Weekend guests and local society notes in Kennebunk
Recap of visits by families from Fitchville and Derry Village and Boston to Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Included are Madison chapters birthdays, suppers, and a Baptist Missionary society meeting with refreshments to follow. Noting Magda Dymkoski leaving for a summer job with Life Insurance Association of America in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lizotte
Fitchville
Ross Road
Robert Pickett
Elizabeth Jane
Syracuse
N. Y
Max Pickett
Kennebunk
Merle Niles
Bath
Madelyn Kimball
Linda and
Ross
Westbrook
Old Orchard Beach Hosts Memorial Day Visits and Legion Installation
Mr. and Mrs. Donald MacGregor of St Johnsbury Vermont were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Allgrove and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gilbert in Eden Jane Sunday. Carl Gilbert’s party recently returned from St Johnsbury where they took flowers to the cemetery for Memorial Day. Installation of officers for C Fayette Staples Post American Legion and its auxiliary will be held at a joint installation Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Mac. Gregor
St. Johnsbury
Gordon Allgrove
Carl Gilbert
Eden Jane
C. Fayette Staples Post
American Legion
Auxiliary
Ogunquit Trip Highlights Brooks Family Weekend Visit
Second Lt Lyle Brooks his wife and son Brian spent the holiday weekend with his parents in Ogunquit. Brooks has been promoted to an executive officer at Fort Dix New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Brooks
Brian Lindsey Birthday Party At Family Home
Brian Lindsey celebrated his second birthday Sunday at his parents home on the Landing. Guests included grandparents Mr and Mrs Wesley Lindsey of Melrose Mass, Elmer Morse and daughter Virginia of Boston, Mrs Ronald Robertson and sons Roger Ralph and David of Kennebunk, and his brother Mark. Balloons and candy filled baskets accompanied the gifts and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Lindsey
John Lindsey
Wesley Lindsey
Melrose
Mass
Elmer Morse
Virginia
Boston
Ronald Robertson
Roger
Ralph
David
Kennebunk
Brian
Mark
Beach Man Begins Jail Term in Waldo County
Percy R. White Jr of Old Orchard Beach started serving a term in Waldo county jail after failing to pay a $50 fine. He was found guilty by Judge Hillard Buzzell in Belfast Municipal Court of driving a motor vehicle after license suspension, with Belfast police as complainants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy R. White, Jr
Old Orchard Beach
Waldo County
White
Hillard Buzzell
Belfast
Beach School Pupils Taken On Field Trip
Pupils from grades 2 and 3 at Old Orchard Beach Elementary visited Animal Fair on Cascade road for a nature study field trip yesterday afternoon. Teachers and numerous students from three classes accompanied by named staff and student teachers attended the excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Cascade Road
Claudette Levesque
Michael Glaude
Richard Leavitt
Susan Swenson
Donald Deprey
Julian Nevice
Paul Cote
Denise Terlalis
Rae Conwell
Lorie Grenier
Marlene Boivin
Billy Cushing
Karen Brousseau
Michelle Bickford
Gordon Lemire
Claude LeBlanc
Roger Jolin
Donna Lunder
Becky McKee
Timothy Hall
Mary Lea Durfee
Paul Jacques
Anita Lamontagne
Ronald Perrin
Sally Jane Crosby
Caroline Steskel
Donna Moutsatsos
Charlene Miles
Lynn Cole
Patricia Pratt
Mary Ahearn
Nancy Morrow
Laura Lawrence
Nancy St. Michel
Margie Clark
Gail Morse
George Russell
Peter Banks
Paul St. Hilaire
Guy Roberge
Thomas Andrews
Peter Smith
Roger Lacroix
Joe Warren
Barry Lemire
Adrien Fournier
Norman Simpson
Steven Briggs
Rex Sherwell
Lois Martin
Connie Bean
Christina Adjutant
Barry Bagley
Michelle Beaulieu
Bruce Bellevue
Robert Boisvert
Wayne Dube
Richard DeCormier
Susan Duhamel
John Fitzgerald
John Fowler
Jeanne Frechette
Rosanna Gifun
Kim Girard
Walter Golovich
Bonnie Grenier
Michael Lemay
Kathy Lovell
Pamela McKee
Pamela McLeod
Dennis Pittfield
Patricia Presley
Carol Shevenell
Daniel Smith
Robert Stevenson
Dianne Sweeney
Brian Tarbox
Donna Thompson
Rae Worcester
Barbara’ Flannagan
Joel Violette
Paul Beauregard
Elizabeth Killey
Mary Jane Morris
Michael Bolduc
Andrew Deprey
Larry Merrill
Thomas Sweet
James Barnes
Caroline Simpson
Garry Knight
Marie Perkins
Sandra Sullivan
Michele Santorsola
James Evans
Carol Goulet
John Pipinias
Stephen Bryant
June Tibbetts
Bryce Merry
Reginald Edwards
Nancy McKee
James Williams
Margaret Harriman
Gwendolyn Skibicki Given Stork Shower
Mrs Gwendolyn Skibicki was honored with a stork shower at the home of Mrs Betty Joyce on Say ward street in Kennebunk. Hostess was Mrs Pauline Day assisted by Mrs Helen Hose and Mrs Claretta Miller. Guests included Mrs Doris Barker and others. several sent gifts in absentia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Skibicki
Betty Joyce
Sayward Street
Kennebunk
Pauline Day
Helen Hose
Claretta Miller
Day
Doris Barker
Mildred Hutchins
Irene Martin
Mary Littlefield
Dora Redlon
Josephine Cuneo
Skibicki
Elsie Clark
Shirley Hutchins
Carrie Cousens
Peggy Brown
Broadway Is Her Home Keeps Broadway Spark Alive at 72
Helena Wild has spent 72 years near Broadway, working as a hotel cashier and housekeeper. The red haired lively former singer recalls performing from a balcony for famous patrons, singing for McKinley and Dewey, and Eva Tanguay as prima donna, while choosing Broadway life over retirement in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Helena Wild
Great White Way
Florida
Mrs. Wild
Utopia
Gloria Swanson
Bette Davis
Sam Levenson
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Charles Loughrey
Pabst's
125Th Street
McKinley
Adm
Dewey
Walter Damrosch
Eva Tanguay
Elizabeth Puffer to Graduate From WJC
Elizabeth Puffer daughter of Dr and Mrs Eugene Puffer is among 22 Westbrook Junior College seniors to graduate at commencement exercises Sunday. Commencement speaker will be Mrs Edward Peary Stafford Brunswick, daughter of Adm Robert E Peary who discovered the North Pole. Senior festivities include a Casco Bay cruise and clam bake at Long Island Thursday senior day Friday at Poland Spring Ivy Day Saturday and the commencement hall at Poland Spring House Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Puffer
Eugene Puffer
Colby Avenue
Ocean Park
Westbrook Junior College
Edward Peary Stafford
Brunswick
Richard Bond
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Long Island
Poland
Polland Spring House
Mrs Virgil Green Honored At Party
A surprise birthday party was given in honor of Mrs. Virgil Green at her York Street home in Kennebunk. Guests opened gifts, enjoyed a social hour and refreshments, including a cake made by Mrs. Robert Nichols. Attending were numerous local women and family members such as Mrs. Douglas Naser, Mrs. Dalton Colbath and daughter Rebecca, Mrs. Charles Woodworth, Mrs. John Ellsworth and son Michael, Mrs. Charles Norton, Mrs. Charles Cousens, Mrs. Robert Nichols, Mrs. Ralph Cousens, Mrs. Theodore Towne and daughters Linda and Karen, Mrs. Charles Pierce and children Larry and Sherry, Mrs. Walter Collins, Mrs. John Green, with Mrs. Fred Nichols and Mrs. Fremont Welch also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Green
York Street
Kennebunk
Robert Nichols
Douglas Naser
Dalton Colbath
Rebecca
Charles Woodworth
John Ellsworth
Michael
Charles Norton
Charles Cousens
Ralph Cousens
Theodore Towne
Linda
Karen
Charles Pierce
Larry
Sherry
Walter Collins
John Green
Fred Nichols
Fremont Welch
Adah Night Observed by Miniwanca Chapter
Miniwanca Chapter Order of the Eastern Star held Adah Night at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall West Grand Avenue Old Orchard Beach Monday evening. Worthy Matron Frances Murphy and Worthy Patron Roland Soderberg presided with Grand Adair Betty Jean Braley Grand Ruth Georgia Karalekas and other officials present. Degrees conferred on a candidate. Several officers and members noted for attendance at upcoming events and School of Instruction in Sanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita A. Sessions
York
Kenneth E. Pullen
Milo
Deering
Alice Huntress
Adah
Biddeford
Jennie Rallis
Hiram Logde
Dixfield
Betty Jean Braley
Meredith A. Vergin
Mizpah
Westbrook
Stametina Haskell
Longfellow
South Portland
Virginia E. Hanson
Iona
Portland
Barbara R. Goodrich
Ruth
Springvale
Uth A. Cushing
Winnegance
Yarmouth
Yerda Pe'er
Jean M. Arnold
Marilyn Bradburn
Beacon Light
North Berwick
Ann Shepherd
Piscataque
Kittery
Cecilia Roberson
Fadette
Florence FE. Andrews
Beulah
Cumberland Mills
Kathleen Pray
Evangeline
North Windham
Corner Stone
Jean Mooers
Miniwanca
Star Club
Frances Murphy
Sea View Avenue
School of Instruction
Sanford
Linda Nedeau Birthday Party at Kenneburg Home
Miss Linda Joan Nedeau celebrated her 10th birthday with a family party at her Grove Street home in Kenneburg. A social hour and refreshments followed a decorated cake baked by her mother. Guests included Lloyd Nedeau and family, Alma Wildes, Ruth Nedeau, Eva Emery, George Lebarge, Kathy Mahrt, Bobby Boyd, Judy and Mary Lou Nedeau, and the hosts Linwood and Mrs Nedeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Joan Nedeau
Linwood Nedeau
Grove Street
Kenneburk
Lloyd Nedeau
Bruce and
Donna
Alma_ Wildes
Ruth Nedeau
Eva Emery
Robert Nedeau
George Lebarge
Kathy Mahrt
Bobby Boyd
Linda
Judy
Mary Lou
Mrs
Beach School Newspaper Staff Cookout Report
A Monday evening weiner roast was held in the back yard of Claire Monier at 76 East Surf Street Old Orchard Beach. Sponsored by the Seagull Gazette the high school newspaper records and dancing completed the lively event with numerous attendees and chaperones listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiner
Claire Monier
East Surf Street
Old Orchard ‘Beach
Seagulls Gazette
Jackie Berube
Pat Cleary
Donna Cockerille
Lesley Eastman
Tammy Ford
Russell Gendron
Jackie Griffin
Judy Hanson
Dick Kadlee
Elaine Leger
Sandra Menard
Harvey Shaw
Ilene Shuman
Bette Thomas
Jann Mooers
Richard Rowlands
Dick Hersom
Judy Jones
Barbie Jones
Jean Hoyt
Pete Greglory
Wayne Reed
Wallace Coppier
Dick Blaney
Ricky Ahearn
Skip Crosby
Skip Perkins
Bob Shuman
Carl Fancy
Barbara Burgess Honored At Shower
Mrs Rosaleen Thompson hosted a pre bridal shower for Barbara S Burgess daughter of Clyde and Mrs Burgess of Kennebunk Beach. Guests from Kennebunk Wells Saco Portland and Brunswick attended as Barbara prepared to wed David E Campbell on June 27. The note ends with a trivia line about Edmond Hoyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosaleen Thompson
Barbara S. Burgess
Clyde Burgess
Kennebunk Beach
David E. Campbell
Edgar L. Campbell
Christine Burgess
Sandra Burgess
Sally Folsom
Pauline Doane
Kenniebunk Beach
Ruth Sherman
Kathleen Bonney
Kennebunk Lower Village
Luella Campbell
Virginia Spofford
Kennebunk
Patricia Thompson
Beverly Meserve
Kathleen Campbell
Kennebunkport
Doris Houston
Wells
Ruth Campbell
Wells Branch
Arlene Hooper
Saco
Dianitha Preble
Portland
Miss Burgess
Hazel Geary
Alice Small
Falmouth
Betty ‘Raduano
Brunswick
Kennebunk High School Honors Society Adds New Members
The Kennebunk High School chapter of the National Honor Society initiated 12 new members at a candlelight ceremony in the library with parents present. Sophomores Ronald Lefebvre Anna Pfeiffer and Rebecca Spencer were elected along with nine juniors who maintained a B average. New officers Judith Houle president Joel Severance vice president Bet Hall secretary and Royal Spofford treasurer were chosen. An incentive program and scholastic achievement cards will be issued to eighth and high school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk High School
National Honor Society
Ronald Lefebvre
Anna
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Edmund Cashen
Clement P. Wight Dial
Plata
Elephant
Barbara Flanagan
Florence Clark
New York City
Marshall H. Weeman, Jr
St. Monica Church
Beach School
Fielding Magness
George Wild
James King
Richmond
Argentina
Baptist Foreign Mission Society of
WJC
Beach
Barbara Burgess
According To Hoyle
Edmond Hoyle
1672
Mac-Gray Co., Inc
Albany St
Cambridge
Main Street
J. C Penney
Main St
Maine
A Savings & Loan Institution
Rambler
Biddeford, Maine
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