Brick Store Museum Marks 25th Anniversary in Kennebunk
The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk marks its 25th anniversary with a day-long July 25 program featuring talks on collecting and genealogy and a panel on historic preservation. Founded 1825 by William Lord, the building housed ship trades, later theatres, and a three-building complex donated in 1958 to expand exhibitions. now open April to October with evolving programs and broad Maine history collections.
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Kennesunk
William Lord
Kennebunk
Nathaniel Frost
Wonderbrook
Portland Road
General Lafayette
Main Street
Sons of Temperance
the Odd Fellows
International Order of Good Templars
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water Company
Enoch Hardy
Thermanent Museum
Maine
Kennebunk zoning hearing to review Route 1 site change
A 9 am Saturday zoning hearing in Kennebunk town hall will consider reclassifying a small stretch of U S Route 1 from residential to commercial, eyed as a potential site for a state liquor store. In other local news, residents and families are noted at various social events and visits, with several births and community club activities reported.
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Kenebunk Town Hall
Arthur Dann
Oberlin
Ohio
the Landing
Victor Sampson
Howe
Ernest Cartwright
Summer Street
Richard Cartwright
Christopher
Kent's
Kent, Conn
Wells Branch Extension Association
Hampton Beach
Yoken's
Portsmouth
Maurice Stevens, Jr
West Kennebunk
Donald Kellett
Jacqueline Stevens
Mark
Quantico
Marine Base
Midwaysland
Frank Dargis
New Bedford
Mass
Edward Dargis
Fletcher Street
Paul Dargis
Karen Curtis
York County Law Enforcement Association
Cmdr
Robert Lei
U.S. Navy
Clam Shell
Berwick
Levi
Elmer Hutchins
Harvard Mann
William Higgins
Beach Junior AMVETS Get New Charter
The Junior AMVETS Post in Old Orchard Beach met at the Post home on Walnut Street to outline duties, present charter and membership cards, and announce that the White Clover drive will be run by the junior group. Installation of officers is set for July 5 at 7 PM with local and state officers in attendance.
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Junior Amvets
Post
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
Harold Strout
Kelsey Ricker
Judy Remillard
Jacqueline Blais
Jerry Jacques
Russell Kimball
Roger McGee
Danny Raye
Dennis Jacques
Cindy Pettengill
Norman Jacques
Joane Pettengill
Flora Dudevoir
Verna Ricker
Barbara Ricker
Skipper Woods
Joan Garon
Mary Anne Garon
Swimming Class Registration Set by Goose Rocks Beach
Goose Rocks Beach association will hold summer swimming class registration on July 3 from 10 to 12 at the Community House announced by Mrs. Arthur Maxwell. The junior program committee includes Mrs Maxwell Petter Barrett Roy Quinn, with groups for beginners intermediates and advanced swimmers limited to association members.
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Goose Rocks
Schlick Fined For Leaving Accident Scene
Lewiston Maine Edward C Schlick 33 of Auburn executive secretary of the Maine Democratic Party was fined 100 dollars for leaving the scene of an accident. A drunken driving charge was dropped after a hearing in Municipal Court Judge Paul A Cete presided Schlick pleaded innocent to the drunken driving count and was found guilty on the leaving scene charge He was en route home from Augusta June 14 when his station wagon struck a small truck on upper Main Street Patrolman observed tire interference leading to his arrest State Rep Louis Jalbert testified for the defense about riding with Schlick prior to the arrest
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Lewiston
Edward C. Schlick
Auburn
Maine Democratic Party
Schlick
Paul A. Cete
Augusta
Upper Main Street
Peck
Pattrolman
Louis Jalbert
Kennedy housing bill clears House approval in broad package
Washington reports President Kennedy gains House approval for a multibillion dollar housing and urban improvement bill, including most of his major recommendations. Senate action mirrors the measure, with conferees set to reconcile differences before a final vote. House Democrats note the package totals about 4.9 billion dollars.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
House Democrats
Public spending critique sparks broad budget debate
Lawmakers denounce earth spending as a four year burden. The bill targets a six point one billion dollar figure amid efforts by Republicans to trim the billion plus extravagance. The debate centers on controlling costs and reducing waste in major programs.
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Senate
Beef Barbecue Slated Saturday At West Buxton
The By-A-Brook farm hosts a beef pit barbecue at West Buxton on Saturday. Events start at 10 a.m. with the pit opening at noon and Maine grown beef served under a tent with chairs and tables. Fifty acres of parking space are available. arrows guide visitors from West Buxton to the site.
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West Buxton
Maine
By-A- Brook
Reed On Second Leg of Journey
Gov John H Reed of Maine leaves McGuire Air Force Base for the National Governors Conference in Hawaii on the second leg of his flight. The Maine party flew from Augusta to San Francisco and then to Honolulu with 25 live Maine lobsters as a fundraising payoff for the Honolulu March of Dimes chapter after beating Penobscot County.
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Mcguire Air Force Base
M.J
John H. Reed l
Maine
Hawaii
Reed
Augusta
San Francisco
Honolulu
New March of Dimes
Penobscot (Maine
Penobscot
Princeton seniors honored for academic distinction at commencement
About 40 percent of Princeton University seniors graduated with honors for distinguished work in their fields. Registrar Howard W. Stepp reported 33 men earned highest honors, 64 earned high honors, and 159 received honors. Jeremiah Michael Sullivan of Old Orchard Beach earned honors in economics.
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Princeton's
University
Howard W. Stepp
Jeremiah Michael Sullivan
Camp Comfort Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
More Rainy Cool Weather On Tap Today
The Associated Press reports unseasonable coolness and widespread showers across the northern and eastern United States. A band of rain stretched from the Great Lakes through the Ohio Valley to New England with isolated showers in the Texas Panhandle and central Florida, though rainfall remained light. The Weather Bureau forecasts a warming trend for most of the nation. Early readings in Duluth and Marquette registered 45 degrees.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England States
Texas Panhandle
Florida
Great
New England
Illinois
Lower
Michigan
Weather Bureau
Duluth
Minn
Marquette
Mich
US to attempt moon hit with Ranger spacecraft
The United States plans to try for a moon hit in 1962 with an unmanned Ranger spacecraft. Ranger will stand about 10 feet tall and weigh 750 pounds and will carry television equipment to send pictures of the moon’s surface back to Earth.
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Washington P
United States
Ranger
Space Agency
Moon
Earth
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Water
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Carolyn Dargis
Cape Porpoise
Susan Ann
Hursday
Webber Hospital
Ralph Higgins
Carrol Johnston
Keene, N.H
Mary Higgins
Kennebunkport
Beach Junior Amvets
York County
Beach St
Saco Dial
Art Center Workshop
Edith C. Barry
Mary L. Kline
THE
NEW Art Center Workshop
Dane Street
Yukon
JFK
Mee
Lester Cohen
West 48Th St
New York
N. Y
Princeton
Narragansett By-The-Sea
Kennebunk Beach, Maine
Redi
Sakrete
Sandmix
J. G. Deering & Son
Chevrolet
Chevy
Fisher
ED & Frank Chevrolet, Inc
Alfred Street
Biddeford
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!