Daughter Of Novelist Will Direct WRAF
Jean Conan Doyle, daughter of Sir Arthur Doyle, will become director of Britain's Women's Royal Air Force on April 1, the highest position a woman can reach in the service. Her 24-year career began in 1938 with the Auxiliary Territorial Service, later serving as station commander at Hawkinge in 1956 and inspector of the WRAF worldwide in 1959. She has been a deputy director of the 7,000-strong force in 1952 and 1960, balancing family ties with a life dedicated to the air force and travel.
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London
Jean Conan Doyle
Britain
Royal Air Force
Sherlock Holmes
Air Force
Munich
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
WAAF
Hawkinge
Kent County
Women’s Royal Air Force, As . A
WRAF
Jean
Europe
America
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Sir Arthur Doyle
Jean Reckie
Denis
India
Adrian
Geneva
Sir Arthur
Kingsley
Mary
Richmond
Marriage Intentions On File At Saco City Clerk
Marriage intentions on file at the Saco City clerk's office list Frederick G. Hill Jr of 209 South Street Biddeford and Cynthia G. Cole of 77 Lafayette Street Saco. The note also advises simmering dried beans to keep them whole and details cooking a pound of beans in 12 quarts of water if not boiling.
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Saco City
Frederick G. Hill, Jr
South Street
Biddeford
Cynthia G. Cole
Lafayette Street
Saco
Kennebunk clubs hold meetings with talks and dinners
An all day Mothers club meeting is set for Wednesday at the hall in Kennebunk Lower Village with noon dinner. Thursday evening marks Men's night for the Christ church Women’s Fellowship at 8 in the vestry. Edwin Walker of Saco will present slides on A Trip to the Grenfell Mission. Refreshments by Circle 6. Also noted are visit of Jeffrey Stevens from Fort Dix with his wife and infant Debra, and attendance at the Western Maine Pythian Jubilee meeting at Rocky Hill lodge in Woodsford.
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Mothers Club
Kennebunk Lower Village
Women's Fellowship of Christ Church
Edwin Walker
Saco
Grenfell Mission
Circle 6
James Kosvanec
Jeffrey Stevens
U. S. Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Debra
Maurice Stevens, Jr
West Kennebunk
Jack Ephross
William Taylor
Richard Leech
David Hargreaves
Gladys Leech
Roberta Martin
Millie Coyle
Western Maine Pythian Jubilee Association
Rocky Hill Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Woodsford
Myrtle
Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters Plan Tea
Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters met in Kennebunk with Mrs. Eleanor Leech presiding. Gussie Ephross reported on the Pythian Home association meeting at Lafayette Hotel in Portland. Ephross will host a silver tea February 12 for the March of Dimes, sponsored by Ivy Temple. Plans for a February 10 dinner at Pythias hall for the Grand Chancellor of Maine and staff were finalized, a degree rehearsal set, and Millie Coyle won the mystery prize February 6 with refreshments by Leech sisters.
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Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters
Kennebunk
Eleanor Leech
Gussie Ephross
Pythian Home Association
Lafayette Hotel
Portland
March of Dimes
Ivy Temple
Pythias Hall
Maine
Millie Coyle
Gladys Leech
Step Up Night Observed By OES Miniwanca Chapter
The Miniwanca chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held Step-Up Night at Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall in Old Orchard Beach with Worthy Matron Patricia Strickland and Worthy Patron John Strickland presiding. Grand Matron Anne R. Horsman of the Deering chapter and Miss Mary E. Robbins were featured. numerous invitations and notes on upcoming events were announced, including Rainbow Assembly, Esther Guest Officers Night, and February 26 lecture by Carl DeSuze, with the 43rd wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Slaney noted.
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Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
Old Orchard Beach
Patricia Strickland
John Strickland
Anne R. Horsman
Deering
Portland
Grand Chapter
Maine
Mary E. Robbins
Kay Mewer
Alberta
Electa
Ruth
Beulah
Piscataqua
Esther
Aurora
Clover
Sarah Orne Jewett
Rainbow Assembly
South Berwick Civic Center
York Rainbow Assembly
Carl DeSuze
Berwick Town Hall
Beacon Light
Helen Smith
Martha
Mildred Nowell
Leora Ball
Jennie Ballis
Asa Douglass
Helenmith
Donald Nowell
Pauline Peacock
Alice Huntress
Carlton Huntress
Doris Barth
Marjorie Douglass
Donald Now
Eastern Star
Star Club
Mosaic Club
Star
Bill filed to regulate striped bass fishing in York County
Augusta AP report notes bills filed in the Maine legislature. Rep Gordon Richardson proposes a coastal salt water fishing license for ages 16 and up, $1.25, funds to Shore Fisheries for tidal-water management, plus a $10 license for non licensee commercial boat operators. Sen Ralph Lovell seeks a 10 bass daily limit in York County with a 16 inch minimum size. Rep Elvanda Coulthard proposes returning one sixth of parimutuel pool commissions to Scarborough Downs when total handle falls below $200,000, costing about $40,000 yearly.
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Augusta
York County
Gordon A. Richardson
Stonington
A & Shore Fisheries Department
Ralph M. Lovell
R-Sanford
Elvanda B. Coulthard
Scarborough
Scarborough Downs
Nee Nah Council Plans Night Meeting at Old Orchard Beach
The Nee Nah Council met at the American Legion hall in Old Orchard Beach. Mrs. Mary La Branche presided as Pocahontas. Final plans were made for visiting officers and the council’s 29th anniversary on February 18. Mrs. Clara Demers won the mystery prize. a special prize went to Mrs. Alice Bellevue. A Blue Feather Council guest from Biddeford attended. Refreshments, games, and social time followed. Next meeting set for 8 p.m. Monday, February 18.
Television Changing Technique
AP Television Writer Cynthia Lowry notes that modern entertainers must add talk and charm to music to succeed on TV. Pianist Peter Nero explains he will communicate through talk without sacrificing art, but writers often doubt musicians can speak. Tonight’s TV picks include Empire at 8:30 and Garry Moore Show at 10.
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Radi
NEW York
Peter Nero
Nero
Bob Newhart
Bob
George Gobel
George
Empire
NBC
Robert Vaughn
Garry Moore
CBS
Jerry van Dyke
Keely Smith
Dorothy Loudon
Old Orchard Beach Lodge and Knights Meet Wednesday
A meeting of Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge will be held Wednesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall. Members are asked to bring comic valentines. The Auxiliary of Rev James J Mullen Councill Knights of Columbus will meet Wednesday evening at St Margaret's Parish hall.
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Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
James J Mullen
Counc
Knights of Columbus
St. Margaret’s Parish Hall
Connecticut Battles Traffic Deaths Still Rising
Connecticut strives to curb road fatalities as 1962 fatalities near 320. Gov Dempsey seeks a maximum speed limit, chemical tests for drunken driving, and a criminal charge for teens possessing alcohol in vehicles. Police credit enforcement and public campaigns for progress, noting alcohol and excessive speed as leading causes.
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Leo J. Mulcahy
Dempsey
Connecticut
Mulcahy
Rhode Island
National Safety Council
Duke Coach Vic Bubas Seeks Fourth Season Lead
Vic Bubas enters his fourth season as Duke basketball coach following a notable early career. He previously captained the 1949 North Carolina State team and brings veteran leadership to the Blue Devils.
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Vic Bubas
Duke
North Carolina
Stork Shower Held For Mrs. Bergen
A surprise stork shower at Mrs. Richard Bibber's Kennebunk home honored Mrs. William Bergen. Gifts went into a pink and blue cradle as co hosts Mrs. Bibber and Mrs. John Downing served refreshments. Attendees included many local ladies with two invited guests from Portland unable to attend.
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Richard \. Bibber
Summer Street
Kennebunk
William Bergen
Storer Street
Bibber
John Downing
Will Rogers
Roland Rose
William Bath
Sherman W.worth
Marshall Wentworth
Robert Marier, Jr
Frederick Shields, Jr
Earl Freeman
Earl Bibber
Fred Crowell
George Phillips
Ross Wyman
Pauline Day
Betty Joyce
Bergen
Downing
Alva Friberg
Fern Pettapiece
Portland
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Linda Klouda
Cedar Rapids
John Riebeling
Rock Rapids
Ames
Linda
John
Pythian Sisters
U. S
Uncle Sam
U. Ss
U.S. Savings Bonds
Treasury Department
Advertising Council
OES
Nee Nah Council
Journal Classifed
Cynthia Lowry
Clement P. Wight
Dial
Hartford, Conn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
U.S
John N. Dempsey
General Assembly
Wilbur Cross
Urther
Ribicoff
Health, Education and Welfare
Paris Zoo
Sungate
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Stork
Mrs. Bergen
Oldsmobile
Reed Motor Company
Main Street
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