Local Club Sees New Committee Appointments and Talk
President Mrs Hilton and Mrs Constance Littlefield chaired a meeting where committees will be announced by Mrs Anderson at the Oct 28 session in Hemmenway Hall. Guest speaker Miss Mary Worth ley of Lebanon spoke on The Quakers.
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Hilton
Constance Littlefield
Anderson
Hemmenway Hall
Mary Worthley
Lebanon
George Spiller
Thomas Cook
Celia Littlefield
Wells Historical Society elects officers for the new season
At Hemmenway Hall in Wells First Congregational Church the Wells Ogunquit Historical Society held its first fall meeting. Officers named for the coming season include Gertrude Anderson as president Earl Hilton as vice president Donnell Lord as recording secretary Chesley Perkins as corresponding secretary and membership chairman Carroll Clark as treasurer Ethel Weymouth as librarian Esselyn Perkins as historian and Constance Littlefield as trustee. Esselyn Perkins named chair of the ways and means committee with coChairmen for the program committee to be appointed by her and the vice president.
Ice Follies Premiered by Shipstad and Johnson in 1936
The Ice Follies, among the first ice shows, debuted in 1936 by Shipstad and Johnson and drew audiences totaling more than 40 million across two decades.
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Shipstad and Johnson
Dogs trained for Air Force sentry duty in San Antonio base
Dogs are trained for Air Force sentry duties at Lack-Air Base in San Antonio. The program prepares canines for security roles, with handlers supervising exercises and readiness tests conducted at the base.
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Air Force
Lack— Air Base
San Antonio
Texas Leaguer term first used in 1889
The phrase originated in 1889 to describe Arthur Sunday of the Texas League whose short hits aided a .398 batting record via what became known as Texas Leaguers. The same source notes the American Museum of Atomic Energy in Oak Ridge Tennessee as the world’s only museum devoted to atom study and states no bridges span the Amazon River across its 3,400 mile length.
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Arthur Sunday
American Museum of Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Amazon River
Cub Scout Pack 310 Committee Meets In Saco
The Cub Scout Pack 310 committee meeting at the Biddeford Saco Lodge Elks on Portland Road Saco finalized plans for a Halloween Party on Oct 15 at 7 p.m. Also announced light bulb sales to fund badges and awards and a family Splash Party on Oct 26 at the Portland YMCA with a small admission.
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Cub
Saco
Portland
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James Lombard Sr
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Frances Cameron
Joyce Walker
Main Street
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Enea
Northweave Suits
Hast
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A. H. Benoit & CO. Masonic Bldg
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Patricia Bishop
Henry C. J. Dumas
Henry C. Dumas
Stockman Ave
John Bishop
Cutts Street
Bishop
Den
Helen Sylvester
Barbara Hirst
Rita Lagueux
Frances Gardner
Rita Scott
Edwin Munford
Marshall Gardner
Webero
Carolyn Howe
John Harmon
Ronald Husser
Robert Harriman
William Smith
Lodge
Baby Beef
Sean Hamburg
the Farm Store
Alfred ST
Torino
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LTD
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Atlantic Motors
Maine
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