Local notices from Kennebunk and area update
The week features several city items including Tommy Jewett admitted to Webber hospital for acute appendicitis and John Cliche returning home after a tonsillectomy. Mrs. Kenneth Mahar visits family in Summer street while Alie Gooch returns from a Germany service furlough. The Knights of Pythias discuss a April 30 Barbell club benefit dinner with safety slides and education movies planned. Robert Turner aboard USS Borie participates in amphibious training in the Caribbean.
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Tommy Jewett
Lloyd Jewett
Rossroad
Webber Hospital
John Cliche
Val Cliche
Arundel
Webber
Summer Street
William L. Gooch
Lower Village
Germany
Knights of Pythias
K. of P. Hall
Harland Dutch
Barbell Club
Roger Whittemore
State Police
Thurman Jewell
Robert L. Turner
USN
Merle M. Turner
Alewive Road
Caribbean
Borie
Ocean Park Extension meeting postponed to March 21
The Ocean Park Extension meeting scheduled for the second Tuesday is not held this week and will take place the following Tuesday, March 21. Mrs. Jessie McCurdy of 5 Westland Avenue learned of her daughter Doris Robillard’s death Saturday afternoon. funeral services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Gorham Funeral Parlor.
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Ocean Park
Jessie McCurdy
Westland Avenue
South Windham
Doris Robillard
Gorham Funeral Parlor
Ogunquit Women Meet at Ogunquit Baptist Church Vestry
The Ogunquit Woman's club will meet Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the Ogunquit Baptist church vestry with Mrs Harold W Burdon as hostess Assist ing hostesses are Mrs Sidney Z Charak Mrs William von Schlegell Miss Edith Kelley and Mrs Wilbert E Sherburne The program features a talk on Art by Ralph Booth Ogunquit artist Plans for a rummage sale by the Ogunquit Grammar school Parents' club set for April 26 Articles are being accepted for the sale by several members A Friendship Circle meeting at the Ogunquit Baptist church vestry is scheduled for this evening
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Ogunquit
Ogunquit Grammar
Kennebunkport Extension Group Meets on Clothing Topic
The March meeting of the Kennebunkport Extension group will be held tomorrow at the firemen's hall Cape Porpoise. Home demonstration agent Frema S. Grant will conduct a modern approach to clothing with an all day session and luncheon at noon.
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Kennebunkport Extension Group
Firemen's Hall
Cape Porpoise
Frema S. Grant
Kennebunk Soldier in STRAC Alert
Pvt Harold J Tanguay of Kennebunk participated with Company D 506th Infantry at Fort Campbell Ky in a STRAC alert. A rifleman who joined the Army in 1960, he finished basic training at Fort Dix. At 17 he attended Kennebunk High School and is the son of Mrs Dorothy Tanguay. His father Henry A Tanguay lives at 359 Main Street Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Tenguay
Mary Jane
Portland Road
Kennebunk
101St Airborne Division
506Th Infantry
STRAC
Strategic Army Corps
Fort Campbell
Army
Fort Dix
Dorothy Tanguay
Kennebunk High School
Henry A. Tanary
Main Street
Iddeford
Wells Town Meeting Approves 544 Thousand Dollar Budget
Wells voters at the annual town meeting endorsed appropriations totaling 544 880.62 during a four hour session in the Wells High School auditorium with nearly 500 attendees. Key articles covered school administration harbor project proposed expansion and bonds and a state share of harbor funds, while budget cuts still preserved teachers' $100 raise. The meeting also set tax timing and discounts, approved chamber expenditures, and elected town officials including Vander Forbes Jr and Samuel B Stansfield to the board of selectmen.
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Wells
Marshall Boston
Vander Forbes, Jr
Selectmen
Samuel B. Stansfield
Wells High School
Wells Harbor
Ogunquit
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ogunquit Village
Perkins’ Cove
Board of Selectmen
Wells Chamber of Commerce
Frank E. Higgins
C. of C. Treasury
Chamber
Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine
Board of Assessors
Wells Corner Hose Company
Wells Beach Hose Company
Highpine Fire Association
Wells Beach Fire Association
Police
Ocean View Cemetery
Wells Corner
Eldredge Road
King’s Highway
U. S. Route 1
Drake's Island
Clinton F.smith
Roland H. Joy
Marshal Boston
Milbray Freeman
Orrin Saunders
Alberta Wentworth
Nown
Walter E. Hatch
George C. Lord
Lawrence V. Fernald
Clifford Y. Moody
G. Maynard Trafton
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
William F. Abbott
Dudley E. Foley
Wilbur Perkins
Maxine Miller
Lyman Boosts Appropriations Over $8,200
Lyman citizens approved about $43,000 in town appropriations at the annual meeting, up $8,226 from last year. The school budget rose from $23,000 to $31,000, driving most of the increase. Fire equipment funds were set, a new $14,000 truck planned with Dayton, and road and snow removal budgets also approved.
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Lyman
Dayton
Goodwins Mills
Lester Emmons
Taez Elliot
Frederick Elwell
Milton Monroe
Elizabeth Boothby
Prale’s Immense Heart Described as Superior Pump
A historical note highlights the prale’s immense heart as one of nature’s most powerful pumps, underscoring its vital role in circulating fluids and maintaining life-supporting processes.
Wells Legion and Masonic Gather for Meetings Tonight
The Eldridge and Leroy Hanson post American Legion will hold a postponed work bee and brief business meeting at the Wells Legion home on Eldredge road at 7. Highpine chapter De Molay meets at 7 in the Highpine Masonic Hall on Sanford road. Ocean lodge A F and A M holds a special Wednesday meeting at the Highpine hall with Master Mason degree work and a 50 year medal presentation. supper at 6:30. The Star club of Priscilla chapter Eastern Star reports its annual banquet at the Sherwood Motor Inn Dover NH with Margaret Brewster honored by a cake and group singing. attendees listed include Fernald, Brewster, Galencia, Paine, LaPierre, Keene, Matthews, Rand, Kimball, Fitch, and Perkins.
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Eldridge
Leroy Hanson
American Legion
Wells Legion
Eldredge Road
Highpine Chapter
Order of de Molay
Highpine Masonic Hall
Sanford Road
Wells
Ocean Lodge
A.F
A.M
Star Club of Priscilla
Order of the Eastern Star
Sherwood Motor Inn
Dover
N.H
Margaret, Brewster
Lawrence V. Fernald
Gordon E. Brewster, Jr
Gordon Galencia
Donald S. Paine
Albee G. LaPierre
Frank Keene
Leo Mathews
Raymond Rand
Carl Kimball
Walter Fitch
Ernest Perkins
Beach Selectmen Plan First Meeting Tonight
William Mullen, chairman of Old Orchard Beach board of selectmen, said the new group will meet tonight in the selectmen's office. They voted to hold meetings on the second and fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. The board will be sworn in tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mullen
New Old Orchard Beach
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Town Hell
Mrs Irene Griffin Tops Abbott-Verville AMVETS Card Party
Irene Griffin won the ladies high prize at the card party sponsored by the Abbott-Verville AMVETS auxiliary at the Post Home Walnut Street. Jan Simpson was low. Bob Pettengill won men s high and Tom Bill men s low. Mary Emery won the Queen of Hearts prize and a cake. This was the fourth weekly event at 8 PM open to the public.
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Irene Griffin
Jan Simpson Low
Abbott-Verville Amvets
Post Home
Walnut Street
Bob Pettengill
Tom Bill
Mary Emery
DHIA Lists Annual Meeting Tuesday
The Dairy Herd Improvement association will hold its annual meeting Thursday from 10 30 a m to 3 p m at the Saco Grange hall. Lyall T Conde president of the Conde Milking Machine company will speak on milking machine care and use Curtis C Taylor Jr DHIA president will conduct the business session with a dinner by the Saco Orange women slated for noon DHIA production awards will be presented by the association supervisors.
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Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Saco Grange Hall
Lyall T. Conde
Conde Milking Machine Company
Curtis C. Taylor, Jr
DHIA
Saco’ Orange
Soil Chemical Demonstration For York County Growers
A demonstration on applying methyl bromide to soil will be held tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the Harry Knight farm Route 35 Kennebunk for York county florist and greenhouse operators. Roland Roberts vegetable specialist will present the session showing soil disease and weed control benefits.
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York County
Harry Knight
Route 35
Kennebunk
Roland Roberts
Gal Catcher Galcatcher Named Cove at Lake Eucha
Spavinaw Oklahoma reports Cove at Lake Eucha named for Cherokee Indian Snowmaker Galcatcher Galcatcher. The naming honors local history and preserves a native figure in the region.
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Spavinaw
Okla
Galcatener Cove
Lake Eucha
Snowmaker Galcatcher
Rebekah Lodges Hold District Meeting in Old Orchard Beach
The Rebekah district meeting directed by Mrs. Avis Briggs drew 81 attendees in the afternoon and 18 in the evening at Robinson Masonic Lodge Old Orchard Beach. Guests included Evelyn Gammon John Godfrey and William Hayden among others. features were a welcome, home fund collections, lodge reports, a withdrawal card demo, and a degree Exemplification by Rehoboth Lodge with Old Orchard Lodge tableaux.
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Distric
Rebekah
Robinson Masonic Lodge
West Grand Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Avis Briggs
Eveyn Gammon
Rebekah Assembly of
Maine
Evelyn Gammon
Hope Lodge
Norway
John Godfrey
Arthur Lovejoy Lodge
Winthrop
William Hayden
Ruhamah Lodge
Springvale
Ellen Tobey
York Lodge
Kittery
Edna Hager
Anchor Lodge
Portland
Marthat Robinson
Forest Lodge
West Buxton
Arlene Libby
Ladies Auxiliary
Patriarchs Militant
Gladys Simmons
Ivy Lodge
D. C
Butts
Letha Butts
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Geneva Quimby
Home Fund
Rehoboth Lodge
Wattboro
Saco Lodge
Ethel Whitten
Edwin
Herberte Harriman
PMG
Old Orchard Lodge
Mary Marston
Dorothy Arno
Dorothy Roy
Ruth Anderson
Jane Lake
Barbara Gilbert
Eleanor ,Bradeen
Margaret Chamberlins
John Bradeen
Eleanor Bradeen
Edwin Dixon
Betty Ann Wing
Door of Love
Nellie Wallace
Evangeline Lodge
Biddeford
Priscilla Ladd
Ernestine Felker
Florence Downs
Virginia Merrill
Olive Loge
Elizabeth Leoncini
Muriel Gooch
Gertrude Wight
Northeast storm prompts school class cancellations
The district canceled classes Thursday due to a northeast storm, affecting 180 days of required instruction and pushing the school year toward its scheduled end. The disruption prompted adjustments to calendars and makeup plans.
County Lawmen To Meet At Pease AFB
York County Law Enforcement association schedules a Wednesday six p m gathering at Pease Air Force base in Portsmouth New Hampshire Deputy sheriff Roland Langlis of Sanford will lead the program Chief Elmer Hutchins of Wells serves as president presiding over the business meeting Lt Col Frederick Dean USAF will host and Secretary Edmund Cashen will report on the new awards program
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York County Law Enforcement Association
Pease Air Force Base
Portsmouth
N. H
Roland Langlis
Sanford
Elmer Hutchins
Wells
Frederick Dean
USAF
Edmund Cashen
Texas Youths Go On Spree
Three boys stole a city fire truck and sped through Crandall Texas on Sunday with sirens and red lights. Four other youths in a car pursued the truck hoping to reach a fire. The truck swerved into a dead end and two boys fled while a third waited for arrest. Police seek the remaining two boys.
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Crandall
Tex
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S.C
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Maine Cleaners
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Saco
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