Kennebunk and area notes highlight military, schooling, travel
A stream of local notices covers residents traveling to Keene and Washington Navy Yard, a Kennebunk High School graduate enlisting for basic training at Fort Dix, hospital stays in Biddeford, and extended family visits. The Kennebunk Kennebunkport Alumni Banquet is set at Sea Spray Motor Inn with a $200 scholarship and speaker Kenneth Joy. Frederick Jackson required stitches after an injury at Memorial Field and returned home.
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Elliot Freeman
High Street
Montpelier
Foster S. Boothby
Verne Bodwell Sr
Great Hill
Kennebunk Beach
Cape Porpoise
Delmont E. Gross
West Kennebunk
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Donald Jackson Jr
Donald Jackson Sr
Pine Street
Kennebunk
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
N.J
Kennebunk High School
Dade Junior College
Miami
Edward Dargis
Fletcher Street
Keene
N.H
Hazel Johnston
Hospital
Dar
Ella Frederics
Edward Hamilton
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, D. C
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Gregory Jackson
Bryant and Stratton College
Boston
Donald Jackson
I.G.A
Wells
Kenneth Joy
Edward Bourne III
Brookline
Mass
Mary Boutel
Frederick Jackson
Memorial Field
Walter Graham
Kimberly
Stacey
Scott
Winthrop
Robert Johnston
Summer Street
Grahams
Arline Johnston
Portland
Biddeford Soldier On Leave At Home
Pvt. Normand R. Duchesne of Biddeford is on leave with his parents at 51 Adams Street. A 1967 St. Louis High School graduate, he trained at Ft. Dix and was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood. After leave he will return to Ft. Dix and proceed overseas to Frankfurt, Germany. Frost is not a form of precipitation.
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Pvt
Normand R. Duchesne
Duchesne
Adams St
Biddeford
St. Louis High School
Ft. Dix
Ft. Leonard Wood
Fort Dix
Frankfurt
Germany
Composer Sherman Edwards bets on 1776 Broadway hit
Boyle recalls Sherman Edwards, composer and lyricist, whose eight year wager on self production paid off with the Broadway musical 1776 about the American Revolution. Edwards rose from Manhattan slums, learned piano, taught history briefly, then joined show business as pianist, conductor, arranger, and composer for Elvis films and top singers. He pursued a historical musical on the Declaration of Independence centered on John Adams, dedicating years to research, savings, and eventual agent and producer support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Sherman Edwards
Edwards
Manhattan
Eer
Sherman
Johnny
John Adams
Flora Roberts
Stuart Ostrow
Madonna Chapter Confers Three Degrees in Kennebunk
Madonna Chapter in West Kennebunk held a meeting at the Masonic Temple with officers present. Degrees were conferred on Mrs. Indianna Bachelder, Mrs. Jeannette Sherburne, and Mrs. Lottie Shuffleburg. Invitations were announced for events in June, and a District I school of instruction is set for Beacon Light Chapter North Berwick. Refreshments followed. next meeting June 17 will honor the Lafayette, ruler of DeMolay, with a refreshment committee named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Madonna Charper
C.E.S
Masonic Temple
West Kennebunk
Vernice Berube
Robert Berube
Indianna Bachelder
Jeannette Sherburne
Lottie Shuffleburg
Berube
Portland
Ruth Knight
Aurora
Kennebunkport
Electa
Beacon Light
North Berwick
Embert C. Buck
Lelia Farnsworth
Martha
Cornerstone
Clover
Sanford
Ann Stein
Mabel Bailey
Bowdeinham
Piscataqua
Kittery
Beacon Light Chater
Kenneth Ritchie
Roland Dutch
Raymond Thyng
Lafayette, Ruer
DeMolay
Leroy Hutchins
George Hopkins
Louis Farber
Helen Curtis
Top Ten In Record Survey of 1960s Hits
A survey lists Ten records including Get Back Beatles and Oh Happy Day Edwin Hawkins Singers. Also featured are Mercy Oh Happy Day These Eyes Guess Who and In the Ghetto Elvis Presley among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatles
Mercy
Edwin Hawkins
Presley
Volunteer Spirit in Florence Flood Aid By Students
During summer vacation many young people donate time to hospitals relief and disaster aid. In Florence after the flood a hundred newspapers had to be sorted and books damaged. About 600 American students worked in art restoration and library repair under Dr Umberto Baldini and the Committee to Rescue Italian Art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Library
Florence
Italy
Ear
Morney
Umberto Baldini
Fortessa
Baldini
Brooklyn
N.Y
1969 Top Hits Mixed in Variety of Pop Tracks
A compact media listing highlights July era songs and performers including Sunshine, Spiral Starecase with Grazin in the Grass, Friends of Distinction, and titles from West Side Story and Hair, reflecting a layered musical scene of the late 1960s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet
I Galleries and Restorers Work on Oil Canvases
A student describes gaining a lifetime of knowledge while assisting restorers. Experts from the Mellon Institute Dr Feller and staff from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts join Italian specialists at Fortessa to tackle frescoes damaged by wall salts. Linens and wooden canvases are replaced as restorations proceed.
Stamps Gallery Opens in New York with Rare Collectibles
An elegant gallery in New York City owned by Harmer, Rooke & Co. will display over $2 million in rare stamps and coins. President Olin Tice says the show will appeal to all collectors as a hub for philatelic and numismatic arts. Also noted: Norway issues stamps for Johan Hjort’s 100th birthday honoring marine research. Papua New Guinea to issue three stamps for the Third South Pacific Games in Port Moresby. Chicago establishes the first juvenile court in 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Harmer, Rooke & Co
Olin Tice
Harmer
Rooke Galleries
Rembrandts
Johan Hjort
Oceanograe
Norway
Hjort
Papua and New Guinea
Port Moresby
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George J. Prejean
Washington St
Barbara Peters
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Valliere
Edmund Cashen
Grants
IST National
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Boyle
Madonna Chapter
Young Moderns
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Daniel Castanéda
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Adrien L. Desrosiers
Shadagee Road
Abel Castaneda
Bakersfield
Calif
Dover
N. H
U. S. Air Force
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Hannah Gilman
Gengis Khan
Cyprus
W. 32Nd St
New York, N.Y
United States
Chicago
Dartmouth St
Robert L. Therrien
St. Mary's Church
Patricia Ann Bishop
John Bishop
Cutts St
Catherine Lapierre
Cottage St
Henry Therrien
Youland
YOU Lands Dept. Stores
van Huesen
Edgewood
HANK
Jantzen
Youlands Dept. Store
Main St
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