Kennebunk Social Roundup and Local Notices
Kennebunk hosts include Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stevens celebrating Norman's birthday with family at Chief of Police Frank Stevens home. Miss Virginia Webber and others travel for vacations and visits, Halloween social at Kennebunk Junior High, Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias meeting, and Boy Scout Court of Honor planned for Troop 304. Fire department handles a Sunday flash fire. outdoor fires banned amid drought. Ambulance responds to Mrs. Allen P. Chase.
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Norman Stevens
Police
Frank Stevens
Colonial Drive
Norman
Stevens Cathie
Christopher
Lisa
Virginia Webber
Age Sewer District Ofice
James Shriber
Orleans
Mass
Ernest Cartwright
Summer Street
Evelyn Smith
Collinsville
Conn
Woodury Stevens
Stevens
Beulah Pitts
Kennebunk
Charles Freeman
Storer Street
Freeman
Vallee’s
Kittery
Los Angeles
Calif
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Belle Witham
Sayward Street
Harold Witham
Hudson
N.Y
Donald Evans
Portland
Oreg
Paul Lemay
Boothby Road
Merchant Marines
Kennebunk Junior High School
Mildred Cameron
Thomas Vendituoli
Richard Leech
Myrtle Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Main Street
William Hochberg
Sanford
Robert Leech
Kennebunk Fire Chief Tackles Accumulated Dump Trash
Fire Chief Harrison Coleman with the town highway department has been busy since early morning burning accumulated trash at the town dump. Light rainfall aided the effort and reduced fire hazard, helping prevent problems if drought returns.
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Kennebunk
Harrison Coleman
Three Women Injured In Two Maine Turnpike Crashes
Two crashes on the Maine Turnpike at mile 36 in Saco Saturday night sent three women to hospital. Dorothy Barter 45 of Exeter NH suffered internal injuries and was later listed more comfortable. Dorothy Szal 37 and her mother Laura Nixon 60 of Calais were treated for head lacerations and fractured ribs. Hodgdon uninjured.
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Maine
Mile
Saco
Dorothy Barter
Exeter
N.H
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
George
Ronald A. Hodgdon
Seymour
Conn
Dorothy E. Szal
Hodggdon
Szal
Optometry Explained In Dear Miss Williams Column
Readers challenge the column over listing optometry as a trade. The letter clarifies optometry requires college degrees and state exams, defines an optometrist as a vision specialist, and distinguishes them from ophthalmologists. Colleges for training are listed and the column invites reader questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Williams
Miss Williams
Iowa
Light Death Toll In New England Weekend
The six state region reported ten fatalities from Friday 6 p m to Sunday midnight mostly on highways and in accidents. Names include James Bowers 29 Athol Mass Frederic Bethell 35 Hudson Mass Doris Jarrett 44 Burlington Vt Errol Hatch 22 Upper Graniteville Vt James Corbett 19 Plymouth Mass Edward Gomes Jr 21 Watertown Mass David Milbank 30 East Augusta Me Lt Claiborne Brown 23 USMC pilot Harpswell Me Nancy Morse 15 Norwich Conn Staff Sgt James Overby 32 Georgia native shot by son at Easton Me The deaths span Massachusetts Vermont Maine Connecticut and New Hampshire had no fatalities.
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Associated Press
New England
Massachusetts
Vermont
Maine
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
James M. Bowers
Athol
Mass
Rovyalston
Robert
Frederic C. Bethell
Hudson
Stow
Doris N. Jarrett
Burlington
Errol F. Hatch
Upper Graniteville
Washington, Vt
James Corbett
Plymouth
Edward F. Gomes Jr
Watertown
David S. Milbank
Eastaee
East Winthrop
James B. Overby
Columbus
Loring Afb
Limestone
Easton
James Jr
Claiborne Brown
Marine Corps
New Orleans
Harpswell
Nancy E. Morse
Norwich
Conn
Bay State Man Fined For Drunken Driving
A Massachusetts driver, Eric J. Savoie of Waltham, pleaded guilty to drunken driving on the Maine Turnpike and was ordered by Judge Hilary Mahaney in Saco Municipal Court to pay a $100 fine, with status of payment unknown at press time. John O. Curtis of Lyman pleaded guilty to spotting deer with his pickup lights after dark. the $20 fine was paid.
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Massachusetts
Lyman
Hilary Mahaney
Saco
Eric J. Savoie
Waltham
Mass
Keith Littlefield
Maine
Savoie
John O. Curtis
Thomas Bryant Sr
Look Say Versus Phonetics in Reading Education
Prof. Leslie J. Nason of USC argues for a balanced reading approach over sheer Look-Say methods. He states decoding knowledge of letters, sounds, and syllables strengthens word recognition, reduces guessing, and builds lasting comprehension, noting both methods contribute to skill if taught together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
Nason
General Post Office
Salle Charite Bid Whist Party Awards Aboard Biddeford Hall
Salle Charite hosted a bid whist party on Alfred Street Biddeford awarding high score honors to Mrs Alma Caron and Mrs Lillian Grenier. Isabelle Lebel Rose Lundstrom won all up hand with special prizes to Eugene Neault Marcel Courtois Mrs Lillian Grenier Oliva Perreault and Marcial Perreault. A progressive whist party on Saturday awarded to Marie Jane Bisson and Arthur Daigle with high score prizes to Anna Paquette Blanche Tremblay Lily Beaudoin Georgiana Dube Alfred Bisson Arthur Bolduc Marcial Perreault and Adolphe Remillard. Women’s Wednesday party awarded J A Laucier Diana Moulin Alice Drouin Cora Le Prohon and Derilda Garon. A public bean supper is set for Saturday Nov 2 at 17 Alfred St with a progressive whist party to follow and another bid whist party on Sunday Nov 3. A women’s afternoon board party is noted for Oct.
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Alma Caron
Lillian Grenier
Salle Charite
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Isabelle Lebel
Rose Lundstrom
Eugene Neault
Marcel Courtois
Oliva Perreault
Marcial Perreault
Marie Jane Bisson
Arthur Daigle
Anna Paquette
Blanche Tremblay
Lily Beaudoin
Georgiana Dube
Alfred Bisson
Arthur Bolduc
Adolphe Remillard
J. A. Laucier
Diana Moulin
Alice Drouin
Cora le Prohon
Derilda Garon
Saco Firefighters Answer Three Calls
Saco firefighters responded to three calls on Sunday. Engine 2 battled a grass fire at 263 North St. at 2:24 PM and was recalled at 3:00 PM. Engine 3 extinguished a charcoal fire in the Cascade comp area at 3:13 PM, recalled at 3:34 PM. Later, Engine 2 put out a trash barrel blaze on the Boom pad at 6:30 PM.
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Saco
Engine 2
North St
Recall
Cascade Comper
Dear Abby readers weigh in on risky confidences and wedding manners
In a family friend cautionary column a junior high student is advised to avoid confiding in a 40 year old family friend and maintain distance. A mother in Illinois reports a soldier’s daughter and a wedding guest asks about timely thank-you notes and guilt for delays.
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Abby
Junior Choir Festival Set For December
The Biddeford Saco Council of Churches announces the annual Junior Choir Festival of Christmas music on Sunday December 1 at 5 p.m. at Biddeford First Universalist Church City Square Rehearsals begin November 3 Sundays 3 to 4 30 p m All junior singers from grades two through nine are invited Organist Paul Brown Director Horace Killam Committee members listed from local churches and groups
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Virginia Henderson
Foss Street Methodist Church
Biddeford
Ruth Hutchins
South Biddeford
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Mark Friedman
Harry Friedman
Ernest Heffernan
Maple St
Miss Heffernan
Thornton Academy
Reliable Construction Co
U. S. Air Force
Lackhebourne Air Force Base
Ohio
Kennebunk Fire Department
Allen P. Chase
Sea Road
He Fon
Reneee
TC Public
Main St
William H. Harrison
U.S
France
Germany
Ans
Massachusetts College of Optometry
Boston
Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago
University of Houston College of Optometry
Houston
Tex
Los Angeles College of Optometry
University of California School of Optometry
Berkeley
KCOU
Fuvwlez
Hamburg
the Farm
Murphy's Garage
Old Orchard Beach
New York Club
Old Orchard Beach High School
Crystal
Bay State
Leslie J. Nason
University of Southern California
Alfred St
Saco and Biddeford Savings Institution
Christmas Club
Aanata Rev
Member
Federal Deposit Ins. Corporation
Dear Abby
Abigail
John
Caseyville
Illinois
van Buren
A&p Elberta
A&p
PLAID
Jane Parker
Red Circle
Bokar
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