Local Demonstration Party And Community Notices
Kennebunk hosts demonstrations at Mrs. Edmund Cashen’s Summer street home with Mrs. Irene Austin as demonstrator. Prizes awarded to Mrs. Lillian Clark and others, with attendees including Mrs. Mary Taylor and Mrs. Dorrance Clark. Lions club in Kennebunkport votes to join Maine Light Conservation Association program. Other items note attendance across towns, a Legion auxiliary rummage sale, and local visits to Portland and Pax ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Cashen
Summer Street
Irene Austin
Arundel
Lillian Clark
Mary Taylor
Dorrance Clark
William Beauford
Rose Matthews
Lloyd Jewett
Robert Cumler
Melvin Sargent
Ronald Robertson
Sam Spencer
Austin
Cashen
Laura Lemelin
Webber Hospital
Water- Ville
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport Inn
Kennebunkport
Portland
Webber-Lefebvre American Legion Auxiliary
High Street
Mildred Hamilton
Earl Grames
Mousam Road
E. L. Hamilton
Stephen Leskowsky
Grames
Sam Simpson
George LeBarge
FE. L. Hamilton
Stephen Les
Paul Watson
Roland Wight
Paxton
Mass
Marjorie Watson
Donald Watson
Worcester
North Lebanon church to hold morning and evening services
Starting Sunday the North Lebanon church will hold morning worship at 10 and an evening service at 7 as usual. A harvest supper is planned for Saturday evening in the Lebanon school with women volunteers arranging supper, fancy work, toys, aprons, candy and cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Lebanon
Ernest Roberts
Victor Pinkham
Five Islands
Ruth Stevens
Waban
Mass
Beatrice Sandler
Stevens
Clarence Randall
Weathersfield Row
Lucy But- Saar
Willard Libby
Bridgton
Lewis Libby
George Kraft
Dorothy Kraft
Waterville
Asa Ricker
Rochester
N. H
Forest Grove Cemetery
Lebanon School
Charlotte Bumford
Lillian Smith
Isabelle Rand
Jeannette Tufts
Ruth Bumford
Geneva Grant
Arvilla Rand
Drama Prof Honored With UT Shakespeare Fund
Austin Texas AP reports a fund to finance Shakespearean productions at the University of Texas has been established in honor of B. Iden Payne, a veteran drama professor age 80. Payne has guest taught at UT since 1946 after teaching at Carnegie Tech, UCLA and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
University of Texas
B. Iden Payne
Payne
Carnegie Tech
Iowa
Kennebunk school group weighs town meeting agenda
The Kennebunk school planning committee authorized Supt. John S Seekins Jr to hire legal counsel to draft articles for a special town meeting. They favored extending the junior high and building a high school vocational facility. They outlined financing, debt limits, and available funds including the Little Field legacy and Park Street overlay reductions to keep borrowing below the ceiling. A prior plan for a town hall open meeting and discussions with assessors were proposed to boost voter understanding ahead of the vote. Enrollment figures show 693 current students with 715 projected for September 1963 and tuition receipts totaling 82 273 for 1961 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk School Planning Committee
Supt. of
John S. Seekins, Jr
Robert York
Park Street
Littlefield
School Planning Board
Selectmen
Seekins
Boston
Board of Assessors
Portland
W. R. Ingalls, Jr
Jack Libby
Town Budget Board
H. Willis Day, Jr
Philip Saxe
Board of Selectmen
Rotarians Learn Denmark Life and U S Appeal at Luncheon
At a Biddeford Saco Rotary meeting Kai Suhr of WIDE described Denmark’s socialized medicine and cooperative systems, noting 85 years of growth rather than sudden legisla tion. He contrasted Denmark’s unions and regulated society with his seven years in the United States before returning to start a New York port relo business and finally settling in Maine. The gathering also heard Rotary news from President Stuart V Flavin and saw visiting Rotarians welcomed. Next week Captain John Sloggett, a retired oil tanker skipper, will speak on Far East tanker operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
United States
Kai Suhr
Radio Station
WIDE
Denmark
U. S
Suhr
Dane
New York City
Connecticut
Maine
Pine Tree
Suhrs
Wells
J. Alan Jasper
Biddeford-Saco Broadcasting Corp
WIDF
Stuart V. Flavin
Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club
Shawmut Inn
Clayton W. Cartmill
L. B. Nuttall
Prescott
Ont
Frank Murray
Lewiston
Martin A. Johnson
Sanford-Springvale
Charles Dessow
Max Wilcox
John Seekins
Kennebunk
Earl Clark
John Sloggett
Cape Elizabeth
Far East
AMVETS Off To Busy Winter State At Beach
AMVETS Post in Old Orchard Beach reports a well attended Field Day at Tarazewich Farm Biddeford with outdoor barbecue. Upcoming events include suppers card parties and a benefit supper for a needy family at Thanksgiving. State executive meeting planned in Bath. leadership changes noted. weekly socials through winter. renewals and meeting updates announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott-Verville Amvets
Old Orchard Beach
Tarazewich Farm
Biddeford
Amvets
Tom Bill
Bath
Bob Bernier
Jacques
Dave Simpson
Adelegate
Bob Pettengill
Bernier
Felix Neauit
Twin Birthday Fete Held At Kennebunk
A double birthday party was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Mario DiFrederico at Longview Terrace Kennebunk for Mary Ann DiFrederico and Susan Yates both turning nine. Circus motif decorations and games framed the event with prizes awarded to Beth Kotlewski Debbie Harrington Debbie Rose and Barbara Kotlewski. Cakes shaped as merry go rounds were prepared by the hostesses Mrs DiFrederico and Mrs Yates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mario DiFrederico
Longview Terrace
Kennebunk
Mary Ann
Susan Yates
J. Russell Yates
Barnard Street
Beth Kotlewski
Debbie Harrington
Debbie Rose
Barbara Kotlewski
Staff Installed By Old Orchard Beach Rebekahs
Mrs Lorraine Pettengill was installed Noble Grand of the Old Orchard Rebekah lodge at a Wednesday ceremony at Odd Fellows Hall. Other officers installed included Eunice Pettengill vice grand Avis Briggs recording secretary Margaret Chamberlin financial secretary Dorothy Arno treasurer Geraldine Collins warden Merry Briggs chaplain Eleanor Bradeen musician Mary Marston color bearer Avonell Pettengill right supporter of noble grand Ethel Whitten left supporter of noble grand Jane Lake right of supporter of vice grand Barbara Gilbert Flora Ricker inside guardian. The conductor and outside guardian were absent and will be installed later. District 2 installing officer Nellie Wallace Biddeford with Lucille McBride deputy marshal. Also on staff were Dorothy Hubbard musician Leah Robie warden Mary Jones financial secretary Ethel Ballard recording secretary Madeline Robie treasurer. A Past Noble Grand jewel was presented to retiring noble grand Betty Wing by the new noble grand who also gifted the installing officer Mrs Wallace. The vice grand presented gifts to deputy marshal Mrs McBride and to Mrs Wing. Mrs Wing then presented gifts to officers and to degree mistress Jane Lake from the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Pettengill
Noble Grand
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
Hall
Eunice Pettengill
Avis Briggs
Margaret Chamberlin
Dorothy Arno
Geraldine Collins
Merry Briggs
Eleanor Bradeen
Mary Marston
Avonell Pettengill
Dorothy Hubbard
Leah Robie
Mary Jones
Ethel Ballard
Madeline Robie
Betty Wing
Wallace
McBride
Cape Porpoise notices and gatherings at church and lodge
Cape Porpoise notes record church activities at the Cape Porpoise Church including a Sunday service at 9 30 a m and a Women's Guild first meeting of the season on October 10 with coffee and dessert served at 1 30 p m hosted by Mrs Fairnie Taylor and Mrs Alice Crowell. The piece lists guests and residents visiting or returning, mentions a Postmasters' dinner attendance, lodge activities with an installation and buffet, and an invitation to the Saco Rebekah lodge installation on October 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape
Women's Guild
Fairnie Taylor
Alice Crowell
Frank Holbrook
Mills Road
Cp Ae
Webber Hisspit
Alice Coit
Cape Porpoise
Harvey Bixby
Ward Road
Coit
Miriam Wetmore
Kathleen Richardson
Indian Harbor
Nova Scotia
Bixby
Nils Svibergson
Castro Valley
Calif
Lois Crowell
Fleanor Gaffney
Pier Road
Sviderson
Tewksbury
Mass
Goose Rocks Beach
Doris MacKenna
Florence Nunan
A. Edward Nunan
Freeport
Lexington
West Newfield
Florence Nu‘nan
Betty McKeon
Biddeford Pool
Ardelle Maling
Elsie Ridlon
Mills
Grace
Nassan College
Springvale
W. D. Stewart
Pier
Pittsburgh
Methodists Urge Tobacco Stand Stronger In Church
Orlo Struk Jr. of West Virginia Wesleyan College urges the Methodist Church to intensify its stance against tobacco in all forms. He cites links between smoking and cancer and heart conditions, defending the church position against mockery and skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodists and Tobacco Chicago
Methodist Church
Orlo Struk Jr
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Christian Advocate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edmund Cashen Dial
Lebanon
Lyman
Sneider’s Food Buys
West Street
Felix Neault
Russell Rix
Jerry Jacques Pre
Post
Rebekahs
Alice M. Crowell
Joan Collins
Wing
Noble
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Rambler
American Motors
Crepeau Rambler Sales CO
Main Street
Biddeford, Maine
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