Kennebunk News Highlights Around Town
Mr and Mrs Gilman Drinkwater and children travel to Hazelton Penn to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs John It torf Sr. Eunice Fitton and her Special Glee club perform on WCSH TV. Peter Burr of Troop 304 earns God and Country award at Kennebunk Unitarian church with local officials attending.
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Gilman Drinkwater
Gail
Sea Road
Hazelton
Penn
John Ittorf
Eunice Fitton
Glee Club
Wcsh-Tv
Portland
Arnold Goldman
Jody
Amy
Colonial Drive
Revere
Mass
Martin Broitman
Brooks
Susan MacDonald
Ernest MacDonald
Andover
P. J. MacLellan
E. D. McKeon
New York City
Sheraton-Atlanta
Edward C. Winston
Landing
Fletcher Street
Persis Moulton
West Kennebunk
Webber Hospital
Kennebunk
Tri-County Osteopathic Guild
Ralph Barrett
Edward Newell
Gerald Crocker
Peter Burr
National Protestant Committee On Scouting
Boy Scouts of America
Kennebunk Unitarian Church
Carl Bierman
Herbert Knowles
York District
Boy Scouts
Burr
Lewis ‘Burr
Peter
Beach Card Party Winners Listed
Winners announced for a Sunday Beach Card Party at AMVETS post home Walnut Street Old Orchard Beach hosted by the auxili ary featuring prizes for ladies and men. Irene Griffin and Lorraine Pettingill earned top and low in ladies division while Robert Pettingill and Jerry Jacques claimed high and low in the men’s division. Claire Demers won Queen of Hearts and Avonel Pettengill received a special prize. Refreshments were by Tony Bill. Next Sunday’s event is canceled for Easter then resumes April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
Auxiliary
Ladies’ High
Irene Griffin
Low
Lorraine Pettingill
Men’s High
Robert Pettingill
Jerry Jacques
Claire Demers
Avonel Pettengill
Tony Bill
Saco Teacher Tells Of Her Trip Abroad
Miss Sylvia Johnson, supervisor of French in Saco public schools, spoke to Room 3, Grade 7, Burns School about her recent trip to Europe. She used illustrated slides and linked the program to class work on the British Isles. This week she will show slides of Scandinavia and several continental countries.
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Sylvia Johnson
Saco
Burns School
British Isles
Europe
Scandinavian Countries
Austria
Switzerland
France
Miniwanca Chapter Installs Officers in Old Orchard Beach
Miniwanca chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held a special semi public meeting at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall in Old Orchard Beach to install officers. Attendance exceeded 200 as Past Grand Patron Carroll W. Hodgkins and district officials attended and new staff officers were installed by installing officer Mrs Agnes H Swett with a long list of assistants and dignitaries. The Worthy Matron Kay H Mewer and Stanley G Leonard led the new officer group with gifts presented to the retiring matron and to installing staff, followed by a turkey dinner and refreshments hosted by committee and members, including Frances Murphy and the Rainbow girls.
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Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
Old Orchard Beach
Carroll W. Hodgkins
Deering
Portland
Agnes H. Swett
Edna L. Parlin
Helen L. Earle
Sarah Orne Jewett
Margaret Johnson
Madonna
Oregon
Isiana
Douglass
Mary E. Robbins
Adah
Elaine LaPierre
Priscilla
Ruth Durant
Star Point
Kay H. Mewer
Stanley G. Leonard
M. Patricia Strickland
John M. Strickland
L. Gertrude Wight
Esther M. Black
Jennie Rallis
Eleanor B. Bradeen
Marjorie Douglass
Natale Draggins
Marshal
Doris Barth
Lorraine M. Wyman
Pauline F. Peacock
Ruth
Leora H. Bals
Esther
Helen G. Smith
Martha
Donald Nowell
Gertrude Leonard
Asa M. Douglass
C. Russell Durant
Hubert Standeven
Teddy Rallis
Manuel Railis
Carleton Huntress
Harold Smith
A Mewer
Orthy
Stanley Leonard
Asa Douglass
Kay Mewer
Edrice Bates
Swett
Pearl Wuth
Bates
Gerrude Leonard
Helen Cummings
Frances Murphy
Stainbow
Waltz Jordan
Viola Glover
Anne Lublinsky
Adelaide Welch
Shirley Davis
Lillian Leach
Holy Week Services Listed for Kennebunk Area
Holy Week services for Catholic churches in the Kennebunk area were announced by Rev. William J. Kelly and Rev. J Henry Fournelle. St Monica Kennebunk hosts multiple Masses and devotions through Holy Week including Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday and Easter Vigil. St Martha Kennebunkport offers Masses Stations of the Cross and confessions. St Mary Wells Beach presents Stations of the Cross and Easter Sunday Mass. The notice also lists attendees from various chapters and regions and mentions a rehearsal for a forthcoming meeting.
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Kennebunk
William J. Kelly
J. Henry Fournelle
St. Monica
St. Martha
Kennebunkport
St. Mary, Wells Beach
VFW Auxiliary To Review Insurance Plan Tonight
The Biddeford VFW auxiliary insurance committee will present an outline and progress report on an insurance coverage program for members only at tonight’s March meeting in club headquarters. Adoption deadline is May 1 with Plans A and B shown, and a Q and A session planned. Committee members signing up are Mrs Delcia Frechette, Mrs Blanche Small, Mrs Alden Racine, Mrs Belle Poirier, all of Biddeford, and Mrs Jeannette Curie of the Pool road district.
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Insurance Committee
Biddeford Post
VFW
Delcia Frechette
Hills Beach
Blanche Small
Wentworth Street
Alden Racine Taylor
Belle Poirier
Booth Street
Biddeford
Jeannette Curie
Pool Road
Pilgrim era toyed with in Oklahoma license plate debate
In Okla a playful reference ties an annual license plate quiz to the 1620 landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. The item notes Mrs AAdia Pilapimehoc presents a humorous note linking modern plates to colonial history.
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PITGP
McAlfster
Okla
Aadia Pilapime
Plymouth Rock
Arundel Grange Confers Degrees for Rodney Bridges at Meeting
Arundel Grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on Rodney Bridges during a session inspected by Deputy Leslie Adams. A full degree team assisted led by Master Paul Dumont Sr. officers included Fred Merrill, Mrs. Margaret Bragdon, Merlin Burleigh, and Ruthine Burleigh among others. Harvesters and Gamers from Cape Elizabeth Grange attended. Ruth Campbell returned home from hospital. Vera Brackett and Eleanor Merrill were hospitalized. Ernest Burleigh was at home. Deputy Adams and Juvenile Deputy Mrs. Evelyn Adams spoke, with Louis Doucette of Cape Elizabeth also in attendance. A visitor from Cape Elizabeth won an Easter Lily in a Chinese auction led by Merlin Burleigh. The next meeting is April 13 with Rear Admiral George L. Phillips as speaker. supper to follow hosted by Mary Dumont, Ruthine Burleigh, and Ellen Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Bridges
Arundel Grange
Leslie Adams
Paul Dumont, Sr
Fred Merrill
Margaret Bragdon
Merlin Burleigh
Flora Cluff
Ernest Burleigh
Willis Merrill
Ruthine Burleigh
Robert Bartlett
Arthur Cluff
Ronald Lowell
Ceres
Doris Burleigh
Pomona
Nancy Vetterline
Flora
Ellen Bennett
Mary Dumont
Maxine Michaud
Edward Michaud
Cape Elizabeth Grange
Bul Dumont, Sr
Ruth Campbell
Vera Brackett
Eleanor Merrill
Evelyn Adams
Louis Doucettte
Cape Elizabeth
George L. Phillips
Kennebunk
Congregational Churches Unite In Wells Palm Sunday Service
Wells First and Second Congregational churches held a Palm Sunday service with Baptism for Scott Merrill Susan Noyes and James Wakeley II. Rev John N Simpson led the ceremony assisted by church deacons. new member Mrs Colby Ricker joined by transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells First
Second Congregational
Scott Carl Merrill
Carl E. Merrill
Susan ‘Lynn Noyes
Russel K. Noyes
James Sidney Wakeley, II
Richard J. Wakeley
John N. Simpson
Alfred Congregational Church
Colby
Natalie
Mr. Simpson
Roger Messier
Green Hill
Gounod
Harrison W. Roberts
Ladies Aid Society
Bulletin Board
Lillian Knowles
Flurry Of Car Accidents Keep Police On Jump
A 1954 car driven by Roger Hanscom of Kennebunk collided with a U S mail truck driven by William Taylor of Kennebunk near the post office. Chief Frank Stevens led the investigation. Earlier, a 9:30 p m stop for speeding on Route 1 led to a ditched 1961 car driven by Brian Carr of Ocquoi t and subsequent rear-end collision involving Donald N. Hansen Sr. and Lucien A. Morin. Morin faces a Driving Under Influence charge and will appear in Kennebunk Municipal Court. Leonard Lindquist rode in Hanscom’s car and was treated for neck and knee injuries. Hanscom and his young son also sustained injuries. Another 12:30 p m collision on Lower Brown street in Kennebunk involved Charles H. Hayes and Allen Pangburn, with minor damage and no injuries. Officer Edmund L. Cashen investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Hanscom
Kennebunk
U. S
William Taylor
Hanscom
Summer Street
Frank Stevens
Brian Carr
Ocunuit
Carr
Donald N. Hansen, Sr
Lucien A. Morin
Arundel
Leon Lindquist
Robert Ficker
Kennebunkport
Morin
Chief Stevens
Stevens
Robert Jansen
Charles H. Hayes
River Road
Lower Brown Street
Allen Pangburn
Edmund L. Cashen
Maine Arts and Crafts Meeting in North Berwick
The Maine Arts and Crafts Inc will hold its monthly meeting at the Legion hall North Berwick on Thursday April 6. A pot roast dinner at 6 30 precedes the business meeting and program. Edward Mayo of Kennebunkport will demonstrate painting and plans for a summer store at 105 Main Street Kennebunk will be discussed. Dinner reservations by April 3 with Gordon Hilton North Berwick Oak Wood road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Arts and Crafts, Inc
Kennebunk
Legion Hall
North Berwick
Main Street
Edward Mayo
Kennebunkport
Gordon Hilton
Oak Wood Road
Plane Feared Victim Of Reds Missing Over Laos
U S officials fear a U S transport plane missing in Laos with eight Americans was shot down in rebel held territory. The State and Defense departments offered only the initial notice that the C47 vanished two days earlier after departing Vientiane for Saigon.
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Washington
U. S
Laos
State
Defense Departments
Vientiane
Saicon
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