Community notices from Kennebunk and area
Kennebunk residents travel for family events with several trips to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The Kennebunk Public Health Association holds its annual meeting January 17 with reports from officers and the public health nurse. Epiphany services at St David Episcopal Church include a post service supper and consecration attendance at Christ Church Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Yates
Summer Street
New Britain
James Wignall
Sam Spencer
Cat Mousam Road
Kennebunk
Ernest Spencer
Kennebunkport
Belmont
Mass
Carlton Nnett
Marion Rogers
Gorheen
N. H
Ronald Robertson
Robertson
John Lindsey
Mark
Brian
Sanford
Raoul Laurel
Lawrence Allen
Plaistow
Norman Leathe
Cpl
Lawrence Brier
Sunda
U. S. Meeines
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Leathe
Kennebunk Public Health Association
Association
Storer Street
Ard
Alice Gibson
Blic
St. David Episcopal Church
Portland _ street
Thomas Knox
Saco Trinity Church
Donald Jackson
Gilmen Drinkwater
Brewster Doane
Richard Challis
Unity Lodge K P To Elect Tuesday Officers And Committees
Unity lodge Knights of Pythias will elect officers and committees for 1961 at a meeting held at the K P hall in Saco. Annual reports will be presented, books audited, and reports made to the Grand Lodge of Maine. All officers and members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Lodge
Knights of Pythias
K. of P. Hall
Saco
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Garland Requests Nominations for Merchant Marine Academy
Rep. Garland opens nominations for Kings Point U S Merchant Marine Academy candidates. Deadline February 15 with only three appointments available. Academy program delivers four year course, officer license, naval reserve commission, and Bachelor of Science degree with full government funding for tuition, room and board, uniforms, books, and medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
N. Y
Peter Garland
Cong. Garland
Rep. Garland
U. S. Merchant Marine
U. S. Naval Reserve
United States
PNGs Of Beach Lodge Re Elect Mrs Ellingwood
Doris Ellingwood was re elected president of the Past Noble Grands association of Old Orchard Rebekah lodge at a meeting held at Mrs. Avis Briggs home on Lawn Avenue. Ruth Anderson was elected vice president with Margatet Chamberlin as secretary and Cora Jones as treasurer. The December meeting was canceled due to a snow storm. Weather permitting the February meeting will be at Mrs. Ruth Andersons home, Pine Point, with a silent auction. A future meeting on January 18 will include York County Past Noble Grands association as guests. Candy sales and other fundraising ideas were discussed, Harriet Andrews won the mystery prize. Attending were Doris Ellingwood, Ethel Whitten, Harriet Andrews, Hazel McLaughlin, Ruth Anderson, Margaret Chamberlin, Cora Jones, Eleanor Bradeen, Anna Anderson, Gertude Wight, and host Avis Briggs. A boiled dinner preceded the meeting. Briggs was joined by husband Donald Briggs and daughters Leotta and Novella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Ellingwood
Noble Grands’ Association
Old ‘Orchard Rebekah
Avis Briggs
Lawn Avenue
Ruth Anderson
Margatet Chamberlin
Cora Jones
Pine Point
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
York County Past Noble Grands Association
Noble Grands
Old Orchard Lodge
Harriet Andrews
Ethel Whitten
Hazel McLaughlin
VFW Auxiliary Meeting at Beach Hall in Old Orchard Beach
The Old Orchard Beach VFW auxiliary met at the Post home on Atlantic Avenue with President Statia Pelletier presiding. Plans discussed for a food sale with a tentative January 28 date. final reports on the Ribbon sale showed good profit. Four members donated one dollar each earned in various ways. Several members paid 1961 dues. Refreshments by Gladys Edwards and Arline Edwards. belated birthday cake for Statia. Next meeting January 23 with Doris Warner and Statia Pelletier in charge of refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
VFW
Atlantic Avenue
Statia Pelletier
Gladys Edwards
Arline Edwards
Statia
Doris Warner
Pelletier
Warner
Marion Duhame
Mary Marshall
Edwards
Gloria Lemay
Patricia Bernier
Old Orchard Beach Club and Legion Auxiliary Meetings Placed
The Old Orchard club plans a 2 30 p m Wednesday gathering at Mrs Lillian Jakeman s Temple Avenue Ocean Park with hostesses Mrs Jakeman Mrs Elva Frizzle and Mrs Marion Hanscom The Past Presidents Parley of C Fayette Staples unit American Legion auxiliary meets Wednesday evening at Mrs Jean Mooers 20 Shady Jane with Mrs Aline Fontaine assisting Also noted Edward I Lord of Saco Avenue is a patient at Webber Hospital following a prior surgical stay His 17th birthday will occur before July 1 1960 and he may graduate high school or be in his senior year If selected from March 1961 College Entrance Examination Board tests and other criteria he is expected to enter the U S Merchant Marine Academy in August 1961
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Club
Lillian Jakeman
Temple Avenue
Ocean Park
Jakeman
Elva Frizzle
Marion Hanscom
Parley
Webber Hospital
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
Sandra Dee Declares Marriage Private Despite Fame
Hollywood report notes Sandra Dee says her marriage to Bobby Darin is private and separate from their careers. The couple wed secretly in December after meeting on the film Come September in Rome, later sharing a Bel-Air cottage with a housekeeper and guest house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Holywood
Sandra Dee
Bobby Darin
Sandra
Bobbyarin
Rome
Alexandra Zuck
Robert Casotto
New York
Senator Smith and Neuberger Sworn In on Same Day
Senator Margaret Chase Smith faced questions as colleagues labeled her in character after she switched to back Maureen Neuberger for the swearing in. Neuberger became the first newly elected woman to take a full Senate term on the same day as another woman, marking two historic firsts. Smith, the first woman to begin a third term, hosted a dinner praising Neuberger and recalling longtime friendship with the late Richard Neuberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther van Wagoner
Tufty Journal
Washington Bureau
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Maureen Neuberger
Muskie
Women’s
National Press Club
Congress
Smith
Neuberger
Oregon
Richard Neuberger
Women take vows on aisle amid wedding honors denied to men
A ceremony featured women walking down the aisle to take their oaths, marking an honor that had not previously been granted to male members. The event highlighted a shift in traditional inclusion within the group.
Staples Unit Asked To Aid Civil Defense Program
President Mrs. Viola Girard led the C. Fayette Staples unit of the American Legion auxiliary at the Legion hall Old Orchard Beach. Secretary Mrs. Virginia Ford reported correspondence and illness notes while 63 members were listed as paired. Guest Florence Araby was welcomed as a new member and Civil Defense coordinator Mrs. Shirley Doe urged collaboration with the fuse program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Girard
Shirley Doe
Evelyn Presley
Cape Porpoise Firemen’s Card Party and Local Gatherings
Eight tables of whist were held at the Firemen’s party with Mrs Lula Leslie and Leonard Bunnell top scorers. A Cape Porpoise family gathering hosted by Mrs Frank Bradbury Sr included six children and their families from area towns. Olympian club meeting in Kennebunkport featured several local residents as attendees. The Community Library at Cape Porpoise reopened after a June establishment and the Cargo shop fund raised over $500 for church fuel bills. Donations of books and money have grown, and clothing and trinkets are welcome at the Cargo shop on Tue Thu afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Leslie
Leonard Bunnell
Margaret Doane
Otis Doane
Kathleen Stinson
Val Ford
Emery Huff
Frances Hutchins
Frank Bradbury
Wilbur Bradbury
Scott
C. Milton Bradbury
Daugh‘ter
Jeanne
Thomas
Bruce
Brian
Harrison Seavey
Patricia
Donald
Steadman
Roger
Cape Porpoise
Earl Harvey
Sandra
Robert
Forrest Horne
Kenneth
Terry
Virginia
West Kennebunk
James Nadeau
Sheree
Kennebunk
Bradbury
Olympian Club
Kennebunkport
Ruth Thurston
Ruth Pinkham
Lydia Emmons
Grace Packard
Margie Campbell
Barbara Wood
Ruth Megert
Alma Kittredge
Ellen Buchanan
Hazel Devis
Gladys Mahler
Dollie Merrill
Ruth Bixby
Margaret Whitehouse
Moore Property on Ferry Road Saco Sold to Daignaults
The Ferry road property in Saco owned by Thomas and Virginia Moore, including a Cape Cod house, garage, and large lot, sold to Ralph J. and Eileen J. Daignault of Biddeford. Negotiated through Benton Insurance Agency, Inc, 172 Main Street, Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry Road
Saco
Thomas and
Virginia Moore
Ralph J
Eileen J. Daignault
Biddeford
Cape Cod
Benton Insurance Agency, Inc
Main Street
Boy Scouts Hear Fire Chief Give Interesting Talk
Fire Chief Louis Wharff addressed Trop 335 Boy Scouts at Old Orchard Beach Methodist church vestry. He compared 30 year old equipment with a new 500 gallon fire truck, discussed the alarm system, warned against false alarms, and urged scouts to stay by the box to guide firefighters. Scoutmaster Richard Cleveland?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wharff
Trop 335
Boy Scouts
Old Orchard Beach Methodists Church
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Saco Journal
Richard Cleveland
Meeting notes introduce leaders at York County Scouts
The meeting was conducted with assistance from Richard Shorey and Chief Wharff introduced by Scout Committee Chairman Maynard Shorey. Oscar Eator is named as the chairman of the Organization on Extension for the York County District Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts, with a talk scheduled for January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Shorey
Wharff
Scout Committee
Maynard Shorey
Oscar Eator
York County
Distric
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts
False Teeth That Loosen Need Not Embarrass
Many wearers of false teeth have a plate that often becomes loose and causes embarrassment. An advertisement claims a product called ASTRETE can mold dentures more firmly for better comfort and to eliminate plate odor or bad breath.
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Edmund Cashen Dial
K. P
Garland
Png's
Beach Lodge
Ellingwood
Beach Hall
Clement P
Wight
Shapiro’s Oil
Alfred Street
Appl
Senator Smith
Carol Lynn Steeves
Sheridan
Ind
Flying Fox
Chessington
England
Staples
Cape
America
Nationwide
New England
John J. Keegan
Nationwide Insurance Room
Congress Building
High Street
Portland
John L. Jefferson
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Columbus, Ohio
Pontiac
Reed Motor Company
Saco, Maine
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