Boston Women's Symphony Orchestra Formation Planned
Boston is forming a women’s symphony to expand opportunities for female musicians. Marion Sutcliffe leads efforts after two and a half years of work, aiming for a Sept 11 debut at Symphony Hall to fundraise and support a full-scale orchestra with public backing. Reuben Gregorian named conductor. guest conductors possible. The ensemble, including many wives and children of Boston Symphony players, seeks tours and Esplanade concerts to bridge seasons.
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Marion
United States
Canada
Boston Women's Symphony
Symphony Hall
Reuben Gregorian
Boston Conservatory of Music
Orchestra
Sutcliffe
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Women’s Symphony Society Growth Notes in Early Era
The speaker, Mrs. Sutcliffe, recalls the Women’s Symphony Society founded just before World War II and notes that only two or three women’s orchestras exist in the United States today and they are non-professional.
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Women’s Symphony Society
United States
Dayton Family Vacation Notice in August Visit
Mr and Mrs Kent Smith and children Lori Steven and Shawn vacationed in Dayton during August visiting relatives. Mrs Smith is daughter of Mr and Mrs Carleton Waterhouse. The Smiths returned to their Aurora Illinois home on Monday.
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Kent Smith
Lori
Steven
Shawn
Dayton
Smith
Carleton Waterhouse
Smiths
Aurora
Ill
Open House at Kennebunk Schools
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport residents are invited to open house in their school system on Thursday from 1 to 3 p m View classrooms before the September opening and late elementary registrations in both towns may be completed then The note mentions Saint Patrick converting the Irish to Christianity.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Land
Kennebunkport
Navy Cadet Tim Martel Receives Annapolis Appointment
Reginald Tim Martel son of Mr and Mrs Reginald Martel of York Street is serving in the United States Navy at Bainbridge Maryland. He attends Nuclear Power School and earned a naval appointment to Annapolis. He will begin studies there on September 1 following his graduation from Kennebunk High School.
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Reginald
Tim” Martel
Reginald Martel
York Street
United States Navy
Bainbridge
Annapolis
Kennebunk High Schoo
Wells Couple Is Honored At Party
Mr. and Mrs. Frank FE Higgins Sr. of Wells Highlands were honored by close family at a surprise 25th wedding anniversary party at their home. The couple, who wed Sept 4 1939, plan their silver anniversary on Sept 4. Attending were about 30 relatives including John Glenn Jr. visiting from Annapolis Class of 1965.
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Wells
Frank FE. Higgins Sr
Wells Highlands
Higgins
George Higgins
Frank Siggins Jr
Constance Higgins
John Glenn Jr
Annapolis
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
George
Columbus
U.S. Army
Ft. Benning
Frank Jr
Beverly
Mass
Constance
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
Colorado's Centennial nickname tied to 1876 admission
Colorado earned the Centennial nickname from becoming a state in 1876, exactly 100 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, marking a milestone in U.S. history.
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Colorado
Local News Briefs From Kennebunk Family Updates
Miss Judy Dickinson returns home from Framingham Massachusetts after visiting the Kennedy exhibit in Boston and a Yankee Red Sox game at Fenway Park. Airman Wayne Dickinson on leave from Seattle heads to Fairbanks Alaska for a year of duty. DeWitt Grover taken to Webber Hospital unconscious after being found by Kennebunk Fire Department ambulance.
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Judy Dickinson
Henry Dickinson
Summer Street
Irving Hackett
Framingham
Mass
Kennedy
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Yankee Red Sox
Fenway Park
Miss Dickinson
Caesar's Monticello
Henry Burmaster Jr
Constance Leech
Latham
N. Y
Donald Counterman
Rotterdam
Leech
Great Hill
Kennebank
Seattle
Wash
Fairbanks
Alaska
DeWitt Grover
Fieldcrest
Webber Hospital
Kennebunk Fire Department
Grover
Kennebunk Fire Dept Plans Field Day at Airport Grounds
The Kennebunk Fire Department will hold its annual field day at the airport grounds off York Street on Sept. 20. Committee members include the four Nedeau brothers Robert Lawrence Lilyod and Linwood Miss Helen Johnson and Miss Hazel Best of New York visiting through Labor Day at Miss Johnson's sister Mrs Roberta Martin Mousam Road. Mrs Thompson suffers a broken wrist and recuperates with daughter Arline Johnston in Portland. Senior Youth Fellowship Advent Christian Church Kennebunk Lower Village sponsors a food sale at Washington Park Friday starting 9 a.m with Charles Towne in charge.
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Kennebunk Fire Department
Airport Grounds
York Street
Nedeau Brothers
Robert Lawrence
Lilyod
Linwood
Helen Johnson
Hazel Best
New York
Labor Day
Miss Johnson
Roberta Martin
Mousam Road
Miss Best
Board of Missions of the Methodist Church
David L. Angel
Kimberly
Glenn
Wells
Cape May
N.J
Frank Paul
David
Leonard L. Angell
Kennebunk
Carrie Thompson
Summer Street
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Arline Johnston
Portland
Thompson
The
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Washington Park
Charles L. Towne
Too Young to Retire at 85 in Augusta Printing Shop
In Augusta, 85 year old Mrs. C. M. Waddell runs a printing shop and works a 40 hour week. She refuses to retire, saying she wants to work all her life.
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Augusta
C. M. Waddell
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Kennebunk Schools
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Neidelburg College
Tiffin, Ohio
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