Kennebunk News Highlights From Local Short Notes
Mrs Eva Emery of Grove Street is listed as recovering well at Webber Hospital after surgery. Frank and Mrs. Gooch return from Florida and occupy Bertha Wentworth House on Fletcher Street. Carol Durgin enjoys a two week vacation from nursing at Mercy Hospital and stays with her mother on Summer Street. Weekend guests at the Dargis home attended the Dargis Curtis wedding. Carolyn Dargis Higgins and infant Susan Anne return from Webber Hospital and stay with her parents on Fletcher Street. Major Leota Langley returns to duty at Army Hospital Phoenixville after visiting her mother Alice Downing. Scout troops from Kennebunkport at Camp Hinds in Raymond, led by Frank White. Kennebunk teachers attend a three week course at the University of Maine in Portland. Hamilton H. Dyer elected active president of Kennebunk Savings Bank. Mrs Carl Spiller employed at Goodwins. S N Louzanne Soucy, WNC, Newport, R I, visits home for Joanne Larsen-Richard Bibber wedding. Mrs Lloyd Jewett and children visit Portland with her mother Catherine Oley. Perkins and Lombard families return from Nova Scotia to Maine. Local trips include Amesbury and Rangeley Lakes visits. Mrs Paul Watson visits Paxton with family. Mrs Walter Graham and children Winthrow visit with her mother in Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Emery
Grove Street
Kennebunk
Webber Hospital
Frank Gooch
Gulfport
Fla
Bertha Wentworth
Fletcher Street
Carol Durgin
Ercy Hospital
Mary Durgin
Summer Street
Fletcher Meet
Ward Dargis
Dargis-Curtis
Wallace Chadwick
New Bedford
Mass
Malcolm Chace
Carroll Johnston
Ella Fredric
Keene
N.H
Sanford McKeown
Shirley Povich
Marthavis
Frank Baisdell
Isworth
William Higgins
Carolyn Dargis
Susan Anne
Higgins
Edward Dargis
Leota M. Langley
R. N
Alley Forge Army Hospital
Pheenixville
Alice L. Downing
Downing
Lawrence J. Langley
Ted
Lynne
Wayland
Bryan Porter
W. Damon Porter
Melrose
Mary Taylor
Bourne Street
Kennebunkport
Camp Hinds
Raymond
Phillip Matthews
Sid Andrews
Timothy Butler
Effrey Badger
Dan Miller
Willey
Robert Ficker
Je Steele
Kenneth Fairfield
John Lombard
Dale Nunan
Robert Hoff
Willis Merris
Vincent Hanscom
Rodney Spencer
Frank White
Raymond Nunan
Freeland Smith
Carleton Miller
Lyman Matthews
John Bradford
James Steele
Wells
University of Maine
Portland
Dorothy Mahrt
Cousens
Elizabeth Taylor
Gertrude Graham
A. Christ Crosier
Frances Burleigh
Park Street
Madelyn Ruel
Beverly Emerson
Kennebunkport Consolidated School
Norene Whitten
Kennebunk Savings Bank
Hamilton H. Dyer
W. Gilman Fiske
Francis Dow
Carl Spiller
Goodwin 5
Charles Freeman
Amesbury
Josephine
Margaret Campbell
Freeman
Rangeley Lakes
Paul Watson
Paxton
Ronald Wicht
Walter Graham
Kimberly
Stacy
Scott
Winthrow
Charles Thompson
Nasson Campus Hosts Berkley Summer Music School Project
More than 40 musical students are expected to attend the Nasson college campus as the Berkley Summer Music school opens its six week session on Monday. This marks the program’s third straight year at Nasson after moving from North Bridgton. Eleven faculty members lead the sessions with Harold a Marion Berkley and Morris Purnell listed as directors. Mrs. Morris Purnell will serve as business manager. The schedule includes a Monday evening subscription concert series by faculty and guest artists and Thursday afternoon public recitals by advanced students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasson College
Berkley
Nasson
North Bridgton
Harold A
Marion Berkley
Morris Purnell
Queens Village
N.V
Wells Man Weds Bay State Bride At Arlington Church
Miss Susan Jane Foster of Arlington and Arthur H. Perkins of Wells united in marriage June 12 at Arlington First Baptist Church. Reception at Chapel Hall followed the candle light ceremony. The couple plans a stay at Popham Beach and a motor trip through New Hampshire before settling in Arlington. Mrs. Perkins is a teacher. Mr. Perkins serves in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Arlington First Baptist Church
Arlington
Mass
Susan Jane Foster
Theodore F. Foster
Fessenden Road
Arthur H. Perkins
Bert C. Perkins
Sanford Road
Robert Earl Slaughter
Robert A. Ball
Carolyn L. Foster
Deborah N. Foster
Nancy L. Walsh
Maid of Honor
Thomas E. Foster
William J. Perkins
Leon P. Hickey
Chapel Hall
Judith A. Foster
Popham Beach
New Hampshire
Wells Beach
Perkins
Arlington Mass
State College
Lowell
Stoneham
Wells High School
U.S. Navy
Providence
Garland Explains Portland Aid Vote Opposition
Rep Peter Garland of Maine says federal education aid invites federal control. He warned constituents in a Wednesday newsletter that federal aid tends to increase federal oversight, a reason he voted against Kennedy administration general aid to education program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland
Portland
Peter A. Garland
Maine
Kennedy
Fellows of American Genealogy hold informal Ogunquit meet
About 40 Fellows from multiple states will converge in Ogunquit for an informal weekend gathering. They will stay at Sea Chambers headquarters and some private homes. The event and lodging are part of the town’s current social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellows of American Genealogy
Ogunquit
Sea Chambers
Mary Dannert
John N. Dannert
Ellen Dannert
Europe
Edward Betts
National Academy of Art
Linda C. Merrill
University of Arizona At
Tucson
Ariz
C. L. Treadways
Duncan Hines
Lookout Hotel
Donald Goodwin
Wells High School
Ogunquit Grammar School
Ogunquit River
Ogunquit Village
Visitors and family in town span Vermont to New Hampshire
Mr and Mrs Clarence Randalls visit with grandchildren Margarite and Barbara in Vermont. Emily Ricker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Ricker, is at Camp Cherith Alfred for a week. Mr and Mrs Ralph Stillings of Berwick and Miss Hazel Clark of Manchester NH are visiting. Robert Rand Jr employed at Eastwood in his father’s store. The Brewster family of Barre Vermont visit through July 4 with David and Lee. Fred Rand hosts a surprise dinner with gifts from multiple Randalls and friends. Muriel Herson visits Boston for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Randall
Vermont
Margarite
Barbara
Emily Ricker
Charles Ricker
Camp Cherith
Alfred
Ralph Stillings
Berwick
Hazel Clark
Manchester
N. H
Robert Rand, Jr
Eastwood
Llewellyn Brewster
David and Lee
Barre
Fred Rand
Charles Rand
Gayle
Brenda
Rochester
Richard
Arleene
Gary
Mike
Debby
Donald
Jackie
Harold Randall
Lois
Donna
Jon
Muriel Herson
Boston
Merger Planned Between Warren and Spiller Gas Firms
Kenneth Burr president of E. R. Warren and Carle Spiller owner of Spiller's Gas announce a merger effective July 1. Burr will be president of the combined company with Spiller as sales manager and consultant. The deal creates one of York county's largest oil and gas suppliers, employing 14 full time staff and consolidating decades of local service in Kennebunk Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Burr
E. IR. Warren Company
Carle Spiller
Spiller
Burr
Kennebunk
York County
Maine
Joseph Forrest
Spiller’s
Paul Wormwood
David Reynolds
Portland
E. R. Warren’s
Ogunquit Art Group Announces July Program
The Ogunquit Art association opens the summer season with July events at the Barn Gallery. July 5 features marine oil painting by William Preston, July 12 portrait demo by Harmon Neill with a member as model, July 14 a gallery tour and comments by Chris Ritter, president. July 26 presents a panel on Women in Art directed by a moderator with audience participation. Coffee served, no admission charge, open to the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T He Ogunquit Art Association
William Preston
Ogunquit
Harmon Neill
Chris Ritter
Ogunquit Art Association
Shore Road
Bourne's Lane
Wells School Planning Group Advances Building Project
A second meeting of the Wells School Planning and Building committee was held at Wells High School with architect John Calvin Stevens of Portland. The group authorized a contract for Stevens to continue design work and approved absorption tests on the site land, to be sent to the Augusta Board of Health after tests and initial plans are reviewed by the Department of Education. The next meeting date will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells School Planning and Building Committee
Wells High School
John Calvin Stevens
Portland
Barnett Shur
Board of Health
Augusta
Department of Education
Stevens
School board and town officials meet in session
Chairman Clarence Fenderson led Tuesday's session with committee members Keith Moody Obert Hamlyn and Howard Littlefield present. Also present were school board members Mrs. Gilbert V. Grant Marshall Boston and Selectmen Raymond W. Colby Vander Forbes Jr and D Wallac Bragdon and Schools Supt Melville Johnson. Absent were Carl Perkins Samuel B Stansfield and Alber G LaPierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fenderson
Keith Moody
Obert Hamlyn
Howard Littlefield
Gilbert V. Grant
Marshall Boston
Raymond W. Colby
Vander Forbes Jr
D. Wallac
Bragdon
Melville Johnson
Ting
Carl Perkins
Samuel B. Stansfield
Alber G. LaPierre
Wells Lions Set Saturday For Public Festival
A public strawberry shortcake festival will take place on Saturday July 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. on the lawn in front of the Wells Second Congregational church just north of Wells Corner. Sponsored by the Wells Ogunquit Lions club with King Lion Maynard Trafton as general chairman. If rain, the event moves to the Second church Parish house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturdy
Wells Second Congregational Church
Wells Corner
Wells-Ogunquit Lions Club
King Lion
Maynard Trafton
Second Church
Dual Services At Wells Churches Start Sunday July 2
Wells First and Second Congregational churches will hold parallel worship each Sunday in July and likely August. Rev. Joan N. Simpson will preach at both sites with 9 a.m. service at the First church near Mile road to Wells Beach and 11 a.m. service at the Second church north of Wells Corner. Special music will feature vocal soloists or instrumentalists, with organist Mrs. Harrison W. Roberts accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells First
Second Congregational
Mile Road
Wells Beach
Wells Corner
Joan N. Simpson
Harrison W. Roberts
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Edmund Cashen
Dial YU
Briand Studios
Wells Man
Bay State
Lebanon
Stockholm
Sweden
Wells Group
Wells Lions
Qotts
Yates
Goodyear
China
Navy
Styles
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