50-Plus Club Hosts Halloween Birthday Dinner
Kennebunk area 50-Plus Club held a combined Halloween and birthday dinner at Webhannet Woman's Clubhouse on Fletcher Street with over 40 attendees. Honorary guest Annie Goodwin, 88, crowned queen of the day. after dinner, members staged Halloween games led by Edna York and helpers Flossie York and Amy Clark.
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Kennebunk
Webhannet
Fletcher Street
Edna York
Annie Goodwin
Flosie York
Amy Clark
Helen Taylor
Cecelia Cashen
Tranci
Hoot Owl
James Burke
Flossie York
Evelyn ‘Ramsden
Cathleen Pate
Mary Millner
Sanford
Elizabeth Strayhorn
Evelyn Ramsden
Emma Hatt
Hartley Stewart
Mary E. Millner
Madge Jackson
Jennie Currie
Ruth Burnham
Susie Canwell
Addie Watson
Angie Yates
Alice Gibson
Ruth Leavitt
Hannah Pierce
Viola Wilkinson
James H. Burke
War broadcast stirs panic as invasion rumors spread
Local police received a few calls but reported no panic incidents from the 1938 wartime broadcast. Operators noted numerous calls to the station and inquiries about an attack, as residents across the area sought verification amid fear of an actual invasion.
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Democrats See Shifts in House Races Across Nation
An AP survey shows Democrats leading in 230 seats to Republicans 183 with 22 tossups, four weeks after a prior poll. Incumbents Hungate and Thompson trail, others like Irwin Rousch Helstoski and Broyhill remain behind. Several Democrats and Republicans are now even or leading in tossups across states, with notable moves in Florida Hawaii New York Rhode Island and Virginia.
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James Broyhill
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Christopher Bondie
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Charles Weltner
Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Andrew Jacobs Jr
Frances Bolton
Charles A. Vanik
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E. Ross Adair
Brayhill
Basil L. Whitener
Tom Steed
James Smith
Dante Fascell
Patsy T. Mink
Spark M. Matsunaga
Hawaii
Richard D. McCarthy
Robert O. Tiernan
John O. Marsh
Lloyd Meeds
Floyd V. Hicks
William V. Roth Jr
Daniel E. Button
Glenn Cunningham
Odin Langen
William C. Wampler
Bill Dickson
Alabama
George A. Goodling
Margaret Heckler
Vanik
George E. Brown Jr
Richard T. Hanna
Paul Rogers
William T. Murphy
Iinois
GOP Aspirant Quizzes Sheriff Over Jail Matron Payoffs
Republican candidate George Garnache pressed Sheriff Richard Dutremble on alleged overpayments to jail matrons and a minor female prisoner left unprotected overnight. Garnache cited docket records showing matrons paid for more days than inmates spent, demanding a public debate Dutremble refuses, saying no one in his department overpaid and asserting isolation of female prisoners at Alfred jail.
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George Garnache
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Sheriff's Department
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Biddeford
Tossup election math and third party bids outline race notes
Democratic congressmen in tossup races include William L. St Onge Connecticut Peter N Ky ros Maine and James J How ard New Jersey Of 231 Democrats leading 171 incumbents and eight others safe and 180 Republicans ahead 147 incumbents and seven others safe Democrats lead in 52 close races and Republicans in 26 The 102 close tossup races involve 59 Democratic and 28 Republican incumbents If safe turnouts hold Democrats would win 39 of 102 close tossup races to gain House control Republicans would need 64 The piece also notes a Harlem Negro woman as presidential candidate and Michael Zagarell and third party bids including Richard K Troxell Merle Thayer Kirby J Hensley with Universal party platform on civil treatment for beings from other worlds
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Connecticut
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Maine
James J. Howard
New Jersey
Ell
Harlem
Michael Zagarell
New York
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Richard K. Troxell
Houston
Tex
Merle Thayer
Davenport
Iowa
North Dakota
Kirby J. Hensley
Modesto
Calif
White House
Universal Party
Family Supper at United Baptist Church in Saco
The United Baptist Church in Saco will host a 10:30 morning worship with Holy Communion. Rev. Stanley A. Bennett will preach on Boosters From the Bleachers. Choir directed by Jean Brown will sing Bless the Lord. Social Committee hosts a 6:30 p m supper and program ending at 8 p m with speaker recounting a Central America trip.
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Maine
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Presidential ballots show varied third party bids across states
The Peace and Freedom party and other third parties field presidential hopefuls with differing state alignments. Eldridge Cleaver is the California Panthers’ pick but Dick Gregory appears in three states, and Gregory also runs in five. McCarthy and Cleaver appear in several states while the Prohibition and Communist parties place their nominees in others.
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Hillsdale
Mich
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Topeka
Kan
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There Are 92 Classifieds In Sell With Want Ad Section 53
Classifieds page notes 92 items in the Sell With Want Ad section 53 across the issue. It lists items for sale, services offered, and employment opportunities with brief descriptions and prices where stated. Workers and buyers scan listings for bargains and local offerings throughout the section.
Carlson Attained His Dream By Chester Carlson’s Persistence
Chester Carlson, nearing death at 62, forged a path from poverty to fortune near 50 million by pursuing independent invention over corporate constraints. He argued that the bold, self driven creator can outpace corporate methods, often coding his own breakthroughs after long, hard work and study while juggling a day job. His journey began in San Bernardino and included Bell Laboratories, a law degree pursuit, and a pivotal 1938 realization of photoelectricity, followed by two decades of struggle before success.
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Chester Carlson
Carlson
Edison and
Bell
San Bernardino
Calif
Bell Laboratories
Kennebunk Open Wide Announces Winter Theater Series
The OPEN WIDE religious arts festival in Kennebunk unveils a four event winter schedule led by Theater Six from Shrewsbury Massachusetts. Directed by Dr George E Deering the teenage troupe known for suitcase theater performs three one act plays at Kennebunk High School auditorium on Friday November 8 at 8 p.m.
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Openwide
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Shrewsbury
Mass
George E. Deering
Anchorage
Alaska
New England
Brandeis University
Emerson College
Kennebunk High School
Teenage Democrats Meet and Rally for Reelectors
Members of Teenage for Democrats met at York County Democratic headquarters Biddeford and announced a 7 p.m. rally at the same site to introduce reelection candidates State Sen Paul Reay for county commissioner incumbent York County Sheriff Richard Dutremble County Atty Ronald Ayotte Sr. and incumbent J Woodrow Valleley of Sanford register of probate. The rally is open to all interested.
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York County
Democratic
Biddeford
Paul Reay
Richard Dutremble
Ronald Ayotte Sr
J. Woodrow Valleley
Sanford
St Francis College approves student policy on alcohol use
St Francis College today approved a proposal aimed at a fully responsible on campus drinking policy. Consumption is restricted to authorized campus areas and any use elsewhere is forbidden. Abusive violation could lead to expulsion. The policy cites Maine law prohibiting purchase, use or possession by a minor.
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Greek statesman George Papandreou dies at 80
Athens announces the death of George Papandreou an 80 year old veteran politician who served three terms as Greece’s prime minister. A fierce critic of the 1967 military-backed regime his fiery career spanned more than five decades.
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