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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1959

Page

3

Kennebunk Clubs Open Season With Various Events

The Schubert club hosts its season opening Monday at 8 p m at Mrs Grace Miners home with Summer Music Camp Highlights chaired by Mrs Clifton Murray. Alexander Burr III recent Navy discharge from Kingsville Texas served aboard U S S Roosevelt and USS Fortress. A Confraternity of Christian Doctrine meeting is set for Sunday at St. Raphael church Kittery with Rev Armand Cyr and Sister Stella. A lobster supper at Captain's restaurant Cape Porpoise benefits Kennebunk Athletic Booster club. Arundel Grange No 486 holds Open House Booster Night with a special lecturer Mrs Eleanor Clapp. Kennebunk Baptist church speaker Mrs Donald Thompson of Millinocket state president Maine Baptist Woman's Missionary society attended Cumberland association basket meeting in Portland with Mrs Homer Chappell.

Schubert Club Grace Miner Tarralong Farm Lower Brown Street Kennebunk Clifton Murray Alexander Burr, III U. S. Navy U. S. S. Roosevelt U. S. S. Forrestal Kingsville Texas Alexander Kealy Jr Summer Street Kenne St. Raphael Church Kittery Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Armand Cyr Stella Cape Porpoise Kennebunk Athletic Booster Club Bilderback Stuart Littlefield Millinocket Maine Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Cumberland Association Immanuel Baptist Church Portland Homer Chappell Kennebunk State

Adventures in Christian Living Speaker Dr James V Miller

Theologian Dr James V Miller of Bates College will headline the Adventu res in Christian Living lecture series in Biddeford Maine. The program runs Mondays at 7 15 pm in Foss Street Methodist Church with two parts per evening and a hymn interval. Series topics cover Dynamic Christianity in a Split World with speakers from New York Boston Cambridge and the American Friends Service Committee.

James V. Miller Bates College Lewiston Biddeford-Sace Bonebreak Theological Seminary Boston University Massachusetts Martha Vineyard New England Student Christian Movement Maine Council of Churches Mildred M. Hackersmith Marilyn Rachel Miller James Riddle Council Herman Reissig New York City Allen Knight Chalmers Boston Mass David Whitsett Campridge Russell Johnson Pease American Friends Service Committee Birger Johnson Rebecca Love Laurence Dyer Vis Robert Fenderson Wil- Thomas Wood Eleanor Daliam Searles Charles Gregory James Rennie

Railway Makes Bad Impression On Blond Guest

New York Central Railroad attempted to please Susan Keane a five year old from Paramus New Jersey but she cried throughout a tour on the Empire State Express while her brother Peter eight enjoyed the ride. The one sided scene included delayed trains and a peace offering that scared her more. Susan remained wary of the big trains as the family rode to a stop thirty three miles away.

New York New York Central Railroad Paramus N. J Susan Keane Central Susan the Central Twentieth Century Limited Grand Central Station Keane Peter

Rally Day Observed at Washington Ave Methodist Beach

Old Orchard Beach Washington avenue Methodist Church will hold its yearly Rally Day with a Sunday School program from 7 to 8 led by Charles Tracy and John Tibbetts. Special music by the school under John Connor features scholars and teachers. parents are urged to attend.

Washington Avenue Methodist Church Old Orchard Beach Charles Tracy Methodist Mens Club John Tibbetts John Connor

Kennebunkport NOTES ON LOCAL FAMILIES AND TRAVELS

Mrs. Margaret Leach is a surgical patient at Webber hospital and will return to her sister and brother in law Alonzo and Mrs. Leach at Beachwood Avenue. The Ladies Society of the First Congregational church met Monday with a sewing session and covered dish dinner attended by several locals. The Innis and Dow families, various Leachs and Hersom are active in visits and newsmakers, while Turner and Mrs. Brown plan a long trip abroad visiting Liverpool Glasgow London Paris and other points in Europe after leaving August 23 and arriving September 1 on the Empress of France.

Margaret Leach Webber Hospital Alonzo Leach Beachwood Avenue Ladies Society of the First Congregational Church Shirley Walker Dorothy Leach Mary Philbrick Florence Innis Elizabeth Andrews Ann Stuart North Street Auburn Rushforth Williams Beachwood Road Langley Philbrick Kennebunkport Turner Brown Main Street Liverpool Glasgow Shell Oil Venezuela London Paris Geneva Switzerland Venice Rome Naples

Goodwins Mills Church Plans Special Typhoon Relief Offering

Goodwins Mills Methodist church in Lyman will observe World-wide Communion at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday and take a special offering designated for relief of Japanese typhoon sufferers.

Goodwins Mills Methodist Church Lyman

Kennebunk Past Noble Grands Meet At Wells

Olive Rebekah Past Noble Grands association met at Mrs. Lillian Berry’s Wells home. President Mrs. Mary Cole led a brief business session. Refreshments followed by a social hour. Next meeting October 12 at Mrs. Eva Emery’s Kennebunk home with hosts Mrs. F ery and Mrs. Louise Coombs. Attendees listed.

Olive Rebekah Past Noble Grands Association Lillian Berry Wells Mary Cole Berry Eva Emery Grove Street Kennebunk F¢ery Louise Coombs Annie Cole Dorothy Hubbard Marion Dutch Helen Welch Alberta Morison Sue Wells

American Legion Kennebunk Post Social Plans

An informal meeting of the Web ber Lefebvre Post No 74 American Legion was led by Commander Raymond Gosselin. Plans include a social with the auxiliary on October 24 at the post home, a movie entertainment on November 4, repairs to be done within a month, a Sunday paper drive, and monthly refreshments chaired by Joseph Forrest. Weekly meetings resume after summer.

Webber-Lefebvre No. 74 American Legion Post Raymond Gosselin Auxiliary Army Navy Joseph Forrest

Old Orchard Beach Ladies Society Meeting and OES Events

The St Margaret Ladies socity will hold its monthly meeting Monday evening with a reception for new members. The office reading occurs at 7 30 in the church followed by a parish hall meeting. A Miniwanea OES officers rehearsal is at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall at 7 30 Sunday. District Deputy Grand Matron Mrs Ages Swett will visitation at 7 30 Monday at the chapter meeting. A turkey meal is served at 6 30. Associate member Mrs Marjorie Douglas substituted for Miss Kay Mewer at Conductress night of Annette OES in Saco last evening with Worthy Matron Mrs Frances Murphy. Minivanca OES officers are to meet at Robinson Memorial hall Saturday at 2 40 to receive regalia before funeral services for Mrs Annie Dolbier at Washington avenue Methodist church at 3.

St. Margaret Ladies Socality Miniwanea Order of the Eastern Star Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall Ages Swett Mara Marjorie Douglas Kay Mewer Annette Order of the Easter Star Saco Frances Murphy Minivanca Robinson Memorial Hall Annie Dolbier Washington Avenue Methodist Church

Hungarian church receives $2000 grant for 13th century church

The Hungarian government awards a $2000 grant to restore the oldest Lutheran church in the village of Lovaspatona, dating from the 13th century. Official church press notes the grant as support for an important art monument.

Budapest Lovaszpatona

Kefauver to Probe High Drug Costs in U S

Senator Estes Kefauver will open a Washington inquiry November 30 into drug pricing. The Anti Monopol y subcommittee will study why Americans pay up to ten times more for U S made drugs, with hearings lasting a week and continuing into 1960. Health and arthritis patients push for relief amid high prices and social security concerns.

Robert E. Hennessee Journal’s Washington Bureau Washington Estes Kefauver White House U. S Senate Kefauver Argentina

Golfers Prayer by Retired Army Chaplain Featured in Tournament Program

Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Ryan, former chief of chaplains and Catholic Digest executive, wrote a golfers prayer printed in the Women’s Amateur Tournament program. It asks blessings for fair play, virtuous conduct, and lives worthy of Christian athletes.

Washington Patrick J. Ryan Army Catholic Digest America

Vadim Signs With Paramount As Director In Hollywood

French filmmaker Roger Vadim, first husband of Brigitte Bardot, signs with Paramount to direct three films in Hollywood. He defends Dangerous Relations which France bans for export and discusses his friction with French censors while noting he will work under restrictions in France and aims to exchange talent between France and the United States.

Hollywood Roger Vadim Vadim Brigitte Bardot United States France Paris Paramount Beverly Hills Annette Vadim

Tour Planned for Once Upon a Mattress in New York

A bus and truck tour is arranged for the musical Once Upon a Mattress composed by Richard Rodgers. The show, star Carol Burnett, features the daughter of Richard Rodgers in the cast.

New York Ar Rodgers Richard Rodgers Carol Burnett

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