Kennebunk High Class of 1903 Holds Reunion
Miss Cora Roberts of Fortunes Rocks hosted the Kennebunk High School class of 1903 reunion at her summer home. Nineteen original members. thirteen living. Twelve attended. Coral Lucas of Worcester called regrets. Former principal Elville Freeman also present. Supper by Mrs Elsie Lord followed by social evening with many Kennebunk residents and relatives from Windham Falmouth and Medford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Roberts
Kennebunk
Fortunes Rocks
Kennebunk High School
Coral Lucas
Worcester
Mass
Elville Freeman
Cape Porpoise
Elsie Lord
Freeman
Leroy Taylor
Lil Kimball
Moses Clement
Edith Pitts
Ernest Carter
Beatrice Berry
George Fiske
Lynn
Percy Belyea
Eulalie Webb
Windham
William Mitchell
Emma Jordan
Falmouth
Aldan Boothby
Clyde Littlefield
Mildred Day
Arundel
Edith Kimball
St. Thomas
Medford
Thornton Academy Class Of 1944 15th Reunion
The Thornton Academy class of 1944 held its 15th reunion at Wonderbar Steak House with 49 members and guests. Millard Tripp Jr served as toastmaster. speakers included Beth Giddings and George Leatherbarrow. Melba Ramsdell could not attend. Officers Jack Chadbourne, Wilfred Buck, and Hester Phillips Hanson attended. A greeting letter from Robert Clark was read. The gathering featured introductions, humorous gifts, carnations for women, bachelor buttons for men, maroon and gold decorations, and post event follow up for class members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Academy
Wonderbar
Millard Tripp, Jr
Tripp
Beth Giddings
George Leatherbarrow
Melba Ramsdell
Jack Chadbourne
Wilfred Buck
Hester Phillips Hanson
Robert Clark
Hayford
Calif
Bragdon M. Hanson
Nicholas Scontras
Paul Carasi
Russell Fletcher
Bert Kershaw
Charles Pendleton
Helen Viahakos
Robert Lockhart
Alfred Mondor
Frank Auger
Henry Vermette
Paul Colpitts
Lambe Lane
Ruth Hurd
Joseph Andrus
Joseph Litwinowich
Robert Kimball
James Deane
Walter Garnett
Faith Moore
Bernard Prescott
Richard Taylor
Roland Fogg
Georgina Thibodeau
Marialle Butland
Robert Hunt
Leonard Bucci
Local residents welcome visitors and plan summer travel
Several families in Kennebunk Windham and nearby towns hosted guests this week. Notable movements include Mrs. Percy Belyea returning from a week with the Smiths, Monticello visitors from New York, and Dexter Smith and Selma Carlson spending time with Ernest Smith's family. A South Carolina move involved Mr. Bragg’s transfer from Saco Lowell shops. Remaining notes cover in town vacations and out of state trips, with Kansas City to Oklahoma travel planned for early July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Belyea
Windham
Henry Smith
Crescent Surf
Peter Yeitz
Anna
Skipper
Monticello
N. Y
Arents
Laforence Ll
Brown Street
Dexter Smith
Boston
Selma Carlyon
Ernest Smith
Fletchereet Street
Edward Bragg
Rosa
Ted
Kennebunk
Clemson
S. C
Bragg
Saco-Lowell
South Carolina
Roy Jackson
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Mechanic Street
Olive Johnson
Helene Hutchins
Jessie Strayhorn
Marion Hoyt
Muriel Johnson
Ivy Temple Pythian
Falmouth Temple
Jennie Casparius
Robert
Jane Robertson
Joe Robertson
Bartlesville
Okla
Man Injured When Car Goes Off Bridge in Conway
A Yarmouth Maine man James D. McNamara 28 was seriously injured yesterday when his car veered through a bridge fence in Conway New Hampshire and dropped about 20 feet beside railroad tracks. He was reported in serious condition at the scene and transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Biddeford Nun Is Invested With Habit At Ceremony
Miss Martha L. Duranceau daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry J Duranceau Biddeford was among 11 postulants invested with the Sisters of Mercy habit in a ceremony at the St Joseph chapel. Sister Mary Lanele will begin her novitiate year at St Joseph Convent motherhouse in Maine. The rite was led by Bishop Daniel J Fee ney of Portland with several assisting bishops and local figures in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha L. Duranceau
Henry J. Duranceau
Highland Street
Biddeford
Sisters of Mercy
St. Joseph Ree
Joan C. Duranceau
Gorham State Teachers College
Sister Loyola
St. Mary Grammar School
St. Joseph High School
St. Mary Church
N. E. Tel. and
Tel. Company
Josephine E. Seidel
Elizabeth Seidel
Claudette M. Mercier
Stuart Flavin
David Flavin
John Boland
Margaret Guiney
Elizaeth Burns
Margaret Murphy
Mary Murphy
Leo V. Lamothe
Norman Mouranceau
Carol Ann
Saco
Ernest Tarbox
Old Orchard Beach
Lorraine Libby
Portland
Joseph Duranceau
Brunswick
Driver Suffers Head Injuries After Route 113 Crash
State police report a vehicle collision on Route 113 left the driver with head injuries. Witnesses say the driver McNamara was pinned in the wreckage for 45 minutes before extraction and treated at a Conway hospital. he was traveling west at the time of the accident.
Party Given For Kennebunk Girls
A joint graduation farewell party was held indoors at Kathy Libby’s Kennebunk home for Kathy Towne and Rosa Bragg. Attendees included numerous locals. Bragg plans to move to Clemson South Carolina and Towne will enter Gould Academy in Bethel in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Towne
Rosa Bragg
Kathy
R. W. Libby
Brown Street
Kennebunk
Parsons Beach
Miss Bragg
Clemson
S. C
Edward Bragg
Miss Towners
Gould Academy
Bethel
Three Bodies Recovered After Maine Drownings
Blanchard Maine reported the third drowning death of the day as the body of a fisherman was found in Hussey Pond. Wayne Rowe 32 of Detroit Maine drowned when his boat capsized in eight feet of water. Norman Kelley 28 of Millinocket drowned after canoe overturned in Trout Pond. Russell York 6 fell from a homemade raft on the Royal River near his Yarmouth home and was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell York
Royal River
Yarmouth
Local Couple Celebrates 25th Anniversary at Cascade Lodge
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Andre Bouthot of 8 Gove Street Biddeford marked their silver wedding anniversary at Cascade Lodge Saco on Saturday. Married June 25 1934 at St. Andre church by Msgr. Arthur Decary, the couple has ties to St. Andre parish. Husband works in Pepperell Manufacturing shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Lodge
Saco
Joseph Andre Bouthot
Gove Street
Biddeford
St. Andre Church
Arthur Decary
Raoul Crochetiere
Paulette
Priscilla St. Ours
Norman Bouthot
Adelbert Morin, Jr
Rodney Morin
Roland St. Ours
Arthur Gagne
Reinette Gagne
Emile Bergeron
Raymond Gagne
Raoul Nadeau
Lorenzo Beaudoin
Ephrem Thibodeau
Harvey St. Amand
Doris Nadeau
Roland Thibeau
Lionel Bouthot
Francis Lemieux
Donald Roy
Rosalie Thibeault
Roland Dubois
Francis Simard
Adelbert Morin
Onesime Menard
Frank Auger
Edward Neault
Jeannette Bergeron
Yvonne Guilbeault
Urbain Menard
Ann Menard
Susan Menard
Arthur
Roger Menard
Bouthot
St. Andre Parish
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Joseph A. Bouthot
Priscilla St. Ouis
Circus Slated Thursday For Saco Children
A neighborhood circus will be held in the yard of Christopher Denton at 51 Promenade Avenue in Saco on Thursday from 2 to 4 pm. The event targets children aged 4 to 9 and features trained animals and child performers. Tickets are sold at the Denton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Denton
Promenade Avenue
Saco
Denton
Saco Woman Escapes Injury In Car Crash
Arlene Gonneville, 21, of Loudon Road Saco, drove off the Buxton Road near the Maine Turnpike overpass on a wet surface and escaped injury. Vehicle damage was about $350. Patrolmen Charles Hennessey and Norman Lombard investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Buxton Road
Arlene Gonneville
Loudon Road
Maine Turnpike
Charles Hennessey
Norman Lombard
Saco Police
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Wells High School
Cliff House
Ogunquit
Joyce Houston Odlham
Vera Hill Brooks
William Ladderbush
Ethel Weymouth
Fred Hilton
Evalie Rousseau Prebs
Joan Booth Adams
Jeannette Davis Daggett
Harry Margeson
Paul Remick
Nancy Littlefield Bissonette
Norman F. Holder
Richard Littlefield
Joyce Houston Oldham
Philip Brooks
Richard Oldham
Wendell Matthews
Richard Martin
William Prehl
Ted Adams
Richard Daggett
Joseph Bissonette
Holder
Bangor
Clinton A. Clauson
Ar. Noel LeMay
Alfred Street
Joseph Paul Lizotte
Sullivan Street
LeMay
Southwest Pacific
Lizotte
Europe
Disabled American Veterans
Seaboard
Main Street Life Insurance
Sehedral Finance Company
Maine
Kennebunk Girls
Saco Children
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