Kennebunk community events and fire department report
The Kennebunk Fire Department battled a brush fire in West Kennebunk for about one hour burning around an acre with four units. The Kennebunk Superintending School Committee conducted an all day tour visiting all schools, lunch at Cousens and a later art exhibit at Brick Store Museum, plus high school program review and repairs planning. The annual Women’s Republican Club of York County gathered at the Kennebunk Inn for dinner with six state Senate candidates as speakers. About 25 women joined the first meeting of the Women’s Physical Fitness program at Kennebunk High gym. Mrs Olive Johnson and daughter Muriel visited Malden Mass. from Upper High Street. Mrs Harold MacDowell of Malden Mass. visits Kennebunk family. Mothers’ Club year end meeting at Kennebunk Lower Village club house elected two new members and planned summer fair articles with a noon dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
West Kennebunk
H. Willis Day, Jr
Alvin Hersey
Maurice Clark
Cousens School
Brick Store
Women's Republican Club
York County
Kennebunk Inn
State
Senate
Gordon E. Brewster
Ogunquit
William Bruce
Buxton
James E. Erwin
York
Lester N. Hobbs
Acton
Ralph M. Lovell
Sanford
Jonathan Milligan
Bertha Timson
Kennebunk High School
Olive Johnson
Muriel
Upper High Street
Malden
Mass
Harold MacDowell
Wayne Wyman
Summer Street
Mothers’ Club
Kennebunk Lower Village
Grace Gunn
Ruth Smith
Margaret Jewell
Badges Awarded to Scout Troop 25 Members
Three members of Girl Scout Troop 25 earned Second class badges Diane LeBlond Patricia Houle and Helen Spirounias with a cooking badge for Patricia Houle at a meeting held at the Scout hall on Biddeford Pool Street Opening exercises were led by Dorothy Guay Charlotte Bouchard and Claire Poirier and the meeting was directed by leader Mrs Hazel Ouellette. The troop plans to attend the Scout rally in Sanford and attendees included Louise Filmore Linda Therrien Beverly Tanguay Kathleen Spirounias Patricia Houle Helen Chabot Dorothy Guay Pearle Jacques Rachel Ouellette Hilda Ouellette Diane LeBlond Charlotte Bouchard Claire Poirier and Joan Boillard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane LeBlond
Patricia Houle
Helen Spirounias
Scout Hall
Pool Street
Biddeford
Dorothy Guay
Charlotte Bouchard
Claire Poirier
Hazel Ouellette
Sanford
Louise Filmore
Linda Therrien
Beverly Tanguay
Kathleen Spirounias
Helen Chabot
Pearle Jacques
Rachel Ouellette
Hilda Ouellette
Joan Boillard
Port Women’s Group Plans May Meeting at 7 30 PM
The Port Women’s association of South Congregational church will hold its May meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p m. Mrs J Leigh Burnham hosts dessert coffee and Mrs Irving Wilcox leads the devotional. Rev George Hooten Jr of Manchester N H will present The Negro and His Music. Young Adults choir members and church gentlemen are invited as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Association of the South Congregational Church
J. Leigh Burnham
Irving Wilcox
George Hooten, Jr
Manchester
N. H
Lions Club At Beach Elects State Officers and Directors
Old Orchard Beach Lions club elected state officers Thursday night with Emerson Cummings as King Lion and Joseph Racine as treasurer. Sumner Johnson named first vice president, Robert B. Smith second vice president, Richard Valentino third vice president, Louis DeAngelo lion tamer, and Stanley Leonard tail twister. Directors for two years are Louis Cote and Edwin H. Smith. Previous year’s directors John McNeil and Girard Ouellette will serve two years. Ray Simpson of General Brewing Co. attended with World Series film. A roast beef supper was served before the meeting. A public card party is planned tonight at the Lions club house on Hoffman Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach Lions Club
King Lion
Emerson Cummings
Joseph Racine
Sumner Johnson
Robert B. Smith
Richard Valentino
Louis DeAngelo
Benjamin Downs
Stanley Leonard
Louis Cote
Edwin H. Smith
John McNeil
Girard Ouellette
Ray Simpson
The
General Brewing Co
Los Angeles Dodgers
White Sox
Benny” Downs
Lions Club
Hoffmanistreet
Wells High spring band concert draws large audience
Wells High School hosted a well attended annual spring concert by the junior and senior bands under director Everett E. Firth. The program featured marches and waltzes by the junior band in blue capes, a trumpet solo, overtures, and medleys by the senior band, baton majorettes, and festive numbers including Cuban Capers and Holiday in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells High School
Everett E. Firth
Douglas
Frangkiser
George Perkins
Nellie McIntire
Ribble
Akers
Osser
Spain
Piato
Legionnaires
Turcotte Elected Commander Of Kennebunk Legion Post
Roger Turcotte was elected commander of the Webber Le Febvre American Legion post in Kennebunk at a Wednesday meeting. New officers include Roger Noble as first vice commander and Sylvia Brisard as second vice commander plus finance officer Joseph Forrest and adjutant Robert Slowik. Installation set for May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Turcotte
Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion
Post
Hich Street
Kennebunk
Roger Noble
Sylvia Brisard
Joseph Forrest
Robert Slowik
Garfield Ross
Albert J. Croteau
Reginald Harford
Robert McBride
House Committee
Raymond Gosselin
Dollard Joy
Old Orchard WSCS Re-elects All Officers at Meeting
Miss Alice Browne presided as nominating committee member as the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church in Old Orchard re elected all officers led by President Florence Benson and Vice President Hazel Kennett. New appointments included secretary of Spiritual Life to Alice Browne and re elected secretaries for Youth Work and Supply. Members discussed a rummage sale May 20 21 at Bliss cafeteria and a May 17 tea sponsored by Women’s Civic group. The group plans an outing June 16 to Standish and will host a May 19 meeting at the president’s Atlantic Avenue home. The Wells High School band and majorettes will leave for the Western Maine Music Festival tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Browne
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Elizabeth Garland
Imperial Street
Old Orchard Road
Florence Benson
Hazel Kennett
Hazel Davis
Frances Johnson
Barbara Gilbert
Gertrude Leonard
Paul Cobb
Ferry Road
Saco
E & L Club
School Street I Methodist Church
Garland
Bliss
Old Orchard Street
Bens
Atlantic Avenue
Grace Macomber
Alice Dunn
Florence Gray
Hazel Isley
Mattie Bliss
Gertrude Wight
The Trouble With People Portland Census Takers
Edward L Bernstein reports census takers faced obstacles in Portland with a householder demanding 1.80 per hour for filling the fourth form. There is no pay for informants, and the note claims census workers are paid. The taker ultimately obtained the information without payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Edward L. Bernstein
Bernstein
Sewer Plants to be Dedicated at Kennebunk
Dedication of Kennebunk Sewer district plants set for Tuesday May 17. The ceremony begins at 10 30 a m at Kennebunk Town Hall with a procession to the Water street plant and then to the Boothby road plant. Attending officials include local town leaders from nearby towns, Lester Klashman of the U S Public Health Council, Raebun Macdonald secretary of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, and other public officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Town Hall
Water Street
Boothby Road
Lester Klashman
U. S. Public Health Council
Raebun Macdonald
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission
Missionary to Speak at Lyman Church Sunday
Miss Ruth H. Teasdale, former missionary in India and Germany, will speak at Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills. She will address a Christian Education and Workers' conference at 2:30, speak to the Baptist Youth Fellowship at 6, and headline the evening worship at 7:30 on Home Missions, introduced by Rev. Robert I. Vance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Ruth H. Teasdale
India
Germany
American Baptist Board of Christian Education and Publication Society
Board of Christian Education and Workers
Baptist Youth Fellowship Group
Robert I. Vance
Ogunquit Girl On Committee For UM Fete
Students in the University of Maine home economics program staged a tribute to retiring School of Home Economics Director Marion D. Sweetman at Merrill Hall after the senior banquet. Speakers included Edith G. Wilson and Mary E. Snyder, with Jane Libby of Brunswick among others. flowers and a cake accompanied the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ORONO
University of Maine
School of Home Economics
Marion D. Sweetman
University
Sweetman
Merrill Hall
Edith G. Wilson
The
State University
Mary E. Snyder
Home Economics
Jane Libby
Brunswick
How much home reading matter actually gets read
A writer muses on his own reading habits and averages, estimating about 80 percent unread at home. He recalls shelves crowded with encyclopedias, reference volumes, and nostalgia items, noting most volumes serve as decor while a handful of thrillers are read widely in the neighborhood. He reflects on past book-selling schemes and the steady diet of local news, almanacs, and a family Bible. He cites broad claims about daily papers and national forest land to underline scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nmne
Mark Sullivan
Our Times
Marks
Roger
Thesaurus
Current World Almanac
Aesop
Grrimm
Lord Fauntleroy
Pop
Mom
Elmira
College Choral Groups To Sing In Kennebunk Concert
The Colby Eight will join the University of New Hampshire Glee Club for a joint concert at Kennebunk High School gymnasium Monday at 8 p m. The Colby Eight, a top East singing group, has made recordings and appeared on national TV. The UNH Glee Club, directed by John J Zie, has toured since mid April in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The concert supports the Kennebunk High School association scholarship fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby Eight
University of New Hampshire Glee Club
Kennebunk High School
Massachusetts
New Hamp
Shire
John J. Zie
Jchorus
Wisconsin State College Mens Glee Club
Kennebunk High School Association
Beach Senior Eligible For Scholarship
An Old Orchard Beach high school senior, Miss Mary Catherine Verrill, is among those considered for the $1,000 Science In A Democracy essay contest scholarship by WBZ WBZA Boston. Her 500 word essay was selected for May 23 awards at the Ritz Carlton Boston. the winner may apply the funds to any college. Verrill plans biochemistry, has been accepted at the University of Maine Portland, and is a commencement speaker candidate for Beach High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verrill
Portland
University of Maine
Prescott L. Verrill
West Grand Avenue
Old Orchard
I At
Float Installed At Landing In Saco
Commodore Merrill Harper of the Saco Yacht Club announced the float is installed at the Saco Public landing for boaters. The Yacht Club maintains the float for the City of Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Merrill Harper
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Scout Troop
Port Womens Group
Henry E. Swanton
Hollis
Maine
Waverly
Ist
PARCO
Howe
Howe’s Highway
Wells
Women’s Fellowship of
Christchurch
Donald E. Smith
Edward J. Travers
Hazel Johnson
Charles W. Smith
Robert W. Cole
Circle 1
Fred Holmberg
Richard Smith
Beach
Shirley Littlefield
Virginia Littlefield
Larry Kent Alpren
Douglass Metcalf
Robert Saunders
Raymond
Russell
Ronald Gordon
John Hilton
Gerald LaPierre
Constance Bridges
Sandra Davis
Kathleen Keirstead
Karen Coombs
Carol Hanson
Judy Ricker
Ann Brown
Donna Chase
Judith Grant
Bonnie Larrow
Lorna Littlefield
Nina Mattei
Cheryl Miller
Carol Ricker
Ellen Winn
Nancy L. Wentworth
Sheila Stillings
Madeline Smith
Priscilla Rymes
Michael Savage
Richard Ronco
Jonathan Bourne
Kenneth Bassett
Victoria Kimball
William Perry
Peter Joy
Loleta Spencer
Robert MacDonald
Gloria Hanson
Charlene Cole
Bonnie Gough
Constance Higgins
Donna Hubbard
Judith Hill
Georgia Smith
Bonita Metcalf
Sue Szcepanski
Narcy F. Wentworth
Firth
Robert Dubois
Norman Stansfield
Robert Ramsdell
Wells Band
Roosters
Paul Bridges
Arthur Tufts
Maurice Stillings
Lewis Baldwin
Guy Savage
Frank Higgins
Higgins
Albert Ronco
Albert M. Wentworth
Alber G. LaPierre
Turcotte
Kennebunk Legion Post
John Owen
Elmer Bennett
Webber Hospital
York County Council
Boy Scouts
Post Home
Leonard Bunnell
WSCS
Mexico
Lyman
Mount
Everest
Richard Harding Davis
Bulwer
Gaborian
Sherlock Holmes
Ebert Hubbard
Frederic Remington
Howard Chandler Christy
William McKinley
Hostetter
Arizona
Thibodeau’s
Town & Country
Buxton Road
Atkinson
Westmoreland
America
Dinah Shore
Wbc-Tv
Pat Boone
Chevy
Fisher
Chevrolet
Mill City Chevrolet Corp
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