New Officers Installed By Beach Kiwanis Club
The Beach Kiwanis Club held a combined installation banquet and Ladies Night at the Elks edge in Portland, Saco. Lt Gov Bishop presided. Seated were Alphonse Monier and Mrs Monier, Edward Jackson and Mrs Jackson, Adelbert Jakeman Jr. and Mrs Jakeman. New state officers installed included Monier as president and Jakeman Jr. as vice president with a slate of directors. The evening featured music by Jerome LePelletier and remarks from William M. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard
Kiwanis Club
E Bishop
Elks Edge
Portland Road
Saco
Tuesay
Alphonse Monier
Monier
Govrnor
Bishop
Illiam M. Clark
Ark
Edward Jackson
Jakean
Adelbert
Jakeman, Sr
Overnor
America
Donald Shoreyder
Erome LePelletier
Iso
Edward C. Jackson
Donald Rey
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Jr
Donald Shorey
Herbert R. Bean
Donald Briggs
Paul E. Magrath
J. Nason Milliken
Emerson D. Parlin
Louis W. Simpson
Robert M. Corliss
Roger Tousignant
Roland Mewer
John M. Wortman
George Skillin
W. Warren Harmon
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Sr
Arthur T. Dickson
James V. Neithercut
William M. Clark
AMVETS At Beach Conduct Annual Parties
The Abbott-Verville Post AMVETS held a kitchen shower at the Post Home in Old Orchard Beach on Walnut Street with gifts and a social evening. Cmdr. Daniel Guarino announced the next Post event, a New Year’s Eve festival starting at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are handled by a committee including Guarino, Neault, Bill, Sutherland, Pettengill and Jacques. The post aims for 100 percent dues renewals before January 21 to qualify for national awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
Cmdr
Daniel Guarino
Felix Neault
Tom Bill
Francis Sutherland
Robert Pettengill
Jerry Jacques
Amvets
Blanche Cote
Hazel Dudevoir
Claire Lariviere
Joanne Deprey
Irene McGlauflin
Irene Griffin
Pauline Potvin
Christmas Eve Concert Draws Cape Porpoise Parishioners
Christmas Eve blizzard draws well over 100 parishioners to the Christ mas Tree concert at the Church on-the-Cape. Guests includ e Mrs. Frederick Daggett and family, Mrs. Mamie Perkins, and many local residents. Santa handed out candy and toys as children sang and recited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church on-the-Cape
Frederick Daggett
Saco Hospital
Dorothy Watts
Thomaston
Daggett
Wildes District
Mac Watts
Mamie Perkins
Connecticut
Frank Bradbury
Lloyd Nunan
Langsford Road
James Johnson
Crow Hill
Earl Harvey
Forrest Horne
West Kennebunk
Wilbur Bradbury
Kennebunkport
Milton Bradbury
Cape Porpoise
Fred Eaton
Raymond Nunan
Gretchen
Dale
Charles Stone
Richard Davis
Douglas Nunan
Perley Whitney
Mills Road
Donald Whitney
Norwich
Conn
Danny
Arlan
Deborah
Linda
Richard Whitney
Auburndale
Mass
Mark
Mark Alvarez
Puerto Rico
Whitney
Alvarez
Norfolk
Frederick Crowell
Charles Moran
Everett
David
Dana
Charlene
Susan
Peter Charles
Roy Bailey
Reading
Donald William
George
Scott
Jeffrey
Crowell
Stephen
MCI
Fred Fenton
Tupper Lake
N.Y
Lyman Matthews
Fenton
Mathews
Edward Bilderback, Jr
Carol Bilderback
Edward Bilderback
John Seavey
Manchester
George Seavey
Janey Seavey
Kennebunk Holiday Guests and Gatherings
Holiday guests and family gatherings fill Kennebunk and surrounding towns. Families hosting include the Berdeens and Leskowskys in Kennebunk and Alewive, with visitors from Gardiner Boston Wells Gorham and Gray. Other households welcome relatives from Saco Winthrop North Berwick Wakefield Holden and Melrose.
Explaining Canada’s name from early Spanish explorers
The naming origin suggests that Spanish explorers searched for gold in Canada, found nothing, and exclaimed Aca Nada meaning Here is nothing, reflecting their disappointment. This account links geographic naming to a misbelief about mineral wealth in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Wells Answers Complaint In Land Damage
Wells town responds to two declaratory judgement complaints over land taking for Wells Harbor project. Court papers say taking amount and purposes are legislative and not reviewable. awards to three residents total 8,160 dollars. Pre trial conference set for January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Wells Harbor
York County
Hattie S. Littlefield
Christmas Dinner Guests At West Newton Home
Mrs Doris Ellingwood spent the Christmas weekend with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs George ONeill West Newton Mass Her daughters Janice Ellingwood Hartford Conn and Connie visiting were also guests Connie returned home with her mother to their Old Orchard Avenue home County Lead New officers 2 c fifi
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Ellingwood
George O'Neill
West Newton
Mass
Janice Ellingwood
Hartford
Hermit Hears Panther Screams On Panther Key
Honest naming of Naples Florida hermit Roy Ozmer, 62, who lives in an 8 by 10 foot plywood cabin on Panther Key in the Ten Thousand Islands, says panthers still roam the island and he hopes they are as cowardly as rumored while hearing nightly screams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
Naples
Fla
Roy Ozmer
Ozmer
Panther Key
Area Youth Groups Skate at Palace Roller Rink
Kennebunk Arundel and Goodwins Mills youth groups held a skating party Tuesday at the Palace Roller Skating rink in Og Orchard Beach. Attendees include Edward L Turner Brenda Plummer Bobby Walker Roger Jones Rab Lown Clinton Goodwin Howard Walker Wendy Lee Walker Barbara Warren Alan Mullet Fred D Gay Amos Gay Jeanette Gregoire Gloria Gregoire Richard Smith Davie Pillsbury Roger Rumery Ralph Walker Margaret Ricker Ronnie Walker Cindy Warren Bill Carvell Judy Strout Evelyn Osborne Becky Smith Louise Bertrand William Osborne Roger Poitras Norman Poitras John Turner Robert Harrison Jack Harrison Juanita Johnson Robert Turner Pat Taylor Laurie Gray Ilene Mooers Mike Taylor Rick Mooers and Ann Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebun, Arundel and
Goodwins Mills
Palace Roller Skating Rink
O'd Orchard Beach
Edward L. Turner
Brenda Plummer
Bobby Walker
Roger Jones
Rab' Lown
Clinton Goodwin
Howard Walker
Wendy Lee Walker
Barbara Warren
Alan Mullett
Fred D. Gay
Amos Gay
Jeanette Gregoire
Gloria Gregoire
Richard Smith
Davie Pillsbury
Roger Rumery
Ralph Walker
Margaret Ricker
Ronnie Walker
Cindy Warren
Bill Carvell
Judy Strout
Evelyn Osborne
Becky Smith
Louise Bertrand
William Osborne
Roger Poitras
Norman Poitras
John Turner
Robert Harrison
Jack Harrison
Juanita Johnson
Robert Turner
Pat Taylor
Laurie Gray
Ilene Mooers
Mike Taylor
Rick Crown
Richard Mooers
Ann Barker
Circle game winners named in local listing
Circle game results list Jack Harrison Richard Mooers and Fred D Gay as winners. The Lucky Couple prize went to Bill Carvell and Cindy Warren while Lucky Buck was awarded to Clinton Goodwin in the community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Harrison
Richard Mooers
Fred D. Gay
Lucky Couple
Bill Carvell
Cindy Warren
Lucky Buck
Clinton Goodwin
Beatnik Hides His Dead Pal in Closet Jail Sentence Given
Lynn Massachusetts Ronald Dunajski 21 received a one year sentence in district court on a charge of possessing a hypodermic needle Police broke into his party on November 26 finding 30 people dancing in darkness The body of Richard Girard 21 of Salem was found nailed inside a closet after Dunajski alleged the two men had taken a shot and Girard died Dunajski claimed the body was hidden to keep guests from stopping the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Nahant
Ronald Dunajski
Dunajski
Richard Girard
Salem
Girard
Wells Planning Group Seeks School Cost Cut
The Wells School Planning and Building committee discussed trimming the bid for a new Wells Junior high school and gym. They considered removing deductible items from a 329 818 dollar Wiley Construction bid and aimed to keep total costs at or below 339 000 dollars with remodeling at Wells High and equipment. A sub committee was to review electrical plumbing and subcontracting work with chair Clarence Fenderson and report soon. Attendees included Superintendent Robert W Johnson and multiple town officials and attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells School Planning and
Wells High School
Wiley Construction Company
Scarborough
Wells
John Calvin Stevens
Portland
Atty
Barnett I. Shur
Clarence Fenderson
Robert W. Johnson
Gilbert V. Grant
Marshall Boston
Carl W. Perkins
Samuel B. Stansfield
Raymond W. Colby
D. Wallace Brag
Retired Pastor Beaten Burned Slayer Sought
Brooklyn Michigan police hunted a suspect after the death of 70 year old Rev Roy R Decker a Tecumseh resident found dead in his farm home room The hammer used to stun him a rope binding and the fire suggest murder and arson with a suspect fleeing in the minister s car Authorities described the attack as murder with evidence including a ball peen hammer and a smoldering blanket
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mich
Roy R. Decker
Tecumseh
Decker
Joseph Liebherr
Grace Methodist Church
Meadville
Edge trimming ham to flatten for cooking
Instruction outlines trimming the fat rim around a ham slice so the meat lays flat when fried baked or broiled.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beach Kiwanis Club
Alice M. Crowell
Kennebunk
Edmund Cashen Dial
Margaret Cashman
Dorchester
Stephen Leskowsky
Berrycourt
Cynthia Berdeen
Judith Houle
Sharon Wildes
Betty Hersey
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Kenneth Berdeen
Alewive
Conrad Berdeen
Gardiner
Guy Sirois
Ankakee
Dexter Hill
Dougl
Lee
Augusta
Diana Hutchins
Edward
Stuart Littlefield
Donald C. Littlefield
Lena Meserve
Paul Dumont
Curtis Dumont
Carrie Thompson
the Landing
Winthrop
Walter Graham
Myrtle Lodge
K of P
Main Street
Henry Smith
Crescent Surf
Charles Belyea
Raymond Belyea
Doris Emmons
John Clark
Sharon
Linda Smith
Frank Walker
Howard Cole
Rebecca Cole
Richard Chalk
Kelly
Dover
N.H
Wallace Smith
Ross Road
Edward J. Winston
South Portland
Edward C. Winston
Fletcher Street
Martin Billings
Summer Street
Jennie Weymouth
William Saunders
Stonington
John Lindsey
Wesley Lindsey
Melrose
William Ramsden
ABC Venetian
Blind Co
Sumner P. Johnson
Tripoli Ave
Howe
Howe’s Highway
Gon
Biddeford Savings Bank
Biddeford, Maine
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ole Orchard Beach
Clement P. Wight
Dial
Saco-Lowell
Philip T. Bodell
Bristol
R. IL
Bodell
Bristol Research Associates, Inc
Saco-Lowell Research and Development
Clemson
S. C
Philadelphia
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Biddeford
Gordon C. Anderson
Beatnik
Wells Planning Group
Jack & Larry’s Jewelry
Alfred and
Main Streets
Atlantic
J. C. Penney Life Insurance
Sampson’s
Loin
North Shore
Oleo
Chase Ani Sanborn
M&m Fresh
Xtra TV
Bessey
Regal Grahams
Maine
C. Hes
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