Community notices from Kennebunk and nearby towns
Local residents travel, visits, and family news across Kennebunk West Kennebunk and Ogunquit. Highlights include Mrs. Edmund Cashen’s relatives visiting Hudson and Gardiner, A Lee Kierstead’s vacation and reassignment, Sgt. Arthur Guild’s home leave before Fort Monmouth duty, and Red Cross enrollment for Caring for the Sick and Injured. Social events feature Christchurch Women’s Fellowship meetings, and a 11th birthday party at the Pitch and Putt in Kennebunk Lower Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Welch
Frances
James
William
West Kennebunk
Hudson, Mass
Charles Mather
Gerald Crocker
Sea Road
Miss West
Harold MacLaughlin
Everett
Mass
Lee Kierstead
Kennebunk First National
First National
Ogunquit
Arthur M. Guild
France
U. S. Army
Kennebunk
Rachel Kierstead
Scott
A. Lee Kierstead
Parsons Street
Fort Monmouth
N. J
American Red Cross
Webhannet
Fletcher Street
Hathaway
ARC
Elizabeth Maguire
Joseph T. Cole
Leslie P. Graffam
Christchurch
Graffam
Dick Ackley
Kenneth Ackley
Paul Nichols
Bruce Kimball
John Ackley
Kennebunk Lower Village
Ackley
Freshman Initiation At Kennebunk High
The Kennebunk High School Freshman reception featured the initiation led by Pamela Angell as Miss Annie and included stunts directed by the staff. A post show reception and get acquainted dance followed in the new gym with a planning committee chaired by Donna Dalton Susan Desson John Folley and Ronald LeFebvre. The report notes the sun and its planets travel through space at 12 miles per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk High School
Kennebunk High
Annie
Pamela Angell
Donna Dalton
Susan Desson
John Folley
Ronald Lefebvre
Earth
Water mains flushed evenings for three weeks
The Kennebunk Kennebunkport And Wells Water District announces planned flushing of water mains in the evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. for the next three weeks to minimize customer inconvenience.
Maurice Roux Speaks on Retirement at Beach Kiwanis
Maurice C. Roux, director of Peppercell Mfg Co Biddeford branch, spoke to the Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis at Robison Memorial Masonic hall. The talk, titled Problems of Retirement, drew on a company survey of retired employees. Guest Harry Tabor of Everett, Mass., attended, with President John Wortman presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice C. FE. Roux
Biddeford
Peppercell Mfg. 1 Co
Old Orchard Beach
Beach AMVETS Nominate Slate for Officers in Old Orchard Beach
At the Abbott-Verville AMVETS post on Walnut Street Old Orchard Beach nominees were named: Daniel Guarino, Felix Neault for commander Armand McGlauflin second vice commander Winslow Tenan third vice commander Benoit Blais adjutant James Skidds judge advocate. Election next Tuesday and installation October 22 with a spaghetti supper. Commander Thomas Bill presided reporting on field day and the state meeting in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott-Verville
Amvets
Post
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
Daniel Guarino
Felix Neault
Armand McGlauflin
Winslow Tenan
Benoit Blais
James Skidds
Thomas Bill
Portland
Eastern Star members assume offices at guest night
Old Orchard Beach patrons Miss Kay Mewer and Stanley Leonard of Miniwanca chapter Order of Eastern Star assumed stations for conferring degrees at Guest Officers Night in Union chapter Ly man Tuesday evening. Several accompanying guests and other local society notices follow including conductress Night observations at Madonna chapter Kennebunk and plans for Womans Society of Christian Service meeting on October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Mewer
Stanley Leonard
Miniwanca
Order of Eastern Star
Union
Lyman
Natalice Draggins
Edrice Bates
Patricia Strickland
Minivanca
Madonna
Kennebunk
Helen Smith
Doris Barth
John Strickland
Samuel Lublinsky
Atlantic Avenue
Lublinsky
Olan Horne
Lowell
Mass
Charles Ahern
Haverhill
Elsie McLeod
Grand, Beach
Stanley Thompson
North Berwick
Thompson
Houston
Stanley, Jr
Ricker College
Newfield Youth Enlists in Air Force for Four Years
S/Sgt. Roland M. Desmarais announced that Kenneth F. Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melville B. Young of Newfield, has enlisted for four years in the United States Air Force. Airman Young departed to Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland M. Desmarais
U. S. Air Force
Kenneth F. Young
Melville B. Young
Newfield
United States Air Force
Young
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Tex
Wells School Group Selects An Architect
Wells planning committee selected John Calvin Stevens of Portland as architect for Wells school expansion. The project includes a new building, gym renovation into classrooms, and accreditation standard changes. A detailed letter outlining necessary changes will be mailed to Wells residents at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calvin Stevens
Portland
Wells
Stevens
Necesary al i Wells High School
New Womens Dorm Dedication Slated at St Joseph College
Local Catholic parish members and St Joseph College graduates from North Windham receive invitations to dedicate the new women’s dormitory on campus September 29 at 4 p.m. Bishop Feeney of Portland will bless the building and deliver the sermon after Benediction. The Sisters of Mercy run the college as a teacher-training center for the order and a liberal arts college for resident and commuting students. Nuns also staff St Mary grammar school in Biddeford and other Maine schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph College
No. Windham
Daniel J. Feeney
Portland
Sisters of Mercy Order
St Mary Grammar School
Biddeford
Maine
Wells Lodge to Inspect at Special Masonic Meeting
Wells will host a special meeting Friday at 7 30 pm at the Highpine Masonic hall Sanford road to inspect the Fellow Craft degree headed by Right Worshipful Charles R Fuller district deputy grand master of the 19th Masonic District Supper at 6 30 pm by a Priscilla chapter Eastern Star committee Rehearsals resume Thursday 7 30 pm for the Wells First and Second Congregational churches choir Governor John H Reed will stop Saturday at 1 pm in Ogunquit square
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Lodge
A. F
A. M
Highpine Masonic Hall
Sanford Road
Wells
Charles R. Fuller
19Th Masonic District
Priscilla Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Wells First
Second Congregational
Second Church
John H. Reed
Ogunquit Square
Marie George Wears Long Gold Choker in London Trend
Marie George models a dramatic long gold choker in London drawing on inspiration from African neck ring traditions. The look could spark a fashion trend while hinting at potential discomfort for the wearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie George
London
Marie
Tricks and Training for Cats and Dogs in Pet Care
A 1960 General Features Corp column by H. H. Miller offers practical pet care tips. It details humane pill-giving tricks for dogs, disguising oil for hairballs in cats, and using scratching posts to protect furniture. Readers are invited to submit questions for future columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dachshund
Miller
General Features Corp
Skeletons Found Dating to 16th Century B C at Gibeon Site
Berkeley archaeologists led by Dr James B Prichard of the Church Divinity School report skeletons from the 16th century B C found in an ancient cemetery at the Biblical Gibeon site in Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibeon
Berkeley
Calif
B. C
James BR. Pritchard
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Peterson's Ointment Famed For Piles Relief Across Land
A Buffalo druggist created an ointment forty years ago that gave quick cooling soothing astringent relief for piles. Peterson's Ointment became a favorite in thousands of homes with a 55¢ box or 8c applicator tube. Ask your druggist today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Peterson
Peter
Blindness No Handicap To Pretty Schoolmarm
Marcia Setzer learned she was going blind and became one of Missouri's first blind public school teachers. She moved to Jefferson City, trained at Lincoln University and a Minneapolis center, then taught Spanish and French in Dexter. Using Braille and a tape recorder, she therapies travel and self care, proving blind people are people first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Marcia Setzer
Missouri
Marcia
White Hall
Ill
William J. Setzer
Missouri Temperance League
Lincoln University
Minneapolis
Bureau of the Blind
Dexter
Castro News Items Black Out TV Shows
TV critic Cynthia Lowry notes Fidel Castro lodging stories interrupted Monday night TV. CBS Pete and Gladys features a missing wife and new neighbor dynamic, Barbara Stanwyck’s morality tale stars a widow with a former editor husband turned baggage worker. Milton Berle’s Jackpot Bowling loses pace as bowling match overruns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fidel Castro
CBS
Pete and
Gladys
Pete
Spring Byington
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara
Milton Berle
Berle
Riddle Earns Third Navy Commendation Letter
Harold Riddle DC1 a local Navy recruiter receives a letter of commendation for recruiting efforts during July and August this year. This marks his third such commendation to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Riddle
DC1
Riddle
Recruiter Riddle Excels With Record 115 Percent Quota
In three years on recruiting duty Riddle earned commendation for outstanding performance and for achieving 115 percent of his assigned two month quota, the largest ever for the recruiting district. Cmdr. W A Dritz, in charge of Boston and Portland district, issued the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riddle
Cmdr
W. A .Dritz
Boston
Portland
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Edmund Cashen
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport
Maurice Roux
Beach Amvets
Clement P Wight Dial
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Florence i Benson
St. John’s Auxiliary Guild
Ethel Wight
Gertrude Wight
Herbert Hodsdon
Miss Wight
Gordon Rice
North Saco
Newfield Youth
Air Force Recruit
Cameo Beauty
Ain Otreel
Aennepdun
Dial YU
Wells School Group
Philip Brooks
Carl Perkins
Albee G. LaPierre
Ethel Hutchins
Doris [Filson
Orrin B. Saunders
Stanley FE. Johnson
Marshall Boston
Harold Daggett
Fenwick W. ‘Clark
Melville Johnson
America
California
South Dakota
Ilinois
Michigan
Florida
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Edison Electric Institute
Speaking
Pet
H. H. Miller
Fof
Ge Daily Tablet
THE
PET Forum
Castro
Cynthia Lowry
Navy
Bert
Central Maine Power Co
Main St
Bert Thompson
Sears Roebuck and CO
Kenmore Laundry Twins
Lint Fitter
Roto Swirl Agitator Cash
Sears Roebuck Company
Silvertone Lowboy
Alfred Street
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