Kennebunk News Briefs Cover Local Travel and School Closure
Mrs. Thomas W. Mars returns to West Kennebun from a New York state trip visiting Packet Saranac Lake Majone Oswego Auburn New York City Peekskill and Hyndsville. Kennebunk and Kennebunkport schools close Wednesday afternoon for Portland teachers convention. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Robertson visit East Sullivan relatives. Mrs. J Reid Howse moves to 16 Grove Street. Mrs. Richard Leech hosts a toy demonstration party on Ross road with numerous attendees.
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Thomas W. Mars
West Kennebun
New York State
Packet
Saranac Lake
Majone
Oswego
Auburn
New York City
Peekskill
Hyndsville
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Portland
Ralph H. Robertson
East Sullivan
Ronald Robertson
Kennebunk Landing
J. Reid Howse
Morse
Grove Street
Gladys Anderson
Richard Leech
Ross Road
Theodore Towne
Bradford Dyer
Robert Preble
Donald Dyer
Richard Weeman
Joseph Bush
Albert Cowgill
Earl Witham
Robert Leech
Paul LeMay
Ora McConnell
A. Wesley Leech
James Keating
Church Circle At Kennebunk Plans Projects
One of the Women’s Fellowship of Christchurch met at Mrs. William Chase’s Sanford road home in Kennebunk. Circle Leader Mrs. Fred Hansen led plans for a Men’s club supper on October 10 at 6 30 p m at the church and a rummage sale on October 12 at 10 a m at the church. A social hour followed with refreshments by Miss Nancy Noury and Miss Edith Nutter. The group will meet on the second Monday each month, next on November 14 at Mrs. Edward Dargis’s Fletcher street home. Hosts will be Mrs. William Chase, Mrs. Ronald Robertson and John Lindsey.
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Circle One
Women’s Fellowship of Christchurch
William Chase
Sanford Road
Kennebunk
Fred Hansen
Nancy Noury
Edith Nutter
Edward Dargis
Fletcher Street
William Chas
Ronald Robertson
John Lindsey
York County 4-H Delegates to Chicago Congress
Twenty two Maine 4-H club members will represent the state at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago November 27 to December 1. York county's David Scamman, 17, Hollis Center, is highlighted as outstanding 4-H boy, with eight years in 4-H and projects in poultry, gardens, woodworking, forestry, and more. Accompanying state leaders Kenneth Lovejoy and Margaret Stevens note the honor and Maine ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Maine
Chicago
John Martin
Arnold Devoe
Eagle Lake
Ruth Ann Erickson
West Rockport
Robert W Spear
North N.qleboro
Sylvia E. Potter
Carol MacDonald
Ernest Sanborn
Bucksport
David Secamman
Hollis Center
Joyce Ann Edgerly
South Sangerville
Jacquelyn Hoar
Farmington
Stephen Briggs
Turner
Susan Butterworth
Cumberland
Nancy Miller
Donald Callahan
Lincolnville
Gerald Dow
Woodland
Marie Colson
Monroe
Sharon A Harris
Newport
Frances Sherbburne
Dexter
Sandra L. Rowell
Harmony
Norman C. Hunt
Bunker Hill
Sharon Lee Steele
Washington
Carl Lofgren
Cornville
Kenneth C. Lovejoy
Margaret F. Stevens
University of Maine
Stevens
York County
David Scamman
Hollis Center, Stateinner
L. H. Scamman
Hollis High School
Fire House
Danforth
Miniwanca Officer Attends Ceremony
Mrs L G Wight, secretary of Miniwanca Order of the Eastern Star, attended a meeting in Iona chapter in Portland on Wednesday evening. Ethyl Farrar was honored for ten years as secretary, with gifts, refreshments, and a brief entertainment program. Accompanying Mrs Wight were Past Matron Ruth Durant and Miss Kay Mewer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Gertrude Wight
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Iona
Portland
Ethyl Farrar
Someritus
Mabel DeShon
Wieht
Ruth Durant
Marjorie Douglass
Kay Mewer
Miniwanea
Accountant John M. Cummings Opens Kennebunk Office
John M. Cummings opens a public accounting office at 92 Main Street Kennebunk. A Newton Mass native, he earned a Cornell Hotel Administration degree and did graduate accounting work at Boston University. He is a Massachusetts certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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John M. Cummings
Main Street
Kennebunk
Newton
Mass
Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
Boston University
Massachusetts
American Institute of Certified
Wells Youth Attains Rank of Eagle Scout and More
Wells, New York reporter covers Peter Joy earning Eagle Scout at the Wells American Legion hall with Troop 353, noting his five years in Cambridge and one year in Wells, plus multiple merit badges and new tenderfoot. The ceremony also saw Star Scout advances for Frank Russull and Francis Milinski, other badge awards, and leadership appointments across patrols.
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Peter Joy
Roland H. Joy
Hilton Lane
Wells
Wells American Legion Hall
Joy
Cambridge
Mass
Wells High School
Kenneth Hunnewell
York District
Wells Wells
Frank J. Milinski
Roland Joy
Frank Rus‘sull
Frank Lincoln
Francis Milinski
Larry Kent Alpren
Harry Alpren
Douglass Metcalf
William
Robert Perry
Ralph Perry
Thomas Chase
Daniel Chase
Peter Russell
Curtiss Clemens
William Byrnes
Brian Clough
Gerald LaPierre
Robert Cole
Reginald Chase
Raymond Russell
Pioneer Patrol
Frank Russell
Apache Patrol
Coyote Patrol
Ronald Chase
Eagle Patrol
Walter Buckland
Wayne Chase
William Perry
Wells Boy Scout Troop
Oscar Eaton
Eliot
York County
Flbridge
Leroy Hanson American Legion Post
Harry Alprem
Ray V. Chase
Albert A. Mortimer
William F. Byrnes
Forrest C. Chase
Hunnewell
Eaton
Notable Johnson career and local accountant profile
Andrew Johnson served Tennessee and the United States in multiple roles including congressman governor senator and vice president. Cummings, a public accountant with six years at Price Waterhouse and Webster McCann in Boston, resides in Kennebunk with wife Nancy Coleman and two children at 16 Dane Street.
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Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
The
United States
Massachusetts Society of Certified Accountants
Cummings
Price, Waterhouse and Company
Webster McCann
Boston
Nancy Coleman
Kennebunk
James
Judith
Dane Street
St Margaret's Sodality Opens Fall Meetings
St Margaret's Ladies Sodality met at Old Orchard Beach with Mrs Joseph Moore presiding. Rev Fr Walsh spoke on St Francis de Sales and parochial schools future. New member Beatrice Perry welcomed. mystery prize won by Barbara Regan. Plans set for November reception and York County Quarterly meeting. retreat at Good Shepherd Bay View on Oct 21. contact Mrs James Prendergast for attendance. Committees named for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret's Ladies Sodality
Old Orchard Beach
Joseph Moore
Edward Walsh
Beatrice Perry
Lewiston
Peggy McGlauflin
Maureen Bellerose
Barbara Regan
York County Quarterly Meeting
Good Shepherd
Bay View
James Prendergast
Walsh
St. Francis de Salle
Robert Smith
Prescott Verrill
Sunshine
Lewis Fowler
Seminary Fund
Conrad Hebert
William Mullen
Arnold Morin
Robert Court
Scouts Headed for Overnight Camp at Mirror Lake
Boy Scouts depart Friday morning for an overnight camping trip at Mirror Lake under their Scoutmaster and several committeemen. Refreshments were served after the meeting and the ceremonies closed with taps played by bugler Gerald La Pierre.
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Mirror Lake
Gerald la Pierre
Nee Nah Council Plans Trash and Treasure Sale
Frances Johnson presided at Nee Nah Council Pocahontas meeting in Old Orchard Beach. Final plans were completed for a Trash and Treasure sale on October 22 at the former cobbler shop on Washington Avenue with Johnson as general chairman. Anne Lublinskyw named a delegate to represent Nee Nah at the Great Pocahontas Council in Portland. Laura Jordan won the mystery prize and Catherine Lemire a special prize. Priscilla Bibber reported on Great Council meetings in Atlanta. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for October 18.
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Pocahontas
Frances Johnson
Nee Nah Council
American Legion Hall
School Street
Old Orchard Beach
Washington Avenue
Anne Lublinskyw
Great Pocahontas Council
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Man Traces Barking to Dry Well Finds Dog Skeleton
Spartanburg South Carolina resident P. B. K. Sanderson spent a week seeking the source of a dog's bark. He lowered himself into a dry well beneath his home and found a live dog atop the skeleton of another dog that had died in the same well some time ago.
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Spartanburg
Sanderson
Toilers By Sea Hold Meeting At Ocean Park
Toilers by the Sea met at Por terhall Temple avenue Ocean Park for the first fall meeting A buffet luncheon was served Vice President Ada Cole presided in place of ill president Lois Skillin Inspirational talk by Dorothy Johnston Those present included Ada Cole Helene Storr Marion White Hazel Daly Fraz Frizzle Helen Johnson Muriel Gooch Lillian Jakeman Hazel Osgood Carrie Grover Bessic chor Ruby Brown Shirley Doe Ethel Rowlands Mabel Spence Velma Wiggin Ethel Dinsmore Annie Cranshaw Merion Yanscom Melba Lawson Luella Ballard Ethel Bruce Helen Smith Mildred Soule Mary Coburn Carrie Lawton Mae Harris Lucile Puffer Genevieve Webb Verna Brook Mildred Moody Isabelle McIver Elizabeth Wilson Doris Barth Ednad Sulis Vera Kendall
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Toilers- by-the-Sea
Porterhall
Temple Avenue
Ocean Park
Ada Cole
Lois Skillin
Dorothy Johnston
Helene Storr
Marion White
Hazel Daly
Fra Frizzle
Helen Johnson
Muriel Gooch
Lillian Jakeman
Hazel Osgood
Carrie Grover
Bessic “Chor
Ruby Brown
Shirley Doe
Ethel Rowlands
Mabel Spence
Velma Wiggin
Ethel Dinsmore
Annie Cranshaw
Merion
Helen Smith
Mildred Soule
Mary Coburn
Carrie Lawton
Mae Harris
Lucile Puffer
Genevieve Webb
Verna Brook
Mildred Moody
Isabelle McIver
Elizabeth Wilson
Doris Barth
Ednad Sulis
Vera Kendall
Color draws people in Lebanon Va as Fields paints world
Charlie Fields a 66 year old bachelor in Lebanon Virginia coats his house roof walls and furniture in red white and blue. His yard features painted ferris wheels airplanes and merry go rounds to attract neighbors and especially children who visit his colorful home.
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Lebanon
Charlie Fields
Fields
Community News Notes and Local Visits
Mrs June Girard led a long list of participants in church vestry activities with Pilgrim girls knitting frog yarn dolls. Local visitors included Mr and Mrs Walter Hayes en route to Florida, and Robert Lund USN on leave visiting family in Scarborough. Carleton Jenness now drivers a truck in Biddeford after returning from military service in Germany.
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Do Ls
Pamela
Joan Goodwin
Sharon Bomford
Emily Ricker
Kathy Bamford
Suzanne Clark
Lois Randall
Emme Goodwin
Walter, Hayes
Groveton N. H
Esther MacKechnie
Florida
Robert Lund
USN
Norfolk
Biddeford
Germany
North Lebanon Services and social notes
North Lebanon church holds services on Sunday at 1 p m with Sunday school after. Miss Hazel Clark of Auburn New Hampshire visited her sister Mrs Ethel Stillings. All but one member attended the weekly meeting of the group.
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North Lebanon Church
Hazel Clark
Auburn
N. H
Ethel Stillings
Bayside Pool Scene Sparks Alarm Over Rust Joke
A Bayside suburban pool gathering ends with six year old Bruce Cartwright crying out danger as an anonymous participant applies darkening lotion. The child's warning about rusting highlights a tense moment at the sunlit scene.
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Milwaukee
Bayside
Bruce Cartwright
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