill
New York City
R. K. Turner
Lloyd Nunan
Nunan
Orville Haughn
Henry Peterson
Haughn
Cumberland County
J. Allen Thurston
Pier Road
Newport
Henry Laws
Donald Thurston
C. Austin Buchanan
Winchester
Mass
Ernest Ridlon
Garden City
N.Y
Winfield Allen
Ernest Ridlon, Jr
Frenchtown
Thomas Ober
Frederick Crowell
Frank Bradbury
Bessie Smith
Justin Landry
Arthur Fellows
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Church-on-the-Cape
Cape
Sunday School Presents Christmas Plays at Kennebunk
The First Congregational Church of Kennebunk held a Sunday School Christmas program and party with performances of A Modern Christmas Carol, Santa's Specs, and Christmas Satellite. Diane Fisher announced, Betsy Tibbetts played piano, and about 75 adults attended alongside children who received gifts from Santa. Refreshments were provided by the Evening Alliance. Sunday school officials organized the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational
Kennebunk
Diane Fisher
Betsy Tibbetts
Kimberley Brown
Newell Bryant
Gail Isobel
Bruce Ketchum
John Ketchum
Peter Ketchum
Ruth Ann Kotlewski
Kathy Mason
Brook Merrow
Susan Merrow
Wendy Vail
Barbara Isobel
Skipper Smith
Mr. Grunch
Patty Stinson
Mrs. Brown
Scotty Smith
Jonathan Lewis
Judy Dickinson
Sal
Susie Williams
Emily
Andy Vail
Mr. Brown
Beth Kotlewski
Beth
Sherry Dresser
Prunella Crookshank
Barbara Kotlewski
Snowball
Peter Clark
Lucinda Dresser
Nancy Mason
Dipsy
Prof
Herman Braun
Joan Downing
Helga
Deborah Milligan
Helena
Marilyn Clark
Margot
William Bryant
Paul
Santa
Evening Alliance
Henry Dickinson
Richard Hazlett
Elizabeth Smith
Jon Milligan
Leech Nursing Home Holds Christmas Party for Staff
A Christmas party for Leech Nursing Home employees at 23 Storer Street Kennebunk featured gift exchanges and a social evening with refreshments. Attendees included owner Alfie Leech and administrator A Wesley Leech, while Flora Lindquist Dora Beauchemin and Barbara Burke were unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leech Nursing Home
Storer Street
Kennebunk
Catherine Ambrose
Ruth Campbell
Lucy Croteau
Perthina Dennett
Marline Labrador
Alice Leach
Adelaide Leach
Esther Oakes
Eva Morris
Arline Turcotte
Helena Wentworth
Joan Beauchemin
Nancy Bowley
Amy Davis
Ellen Groneng
Claire Roberts
Shirley Brown
Joan Libby
Alfie Leech
A. Wesley Leech
Flora Lindquist
Dora Beauchemin
Barbara Burke
Hancock says Ellis acted inappropriately on petitions
Democratic State Chairman Owen L. Hancock condemns Willard C. Ellis head of the Maine Liquor Commission for taking out nomination petitions. Ellis, who obtained 5000 forms, declines comment and says petitions are not for his own candidacy. He refuses to name the intended recipient.
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Hancock
Augusta
Owen L. Hancock
Willard C. Ellis
Maine Liquor Commission
Ellis
Liquor Commission
Gov
Reed
Kiwanians Fete Youngsters At Old Orchard
The Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis club held its annual Christmas party for children at the American Legion hall. Twenty seven youngsters and 21 members attended. Santa distributed gifts. Entertainment included magic by Richard Stride of Saco. President Edward C. Jackson presided. Installation of officers will be next Tuesday at the Elks lodge in Saco with supper at 6 30 and speaker William Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Rebekah Lodge
Ioof Hall
Kennebunk
Berwick
North Berwick
Mildred Redson
Lucille McBride
Grace McBride
Nellie Sippel
Old Orchard Beach
Elks Lodge
Portland Road
Saco
Kennebunk Baptist Children Are Feted
A Christmas party at Kennebunk Baptist church drew 125 Sunday school children. Miss Ethelyn Stuart and Charles Cousens Jr led carols while Santa distributed gifts from the Sunday school. Refreshments were provided by local families and served by the Baptist Youth Fellowship. Gifts were given to Rev and Mrs Staples, Mrs Chappell, organist, and custodian Arge Lebarge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Ethelyn Stuart
Charles Cousens
Santa
Robert Hoffman
Roland Jackson
Lawrence Taylor
Baptist Youth Fellowship Group
Evelyn Green
William Derham
Chester Staples
Ruth Chappell
Arge Lebarge
Dessert Bridge Club Meets at Lawn Avenue Home
Mrs Donald Briggs hosted her Dessert Bridge club on Tuesday at her Lawn avenue residence. High score earned by Mrs Thure Anderson. The club will skip next week due to the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Briggs
Lawn Avenue
Thure Anderson
Two Future Presidents Lead Arlington Memo rial Day 1868
On the tree shaded slopes of Arlington National Cemetery two future presidents gathered for the first official Memorial Day observance in 1868. Gen Ulysses S Grant and Gen James A Garfield attended with Garfield delivering the oration.
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Cme
Arlington National Cemetery
Ulysses S. Grant
James A.gaffeld
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Edmund Cashen Diayy
Biddeford-Saco
Saco Salvation Army
War Cry
Robert Williams
Capt. Williams
Mattie Trafton
Kittery Man
Elsie W. Burgess
Arundel
Beauty
Comb and
Gladys Sante
Elm Street
Cape Porpoise
Alice M. Crowell
Kennebunk Presents
Leech
Yule
Journal
Olive Rebekahs
Kiwanians
Old Orchard
William Clark
Kennebunk Baptist
Ola Orchard Beach
Clement P. Wight
Agere
Judy Bond
Eye
Dacron
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