Kennebunk News Briefs and Community Notes
Fire department responded to a short circuit in an electric stove at the Ralph Brown house on Maguire Road. Nine year old Sandra Dickson remains a patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Mrs. Edward J. Winston returned home to South Portland after a weekend visit with her son and daughter in law. Guests at the Cashen home on Summer Street included Nellie Cashen and Kenneth Cashen of Norwood Massachusetts. A new square dancing class begins Thursday at the Webhonnet club from 8 to 10 30 p m led by Cal Main of York. Mrs. Margaret Welch, Fletcher Street, works in the Kennebunk Star office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Ralph Brown
Maguire Road
Sandra Dickson
Robert Dickson
Ross Road
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Edward J. Winston
South Portland
Edward C. Winston
Fletcher Street
Kennebunk Star
Wells Ogunquit Extension Topics Bread and Rolls
The Wells Ogunquit Extension met at Wells First Congregational church with lectures on bread and rolls and freezer storage of foods led by Celia Littlefield and Madeline Granton. An invitation was extended to Wells Branch Extension for a November 7 meeting at 11 a.m. in the Wells Branch community hall with the topic Christmas Suggestions and displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Ogunquit Extension Association
Wells First Congregational Church
Celia Littlefield
Madeline Granton
Wells Branch Extension
Wells Branch
Ethel Hilton
Bernette Trafton
Wells- Ogunquit
Grace Kimball
Ruth Howe
Catherine Johnson
Wells
Milleton Stair
Chicago
Ill
Howe
Johnson
Fthel Hilton
Celia Norton
Alice Littlefield
Beach Kiwanis Club Posts Its Officers Slate
The Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis club held a meeting at the American Legion hall selecting officers for the coming year. Alphonse H. Monier was named president with Robert M. Corliss and Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr. as vice presidents and treasurer Roland L. Mewer. Directors include Herbert P. Bean Donald W. Briggs Paul F. E. Magrath J. Nason Milliken Emerson D. Parlin Robert L. Reid Roger Tousignant and junior past president Edward C. Jackson. The nominating committee comprised John M. Wortman Arthur T. Dickson C. Russell Durant Adelbert M. Ikeman and George R. Skillin. Stephen Cook spoke on the Old Orchard Beach High School Key Club’s activities. A get well card was signed for ill treasurer Adelbert Jakeman Jr. Next week President Edward C. Jackson will present colored slides of New England scenes.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert J. Reid
George R. Skillin
Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr
Edward C. Jackson
New England
Grid Smoker Set At St. Joseph Hall
The St. Louis Alumni association will host a grid smoker tonight at 8 in St. Joseph parish hall. Coach Bob Cote will commentate on footage from last Saturday's game against South Portland. Open to all over high school age with a post-film Q and A, refreshments served afterward.
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St. Louis
Charlemagne's Reform Creates Silver Denier Penny Era
Charlemagne's 781 monetary reform transformed the denarius into the silver denier or penny, establishing a dominant Western economy unit that persisted until the late 13th century.
Travel notes and local club gatherings in Old Orchard Beach
Mrs John White of 1 Odessa avenue departed by plane for Denver Colorado to visit her daughter Lois Wakefield and infant Alyson Wakefield for two weeks. The Women s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church meets Thursday at 2 pm in the vestry with a rummage sale Friday and Saturday starting 10 am. The Old Orchard Beach Parent Teacher Association hosts the annual Teachers reception Thursday at 8 pm at Jameson school. Abbott Verville AMVETS auxiliary meets Thursday at 7 30 pm at the post home on Walnut street.
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John White
Odessa Avenue
Denver
Colo
Charles Wakefield
Alyson
Jameson School
Abbott-Verville, Amvets, Auxiliary
Post Home
Walnut’ Street
Roof rolls stolen by two men in Joplin curbside theft
Mrs. Mary Silvers saw two men load rolls of her new roofing into a car at the curb and confront them when she asked what they were doing. They admitted they were stealing the roofing as the car drove away.
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Joplin, Mo
Mary Silvers
Rotary District Governor Will Visit Kennebunk
Rotary club of Kennebunk hosts George E. Sargent district governor of Rotary International 779th district on his annual visit covering Quebec Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts He will meet with President Frank Beard secretary Norris Stephens and club chairmen to discuss Rotary administration and service pursuits Sargent a former American Broadcasting executive and World War II veteran has chaired multiple community and national committees and led Rotary in 1961-62 at Tokyo convention He notes Rotary clubs worldwide share goals of fellowship community improvement and global goodwill with over 11 000 clubs and 509 000 members in 123 countries
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Rotary Club of
Kennebunk
George E. Sargent
Rotary International
Quebec
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Frank Beard
Norris Stephens
Rotary
Sargent
American Broadcasting Company
Oakland
Hsa
Chamber of Commerce
Home Service Committee
American Red Cross
Community Chest
U.S. Army
Tokyo
Japan
Beard
Olive Rebekah Lodge Observes Brothers Night in Kennebunk
Olive Rebekah Lodge met in Kennebunk with Noble Grand Mildred Redson presiding. Members planned dates for the Kennebunk band boosters calendar and 80th anniversary events in December under Lucille McBride. A cake walk directed by Lorraine Charland awarded to Reginald Hatch. Next meeting set for November 6 with roll call and re obli gation. District Deputy President Nellie Wallace and marshal Eleanor Shaffer to make first official visit. officers to wear evening gowns. Refreshments by Helen Taylor Bertha Deeper. entertainment by Millie Coyle Tone Foss. Drill mistress Mildred Thyng. tableaux led by Grace McBride. Refreshments served by Annie Cole Mary Cole.
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Nellie Wallace
Eleanor Shaffer
Biddeford
Wll
Helen Taylor
Bertha Deeper
Millie Coyle
Tone Foss
Mildred Thyng
Grace McBride
Annie Cole
Mary Cole
Hambleton Named Washington Correspondent for Business Week
James R. Hambelton of Old Orchard Beach has been named Washington correspondent for Business Week. A Maine graduate magna cum laude, he led the Maine Campus and held multiple honors society roles. He previously worked as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and as an economic financial reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. He served in Korea and has Army experience.
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James R. Hambelton
John F. Hambelton
Old Orchard Beach
Washington
Business Week
McGraw-Hill
Hambelton
University of Maine
Maine
Newman Club
Wall Street Journal
Water plummets over Niagara Falls at 219000 cusecs
Water plunges over Niagara Falls at a rate of 219000 cubic feet per second, describing the immense volume and power of the historic natural feature.
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Niagara Falls
Old School Books in Beach Exhibit Opens at Library
An exhibit of vintage school books is on display at Edith B. Libby Memorial Library on Staples Street in Old Orchard Beach. Arranged by the Old Orchard Beach Historical Society, it runs two weeks, with a society annual meeting set for Monday at 7:45 p.m. at Franklin Milliken's home in Milliken's Mills where officers will be elected.
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Edith B. Libby
Staples Street
Old Orchard Beach
Hipster with 40 inch ax draws attention at street corner
An AP report notes a hipster in a stylish jacket and stovepipe slacks at a Baltimore street corner. He chatted with a chic companion while casually twirling a 40 inch ax like a cane, drawing curious glances from onlookers.
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Baltimore
Waitiaall
Televised Plots Need Fresh Ideas Says Viewer
NewYork AP notes when TV producers seek novel plots a reader offers ideas including a Civil War saga with two brothers on one side a ruthless money driven quack doctor a lone girl in a haunted house and a tense showdown between marshals and gunmen in a dusty town real or imagined the critic imagines vivid TV storylines to spark imagination
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New York
Gunslinger
Black Hat
Fragmentary comic dialogue scene with pie gag
A crude kitchen scene shows a marshal slipping, a housewife baking banana cream pie for a dinner with her boss and wife. The daytime heroine chats with Dr John, claiming she feels fine and content with no worries.
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Dr. John
Doc
Tonight’s TV Highlights Include Steve Allen and Perry Como
The Steve Allen Show on ABC runs 7:30 to 8:30 p m with Carl Reiner as guest star. Perry Como Show on NBC from 9 to 10 p m features Martha Raye as guest star.
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Steve Allen
ABC
Carl Reiner
Perry Como
NBC
Martha Raye
Woman Uses Law Books as Foot Rest in Trial
In St Joseph Missouri Judge Emmett J Crouse's courtroom a female spectator complained the jury box chairs were too high for her feet. The judge then ordered three large law books from his chambers to be used as a foot rest during the proceedings.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Emmett J. Crouse
Iater
Pacific Science Congress to convene in Honolulu
In August 1,200 scientists from the West and East will gather in Honolulu for the 10th Pacific Science Congress running Aug. 21 to Sept. 6. The Soviet Union will send 132 delegates aboard the vessels Vityaz and Polius, with ten ships from other nations docking for the event. The congress, held every four years, features more than 120 symposiums on topics from shark behavior to tropical plants.
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Honolulu
World of Science
Soviet Union
Vityaz
Polius
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Edmund Cashen
Stella Maris Grammar School
Sr. George Ed
Beach Kiwanis Club
St. Joseph Hall
Ole Orchard Beach
Clement P. Wight
Dial
Pres. Beard
George FE. Sargent
Dacron
duPont
Olive Rebekah Lodge
Hambleton
Beach
S&h
Jack & Larry’s Jewelry
Alfred and
Main Streets
Butler's
Butler
Gladys Wilcox
Miss Rachel Dubois
White
S.M.L
Ruth Cheney
Florence Grace
Fydder Elastic
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