Circle Two Women Meet For Fair Preparations
Members of Circle Two of the Women’s Fellowship of Christchurch, Kennebunk, met at Mrs. Ethel Gonneville’s Storer Street home. Mrs. Sarah Bryant led a brief business session and the group made aprons for the summer fair. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. Bryant and Mrs. Gonneville. Remaining attendees included Mrs. Helen Ackley and Mrs. Madeline Sargent. Edmund L. Cashen of Summer Street attended a Maine Law Enforcement Association meeting at North Edgecomb. Mrs. Harrison Taylor and infant son Stuart Howard returned home from Webber Hospital on Fletcher Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Fellowship of
Christchurch
Ethel Gonneville
Storer Street
Sarah Bryant
Bryant
Gonneville
Helen Ackley
Madeline Sargent
Helen Cole
Edmund L. Cashen
Summer Street
WSCS Plans Public Supper At Church
The WSCS of West Kenne bunk Methodist church met with President Mrs. Cora MacDonald presiding and arranged a public supper for February 16 to benefit the church. A Chinese auction followed the meeting. Guests included Mrs. Barbara Doughty and Mrs. Jane Bolton.
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WSCS
West Kennebunk
Old Orchard Beach Art Association Meeting Notes
Old Orchard Beach Art Association met at Jameson school with Adam London instructor for the workshop. Members present include Elizabeth Wilson Kathryn Ogden Helen Smith Laura Duffy Gertrude Eastman Evelyn Monier Isabella McIver and others. Chaplain of Miniwanca Chapter Eastern Star Eleanor Brodeen attended Chaplain's Night at Corner Stone Chapter. A Miniwanca Star Club meeting is set for Friday at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach Art Association
Jameson School
Adam London
Elizabeth Wilson
Kathryn Ogden
Helen Smith
Laura Duffy
Gertrude Eastman
Evelyn Monier
Isabella McIver
John Bay
Helen Hall
Ilene Shuman
Allen Sneider
Marion Banks
Sarah Graves
Lorraine Letourneau
Marguerite Drolet
Mae Borges
Anna Anderson
Ethel Wight
Almanca Souliere
Eleanor Brodeen
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Corner Stone
Patricia Strickland
John Strickland
Kay Mewer
Jennie Rallis
Howard Slaney
Star Club
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
Berwick 250th Anniversary Incorporated Officials Named
The Berwick 250th Anniversary Inc forms to organize the town's 250th celebration. Stanley Goodrich serves as president with a board including George Clement and William Winship. Activities run from Sunday June 30 through Saturday July 6 featuring a parade, historical pageant, contests, fireworks, and Governor's Day.
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Berwick
Iate
Berwick 250Th Anniversary, Inc
Stanley Goodrich
Philip Mathews
Miriam Kimball
Laurance Webber
Mae Varney
George Clement
William Winship
Glenn Whitman
Lester Laing
Roy Kane
Donald Cheney
Willis Webber
Verne Brackett
Chester Frost
Herbert Swett
Ann Kimball
Robert Dowling
Millard Webster
Richard Stillings
Old Orchard Club Plans Valentine Event in Beach Town
The Old Orchard Club met at Mrs. Priscilla Skilling’s home with Vice-President Mrs. Florence Benson presiding. Donald Briggs, head of the Urban Renewal Authority for Old Orchard Beach, spoke about plans for improving the town and the 10 week seminar held in Augusta from September 10 to November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Club
Priscilla Skilling
Union Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Florence Benson
Lillian Jakeman
Muriel Gooch
Valentine
Retta Sait
Donald Briggs
Urban Renewal Authority
Augusta
Skilling
Gertrude Milliken
Kennebunk Recruit Honored At Party
Roger Hanson son of Mrs Cora Rouleau Waterstreet Kennebunk was guest of honor at a farewell party at his home before leaving for Navy boat training. Co hosts were his mother and Miss Martha Bragdon with a social period and refreshments. A purse of money was presented to Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Hanson
Cora Rouleau
Waterstreet
Kennebunk
Hanson
Navy
Rouleau
Martha Bragdon
Ruth Polito
Marlene Polito
Harry
Virginia Martin
Paul
George
Jeanette
Georgette
Ann
Claudette Paradis
Biddeford
Bragdon
Degrees Confer Alewive Grange in Evening Meeting
Alewive Grange held a meeting presided by Past Master Russell Staples in Master Beverly True's absence. The third and fourth degrees were conferred on Mrs Frances Page with Russell Staples and Mrs Louise Russell heading the degree teams. Officials included Alonzo Flanders lecturing, Roland Dutch steward, Edward Whicher chaplain, and Ruthine Burleigh assistant steward. harvesters were Elaine Gray, Marion Dutch, David Gray, and Edward Benoit. The next meeting is scheduled for February 16 with supper served by the Pitman and Gross families along with Mildred Boyden and Lillian Gross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Staples
Alewive Grange
Beverly True
Frances Page
Louise Russell
Alonzo Flanders
Roland Dutch
Edward Whicher
Dorothy Whicher
Ernest Burleigh
Anna Schoff
Pomona
Lillian Gross
Mildred Boyden
Arthur Pitman
Susan Pitman
New Members Accepted by 10 33 Club in Old Orchard Beach
The 10 33 club held a meeting in the Old Orchard Beach Town Hall to approve by laws and vote to buy a MC27 ground plane for club control. Eight new members were admitted: Sue Townsend Bonnie Stone Lorraine Stone Roger Courtois Lee Stone James Cleary Wayne Walls and Cecilia Glaude. A finance committee of Everett Stone Roger Courtois and Bob Stone was named. Plans include a record hop at AMVETS hall with limbo and twists and prizes. Two way radios will be on display and IS S cards exchanged at the dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach Town Hall
Sue Townsend
Bonnie Stone
Lorraine Stone
Roger Courtois
Lee Stone
James Cleary
Wayne Walls
Cecilia Glaude
Everett Stone
Bob Stone
Amvets Hall
Walnut Street
Richard Lamb
John Cleary
Wayne Gilbert
Thomas Glaude
Lee Paul Glaude, Sr
Alma Glaude
Bob Lapoint
Linda Morse
Gary Larkin
Vera Larkin
Roger Larkin
Bald Eagles Counted in Illinois Nesting Area
Bird watchers in Illinois around Pere Marquette State Park counted 50 bald eagles with about 20 roosting in a cottonwood tree. Scott Hendrickson of Alton noted the sighting as one of the nation’s largest nesting areas, reflecting a decline overall.
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Illinois
Grafton
Pere Marquette State Park
Scott Hendrickson
Alton
Hendrickson
Temple meeting guest Ephross attends Pythias event
Jack Ephross grand chancellor of Maine Knights of Pythias attends as a guest. The next Temple meeting is scheduled for January 30 at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ephross
Maine
Knights of Pythias
Wells Grange Honors Chaplain at Feb Meeting
Mrs. Lillian Clark Wells Grange chaplain was honored at a Sanford Road hall program led by Arthur Perkins. Rev Royal Brown of Gardiner gave remarks with other dignitaries including Mrs Shirley Ouellette and Mrs Pearl Grant. The event featured choral numbers, instrument solos, and a corsage gift to Mrs Clark.
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Lillian Clark
Wells Grange
The
Grange
Sanford Road
Wells
Clark
Royal Brown
Gardiner
Maine
State Grange
Shirley Ouellette
Benedict Ouellette
Pearl Grant
Saco
Lawrence Grant
York County
Pomona Grange
Harry Willis
Eliot
Richard Burke
Lebanon
Arthur M. Perkins
Isabel Perkins
Pomona
Frank E. Higgins
Leslie Adams
Riverside Grange
Lorenzo Roberts
Goodwins Mills Grange
J. Lionel Amirault
Barney Beg Grange
North Berwick
Arthur Perkins
Wells’ First
Second Congregational
Jacob M. Kelley
Lord
Jesus
Pamela Coggeshall
L¢ciai Coggeshall
Erica Christensen
Gail Ricker
Patricia Ducharme
Linda Fuller
Kathy Martin
Gail Litchfield
Pamela Harmon
Peter Russell
Kathleen Daggett
Sweet Georgia Brown
Gerald LaPierre
Nellie McIntire
Desert
Elaine la Pierre
McIntire
Beulah Hanscom
Wells Grange Quartet
Nellie MacIntire
Robert L. Stillings
Ceres
Dudley E. Foley
Gerald A. LaPierre
John E. Littlefield
Rey
Brown
Ouellette
Robert Stillings
Grange Hall
Ocean View Cemetery Association
Goodwins Mills
Alewive
Barney Beg
John F. Hill
Beaver Dam
Riverside
East Dover
Granite City
Cobbesseecontee
Chelsea
Monmouth
Sunapee Lake
Newbury
N. H
Alberta A. Morison
Cabaret Night Planned by Old Orchard Beach Knights
Final plans for a Cabaret Night were announced by Leopold Bellerose as general chairman. The event at Rev. James J. Mullen Council hall is set for February 23 in Old Orchard Beach, with guest speaker Thomas H. Fahey Sr. for a February 13 supper. District Wise Day of Recollection and District 1 and 2 meetings are scheduled in February with Biddeford Council serving as host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Mullen
Knights of Columbus
Old Orchard Beach
Leopold Bellerose
Catholic Press
Thomas H. Fahey
The
Church World
Charles Beaudoin
Peter Dennis
Biddeford
Two Tots Receive Gift Bank Accounts at Local Shop
Two baby boys from Kennebunk and West Kennebunk received scholarship bank accounts from Dorothy Dean's Card & Gift Shop at Biddeford's new Shopping Center. The awards honor babies born near the store opening on November 28 at 10 a.m. Eric Wayne Wyman, born 9:15 a.m., and Thomas Mitchell Thurston are named with parent details in this local generosity story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
West Kennebunk
Canal Nations Bank
Biddeford
Dorothy Dean
Eric Wayne Wyman
Wayne Wyman
Summer Street
Thomas Mitchell Thurston
Twin Babies Born in West Kennebunk With Savings Bonds
Phillip Thurston and another baby were born at 5 p.m. in West Kennebunk. Each child received baby cards, sterling spoons, and a $25 Savings Bond plus a bank account. Mrs. Dean will add funds until they turn 21. The current bank balance is $4.
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Phillip Thurston
West Kennebunk
Longas
Dean
Beach Junior AMVETS unit outlines plans
The Abbott Verville post Junior AMVETS met at the Old Orchard Beach post home with President Claire Jacques presiding. Plans include a February 13 Valentine party at 7 PM with gifts, a napkin sale, handcraft sessions, drawing classes, a food sale, and a Teen Dance on February 23 with adult supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
Abbott- Verville Post
Post
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
Claire Jacques
AMVET
Jerry Jacques
Russell Kimball
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Edmund Cashen
Unicef
World Health Organization
P. S
P. B
Oldsmobile
Willys Jeep
Motor Sales
Elm Street
Men's & Boys
Coast Guard
Johnson
U.S.A
Orion
Ist
American Discount
P.O
Clement P. Wight
Dial
Kennebunk Knights of Pythias Hall
Ivy Temple
Pythian Sisters
Eleanor Leech
Helen Taylor
Irma Morse
Falmouth
Grand Temple of Maine
Lillian Seavey
Ivy Tempe
Kennebunk K of P
Roberta Martin
Evelyn Court
Gladys Leech
Gussie Ephross
Gertrude Dutch
Millie Coyle
Josephine Bunnell
Martin
Grand Temple of
James Leech
James Thyng
Joan Seavey
Henry O. Megert
Cape Porvoise
Beach Junior Amvets
Southern Maine
Main St
Gen. Mills
Green’s Shoe Store
Green’s Bargain Annex
Longfellow Square
Portland
Saco Laundromat
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