Guests entertained at Kennebunk social gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tuttle and son Stephen of Medway Mass. were guests of Mrs. Edmund Cashen and family. Several local residents hosted breakfast and dinner for guests from Arundel Gorham Brockton Taunton Heidenfeld Portland and Springfield as the visitors and their relatives were hosted at homes on Grove Street and by the Cashens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tuttle
Stephen
Medway
Mass
Herold Bridle
Grove Street
Gerald McConniel
H. Marshal Soule
Arundel
John Laverty
Linda Hooper
Heidenfield
N. J
Ruth St. Clair
Gorham
Mes
Ernest McConnell
West Kennebunk
David McConnell
James and
Mark
Springfield
Doris Campani
Brockton
Allen Bagge
Taunton
Susan Redion
William Butterfield
Michael
Denise
Portland
Edmund Cashen
William Caouette
Pauline
Rehearsals and community notices in Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach community notices list a Miniwanca chapter Eastern Star rehearsal and Obligation night at Memorial Masonic hall on Sunday at 7:30 pm. Also Mothers degree demonstration by Old Orchard Beach Rainbow Girls, plus a Special guest visit by John Strickland. Other events include U and I club pot luck, AMVETS New Year party, Advent Christian Sunday school attendance contest, and St John Episcopal Church time change for Holy Communion and church school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Sunda
Ea m
A Son Memorial Masonic Hall
Old Orchard Beach
Order of Rainbow
John Strickland
Walnut Street
Advent Christian Sunday School
Alfred Currier
Saco
St. John Episcopal Church
St John Street
Father Knox
Trinity Church
Tragic Fire in Noyan Leaves Widow and Eleven Children Dead
In Noyan Quebec a wood shack fire killed Mrs Abel Vosburgh and 11 of her 15 children while her husband survived. The village of 500 mourns as relatives and officials describe the close knit community and the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyan
Quebec
Todey
Abel Vosburgh
William Sellwood
Vermont
Vosburgh
Christmas visits and military updates from Lebanon area
North Lebanon residents hosted a family dinner party for the Grants and Rand families in Newington Dover and Sanford while Sundines planned a Christmas in Sweden. Lawrence Grant is ill at Alameda base hospital. Edward Ray and son joined Clifton Day at a horse owners meeting in Readfield. Lysle Grant and Chet Gale served aboard ships in the Mediterranean and aboard the Valley Forge respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grant
Everett Rand
Ashtabula
Philip Grant
Debby
Newington
Richard Rand
Michael
Gray
Stuart Grant
Sanford
Sylvia Sundine
Dover
N. H
Fred Rand
Harold Randall
Lois
Donna
Jon
Donald Rand
Bernard Grant
Bruce
Robert
James Emmons
Dean
Basil
Edwin
Lebanon
Sanfrid Sundine
Ruth
Sweden
Lawrence Grant
Alameda
Calif
Edward Ray
Arthur
Clifton Day
Milton Mills
Association For Owners of
Readfield
Lysle Grant
William Grant
Mediterranean
Chet Gale
Valley Forge
Maine sales tax revenue rises in October
Maine collected 2411282 in sales and use tax during October, an increase of 1.9 percent from the prior October, according to the Bureau of Taxations reported Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Bureau of Taxations
World Briefs roundup reports multiple regional items
A two man Chinese trade delegation tours Canada seeking farm goods while Peiping reports widespread crop calamities. In Korea the Democratic party wins governors in five provinces with New Democrats in three. Panama eyes textile industry and neighborly policy gains. Edith Piaf returns to Paris stages amid applause after illness and accidents. Lebanon debates joint atomic reactor as Arab nations react to Israel's nuclear moves amid renewed Jewish immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Montreal
Peiping People’s Daily
China
Seoul
Korea
John M. Chang
Democratic Party
South Korea
New Democratic Party
Syneman Rhee
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Nahed Bweiz
Seeb Salam
Beach Lions Plan Social Event and Card Parties
Lions Joseph Racine and Ben Downs served steak at Old Orchard Beach Lions club house as guests attended a regular meeting. A new 10 card party series begins tonight at 8, with Ladies night and New Year's eve party planned Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Racine
Ben Downs
Old Orchard Beach
Lions Club
Edward Radley
Larry Kraynick
Paul Sullivan
Joseph Mokarzel
Baltimore Colts
Sumner Johnson
York Lions Club
King Lion Gordon Davis
York Zone
Frogmen Plan New Year Dive at Nubble Light
Members of the Coast of Maine Neptunes in Kittery plan an informal New Year dive at Nubble Light York Beach. Beginning at noon on Sunday weather permitting they will don rubber suits and SCUBA gear and spend half an hour or more beneath 30 degree waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP News
New York
Else Siegle
New York City
Community Service Society
Miss Siegle
Maine
Neptunes
Kittery
York Beach
Nubble Light
Tank Car At Florida Yard Sheds Wine Cheer
Visitors to a Florida East Coast Railroad tank car found a leak in a compartment that drained 2 579 gallons of wine. Railroad detectives investigated the spill and noted the festive air lingering around the car through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida East Coast
Soviet Union appoints new agriculture minister
Moscow reports Khrushchev replaced Vladimir Matskevich with Mikhail Olshansky after a bad harvest and growing dissatisfaction with the ministry. Olshansky, formerly vice president of the Academy of Agricultural Science, will lead the ministry amid reform pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Vladimir V. Matskevich
Mikhail Olshansky
Academy of Agrrcultural Science
Chief Sevigny Warns on Safe Driving for New Year
Biddeford Police Chief Ed Sevigny urges a safe New Year’s drive citing National Safety Council figures on 1959 three day and urban drinking related non collision deaths. He warns about unsafe speed, drinking and hazardous road conditions while stressing defensive driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Sevigny
National Safety Council
Seviigny
Taxi Involved in Three-Car Saco Crash
A three car collision on Portland road Saco caused extensive damage late this morning. Taxi driver William F. Allen age 42 Old Salt Road Old Orchard Beach attempted to stop for a back out by John Colomb age 17 of Roebuck Avenue Biddeford. Colombs car spun into Jean Lamontagne s parked vehicle. passenger Henry Cowles age 60 Old Orchard Beach reported a head bruise but declined medical aid. Damages were 250 to the taxi 400 to Colombs car and 250 to Lamontagne s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Saco
William F. Allen
Old Salt Road
Old Orchard Beach
Portland Road
John Colomb
Roebuck Avenue
Colomb
Jean P. Lamontagne
Main Street
Biddeford
Henry Cowles
Benoit Avenue
Allen
Lamontagne
Wells Planning Board Starts Town Survey Process
The Wells Municipal Planning committee interviewed consultors and engineers last night at the town office to select a firm for a complete town survey. Participants included Han Klunder of James W. Sewall, John Blackwell of Atwood Blackwell and Young, and a Wright and Pierce representative. A board vote on the selection will occur at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Municipal Planning Committee
Han Klunder
James W
Harrison W. Roberts
G. Maynard Trafton
Maurice L. Fenderson
Robert L. Littlefield
Rowland M. Hussey
Col
David W. Craig
Dudley E. Foley
Alhee G. LaPierre
Wells Board of Selectmen
Advent Churches Unite for Watch Night Service
The Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach Advent Christian churches join for a watch night at the Old Orchard Beach church on Saco Avenue. From 8 to 9 p.m. musical offerings, 9 to 10 p.m. a talk by Rev Delmer Lee, 10 to 11 p.m. lunch, and 11 to 12 midnight a talk by Rev Herman Thurlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Advent Christian
Saco Avenue
Delmer Lee
Hermann Thurlow
St John Guild Plans Card Parties at Old Orchard Beach
The St John auxiliary guild met in the parish hall with Miss Ann Pennell presiding. Officers reported on the Christmas fair and missionary fund, and members voted to donate to the church. Card party efforts during Thursdays were discussed but halted for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Auxiliary Guild
Old Orchard Beach
Ann Pennell
Missionary Fund
Halidawe
Kennebunk Firemen Reelect Officers
The Kennebunk Combination A Fire Department annual meeting at Central Fire Station reelected Lewis H. Burr as captain and kept George E. Kimball first lieutenant Roland Bergeron second lieutenant and A Wesley Leech clerk. Drivers named include A Wesley Leech Alexander Burr and others. Finance committee members listed and a public supper scheduled for January 25. Community card parties planned to start soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk Combination
Central Fire Station
Lewis H. Burr
George E. Kimball
Roland Bergeron
A. Wesley Leech
Alexander Burr
Robert E. Nadeau
Linwood G. Nadeau
Ernest Ricker
Ralph Barrett
Daniel Austin
Rodney Hanson
Victor Sampson
David Nichols
George E. Kim
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Kennebunk
Dial YU
Clement P. Wight
Dial
Washington Street
James Draggins
John J. Maloney, Jr
Lewiston
Maine State Liquor Commission
Lawson M. Aldrich
The
Maine Restaurant Association
County Fair
Damariscotta
Draggins
Maloney
Richard C. Willey
World Briefs
Panama
Roberto Chiari
Washington
Paris
Edith Piaf
France
America
Stockholm
Misc Piaf
Jean Sprain Wilson
Frogmen
Richard Joyce
Donna Dalton
Lower Village
Donald Littlefield
Stuart Littlefield
Miss Dalton
Kennebunk High School
Littlefield
Husson College
Bangor
Chief Sevigny
Wells Planning Board
Advent Churches
St. John Guild
Fire Department
R Erlon Hatch
Lloyd Jewett
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
VIMEO
Ford
Fairlane Club
Fordomatic
Thunderbird
Uise
Brookwood
TuTone Green
Dodge Royal
Continental
Liberal Bank Financing
TuTone Gray
Christense Service
A. M. To
Kenneburg
Hughes Aircraft Co
South America
Europe
Africa
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