Kennebunk events feature chorus program and drive for Sundays
The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America Portland chapter will present a program at Kennebunk Town Hall on Thursday January 24 at 8 p.m. Leonard Angell presides over Christchurch Men’s Club sponsorship with Burt Warren master of ceremonies and Lincoln Abbot directing. The Advent Christian church of Kennebunk Lower Village launches its 63-drive for Sunday School attendance from January 20 to February 24 with teams competing for attendance and new members. Marion Bedard of Hovey Street works as a nurse’s aide at North Berwick Convalescent Home. The Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Lions Club met at the Inn with 12 members. plans include a speaker on February 5 at the Inn.
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Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Portland
Kennebunk Town Hall
Men's Club of
Christchurch
Kennebunk
Leonard Angell
Burt Warren
Lincoln Abbotts
Cumberland Counts
Crawford Bayer
Dick Edes
George Roberts
Dave Moody
Down‘easter
Marion Bedard
Hovey Street
North Berwick
Shower Given For Mrs Harrison Taylor And Infant
A blue and white shower was held at a Kennebunk home in honor of Mrs. A Harrison Taylor and her infant son Stuart Howard. Co hosts included Mrs. Muriel Stuart and Mrs. Dorrance Clark. Gifts were displayed by Mrs. Forest Maguire due to Mrs. Taylor’s absence.
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A. Harrison Taylor
Stuart Howard
Muriel Stuart Brown
Kennebunk
Fred Holmberg
Muriel Stuart
Dorrance Clark
Taylor
Marion Pierce
Warren Bowdoin
Francis Condon
Donald Pearson
Clinton Dickinson
Thomas Regan
Vinnie Hoffman
Paul Stuart
Ronald McBride
Esther Night Attended by Iona Eastern Star Members
Mrs. Leora Bals attended Esther Night at Iona chapter Portland along with Patricia Strickland Jennie Rallis and Mr and Mrs Howard Slaney from Miniwanca chapter The worthy patron accepted an invitation to Worthy Patrons Night at Annette chapter Saco tonight Several others plan to attend Adah chapter Biddeford meeting Friday honoring Grand Organist Miss Mary Robbins
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Leora Bals
Iona
Order of the Eastern Star
Portland
Miniwanca
Patricia Strickland
Jennie Rallis
Howard Slaney
Annette
Saco
Adah
Biddeford
Mary Robbins
Fire damages home at James Downey’s Old Orchard Beach residence
Old Orchard Beach firemen battled a Tuesday afternoon blaze at the Downey residence on School Street. Fire officials attributed the fire to a defective chimney with damage estimates not yet available.
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Old Orchard Beach
James Downey
School Street
Hobby Show Highlights Local Rebekah Lodge Event
The York County Past Noble Grand Association met at Old Orchard Beach with Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge serving supper under Mrs. Avonell Pettengill. Members and guests from multiple lodges attended the meeting and a hobby show followed showcasing articles made by members.
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York County
Noble ‘Grands Association
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Rebekah
Avonell Pettengill
Ethel Whitten
Rom Saco Lodge
Ruhamah Lodge
Springvale
Forest Lodge
West Buxton
Narragansett
Gorham
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Noble
Lorraine Pettengill
Andrews
Doroth Arne
Eunice Pettengill
Barbara Gilbert
Mary Marston
Margaret Chamberlin
Ruth Anderson
Anne Lublinsky
Avis Briggs
Lcotta
Novella
Briggs
Pauline Peacock
Shirley Souza
Hazel McLaughlin
Laura Jordan
Merry
Elizabeth
Cini
Gertrude Wight
Gladys Carr
Maine Apples On Parade Sparks Retail Display Contest
Augusta hosts a 10 day Maine Apples On Parade with 69 stores competing for 350 dollars in prizes led by a 100 dollar grand prize. The event runs with the Agricultural Trades show in Lewiston and includes apple themed restaurant offerings to boost sales of Maine fruit.
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Maine
Augusta
Lewiston State Armory
Gerald C. Dunn
Gardiner
Md signer of Declaration lived until 1832
The last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, Md., survived into the year 1832, marking the end of an era for the founding document’s signatories.
Cape Porpoise Youth Freed After Habeas Corpus Ruling
Linwood Wakefield 17, of Cape Porpoise, released from charges linked to October riots at South Windham Men's Reformatory after Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Walter M. Tapley Jr ruled he was held illegally during the uprising. The youth, indicted with others for charges of being detrimental to the reformatory, argued Kennebunk court lacked proper adjudication when he was sent there on an August intoxication charge.
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South Windham
Wakefield
Atty. Louis Spill
Biddeford al i
Kennebunk Municipal Court
Reformatory
Kennebunk Court
Officers Elected By Kennebunk Health Group
Kennebunk Public Health association held its annual meeting at the Public Health Office. Officers elected include vice president Mrs Donald D Kimba secretary Mrs Albert Smith treasurer Mrs John Christenson auditor A Harrison Taylor and director nominees such as Mrs Clarence M Crosby Mrs B Robert Dowd Theodore W Dwight Frank D Lord and others.
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Kennebunk Public Health Association
Public Health
Kennebunk
Donald D. Kimba
Albert Smith
John Christenson
A. Harrison Taylor
John Cummings
Clarence M. Crosby
B. Robert Dowd
Theodore W. Dwight
Frank D. Lord
Edward Travers
Raymond Belyea
Gerald Crocker
H. Willis Day, Jr
John Dresser
Henry Smith
Pauline Day
Roger Gonneville
Fred Holmberg
Clarence Lombard
E. McPherres
Frederick ‘Shields
Dorothy Harrison
Henry Magort
Committees Named by Kennebunk Chamber of Commerce for 1963
Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce announces 1963 committee appointments at the monthly directors meeting led by President Jon Milligan. Appointed chairs include John Downing for Membership and H. David Walley for Advertising, with many members named to Harbor Development, Industrial Development, Civic Affairs, Community Service, Information Center, Convention, Area Improvement, Redevelopment and Public Relations committees.
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Kennebunk - Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jon Milligan
John Downing
Norris Stephens
Henry Twombly
Frank Zecchini
M. A. Packard
H. David Walley
John Garry
Hiram Clifford
Warren Cochrane, Jr
Stanley G. James
Paul Bedard
Alfred Mathieu
Milton Bradbury
John Littlefield
Alexander Brook
Philip Hussey, Jr
Robert Reid
Wallace Reid
Leon O. Severance
Kenneth Hutchins
George Timson
Robert Badger
Charles Rimmer
Frank Beard
Abbott Pendergast
Justin Foss
Booth Chick
Ray White
George Wentworth
Ralph Smith
Robert Ludwig
Charles E. Coleny Packard
Robert Stinson
Alvin Fisher
Walter Wiewel
Ralph E. Jones
Jessie Thayer
Almena Greene
Elizabeth Smith
Harrison Coleman
Arthur Hendrick
Barbara Kimball
George Noiles
Donald Miller
George Whittier
Leonard Angell
Harry Mapes
Theodore Dwight Charles R. Butts
Robert Marier, Jr
Arthur Lombard
Owen Wentworth
Several Cases Heard In Court At Kennebunk
In Kennebunk Municipal Court Judge Chester Cramp continued the case against Donn Chadbourne of Wells to January 24 with a $2000 bail. Bernard Fogg of Biddeford pleaded guilty to operating after license suspension and was fined $100 or 30 days. Kenneth Frazier of Wells had drunken driving continued to January 21 with $200 bail. Albert Laprel of Kennebunk had a case for failing to report an accident dismissed. Rose Marie Perkins of Kennebunk had operating without a license continued for sentence. Leo Desmarais of Biddeford pleaded guilty to speeding and paid a $15 fine. Jean Provencher of Biddeford pleaded not guilty to speeding and paid a $15 fine. Leland Scammon of Saco pleaded guilty to speeding and paid a $10 fine.
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Donn Chadbourne
Wells
Chester Cramp
Kennebunk
Chadbourne
Bernard Fogg
Waterstreet
Biddeford
Cram
Kenneth M. Frazier
RFD 2
Frazier
Albert Laprel
Rose Marie Perkins
Leo P. Desmarais
Herring Avenue
Maine
Jean L. Provencher
Clark Street
Noto
Leland Scammon
New County Road
Saco
Kennebunk Church Class Sponsors Pioneer Girls Group
The King's Daughters class of Kennebunk Baptist Church met with President Mrs. Elwood Ladd leading 16 members and two guests. Miss Mildred McConnell of Peabody spoke on Pioneer Girls organization and training guides, with Mrs. Franklin Blaisdell Mrs. Marlowe LeBarge Mrs. John Stevens and Mrs. Arnold Smith named as current guides. Refreshments followed served by Mrs. Franklin Blaisdell and Mrs. Marlowe LeBarge.
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King’s Daughters
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Elwood Ladd
Pioneer Girls
Pilgrims
Comonists
New England
Mildred McConnell
Peabody
Mass
Franklin Blaisdell
Marlowe LeBarge
John Stevens
Arnold Smith
S. Marlowe
LeBarge
Nasson Alumni Council Plans Winter Meeting at Springvale
Nasson College Alumni Council will hold its annual mid winter meeting on the Springvale campus Saturday. Registration starts 9:30 a.m. in Brown hall lounge with a welcome address by President Roger C. Gay. A Nassan chair and citation will be presented to Mrs. Gertrude Cox Campbell. Cynthia B. Gay will preside as meetings plan new officers and seven new council members for three year terms. A tea at President Gay's house follows from 3 to 4 p.m.
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Nasson College Alumni Council
Springvale
William W. Hoag
Brown Hall
Roger C.gay
Board of Trustees
Nassan
Gertrude Cox Campbell
Lewiston
Cynthia B. Gay
Alumni Association
President Gay
Chamber Plans Solicitor Clearance Policy
The chairman Frank Beard and chamber vice-president Warren Fisher outline a policy requiring all door to door solicitors to obtain clearance through the chamber and to request clearance from prospective customers before engaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Beard
Warren Fisher
Chamber
Refugee Resettlement Hits Eleven Thousand In 1962
The World Council of Churches reports it resettled 11,492 refugees in the first ten months of 1962.
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Tide OF Refugees Geneva
World Council of Churches
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Constance Clark
Reta Small
Linda Morgan
Martha Carr
Edna Foster
Kennebunk Home
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Charles Carroll of
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K-K Chamber
Kennebunk Church
Pioneer Girls Group
Nasson
Knights of Columbus
GS & H
Jack & Larry’s Jewelry
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Steak House
Saco Bar Mills
Tel WA
Storer Street
Feinberg
Main Street
MOBIL
South Portland
Saco Brunswick
Wiscasset
Woolwich
Main St
Mr. Cole
Kennebunk Mobil Oil Company
McKenney’s Country Store
Log Cabin
Arundel
Liggett
Mo Sete
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