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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1960

Page

3

Kennebunk Social Notes and Local Meetings

Percy Hill returns home to Arundel after summer with brothers in Calais. Guests at the Ross read home include A/2c and Mrs Byron Lesner of Loring AFB and A/2c Michael Cornell from Minneapolis. Bessie Shepard visits Kennebunk from Sabbath Day Lake. Harold Burbank plans for university study after summer highway work in Millinocket. Nursery school enrollments list many children. Olive Rebekah lodge elects officers. York Pomona plans chairs at Arundel Grange meeting. Cradle health clinic set for Tuesday. VFW auxiliary holds first fall meeting with dish supper. Demonstration parties hosted by Mrs A Wesley Leech and Mrs Donald Dyer. Kennebunk Band Boosters to elect officers at Kennebunk High School.

Percy Hill Arundel Calais Ross Read Elton Welch Byron Lesner Loring Air Force Base Michael Cornell Minneapolis Mark Bowdoin John Green Wendy Vail Barbara Jordan Joyce Lawrence Gail Gonneville Karen Belyea Gail Smith Charles Chase John York Roxann Maling Debbie Saxe John Ketchum Reagan McPhee Carol David Burnk Olive Rebekah Lodge Ioof Hall York Pomona Arundel Frange Cecelia Cashen Eunice Fitton Kennebunk Theresa Spencer The Grange Maconna Chapter Masonic Public Health Storer Street VFW Ruby Bouvier Dorothy Labbe A. Wesley Leech Leech Cottage Greethill Kennebunk Beach Monte Smith Paul Lemay Fred Hall Heber Smith Ralph Walker Richard Leech William Pomerleau Bessie Nadeau Kenneth Lomax Joseph Bush Ora McConnell Robert Leech Donald Dyer Bernard Bunnell Lloyd Jewett Maxine Simpson Gertrude Hatch Samuel Simpson Robert Barra John Lindsey Ronald Robertson Kennebunk Band Boosters Club Kennebunk High School

Cape Porpoise Social Notes And Wanderers

From Cape Porpoise and nearby towns comes a roundup of residents traveling and relocating. Francis Zecchini attends a statewide aging conference in Augusta with Kennebunkport delegates. Several households report moves to Park apartment in Cape Porpoise, Langsford road, and Park house. others return from visits in Wellesley, New York City, Troy, and Florida. Firemen plan lobster salad supper and Monday card parties start October 3 as communities welcome fall and winter schedules.

Francis Zecchini Kennelbunkport Augusta Sylvia Tessie Berkman Wellesley Mass New York City Blair-deBanke C. A. Buchanan Troy N. Y Park Pier Road Alex Vastoff Park House Langsford Road Vastoff Portland Andrew Harvey Florida Timothy Dow Nyack Sterling Don James Leach Shrewsbury Joseph Thurston Frederick Crowell Stephen Peter Jeffrey Crowell Plattsburg, N. Y Stanley Pargellis Chicago

U I Club Fete and Banquet Plans Discussed

The U and I club of the Methodist church held a cook out at John Bradeen’s home in Old Orchard Beach. A father and son banquet was discussed but no plans made. Next meeting October 15 at Stilman Gilbert home with a 6:30 p.m. pot luck supper. attendees included Rev John Stahl family and several local couples and their children.

U and I Club The Methodist Church John Bradeen Central Avenue Old Orchard Beach Stilman Gilbert John Stahl Christine Hugh Phillips Glenna Alice Janice Carl Gilbert Douglas Theodore Fowler Walter Freeman George Noel

Federal School Begins Guidance Test Program

The second year of guidance services at Federal School will be in full swing with grades received in class guidance for older students and seventh and eighth graders. The program emphasizes high school prep, helping students recognize strengths and plan goals, with testing, counseling, and case studies as key functions. Frank Daley, holder of a master’s degree in guidance from Boston College, administers the program.

Federal School Chard Beach

Milton Berle to host Jackpot Bowling on NBC

Hollywood AP reports Milton Berle will front NBCs Jackpot Bowling a new TV show where three top bowlers compete for strikes with Berles antics guiding the program He plans a half hour early arrival a light format and no involvement in the actual game Top prize is over 25000 pounds in UK reporting context

Hollywood Milton Berie Miltie NBC Milton Berle Berle

Evening Art Classes at Beach School Begin Soon

Registration for Old Orchard Beach High School evening art sessions will be Wednesday September 21 at 7 30 p m in the high school. Classes start September 28 and run 7 to 9 p m each Wednesday for 15 weeks in the high school cafeteria. Instructor is artist Josef.

Old Orchard Beach High School Josef

Thurlows Honored At Beach Church 25th Anniversary

About 50 friends and relatives gathered at Advent Christian church in Old Orchard Beach to honor Pastor and Mrs. Herman Thurlow on their 25th wedding anniversary. The couple married Sept. 19 1935 by Rev Linwood Rowe. The program featured hymns, readings, solos, and tributes from Kennebunk and nearby towns. Refreshments and an anniversary cake followed, with gifts and guest book activities in the vestry.

Advent Christian Church Old Orchard Beach Herman Thurlow Linwood Rowe South James Moulton Kennebunk Alfred Currier Thurlow Ruth Gilbert Foreign Mission Lawrence Brown Goodwins Mills Harold Powers Biddeford Marlon Timberlake M. G. Butterfield Kennebunkport Paul Timberlake Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society Marion Timberlake Beatrice Mills Pine Point

Submarine earthquake spawns tidal waves

The Old Orchard Beach Art Association schedules a regular meeting for Thursday September 22 at 7 30 p m at Miss Isabella Mc Iver’s White Lamb home in Kennebunk. Refreshments will be served.

Paramount chief Rackin aims for excitement not bank tone

Hollywood with Marty Rackin as production head at Paramount, the new regime seeks energy over blandness. He painted his office white to avoid a bank feel, promotes enthusiasm, and expects major project announcements soon. Rackin, 42, arrives with a background in writing and producing for Paramount, Warner Bros, and NBC, plus TV ventures, aiming to attract top artists and spark lively development.

Hollywood Marty Rankin Paramount Rackin Martin and Lewis Warners Helen Morgan John Lee Martin NBC Mahin

Miss Priscilla Lariviere Weds Patrick Fortier

Miss Priscilla Lariviere became the bride of Patrick Fortier at St. Margaret church Old Orchard Beach in a Saturday ceremony officiated by Rev Edward Walsh. The wedding featured pink and white gladioli and music by organist Antnio Boisvert and a church quartet. The bride is daughter of Oliva W. Lariviere and the groom son of Alex Fortier.

Nancy McGee Ronald Fortier Sanford Leo Fortier Paul Legere Robert Fortier Saco St. Margaret Church Old Orchard Beach A.m Priscilla Lariviere Patrick Fortier Edward Walsh Antnio Boisvert Raoul Belair Leandre Charest Brandon Crosby George Nicoletos

Home Destroyed In Arundel Fire

A one and a half story house and a dairy shed on Brimstone Road in Arundel were destroyed by a Saturday afternoon fire. The unoccupied house was expected to be moved into by Paul Ricard and his family soon. Four Arundel and two Goodwins Mills fire units responded.

Brimstone Arundel Paul Ricard

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