Kennebunk Plans School Addition Faces Bid Dates
The School Planning Board reviewed plans for a Kennebunk High School expansion at Kennebunk Junior High. The addition was approved at a December 13 special town meeting after a November 5 defeat. The building committee includes school, budget, selectmen, planning members, contractor Kenneth Clough, and citizen Laurence Nedeau. Bid invitations go out March 11 with sub bids due March 27 at 3 p.m. and general bids March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
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School Planning Board
Kennebunk Junior High School
Kennebunk High School
Budget Board
Board of Selectmen
Planning Board
Kenneth Clough
Laurence Nedeau
General Citizens
Kennebunk Legion Post Plans Banquet and Initiation
Informal Webber Lefebvre post meeting reports 90 members to date. Banquet for minstrel show cast set for March 15 at 7 p.m. at the Legion home. Members to attend York county council meeting at Eliot tonight at 8. New members to be initiated. Ambulance calls to West Kennebunk residents Priscilla Wyman and Pauline Benson. Lloyd Jewett hospitalized. Walter Joslin facing larceny warrant. binoculars recovered. Minor car crash on High street causes $175 damage. Berean class supper postponed to Monday at 7 p.m. due to Town meeting.
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Webber-Lefebvre Post
American Legion
Legion
York County Council
Eliot
Kennebunk
Webber Hospital
Pauline Benson
West + pam
Webber Hospit
Lloyd Jewett
Ross Road
Walter Joslin
Sea & Shore
Frank White
Kennebunkport
Paul Wormwood
Berean
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Fellowship Hall
Homemaker of Tomorrow Award at Kennebunk High
Miss Diane Emery daughter of Mr and Mrs George Emery Fletcher street Kennebunk won the Homemaker of Tomorrow award at Kennebunk High School. She has been active in Tri Hi Y National Honor Society and Girl Scouting and serves as editor of the Bunkie High Lights. She plans to enter the Chamberlain School of Retailing in Boston after June graduation. The award was announced at an assembly sponsored by the Student Council with Rev Robert Cumler of Christ Church speaking on Citizenship.
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Diane Emery
George Emery
Fletcher Street
Kennebunk
Kennebunk High School
Emery
Tri-Hi-Y
Bunkie Highlights
Chamberlain School of Retailing
Boston
Robert Cumler
Christ Church
Freshman scholars honored at U of Maine dinner in Orono
Ten University of Maine freshmen from the College of Agriculture received $50 Totman Fund scholarships at an honors dinner in Orono. Recipients listed include David Abell, Arnold Dunning, Neal Hallee, Clinton Hubbard, Lorna Littlefield, Timothy Mague, Lee Meserve, Gerry Page, David Staples, and Ency Whitehill. Dr. Murray Bain spoke on scholarly responsibility. President Elliott and Dean Libby attended.
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University of Maine
College of Agriculture
James H. Totman
Orono
David H. Abell
Highland Park
N. J
Arnold A. Dunning
Bangor
Neal D. Hallee
Waterville
Clinton H. Hubbard
Murray Bain
Persident
Lloyd H. Elliott
Winthrop C. Libby
David H. Huntington
Bain
School of Home Economics
Merrill Hall
Katharine King
Clarenville
Newfoundland
Frieda S. Millett
Dorcas Nuttin Oxford
Judy Dresser
Kennebunk
Louise Lernard
Skowhegan
Judy Cole
Augusta
Ann Keenan
South Portland
Heart Fund Benefit Slated At Ogunquit
A coffee food sale and auction for the Heart association fund drive is set for Friday March 15 at 9 30 a m in the new Ogunquit fire station. Sponsored by the Ogunquit firemen's auxiliary with arrangements led by Mrs Celia Norton Mrs Ruth Kemp Mrs Helen Roberge and Mrs Helen Hayes.
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the Heart Association
Ogunquit
Mothers' Club Smorgasbord Planned in Kennebunk
The Mothers' Club met at Kennebunk Lower Village clubhouse with 14 members. They set plans for a public smorgasbord on March 16, chaired by Mrs. Grace Gunn, and a March 21 supper for the Men's club chaired by Mrs. Gunn with assistants. A sun shine basket was voted for an ill member, dinner was served, a surprise stork shower honored Mrs. Dana Mayo, and the next all-day meeting is set for March 20 with Mrs. May Collins in charge.
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Mothers’ Club
Kennebunk Lower Village
Grace Gunn
Gunn
Vera Clough
Elsie Cooper
Marie Porter
Dana Mayo
May Collins
Your Journal Classified Ad Reaches Over 30,000 Readers
A historical newspaper note highlights the reach of the journal classifieds, boasting circulation above thirty thousand daily readers. The item emphasizes broad exposure for ads and notices across the publication’s distribution.
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Your Journal
Father Son Banquet Slated By AC Church
Advent Christian church Kenne Lower Village hosts a father daughter or father son banquet tomorrow from 6 to 8 pm in Fellowship hall. Bernard Kennery chairs. Supper organized by Women’s Home and Foreign Mission society. Guest speaker Maj John Williamson of Pease Air Force Base.
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Advent Christian Church
Kenne [Bank Lower Village
Fellowship Hall
Bernard Kennery
Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Society
Church
John Williamson
Pease Air Force Base
Maj. Williamson
Air Force
509Th Bomb Wing
Toastmasters International
Pease P. T. A
Pease Officers Club
Portsmouth
Toastmasters Cluod
Polio Vaccine To Be Given At Kennebunk High School
A mass polio immunization drive begins Sunday at Kennebunk High School offering Sabin type 1 from noon to 5 p.m. and types 2 and 3 on April 21 and June 2 at the same site. Registration forms are at local grocers. Dr. William F. Bergen leads the effort aiming to immunize at least 80 percent of residents with oral vaccine administered on a sugar cube or by dropper. Nurses and physicians including Hiram Clifford, Warren Bowdoin, Willis Gowen, and Miss Alice Gibson participate.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk High School
William F. Bergen
William Bergen
Hiram Clifford
Warren Bowdoin
Willis Gowen
William Berry
Ben Tito
Robert Downing
Ernest Fessenden
Edward Newell
Richard Pfeiffer
Ross Wyman
Alice Gibson
High School Play Contests Schedule Set Across Three Districts
Andrew J. Peterson announces sectional drama contests for Maine high schools. March 19 hosts Westbrook High with Deering, Falmouth, Westbrook, and Scarborough competing. March 20 hosts Traip Academy with Berwick Eliot St Ignatius Sanford and Traip. March 21 hosts Wells with Bonny Eagle Buxton Kennebunk Thornton Saco and Wells. Three judges will select 3 of 12 plays for regional contest.
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Andrew J. Peterson
Kennebunk
Westbrook High School
Deering
Famouth
Westbrook
Scarborough
Traip Academy
Kittery
Berwick
Eliot High School
St. Ignatius High School
Sanford
Wells High School
Bonny Eagle High School
Buxton
Kennebunk High School
Thornton Academy
Saco
Slaney Couple Headed to Greenville After Easter
Mr and Mrs Howard R Slaney of Union Avenue left yesterday for Greenville South Carolina They will spend the weekend with their son in New York then return to Greenville where they lived for three years while Slaney worked there They plan to stay in Greenville until after Easter The Old Orchard Beach Music Sponsors club will hold a food sale Saturday at Zahares I G A Foodliner Heath Street and the Maine Cleaners Washington Avenue to raise funds for band uniforms.
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Howard R. Slaney
Lof
Union Avenue
Greenville
S. C
New York
Slaney
Old Orchard Beach Music Sponsors
Zahares I. G. A. Foodliner
Heath Street
Maine Cleaners
Washington Avenue
Forum Seeks Maine Teens for World Affairs Discussion
Patricia Tousignant and other organizers select participants by intelligence, interest in world affairs, and willingness to join open discussion. The forum centers on Progress Economics and People to spark teen interest in world politics and foreign affairs in Maine.
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Patricia Tousignant
Maine
Selectmen At Kennebunk Vote Salary Raises
The Kennebunk Board of Selectmen led by Chairman Norman Stevens and Town Manager Robert York discussed disposing of vouchers and tax records through 1959. They reappointed Theodore O. Kingsbury to the Park Commission and Joseph Ruest to the Planning Board, voted police and town hall custodian raises, and reappointed Frank Stevens as police chief along with officers Fedma Cashen George Cousens and Paul Wormwood. The town government moved forward on personnel and record-keeping actions.
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Kennebunk Board of Selectmen
Norman Stevens
Plummer Adjutant
A. Wesley Leech
Ernest Brown
Raymond Brearey
Robert York
Theodore O. Kingsbury
Rogers Fibre Company
Park Commission
Joseph Ruest
York
Frank Stevens
Stevens
Fedma Cashen
George Cousens
Paul Wormwood
Town appoints deputy tax collector and town treasurer
The manager also appointed Mrs. Gwendolyn Beach as deputy tax collector and deputy town treasurer for the year.
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Gwendolyn Beach
Beach School Club Car Wash at Roland's Garage
Old Orchard Beach High School club members including Robert Burns Michael Ford Louis Ladakakos Norwen Lewis Ricky Souza and Dean Fly will run a car wash Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Roland's Garage Saco Avenue. The Dixie Night Club semi formal dance follows 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. in the high school gym with a four piece orchestra refreshments dancing and a French sidewalk cafe theme.
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Old Orchard Beach High School
New York
Roland
Saco Avenue
Robert Burns
Michael Ford
Louis Ladakakos
Norwen Lewis
Ricky Souza
Dean Fly
International Rice Institute Leads in Rice Research
The International Rice Institute in the Philippines stands as the globe’s most complete center for training and research on rice production, distribution, and utilization, advancing knowledge across cultivation, milling, and feeding systems.
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International Rice Institute
Philippines
Luxury Car Ad Teases Impala SS Power and Comfort
A Chevrolet luxury car promotion touts an Impala Super Sport Convertible and Sport Coupe with 340 to 425 hp engines, optional floor-shift, Positraction, and sintered-metallic brakes. It highlights Comfortist steering wheels for easy entry and exit and notes SS equipment on both Impala variants.
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Chevrolet
Biscayne
Bel Air
AMVETS Auxiliary Will Join Council Meeting Recap
The Abbott-Verville AMVETS auxiliary met at the AMVETS post home on Walnut Street in Old Orchard Beach. A Meals for Millions collection was taken, and it was voted to join the Safety council in September. Mrs Leona Travers won the mystery and served refreshments. Mrs Irene McGlauflin and Mrs Travers were named to handle Sunday card party duties. President Mrs Joan Tenan presided.
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Abbott-Verville Amvets
Amvets Post Home
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
Safety Council
Leona Travers
Post Home
Travers
Irene McGlauflin
Joan Tenan
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Edmund Cashen
Bolduc Paint CO
Alfred St
Biddeford
Unity Sales Co
Kinmond
Goodyear Tires
Bar Mills Auction House
J. M. Emmons
Howe
Highway Store
Hollis Center
U of M
Heart Fund
Falmouth High School
Joseph Regina
Prescott Verrill
Nancy Wardwell
Elaine Buzzell
ED & Frank Chevrolet, Inc
Alfred Street
DIAL
Amvets Auxiliary
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