Kennebunk Social Notes Show Visiting Friends
Merlin Burleigh spends a week as local post office carrier on duty cal l days away. Mr and Mrs Frank Blexe host at Five Islands. Mrs Robert C Vance of New Britain Conn visits Brown Street home. Robert Johnston family vacationing two weeks at Littlefield cottage Kennebunk Pond. Sam Spencer buys Daniel Austin house on Cat Mousam Road to move in soon. Walter Graham family from Winthrop Mass visits Carrie Thompson Landing. Everett Cluff returns from trip to Washington and South Carolina with sister-in-law Carol Lidback in Alexandria Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Burleigh
Friend Street
Kennebunk Post Office Department
Frank Blexe
Five Islands
Brown Street
Ralph Crosby
Robert C. Vance
New Britain
Conn
Robert Johnston
Kelly
Grove Street
Grahe
Everett Cluff
Winter Street
Washington
South Carolina
Wells Barbecue and Fireworks Celebrate Independence Day
Wells plans an old fashioned Independence Day at Moody Beach Easley South Carolina on Sunday July 3 with a barbecue from 4 to 8 pm Volunteers including Wells Boy Scout Troop 353 and Cub Scout Pack 353 will help supervise barbecue pits and serving Waldo Chick will supervise cooking of broiled chicken A display of fireworks provided by Wells By The Sea Chamber of Commerce and its entertainment committee Er nest Hilton and Vander Forbes Jr organize the event with Rev Lewis A Chase giving a talk and prayer They will assemble at Moody Beach tonight at 6 oclock to collect trash and debris and prepare the beach for the celebration
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Plac
Moody Beach
Waldo Chick
Mothers of Boys
Wells Cub Scout Pack
Adams Radio and Television
Ogunquit
Cub Scouts
Wells Boy Scout Troop 353
Frank Milinski
Cub Scout
Henry Hampe
Lewis A. Chase
Wells Congregational Churches
Boy Scout
Wells By-The- Sea
Helen Colby
Alice Dufort
Priscilla Hampe
Blanche Rumson
Herold Daggett Charles Libby
Clarence Colby
Arthur Tufts
Roland Dufort
All Wells Boy Scouts
Wells area community notes and health clinic update
A well-baby clinic is set for Thursday at 9 15 a m in the Wells High school annex public health nurse’s office offering physical examinations and standard immunizations for preschool children and infants. Reports from Wells members include Alber G LaPierre and Harry Alpren at the Maine convention, with auxiliary and Eastern Star district attendees listed among several local lodge members and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells High School
Harry Alpren
Alber G. la Pierre
Elbridge and
Leroy Hanson
American Legion
Wells
Department of Maine
Old Orchard Beach
Elbridge
American Legion Auxiliary
Rosette Alpren
Gladys Smith
Elaine LaPierre
Priscilla Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Highpine
District 1
Sarah Orne Jewett
South Berwick
Margaret Brewster
Marjory Fernald
Mildreth Kimball
Car Damaged In Kennebunk Crash
Bernard Hardwick of Cape Elizabeth reported extensive damage to his car after a rear impact at Main and Fletcher streets in Kennebunk. Officer Cashen said a truck driven by Ernest Morrill of Arundel, owned by Atlantic Distributors of Biddeford, caused the collision during a stop at a traffic light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Hardwick
Cape Elizabeth
Kennebunk
Edmund Cashen
Hardwick
Main and
Fletcher Streets
Cashen
Ernest J. Morrill
Arundel
Atlantic Distributors
Biddeford
Naval Officer Speaks To Beach Kiwanis Club
Lieutenant in the Naval Reserves addressed the Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis at Rob inson Memorial Masonic hall on Port Sud units and a Puerto Rico cruise aboard the Tills. Westbrook guests included Ernest Powell Leon Leavitt and others. The meter committee will meet Thursday at 7 pm at the post office to raise funds for Underprivileged children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Corliss
Old Orchard Beach
Winchester
Mass
John Wortman
George Skillin
Herbert Bean
Emma Thurlow Elected Beach Society Leader
Mrs Emma Thurlow was elected president of the Women s Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Advent Christian church Old Orchard Beach at last night s meeting. Also elected were Mrs Adeline Archer as vice president and Mrs Ruth Gilbert as secretary with Archer chair elect and Hartlett secretary pro tem. The session opened with devotions led by Mrs Gilbert and a prayer by Mrs Thurlow followed by a social hour hosted by Mrs Archer and Mrs Thurlow. Attending were Mrs Ethel Kimball Mrs Emma Thurlow Mrs Adeline Archer Mrs Hattie Bean Mrs Ruth Gilbert Mrs Lillian Harmon Mrs Dorothy Hartlett and guest Miss Sheila Thurlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Thurlow
Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society
The
Advent Christian Church
Old Orchard Beach
Adeline Archer
Ruth Gilbert
Archer
Dorothy Hartlett
Gilbert
Clean up event motto echoes daily good deeds
Volunteers embrace the group motto To do a good deed each day and plan a follow up activity. The event flow includes a cleanup session followed by a casual social gathering with informal refreshments.
Legion Auxiliary At Kennebunk Hears Reports
The Webber Lefebvre unit of Kennebunk American Legion auxiliary met at Wells Beach. A covered dish supper preceded a report on the Old Orchard Beach convention showing Maine at 90 percent paid up with 472 new members, plus a 100 percent goal before October. Carol Durgin won the Maine Nurse's Scholarship. Ambrose and others were noted for service and appointments. The group planned July York County Council hosting, discussed July 22 food sale, and voted to subscribe to the Legislative Bulletin and recess for July and August. Next meeting September 12 at Great Hill Kennebunk Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion Auxiliary
Kennebunk
Mildred Hamilton
Wells Beach
Catherine Ambrose
Elinor Bergeron
Frances Burke
American Legion
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Ambrose
Carol Durgin
Department of Maine
York County Council
Legion Home
High Street
Zella Tibbetts
Lillian Hicks
Georgia Evans
Julie Dutremble
Louise Marsh
Washington Park
Louise
Helen Kierstead
Marion Hoyt
Persis Moulton
Gertrude Gosselin
Carol Bergeron
Beach Star Members Attend Eastern Star School
Officers and members of Mini wanca chapter Order of the Eastern Star attended a School Instruction for District 1 in South Berwick led by District Deputy Grand Matron Agnes H. Swett. Attendees included Marjorie Douglass Kay Mewer Patricia Strickland Jennie Rallis Mildred Nowell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
South Berwick
Agnes H. Swett
Marjorie Douglass
Kay Mewer
Patricia Strickland
Jennie Rallis
Mildred Nowell
Doris Barth
Helen Smith
Esther Gilbert
Gertrude Wight
Edrice Bates
Anne Lublinsky
Beatrice Hatfield
Sarah Orne Jewett
Vernm Gercish
Ruth
Jane I. Worthen
Elizabeth M. Calderwood
International Temple Committee
General
District officers and luncheon noted at meeting
Conductress Mrs. Anne Horsman Associ ate Grand Conductress Mrs Betty Jean Bailey and district deputy grand matrons for Districts 1 2 and 3 plus three grand representatives attended. About 120 people were present. A luncheon was served at noon by Sarah Orne Jewett chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Horsman
Betty Jean Bailey
Sarah Orne Jewett
Ill or Ill Wait: Local Resident Confined at Home
Old Orchard Beach resident Ernest L. Guilford of Ross Road remains bedbound under Dr. Hopkins care. The report notes impro v ed condition. James M. Marshall of Carleton Avenue, son of Mr and Mrs Telvin Marshall, has news from Walt Whitman Naval Training Den. The family lists nine children in the group over two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Guilford
Ross Road
Hopkins
James M. Marshall
Carleton Aenue
Telvin Marshall
Walt Whitman
Jakes Naval Training den
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Public Finance
Main Street
Atlantic
J. C. Penney Life Insurance
Cluff
Inlaw
Carl Tarr
Easley
S. C
Beach Society
Trav
Elers
Mae
York County
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corb
Beach Star
Lip Gut Co
Goodwill
Ford
Fordomatic
Dodge
Power Grey
Coronet
Flite T
Olds
Pontiac
Reed Motor CO
GMC
Saco
Dial
Phil’s Day Cleaners
Water Street
Jantzen
Youland's Dept. Store
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