Kennebunk Women Plan Harvest Supper and Meetings
American Legion auxiliary unit plans 8 p.m. meeting at 8 Springvale with Greene's garage gathering first. Portland visitor Ethel Welch with niece and family from High Street. Arundel will hold Harvest supper October 14 5 30 to 7 p.m. Christchurch Women’s Fellowship rummage sale Thursday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Co chairs include Mary Bumont and Doris Burleigh.
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Arthur Gilblair
Carol
Joanne
Joseph
Landing
York Street
Kennebunk
Women’s Fellowship of Christchurch
C. L. Main
Warren
Wells Host School of Instruction at Wells Grange
The Abraham Lincoln Womens Relief Corps will host a School of Instruction Wednesday at the Wells Grange hall on Sanford road in Koon with noon meal. Ocean lodge AF and AM inspection is set for 7 30 p m at Highpine Masonic hall on Sanford road Wells with Master Mason degree. Priscilla chapter O E S will provide a 630 p m covered dish supper led by Mrs Marjory Fernald.
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Abraham Lincoln Womens Relief Corps
Wells Grange Hall
Sanford Road
Koon
Barbara Lewis
Helen Roberge
Rose Hamel
Ocean Lodge
Highpine Masonic Hall
Wells
Priscilla Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Marjory Fernald
Ogunquit Library Adopts Winter Hours and Local News
Ogunquit Memorial Library lists fall and winter hours open Monday Tuesday Friday and Saturday 9 am to noon and 2 to 6 pm closed Wednesday and Thursday Choir rehearsals are held each Wednesday at 6 45 pm at Ogunquit Baptist Church John Todd Perkins Cove Ogunquit builds the first bomb shelter of its kind in town reinforced concrete 9 by 12 feet eight feet high Mr and Mrs Lowell Brewster Ogunquit host guests including Austin Carpenter Lloyd Haskell Maude Carpenter Gordon Carpenter Diane Rogers Deborah Carpenter Gail Julie and Tommy Dickerson Roger Finson Pamela North Berwick Old Orchard Beach Wells Biddeford and North Waterboro anniversary noted for Mr and Mrs Finson.
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Ogunquit Memorial Library
Ogunquit Baptist Church
John Todd
Perkins Cove
Ogunquit
Lowell Brewster
Austin Carpenter
Lloyd Haskell
Eugene and
Neil
Maude Carpenter
Gordon Carpenter
North Waterboro
Diane Rogers
Old Orchard Beach
Wallace Carpenter
Deborah
Biddeford
William Dickerson
Gail
Julie
Daniel Dickerson
Tommy
Wells
Roger Finson
Pamela
North Berwick
Finson
Wells Scouts Attend Rousseau Round-Up Camporee in Eliot
Wells Boy Scout Troops 353 and 300 joined 18 troops and one Sea Scout unit at Rousseau's Round-Up in Eliot. Rev. John N. Simpson led Sunday worship for Protestant scouts. Gerald LaPierre led song, Douglass Metcalf was campfire bugler, and Dennis Forrest presided over ceremonies. Marines from Portsmouth Base staged an assault demonstration and a Kittery ski-diving group performed.
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Wells Boy Scout
Wells Troop
York County
Rousseau
Eliot
Wells Group
John N. Simpson
Wells First
Second Congregational
Gerald LaPierre
Douglass Metcalf
Dennis Forrest
Sanford
Francis Milinski
James Wright
Portsmouth Naval Base
Kittery
Napoleon Rousseau
Eliot Farm
Wells
Ronald Nickerson
Bertie Ward
Kenne
Camrhell
Peter Russell
Andy Dufort
Dennis Byrnes
Thomas Chase
Michael Perry
Fred Strout
Larry-Kent Alpren
Frank J. __ ilinski
Roland Dufort, Sr
Harry Alpren
Ocean Park Meeting and Local Club Events
The Ocean Park Home Extension will meet at 10 30 a m Tuesday in Porter hall Ocean Park Temple avenue A membership drive is under way and blanks will be available The program is on Australia The Kiwanis club dinner moves to 6 30 p m Tuesday at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall West Grand Avenue Abbott-Verville AMVETS post meets Tuesday at 8 p m at the post home Walnut Street C Fayette Staples unit American Legion auxiliary meets 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Legion hall School Street
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Ocean Park
Porter Hall
Temple Avenue
Australia
Old Orchard Beach
Post
Walnut Street
C. Fayette Staples
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
School Street
Thurber Remains Critical After Brain Clot Surgery
Humorist James Thurber stayed on the critical list at Doctors Hospital today with slightly improved condition after brain clot removal surgery performed last Wednesday following a collapse in his hotel room. He is expected to recover, doctors said.
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New York
James Thurber
Doctors Hospital
Thurber
Forestry Shortcuts Sought in Florida Reforestation Effort
Forestry experts in Fort Myers seek rapid growth trees to reclaim cut over lands in southwest Florida. Experiments include planting eucalyptus maturing in 20 years or less versus 30 years for slash pine. Some tropical hardwoods offer pulp wood in under 10 years and cateput yields medicinal oils.
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Fort Myers, Fla
Florida
Maling Stevens Nuptials Held In Wells Church
Thelma Muriel Stevens and Ernest William Maling wed at Wells First Congregational on Sept 23 in a double ring ceremony led by Rev. John N. Simpson. Attendants included Mrs. Gladys Burkhart and Robert Maling. The couple honeymooned in the Southern states and reside at 17 Winter St Kennebunk.
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Thelma Muriel Stevens
George C. Stevens
Man Hurt By Thrown Bottle On Rural Route
A 68 year old Stratton man, Gerhart Abel, was struck in the face by a beer bottle thrown from a passing car on Route 2 between Norridgewock and Skowhegan Sunday night. He may lose sight in his right eye and was treated at Thayer Hospital. Abel said he saw three young men in the car and the bottle was thrown as it passed.
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Waterville
Stratton
Gerhart Abel
Thayer Hospital
Norridgewock
Skowhegan
Abel
Dancer's Early Life Spans Three States and Family Market
The dancer was born in Norwood Ohio, raised in Tucson Arizona and Long Beach California. As a youth he helped in his father's produce market while developing his craft.
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Norwood
Ohio
Tucson
Ariz
Lone Beach
Calif
New Star In Hollywood Film Circle
George Chakiris rose from seven years of drought to sudden notice after the West Side Story preview. The London born 27 year old dancer faced hard times, even hunger, before landing a breakthrough in Hollywood.
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Hollywood Film Circle
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
George Chakiris
George
Carthay Circle Theater
Bernardo
London
Hollywood Boulevard
Alewive Juvenile Grange Holds Weiner Roast Election
Alewive Juvenile Grange held a weinie roast at Robert Welch's home in West Kennebunk with many attendees including the Welch family, True family, Schoff family, Fairweather, Stone, Lizotte, Charland, Card, Berdeen, and Thyng. The group will meet Tuesday at 3 30 for officer elections, with Juvenile Deputy of York County Patricia Higgins present.
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Alewive Juvenile Grange
Robert Welch
West Kennebunk
Francis
Jim
Bill Welch
Marianne
John
Jerre True
Laura
Sandra
Wayne Schoff
Bruce
Dennis
Kathleen Fairweather
Sharon
Bobby Stone
Bobby Lizotte
Barbara Charland
Jon Card
Ken Berdeen
Janice Thyng
York County
Patricia Higgins
New England Vignettes on Whistle Road Safety Device
James Ocalogero reports in Boston that a two foot wide ribbed cement median strip installed on Oakland Road to Waterville Interchange in Maine emits a whistle when tires drift toward the opposite lane. The device also reflects headlights aiding night sight. State highway engineers cite dual safety aims amid broader driver caution messages. In Waterbury Connecticut teachers may now finish the school year despite approaching age 70, as the school committee votes to extend service rather than immediate retirement.
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Connecticut
Maine
Oakland
Waterville
Sylvester Poor
Waterbury
Conn
Michael Wallace
Notable Childhood Illnesses Across Massachusetts So Far
This year Massachusetts reports about 60,000 children affected by chicken pox measles mumps or dog bites. Public Health estimates indicate over 20,000 have had measles and more than 13,000 chicken pox cases, around 12,000 bitten by dogs, and about 11,000 suffering from mumps.
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Massachusetts
State Department of Public Health
Miles of Myers in Bucyrus Ohio
In Bucyrus Ohio the Kiwanis Club distinguishes three Robert Myers by middle initials or professions. Robert J. Myers is a finance office manager, Robert E. Myers is a Salvation Army captain, and the club’s newest member is Robert M. Myers, a chiropractor.
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Miles OF Myers Bucyrus
Ohio
Bob Myers
Robert J. Myers
Finance Corporation
Robert E. Myers
Salvation Army
Robert M. Myers
Anonymous planter grows tomato plant on Pittsfield sidewalk
Last spring an unknown person placed a tomato plant in a large sidewalk tree tub outside a cafe on North Street in Pittsfield Mass. The plant bore fruit and as the tomatoes ripened they were picked by the anonymous planter.
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North Street
Pittsfield
Mass
Segregation Practice at Vermont School Divides Ninth Grade
At Rhemoria school in Burlington Vermont ninth grade pupils are split by sex with boys in one class and girls in another. Principal Rev Raymond A Adams says the separation is being accepted well by students and parents as it works in several classes and may extend to others.
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Rhemoria
Burlington
Raymond A. Adams
School Change Cited Over Freshman Maturity Differences
Father Adams noted that freshmen girls are typically more mature than freshman boys and that the split system could spur competitive effort among boys as they adjust to girls leading classes.
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Adams
Burglary Stuns Family Twice In Louisville Home
The Donald Yates family returned from vacations to find a burglar had stolen Mrs. Yates' clothes. Days later the same home was broken into again and the clothes, now soiled, were returned.
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Louisville
Donald Yates
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Howard Taute
Left To Righ
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Sandra Vadnais
Thomas Brady
Jon Bodwell
Homemakers Club
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Ola Orchard Beach
Clement P. Wight
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Boston
Good Roads Assoc
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