Eleven Students Graduate From Marie Joseph
At Marie Joseph Academy Biddeford nine Maine residents and two out of state graduates completed an 11 student class. Rt Rev Msgr Elie Hevey presided as diplomas were awarded including General Business Classical certificates and special honors. Salutatorian Rouleau and valedictorian Mareau led the group with multiple honors and medals across subjects.
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Marie Joseph Academy
Pool Road
Biddeford
Elie Hevey
Donna Marie Rouleau
Holyoke
Mass
Mary Marteau
Northhampton
Jeanine Poulin
Berlin
Conn
Clarence Laposte
O.F.M
St. Francis College
Rouleau
Mareau
Bowdoin College awards BA to Davis Rawson Jr at 159th commencement
Davis S. Rawson Jr. received Bowdoin College’s Bachelor of Arts degree during the 159th commencement exercises. He is a Dean’s List history major, Zeta Psi social chairman, ROTC graduate, and former WBOR-FM program director and DJ. He hails from Ferry Beach Saco, son of Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Rawson.
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Bowdoin College
Davis S. Rawson Jr
Stanley Rawson
Park Avenue
Ferry Beach
Saco
Rawson
Zeta Psi Fraternity
Wbor-Fm
Colllege Radio
Academy Honors Ceremony Highlights Students and Pianists
Rev Sister Immaculee de Lourdes awarded the highest mathematics honor to Miss Whitehurst with a sustained effort prize presented by Msgr Hevey. Sister St Francis Solano awarded an honor essay and gold medal while Miss York earned a classical course diploma. Pianists included Priscille Daigle Leona Lemelin Mareau and Marguerite Gregoire under music director Sister M Georges Edouard P M.
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Gould
Mareau
Josten Co
Claire d’Assise
Betty Crocker
American Homemaker of Tomorrow
Poulin
Rouleau
James Logan
Sister Immaculee de
Light Primary Voting Reported in Biddeford and Saco
Voting was light in Biddeford and Saco across wards as no top ticket contests drew voters. Officials expect a strong Republican showing in Biddeford while the Democratic side remains quiet. Polls close at 7 tonight.
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Biddeford
Saco
County Council Unit Installs Officer
The York County Council American Legion Auxiliary installed officers at Sullivan-Nowell Post in South Berwick. New officers include President Louise Morgridge and Vice President Mildred Hamilton with other posts filled by Alice Allen Martha Beaudoin Sace Muriel Eaton Barbara Leighton Alice LePage and Bertha Huntress. Attendees from multiple units showed support and reports were given by Alfred Biddeford Dayton and others amid sick list updates and a guest from Hampton unit. The next meeting is set for July 10 in Kennebunk.
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South Berwick
York County Council
American Legion Auxiliary
Sullivan- Nowell American Legion
Louise Morgridge
Mildred Hamilton
Kennebunk
Alice Allen
Martha Beaudoin Sace
Shirley Doe
Old Orchard Beach
Muriel Eaton
Kittery
Barbara Leighton
Alfred
Alice LePage
Sullivan-Nowell
Bertha Huntress
Gertrude Wood
Alice Bitomski
Morgridge
LePage
Charlene Farnham
Saco
Florence Lewis
Allen
Alberta Redmond
Kennebunkport
Wood
Gilbert Lavoie
Biddeford
Dayton
Sanford
Bitomski
Evelyn Presley
Webber Hospital
John Wright
Togus Veterans Hospital
Ernest Hasson
York Hospital
Mary Eldredge
Hampton, N.H
Owen Davis
Lewis
Farnham
Lavoie
Theresa Simpson
Wayne Turnage
Beaudoin
Local Elks Attend Boston Ball Game
More than 40 Biddeford Saco Elks traveled to Fenway Park Boston for Maine Day on Sunday with Leading Knight Joseph Grondin and assister Ralph Pitt.
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Boston
Biddeford-Saco Elks
Maine
Fenway Park
Joseph Grondin
Knight
Ralph Pitt
House warming for William and Linda Harris held in Dayton
More than 60 friends and relatives attended the Harris house warming sponsored by the Advent Christian Church Youth Fellowship. David Smith sang Bless This House with Carleton Waterhouse on piano, Mrs. Rob ert Cole Jr. read Don t Look For The Silver Lining, and Rev. Mathew Farnum offered prayer before guests moved to the Harris home for gifts and refreshments.
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William
Linda Harris
Youth Fellowship
The
Advent Christian Church
David Smith
Carleton Waterhouse
Robert Cole Jr
Ogden Nash
Mathew Farnum
John Harris
Coyle Smith
New Jersey
Richard Smith
Aurora College
Aurora, III
Kennebunkport Graduation News and Local Setbacks
Russell Leach graduates from Thornton Academy and plans Worcester College in fall, with uncle Alonzo Leach and aunts present. Mrs. Virginia Wyman returns to Limerick after a week with relatives. About 75 Kennebunk High grads and chaperones enjoyed a buffet at The House On The Hill, new owners Frank Anni. Justin Dow’s car slid off Arundel Road and rolled twice. he escaped injury.
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Russell Leach
Muriel Leach
Alonzo Leach
Hazel Julien
Ruth Minton
West Kennebunk
Josephine Hill
Goodwin Mills
Russell
Thornton Academy
Worcester College
Worcester
Mass
Virginia Wyman
Limerick
Clayton Shuffleburg
Mabel Scott
Saco
Mary Leach
Christie Haven
Annie
Kennebunk High School
Frank Anni
Samuel Wildes
Andrew Halvorsen
Turbots Creek
Medway
Arthur Clough
Rochester
N.H
Norman Clough
Ladies Society of the First Congregational Church
Yokums
New Hampshire
Ruth Clough
Florence Inniss
Justin Dow
Arundel Road
Vacation Responsibility Aids Teen Self-Confidence
In this Nason column, Professor Nason argues summer is ideal for building teen self discipline and confidence through supervised yet independent tasks. He recounts John's high school decline under strict control and recovery after parental relaxation, urging gradual boundary setting and measured autonomy to foster responsibility without risking education.
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John
Graduation Party for Notre Dame Grammar School Class 8W
Graduation party for Notre Dame Grammar School class 8W in Saco at Mrs Diana L Rousselle 35 Locke St. Guests included Susan Boucher Jeanne Neault Michelle Labbe Arlene Levesque Rachel Rheault Susan Prejean Vivian Cote Marlene Lemelin Denise Bedard Denise Dubois Louise Trudeau Louise Rousselle and others.
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Notre Dame Grammar School
Saco
Diana L. Rousselle
Locke St
Rousselle
Gerard Neault
Susan Boucher
Jeanne Neault
Michelle Labbe
Arlene Levesque
Rachel Rheault
Susan Prejean
Vivian Cote
Marlene Lemelin
Lodge honors Red Sox with gifts and radio presentation
Grand Knight leads ceremony as Past Exalted Ruler Leon Jones and chairman William Mullen present a radio to manager Johnny Pesky and gifts to Red Sox players. Later, Red Sox officials entertain Lodge members in the clubhouse.
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Leon Jones
William Mullen
Johnny Pesky
Red Sox
Tips For Teens column excerpt by Elinor Williams
Advice letters address girl readers about handling harassment by a classmate who shows dirty pictures and should involve parents and school leadership. A second letter warns against a controlling boyfriend type who falsely accuses others, urging the girl to avoid him and seek guidance from Elinor Williams.
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Elinor Williams
Miss Williams
Ans
Elinor
Saco Women Are Department Officers
Portland event for the National Wom en's Relief Corps Auxili ary of the GAR held at Eastland Motor Hotel. Four members from the Fred S. Gurney WRC in Saco were installed as officers with Ruth Willey as president Eva Sherman chaplain Phyllis Wright secretary and Dorothy Abbott press correspondent. A pioneer breakfast for 25 year plus members preceded the session. Gertrude Dennett of Saco elected to the executive board. Other Saco attendees included Iren Ayer Hazel Emmons Minnie Henderson Ethel Ballard and Doris Duross.
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Portland
National Women's Relief Corps, Inc
GAR
Eastland Motor Hotel
Department
Fred S. Gurney Women's Relief Corps
Saco
Ruth Willey
Eva Sherman
Phyllis Wright
Dorothy Abbott
a_ pioneer
Gertrude Dennett
Saco Corps
Iren Ayer
Hazel Emmons
Minnie Henderson
Ethel Ballard
Doris Duross
Teaching Workshop Underway At Maine
Public school teachers and graduate teaching interns from Park Street Elementary School Kennebunk and UM students participate in a Ford Foundation Team Teaching Project workshop on the University of Maine Orono campus today through Friday July 3. Attendees include Elizabeth Foley Robert Dyer Leo Martin Charles Towne Mae Travers and Clythro Staples.
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Orono
University of Maine
Ford Foundation
Park Street
Kennebunk
Elizabeth Foley
Robert Dyer
Leo Martin
Charles Towne
Mae Travers
Clythro Staples
Police Sergeants Appointed At Beach
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The Civil Service Commission approved two acting sergeants for the summer under the emergency clause after an exam at the fire station. Philip Levesque and Jean Paul Lacroix were chosen from three applicants for the beach police force.
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Old Orchard Beach
Civil Service Commission
Philip Levesque
Jean Paul Lacroix
Civil Service Act
Local Social Notes From Kennebunk and Nearby
Kennebunk and Wells Beach host family vacations and a hotel convention with Mrs Ethel Welch visiting from Portland and Max Pickett attending the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Honor Club at the Sagamore Hotel Lake George New York. University of Maine students home for summer include Barbara Anders Mary belle Walsh Lydia Spencer Diana Shaw Sue Harburger Sally Wentworth Jean Wildes Edward Fairfield Richard Farnsworth Jon Eagleson Michael Severance. Henry Kingsbury completed his junior year at Oberlin College and returns home with Theodore C Kingsbury and family. Fletcher Street hosts Robert Fontaine and son Jeffrey visiting Abington Pennsylvania for graduation ceremonies. Professor and Mrs Arthur Dann and family of Oberlin are also noted.
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FE. L. Hamilton
Wells Beach
Barbara Anders
Marybelle Walsh
Lydia Spencer
Diana Shaw
Sue Harburger
Sally Wentworth
Jean Wildes
Edward Fairfield
Richard Farnsworth
Jon Eagleson
Michael Severance
Henry Kingsbury
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Theodore C. Kingsbury
Summer Street
Robert Fontaine
Jeffrey
Fletcher Street
Record Long Arctic Tern Migration Reaches 7200 Miles
Ts at Arctic terns migrate from Arctic summering grounds to Antarctic wintering grounds, covering more than 7200 miles one way in a single season. Encyclopaedia Britannica Ohio spends summer at their Sum mer Street home. The Women's Home & Foreign Missions Society of the Advent Christian Church hosts a meeting at Kennebunk Lower Village with guests from Goodwins Mills Church for a covered dish supper.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Ohio
Women's Home & Foreign Missions Society of the Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Villiage
Trailer and Racer Damaged in Route 1 Crash Near Kennebunk
A 1956 car trailer broke away from its hitch Sunday at 11 a.m. on Route 1 south of Kennebunk center, damaging both trailer and a midget racing car it carried. The vehicle, driven by Philip Keller of Brooklyn, N Y, faces a motor vehicle charge and will appear in Kennebunk Municipal Court Tuesday morning. The Kennebunk Police Department, with investigator Edmund L. Cashen, handled the scene.
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Kennebunk
Philip Keller
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edmund L. Cashen
Kennebunk Police Department
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Mary Maleau
Patricia Whitehurst
Marie Anne Blouin
Claud
Ette Caron
Jeannine Poulin
Louise Cote
Betty Gould
Yvette Gagnon
Claudette Albert
Jane York
Marie Joseph
County Council
Dial
Nason
Leslie J. Nason
University of Southern California
Teener
St. Joseph's High School
Nancy Delage
Florida
Priscilla Lemieux
Carol Dagesse
Sandra Farrell
Suzanne Paquette
Miss Delage
Dorothy Dion
Aline Boucher
Armand Delage
South St
Abington
Michael D. Littlefield
Abington High School
Arthur Dann
Encyclopaedia Britannica
York County
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