Kennebunk News Notes and Local Meetings
Maj. (ret.) Ethel Theilmann was guest of honor at a birthday dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs. J. Robert Downing in Kennebunk. Community notices include church and lodge meetings, a high school football victory celebration, and visits from residents to relatives in Keene and New London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Theilmann
J. Robert Downing
Summer Street
Alice L. Downing
Joan. Mas
Theilmann
Honolulu
Minnesota
Boston
Portland Street
James Keating
Judy
Keating
Janet Frost
Carol Welch
Sheila Hilton
Andrea Robinson
Esther Bragdon
Keanebunkport
William A. Shorey
New London
Conn
Shorey
Chhildren
Josephine
William
Bragdon
Kennebunk
Traip Academy
Kittery
Main Street
Kennebunk Baptist Missionary Society
Cape Porpoise social notes and family announcements
Mrs Esther Woods returns to Leominster Mass after summer stay with Mrs Gertrude Seevey. Joyce Nunan and Richard Bowly welcome son Bret Gerald born September 27. grandparents Nelson Nunan. Miss Cecile De Banke and Miss Eleanor Blair return to Wellesley after summer at their cottage. Harold Wakefield hosts York County Kennel Club lobster dinner at Cape Foremen's hall with regular meeting led by Harry Tomlinson. attendees include Admiral and Mrs George Phillips and many locals from Kennebunk, Sanford, Biddeford, Portland and Haverhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Woods
Gertrude Seevey
Leominster
Mass
Richard Bowly
Joyce Nunan
Cooper's Mills
Bret Gerald
Nelson Nunan
Cecile de Banke
Eleanor Blair
Wellesley
Harold Wakefield
York County Kennel Club
Cape Foremen’s Hall
Harry Tomlinson
George Phillips
Jess Hill
Ruth Wakefield
Grace Emmons
Kennebunk
Robert Benson
Sanford
Beatrice Crowley Wells
Hazel Johnson
Arundel
Lois Totman
VFW Whist Party Winners Announced
The Biddeford VFW auxiliary hosted the third whist party at the city building last evening. Co chairs were Mrs Alden Racine and Mrs Almeria Proulx. Prizes went to Mrs Blanche Small Mrs Flora Mrs Rose Lundstrom and Mrs Lucienne Roy for high ladies. Poirier. Mrs Florence Tipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford V. F. W
Alden Racine
Almeria Proulx
Blanche Small
Flora
Rose Lundstrom
Lucienne Roy
Poirier
Florence Tipping
Wells Scouts Camp At Mirror Lake Overnight
Ten members of Wells Boy Scout Troop 353 joined Scoutmaster Frank J. Milinski and Harry Alpren for an overnight camping trip at Mirror Lake. The group slept in tents and cooked on open fires. Also noted are upcoming Highpine Chapter DeMolay and Ocean Lodge meetings and a Maine Legion auxiliary reception honoring Sylvia C. Dow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Boy Scout Troop 353
Mirror Lake
Frank J. Milinski
Mark
Wells Scout
Harry Alpren
Raymond Russell
Frank Russell
Peter Russell
Curtiss Clemens
Walter Bucklin
Thomas Chase
Wayne Chase
Brian Clough
Larry Kent Alpren
Gerald LaPierre
Highpine
Order of de
South Portland
Sylvia C. Dow
Department of Maine
Old Orchard Beach Visitors Return From Vacation Stop
Old Orchard Beach residents visiting Fort Hill Avenue in Old Orchard Beach included Mrs Ahearn, her sister Mrs Ed Erwin, Emmy Kay, Kathy Clavette, and Margaret Hodgdon of Rumford. They returned to Rumford on Sunday. Rebekah Lodge members attended Saco Lodge officers installation including Barbara Gilbert, Eunice Pettengill, Eleanor Bradeen, Margaret Chamblin, and Mr and Mrs Ernest Guilford. C Paul Wright of Longwood Avenue, recently at the Teachers Association sessions in Portland, returned to Rumford where he teaches physics and chemistry at Stephens High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Pomona Grange
Arundel Grange Hall
Edmund L. Cashen
Arundel Grange
Fred Merrill
Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion Auxiliary
High Street
Lena McInnis
Mc‘Innis
Marguerite Crowley
Benda Edwards
Alice L. Doring
Ca. Haas
Biddeford
Christchurch
Circle 1
Women’s Fellowship
Church
Laska Hansen
John S. Seekins, Jr
New England Association of
Swampscott
Mass
John Peterson
Winchester
James Keating
Portland Street
Keating
Carl Peterson
James A. Bowdoin
USN
U. S. Naval Harbor
Ft. Story
Norfolk
Edgar Bowdoin
Winter Street
Eila van Wicker
John DeAngelis
Summer Street
Webber Hospital
Frederick Ahearn
Fort Hill Avenue
Eleanor’ Bradeen
Margaret Chamberlin
Ernest ‘Guilford
C. Paul Wright
Longwood Avenue
Teachers Association
Portland
Rumford
Stephens High School
Nee Nah Delegates Attend Maine Red Men Session
Nee Nah council members and relatives gathered in Portland for the Great Council of Maine session of the Improved Order of Red Men and Pocahontas. Emery Bibber was reelected great chief of records, with several members attending the banquet and joint officer installation. The text notes Chicago White Sox reliever Gerry Staley pitched in 35 of the first 77 games, collecting nine wins and many saves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Bibber
Nee Nah Council
Pocahontas
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Great Council of Maine
Improved Order of Red Men
Anne Lublinsky
Laura Jordan
Gertrude Leonard
Priscilla Bibber
Walter Jordan
Janie
Chicago White Sox
Gerry Staley
Pine Tree Council Scout Drive kicks off in Old Orchard Beach
More than 80 town residents volunteer for the Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts annual fund drive starting October 18 in non chest and United Fund communities. Maynard Shorey leads the campaign with Police Chief Leslie Wyman and others serving as chairmen and captains while Scoutmaster Richard Cleveland and Troop 335 join in activities. The drive supports a 1961 budget of 1161547 to extend Scouting across ten Maine counties, with the council center at 175 Auburn Street Portland acting as service hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts of America
United Fund
Maynard Shorey
Shorey
Leslie Wyman
Arlene LeBreton
Gertrude Eastman
Carleton Cole
Norman Murphy
Prospect
Shirley Doe
Barbara Gilbert
Florence Boisvert
Richard Norton
Robert Dale
Harold Mullen
Letha Prescott
Shirley Souza
Richard Cleveland
Leslie Eastman
Congress of the United States
Shortey
National Council of the
Maine
Auburn Street
Portland
Rebuilt Freight Cars Carry Crumb Woodpulp at Waterville
Waterville Maine Central shops completed rebighting 30 freight cars for crumb pulp from Keyes Fibre Co. to Shawmut and Waterville. Cars feature fibreglass insulation, plywood interiors, vented doors, and pipe-loading capability to speed loading and prevent moisture freezing. Project supports Keyes plant upgrades and aims to boost pulp production and finished molded pulp goods by early 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
Keyes Fibre Company
Maine Central Herald
Crumb
Keyes
Shawmut
Kennebec
Surprise Stork Shower Honors Mrs Paul Girard in Biddeford
A surprise stork shower for Mrs Paul Girard was held at Mrs Gerald Lothrop’s home at 23 Western Avenue Biddeford. Gifts were opened and a social hour followed with refreshments served by the hostess. Attendants included Mrs Patrick Murphy Mrs Henry Girard Mrs Michael Mogan Mrs Louise Glynn Mrs Arthur Girard Sr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Girard
Gerald Lothrop
Western Avenue
Biddeford
Patrick Murphy
Henry Girard
Michael Mogan
Louise Glynn
Arthur Girard, Sr
Norman McAuley
Paul Parentean
Amedeo Miniuitti
Arthur
Local Card Party Awards and Next Event Date
Bernard Gonneville and score led the men’s high score while Georg ianna Bissonnette won the ace of hearts. Laurette Dubreuil took the booby prize, with special prizes to Hazel Foucault. The next party will be held October 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Gonneville
Georgianna Bissonnette
Laurette Dubreuil
Hazel Foucault
Almeria Proulx
Red Faces Aplenty Here In Bryan Texas
At Kennedy Johnson campaign headquarters locals questioned Nixon Lodge buttons. Charlie Blake Hearn district manager for the Democrats struggled to explain as he revealed buttons from Austin that half supported the opposing party. Thomas Lynch Jr. is noted for signing the Declaration of Independence at age 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Tex
Charlie Blake
Hearn
Austin
Thomas Lynch, Jr
South Carolina
Brock Lord Engagement Announced in Wells and Ogunquit
Miss Geraldine Elaine Brock of South Berwick and Wells and Donnell Hamlin Lord of Ogunquit are engaged. Both graduates of Wells High School last June, Geraldine attends the Cambridge School of Business in Boston while Donnell works in the contracting business with his father. No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Elaine Brock
Wells
Donnell Hamlin Lord
Alewive Extension Meeting Tackles Home Safety
The Alewive Extension service meets at Alewive Grange hall Tuesday at 10 30 a m led by Mrs Irene Knight with Miss Agnes Gibson speaking on Home First Aid Dinner served at noon. Frank Varney is a patient at Henrietta Goral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alewive Extension Service
Alewive Grange Hall
Irene Knight
Agnes Gibson
Frank Varney
Henrietta Gooral
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edmund Cashen
Ackache
Christ Church
Dane Street
Women's Fellowship
Dale Carnegie
Columbia Hotel
NEW England Institute
Cape Porpoise
Florence Nunan
VFW
Clement P. Wight
Myrtle Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Walter Hargreaves
Page
A. Wesley Leech
John Lindsey
Maynard Redson
Tre
Viarp Bros
Wernt
Glas O-Fane
Iy Te Ey
Storm Ee
Rose M., Arel
Louis J. Arel
Glenwood Avenue
Saco
United States Armed Forces
SFC
Blanche E. Kelley
WAC
Womens Army Corps
Fort Williams
Ares
Fort McClellan
Ala
Geraldine Brock
Donnell H. Lord
West Kennebunk
Gertrude Dutch
Alewive Grange
Maine Cleaners
Pepperell Square
Washington Avenue
Nincods
New England
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