Officer Slate Is Installed By Rotary Club
Kennebunk Rotary Club held its annual installation at Howard Johnsons with Kenneth Burr named president and Marion Packard passing the gavel. James Ivers became vice president and Hiram Clifford succeeded Norris Stephens as secretary. Crosman, Rooney, Packard, Dr. E. E. McPherres and Carl Russell were elected to the board of directors.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Rotary Club
Howard Johnson
Kenneth Burr
Marion Packard
James Ivers
Hiram Clifford
Norris Stephens
Crosman
Gerald Rooney
Packard
E. E. McPherres
Carl Russell
Kennebunk Pond
Harrison Coleman
Maine Turnpike
Theodore
Kingsbury
Marlowe LeBarge
Maine Republicans Approve Largest Non Election Year Budget
The Maine Republican State Committee approved a 115000 budget here on Thursday the largest non election year budget in its history to fund groundwork for gubernatorial congressional and legislative campaigns next year with funds to be raised by Oct. 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YORK
Maine
Republican State Committee
The Last Three States Admitted to the Union
Arizona Alaska and Hawaii were the final trio to join the United States in that chronological sequence. The remark notes their admission after earlier state entries and places them at the end of the union’s expansion.
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Arizona
Alaska
Hawaii
Craft Courses At Kennebunk Begin July 6
Summer art and craft courses start week of July 6 at The Workshop of The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk. Ten students per class, meeting weekly for eight sessions. registration open until July 1. Courses cover ceramics embroidery oil painting weaving drawing and creative art for various age groups.
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Kennebunk
Brick Store Museum
Charles E. Abbott
Margaret Fisher
Carolyn Wilson
Ann Query
Odd Fellows State Conclave in Augusta Highlights
Atlantic Lodge I O O F and Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge attend the Northeast Odd Fellows Conclave in Augusta on June 25 and 26. Miss Ellen Fowler of Old Orchard Beach will join as guest with festivities Friday and Saturday. Rebekah Drill performs Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Augusta Armory.
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Old Orchard Beach
Atlantic Lodge
I. O.O.F
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Augusta
Ellen Fowler
Maine
Old Orchard Rebekah
Betty Wing
Marshal
Avonell Pettengill
Lauraine Pettengill
Muriel Phillips
Gertrude Cormier
Alice Houle
Eunice Pettengill
Barbara Gilbert
Kathleen Reed
Flora Ricker
Frances Pettengill
Theresa Hayes
Cathie Churchill
Wayne Wing
Atlantic Lodge of Odd Fellows
Robert Ricker
Robert Pettengill
Ralph Pettengill
Sulman Gilbert
Herbert Trafton
Everett Pettengill
Rebekahs
Friendship
Paratroopers Strike Viet Cong Staging Area Near Thuong Lang
American paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade swept a bamboo thicket near Thuong Lang crossing the Dong Nai River 20 miles northeast of Saigon after air strikes. They found a concealed Viet Cong staging area and destroyed huts rice caches and a large ant hill hidden rice. One trooper was wounded another missing as helicopters evacuated the unit.
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Thuong Lang
South Viet Nam
173rd_ Airborne Brigade
Dong Nai River
Saigon
Viet Nam
Korea
Charley Company
Andrew G. Brown
Chicago
Gerald Levy
New York City
United States
Fire at Beach Jail Sparks Investigation as Youths Sought
Firemen responded to a morning blaze in a Beach jail cell where a burning blanket was found. Officials believed two youths in custody were responsible. A booster line fought three nearby woods blazes later that afternoon. Crew returned to the station by 4 45.
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Old Orchard Beach
Delhi traffic signal finally powered after six months
New Delhi authorities faced delays when a new traffic signal at a busy intersection remained dark for six months before electricity could be sanctioned and the light finally activated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Artesian Well Formation From Pressurized Layers
An artesian well forms when drilling into a porous rock layer like sandstone or loose sand allows water to rise under natural pressure without pumping. This hydrogeologic process yields flowing wells where confined aquifers release groundwater to the surface.
Attendees At Maine Legion Convention In Waterville
Kennebunk residents including Mr and Mrs Albert Croteau and Joan Libby joined the Department of Maine American Legion Posts and Auxiliaries Convention held in Waterville last weekend. Other notes mention Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters final meeting until fall and Burns family plans for summer stay in New Jersey after wintering in Florida.
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Albert Croteau
Joan Libby
Department of Maine American Legion
Waterville
Croteau
Webber-Lefebvre
Americooeee
Kenun
Mary Taylor
Bourne Street
W. Dalmon Porter
Melrose
Mass
Millie Coyle
Ivy Temple
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias Hall
Lucy Burns
Boca Raton
Fla
Roselle Park
New Jersey
Warren E. Burns
Inlaw
Larry Littlefield
Storer Street
Three Families Left Homeless by Houston Fire
A Houston fire Thursday destroyed a two family home and damaged a one family residence leaving three families totaling fourteen people homeless. The Smith, Belyea and Fields households, with five, two, and one children respectively, escaped injuries.
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Houston
Sterling Smith
Carl Belyea
Edgar Fields
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Rotary Club
Theodore Kingsbury
Charles Corsman
Warren’s
Warren’s Furniture Co
Biddeford, Maine
Odd Fellows State
Shaw's
Saco Valley Shopping Center
Rt. No. 1
Saco
St. John
Council
Ste. Therese of Union St. Jean Baptiste
Donald Nicknair
O.F.M
St. Francis College
Nicknair
George Findlen
St. John the Baptist
Clarence Laplante
O.F. M
Montreal
Novellon
George Marcil
Findlen
Father Marcil
Ernest Valliere
Isabelle St. Ours
Irene Lachance
Urbain Goulet
Maria Porell
Marie Nadeau
Dong Nai
Honda
FONDA
Jack Reynolds & Son
Elm Street
Biddeford
Edmund Cashen
North Sace Grange Hall
Buxton Road
Trusl Nursing Home
May Street
Jerry’s Furniture
Franklin St
Crystal’s
Pittsburgh
America
Mama
Maine Hardware
Pittsburgh Paints
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