Cole Agency Buys Mitchell House in Kennebunk
The Cole Agency of Kennebunk purchased the Samuel Mitchell house on Main Street. They plan to occupy the first floor around June first and build offices on the building’s second floor. The agency previously operated at Main and Garden and recently occupied the former Francis Dow property on Main Street for about 18 months.
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Cole Agency of
Kennebunk
Samuel Mitchell
Main Street
Cole Agency
Main
Garden Streets
Francis Dow
Mair Street
Wells Town Meeting Schedule and Contested Races
Wells voters will gather Saturday to elect municipal officials and act on 37 warrant articles. Morning polls run 9 to 1:15 at Wells Elementary, then 1:30 at Wells High for remaining articles. Contests include town clerk and school committee seats. several reelections and unopposed selectmen and treasurer. Election of a moderator starts the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Alberta M. Wentworth
Clarence
Merilyn) Webber
Bion
Marion) Noble
Charles J. Andres
Roy C. Stevens
George C. Lord
Lawrence V. Fernald
Clifford Y. Moody
Raymond W. Colby
D. Wallace Bragdon
Board of Selectmen
Walter E. Hatch
Veteran Town Officer Says She Is a Little Tired
After 18 years as town manager Mrs Agnes Baxter admits to being a little tired. She wears many hats as manager clerk treasurer tax collector bookkeeper and typist. The town office doubles as her living room and she plans to retire after the town meeting March 21.
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Stockholm
Agnes Baxter
Red Cross Fund Drive Begins In Kennebunk
The Red Cross fundraising campaign starts in Kennebunk with a house-to-house canvass planned. Area captains and workers across Kennebunk and surrounding streets are listed, including numerous captains for specific neighborhoods and lanes, plus Junior Red Cross overseeing poster distribution.
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Red Cross
Kennebunk
Red Cross Fund
Alewive
John True
Nancy Morse
Anna LeBlanc
Clayton Bartlett
Cat Mousam Road
Lawrence Allen
West Kennebunk
John Mann
Carl Gordammer
Gordon Smith
Claud Sanborn
William Pierce
Portland Road
Lendall Smith
Lloyd Robinson
Edgar Fisher
Richard Leech
Harold Eaton
Fletcher Street
Theodore Chamberlin
Edward Winston
Raymond Breary
Orin Tibbetts
Paul Bedard
Andrew Peterson
George Gibson
Linda Spiller
Webber Hill
Roland Webber
Main Street
Jeanette Welch
Storer Street
Garfield Ross
Park Street
Grove
John Kozlewski
George Ritchie
Fred Holmberg
Summer Street
Depot
Ire
Jobs Pacers
Robert Spofford
Keith Brown
Sea Road
Robert Marier Jr
Cranston Folley
Fred Seeley
George Noiles
Owen Penney
Chester Cram
Eben ‘Cook
Stanton King
Erin Whitten
Robert Hutchins
Brown Street
Clifford Clark
Addie Clark
Dempsey
Leslie Graffum
Diana Shaw
Western Avenue
Brewster Doane
Richard Hubbard
Richard Hubbard, Captain Beach Road, Lower Village
Stanley Zaleskie
Old Port Road
Hugh Marshall
Frances Buzzell
Parsons Street
Pleasant Street
Dorothy Harrison
Kennebunk Beach
Lord's Point
Great Hill
Wescott Merrow
David Wentworth
Norman Merrow
Marybelle Walsh
Dale Bodwell
Judy West
Sandra Goodrich
Old Orchard Beach Community Notices Roundup
Old Orchard Beach VFW Auxiliary to sponsor a dance for youths ages 11 to 15 Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Post home Atlantic Avenue. Dessert Bridge club met at Mrs. Marie Court’s Staples Street home. high score by Mrs. Mildred Smith. Assembly Rainbow for Girls will meet Thursday at Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall West Grand Avenue for business and candidate initiation. Methodist Men's club meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the church vestry.
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Old Orchard Memorial Vfw
Post
Atlantic Avenue
Marie Court
Staples Street
Mildred Smith
Old Orchard Beach Assembly
Order of the Rainbow
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
West Grand Avenue
Methodist Men's Club
Paul Michaud Patient at Maine Medical Center
Paul Michaud son of Mr and Mrs Victor Michaud from West Kennebunk is hospitalized at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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Paul Michaud
Victor Michaud
West Kennebunk
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Nee Nah Council Meeting at Old Orchard Beach
Nee Nah Council of Pocahontas met at Old Orchard Beach with Mrs. Rhea Blaney presiding in Mrs. Priscilla Bibber's absence. Emery Bibber took the meeting notes. a Highway Safety committee was formed with Mrs. Shirley Doe Mildred Quimby and Janie Bibber. Rose Fournier became guard of Defense. a donation to the School Hot Lunch program was given. Emery Bibber was named degree master. Catherine Lemire won the mystery prize and Elaine DeGrace won a special award. Refreshments and games followed.
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Catherine Lemire
Elaine DeGrace
Iota Class Of DKG Meets At Kittery
The Iota class of Delta Kappa Gamma met at Shapleigh School Kittery last night with a program showing children art by Ruth Harriman Kittery schools art supervisor A memorial service was held for Christine Armstrong Attendees included Edith Folsom Wilma Rollins Lilla McCarty Sanford and other members from Kittery York Saco and nearby towns.
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Ruth Harriman
Kittery
Iota
Delta Kappa Gamma
Shapleigh
Christine Armstrong
Mamie Varney
Thelma Rolse
Eleanor Todd
Yorkland
Geraldine Fenderson
Irma Croxford
Saco
Hollis Center Herd Wins Progressive Breeders Award
Brattleboro Vermont report notes F S Goff & Sons of Hollis Center Maine qualify for the Progressive Breeders award the highest honor for Holstein breeders. The Goffs have earned the honor seven times with a 34 cow herd producing 14 214 pounds milk and 546 pounds butterfat per 305 day lactation and a type classification average of 102 7 percent. The award comes with a bronze year plate to be added to their existing plaque.
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Brattleboro
F.S. Goff & Sons
Hollis Center
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Maine
Goff
National Organization of the
Pre Bridal Shower for Claudette Jacques At Forrester Hall
A surprise pre nuptial shower honored Miss Claudette Jacques at Forrester hall Biddeford with many relatives and friends. The event showcased the bride's gown and gifts while organizers and out of state guests attended for her upcoming April 28 wedding at St Margaret church Old Orchard Beach.
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Forrester Hall
Biddeford
Claudette Jacques
St. Margaret Church
Old Orchard Beach
Adelbert Morin
Grace Janelle
Doris Methot
Trousseau
Claire Jacques
Donna Merril
Rose Bertrand
Jeannette Robida
Julien Hamann
Conrad Janelle
Ralph Lariviere
Jeanine Bertrand
Diane Nadeau
Juliette Lambert
Gerard Jacques
Albert Bertrand
Jeanette Robida
Omer Toussaint
Alfred Goudreau
Roland Cote
Patrick Guerette
Henri Piette
Hervey Laverriere
Emile Pothier
Anna Lenoir
Priscille Fenderson
Thomas Bill
Bill Charette
Winslow Tenan
Robert Nadeau
Joan Goulet
Armand McGlauflin
William Griffin
Lawrence Martel
Priscilla Morin
Jean Paul Morin
Gerard Couture
Lucien Roberge
Walter Clark
Shirley Thompson
Bessie Merrill
Lawrence Merrill
Clara Garand
Roland Fecteau
Elizabeth Lemay
Emile Fecteau
Lionel Fecteau
Albert Roberge
Jeanine Fecteau
Lorraine Goudreau
Nancy Pillsbury
Claire Goudreau
Donna Merrill
Jane Stevens
Sophie Jacques
Maurice Jacques
Flaine Jacques
Dover
N.H
Daniel Guarino
Leona Travers
Reesa Roy
Priscilla LaPorte
Kay Boynton
Gerard Morin
Emile Couture
Edgar Sevigny
Simone Remillard
Ulysses Jarry
Louis Joncas
Guy Nadeau
George Deprey
Edward Warren
Hilda Goulet
Rachel Couture
Penny Warren
Rebecca Warren
Suzanne Nadeau
Jacqueline Berube
Priscilla Jarry
Joan Berube
Lorraine Couture
Peggy McGlauflin
George Lemoine
Clayton Andrews
Jacques
Ella Perry
Herbert Hopkins
Priscilla Chapter To Elect Officers
Priscilla chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will elect officers at its meeting on Friday March 9 at 8 p.m. in the Highpine Masonic hall Wells. A covered dish supper will be served at 6 30 p.m. with Mrs Lawrence V Fernald as general chairman.
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Priscilla Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Highpine Masonic Hall
Sanford Road
Wells
Lawrence V. Fernald
Women Republicans To Hear Scribner In Kennebunk
The Arundel Women's Republican club of York County meets Monday at the Mothers' club hall Kennebunk Lower Village with a ham and turkey supper. Fred C. Scribner will speak. Reservations with Mrs Faith J Eckler at Kennebunkport. 1962 dues payable to Mrs Helen Pease Berwick.
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Arundel Women’s Republican Club
York County
Mothers’ Club
Kennebunk Lower Village
Fred C. Scribner
Faith J. Eckler
Kennebunkport
Helen Pease
Berwick
Six Winners Announced In Wells Science Fair
The Wells High School science fair awarded six winners across biology and general science divisions. Firsts went to David Ward for human anatomy and Kenney Bassett for an electrometer, with second place to David Smith and James Mavel, and third to Camille Young and Duane Douglass.
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Wells High School
David Ward
David Smith
Camille Young
Kenney Bassett
James Mavel
Passamaquoddy
Duane Douglass
Douglass
Nancy Fernald
Edmund Chase
John Mithen
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Witiery
Walter Bucklin
Andrea Card
Martha Clough
Karen Coombs
Edward Cote
Sandra Davis
Alan Downs
Arthur Downs
Douglas Filson
Marine
Judy French
Joyce Gould
Thomas Guest
Tessa Coil
Curtis Grant
James Hayes
Er Oliver
Randy Potvin
Lane Phillips
Daniel Smith
Judy Smith
David Spinney
Peter Spinney
Mandy Stevens
Virginia Tufts
Dinah Shore seeks divorce from George Montgomery
Dinah Shore files for divorce in Los Angeles charging mental cruelty without details. The couple agreed on a private property settlement and child custody with Miss Shore to have the two children Melissa Ann and John David in her custody.
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Los Angeles
Dinah Shore
George Montgomery
Miss Shore
Montgomery
Melissa Ann
John David
Beverly Hills
Superior Court
Book Review Meeting of Toilers by the Sea Held
Members of Toilers-by-the-Sea gathered Tuesday afternoon at 1 Odes sa avenue Old Crachard Beach. Mrs Ada Cole presided as president with devotion led by Mrs Dorothy Johnston. Elva Frizzle presented a South America book review Missions in Latin America. Hostesses served refreshments. attendees listed include Marion White Isabella McIver Elisabeth Wilson Maude Rowell Ruby Brown Helene Storr Muriel Gooch Virginia Skillin and others.
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Toilers-by-the-Sea
Marion White
Isabella McIver
Odessa Avenue
Old Crachard Beach
Ada Cole
Dorothy Johnston
Elva Frizzle
South America
Latin America
Elizabeth Wilson
Maude Rowell
Ruby Brown
Helene Storr
Muriel Gooch
Virginia Skillin
Lois Skillin
Ruth Nickerson
Luella Ballard
Lillian Jakeman
Helen Smith
Verna Wiggin
Mabel Spence
Ethel Hanson
Ellen Lamb
Olive Rebekahs Host County PNGs at Kennebunk Meeting
Olive Rebekah lodge entertained the York County Past Noble Grands association in Kennebunk with guests from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach West Buxton Narragansett lodges. Mrs Mildred Reds on presented a paper on Schuyler Colfax. Plans made for visitation night March 19 and an outing. Maude Tuttle of Saco played music. Supper served under Evelyn Court Dorothy Hubbard Iane Foss Lorraine Charland.
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Olive Rebekah Lodge
York County
Noble Grands Association
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
West Buxton
Narraganset
Puty
Nellie Wallace
Noble
Mildred Redson
Schuyler Colfax
Rebekah
Pauline Hayes
Maude Tuttle
Alice Davis
Evelyn Court
Dorothy Hubbard
Iane Foss
Lorraine Charland
Union Victory Is Being Challenged in Gardiner
The United Shoe Workers Union claims a narrow win in Gardiner's 14 year effort to organize Gardiner Shoe Co. employees after an unofficial 206 to 200 tally. Company president George S. Shapiro disputes the result citing six challenged ballots and 18 nonvoters. The NLRB will examine the ballots and rule on the dispute.
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Gardiner
United Shoe Workers Union
Gardiner Shoe Company
National Labor Relations Board
George S. Shapiro
NLRB
Doan’s Pills Promise Fast Relief for Backache and Aches
Nagging backache headaches and muscular pains disrupt sleep. Doan’s Pills claim threefold action easing pain soothing bladder irritation and mild diuretic effect to improve kidney output. Large economy size offered.
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Dean
Doan
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