Donation VFW Auxiliary Meeting at Old Orchard Beach
President Mrs. Mary Marshall presided as the Old Orchard Memorial VFW Auxiliary met. A Past Presidents pin was presented to Mrs. Cecile McNeill, several projects were discussed, a monthly donation to the Department Hospital authorized, and the mystery prize awarded to Mrs. McNeill. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for August 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Old Orchard Beach
Mary Marshall
Old
Cecile McNeill
Marshall
Nancy Taylor
Large Traffic Jam Expected During Eclipse
Maine highway safety officials predict the July 20 solar eclipse will trigger the largest three hour traffic movement in state history. 250000 may move into the belt of totality from July 17 to 20 with 100000 expected on the road at peak. 98 percent of sun will be blocked from Kittery to Fort Kent, causing heavy statewide traffic as residents and visitors seek viewing points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Torben K. Andersen
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Andersen
Department of Economic Development
Maine
Kittery
Fort Kent
Highway Safety
Belfast
Stockton Springs
Bucksport
Ellsworth
Bar Harbor
Winterport
Bangor
Brunswick
Winslow
Skowhegan
Bingham
Maine Turnpike
Fairfield
Farmington
Newport
Auburn
Rangeley
Stratton
Highway Safety Committee
In The Service 4 In The Service Eclipse Safety Tips
Instructions advise against observing an eclipse while driving and suggest staying off paved roads near emergencies. Drivers should remain stationary after the event for an hour, plan overnight stays near viewing areas, minimize travel on July 20, clean windshields for low sun visibility, and drive with care and courtesy to stay alive.
Saco River Canoe Trip Planned For Adventure Group
Terry Tully of Peace Dale Rhode Island leads a 22 boy group five counselors and a doctor on a Saco River canoe expedition from Ossipee Lake to the Atlantic. The schedule includes Effingham Falls Green Mountain Ossipee and Saco rivers East Limington a pond below Salmon Falls Biddeford gravel pit and St Francis College at the ocean mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Tully
Peace Dale
R. I
Bernard Brady
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Ossipee Lake
Effingham Falls
Green Mountain
Ossipee
Saco
East Limington
Salmon Falls
Biddeford
St. Francis College
Atlantic Ocean
Beach Rebekahs Plan Banquet For September
Old Orchard Beach reports Beach Rebekahs set September 11 for the annual banquet with Grand Mrs Pettengill and Past Noble Grand Mrs Wing selecting the venue. York County Past Noble Grands Association banquet at Spillers, York, 6 30 p m August 14 with reservations due by August 12 via Mrs Avonell Pettengill. Winds 25 to 40 mph affected final two rounds of this year’s U S Open with scores climbing from 73 to 91 and 72 to 85 in the rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble
Pettengill
Betty Ann Wing
York County Past Noble Grands Association
Spillers
York
Advent Christian Women Aid Missions in Malaya
Mrs Chestina Brown led 11 ladies in the devotional period of the Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society at the Advent Christian Church Tuesday evening. The session voted to send funds to mission projects and to send bandages to the American Leprosy Mission and Advent Christian missionaries in the Philippines and India. The next meeting is scheduled for September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestina Brown
Women's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society
Advent Christian Church
Advent Stian Missions
Malaya
Advent Christian Missionaries
Philippines
India
Paul Bramhall Celebrates Seventh Birthday in Maine
Paul Bramhall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bramhall of Neptune New Jersey, was guest of honor at a birthday party on the lawn of the Cousens home at Mousam Road in Kennebunk. Hosts were his mother and grandmother, with a social afternoon of games and refreshments including a cake made by his mother. Attendees included Stephen Nichols, Sharon Stuart, Mark and Elaine Stuart, and many Towne family members along with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cousens and Harold Hawkes of Westbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Paul Bramhall
Neptune
N.J
Charles Cousens Sr
Mousam Road
Cousens
Bramhall
Stephen Nichols
Sharon Stuart
Mark Stuart
Elaine Stuart
Linda Towne
Laura Lee Towne
Mark Towne
Karen Towne
Deborah Towne
Jane Skibicki
Chester Staples
David Nichols
Theodore Towne
Robert Stuart
Raymond Hutchins
Charles Cousens
Harold Hawkes
Westbrook
Beverly Stuart
Lockport Squaw Statue Finally Displays at Museum
A wooden Indian once guarding a Lockport tobacco shop for about 90 years is now in the Niagara County Historical Society museum and finally has a squaw. Officials said another wooden statue of an Indian princess was donated to the museum by Miss Mary C. Holton of Denver, a close friend of a Lockport family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport
N.ys
Niagara County Historical Society
Mary C. Holton
Denver
Colo
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Youngstown
Maineain Street
United States Air Force
James Connally Afb
Tex
Lester R. Guignard
Saco, Sd
Guignard
Edward J. Guignard
Bartlett St
Thornton Academy
Twilight Sale
RCA Whirlpool
W. T
RCA
Surgitator
Agitator
Wringer Type
Elm Street
Saco River
Beach Rebekahs
Lorraine Petten
Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Avonell Pettengill
Alii
FBI
Main Street
Dayton
Robert Cole, JR
Dial
BLY Data
Arrow & van Heusen
Pendleton
Main
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