Kennebunk News Roundup Highlights Local Socials and Events
Mrs Edmund Cashen hosts birthday dinner for guests including Mr and Mrs David Nichols and families. Kennebunk Band Boosters set a high school meeting to decide Park Street band uniforms and spring activities. Park Street spring program at Kennebunk High School Gym features tumbling glee club and band under directors Leo Martin and others with small admission. Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters meet at Knights of Pythias hall with third and fourth degree conferred by Arundel Grange officers. harvesters and gleaners served afterward. Local residents attend basketball games in Boston Garden and visits span York Street Sailers Gas office manager Joseph Forrest returns after Boston/N Mass trip. Several names and families noted among attendees and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nichols
Donald Dyer
Summer Street
Kennebunk
Park Street
Kennebunk High School
Leo Martin
Charles Wormwood
Eunice Fitton
Alexander Economos
Ivy Temple Pythian
Knights of Pythias Hall
Sadie Clark
Joan Welch
Arundel Grange
Elizabeth
Mary Dumont
Ruth Burleigh
Ellen Bennett
David McConnell
James and
Mark
Springfield Mass
Torrington
N . Mass
Boston Garden
Chester Faton
Everett Corthell
Edward Bilderback
Louis Clough
Cane
Edward C. Winston
Maurice Clark
Mario DiFrederico
Gerald McConnell
Kennehick
Marshall Soule
Arundel
Tommy
Jewett
Lloyd Jewett
Foss
Portland
Edmund L. Cashen
Delphis Caouette
Reggie
Pamela Nezol
William Caouette
Anita
Buddy
Auburn
Joseph Doyon
Michael
Billy
Edward Tinney
Eddie
Dover
Engagement of KHS Teacher Is Announced
Mr and Mrs Lewis A Larsen announce the engagement of their daughter Joanne Priscilla Larsen to Richard Vaughan Bibber son of Earl Bibber of Kennebunkport and the late Phyllis Maxham Bibber A summer wedding is planned Joanne Larsen a Bangor High School Lassell Junior College and University of Maine graduate and Kennebunk High School faculty member Bibber a Kennebunk High School graduate attended University of Maine New England Institute of Mortuary Science is a member of Arundel Lodge F and A M and works with his father in Kennebunk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Larsen
Hayward Street
Bangor
Joanne Priscilla Larsen
Richard Vaughan Bibber
Earl Bibber
Kennebunkport
Phyllis Maxham Bibber
Miss Larsen
Bangor High School
Lassell Junior College
Auburndale
Mass
University of Maine
Boston University
Maine Teachers’ Association
Old Orchard Beach Meeting and Events Agenda
The March meeting of the Old Orchard Beach Parent Teacher association is set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Jameson school with a talk on Problems of Latin America. A nominating committee will gather officers for next year. Min newanka chapter rehearsal and Eastern Star installation will occur at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall with Mrs. Agnes H Swett presiding. A turkey supper in the Fayette Staples Unit Ameri can Legion Auxiliary follows at 8 p.m. and the Legion birthday party is scheduled Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Parent Teacher Association
Jameson School
Latin America
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
Harold Fairfield Ends Army Course
Harold R Fairfield son of Mr and Mrs Phillip G Fairfield Kennebunkport completed a six week small arms repair course at The Ordnance School Aberdeen Proving Ground Md He trained to repair pistols revolvers rifles machineguns mortar and rocket launchers after joining the Army last October and completing basic training at Fort Dix N J The 1960 Kennebunk High School graduate is 18 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Fairfield
Phillip G. Fairfield
Kennebunkport
Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Kennebunk High School
FALSE TEETH PASTEETH PROMISES FIRM PLATE HOLDING
An ad touts FALSE TEETH PASTEETH as an improved powder to sprinkle on upper or lower plates. It claims the powder keeps teeth from slipping, sliding, or rocking with no gummy or pasty taste. It is described as alkaline and non acid, does not sour, and supposedly eliminates plate odor. Sold at drug counters as FASTEETH.
Ocean Park Home Extension Group Meets
The Ocean Park Home Extension group met Monday at the Robinson Memorial Masonic hall with Mrs. Peggy Thayer presiding. They planned a plastic flowers class and heard a talk on safe wiring. The noon luncheon was served by a volunteer committee. The next meeting is set for Porter Hall on April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Park Home
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
West Grand Avenue
Peggy Thayer
Shirley Hobbs
Muriel Gooch
Lucille Puffer
Ada Cole
May Harris
Maude Rowell
Porter Hall
Dora Clark
Helen Johnson
Esther Cobb
Mary Borges
Shirley Doe
Frances Johnson
Ruby Brown
Louella Ballard
Mabel Richardson
Jillian Jakeman
Gertrude Eastman
Edna Sulis
Helene Starr
Ethel Wight
Mae Harrell
Phyllis Jackson
Evelyn Monier
Anna Anderson
Peggy Over
Cape Porpoise and Kennebunkport Area Social Notes
Cape Porpoise residents attended the funeral of Loring Jordan in Wakefield Massachusetts. A Firemen's card party produced nine whist tables with awards for high and low scorers. The Youth Fellowship held a food sale to fund a Methodist Youth camp in Winthrop. Meetings covered American Legion auxiliary activities in South Portland and a 15th anniversary for the Arundel Women's Republican club in Kennebunkport. Brownies Troop 38 marked St Patrick's Day with a 49th Scout birthday party and parent introductions for their leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Packard
Grace Packard
Loring Jordan
Wakefield
Mass
Frances| Hutchins
Norman Stirk
Florence Smith
James Thompson
Ardelle Nunan
Frank Bradbury, Jr
de Huff
Frederick Crowell
Bradbury
IGA
Winthrop
Harold Wakefield
District One
Dept. of Maine
Cumberland
York
American Legion Auxiliary
Stewart P. Morrill Post
South Portland
Arundel Women's Republican Club
Olympian Club
Kennebunkport
George Emmons
George Seavey
Elsa Henry
Gladys Mahler
Dollie Merrill
Alma Kittredge
Russell Kittredge
Cape
Alberta Redmond
Mildred Cornealy
Marguerite Higgins
Lorraine Burnham
Eleanor Moulton
Harriet Eaton
Elizabeth Wildes
Wells School Pupils Present Circus Program
Wells Elementary pupils under Mrs. Janice Collins staged a circus in the school auditorium as a class project. Murals and booklets were displayed while students portrayed acts including a fat lady bearded lady dancing bear strong man balloon man and clowns with animals such as horses lions monkeys seals and elephants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Elementary
Janice Collins
Meredith Ricker
Susan Coggeshall
Diane Alien
Dancing Bear
Harold Hamlyn
Peter Gregoire
Robert Hamlyn
Rebecca Bragdon
Joan Dusseault
Susan Gorman
Patricia Gowen
Phillip Millner
Nee Nah Council Meeting Notes and Plans
The Nee Nah Council at Old Orchard Beach led by Mrs. Eve lyn Presley organized for the April 3 I Pocahontas visit. Invitations were extended from Passaconaway council Kittery for Visiting Officers Night March 22 and from St Aspinquid of Kittery for a reception April 1 in honor of Edward Ames Jr. At Nokomis council North Berwick Deputies' meeting to plan April district meeting. A school hot lunch donation, a mystery won by Antonia Harquoil, a special award to Mary LaBranche, and Alice Bellevue’s hospital report noted. Next meeting set for April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Council of Maine
Edward Ames Jr
Kittery Grange Hall
Great Pocahontas
Rose Fournier
Nokomis Council
North Berwick
Antonia Harquoil
Mary LaBranche
Alice Bellevue
Webber Hospital
Webber Hospital Board Reports Collections Up
Webber hospital board met in March at Robert I W Cole home. Archie Maxwell reported improved February collections over last year. Roger Sherman said hospital insurance study aims to cut costs with an institutional policy. Administrator Carleton F Davis said February was busy and capacity was reached in recent weeks. He asked to buy new chairs for the waiting room and outpatient department, a request approved. Attendees included Cole Walker Sherman Audie Maxwell Chase Anderson Garland Jakeman Flavin Mac Naughton Prendergast Bean Rogers Staples Bourque Spill Johnson Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital Board of Directors
Robert i W. Cole
Cole Farm
Cole
Archie Maxwell
Roger Sherman
Carleton F. Daivis
Davis
Cole, Atty
Edwin G. Walker
iSherman
Joseph S. Audie
Maxwell
Charles C. Chase
Lloyd M. Anderson
Harry P. Garland
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Sr
Stuart V. Flavin
Roy D. MacNaughton
M. Abbott Prendergast
Herbert R. Bean
John Rogers
Lawrence H._ Staples
Leo Bourque
Simon Spill
Wardir. Johnson
Spring Brings Record Lows Across Maine
Maine greets spring with record cold as temperatures dip to five below at Limestone and Caribou registering three below at Limestone Caribou and two below in Houston Green Valley Millinocket and Green up. Low overnight readings hover near zero with snow forecast for much of the state and a warmer but wintry first day ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Limestone Caribou
Houston
Millinocket
Greenville
Porth
Brunswick
Cowpoke’s view of the big town
Luke writes from New York about Grand Central Station chaos and urban life. He savors oddities like horseless carriages and dog barber shops, notes crowds at bars, and wonders at stock market talk while asking readers back home to send $19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Stilley
Hal Boyle
New York
Grand Central Station
Agent Skinner
Hoecake Corners
Hoecake
Luke
P. S
Ham Operator On Mount Desert Rock Makes Contacts
A Coast Guard outpost on Mount Desert Rock Maine hosts Wendell Perry call WITFV a civilian electrician for a brief period to operate amateur radio. He reports heavy contacts as he logs messages across the East Coast from this unique isolated station twenty miles offshore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Desert Rock
Little Rock
Maine
Coast Guard
Wendell Perry
Perry
State Police Continue Search For Fugitive
CRONO AP State Police pressed on today for Richard Schaeffer 25 of Camden NJ and two 15 year old boys believed to be with him A house father at the Home for Children Schaeffer is wanted in New Jersey on warrants charging forgery larceny and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles The search focused on the Chester area with sightings last Wednesday and at Rockwood near Moosehead Lake where camping gear believed to belong to the trio was left behind over the weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwood
Moosehead Lake
Plane damaged by explosion lands safely at base
An explosion tore one engine and 16 feet of wing from a six engine B47 Strato jet bomber during a refueling exercise Monday night. Both the bomber and its tanker returned safely to Bunker Hill Air Force Base. Air Force teams searched southwestern Indiana for the missing engine while cautioning that the cause cannot be determined until it is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Air Force
Indiana
Bergman in annual TV appearance with mixed reception
Ingrid Bergman headlines a TV hour featuring her turn of the century Helen Trent drama adapted from Stefan Zweig. Review praises her performance amid weak script while noting rival Bing Crosby and Maurice Chevalier musical numbers on another channel. The broadcast also reports Red Skelton’s health note and a VA study on electronic heart readings showing high accuracy and rapid analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ingrid Bergman
Helen Trent
Montel Carlo
Stefan Zweig
Miss Bergman
Rip Torn
Bing Crosby
Maurice Chevalier
Crosby
Chevalier
Amy
Carol Lawrence
Boston
Veterans Administration
David Littman
West Roxbury
Mass
Harvard Medical School
Hubert
Chairmen Named for South Biddeford Ladies Aid Sale
Chairmen were named for the April 29 combined rummage and food sale at Siloam hall during the March meeting of the South Biddeford Ladies Aid at the home of Misses Addie and Emma Piper. Lena Peck will lead the rummage sale, Marion Clark and Louise Gaffney will head the food sale, and Ella Piper will run the white elephant table. The group voted to purchase Easter flowers for the church, donate Easter baskets to Christian Haven home in Arundel, and buy Easter seals. Pansy corsages were contributed by Doris Burleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siloam ‘Hall
South Biddeford
Christian Haven
Arundel
Doris Burleigh
Clark
Shirley Gross
Clara Ledoux
Ella Piper
Anna Tremblay
Peggy Thomas
Peck
Louise
Janice Staples
First Aid Course Set For Kennebunk
A Red Cross First Aid class led by instructor Charles Wormwood under the Kennebunk Chapter will be offered at no charge. Interested residents should call the Red Cross office before 1 pm to register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Charles Wormwood
Kennebunk Chapter
Red Cross Office
Tanker linked to bomber in explosion refuels and returns
Maj. John A. Kinzer reports the tanker remained undamaged after the blast and continued its refueling training flight with a crew of four. Capt. John W. Schwartz, 30, of Miami, Ariz., landed the bomber with Capt. Edwin L. Waldo, 37, of Chicago as copilot near Bunker Hill, sixty miles north of Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Kinzer
John W. Schwartz
Miami
Ariz
Edwin L. Waldo
Chicago
Bunker Hill
Indianapolis
Hugh Marshall To Speak At Jaycees Dinner
Formal installation of new members will occur at the Biddeford Saco Jaycees dinner meeting tomorrow at Wonderbar steak house. Hugh Marshall, area industrial agent, will discuss his duties urban renewal bill and how Jaycees can support the effort. Dr Roger Verrier will be master of ceremonies and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wonderbar
Hugh Marshall
Jaycees
Roger Verrier
Jaycee
Fogler Renominated as Maine Trustee by Gov Reed
Raymond H. Fogler of Hastings on Hudson N Y a former assistant secretary of the Navy has been renominated by Governor Reed as a University of Maine trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fogler
Augusta
Raymond H. Fogler
Hastings-on-Hudson
N. Y
Navy
Gov. Reed
University of Maine
Miniwanca OES Officers Honored At Home Party
Officers of the Miniwanca Chapter Order of the Eastern Star were entertained at the Scarboro home of Mr and Mrs Ted Rallis by retiring Worthy Matron Mrs Marjorie Douglas. She presented gifts and birthday cards to Mrs Douglas and a decorated cake marked her upcoming birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Ted Rallis
Scarboro
Marjorie Douglas
Douglass
Douglas
Asa Douglass
Stanley Leonard
Johan Strickland
Kay Mewer
Ester Gilbert
Natalie Draggins
Eleanor Bradeen
Helen Smith
Doris Barth
Mary Bayley
Frances Murphy
Carmen Theofrastou
Mildred Nowell
Esther Black
Gertrude Wight
Charlene Rallis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edmund Cashen
Joanne Larsen
KHS
Harold Fairfield
Ocean Park Home Extension Group
Wells School
Nee Nah Council
Webber Hospital Board
Cowpoke
Bergman
Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
Red Skelton
Jack Paar
Skelton
Red
National Bureau of Standards
Ladies Aid
Journal
Miniwanca Oes
Schewley Distillers CO
America
Nationwide Insurance
John J. Keegan
Nationwide Insurance Room
Congress Building
High Street
John L. Jefferson
Main
Sanford
Merica’s
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Nationwide Life Insurance Company
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Columbus, Ohio
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