Ahephas Plan Saturday Social in Saco Meeting
Biddeford Saco Chapter of the Order of Ahepa held at the Ahepa Home in Saco finalizing plans for a Saturday social. President Charles Cotsis led the meeting with secretary Peter Mantis and treasurer James Tito reporting. Letters discussed the district convention June 28 30 at York Harbor Marshall House. delegates to contact Cotsis or Mantis. The group voted to donate an inscribed plaque to U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith. George Brickates chaired the presentation committee. A special program for the season finale is planned with date to be announced. Refreshments followed.
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Biddeford Saco
Order of Ahepa
Ahepa
Pleasant Street
Saco
Charles Cotsis
Peter Mantis
James Tito
Marshall House
York Harbor
Cotsis
Mantis
U.S
Margaret Chase Smith
George Brickates
Summer Events Listed At Saco Center
Saco Adult Center announced a summer activity lineup at its meeting held at the Saco AMVETS VFW Hall. Planned events include home gatherings on May 29 hosted by Harriet Fogg and hosted by other area residents, open air meets at Villa Murray View, Casco Bay cruise plans, and trips to Sebago Lake State Park and Gray’s Wild Animal Farm. Weekly meetings shift to Wednesdays with dates to be fixed. final chair seating class led by Carl Bohlin is set for next Wednesday at 10 am.
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Harriet Fogg
Ferry Lane
Saco
Saco Adult Center
Saco Amvetsvfw
Spring Street
Catherine Lennox
Ralph Macomber
Flag Pond Road
Lester Black
North Street
Kate Pinelli
Labonte Avenue
Villa Murray View
Casco Bay
Sebago Lake State Park
Gray
Saco Hall
Robert Fenderson
Center
Carl Bohlin
Elvira Lord
Biddeford
Emma Huot
Jennie Bain
Edna Blanchette
Clara Cole
Raymond Farrey
Emily Keithly
Louise Harrison
Elia Luman
Eva Harper
Annette Chapter Past Matrons Meet in Saco
Annette Chapter Past Matrons Association of Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star in Saco held a business meeting at Mrs Ber Nice Milliken’s Elm Street home with President Mrs Claire Scammon presiding. A swap party followed with refreshments by hostesses Mrs Annie Holt and Mrs Marion McAuley. next meeting June 12 at Swan Pond Lyman hosted by Mrs Sue Jackson with supper at 6 30 and a silent auction.
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Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco
Bernice Milliken
Elm Street
Claire Scammon
Fortune
Annie Holt
Marion McAuley
Sue Jackson
Swan Pond
Lyman
Kennebunk youths compete in AMVETS Driver Excellence program
Ronald Robertson of Kennebunk High School and Kenneth Russell of Mousam Road Kennebunk traveled to Chicago where Russell competed in the AMVETS Dodge Driver Excellence program. Russell, a sophomore, represented Maine among 18 contestants from various states, traveling by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Ronald Robertson
Kennebunk High School
Kenneth Russell
Raymond Russell
Mousam Road
Chicago
Russell
Amvets
Maine
Kennebunk OES Chapter Meets in West Kennebunk
Madonna Chapter OES held a regular meeting at the Masonic Temple in West Kennebunk with Worthy Matron Barbara Wheeler Jr and Worthy Patron William West presiding. Invitations were extended for May and June events including Rainbow for Girls Mothers Day degree and Grand Chapter of Maine Session in Portland, with refreshments by Leta Downing and Mildred Thyng. Next meeting is June 4 with degrees to be conferred. Richard Russell and wife in charge of refreshments.
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Kennebunk
Madonna Chapter
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
West Kennebunk
Barbara Wheeler Jr
William West
Arundel
Rainbow
Kennebunkport
Adah Chapter
Leta Downing
Mildred Thyng
Richard Russell
Miss Bonnie Wright Feted At Shower
A surprise bridal shower for Bonnie Wright was held at Mrs. Flora Lindquist home in Kennebunk. Guests included family members and neighbors, gifts were placed in a laundry basket, and a brides cake centerpiece was made by Mrs. Helen Clark. Bonnie Wright will wed Andre Caouette on June 15 in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Flora Lindquist
Bourne Street
Bonnie Wright
Warren Wright
Ross Road
Andre Caouette
Lucien Caouette
Biddeford
Helen Clark
Emma Hatch
Clark
June Wright
Fred Hall
Betty Tomas
Madge Jackson
Jennie Currier
Frances Burleigh
Phyllis Lind
Redwood Tree Yields Lumber for Three Large Homes
National Geographic reports a single coast redwood Sequoia sempervirens yields enough lumber to construct and furnish three large homes, illustrating the tree's extraordinary size and potential wood supply.
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National Geographic
Church Relocation Planned for Kennebunk Church
Advent Christian Church at Kennebunk Lower Village votes to relocate and build a new church after months of study by the Church Study and Strategy Committee. Mortgage on current educational buildings was burned in a ceremony two weeks earlier, paid off ahead of schedule, pastor Rev. Robert C. Hewitt says. Official Board to form necessary committees for the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Robert C. Hewitt
Hewitt
Owen-Davis Unit Convention Delegates Listed
The Owen-Davis Unit American Legion Auxiliary elected officers led by Mrs. Beaudoin as president and Mrs. Lavoie as vice president at Beach Street Saco. Delegates to the June Bath department convention were named with alternates, and reports on sunshine and rehabilitation coupons were given. Installation is set for Wednesday May 22 after a buffet supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen-Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Beach Street
Saco
Martha Beaudoin
Gilberte Lavoie
Irene Parker
Eva Sherman
Gertrude Rankin
Rose Sullivan
Florence Lewis
Department
Bath
Beaudoin
Sherman
Lavoie
Rankin
Parker
Sullivan
Helen Blanchette
Doris Taylor
Sunshine
Department For Rehabilitation Work
Blanchette
Mae Allen
Lillian Hooper
State Commission Approves Wetlands Filling at Marblehead Site
The State Wetlands Commission granted the Maine Park and Recreation Commission permission to fill wetlands at the former Marblehead Boatyard site near the Saco River for boat launching facilities. The decision followed a Biddeford hearing held last Monday.
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Augusta
State Wetlands Commission
Maine Park and Recreation Commission
Marblehead
Saco River
Biddeford
Lions Club Dinner Meeting in Kennebunkport
The Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Lions Club met at the Kennebunkport Inn led by President Peter Gordon. Harrison Taylor was welcomed as a new member and a report on the fishing derby was presented while members voted to accept Karl.
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Kennebunkport
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport Lions Club
Kennebunkport Inn
Peter Gordon
Harrison Taylor
Karl
Pre School Registration Set In Kennebunk
Parents of children entering kindergarten next September are reminded that registration will be tomorrow at Cousens School Kennebunk and Consolidated School Kennebunkport from 12:30 to 3. To enroll a child must be five by October 15. Bring birth certificates. Brochure Off to School available. Contact the principal to arrange a special time if needed.
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Kennebunk
Cousens
Kennebunkport
School Union 3
Majority At Liquor Hearing Favors Changes
About 90 of 100 people at a Augusta Liquor Commission hearing backed changing seating rules for drinking in licensed places. Proposals include letting customers stand to drink if tables and chairs remain, a change critics say could hurt bar decorum. The plan also contemplates two drinks per order and raising malt beverage handling to 16 year olds.
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Augusta
Liquor Commission
Benjamin C. Bubar Jr
Louis C. Jalbert
D-Lewiston
Bubar
Christian Civic League
CCL
William E. Dennett
R-Kittery
Dennett
Daisy Russell
Unity Social Club Outing Leads to Meeting at Local Eatery
Members of Unity Social Club in Saco attended their annual outing at Leidy's Restaurant, followed by a business meeting at North Street. The recap notes a social gathering and the return to club affairs afterward.
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Alfred
Unity Social Club
Saco
Leedy's
North Street
Hooper Joins as New Member for Directors Meetings
A directors' meeting will be held on Monday May 13 at 7 30 pm at the home of Earl Bil er. Another session is scheduled for May 21 at the Kennebunk Port Inn at 6 30 pm.
Mystery prize awarded at May meeting of local group
At a May gathering the group’s vice president Mrs. Hazel Emmons presided, reporting business and awarding a mystery prize to Mrs. Irene Townsend. The next meeting is set for May 22 at Mrs. Emmons’ High Street home with several members listed in attendance.
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Emma Garside
Hazel Emmons
Irene Townsend
Emmons
High Street
Saco
Ethel Whitten
Genie Edgecomb
Ruth Scammon
Florence Mooers
Edna Bradbury
Martha Herrin
Old Orchard Beach Rainbow Assembly Meets Tonight
A meeting of the Old Orchard Beach Assembly Order of the Rainbow will be held tonight at 7 at Robinson Memorial Hall on West Grand Avenue. St Margaret s Ladies Sodality of St Margaret s Church has recessed for the summer and will resume meeting in September.
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Old Orchard Beach
Order of the Rainbow
Robinson Memorial Hall
West Grand Avenue
St. Margaret's Ladies Sodality
St. Margaret's Church
Kansas Communications and media landscape
Kansas, the nation’s largest wheat producer and geographic center, has about 350 newspapers, 5 radio stations and 12 television stations, with roughly half the population living in rural areas.
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Kansas Communications
Kansas
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Saco Jaycees Plan Reading Materials Project
The Saco Jaycees held a meeting at Mutual Fire Insurance building in Main Street. Walter Lewis joined as the newest member and James Ryan was seated with his red chip. The group approved a project to furnish Maine State Prison with reading materials and invited interested young men to attend the next meeting on May 22 at 7 30 p.m.
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Saco Jaycees
Mutual Fire Insurance
Main Street
Walter Lewis
James Ryan
Maine State
Jaycees Movement
Barra Family Day Trip Visits Bangor
Mr and Mrs Robert Barra and their children Charlotte Nicole and Richard spent Sunday in Bangor visiting local sites and enjoying a family outing together.
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Robert Barra
Charlotte
Nicole
Richard
Bangor
Johnsons visit patients. VFW Auxiliary meeting tonight
Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson visited their son Michael a sophomore at the University of Maine who is a surgical patient at Bangor Hospital and their daughter Ruth a freshman at the University of Maine. Mrs Walter Johnson returned home after a stay at Webber Hospital in Iddeford. A regular meeting of the VFW Auxiliary will be held tonight at 8 at the post home on Fletcher Street with Mrs Frances Pettengill installing officers and Mrs Ruby Bouvier in charge of refreshments.
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Michael
Bangor Hospital
University of Maine
Ruth
Walter Johnson
Smithwood Road
Webber Hospital
Iddeford
V.F. W
Fletcher Street
Frances Pettengill
Old Orchard Beach
Ruby Bouvier
Local Women Victims Of Purse Snatchers
Two Biddeford residents, Antoinette Descoteaux and Pauline Roy, were robbed of two handbags containing $108 in a nighttime snatch on Cutts Street and Bradbury Street. Police Sgt. Albert Elwell and Officers Leon Labonte and Peter Hall investigated the 9 p.m. incident.
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Biddeford
Cutts Street
Bradbury Street
Antoinette Descoteaux
Bradbury St
Pauline Roy
Main St
Albert Elwell
Leon Labonte
Peter Hall
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King’s Motors
Paris & Service
Bidde
Appleby’s Diner
Little
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East Waterboro
Kennebunk Oes
N. P. Scontras Agency
N. P. Scontras
N. P. Scontral Agency
Realtors
Main St. Saco
Owen-Davis Unit Convention
Behs
State Commission
Lions Club
York County
A Woolworth
Edmund Cashen
Journal
Box Springs
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