Kennebunk Social Notes Highlight Local Travels
Michael Ocasio of New York City visits Kennebunk for two weeks at the Lamontagne home on Winter Street, joined by a Herald Tribune Air Fund group. Rev Thomas C. Martin heads to Mastiten Youth Camp for 10 days. Local families plan picnics, vacations, and visits as residents attend camps, summer sessions, and hosting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Ocasio
New York City
Francis Lamontagne
Winter Street
Michael
The
Herald Tribune
Air Fund of New Yorkity
Homer
Lincoln Street
Kennebunk Bay
Mastiten
Kennebunk
Sandra Goodrich
Ethelyn Stuart
John Dresser
Mechanic Street
Eerben
Mario DiDrederico
Ogunquit Fair and Bean Supper Promote Community Events
The Ogunquit church fair on Saturday July 18 starts at 9 a.m. with home made foods, candy aprons, doll ensembles and more on the church lawn. A baked bean supper is planned by the women's auxiliary of the volunteer fire company for July 25 at 6 p.m. at the new fire station on School Street, climaxing the firemen's field day. Miss Muriel Ramsdell chairs arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogunquit
School Street
Muriel Ramsdell
North Lebanon News Roundup Delegates Attend Conference and Local Happenings
North Lebanon notes show Mrs John Godfrey attending a Green Lake Wisconsin conference as a Maine Baptist women delegate, daughter Jane visiting Chicago relatives, families moving into a burned farmstead, new granddaughter Gail Vivian born to Charles Rand and wife in Bethlehem New Hampshire, and numerous church visitations. Vacation Bible school planned August 3 to 14 with Alan Jacobs in charge at Central school. Church activity includes a missionary society meeting, a cookout with twelve boys, and many local visits among Clark Bumford Torne Gale Goodwin and Chamberlin families reaching across Sanford Needham Heights and East Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Godfrey
Lebanon
Green Lake
Wisc
Jane
Chicago
Anthony Corall
Arthur
Frank Blanchard
Fred Rand
Charles Grant
Gail Vivian
Charles Rand
Bethlehem
N. H
Richard German
Kathy
Joyce
East Rochester
David Gale
Ronald Dennison
Riverside
R. I
Acton
North Lebanon Church
Jean Clark
Paul
Newport
David Clark
Arthur Badger
Stephen Wood
Herbert Libbey
Maurice Goodwin
Timothy Gale
Gary Goodwin
Estella Chamberlin
Jessie Chadbourne
Alta Dougle
Sanford
J. K. MacDonald
Kennebunk
R. L. Knowles
Cheryl Knowles
Needham Heights
Mass
Ethel Willliams
Fred Hersom
South Lebanon
Chamberlin
Robert Dunham
Ralph Stillings
Berwick
Hazel Clark
Idora Worcester
Ora Hilton
Robert Rand
Machias Summer
Three Mile Marcellus Rail Line to Close After 59 Years
The Marcellus and Otisco Lake Railroad, one of the nation’s smallest, is going out of business after 59 years of service to a local barley mill that shut down recently.
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Marcellus
N.Y
Ogunquit Church Plans July August Worship Series
Ogunquit Methodist church known as The Church With The Open Door presents a summer worship series in July and August with two morning services. Rev. Robert Carter preaches July 19 and 26 at 9:30 am, with guest speakers Harold Roberts and Rev. H Allen Larsen. Evening talks by Fred Holmberg, Rev. Larsen, and others feature slides and sermons including Israel trip, Holy Communion, and final August services led by multiple pastors.
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Ogunquit Methodist Church
Robert Carter
Harold Roberts
Milton Mills
N. H
Salas
Fred Holmberg
Christchurch
Kennébunk
Israel
Mr. Carter
H Allen Larsen
Forty Fort
Larsen
William A. Chamberlain
Ogunquit
John M. Swomley, Jr
Nyack
N. Y
Carter
Robert Burt
Mr. Burt
Walpole State Prison
Walpole
Mass
Luther Tyison
Methodist Church
Miniwanca Star club sale and supper at Masonic hall
The Miniwanca Star club will hold a sale of cooked food aprons fancy articles and miscellaneous items on Wednesday July 22 starting at 2 p m at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall West Grand avenue A baked beans and ham supper will be served from 5 to 7 p m Everyone is invited to both sale and supper Members are asked to contribute articles for the sale Mrs Marjorie Douglass president is general chairman assisted by members Guests of Mrs Violet H Mewer and daughter Miss Kay Mewer are Mr and Mrs Charles Tanner and two daughters from Kennebunk Jane Prunier daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Prunier of Oxford Mass is visiting with her Paes Mr and Mrs Fr of the Nautilus Colby avenue Ocean Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniwanca Star Club
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
West Grand Avenue
Marjorie Douglass
The
Star Club
Violet H. Mewer
Kay Mewer
Old Orchard Avenue
Charles Tanner
Shirley Mewer
Beth
Gail
Kennebunk
Jane Prunier
Charles Prunier
Oxford
Mass
Paes
Nautilus
Colby Avenue
Ocean Park
Publisher To Open Annual Guilford Hand Crafts Exposition
Robb Sagendorph of Yankee magazine and the Old Farmer's Almanac will open Guilford Conn. crafts exposition July 23 25. He will stress craftsmanship as a way of life and receive a Guild key forged by colonial brass craftsmen from First Selectman Charles Bender. About 110 artisans and an estimated 25000 visitors are expected as Guilford’s 700 year old crafts heritage informs town government and enterprise. A 116 member volunteer committee has worked since spring to display premier pieces of skilled work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robb Sagendorph
Yankee Magazine
Old Farmer's Almanac
Guilford
Conn
Sagendorph
First
England
New England
Dual Birthday Party Held At Kennebunk
Mr and Mrs John Ellsworth hosted a double birthday party at their Mot sam road home honoring Bren das ninth birthday and Brenda s cousin Stephen Welch s first birthday The event featured gift opening a social hour and refreshments including a decorated cake Attendees included the honorees parents and a list of relatives and several guests from South Carolina with Michael Welch noted among the partygoers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ellsworth
Motsam Road
Brenda
Stephen Welch
Michael
John Welch
Fremont Welch
Roy Ellsworth
Bert Welch
Maurice Redson
Ruth Leavitt
Patricia Crowley
Fred Nichols
Lynette Culpepper
South Caro
Too Little Too Late in Halting A Steel Strike
President Eisenhower faced a dilemma over whether he acted soon enough to avert a steel strike. He favored minimal government interference but intervened repeatedly to urge caution, delaying rather than using Taft Hartley or mediators. The ongoing talks dragged on as a shutdown loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Eisenhower
Eiserhower
Steel
United States
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Stuart Symington
Missouri
White House
Housewarming Held On Mousam Road In Kennebunk
Mr and Mrs Charles Norton hosted a housewarming on Mousam Road to celebrate their new home purchased from Mrs Charles Woodworth. Hostesses were Mrs David Nichols Mrs Charles Cousens and Mrs Robert Nichols. Attendees included numerous local families from Kennebunk Wells and Sanford with a social hour and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Norton
Charles Woodworth
David Nichols
Charles Cousens
Robert Nichols
John Green
John Ellsworth
Brenda
Michael
Donald Day
Ralph Cousens
Kennebunk
William Buckley
Sanford
Clinton Smith
Candace Hill
Wells
Theodore Towne
Denehhars
Linda Joy Karen Ann
Laura Lee
A Hatch
Roma
Stephen
Fred Nichols
Donald Dyer
James
John Nichols
Edna and
Lois Woodworth
Portland
Janet Boyer
Winona Lake
Ind
Fremont Welch
Daniel Austin
Douglas Nason
Henry Hanseem
Dalton Colbath
Henry Severance
Lawrence Allen
Florence Severance
Egg May Be Losing Ground In US Diet
In a report on poultry and eggs the Agricultural Marketing Service questions whether eggs are losing ground in the American diet. It cites weak demand despite low prices, a shift viewing eggs as breakfast fare, and competition from cereals and coffee breaks, indicating inelastic demand and changing consumption patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Board Accepts Resignation Of Librarian
The Kennebunk Library association held a quarterly meeting in the library room with Mrs. C. M. Cros presiding. Mrs. James H. Macdonald’s resignation as trustee and book committee member was approved with regrets. Miss Edna Marmon, librarian emeritus, read a thank-you note after many years of service. Clarence Lombard reported on The Friends of the Library, to be tabulated. Children’s library turns one on July 28. $25 appropriated for the celebration. 554 children have obtained their own library cards to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk Library Association
C. M. Crosby
James H. Macdonald
Edna Marmon
Kennebunk
Clarence Lombard
Friends of the Library
Nickerson
Former Wells Man Appointed Wilmington Town Manager
Cecil O. Lancaster, a former Wells town manager, was appointed town manager of Wilmington, Massachusetts yesterday. He was serving as town manager in Wells prior to the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Cecil O. Lancaster
Wilmington
Mass
York County 4-H Field Day Slated July 25
The annual York County 4 H Field Day will be held July 25 at the old schoolhouse near West Kennebun. Activities include dairy cattle judging at 10 a.m. with Malcolm Roberts of Sanford High School as judge, plus exhibitions in clothing foods woodworking electrical entomology and garden material. An afternoon field day king queen prince and princess will be chosen from senior and junior 4 Hers respectively, with games and sports and a full program of club exhibits.
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York County
Tor
West Kennebun
Elizabeth Yc
Malcolm Roberts
Sanford High School
Dorothy Stevens
Philip Young
Springvale
Hattie Clark
Alfred
Gerard Cassette
Saco
Charlotte Anderson
Dayton
Mildred Jones
Arundel
Local official Mace Lancaster named Mansfield selectman
Mace Lancaster of Mansfield Massachusetts and former Hartland official has been appointed to a local selectman post after graduating from the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Male Lancaster
Classified Ads
University of Maine
Army May Dredge Kennebunk River
Washington The Army i Corps of Engineers may dredge the Kennebunk river navigation project in fiscal 1961 after Congressman James C. Oliver urged action. A survey will be done within two months to assess shoaling and work needed to restore the channel to its former state.
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Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
Army i Corps of Engineers
Kennebunk River
James C. Oliver
Oliver
Corps
Army Engineers
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Belgium Congo
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Hartland
Mace
Christensen Ford
Christensen
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