Miniwanca Eastern Star Holds First Fall Meeting
Miniwanca chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held its first meeting after summer vacation with Worthy Matron Miss Kay Mewer and Worthy Patron Stanley Leonard presiding. Substitute officers included Past Matron Helen E. Cummings as associate conductress and Past Master Hubert Standeven as sentinel. Plans covered visits from Piscataqua Chapter Kittery for September 13 and Esther Night on September 27, plus the October 9 visit by the Worthy Grand Matron with supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Mewer
Stanley Leonard
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Helen E. Cummings
Hubert Standeven
Sentinel
Piscataqua
Kittery
Esther
Ember
Sunset
Emil A. Kenney
Eva M. St. Ledger
Grand Chapter of
Maine
Armory
Skowhegan
Beulah
Westbrook
Star of the Valley
Valleyfield
P. Q
Edrice Bates
Star Club
Assignment of Paul Mullen to Fort Dix Training Regiment
Paul R. Mullen aged 18 of Old Orchard Beach is assigned to the 4th Training Regiment at Fort Dix New Jersey for eight weeks of basic military subjects followed by a two week leave and eight weeks of advanced training. He is a graduate of Old Orchard Beach High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mullen
Joseph Mullen
School Street
Old Orchard Beach
4Th
U. S. Training Center
Infantry
Fort Dix
N. J
Mullen
Old Orchard Beach High School
Chapter Guests Attend Event in Massachusetts
Guests from Hope chapter Attleboro and Stella chapter Worcester attended a meeting. After the chapter closed, officers prepared sandwiches and coffee under the direction of Patricia Strick's associate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Chapter
Attleboro
Mass
Stella
Worcester
Patricia Strickand
Kennebunk Social Roundup Details People and Travel
Kennebunk notes report numerous residents traveling and visiting relatives including Esma Hall moving to an apartment on Marsh Street and Virginia Hoskins returning to Milo. Erik Pierson bought the Robert T. Davis house on Fletcher Street and lives there with his family. Francis Lamontagne resumes work at Biddeford-Saco Journal after vacation. School openings and church activities are listed along with a long gathering at a morning coffee hosted by Mrs. Nelson B. Hall for Elfred L. Leech commitment to the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine activities at St Monica church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esma Hall
Mechanic Street
Marsh House
Fletcher Street
Harry Taylor
Bourne Street
Ossipee Lake
W. Damon Porter
Melrose
Mass
Virginia Hoskins
Milo
Dwight Ames
Summer Street
Arnold Twist
Susan and
Paul
Lawrence
Joseph Twist
Ivy Temple
Pythian
Clifton B. Leech
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Arthur L. Leech
Storer Street
Francis Lamontagne
Dennis
Nancy
Winter Street
Boothbay Harbor
Orono
Raymond Taylor
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Erik Pierson
Raymond and Kennebunk Beach
Robert T. Davis
Eric
Joan
David
Pierson
Saco- Lowell
Milford
N.H
Floyd Mackey
Beth Ann
Flint
Mich
Howard Stuart
M.F. Eveleth
Colony Hotel
Nikki
Horace Franklin, Jr
Carl
Birmingham
Ala
Harry Ambrose
High Street
Grace Ambrose
Alabama
New York
Grace Fitzgerald
Lloyd Jewett
Rossroad
Walter R. Cole
Joseph T. Cole
George E. Kimball
William Marsh
Roy A. Evans
Grace Barron
W. Gilman Fiske
Bessie Leavitt
Milton Hall
Robert Hoffman
John Hindhaugh
Albert Emmons
Alexander Burr, Jr
Gladys Jordan
Elliott Freeman
Breakout attempt at Menard Penitentiary foiled by warden’s wife
James Gordon Palmer, a 22 year old triple murderer, scaled the prison administration building at Menard and fled toward the Mississippi River. Warden Randolph’s wife spotted him with field glasses from three stories up and alerted guards who captured him near the river within an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Ill
James Gordon Palmer
Menard Penitentiary
Ross Randolph
Palmer
Randoph
Ronnie
Mrs. Randolph
Leonora Louis Weds Edward Hogue in Kennebunk Church
Miss Leonora Louis daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Louis Rossroad Kennebunk and Edward Hogue son of Mr and Mrs Roland Hill Moody were united in marriage at Christchurch Kennebunk Rev Fred Holmberg performed the double ring ceremony The bride wore a green jersey dress with tangerine accessories and a corsage of white carnations The bridesmaid Miss Sally Jo Spofford wore a blue dress with white accessories and white carnation corsage Best man Sherman Towne Kennebunk The couple plan a wedding trip to Sebago Lake and will reside locally afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonora Louis
Robert Louis
Rossroad
Kennebunk
Edward Hogue
Roland Hill
Moody
Christchurch
Fred Holmberg
Sally Jo Spofford
Sherman Towne
Kennebunk High School
United States Air Force
William Gordon
Sebago Lake
Wedding at Kennebunk Port Bridges Family Ties
Mrs. Rachal Bernice Moulton of Kennebunkport wed Charles W. Lemoine of Cat Mousam road Kennebunk at St. David Episcopal Church Rev Harold F Lemoine officiated. The couple, planning a White Mountain honeymoon, will reside on Western Avenue Kennebunkport after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachal Bernice Moulton
Belmont Clark
Kennebunkport
Charles W. Lemoine
Charles Lemoine
Cat Mousam Road
Kennebunk
St. David Episcopal Church
Harold F. Lemoine
Long Island
N. Y
Russell V. Waterhouse
Wonderbar
White Mountains
Western Avenue
Old Orchard Beach Rebekah Lodge to Meet for Officer Nominations
A meeting of Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Odd Fellows hall for the second nomination of officers. Leigh Leonard of St. John Street has returned from California after visiting his sister Mrs. Eugene La Pierre and family for two weeks, travelling by bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Leigh Leonard
St. John Street
California
Eugene la Pierre
Kennebunk Church Plans Rally Day for Septembers 10
The Advent Christian church of Kennebunk will observe Rally day in the Sunday school rooms at 9 45 a m on September 10. Children are reminded to bring plants from Children's day. A Bible will be awarded to the girl and boy with the largest plant. A homecoming day picnic will follow the morning worship on church grounds with members and friends bringing lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advent Christian Church of
Kennebunk
Labor Day Parade One Of Greatest In History
New York saw about one million residents watch 200000 union members march up Fifth Avenue in the largest Labor Day parade to date. Notables including Arthur J. Goldberg Harry S Truman Nelson Rockefeller and Robert Wagner attended the reviewing stand. No further major details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Harry S. Truman
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
Goldberg
America
Kennedy
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Biddeford Man Reunited With Sister During Canadian Trip
Victor Des Chaine of 61 Adams Street Biddeford reunited with his sister Mrs Henry Landry of St Michel des Saint Quebec after 29 years during a week long motor trip to Canada. He visited Quebec City and stayed at the Queen Elizabeth in Montreal. He attended a Pre Broadway performance before leaving for Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Victor DesChaine
Adams Street
Biddeford
DesChaine
Henry Landry
St. Michel
Five Injured As Explosion Wrecks Tanker at Sarnia Port
The Imperial Oil Hamilton, a 250 foot tanker loading gasoline on the St. Clair River near Sarnia, suffered an explosion that wounded five crewmen and burned the stern. The blast shattered 150 feet of pier and a foam barrier slowed spread toward the refinery. The accident left 25 aboard, with a refinery official citing gasoline vapor ignition from a boiler fire as the likely cause.
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Sarnia
Ont
Imperial Oil Hamilton
St. Clair River
Port Huron
Mich
Imperial Oil Cold Ltd
William J. Beynon
Gilbert Johnston
School Matters On Saco Council List
Bids for construction of a $399 000 elementary school in Pepperell park will be issued at tonight’s meeting of the Saco City council at 8. Other agenda items include appointments to the Lucia Kimball Deering hospital study fund and the Zoning Appeals Board, Boston of Noel Coward’s new musical Sail Away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepperell Park
Saco
Lucia Kimball Deering Hospital Study Fund
Zoning Appeals Board
Examination Of TB Problems To Be Made
A Maine Tuberculosis and Health association 50th Anniversary meeting will feature a thorough examination of current tuberculosis problems. The two day event starts September 11 at the Samoset hotel Rockland with speakers from Connecticut Maine New Hampshire and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Tuberculosis and Health Association
Charles R. Hagan
Rumford
Samoset Hotel
Rockland
Lewiston
R. C. Edson
State of
Maine
Dean H. Fisher
Jeanne Boisvert Given Shower Before September Wedding
A bridal shower at the Vesper hotel Old Orchard Beach honored Jeanne Boisvert for her September 16 wedding to Arthur B Guerin Jr at St Margaret church. Attendees from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and other communities plus Sherbrooke and Montreal attended.
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Vesper Hotel
Old Orchard Beach
Jeanne Boisvert
Arthur B. Guerin, Jr
Biddeford
St. Margaret Church
Saco
Sherbrooke
P. Q
Quebec
Montreal
New York
Boston
Lewiston
Portand
Michelle D’aoust
Maxine Paul
Hilda Holt
New York City
Priscille Boisvert
Donna Boisvert
Orlando
Fla
Carol
Linda
Claire Ouellette
Helen Marcoux
P. C
Monique
Boisvert
Denise Larochelle
Nancy Smith
Arthur B. Guerin
Antonio E. Boisvert
Lawrence Whitten
Holyoke
Mass
Wilfrid Mandeville
Herman’ Boisvert
Emile Thibodeau
George Belanger
Rene Levesque
John Boisvert
Ann Conley
Portland
Yvonne Perreault
Herbert Hopkins
Frederick Knight
Frank Hopkins
Raoul Belair
Raymond Doherty
Herbert Thorne
Elise Larochelle
Edward Smith
Conrad He
Nurse Trainees Honored At Party In Kennebunk
Miss Barbara Burke guest of honor at a nursing home staff party in Kennebunk as she leaves Leech Nursing Home to enter Mercy Hospital School of Nursing on Webber Hospital Scholarship. Attendees included Mrs. Catherine Ambrose and Mrs. Lucy Croteau among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Burke
Leech Nursing Home
Kennebunk
Eleanor Downing
Esther Oakes
Flora Lindquist
Arline Turcotte
June Jurgiewich
Nancy Bowley
Shirley Brown
Claire Rob
Local Social Guests Attend Harmony Event
The guest list includes Mrs. Lillian Harmon and Mrs. Arthur L. Leech with A. Wesley Leech as host. Also present were Miss Barbara Burke and Russell Carnese, while several others could not attend.
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Erts
Lillian Harmon
Arthur L. Leech
A. Wesley Leech
Barbara Burke
Russell Carnese
Charter Buses Offer Flexible Maine Travel Option
A. M. Charter promotes bus rental across Maine with the claim you never need to park a bus. The service targets groups seeking door to door transport and emphasizes easy trip planning and flexible routing.
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Maine
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N. P. Scontras Real Estate Agency
Main Street
W. J. Fortier
Ser
Bacon St
Biddeford, Me
Bacon Street
J. A. Gendron
Dial
Ree
Alfred Street
Dia
CMPD
General Motors
Delco
Leonora Louis Is
Fdward Hogue
Clement P. Wight
Kennebunk Church
Biddeford Man
Saco Council
Noel Coward
Perthenia Dennett
Dora Beauchernin
Ruth Kimball
Helena Wentworth
Amy Davis
Shirley Raynes
Marline Pierce
Patricia Smith
Cadillac
A. M
Biddeford & Saco Bus Lines, Inc
P. M
Ellis Edwards Plant
Ocean Park
Alfred
Elm
Puritan
Five Points City Sq
Biddeford Main St
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Chi
O O High
Main St
Saco City Sq
Five Points
Alfred St
Elm Street
Harry B. Center
Biddeford, Maine
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