Bissonette Pike Wedding Rites Announced
Miss Pamela Jean Pike daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer A Pike of Kennebunk wed Robert M Bissonette son of Mr and Mrs Ledonia Bissonnette of Biddeford at St Martha chapel Kennebunk port on June 2. The ceremony featured Chantilly lace gown, bouquet of white and yellow carnations, organ music by Harry Manseau, and a reception at the American Legion hall. The couple will reside on the Portland road, Saco, after a trip. both are employed by Herman Shoe Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martha Chapel
Kennebunkport
Pamela Jean Pike
Homer A. Pike
Pine Street
Kennebunk
Robert M. Bissonette
Ledonia Bissonnette
Alfred Street
Biddeford
J. Henry Ourneile
Harry Manseau
Bradford Ross
Deborah Jean Pike
Bruce Pike
Arnold Pike
American Legion Hall
High Street
Priscilla Rymes
Wells
A. J. Chasse
Melvin Owen
Pike
Bissonette
Portland Road
Saco
Albert Verrier
Hill’s Beach
Charlotte S
Armand R. Fortin
Ralph Nolette
Paul Street
Miss Verrier
St. Andre High School
Notre Dame Hospital
Fortin
Bruce Shoe Co., Inc
Janita Rossignol
Roger Gagne
Gerard Gagne
Western Avenue
David Rossignol
Miss Rossignol
Thornton Academy
Biddeford High School
Lewiston Meeting Attended by Local Officials at Masonic Hall
Old Orchard Beach Geraldine Durant Love and Holly Douglass attended the Past Love of Old Orchard Beach assembly. Wor thy Advisor Charlene Rallis and Grand Hope of the Grand Assembly were also present with Mr and Mrs Donald Nowell from the advisory board. The Ocean Park Home Extension will meet Tuesday at Porter Hall Temple Avenue Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Durant
Holly Douglass
Old Orchard Beach Assembly
Order of the Rainbow
Charlene Rallis
Grand Hope
The
Grand Assembly
Donald Nowell
Lewistonay
Margaret Parsons
Masonic Hall
Lewiston
Ocean Park
Porter Hall
Temple Avenue
Ocean
Playground Set To Open At Kennebunk
The Kennebunk Playground opens June 25 for eight weeks with Rotary sponsorship. David Littlefield is director, assisted by Miss Susan Dawson and Kenneth Wakefield. Registration June 15 at Park Street School gym 1 to 3 p.m. for ages 9 to 19 for boys. younger boys and girls ages 5 to 8 register then. A small insurance fee is required.
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Kennebunk
Rotary Club
David Littlefield
Susan Dawson
Kenneth Wakefield
Park Street
Arundel Grange to Stage Weekly Social Parties
Overseer Mrs. Eleanor Merrill presided in the master Ernest Burleigh's absence as Arundel Grange plans public Thursday nights at the hall beginning June 28 at 8. Gov Reed proclaims Grange Week June 4. Pomona Youth degree team placed third at Augusta State Grange HQ. Committee members named and refreshments to be provided by the Home Economics group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Merrill
Arundel Grange
Ernest Burleigh
Mousam Lake Grange
Merrill Hatch
John Reed
Grange
Lewis Clough
Nancy Vetterline
Carrie Thurston
Flora Cluff
Mary Taylor
Joseph Burrows
Willis Thompson
Edna Mason
Riverside Pee
Pomona
State Grange
Augusta
Home Economics Committee
Fred Merrill
Paul Dumont
Ronald Lowell
The
Mary Dumont
Park Lunch Menu Note
Members will take their lunch and dessert and coffee will be served.
Advent Church Bible School Opens Today
Registration for Daily Vacation Bible School at Advent Christian Church Kennebunk Lower Village runs June 18 to 27 excluding weekends. Theme Adventuring with Christ. ages 4 to 13. Teachers include Nursery Mrs Spencer Andrews Mrs Jack Simonds. Primary Mrs Richard Roy Mrs Wilfred Marcotte. Juniors Mrs Bradford Dyer Mrs William Whitten Mrs Robert Spofford Mrs R Jacobson. Assistants Mrs Vernon Hanscom Miss Linda Brown Marcia McLean. Refreshments by Mrs Raymond Nadeau Mrs Bertram Hanscom. Opening worship led by Rev Milford Butterfield with Mrs James Moulton assisting. Secretary is Mrs Milford Butterfield. Call the church parsonage to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advent Christian
Spencer Andrews
Jack Simonds
Richard Roy
Wilfred Marcotte
Bradford Dyer
William Whitten
Robert Spofford
R. Jacobson
Vernon Hanscom
Linda Brown
Marcia McLean
Raymond Nadeau
Bertram Hanscom
Milford Butterfield
James Moulton
Local notices from Kennebunk ensure summer stay plans and openings
Kennebunk residents resume summer routines with housing moves and hospital reminders. John H. Walsh spends winter in St Petersburg Beach and stays with his niece in Kennebunk. Eleanor Fogg occupies the Hoffman apartment on Fletcher Street. LeBarge family takes over the Bryant house on Park Street for summer. Rosamond Cheney moved to Leech Nursing Home. Leta Downing finishes year at Lake Erie College and stays with her parents for vacation. Dick Lewin and Wes Phillips enjoy summer at home after first year at Ricker Junior College. Roy Jackson returns home after osteopathic hospital care. Baby Joseph Bergen, son of Dr. and Mrs. William F. Bergen, recovers at home after two months in Portland hospital. American Legion auxiliary Webber-Lefebvre unit meets at 8 in Parsons room. hostesses named. Kent Cleaners opens Kennebunkport branch on Ocean Avenue. Marion Bedard to clerk.
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John H. Walsh
St. Petersburg Beach
Fla
George Anderson
Anderson
Read
Eleanor Fogg
Wells Branch
Hoffman
Fletcher Street
Marlowe LeBarge
Bryant
Park Street
Rosamond Cheney
Old Port Road
Leech Nursing Home
Storer Street
Kennebunk
Leta Downing
Lake Erie College
Painesville
Ohio
J. Robert Downing
Summer Street
Richard
Dick) Lewin
Wesley Phillips
Ricker Junior College
Houston
Roy Jackson
Mechanic Street
Ne Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Joseph Michael Bergen
William F. Bergen
Maine Osteopathic Hospital
Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion Auxiliary
Parsons
Post Home
High Street
Donna Noble
Maybelle Watson
Sarah Owen
Kent Cleaners
Kennebunkport
Ocean Avenue
Red Dragon
Marion Bedard
Ogunquit Man Is Award Recipient
Malcolm H Merrill Jr of Ogunquit Maine receives the 1962 Wall Street Journal Achievement Award at the University of New Hampshire. A Whittemore School senior majoring in general business he belongs to Phi Kappa Phi and has been on the Den's List since arriving at UNH. The award honors the department’s top graduating senior.
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Durham
N.H
Malcolm H. Merrill Jr
Ogunquit
Maine
Wall Street Journal
University of New Hampshire
Whittemore School of Business and Economics
Phi Kappa Phi
National University Honorary Society
UNH
Norman W. Myers
Pamela Gilbert First Birthday Fete Observed at Eden Lane
A party honoring Pamela Vaun Gilbert daughter of Carl and Mrs. Gilbert was held Sunday afternoon at their Eden Lane Old Orchard Beach home for her first birthday. Attendees included family friends and many local residents. several were unable to attend due to prior commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Vaun Gilbert
Carl Gilbert
Eden Lane
Old Orchard Beach
Valerie Dale
Sandra Andrews
Roseanna Giffen
Dennis Depentigny
Melissa Fenderson
George Hogan Jr. Dennis
Tommy
Kenney Gilbert
Saco
Priscilla Fenderson
Faith Hogan
Priscilla Gilbert
Walter Jordan
George Coe
Stilman Gilbert
Ruth Gilbert
Pamela Vaun
Diana Murray
Maureen Staples
Violet Ingalls
Margaret Seymore
Worcester
Mass
Donald C. Allgrove
David Mooers
Baccalaureate at Old Orchard Beach Opens Graduation
The Old Orchard Beach High School baccalaureate service opened the commencement week in Alumni Hall with the class of 1962. Prescott Verrill led the marshals, Kathie Daly played piano, and Adelbert M. Jakeman gave the address How Much Are You Worth. Graduation and class exercises follow Thursday at 8 p.m. with a long list of graduates including David Ahearn, Maureen Ahearn, Barbara Barth, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach High School
Alumni Hall
Prescott Verrill
Kathie Daly
Elizabeth Burnell
Jerome LePelletier
Linda Stickney
Patricia Dowd
Richard Somerville
Trudi Freeman
Donna Carr
Michael Porter
Nikki Gregory
David Ahearn
Maureen Ahearn
Hugh Banks
Jean Barnes
Barbara Barth
Harold Horne
Ronnie Kadlee
Carol Ladakakos
Thomas Lee
Clifford Levesque
Glenda MacLachlan
James Marshall
Gor
Wells firemen mark Firemen's Sunday memorial rites
Four Wells fire companies held memorial services at First Congregational Church led by Rev. John N. Simpson. About 50 attendees sat in a reserved section as chiefs rode in procession and a Route 1 parade proceeded to Ocean View cemetery for unveiling and dedication of a memorial stone.
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Wells
First Congregational Church
John N. Simpson
Wells First
Second Congregational
Grange
Isabel Perkins
Nellie McIntire
Jacob M. Kelley
Robert Stillings
Harrison W. Roberts
Paul E. Bridges Sr
Wells Corner Hose Company
Stephen M. Taylor Sr
Wells Beach Hose Company
Thomas W. Fenderson
High Pine Firemen’s Association
Theodore Searles Sr
Wells Beach Fire Company
Wells Corner
Route 1
Ocean View Cemetery
William A. Riley
Mr. Simpson
Riley
Douglas Metcalf
George Perkins
Carley Huff Elected New President Of KHS Alumni
About 110 attended the Kennebunk High School reunion and banquet at the Atlantic hotel in Kennebunk Beach. Officers elected for the new year include Carley Huff as president and Eleanor Leach as vice president. other posts went to Sarah Bryant, Jeannette Welch, and a regional executive board. Necrology report by Elizabeth Wildes prompted a moment of silence. Gifts were awarded for oldest lady and man, longest distance traveling, and other honors. Barbershop quartet Saccarappa Yappers entertained. The annual $200 scholarship went to Kerma Jenkins, who plans to study at the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk High School
Atlantic Hotel
Kennebunk Beach
Harrison Tyler
Timmy Martel
Carley Huff
Kennebunk
Eleanor Leach
Arundel
Sarah Bryant
Jeannette Welch
Robert A. Nadeau
Josephine Offaly
Portland
Elizabeth Wildes
Kennebunkport
Esma Hall
Alice D. Smith
Saccarappa Yappers
Kerma Jenkins
Maine
White Bridal Gown Outlaw Was Tried Once
The piece recounts how the U S government and War Production Board debated restricting white wedding gowns and train fabric during 1941 to conserve textiles. New York garment leaders organized a campaign, sent letters to clergy, and proposed adaptable gown designs that saved fabric while preserving tradition for brides and religious ceremonies.
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U. S
Russia
Murray Hamburger
New York
Washington
America
Congressmen
WPB
Hamburger
Pinson Advances Power Through Weight Training
Cincinnati outfielder Vada Pinson slugged 16 homers in 1961 and, early this spring, nine homers in three weeks. He credits the surge to added weight, lifting routines, and stronger muscle power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vada Pinson
Cincinnati
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Ellrose Rese
Melrose
RAF
Melrose and Company
M. D. Co. Melrose
Mel
J, Andi
Ivery Rich
Puquet and
Bible School
Advent Church
Pamela Gilbert
Napus Stata
Don McCallum
Richard McIntyre
Jeannette Mitchell
Thomas Moutsatsos
Wilma Murphy
Gerard Poisson
Donald Pratt
Linda Provencal
Mildred Quimby
Robert Rackliff
Priscilla Roy
Bonnie Ryder
Elizabeth Saint Germain
Beverly Sargent
Francis Shaw
Petra Sosa
Linida Stickney
Elaine Sullivan
James Timmins
KHS
Hills Beach
Marcel Valliere
St. Joseph Church
Bernadette A. Potvin
Anastasoff
First National
London Broil
Nepco
Cryovac
Swift's
Brown
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