Kennebunk Legion Unit Fetes Charter Members
Charter members of the Webber-Lefebvre unit of the American Legion Auxiliary were honored at an evening meeting in Kennebunk. Mrs. Georgia Evans read the unit history, gifts were given, and eight members attended the Yorkshire council. A dinner honoring state officials was announced for April 25, with planning committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion Auxiliary
Parson
Room of the Legion Home
High Street
Kennebunk
Georgia Evans
Pear]elyea
Helen Kierstead
Martha Truscott
Minnie Robbins
Lillian Stimpson
Belyea
Dollard Roy
Maurice R. Parisien
Portland
Pearl Belyea
Macora Moulton
Ethel Gonneville
Catherine Ambrose
Phylis Truscott
Frances Burke
Sunshine Committee
York County
Pearl Belvea
Alice L. Downing
Lillian Hicks
York County Council
Wells
Louis Balkan
Biddeford
Slides Shown To Beach Kiwanis Club Meeting
Adelbert M. Jakeman Sr presented slides of Ocean Park historic images and air photos at the Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis regular session at the American Legion hall. President Alphonse Monier presided. Invocation by Jakeman, Sr. and Herbert R. Bean at the piano. One visitor attended, Jerome Daly, guest of Donald Shorey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Sr
Ocean Park
Old Orchard Beach
Do not bake cakes or souffles with moist steam
Steam from moist cooking foods damages cakes and souffles. To keep them pretty when served, avoid baking with an oven meal.
Kennebunk Social Notes and Local Deaths
Miss Joan Gooch returned to duties in Boston after four days with her parents in Kennebunkport. St Patrick’s party hosts from High street included Elizabeth and Louise Maguire, with Portland nurses. Landry and Taylor families traveled from Gardiner to Sanford for funeral services for Renee Landry. Lewin and LaBlanc families attended Mrs Plourde’s funeral in Skowhegan after brief illness. Christ Church Men’s Club held a Father daughter night with supper. School Supt Seekins featured Mt Katahdin slides and Don Findler’s story of a seven day disappearance drawn by Merle Jones and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Gooch
Children’s Hospital
Boston
John Gooch
Kennebunkport
Elizabeth Maguire
R.N
Louise Maguire
High Street
Portland
Maine State Nurses Association
Harold McDonald
Depot Street
Arthur LaBlanc
Alewive
Kenneybnk
Eugene Lewin
Alex Plourde
Skowhegan
Christ Church
Henry Smith
John S. Seekins
Merle Jones
Jones
Mt Katahdin
Don Findler
Mt. Katahdin
TV Beating Drums Now On News Events
AP Television critic Cynthia Lowry notes networks spend big on coverage and press agents to trumpet documentaries and editorials while electronic journalism remains without a glamorous hero. TV glamorizes newspapers. ABC features glamorous journalists and a sunny follow the sun crew, while NBC, CBS, and ABC signings shape the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
CBS
David Brinkley
Journal
NBC
Television
ABC
Follow the Sun
Paul Marino
Dessert Bridge at Garland Home. Injured Hostess Sits Out
The Tuesday afternoon Dessert Bridge club met at Mrs. Elizabeth Garland's Imperial Street home. Despite a knee injury confining her to home for three weeks, she achieved the high score of the afternoon. The Women's Society of Christian Service shifts its meeting to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Methodist church vestry and Friday offers a St. Patrick's luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are sold by members or at the door. Abbott Verville AMVETS auxiliary holds a regular meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Post home on Walnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Garland
Imperial Street
Helen Fitzgibbon
Clement Wight
Garland
Womens Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
St. Patrick's
Abbott Verville Amvets Auxiliary
Post Home
Walnut Street
Senior Youth Fellowship Hosts Record Hop Turned Come As You Are Party
Cape Porpoise and Scarborough youths gathered at Firemen's Hall when storm warnings prevented attendance. Eleven neighborhood guests joined the Senior Youth Fellowship of Church on the Cape, with twelve members present, in a successful event that inspired several new members. Chaperones included Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Seavey and Mrs. Raymond Nunan. A surprise baby shower for Mrs. Richard Davis was held at the same hall with many Cape Porpoise residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church-on-the-Cape
Scarborough
Eleanor Seavey
Frank Holbrook
Annie Robinson
Shirley Descoteaux
Jane Robinson
Dorothy Davis
Sally Davis
Patricia Seavey
Constance Hutchins
Marie Campbell
Dorothy Ridlon
Jennie Hutchins
Gretchen Nunan
Jean Bradbury
Marjorie Ridlon
Caroline Sepala
Ruth Bixby
Louise Severance
Dorothy Wildes
Ruth Thurston
Lettie Tibbets
Ruth Megert
Alta Bradbury
Doris MacKenna
Marion Whitney
Beryl Bikderback
Amy Landry
Eleanor Holbrook
Clothing Talk At Ocean Park Extension Meeting
The Ocean Park Home Extension met at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall Tuesday morning with Mrs Frances Johnson chairing. Jillian Jakeman led a program on applied clothing selections and color theory followed by notices of an April 4 Washington trip for four days under $60. The noon dinner committee included Mrs Peggy Thayer and others. The next meeting on April 10 will be held in Porter hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York and
Cumberland
Stewart P. Morrill
Portland
Belyea
Dirigo
Donna Noble
Lois Johnson
Marion Maguire
Una Miller
Ethel Gonneville
Post Home
Almena Greene
Frances Burke
Elva Lombard
Martha Truscott
Lillian Hicks
Ocean Park Home
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
Frances Johnson
Jillian Jakeman
Washington
Peggy Thayer
Ada Cole
Muriel Gooch
Lillian Jakeman
Mae Hurrell
Helen Johnson
Esther Cobb
Marion White
Ellen Lamb
Mary Borges
Helene Storr
Gloria Stickney
Cressie George
Isabella McIver
Evelyn Monier
Mildred Moody
Shirley Doe
Anna Anderson
Ethel Wight
Jonathan and
Jeffrey Jakeman
Porter Hall
Cash in Trash In Fredericksburg Windshield Carded
AP reports Francis E. McCalley pressed charges over a windshield valued at 127 dollars. An employee was told to collect it from the express terminal platform. City trash crews later dumped and crushed the windshield carton with a 50 000 pound packer onto the city dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Francis E. McCalley
Gray Ladies To Service Buxton Hollis Hospital
A group of women from Buxton Hollis area join Red Cross Gray Ladies to aid Buxton Hollis Community Hospital. They will answer phones and bells, attend patients, arrange flowers, assist nurses, and support public relations. Notable volunteers include Margaret Dunn, Carolyn Gillchrist, Virginia Randall, Marian Atkinson, Joan Wickens, Martha Robinson, Helen Wentworth, Gloria Elwell, Gladys Roche, Pat Verrill, Phyllis Roberts, Diane Leavitt, Carol Leighton, and Terry Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buxton-Hollis
Buxton-Hollis Community Hospital
Red Cross
Margaret B. Dunn
Carolyn B. Gillchrist
Virginia Randall
Marian Atkinson
Joan Wickens
Bar Mills
Martha M. Robinson
West Buxton
Helen Wentworth
Gloria Elwell
Gladys Roche
Hollis
Pat Verrill
Phyllis Roberts
Diane Leavitt
Carol Leighton
Terry Palmer
Gorham
Rosamond Tucker
York County
Tucker
Togus Veteran's Hospital
Augusta State Hospital
Naval Hospital
Kittery
Kennebunk Democrats Set Caucus for March 20 at 7:30
The Kennebunk Democratic Committee will hold a caucus on March 20 at 7 30 p m in the Lower Town hall Kennebunk Hollis Truscott chairman announced today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk Town
Democratic Committee
Lower Town Hall
Kennebunk
Hollis Truscott
Burns Junior High Forms New Club in Saco
Grade 7 students at Burns Junior High in Saco organized a new club with Ronald Ayotte as president and officers including Nancy Tripp Nancy Bowie William Chute Linda Boutet Robert Gowen Theodore Terralis and Margery Harrison. Projects include St Patrick activities for nursing homes and a toy book and jewelry drive for Pineland training center. A recent trip to the Saco Post Office supported study and letter writing with Mrs Thomas Bryant supervising. Next meeting is Friday March 23 with biweekly sessions planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Junior High School
Saco
Ronald Ayotte
Nancy Tripp
Nancy Bowie
William Chute
Linda Boutet
Robert Gowen
Theodore Terralis
Margery Harrison
St. Patrick's
Pineland Training Center
Thomas Bryant
Burns
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Kennebunk Legion Unit
Fetes Charter Members
Maine
Alfred Street
Edmund
Ashendia) YU
Penney’s
Can River
Jamaicas
Dansheen
Dansport
Super Penn
Childcraft Shoes
Penney
Wally Cox
Living Room Focus
Perry Como
Joe E. Ross
Fred Gwynne
Circle Theater
Alexander Scourby
Ola Orchard Beach
Clement P. Wight
Dial
Cape
Alice M. Crowell
Buxton-Hollis Hospital
Gray Ladies
Grace Littlefield
S. Dunton Drummond
Norman Palmer
Public Finance
Main Street
J. C. Penney
Uveises
Boston Common
Subways Theatres
New England
Diners’ Club
American Express
Carte Blanche
Thomas J. Walsh
General Mer
Hotel
Morocco
Butte
Burns Junior
Tate
Rose
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