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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1961

Page

3

Community Notices From Kennebunk and Wells

Mrs Edmund Cashen and Mrs Paul Dumont Sr hosted guests in Brooklyn New York. The St David guild Kennebunk plans an outdoor picnic luncheon at the Episcopal church Wednesday 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m with a gift table. co chairs Mrs Gilman Drinkwater and Mrs Richard Challis. Mrs Edward Winston of South Portland visited her son and daughter in law at Fletcher Street. Lloyd Jewett of Ross Road takes a week off from Central Maine Power Biddeford duties. Miss Ann Winston and Miss Sandra Dickinson spend a week at Miller's Mountain Lodge Baton Camp Livermore Falls.

Paul Dumont Wells Brooklyn N. Y St. David Guild Episcopal Church Kennebunk Gilman Drinkwater Richard Challis Edward J. Winston South Portland Edward C. Winston Fletcher Street Lloyd Jewett Ross Road Central Maine Biddeford Ann Winston Sandra Dickinson Ee Miller's Mountain Lodge Baton Camp Livermore Miss Winston Miss Dickinson Clinton Dickinson Barnard Street

Summer sales and fairs at local churches in Old Orchard

The Womens Society of Christian Service at Washington Avenue Methodist Church schedules an annual summer sale on July 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the church lawn and vestry if needed, offering aprons, mock items, home food, white elephants and more. St John Episcopal Church will host its annual fair and supper July 21 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the parish house on St John Street with lobster salad and strawberry shortcake. An auxiliary guild meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. the same day to finalize plans. Leonard Gray will reside at the Old Orchard Beach Taxpayers Association meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Ocean Clubhouse on Hoffman Street. members are urged to attend.

Womens Society of Chrisian Service Washington!nvenue Methodist Church St. John Episcopal Church Stohn Street Auxiliary Guild Sday Park Hall Leonard Gray Oldchard Beach O& the Ions Club Hoffman Street

Art Group elects New Members in Ogunquit

Three new members were elected to the Ogunquit Art Association at the final artist members meeting in the members room of the In Gallery Ogunquit. Named are Cabot Lyford Durham New Hampshire a sculptor Witt Hardy Syracuse New York and George Kunkel Frenchtown painters. Announcement was made by Chris Ritter association president.

Lithuanian Fete Set For August At Kennebunk

The annual Lithuanian Festival will be held Sunday August 6 at the Franciscan Monastery in Kennebunk Lower Village. A solemn Mass occurs at 11 a.m. at the Grotto, followed by a noon meal of Lithuanian or American style. At 3:30 p.m. a cultural program features the St. Peter parish choir from South Boston conducted by Prof. J. Kacinskas, with Lithuanian, French and Irish dances by Anna Ivaska.

Kennebunk Lower Village St. Peter Parish South Boston J. Kacinskas Anna Ivaska

Two Kennebunk Crashes Causes Damages Totaling 500

Two accidents occurred Saturday in Kennebunk with damages estimated at 500 dollars. Ilene M. Perlis, 23, Matta pan Mass, said her foot slipped on the brake causing a rear collision with Roland W. Jackson, 69, Kennebunk. Later Edgar Jurgenson 63 of Lake Waks Fla stopped at a red light when Ernest T. Greene 23 failed to stop and struck the rear of the Jurgenson car.

Kennebunk Main Street Ilene M. Perlis Mattapan Mass Frank Stevens Roland W. Jackson York Street Stevens Main Fletcher Streets Edgar Jurgenson Lake Waks Fla Ernest T. Greene Jurgenson George LeBarge

Presbyterian To Be Ogunquit Preacher

Rev John Underwood Stephens will speak at Ogunquit Baptist Church next Sunday morning July 23 at 10 30 service. He is a member of the Presbyterians of the USA and former pastor of Mount Washington Presbyterian Church in New York City.

John Underwood Stephens Ogunquit Baptist Church Stephens The Presbyterians of the USA Mount Washington Presbyterian Church New York City

Arundel Grange To Host County Law Association

The York County Law Enforcement Association meets at Arundel Grange hall on Wednesday at 7 p.m. A turkey supper is served. Lt. Jonn M. Kearns of Portland Police speaks on police public relations. Edmund L. Cashen chairs. Chief Nicholas Inniss handles arrangements. Chief Elmer Hutchins presides over the business meeting. Candidates for county awards are due. awards will be given at the August meeting.

York County Law Enforcement Association Arundel

Noted Lecturers Slated At Brick Museum Forum

Bertram K. Little and Charles K. Buckley will join the Brick Store Museum 25th Anniversary Forum in Kennebunk on July 25. Little, a Marblehead native and Harvard graduate, has held roles at Little and Brown, Open Road, and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Buckley, born in South Hadley, trained at the Chicago Art Institute and Harvard, has led curatorial roles at Corcoran, Wadsworth Atheneum, and Currier Gallery, with fellowships at Chicago Art Institute and Harvard.

Bertram K. Little Charles K. Buckley Kennebunk Little Marblehead Mass Harvard College Little and Brown Publishing Company Counting House Lothrop, Lee Open Road Society For the Preservation of Who's Who Brick Store Buckley South Hadley Chicago Art Institute University of Chicago Harvard W. A. Clark Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D. C Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford James Nelson Raymond Bacon Harvard University

Plans Changed For Ogunquit Village Meeting

At a special meeting the Ogunquit Village Improvement Association voted not to hold its annual social this summer. A patriotic meeting was scheduled for August 10 at 8 p m in Ogunquit firemen's hall School street with the film Operation Abolition and two other films on subversive activities. Mrs India Woodbury was named committee chair to arrange the public gathering.

Ogunquit

AMVETS in Maine cite Journal cooperation at Saco meeting

State AMVETS officers gave praise for the Biddeford-Saco Journal’s cooperation during a gathering at the Boucouvalas-Dupuis post home in Saco. About 40 attended from various posts as Ralph White presided and Rev. Sam Kalamaras offered prayers. Plans included issuing Junior AM rules, July district meetings, proposed new flags and poles for parades, and a July 22 steak supper at Bath Post 6.

Biddeford-Saco Amvets Paul Casavant Boucouvalas-Dupuis Saco Ralph White Sam Kalamaras Clinton Fecteau, Jr Old Orchard Beach Convention Corporation Tom Bill Harold Strout Junior Amvets Junior AM Columbia Hotel Portland State White State Department Bath Talmadge Allen Togus Ward Vetetrans

Ogunquit Art Center Opens 41st Exhibition

The Ogunquit Art Center opens its 41st annual summer show featuring nearly 300 paintings. A memorial gallery honors founder and director Nunzio Vayana. Lectures and demonstrations will run, including a marine landscape oil painting demo by Alice James of Framingham, Mass. The center is open daily 10 am to 5 pm and Sundays 2 to 5 pm.

Ogunquit Art Center Art Center Nunzio Vayana Alice James Framingham Mass

Kennedy in talks on Berlin note and civil defense reshuffle

President Kennedy, amid a Hyannis visit, held phone talks with top advisers on Berlin notes to Khrushchev and a broad reorganization of civil defense. Press secretary Salinger did not detail timing but said the note would be released before Kennedy’s Wednesday morning briefing. Kennedy may seek Congress funding boosts and a major shift of OCDM responsibilities to the Defense Department.

St. Francis Xavier Church Hylannis Kennedy Pierre Salinger Salinger U.S Khrushchev Berlin Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization Congress OCDM Defense Department

Talks Start Against Textile Trade Disruptions

The Kennedy administration presses for a free trade approach while facing industrial pressure for import limits to shield the U S textile industry from cheap overseas goods. GATT aims for three goals: raise textile exports to protected markets, ensure orderly access to unrestricted markets like the United States, and obtain voluntary export restraints from low cost exporters to protect other domestic industries.

United Sates

Never Too Old For Romance in Denver

William Wyness and Isabel Barker of Denver have obtained a marriage license with ceremonies set for August 4. Wyness is 9 percent and Barker, a widow, is 73. They have known each other for 40 years. The rest discusses an unrelated hand drill technique.

Denver William Wyness Isabel Barker Wyness

Sanford Band Plans Three Wells Concerts

The Sanford Community band led by Everett E Firth will present three public concerts in Wells on June 30 and August 6 at 6 p.m. Two shows are sponsored by the Wells Ogunquit Lions Club, the third by Forbes Restaurant Wells Beach, with no Chamber of Commerce sponsorship.

Wells Sanford Everett E.firth Norman Stansfield Chamber of Commerce Wells-Ogunquit Lions Club Forbes Wells Beach Seawall

U of M dorm to become cooperative living in September

ORONO Colvin Hall a regular women’s dorm at the University of Maine since 1930 will become a cooperative dorm for women in September. Forty eight residents will handle housekeeping including cooking and serving meals to cut costs. The Elms a historic women’s dorm will be sold with bids to be invited in early August housing fifty three women.

Orono - Colvin Hall University of Maine Elms University

Elms Becomes University Property In 1937 Dormitory

The Elms became university property on June 21 1937 and served as a regular dormitory until 1940 after previously belonging to Phi Kappa fraternity and prior private owners. Colvin Hall opened in 1930 and has housed 57 women since its dining room was eliminated in 1942. The new plan restores the dining room and adds rooms for the original 48 women.

the Elms University Phi Kappa Fraternity Colvin Hall

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