Powell Actor and Four Star Founder Dies at Beverly Hills
Dick Powell, a singer from Little Rock to Hollywood star and Four Star founder, died after a career spanning singing in clubs, lead roles in early musicals, private-eye parts, directing, and production. He formed Four Star with Niven and Boyer in 1952 and built a fortune in real estate before funeral services Friday at All Saints Episcopal Church Beverly Hills.
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Louisville
Indianapolis
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The
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Johnny O’crock
Dick Powell
Four Star
David Niven
Charles Boyer
Ida Lupino
Mildred Maund
Miss Blondell
Allyson
California
All Saints Episcopal Church
Beverly Hills
Forest Lawn
New Year Gatherings Among Local Families
Mr and Mrs Gary Noble and sons Tobin and Corey of Carleton avenue hosted New Years dinner with Mr and Mrs Robert Noble Sr of Biddeford Pool and Mrs Harold Wharff of Old Orchard Beach. Clavion Harding and children stayed with relatives in Searsport on New Years Day. Harold Wharff visited Isabelle Hinchliffe and her niece and husband Joseph and Mrs McNamara in Gardiner.
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Gary Noble
Helene Wharff
Tobin and
Corey
Carleton Avenue
Robert Noble Sr
Biddeford Pool
Harold Wharff
Old Orchard Beach
Clavion Harding
Searsport
Isabelle Hinchliffe
Joseph McNamara
Gardiner
Rebekah Lodge Honors Leaders At Old Orchard
Rebekah Lodge at Old Orchard Beach honors leaders and Past Noble Grands with gifts presented by Noble Grand Mrs Pettengill. Members noted upcoming suppers and the York County Past Noble Grands association meeting with a drill team rehearsal following refreshments.
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Lorraine
Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Atlantic Lodge of Odd Laws
Rebekah Lodge
York County
Past Noble Grands Association
Old Orchard Beach
Pettengill
Cora Jones
Eleanor Bradeen
Avis Briggs
Avonell Pettengill
Ethel Whitten
We Chamberlin
Gertrudewick
Bradeen
Noble Grand
Gladys Carr
Dorothy Grant
Helen Morris
Hollywood actor Jack Carson dies of liver cancer
Actor Jack Carson, 52, known for loudmouth comic roles, died Wednesday of liver cancer after a six month illness. He kept his condition private, collapsing on stage in August and enduring a long stock-show touring career. Funeral will be at Forest Lawn alongside Dick Powell.
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Jack Carson
Carson
Wisconsin
Frank Stempel
Jack
Andover
N.J
Carmen
Man
Canada
Milwaukee
Betty Alice Linde
Kay St. Germaine
Lola Albright
Sandra Tucker
Forest Lawn
Dick Powell
Wells Teachers Slated To Address Area PTA
Three Wells School system teachers will speak at the January 7 Wells-Ogunquit PTA meeting at 7 30 p m in Wells Elementary auditorium. Speakers Baston Goodwin and Strout discuss NSF funded advanced science and math studies.
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Wells
Wells-Ogunquit
National Science Foundation
Richard Baston
Donald Goodwin
Fred Strout
Baston
Gorham State Teachers College
New Wells
North Berwick
University of Vermont
Goodwin
Wells High School
University of Massachusetts
Northeastern University
University of New Hampshire
Randolph- Macon Woman's College Science Institute
Strout
Ifs
Barrington College
Rhode Island
University of Maine
University New Hampshire
National Science Fire
Colby NR Sts
N. Ricker
John F. Miller
PTA
Drakes Ae
Ells
Wells School Group Seeks Electrical Bids for New School
Wells school district set January 8 at 7 30 p m for opening bids on electrical service after a special Wells School Building committee meeting at the superintendent’s office. The session included a tour of the new school and high school facilities and attendance by engineers architects builders and school officials. The committee approved purchasing a 20 inch two speed exhaust fan for the Wells High school cafeteria at 120 dollars installed and bills were approved for equipment for the new junior high school and the new gymnasium.
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Iner
Wells School
Superintendent of Schools
Vernon T. Swain
John C. Stevens
Edwin Ward
Raymond E. Wiley
The
Wire Construction
Kennebunk Community Notices
Kennebunk social notes list Mrs Edmund Cashen and guests from Waterville visiting West Kennebunk and surgery details at Osteopathic hospital in Portland. Families from Penfield New York and Manchester Conn visit Kennebunk. Addie Smith from Lyman is a patient at Leech Nursing Home. Kennebunk fire department was called Tuesday night but no equipment was needed.
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Fred Whitney
Waterville
Fred Welch
Intervale Road
George Cousens
West Kennebunk
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
David McCullough
David and
Carol
Penfield
N.Y
Kennebunk
McCullough
H. Willis Day, Jr
David
Kenneth Ackley
Caroline
I. Elliot Green
Vesta Calder
Rebecca Jean
Searoad
Manchester
Conn
Richard Spu IC
Addie Smith
Lyman
Alfred Smith
Richmond
Leech
Storer Street
Ste Therese Council Plans Food Sale and Whist
Ste Therese council meeting outlined a plan to combine a food sale with a whist party on January 15 at St John hall in Biddeford. Card party committee members were named and officers reported on recent events, with the semi annual meeting set for April 27 at the DeWitt hotel in Lewiston and the next meeting on February 6.
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St. John Hall
Adams Street
Biddeford
Ste. Therese
Union St. John Baptist
Marie Blanche Lebel
Annie Bouchard
Lillian I. Viger
Blanche Perreault
Lena Grenier
Gertrude Boutet
Diana Neault
Lucienne Trottier
Alden Racine
Theodora Boissonneault
Blanche Taylor
Yvonne Metayer
Lillian Viger
Claire Metayer
Priscille Grenier
Lucienne C. Metayer
IRS Representative to Help Public at Local Office
An IRS official will be at the local office at 18 South to assist the public with any type of IRS problem this Friday afternoon.
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TRS
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
Goodyear develops wind tunnel for reentry testing
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation has developed a $250,000 wind tunnel to simulate the high temperatures and hypersonic speeds space vehicles face during atmospheric reentry. The facility will test new materials designed to protect crafts as they return to earth.
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Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
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Philadelphia
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Summer Street
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