Local Republic party meeting and community notices in Kennebunk area
A Republican Town committee meeting scheduled for 7:30 PM at Kennebunk Lower Town hall will host County chairman Car roll Clark of Ogunquit. Rev Milford Butterfield leads Teacher Training at Advent Christian Church with sessions this evening and on Monday and Tuesday January 30 31. Mid-year changes shift Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Junior Primary class times. Peck Street School to stage a variety show January 27 at Kennebunk High School. Old sea wall at Kennebunk Beach damaged again during Friday's storm. Arundel Grange meets Friday at 8 PM with play It Paid To Advertise. Robert Gibson celebrated 16th birthday at Fletcher Street Kennebunk with family and friends.
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Republican Town Committee
Kennebunk Lower Town
Carroll Clark
Ogunquit
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Milford Butterfield
Butterfield
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Peck Street School
Kennebunk High School
Park Street
Arundel Grange
Arundel
Merling Burleigh
Paul Dumont
Ronald Lowell
Mary Dumont
Cecelia Cashen
Eleanor Merrill
Margaret Bragdon
Eleanor Mer- Robert
Bob’’ Gibson
George Gibson
Fletcher Street
Anna Curtis
Betty Pierce
Candy Wormwood
James Bernier
Raymond Ingalls
Robert Hamel
Delisle
Larry Philps
Malcolm Philbrook
Debbie
Sharon
Linda
Dorchester
Mass
Auburn
Miniwanca Star club meet postponed due to storm
Old Orchard Beach report states the Miniwanca Star club meeting scheduled for Friday evening was postponed because of the storm and will be held tonight at the home of Mrs. Howard Sands in Bay View Saco with Mrs. Florence Benson as hostess. Old Orchard club to meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Ada Cole's Colby avenue Ocean Park with hostesses Mrs. Cole Mrs. Gladys Perlin and Mrs. Grace Harmon. Cole and her committee exchange afternoons with Elizabeth Garland and her committee due to Mrs. Garland's illness.
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Miniwanca
Kennebunk Police Check Accidents
Two traffic incidents were recorded by Kennebunk police on Saturday. At 7 30 a.m. John Hall of Sea Road collided with Frederic Goodwin on Route 35 near the Goodwin home. both cars were damaged. At 1 50 p.m. Chaz Diaz on Ross Road lost control of a 1956 station wagon owned by Maggie Lafford and struck a utility pole. vehicle severely damaged and towed. No injuries reported. Officer L Cashen investigated both incidents.
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Kennebunk
John Hall
Sea Road
Frederic Goodwin
Summer Street
Goodwin
Chaz Diaz
Ross Road
Maggie Lafford
L. Cashen
Apply for $1000 life insurance for ages up to 80
Historic ad offers a mail only life policy from Old American Insurance Co of Kansas City for final expenses. It invites birth year and address, promises no obligation and no calls, and directs sending details to 4900 Oak Dept L118B Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
Old American Insurance Co
Oak, Dept
Missouri
Cape Porpoise Girl Marries Kennebunk Man
Bonnie Bilder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bilder of Cape Porpoise, wed George Gibson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson Sr., Kennebunk, on January 15 at Christchurch, Kennebunk. Officiants were Rev Fred Holmberg and Rev. Robert Cumler. The bride wore a nile green suit with white accessories. bridesmaid Miss Jean Wildes of Kennebunkport wore pink. Best man was Bruce Coyne of Kennebunk. Bonnie attended Kennebunk High School. George, a 1960 graduate, is with the U.S. Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
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Edward Bilder
Cape Porpoise
Bonnie
George Gibson Jr
George Gibson
Kennebunk
Christchurch
Fred Holmberg
Robert Cumler
Jean Wildes
Kennebunkport
Bruce Coyne
Kennebunk High School
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Ball Of Lawmen Draws 400 At York County Event
More than 400 people attended the second annual ball sponsored by the York County Law Enforcement association at the Sanford armory Saturday night. The grand march opened with Chapter officers while Jimmy Marshall's Portland orchestra provided music. Ticket committee members included Sanford officers Yvon Rondeau and George Riddle, Lt. Sherman Clark of Kittery, Officer Edmund Cashen of Kennebunk, Russell Kittredge of Cape Porpoise, Trooper Wallace Clark of Sanford, Andrew Gallant, Leslie Wyman of Old Orchard Beach, and deputies Roland Langlais of Sanford and Charles Davis of Berwick plus Lt. Robert Foran of Saco and A. Wesley Leech of Kennebunk.
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York County Law Enforcement Association
Sanford Armory
Jimmy Marshall
Portland
Yvon Rondeau
George Riddle
Sanford Police Department
Sherman Clark
Kittery
Edmund Cashen
Kennebunk
Russell Kittredge
Cape Porpoise
Wallace Clark
Sanford
Andrew Gallant
Leslie Wyman Old
Schoonjans In Washington To Attend Confab
Textile Workers Union of America official Michael Schoonjans heads to Washington for a breakfast meeting with Maine delegation members to present a white paper on Taft Hartley and Griffin-Lemdrum acts and discuss textile quotas and Kennedy administration responses. Attending are TWUA General President William Pollack and Regional Director J William Belanger representing the union.
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Michael Schoonjans
Textile Workers Union of America
Washington, D. C
Maine
Congress
Schoonjans
TWUA
Taft-Hartley
Griffin-Landrum
Schoonians
T ‘He Kennedy
Schoomans
New Ireland
Congressional Hotel
Washington
D. C
William Pollaet
J. William Belanger
Brightest Stars by Brightness Among Visible Stars
The six brightest stars by apparent magnitude are Sirius Canonus Ampha Centauri Vega Capella and Arc turus. They rank in order from brightest to sixth overall as viewed from Earth.
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Earth
Sirius
Canonus
Ampha Centauri
Vega
Capella
Arcturus
Benefit Coffee Opens Old Orchard Beach Fund Drive
Mrs. Irving Hirst of Old Orchard Beach hosts a Sunday benefit coffee for the 1961 March of Dimes campaign to aid arthritis crippling birth defects and polio. Honorary guest is Mrs. Theodore Cote of Biddeford, a polio patient helped by the program, with many area residents attending and signing the guest book.
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Irving Hirst
Old Orchard Beach
Theodore Cote
Pinestreet
Biddeford
Old Orchard Drive
Hirst
York County
Golden Key Treasury
Cairman
Old Orchards Beach
Percy C. Davis
Andrew E. I King
Ivy Corliss
Loraine Wyman
Donald E. Jones
Faye Morse
Verona Davis
Virginia Simpson
Sara C. Emmons
Hilary Mahaney
William Acton
James McGaffin
Donald Carnevale
Natalie Draggins
Virginia Sawyer
Lillian Cyr
Charles Fenderson
Claire Soule
Samuel Lublinsky
Harold Horne
David Marshall
George Jonces
Fred Knight
A .E. Boisvert
Edith Boucher
Rita Sherman
Ruth Auger
Karronides
Earle Towle
Louis R. Jonces
Kenneth H. Cooper
Lawrence Mahoney
Robert Toulouse
M. G. Mazzacane
Terence McSweeney
Thomas Fregeau
Mary McSweeney
Richard Gribbin
Florence Scott
Dana _ Stewart
R. T. Gribbin
Portsland
Russell K. Smith
Joseph W. Barth
Ocean Park
P. A. Hooper
On Job Education Athens Ohio Merchant Works for Tuition
Jack Dent, a current Ohio University student, plans to graduate next year while funding his education through work. The report notes his on campus job as a means to pay tuition and gain experience. The feature highlights student work programs aiding college affordability.
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Athens, Ohio
Jack Dent
Dent
Ohio University
St Andre Group Sets Date For Masquerade Ball
St Andre home and hospital auxiliary selects February 14 for a masquerade ball at St Joseph parish hall from 8 to 12. Costumes optional. Judges Major Ethel Theilman and Mrs. Thomas Mars will award prizes. Ticket chair is Mrs. Leo Paul Taillon. music chair, Mrs. Albert Cookson. Reception committee includes Mrs. Beatrice Filitti and Misses Anna, Aline, Eva Cartier. Hall decoration chairs are Mrs. J. Alfred Cabana and Mrs. Armand Reay. A box lunch social is planned during refreshments with Mrs. Wilfred Fournier chairing hot and cold drink tables.
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St. Andre Home and Hospital
St. Joseph Parish
Ethel Theilman
Thomas Mars
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport
Leo Paul Taillon
Albert Cookson
Beatrice Filitti
Anna
Aline
Eva Cartier
Hal
J. Alfred Cabana
Armand Reay
Wilfred Fournier
VFW Card Party Winners Announced
Prize winners have been announced for the whist party sponsored by the Biddeford VFW auxiliary at the City building last night. Armand Bolduc Jr Robert Fournier and Mrs Lillian Sansoucy were special prize winners with Fernand Bolduc Juliette Quinn and Fernand Bertrand as women’s high scorers Mamie Gagne won women’s low and Armand Bolduc Jr claimed men’s high. The next card party is set for next Sunday night.
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Biddeford
VFW
Armend Bolduc, Jr
Robert Fournier
Lillian Sansoucy
Fernand Bolduc
Juliette Quinn
Fernand Bertrand
Mamie Gagne
Armand Bolduc, Jr
Cook for Dr John C Baker at Ohio University
A cook serves Dr John C Baker, president of Ohio University, assisting with meals as he studies food technology and related topics at the university.
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John C. Baker
Ohio University
Browell Case Heard In Biddeford Superior Court
A Biddeford man Lawrence Browell faced trial in York County Superior Court for the December 17 robbery of the Peacock restaurant at 57 Alfred Street. Police say $33 in change was found on Browell, and owner Wallace Dusto identified the marked quarters used to operate the jukebox. The defense argued standard coin marking and vague eyewitness description, with jurors in lunch recess awaiting verdict.
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Lawrence Browell
Biddeford
Alfred Street
York County Superior Court
Rowell
Philip Poirier
Browell
Wallace J. Dusto
Dusto
Chester Cram, Jr
Kennebunk
Cram
Ito
Filing Deadline At Beach Is Feb 20
Old Orchard Beach Town Clerk Esther Crowley announces February 20 as the filing deadline for March elections Nomination papers must be signed by at least 75 residents in Old Orchard Beach Only papers taken out to date have been by Selectman William F. Allen
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Old Orchards Beach
Esther Crowley
Rat bite mars Dayton street recovery day
Thomas E. Lane, 20, bent to pick up a quarter when a large grey rat leapt from bushes and bit his left hand. Lane sought hospital treatment and was released. Riverfront district police investigated the incident.
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Dayton, Ohio
Thomas E. Lane
Lane
Wells-Ogunquit Extension Group Meets for Australia Program
The Wells-Ogunquit Extension group gathered at Mrs. Madeline Granton’s Wells home for a coffee hour and business meeting followed by a program on Australia led by Mrs. Bernette Trafton. The group discussed topics, awarded a prize for a student drawing, and planned next month’s meeting with guest speaker Mrs. Shirley Hobbs on home safety through adequate wiring.
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Wells-Ogunquit
Madeline Granton
U. S
Wells Branch
Bernette Trafton
Australia
Helen Remick
Mary Hazlett
Elinor Aberndroth
Bertha Boyce
Beach AMVETS Card Party Highlights Club Winners
Abbott-Verville AMVETS auxiliary sponsored a card party at the Post Home Old Orchard Beach. Mrs Avonell Pettengill won the women's high prize and Mrs Alice Pierpoint the women's low. George MacDonald claimed the men's high and John Travers the low. Mrs Mary Emery won the Queen's prize and Mrs Irene Griffin received a cake. Refreshments were provided under Mrs Dolores Levesque.
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Avonell Pettengill
Alice Pierpoint
Abbott-Verville Amvets Auxiliary
Post Home
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
George MacDonald
John Travers
Mary Emery
Irene Griffin
Dolores Levesque
Bank plot reveals large transfers and fraud at firm
The text reports that a man used checks without funds, while Mrs. Geiger did not charge them to Northern Biochemical. Kistner was dismissed as president by the board last Friday amid criticism of the firm’s finances and a prior conviction for illegal sale of securities in Nebraska.
Wells Chamber Elects Higgins To Third Term
Wells By The Sea Chamber of Commerce re elected Frank E Higgins for a third term as president at a Wells Elementary School meeting. New officers include Dr Oney P Smith first vice president Clinton Smith second vice president Charles H Gray treasurer and Mrs Alberta M Wentworth secretary. Directors elected were Carroll P Beals Vander Forbes Jr Nicholas Pisaruk and Dr Oney P Smith. The 1960 membership reached 142 with 19 regular and seven special meetings held. The chamber noted 2565 inquiries answered by the information bureau from July to September. Other topics included a scram digging bill from the 100th Legislature and planning for an open house at the new Medical Arts building.
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Wells-By-The-Sea
Nicholas Pisaruk
Oney P. Smith
Charles Gray
Wentworth
Chamber Information Bureau
Dis
Patrolman Tickets Own Car in Vacation Overtime
In Lockport New York Patrolman J Paul Leyden was issuing overtime parking tickets when he recognized a familiar vehicle his wife had parked. The meter read Vacation and he handed himself a ticket, underscoring his willingness to uphold the law even on personal errands.
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