Local Notes From Kennebunk And Nearby Towns
Social notices report medical patient at Webber hospital in Kennebunk Gerald McConnell. Sherry Fenwick returns to Belfast. Phyllis Dyer back to teaching in Baltimore after summer with Dyer family in Kennebunk. families visiting and traveling between Kennebunk, Belfast, Bath, and Gardiner. A birth announced for Tony Lee Graham at Webber hospital weighing five pounds seven and a half ounces. birthday party for Debbie Cooper with guests from Gardiner Pittsfield Saugus Andover and Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald McConnell
Grove Street
Webber Hospital
Sherry Fenwick
Belfast
Owen Penney
High Street
Phyllis Dyer
Baltimore
Hamilton Dyer
Storer Street
Kennebunk Savings Bank
J. Robert Downing
Waltham
Mass
A. H. Freeman
Clarence Freeman
Ralph Hinckley
West Kennebunk
Raymond Clark
Sea Road
Robert Pickett
Elizabeth Jane
Syracuse
N. Y
Max Pickett
Kennebunk
Merle Niles
Bath
Gerald Crocker
Gardiner
Benjamin Crocker
George Cooper
Kennebunk Lower Village
Debbie Cooper
Edmund Cooper
Debbie
Cathy and
Edmund, Jr
Linda Whittaker
Pittsfield
Norman Nunan
Pamela
Sandra
C. J. Frederickson
Saugus
Sally MacLellan
Andover
Ernest Macmaid
Colonial Drive
Old Orchard Beach Note Convenes Various Community Meetings
Wilma Murphy visits relatives in St John Canada while Geraldine Durant joins Hollis Durant and family in Stratham New Hampshire. Mrs Marston and Russell Durant are siblings. The VFW auxiliary holds fall season meeting at the post home on Atlantic Avenue Wednesday at 8 pm. Rebekah lodge to hold meeting with second nomination of officers Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Murphy
Glendon Murphy
Sea View Avenue
St. John
N. B
Hollis Durant
Stratham
N. H
Russell Durant
Adelaide Road
Geraldine Durant
Norman Marston
Marston
Old Orchard Beach Memorial
VFW
the Post
Atlantic Avenue
Old Orchard Beach Rebekah Lodge
Cornerstone Laid For Kittery Hospital
The Tri County Osteopathic hospital in Kittery had its cornerstone laid on Sunday. State Senator Roswell P Bates attended on behalf of Maine Osteopathic Association, representing Dr Lawrence Bailey. Local officials included Dr Thomas MacFarlane Burgess Dorr William E Dennett and Dr True Evelyth. An invocation by Rev Maurice Bussey and benediction by Rev St Pierre completed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri- County
Osteopathic Hospital
Kittery
Roswell P. Bates
Androscoggin County
Maine Osteopathic Association
Lawrence Bailey
Thomas MacFarlane
Burgess Dorr
Board of Selectmen
William E. Dennett
Board of Trustees
True Evelyth
Chicago
Til
American Osteopathic Association
Maurice Bussey
Kittery Point
St. Pierre
St. Raphaels Church
Gasoline Tax History and proposed federal increase
Forty years after Oregon first taxed gasoline the average U S tax rose to nine cents a gallon with six cents state tax and three cents federal tax. Newschart uses U S Bureau of Public Roads data through 1959 noting states have raised taxes since and Congress ponders a one cent federal boost to fund interstates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Newschart
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Illuminating engineers urge higher home lighting standards
A report by lighting experts argues most U S homes are underlit and that 1952 and 1958 guidance are obsolete. Desk work needs about 70-foot candles, double prior desk study levels, with two shaded 150-watt lamps 30 inches apart. Proper shielding and adequate lighting reduce glare, eye strain, and safety risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
University of Michigan
International Commission On Illumination
Brussels
George J. Taylor
The
Illuminating Society
American Home Lighting Institute
I. E S
Beach Birthday Celebration in Old Orchard Beach Honors Eddie Jean
Eddie Jean of Old Orchard Beach marked his 73rd birthday with a surprise party at the Ray home on Foote Street. Attendees included locals such as Priscilla Ray and Philip Ray, with gifts and a cake. Also noted are visitors from Saco and West Buxton. A Yukon oil strike near Dawson is described as the territory’s first, with potential pipeline transport to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Jean
Old Orchard Beach
Philip Ray
Foote Street
Priscilla Ray
Keith Gilbert
Bert Allen
Clayton Harmon
Philip LaPorte
Priscilla
Robert
Donald Ray
Donna Merrill
Marion Berry
Saco
Mary Jane Rowcliff
Bradley
Keith Alan
Bruce Emery
West Buxton
George Granger
Yukon
Dawson
Pacific
Referendum on Lamb and Wool Advertising Plan Set
A September 1959 referendum for York County sheep producers will decide if they approve a new agreement under the National Wool Act with the American Sheep Producers Council. Voting runs September 1 through 30 with ballots mailed to eligible sheep and lamb owners, due at the ASC office by September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bery Armitage
York County
ASC
Secretary of Agriculture
American Sheep _ Producer's Council, Inc
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Main Street
Springvale
Kennebunk Votes For Road Projects
At a Kennebunk town meeting led by moderator Albert W. Emmons, residents voted to extend Woodside Drive off Sea Road and to extend the water main with two hydrants from Heath Road to the Andrew Murphy property on Sea Road. Annual payments to the Water District were set not to exceed 336, declining as development progresses, with 57 residents present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Albert W. Emmons
Kennebunk Beach
Woodside Drive
Sea Road
Heath Road
Andrew Murphy
Noella Lemelin Honored At Marshview Shower
A shore dinner shower at the Marshview in Scarborough honored Miss Noella Lemelin ahead of her October 7 wedding to Theodore L. Simard. Hostess Mrs. Paul Lemelin presented a pink parasol and money purse. numerous relatives and friends from Maine and Massachusetts attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noella Lemelin
Marshview
Scarborough
Paul Lemelin
Miss Lemelin
Theodore L. Simard
Joseph Lemelin
Flora Simard
Raymond Lemelin
Laura Lemelin
Joan Lemelin
Lorraine Pendleton
Laura Roy
Jeannette Letourneau
Germaine Aube
Elise Lepine
Omer Lemelin
Gordon Paynter
Portland
Eugene Gagne
Lilianne Viger
Albert Fecteau
Lillian Hamel
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Robert Luneau
Arline Fecteau
Jeannine Fecteau
Yvette Marcoux
Jacinthe Lemelin
Joseph Neault
Paul E. Neault
Raymond Lambert
Jocelyn Janson
Beatrice Provencher
Isabella Nadeau
Martha Masse
Rose Lamothe
Irene Roberge
Aline LeBlond
Blanche LeBelle
Therese Drapeau
Emile Lemelin
Paulette Lemelin
Odelie Lemelin
Pauline Pinette
Nashua
N. H
Annette Morin
Sanford
Noella Morin
Old Orchard Beach
Laura Grenier
Alice Portier
Edward Lee
Wilfrid Champoux
Rita Beaupre
Ae Alma Champoux
Ledia Champoux
Claire Nadeau
Gabrielle Nadeau
Francoise Nadeau
Claire Dutil
Robert Nadeau
Juanita Oswald
Helen Simard
Brunswick
Eva Guertin
Laura Pomerleau
Dorothy Provencher
Hartford
Conn
Germaine Giroux
George Paradis
George Simard
Edmond Gonneville
Doris Gonneville
Rita Paquette
Therese Paradis
Rose Lariviere
Yvonne Lariviere
Arthur Hanna
Conrad Chenard
Suzanne Chenard
Constance Chenard
Rachel Chenard
Worcester
Flexible money management urged for humanitarian fund
A humanitarian organization’s investment committee reviews a policy that overweights stocks after strong gains and bonds’ declines. The chair favors keeping equities, while others want more bonds. The article urges flexible policies and adapting to market conditions to preserve capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RY C
France
U. S
Boands
Humanitarian Society
Investment guidance for a senior home fund in 1959
The Forum suggests splitting a $50,000 gift for elderly care into seven parts. Buy $10,000 U S bonds at discounts, $20,000 rail, industrial and utility bonds above 5 percent, and $20,000 in good grade preferred and common stocks yielding 5 percent or more. Then actively manage the portfolio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
General Features Corp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edmund Cashen Dial
Clement P. Wight
Dial
Kittery Hospital
First Congregational Church
North Street
Kennebunkport
RED Cross
Girls’ Nation
American Legion Auxiliary
Margaret
Peggy) Pryor
Bradley Beach
Alfred M. Gruenther
National
Washington, D.C
U.S.S.R
Alaska
Juneau
Vancouver
Canada
Simard’s
Butler’s
Biddeford
Cgtton
International Later Corporation
Playtex
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