Local Residents Enjoy Visits and Summer Outing
Kennebunk and nearby towns share a pattern of weekend guests and family travel. Maurice Battler and family from Wilbraham Mass spend two weeks with Mrs. Elmer Mitchell and sister-in-law at Parsons street. Visitors include Mrs. Rena Kassler and daughter Jane from Bolton Conn and Leon Kassler home on leave from the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Battler
Wilbraham
Mass
Elmer Mitchell
Donald Peason
Parsons Street
Mitchel and Pearson
Rena Kassler
Jane
Bolton
Conn
Kassler
Leon
U. S. Navy
New London
Merlin &. Burleigh
Ernest E. Burleigh
Arundel Grange
Pioneer Union
North Saco Grange
Ernest
John Sullivan
U. S. Air Forces
Kenneth Cole
Cambridge
Dayton
Hugh Milikin
East Hampton
Eisenhower speech caps GOP convention coverage
AP writer notes the Republican convention showcase with Eisenhower delivering a decisive speech that stoked partisan tension. Coverage highlights Lodge and Dirksen as standout figures, Hatfield nominating Nixon, and mixed network performances from ABC NBC and S television voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Eisenhower
Republicans Endorse Court Ruling on School Segregation
In Chicago, the GOP formally accepts the Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, with Nixon pushing for a firmer civil rights plank. The Democrats earlier offered cautious language, avoiding full endorsement, as both parties weighed Southern white votes ahead of the 1956 campaign. A separate Oregon tally shows 757 write-in votes for party chairman amid a split field of candidates.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Ike
Eisenhower
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Platform Committee
Supreme Court School
Salem
Orc
Republican Party
Oregon
Beach Campers to Appear on Mighty Ninety Tonight
Over 30 boys from the Happy Day camp at Old Orchard Beach will appear on the Mighty Ninety show in Portland as guests of Ken MacKenzie. Chaperones include Mrs Earle, Miss Carolyn Whitcomb, and Miss Janice Spear. The group will honor two ill campers with a special salute and will hold a basket lunch at Roy and Judy's in Scarborough after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Rocks Beach Association
Donna Shaffer
Richard Crown
Shaffer
Mae Dennis
Saco
Harbor Lights
Association
Goosenecks Beach Association
Old Orchard Beach
Portland
Ken MacKenzie
William Earle
Mrs. Earle
Carolyn Whitcomb
Janice Spear
Barry Bagley
Chuck Blatt
Barry Berlin
Andre R. Gauvin
Richard Cooper
Richard Deschambeault
Leonard Drapeau
Thomas
Andrew Fitanides
Allen Forman
Alan Hill
David Zaitlin
Roy and
Judy
Scarborough
Manager Resigns to Take South Berwick Post
Edward W Hagar 42 a Carmel town manager since last fall resigns to take a similar post in South Berwick York County His new appointment becomes effective August 15 Hagar a Boston native worked ten years at Bangor Post Office before becoming Carmel manager
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Carmel
Edward W Hagar
South Berwick
York County
Hager
Boston
Bangor
Kennebunk Family Hosts Guests at Sunday Gathering
Mr and Mrs A Lee Kierstead of Parsons Street Kennebunk hosted a family get together Sunday with a noon dinner social afternoon and cook-out in the evening Attending were Mr and Mrs A Victor Thompson Milton Mass Mr and Mrs Norman Hansen and daughter Edith Cochituate Mass Joseph Vicher Derry N H Mr and Mrs James Kierstead North Hampton N H Mrs Arthur Guild and Scotty Kennebunk plus the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lee Kierstead
Parsons Street
Kennebunk
A. Victor Thompson
Milton, Mass
Norman Hansen
Edith
Cochituate
Mass
Joseph Vich‘er
Derry
N. H
James Kierstead
Farm Survival Steps Urged By State CD Head
State Civil Defense Director Walter H. Kennett urged farmers to prepare for enemy attack by stockpiling a two week supply of food and essentials and by installing fall out shelters. He noted growing shelter prep in Aroostook county and called for rural Maine residents to contact Augusta or county Civil Defense offices for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Kennett
Maine
Kennett
J. Wallace Lovell
Aroostook
Civil Defense Office
Augusta
Goose Rocks Beach Bazaar Planned by Local Group
Goose Rocks Beach group outlines a bazaar at the Goose Rocks Community House on August 13 with events including a teacup auction and a beach comber's ball. Co chairs Mrs. Vernon Gray and Mrs. Warren Libby lead planning. committees cover foods, gifts, crafts, decorations, and noon luncheon with Dr. Paul Gilpatric, Charles Cooke, and Vernon Gray.
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Goose Rocks Beach
Goose Rocks
Bazaar
Vernon Gray
Warren Libby
Booth
Dorothy Doe
Pareel Post
Frederick Smith
White Elephant Table
Philip Whitehead
Children’s Grabs
Gray
Libby
Dorothy Griswold
Cooked Foods
Alden Carr
Louise Ee
Clara Camp
Charles Cooke
Martha Borman
Bozman Studios
Canton
Ohio
Paul Gilpatric
A. C. McLanahan
Association
Local Notes From West Kennebunk Gatherings and Visits
Mrs. Lloyd Turner and Mrs. Hazel Hilton of Kennebunk dined with Mrs. Florence Hilton. Cindy Sue Hutchins, born July 16, has returned home from Tri-County Osteopathic Hospital. The Dutch family moves to Arundel while John Yorke and Marie visit kin in Kennebunk. Effie Campbell stays at Spofford Convalescent Home and Mrs. Cote at Leech Convalescent Home. Myra Towne vacationing two weeks with grandson Maurice High in Oscawon Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Turner
Hazel Hilton
Kennebunk
Florence Hilton
Robert Hutchins
Cindy Sue
Tri- County Osteopathic Hospital
Kittery
Kenneth Dutch
David
Pleasant Street
Arundel
John Yorke
Marie
New London
York Products Co
Effie Campbell
Spofford
Joseph Cote
Dover Point
N. H
Leech
Chicken Barbecue Set At Kennebunk
The Kennebunk VFW post hosts a chicken barbecue directed by Waldo Chick on Thursday July 28 at Bass Rock hotel grounds Kennebunk Beach. Rain date is Sunday with 5 30 to 7 30 pm. Richard P. Smith is general chairman, assisted by post members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Chick
V. F. W. Post
Kennebunk
Bass Rock
Kennebunk Beach
Richard P. Smith
Post
Kennebunk Girl Is Feted On 15th Birthday
Miss Margaret Bouchard daughter of Mrs Elsie Bouchard Fletcher street Kennebunk was guest of honor at a family cook out on her 15th birthday. Margaret received several gifts in honor of the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bouchard
Elsie Bouchard
Fletcher Street
Kennebunk
Margaret
Birthday Cakes Made By Sisters In Kennebunk
Two decorated birthday cakes were prepared by Mrs. Albert Cowgill and Mrs. Earl Witham. Attending were Mr. and Mrs Edward Michaud of Auburn, Mr and Mrs. Earl Witham and children Sheila and Vickie, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cowgill and daughter Belinda, Mr. and Mrs. Fred O Blenis, guest of honor Margaret, and her mother Mrs. Elsie Bouchard, all of Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Cowgill
Earl Witham
Edward Michaud
Auburn
Sheila
Vickie
Belinda
Fred O’ Blenis
Margaret
Elsie Bouchard
Kennebunk
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Main St
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Water St
Biddeford
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Security Council
Everett Dirksen
Frank Church
Church
Dirksen
Mark Hatfield
Richard Nixon
Charles Collingwood
ABC
NBC
Edward R. Murrow
Noxon
Rickeeller
Carl Russell
York County Soil Conservation District
Robert Cole
Cole
York County Extension Association
Gop
By James Marlow
Associated Press News
Kennebunk Family
Goose Rocks Beach Group
West Kennebunk
Gertrude Dutch Dial
Biddeford Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sneider’s
Avors
Wheaties
Ar-Dee
Snachetti
Alfred Street
Simard’s
Sneider’s Discount
West Street
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