Social Notes Highlight Kennnebunk Visitors and Engagment News
Kennebunk residents host relatives from Easley and Boston areas visiting for summer and weekend stays. Engagement announced for Margaret Hersey to Vincent Wills, with both pursuing the University of Maine and Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Alpha Epsilon affiliations. Other items mention trips to Montreal, Aroostook county, and Spring Lake North Carolina, plus multiple family visitors and a military leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hersey
West Kennebunk
Margaret Julia
Vincent Robert Wills
Kenyon Wills
Kennebunk
Miss Hersey
Kennebunk High School
University of Maine
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Wills
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Kennebunk Bride Weds New Jersey Groom in Christ Church
Miss Arlene May Small of Kennebunk and Gerald Wayne Hoffman of Westwood New Jersey wed at Christ Church Kennebunk with 175 guests. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs. Robert Donald and bridesmaids Miss Nancy Arnold and Mrs. Edward Sprague. After a Bermuda honeymoon the couple will reside in Nanuet New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Small, Jr
Robert Donald
Springfield
Nancy Arnold
Pearl River
N. Y
Edward Sprague
Riverside
Richard Hoffman
Milford
N. J
Roger Gonneville
Kennebunk
George Morton
Hillsdale
George Whittier
Small
Hoffman
Christchurch
Wayne Whitney
Almena Greene
Kennebunk High School
Bucknell University
Mount Holyoke College
Lederle Laboratories
Westwood High
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Graff, Bogert and Seco
Oradell
M. J
Bermuda
Worcester
Mass
Meldon Winslow
Kenneth Winslow
William Fletcher
Falmouth
Joan. ‘Burke
Park Ridge
Doris Kleinert
West Nyack
N. l
Ruth Livant
Spring Valley
Harold Christensen
Area unemployment shows continued drop in Biddeford
The Maine Employment Security commission reports unemployment compensation declined last week in Biddeford. Officials indicate 31 fewer people received compensation, with 539 currently on the rolls, compared to 1044 last year and 590 at the same time the prior week in the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Employment Security Commission
Biddeford
Buxton Woman Is Feted At Shower
A stork shower honored Mrs. Mary Jane Emery of Buxton at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pau Reed and daughter Louise. Guests included Mildred Ramsey and Claudia, Ethel Clay, Laura Rounds, and Emerys Bradley and Keith. others from Old Orchard Beach sent gifts. Refreshments were served by Louise Reed and Claudia Ramsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Emery
Buxton
Pau Reed
Louise
Mildred Ramsey
Claudia
Ethel Clay
Laura Rounds
Emery
Bradley Eugene
Keith Alan
Philip Ray
Priscilla LaPointe
Robert
Debra
Old Orchard Beach
Lucille Emery
Doris Emery
Louise Reed
Claudia Ramsey
Life Saving and Advanced Swim Courses Announced
Mrs. Gerald Van Fleet of York County Red Cross announced summer courses at the Royal Ambassador pool starting July 11. Instructors are Van Fleet and Mrs. Howard Shaffer with sessions for youth 12 to 15, teens 12 to 15 holding a Swimmer certificate, seniors 16 and older, and adults from Saco Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford and summer visitors. Junior Life Saving, Advanced Swimming, Senior Life Saving, and Adult classes begin with 5 pm for younger groups and 6 pm for Senior and Adult classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald van Fleet
York County
American Red Cross
van Fleet
Howard Shaffer
Royal Ambassador Pool
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford
Goose Rocks junior program opens with registrations
The 1960 summer program for Goose Rocks Beach junior members begins with on site registration at the Community House for sea and shore activities. Eligible children are Association members who reside in the colony year round or seasonally. Donna Shaffer and Richard Crown, both from Saco, run swim class signups with groups at 9 30, 10 30 and noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Rocks Beach Association
Association
Donna Shaffer
Richard Crown
Saco
Children of Association
Miss Shaffer
Goose Rocks
University of Maine
Red Cross
Thornton Academy
Sunset Avenue
Ferry Beach
Drown
Wendell Drown
Fairfield Street
Navy
Byron Hills Honored At Saco Family Reunion
A double celebration honored Byron and his wife at their Saco home for their 56th wedding anniversary and the Hill family reunion. The event featured a lawn party and barbecue at 330 Bradley Street with seven Hill children traveling from across the United States. Guests signed the reunion book alongside relatives from Seattle, Niagara Falls, St. Petersburg, West Buxton, Portland, New York, and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Hill
Saco
Hill
Bradley Street
Front Row
Jane Lake
Old Orchard
Lilian Hubert
Standing
Errol Hill
Bristol
Conn
Perley Hill
St. Petersburg
Fla
Carleton Hill
West Buxton
Emer Hill
Seattle
Wash
Dexter A. Hill
Niagra Falls
N. Y
United States
Elmer Hill
Dexter Hill
Niagara Falls
Daniel Geneeveve
Portland
William Cornish
Christine Land Keith
Earl Surette
New York
Douglas Lee
Augusta
Theodore Kenyon
David
David, Jewett, Conn. Miss Linda, Dexter Jr., and Miss Susan Rothe
Barry
Florida
Theodore
Bethel
Lillian Hubert
Donald Lake
U. S. Army
Korea
Theodore Feegel
Sheila, Woodridge
Fireside Club Outing at Shapleigh Camp
Fireside club of the School Street Methodist Church Saco held an outing Sunday at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bell at Granny Kent pond Shapleigh. Swimming boating and games were followed by a cookout. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gannon Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dawley Mrs. Mildred Harris and daughter Linda Christine Clarke Cathleen Clarke Paul Trask Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parslow and son Robert and the Bells. Guests included Lewis Clarke Hartford Conn Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Taiva and daughter Diane Taunton Mass Mr and Mrs. L Hartley Colpitts Julie Gorham and Mr. and Mrs. James Boone and son James College Station Tex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Frederick Bell
Kent Pond
Shapleigh
Arthur Gannon
Edward Dawley
Mildred Harris
Linda
Christine Clarke
Cathleen Clarke
Paul Trask
Ralph Parslow
Robert
Lewis Clarke
Hartford
Tests Slated For Incoming Thornton Academy Freshmen
On July 11 high school placement tests will be given to all freshmen planning to enter Thornton Academy in the fall. Students who already took the test at Burns School Saco will not repeat it. The test aids in placement and helps students plan their courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Academy
Burns School
Saco
Summer Visitors and Residents Spend Weekend at Cape Porpoise
Cape Porpoise hosts a spread of summer visitors and residents including Ernest Ridlon Jr and family from Orono, Philip Turner at St. Thomas camp, Robert Emmett in Marine Corps basic training at Quantico, and the Giffords with Hal Gifford and family from Kent. Local families arrive for the season. church services resume July 10. Hutchins family moves to a new shore home. Cecile de Banke and Eleanor Blair from Wellesley return for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Ridlon, Jr
Lynn
Orono
Ernest Ridlon
Philip Turner
St. Thomas Camp
Lincoln Center
Robert Emmett
Ellen Turner
U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Base
Quantico
W. D. Stewart
Pittsburgh
Pier Road
Thomas Dignan
Claudia
Princeton
N. J
Stone Haven Hill
George Gifford
Europe
Gifford Cottage
Hal
Kent, Conn
Louise Ertel
Northhampton
Mass
Arnold Stinson
Sterling Don
Foster Thompson
Kittery
Philip Matthews
Lyman Matthews
Raymond
Ellsworth Hutchins
Wildes
Cape
Purdy
Carol
Freeport
Edward Nunan
Barbara Hodges
Boston
Eugene Nickerson
Guests and local hires noted in brief items
Anchorage Alaska residents visited Mrs Lillian Nunan last Wednesday. Also present were Helen Nickerson of Reading Massachusetts and the Robert Brown family who returned from a week in Dryden. Peter Wood works at Cortell's Market for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chorage
Alaska
Lillian Nunan
Helen Nickerson
Reading
Mass
Robert Brown
Dryden
Peter Wood
Cortell’s Market
Louis Consalvo Named Passenger Agent for Chicago Helicopter Lines
Louis Consalvo of Saco has been selected as passenger agent for Chicago Helicopter Lines. A Northwest Schools graduate in the air lines division, he completed resident training at the Chicago branch and is the son of Mr and Mrs Louis Consalvo of Glenhaven Circle. He studied at Thorn ton Academy in Saco and spent a year at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis C. Consalvo
Saco
Chicago Helicopter Lines
Northwest Schools
Consalvo
Airlines
Chicago
Thornton Academy
Town State
Ames
Louis Consalvo
Glenhaven Circle
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Edmund Cashen
Gordon Allen
Janet
Easley
D. C
Harold Sargent
High Street
Allen
Joseph Sayward
Winchester
Ey Cooper
Mechanic Street
Norman Robinson
Morse
Grove Street
Alphonse Dion
Portland Street
Normen Laliberte
Lewiston
Edmund L. Cashen
Summer Street
Joseph Grassi
Diane
Doreen
Bellingham
Arthur Gilblair
Sheryl
Anthony Cibelli
William
Christine
Anthony, Jr
North Branford
William Hoepsher
Janet Bradbury
Andover
Phillip Carr
North Andover
Harold Gardiner
Wollaston
James Kierstead
North Hampton
N. H
Lee Kierstead
Parsons Street
Albert Eaton
Albert
Curtis Tellman
Jane Clark
Dorrance Clark
Pleasant Street
Tollman’s
Fred Seeley
Lilian Kunz
Debbie Romprey
Merle Romprey
Brown Street
Spring Lake
N. C
PFC
Richard Randall
California
A. A
David Randall
New Jersey
N. P. Scontras Real Estate Agency
Main Street
Saco Electric
J. W. Neithercut & Sons
Storer Street
Electrical Contractors
Biddeford Piano Shop
Bacon Street
J. A. Gendron
Dial
ABC Venetian Blind CO
Tripoli Avenue
North Street
W. J. Fortier
Daly Bros
Alfred Street
Byron Hills
Saco Family
Darlene
Fireside Club
Shapleigh Camp
White Mountains
Richard Swenson
St. Margaret Church
Carol Joan Girard
Howe
Howe’s Highway
Wells
Atlantic
J. C. Penney Life Insurance
Narragansett Sane
Prince George Hotel
N.Y.C
5Th Ave
Madison Ave
Charles P. Kone
Generel Moneger
Advertisers Exchange Inc
Slo Ana
Maxwell
Valiant
Plymouth
Chrysler
Alfred Road
Biddeford Dial
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