Defective Wiring Blamed For Barn Blaze In Wells
An 80 by 60 foot barn on the Nickerson property at U.S. Route 1 Wells burned late yesterday destroying the barn, florist stock, a deep freeze, and hundreds of gladioli plants. Firemen estimated losses at about 1600 dollars with defective wiring cited as the cause. The blaze spread toward nearby houses but damage was contained to the barn and nearby structures. The Nickerson children Ronnie Bernie and Joyce spent the night with the Goulds after the fire.
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Winthrop T. Nickerson
Wells
Nickerson
Ronnie
Wells Beach
William Byrnes
Wells Corner
Ogunquit
Charles Cole
Frank Higgins
Bernie
Joyce
Carlos Gould
Cape Porpoise Women To Hold Tea And Auction
The Rose Bow Tea and silent auction will be hosted by the Women's Guild of the Church on the Cape at the Langsforth house in Cape Porpoise. The event runs from 2 to 4 30 p m on June 24, with the foyer decorated in roses.
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Cape
Langs Sford
Cape Porpoise
Women’s Guild of the Church
Kennebunk and Arundel Community News Highlights
Local groups plan sewing session at Kennebunk Baptist church with Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters hosting. Arundel juveniles postpone Grange picnic to June 19. Massachusetts Night and Neighbor's Night programs announced. Residents attend a banquet in Scarborough for a retired CMP worker and attend obituaries. Police reserves suspend meetings until September and prepare CD headquarters project. Henry Morgan and Geraldine Toohey dined in Kennebunkport with waitress Rowena Arsenault.
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The
Baptist Missionary Society of
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Ivy Temple
Pythian
Gertrude Barrett
Sadie Clark
Joanne Bergeron
Westbrook Junior College
Louis Bergeron
Arundel
Fiske Pharmacy
Lloyd Jewett
Ross Road
Marshview
Scarborough
Jessie Rumery
Biddeford Pool
Central Maine Power Company
Massachusetts
Arundel Grange
Grange
Pinehurst
Mass
Roy A. Evans
Storer Street
Frank Stevens
Cathie
Colonial Drive
Holden
Romeo LaPrade
Leroy Prior
Vermont
Paul Bedard
Park Street
Prior
U. S. Coast Guard
Portland
Carrie Thompson
the Landing
Veronica Kennedy
Haverhill
Plum Island
Kennebunk Police
Lower Town Hall
Kennebunk
Paul Wormwood
Henry Morgan
Geraldine Toohey
New York
Kennebunkport
Rowena Arsenault
Tea and Silent Auction Lead by Local Ladies
Mrs Joseph Thurston heads the planning committee with Mrs Henry Megert Mrs I O Perrault Mrs Arnold Nickerson Jr and Mrs Frank Craig. Miss Lettie Tibbetts leads the cash donations while Mrs Seth Pinkham and Mrs Irving C a run the auction. Numerous unusual items have been donated for the silent sale to accompany the tea event.
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Joseph Thurston
Henry Megert
I. O. Perrault
Arnold Nickerson, Jr
Frank Craig
Lettie Tibbetts
Seth Pinkham
Irving C. A
Legion Auxiliary delegates chosen at Kennebunk meeting
Webber-Lefebvre unit of the American Legion auxiliary held a Monday meeting at Elizabeth D'Ascanio's cottage in Kennebunk pond with six officers 19 members and seven guests. Georgia Evans presided and delegates to York County council were named along with alternates and a telephone committee. The next meeting is June 22 at Wells Beach with a covered dish supper and entertainment plans.
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Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion Auxiliary
Elizabeth D’ascanio
Kennebunk Pond
Georgia Evans
Goodwin- Labbe-Taylor
Dayton
Lillian Hicks
Louise Marsh
York County Council
Catherine Ambrose
Pearl Belyea
Elinor Bergeron
Zella Tibbetts
Alice L. Downing
Frances Burke
Phyllis Truscott
Sadie Webber
South Berwick
Wells Beach
Mildred Hamilton
Sarah Owen
Ruth Polito
Ethel Gonneeville
Elizabeth D'Ascanio
Meters Ticket Wes Rose 50 Cent Fine in Starter Town
Thirty minutes after new parking meters went into service in Hominy Oklahoma Wes Rose backed his car into a space and received a ticket. He paid a 50 cent fine for overparking reflecting a swift start to meter enforcement in the town.
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Okla
Wes Rose
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Maine
New England
Krueger Beer
Eger
Irewing CO
Newark
Edmund Cashen
New Playtext
Butler’s
Gladys Wilcox
Miss Rachel Dubois
Ruth Cheney
Legion Auxiliary
Bothy
Cupionis
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