Local Notes From Kennebunk and Nearby
Kennebunk residents gather for family visits and travel updates. Ralph Barrett recovers at home after surgery at Tri-County Osteopathic Hospital in Kittery. Visitors include the Cashen and Mitchell families, the Carrs, the Johnsons, and Mrs Louise Elletier’s relatives. Weddings separate from town events highlight Poole and Barnard. Local groups like the VFW Post and Arundel Grange plan meetings with officials and staff, while the Kennebunk CD Reserve Police prepare for fall sessions at Lower Town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Barrett
Hall Street
Tri- Country Osteopathic Hospital
Kittery
Edmund L. Cashen
Flood Mitchell
Blaine
Auburn
Harold Barker
Brown Street
Great Hill
Kennebunk Beach
A. Byron Carr
South Portland
David Johnson
Wakefield
Mass
Louise Elletier
Intervale Road
Ernest Green
Boston
Irma Bowdoin
Kennebunk Pond
Elizabeth D'Ascanio
Marion Hoyt
Arundel Grange
Arundel Grange Hall
York Pomona
Eunice Fitton
Kennebunk
Theresa Spencer
Cecelia Cashen
Kennebunk CD Reserve Police
Kennebunk Lower Town Hall
Old Orchard Beach Club Meetings And Visitors
Mrs James Graham from Perkipsville Vermont visits her mother Mrs Winefred Bliss on Ocean Avenue. Miss Fannie Emroons, formerly of Storer Street Saco, now stays at the Vance home Washington Avenue. Regular Rainbow for Girls meeting at Robinson Memorial Hall West Grand Avenue at 7 30 tonight. Lions Club meeting at Pepe Street with supper at 6 30 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Graham
Perkinsville
Winefred Bliss
Ocean Avenue
Fannie Emroons
Storer Street
Saco
Vance
Washington Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Peripatetic Wallet Shuffles Across States and Years
Wyoming basketball player Jim Barrus misplaced his wallet in 1957 during the state tournament in Laramie. It resurfaced years later with a California vagrancy arrestee and was returned to Barrus. A subsequent incident during a meeting at Grand Teton area mentions Kicks and travel near Jackson Lake and the American Legion unit with yard lines referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody, Wyo
Jim Barrus
Laramie
California
toOne
Barrus
Bob Fitze
Wyoming
Denver
Jackson Lake
American Legion
Grand Teton National Park
Wyo
Past Matrons Attend Miniwanca OBS Outing
Ten members of the Past Matrons association of Miniwanca chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Old Orchard Beach, visited Mrs. Etta Morris at Hicks Pond, Greenwood. A short meeting followed as vice president Mrs. May Slaney chaired in the president's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Old Orchard Beach
Etta Morris
Hicks Pond
Greenwood
May Slaney
Anna Anderson
Sweden
Masonic Hall
Ethel Wight
Cora Jones
Helen Cummings
Fannie Emmons
Gertrude Leonard
Ruth Durant
Ethel Wicht
Violet Mewer
Gertrude Wight
Mewer
Jones
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge elects new officers
Mrs Letha Butts was named Noble Grand at Old Orchard Rebekah lodge, with Betty Ann Wing as vice grand and Barbara Gilbert as secretary among others. Installation set for October 5, and an invite extended for Forest Rebekah lodge installation on October 6. Refreshments followed hosted by Pettengills and Gilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grand
Avonell Pettengill
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Letha Butts
Betty Ann Wing
Barbara Gilbert
Margaret Chamberlin
Dorothy Arno
Walter Jordan
Ethel Whitten
Gladys Goodwin
Forest Rebekah Lodge
West Buxton
Lorraine Pettengill
Eunice Pettengill
Longest hole-in-one of the year at Bolton course
Pasquale Biscardi hit a 346 yard hole-in-one at the Moon View course in Bolton Mess marking the year's longest ace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale Biscardi
Oon View
Bolton
Mess
Everly Brothers Take School Path To Secure Future
The Everly brothers, Don and Phil, report daily to Warner Brothers' studio’s "schoolhouse" to study acting costs about 100000 dollars, while continuing musicwork. They have six gold records led by Cathy’s Clown and plan for a steady future in entertainment beyond music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Everly Brothers
Don
Phil
Warner Brothers
Red
Warner Studio
Tommorrow
Cathy's Clown
Everlys
Shenandoah
Iowa
Firemen Begin Dance Series At Cape Porpoise
Cape Porpoise firemen's association starts Friday night dances from 8 p.m. to midnight with music by the Katahdin Mountaineers. Proceeds go to the general fund supporting the library and community hall. In sports, the 1959 Detroit Lions led in rushing over the Giants and Colts but finished last in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Porpoise
Atlantic Firemen's Educational Association of
Detroit Lions
New York Giants
Baltimore Colts
Lions
Autumn Tea by Women's Fellowship at Second Church Biddeford
The Women's Fellowship of Second Congregational Church Biddeford held an autumn tea in the vestry with about 60 attendees. Mrs. Carleton Davis and Mrs. Laurence Staples led flower arrangements, and Mrs. Warren Libby chaired the event with various committees assisting. The program by Mrs. Kay White and Miss Donna Miles featured A Taste of the Wild. soloist Mrs. Noreen Libby performed with a special award to Mrs. S. H. Scribner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Fellowship
Second Congregational Church
Biddeford
Carleton Davis
Laurence Staples
Warren Libby
John Howat
Carleton Foss
R.R. Myers
Burton de Frees
Kay White
Donna Miles
Freedom Acres
Wilmot Flat
N.H
Noreen Libby
Saco
S. H. Scribner
Goose Rocks
Clayton Cartmill
Wayne B. Hutchins
Joseph A. Haley
William D Beety
George Harpootsian
Donald L. Fraser
Carleton F. Foss
Albert FE. Whitehurst
Robert M. Moore
Harry L. Smith
John A. Kennedy
Maud Cote
H. Chapman
Saco AMVETS elects Clappison commander at annual meeting
Earl Clappison of Glenhaven Saco was elected commander of the Boucouvaies-Dupuis post AMVETS at the annual meeting on Spring Street. A World War II veteran, he served with Military Police in Europe and Asia, and is a Thornton Academy and University of Maine graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Clappison
Glenhaven ‘Circle
Saco
Boucouvaies-Dupuis
Amvets
Post
Spring Street
Thornton Academy
University of Maine
Doris Berry
Joseph E. Clappison, Jr
Richard Cote
Paul Colpitts
Joseph A. Henaire
Walter Fougere
George Dionne Sr
Joseph Ouellette
Harold Strout
Gene Moody
Two Doctors In The House From One Jersey City Couple
After four years of study and long separation during a five year marriage, Donald F. Hoops graduated in the first class of the Fairleigh Dickinson School of Dentistry. His wife Lillian Hoops earned cum laude honors from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Donald F. Hoops
Hoops
Fairleigh Dickenson School of Dentistry
Lillian
Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Water supply flush notice for Kennebunk district
The Kennebunk Kennebunkport and Wells Water District announces nightly mains flushing from 6 30 p m to 1 00 a m for the next three weeks. Residents are asked to plan accordingly and thank you for patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kudmund Cashen
Richard Murray, Jr
Sonia Barker
Portland
Jamaica Plains
Douglas Poole
Martha Barnard
Poole
Murray
Leonard Angell
Dane Street
Cape May
David Angell
David
U. S. Coast Guard
V. F. W. Post
Fletcher Street
Kennohiink
Avanina
Clement P. Wight
Peripatetic
Obs
Quting
Penney’s
Our Regina
Priscille A. Legare
Henry Petit, Jr
Henry Petit
South Street
Theode H. Legare
Prospect Street
Miss Legare
St. Joseph High School
Mrs. Butts
New Place High Noble Grand of
Beach
Rebekahs
Loes
Penney
Barbara Bushnell
Barbara
Los Angeles
Midwest
Nashville
Tin Pan Valley
Chase
Ralph White
Lewiston
Clappison
Saco Amvets
Bert
Central Maine Power Co
Main St
Bert Thompson
Alfred Street
Burnham
Samson’s Supply, Inc
Lincoln Street
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