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Portland Press Herald from Portland, Maine • 18

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Portland Mains Press Herald Tuesday Morning June 7 1949 Eighteen Late News And Social Events At Westbrook I i Allen Rowe Approved By Council As Housing Authority Member 8th Grade Girls At Forest Street School Become1 Snake Charmers ICouncil Fails To Accept iFive Streets Committee Report Okayed 6 To 5 -1 -p ICouncil Votes Junior High iBond Issue City Hospital Land Purchase Ordered A 1000000 bond issue for ft naneing the new Deerlng Junior high school and possibly other school improvements was' given -final passage by the City Council Monday night Construction of the new school Westbrook June Thte City I already under way is expected to ICouncil following a long discuaH cost about $1025000 The City has slon tonight finally accepted S50 ooo for it and plans to take th unfavorable reobrt on 1 3875000 from the bond Issue If to 5 the unfavorable report js any money left ft will go the acceptance of five streets by (towards a new ggooOOO elementary I the Committee on Hew Streets I school on Stevens Avenue or 1m Several residents spoke in be- provement of existing schools I half of the petitions for accept Lmoa'a KaIs Iwaala aM nharirari I WjOiUlIH CitjT H05Pltftl ance of their streeU and charged which might be needed for future' the Council with being unfair in expansion of liospiUl buildings (approving the construction of a I was ordered by the Council Isewer on the New Gorham Road I Will Cost $2008 while their areas are by-passed I City-Manager Lyman Moore The Councilors pointed out that said the land with a- 70-foot I all streets must meet certain I frontage on Brighton Avenue and specifications established 1 in the 1 540-foot frontage on Holm Ave-clty charter before they may be nue could be bought from Ameido accepted or become eligible for Martelle for $2000 Recent sewers None of the streets Long- study of the hospital as the re-ley and Graham Road extensions suit of a- consultants survey Jn-I Mayberry Road Emery and Pal- dlcated the advisability of the mouth Streets meet these require-) purchase he said Intents it wai brought out by For-i Tlie City probably will provide rest Knight chairman of the about 300 cubic yards of gravel to I committee on new streets fill In an Allen Avenue lot owned The Council has unanimously by Raymond Jillson which is approved the construction of a being-developed as a playground sewer on New Gorham Road by by a North Deerlng group Moore Saul Chalsson or Portland paving reported following a closed session the way for a million dollar hous- of the Council lng deveiopment pe sewer will The Council' agreed to provide cost the city $3000 -the price of the graveL he said if Jilhon will the pipe while Chaisson will bear ffiVe the City a five or 10-year lldan option to Uke the property it a nomini11 Price for a municipal playRround The city doesn't want KSVldftf to take the land now- he pointed I out- Location of a playground in North Deerlng will depend to a Today Calendar Marion street SeheoL registrar tion of pre-school children to noon to 1 WSCS Elm: Street Methodist Church Mrs Angus Merrtthew Forest Avenue evening WICS sUver tea 2 to I as Redbank Community BuUdlng South Portland Townsend Clob 1pm Cape Elizabeth Poet AI Spraguo Hall supper 6 JO Social Sts Clab annual dinner Cascade Lodge1 evening Auxiliary Fleaiantdale Hoea Company hose house evening Wesleyan Guild annual meeting and dinner' Dunaeroft Inn evening- Mothers dub Lincoln SphooL I annual dinner! Installation of of- fleers evening Pleaaantdale Group OaewanthA Oarden Club Mrs Lyndon Wasa South Windham 1 Ceroo Circle Mrs Homer i Lombard Shore Road Cape Eliza- both luncheon Elizabeth Park Garden Group Cape Elizabeth Garden Club Mrs Charles Morin Meadow Way Capo Elizabeth evening Thornton Heights Group Oae-wantha Garden Club Mrs Edward Chenevert Sebago Lake all-day meeting i Double Four- Chib Mrs Burton A- Anderson Cottage Road evening Wanda Sewing Circle- Mrs Stanley Miller Lincoln Street Portland evening High Low dub Mrs Percy Davis Stanford Street Portland afternoon i Reunion dub Mrs Joseph St John Sawyer Street evening Tuesday Ramblers Mrs John -Higgins Danforth Street Pent-land evening MAO Club Mlsa ChAistine Noyes Auburn Street Portland evening Tuesday Kigbters Lira Frederick Breene Grand View Avenua evening i Socialate Bridge Club Mrs Alfred EL Crockett Jr Elm Street evening I Heigh-He dub Mrs Pulton Wilcox Godfrey Street Portland evening Club I bliss Barbara McCarthy Strathmore Avenue evening Mothers Club Prtnk I Brown School 8 South Portland Juno 1 Allen Rowe 31 Woodbury Street tonight was approved by the City Council as a member of the South Portland Housing Authority to replace Silas Skill in who died April He was appointed by City Manager Harold Webster Council members also Approved i i a joint petition by the New Eng-1 i land Telephone and Telegraph 1 Company and Central Maine Power Company for erection of several light poles Received by the council was the report of the building inspector which showed permits totaling 1(6566475 for new construction had been authorized by him during May The council also: Issued victualers -ind" Innkeepers licenses to James Lano 300 Main Street Edwin -G Whalen 555 Westbrook Street: Domene-: que Proco 70 High Street Alice Johnson West Yard Doris Bret on 595 Westbrook Street and Irene Romano' 41-Preble Street Tabled an application for victualers and innkeepers' license filed by Robert Leonard 104 Winter Street' Portland Issued a license to vend household necessities to Robert A Hattie 92 Pennsylvania Avenue Issued- a license to vend lce( creani candy and pop rom to Kor NpW rirP Inirlc Mrs Walker 29 Willard uf Street South Portland June 6 Pirt Approved' 'taxicab operator's Chief Horace Jose tonight was licenses for FrankJin Marston ordered by the City Council to ob 95A Ocean Street I and Orman- tain specifications for a new aerial Dennison 104 Brigham Street ladder truck -for his department Approved sidewalk applications I Edward Twomey suggested from 11 Harriet Street l20 Har-the motion and Councilor Lincoln riet Street and 29-31 ThlrlmereH Hascall made it Avenue- Twomey asserted that the ladder Approved a request -for instal- truck at the Willard Hose House lation of a street light on Oak-was "at least 25 years It Is dale Avenue impossible using this truck Two- Referred to the committee onjmey added to reach the roof of streets petitions asking accept-1 the high school or those of several ance- of Fore River Promenade three flat apartments in the city and Wild Rose Avenue looks like the toys we used to play with when we were kids' Personal And Briefs he stated amid laughter 'j? 1 te Council To Rent Playground Plot To Create Facilities -For Ward 3 Children Wstkrast Jim The City Council tonight took the first step creating additional recreational ficilities for children in this city Alderman Gerard Paulin suggested that rental of the city-jprned land on Qulnby Avenue be used to start a playground for children in Ward 3 The Council authorized Mayor -Ernest Porell te rent the plot to the- Portland Water District for three months for S100 A Recreation Committee was Appointed by Richard Libby president following the recommendation of Joseph alderman from Ward 1 to consider children all over the city in a recreational pro-tram Alderman Alexander jandzy in support of her sugges-tion said TWe are all good at boosting- Westbrook but' we do nothing for the advancement of athletics i Richard Pride wss appointed chairman of the committee to be assisted by Mrs SmalT Paulin Conrad Metevter and Ralphi Harper Porell earlier in the meeting announced that a playground will he opened in mid-July or early August for children in Ward 4 in the rear of the Ward 4 voting rises The land on the bank of his Presumpscot River has been fied by the Street Department and will be surrounded by a fence donated by a citizen Rest tooms will be provided in the voting place basement Equipment for the playground may be contributed by the various service clubs in the city Porell said Porell recommended that the area be named Dana Park in honor of the Dana family who deeded-the land to the city for recreational purposes "The name of Dana Parr will be a tribute tp the family who has contributed so much to the growth of Westbrook" he said The Danas also gave the city the plot in Ward 3 when it was planned to build a state armory and storage vehicle garase there They have granted the City per- mission to use the land for city purpose the mayor reported If the land is sold the Dsnas requested they be given the profit otherwise the1 city may have the use of the land free of charge School District Vote Set Oct 10 4 1 Charter Chang Ballot Alio Sdicdnltd Then Wseebreek' Jma Westbrook voters will vote on the adoption of a sehoet district as well as the prop used revisions- to the city charter Oct 10 the City Coun eil voted 7 to tonight prank Roberts chairman of the School Committee suggested the date in a petition to the Coun- By Press Herald Photographer Morrison SNAKE CHARMER Sally Ann Perclval Stir grader at the Forest Street School Westbrook examines a garter snake in biology class Any fear of the reptiles the pupils might once have had has been dispelled by the familiarity with which they have handled the dozen they keep for study South' Portland June 6 The Robert Martin Philip Curtis Rev Aptonio Gerard in and the David Jordan Edward Heflemam Rev Thomas Coyne will be Robert Brown? Wendell Thornton Westbrook June keeping snakes as pets? I don't don't believe That seems to be the average reaction when people hear about the Sth grade science class in the Forest Street School here where girls and' boys alike are keeping a dozen snakes in a terrarium But once Sally Perclval and Carol Brown who want them as pets this Summer led 'the other girls intp the spirit of the thing it became a major project! Earlier this year when the class decided it wanted to view- the scaly reptiles at closer quarters It sent out commandos Herbert Young Gerald Rogers George Fournier Hugh Plumber and Richard Levesque Looking under the rocks of an abandoned quarry off Main Street they found all the garter snakes they wanted plus one -milk adder They also found that snakes could bite and even pow when the garter- snakes are -tame the milk adder will still draw blood 11 it gets a chance I Nelson Leland principal started science classes at the school last'pear with the study of white rats from the Jackson Memorial Laboratory at Bar Harbor his home town i reported unfavorably on the umeS on th You couldn't ask for a -better tion of A Elliott Abbott for one- SnSec tin class" he says enthusiasm hour parking in the Cumberland tU1 is catching What we are aiming Mills business area I if tt vnp() to do is create an interest for Mayor Ernest PoreU reported coinrUmhahir high school that work will be started within Next year he plans to have la few days by the state on a both the 7th and Sth grades study hide storage garage on Stroud- wjS pi2ran science three days a week and water Street The City recently other pets Including hamsters or purchased four and a half prl-toy bears will be subjects in- of land there for that purpose But eluded in the course Alderman Charles Knowles This year pupils have observed chairman of the Committee on Ae-ISKJL ed doUars 111 at close range frogs tadpoles I counts reported that bills total-1 turtles and goldfish They have mg $71340:62 were approved to tM watched the shakes shed their May The Council approved spend- erth- rjfeSMr This week they await with as Paulin said the Btreet Department P011 much anticipation to find out will start to pave Hawkes Street1? about the digestive processes of which has been rebuilt in a tarLS SSSim the saakes as last year they ex- days: amtaed the effect of various diets a sidewalk will be constmcted on white rats I St Pride's Comer from East Bridge They have watched with inter- street to the Corner School est the pets feeding on frogs and as soon as "abutters are pacified 18 d5d while the necessity is cruel a iuim hl wnat maxes the decision more Lelknd points out to the pupili that is way of fCCltaviAiuenuan mtuaiu rww nielli Wav want In snakes" work will be completed before "Any method that can make a September he promised ty t0 and girl unafraid of a 28-inch snake a petition for two streetlights Li more than a course of study on Mechanic Street Irom Ciar- it's a comments one ence oowen and eight others nn was referred to the Committee on Marginal wS1 1an nrt the World of Mirth Shows for construction Vmim were referred to the Committee pr ai Cray News on New Streets and Drains and Sewers special guests at the annual meet-1 jr -were Awarded -bear badges ing and dinner of Visitation So- and Lawrence Bucklin Richard dality of Holy Cross Church at Jones Dale Farnsworth Charles 645 Tuesday in the Lafayette Olson and Kevin Rielley lion Hotel Officers will be elected and badges the guest speaker will be the Rev Grand Lodge and Orand Tem- McCarten SJ instead of the pie officers and charter members Most Rev Daniel Feeney Auxil-1 of Cumberland Lodge Of and iary bishop of Portland aa pre-1 Cumberland Temple Pythian Sis-viously planned Miss Patricia ters ill be guest at the 60th GUI wUl be the soloist with Mrs anniversary of the lodge and the Thomas Connor as accompan-1 40th anniversary of the temple at 1st a Joint observance Tuesday eve- Miss Connor has announced ning in Whitehall final reservations for Mrs Edward Miss Virginia Martin superin- Allen Mrs William Boland tendent of the Sunday School of Mrs Edward BuOer Mrs Fred the Thornton Heights Methodist A Carrigan Mrs' Timothy Con- Church presented the pupils in a nolly Mrs Thomas Conroy final program Sunday evening in Mrs John Conway Mrs the church auditorium Poems Cook Mrs Patrick Coppinger were given by Laurette Strout Miss Margaret Curran Mrs WU- Anne Johnson Richard Roy Cart-Uam Curran Mrs Coleman lyn Smith Kenneth Arsenault Curran Mrs James Conroy Mrs Jack Ramsey Jean LePebrve Jean John Concannon Mrs 'Arthur Doucette Allan Johnson Andrea Cullinan Mrs Doucette Mrs Graves Constance Libby BaUey James Downs Mrs Klerstead Buddie Campbell Nor-Emery Mrs Frank TArrell Mrs ma Whiting Suzanne Annis Laura Foley Mrs Frank GUI Emery Margaret Oollamore Bar-Mrs Helen Gilchrist Mrs Joseph bara Dow Donna Herman Marilyn Geraghty Mrs Clifford Out Cook AUan Meserve Patriela Har-mond Mrs Leo Heffemam Mrs mon Douglas Stalling Janice Sara Hatch Mrs Josephine Hinds Strom and Louise Gower Songs Mrs William Horton Mrs were presented by the primary Harry JCay Mrs KenneallyJ junior and third grade with a Mrs Philip Legere lfita Edward psalm and solos by Jane Foster McCarthy Mrs Stephen McDon- and Ruth Wanning Dianne ough Mrs Fred Merrill Mrs John Moores gave a story of the Christ Merry Mrs sterling Mills Mrs tisn flag and Lois Gower demon James Greenleaf jr Mrs Cather- strated all flags Perfect attendee Murphy Mrs Frank ance awards of Biblbes were given O'Brien Mrs Patrick O'Donnell to 28 and pins tot 20 pupils by Mrs Daniel O'Leary Mrs Philip Miss Marion The accompanists Ryan Mr a Henry Smith Mrs were Miss Barbara Maddoeks and John Stanton Mrs WiUis Mrs John Shaw Walsh Mrs Winston Mrs Will Held Party John Boyd Mrs Joseph Harrigan Miss Nancy LaRochelle Is chalr-Mrs Leon Chaput and Mrs man for the party to be held Mon-Frank Geneva of Cumberland Lodge Of and day evening following the meeting Club Doings South Portland June Mrs Ernest Arey has announced Reservations for the annual dinner of the Kumyu Club Wednesday evening in the Cape Cottage Hotel They are Mr and Mrs William Arey Mr and Mrs Eugene Gillies Mrs Ada McLaughlin Mrs Jessie Harris Mrs Annie MacVane Mrs Ernest Arey Mrs Mary Killin-ger Miss Bertha Landers Mrs Ada Willard Mrs Genevieve Waters Mrs Olive Gould Mrs Ruth Arey Miss Jane MacEachen and Mr and Mrs William Somers: A came program and social will follow and Mrs William Arev Elmwood Avenue will entertain at the next regular meeting Mrs Arnold ZL Allen Willard Street will entertain the Hilltop Group of the Osewantha Garden Club Tuesday afternoon and Mrs Philip A Johnson will be program -chairman 1 Mrs Blancharfl Collamore and Mrs Arnold Brodeur are co-chairmen for the fair to be held Wednesday afternoon in tne Thornton Heights School by the Club Table cnairmen are Mrs Carl A Anderson Mrs Eugene A Garland Mrs Sherman Thompson Mrs Merle Cook Mrs William Crangle Mrs Chester Annis! Mrs Fred Stack Mrs Louis Demartao Mrs Kenneth Bradley Mrs Eduard A Woodworth Mrs Philip Quinn jr Mrs Sullivan Demartao and Mrs Arpad Sass Mrs James Patterson enter- talned the Otyokwa Group of the Osewantha Garden Club at her Mr And Mrs 'Moreau Honored cil Mayor man Colonial Road was elected Alderman Porter recommended president of the Citadel Club at the tabling meeting tonight in the home emlng Ing of the ordinance gov- restaurants since Ernest Porell joined in his suggestion to hold lhe referendum election in eon -rmetion with the- municipal election In December by Aldermen Robert Gara Gerard Paulin Richard Libby They were unsuccessful in their attempt have the petition from Roberts tabled for further consideration Alderman Harold Lord urged ihe election be held in October -to expedite the building of a 1 school at Pride Comer Those favoring the October date ere Aldermen Lord Mrs Joseph "Small Richard Pride Por-rest Knight Conrad Metevier Ralph Harper and Richard Porter Aklerman Alexander Landry did not vote Porell urged that the Westbrook June t-Mr and Mrs Aime Moreau Walker Street were honored on their 45th wedding anniversary by a High Mass sung at 8 a today in St Hyacinths Church and a fatally reunion at their home Xhia evening They were presented a bouquet of 45 roses by their grandchildren Those attending were Mr and Mrs Raymond Moreau Mr and Mrs Aime Moreau Jr Mr -and Mrs Robert Moreau Mr 'and Mrs Arthur Moreau Mr and "Mrs Victor Moreau Mr and Mrs Rene Moreau- Mr and Mrs Herbert Short Richard and Louise Moreau Mr and Mrs Joseph Moreau of Manchester and 16 grandchildren Will Give Program of South Portland Assembly Or- Jem'nn A II Till a IV 1UAilarJ of Miss Chipman Others elected budget falls to provide funds toTM TahIitIi were' vice president Marcelle He-1 enforce the provisions The claim lO lXlolall A OIllgUL bert secretary Phyllis Hamois of Kalph Turner for $200 for dam- Gray June Installation of and treasurer Adelaide Pernald age to his property by a fire 1- officers of Gray Post AL and The next meeting of Liberty legedly started In the city-owned Auxiliary will be held' at the Encampment IOOF will be held dump was denied upon the sug-1 meeting Tuesday evening The Jitac Jl and in July August gestion of the Committee on post officers will be installed by the group will meet on third Tues-Claims A petition of George Lester Blake Yarmouth Dedays of the month Tremblay for thrextenslon of 160 partment commander apd the Te Confer Degree feet of sewer on Green Street and aUxiliary officers by Mrs Elodie Temple Lodge AP and AM will for the extension of 125 feet of Renaud Blddeford Refreshments confer the Master Mason Degree the sewer on King Street were re-will- be served by a committee on a class of candidates at 8 ferred to the committee Tentative comprising Mrs Lin wood Libby Wednesday under the direction of I approval was given to extending and Mrs Herman Morey Master Wilton Chick IJ ToJman Street sewer 40 feet sUoam Lodge IOOP will meet Pequawket Tribe IORM will The City Treasurer was authorized at their hall Tuesday evening meet at 8 Tuesday in Odd to charge off $173933 In uncol- Their next meeting will be June Fellows Hall petition from ai as at their last meeti'-g it was The Cheerio Club will meet atJK'xnkT Young for a streetlight at voted to go on their summer the home of Mrs NOv Christen- West Pleasant a Prospect schedule and hold meetings the en Haskell Street at Sweets was referred to the com-first and third Tuesday evening Wednesday of the month Beulah Chapter OES wUl obr Taxicab company renewal' li- Vernon PoUard scoutmaster serve Rainbow Night when they wer Rraited to John Pin- and Scouls Robert Gibbs Philip meet in Society Hall at 8 and Matty DiRenzo Other Richardson Charles Hayes Rob-Wednesday Mrs Gertrude Rr5ni5d eluded 13 taxi rt -Doughty Fred Adler Vaughan van and Mrs Marfcaret drivers nd 27 yictualers Appll-Jcrandrll and James King attend-are co-chairmen of the Refresh- cations for 11 victualers licenses Jed the three-day Pine Tree Coun-ment Committee assisted by MrsJ reIerred 16 the Incense Com-jell Camporee at Oxford County Hazel Bragdon Mrs Evelyn Plum- Fairgrounds Assisting iii trsns- mer Mrs Elsie Sproul MrsL claun deeds were given to portation were Howard Verrill and Grace MacPhgrson Mrs Ruth Porell and Joseph Kenneth Sawyer members of the Barter: Mrs Dorothy Mitch Mr to Provideclear titles local Troop Committee their property The Council Miss! PriscUlr Dunn was guest and Mrs Elliot Abbott Mr and MTiSImS and infant worded Porter however brought turned out that the phraseology owees has been approved by the to their home on King from the Westbrook Hospital I- summer home at Higgins Beach -today for a potluck luncheon Those present were Mrs George Loveltt Mrs Egbert Farn-ham Mrs Leon Dresser Mrs Frank Cole Mrs Walter Winchenbachl Mrs Gladys Parsons and Miss Ruth Peterson Plans were completed for a picnic June 2Q with Mrs Cole Pequawket Lake or on June 27 if the previous date is' stormy Mrs Robert Frout Summit Street will entertain the Chatorso Club Wednesday evening The postponed meeting of the Wednesday Night Club will be held with Mrs Arthur Laller Jr- Second Street Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kenmls-ton LaSalle Street Portland will entertain the Eight-O-Clock Club Wednesday evening for-a social- A musical program wrill be pre- der of the Rainbow for Girls hon-sented at the meeting of Capelortng the senior members Offi-Elizabeth Grange this week imdercers will rehearse at 7 the direction of the lecturer Mrs Thursday John Lund The official- board of the Mrs John Woodbury and Thornton Heifhts Methodist he Misses Louise and Roberta Church will meet at 7 xn Tues-Woodbury Broadway have re- day in the vestry turned after passing a few'days ta Mrs- Ernest Gould' Chapel Boston and attended the grad- street will entertain the Dalphon Ua tion of Miss Virginia Woodbury Unit of the Elm Street Methodist from Lesley College Cambridge Church for a picnic luncheon The postponed meeting of the Wednesday Missionary Society of Mrs Douglas Gorman was host-Methodist Church will be held at jess' at a party observing the 8 Friday in the vestry (birthday of her mother Mrs Gor-Plans were completed for sum- don Bryant Washington Ave-met meetings of Cub Pack 25 when nue and the guests included Mr the met in the Cape Eliza-and Mrs Edgar Bryant Linda beth Town Hall and Cubmaster Bryant Mr and Mrs Edward Spencer awarded wolf badges to I O'Leary Gordon Bryant and Craig Vincent Henry Hay and1 Douglass Gorman Mrs Paul Ledoux (Yvonne Blake) and infant daughter Carol Flora Spear Street have returned home from the Westbrook Host pitaU Mrs Martin Anderson is the local chairman of the baked food sale sponsored by the Greater Portland Council of Church Women to be held at 1030 a nwiiej m-ilw 4W--W IHi Council Rules On SaleOf Fireworks Mrs Reul MscKenzie Mr and honor at a sunrise miscella- Mrs Robert Levesque Mr nooen icwuc construction neous shower giveh at the home Mrs Earl Stanley Ptank Collins gjg8 Avnue V11 ofMrs Lawrence Sawyer this in) mnk Chiu sweet Jiuy 11 evening nTrtaityk iStheran Church will IT I BoysScouts whohave signed up hold mid-week services at 120 to attend Camp HJnds Raymond Wednesday Rev on Praina ana Sewers during the Summer are Eugene kNilsSn wlUbe the preacher! and Accounts report at the July Bibber Robert Gibbs' Philip Niissen wrn be tne I meeting on the number of sewer Richardson Charles Hayes Rob- assessment costs made in the past £rt Doughty Frederick Adler ylarsJ j88 well as the number Vaughan Crandall and James Ward 4 Playground Westbrook June Westbrook residents wilt have at least one more opportunity to celebrate In- -dependence Day with Wednesday hi the UniverssUst inoisemakers Fireworks church Portland- i exception Pupils of the third and fourth banned in the entire tteirra(jei presented a program at the ia 1950 i i Local citizens however will be permitted to purchase fireworks for five days excluding Sunday starting Wednesday June 29 as a result of action taken by the City Council tonight The Council did vote that licenses to sell the noisemakers will be granted n-y to persons who have conducted a local business establishment for at least six months preceding July 4 Firecrackers- must be sold inside the place of business it was- voted Last year it was brought out several stands sold fireworks from rents sec up along the highways City Clerk 1 Armand Gagnon vu authorised to Issue the 1 final meeting of the season erf the Warren Parent-Teacher Association tonight in the schoolhouse Miss Winnlfred McNeil who di rected the program was presented a bouquet by the children Miss Sandra Peters presided Specialty acts were presented by Marilyn Jensen Miss Peters and Mary Morton who gave piano solos -and Miss Alice Maye who gave a vocal selection Seventy parents and teachers were present Mr and Mrs Urban Gagnon Warren Avenue are receiving con granulations on the birth of a daughter Cheryl in the Westbrook Hospital Mrs- Gagndh is the former Ruth Widger of Windham 1 still unpaid Deed Is Transferred King Warrant Officer and Mrs Ed ward Webb and' family who are passing the month of June at the home of his grandmother Mrs Susie Tolley and mother Mrs Mildred before going to Lie Urges I Push Power Projects Westbrook June 6 A deed trMisferring approximately one acre of land along the Presump Chattanooga Tenn June 6 Yery a Sweaters by Garland i Ragularly 895 l- Here are 100 wool fuH-fasMcney sweaters' all beautifully finished and very special at this low price In powder blue- browji blade cherry white dr yellow Sizes 34 to 40 1 SPORTSWEAR FASHION ROOR i and Braun Co 1 i r- I 3 Cheerio Clnb To Meet The Cheerio' Club will meet with 'Mrs Ove Christensen Haskell 'Street at 8 Wednesday The WSCS of the Methodist Church will hold a planning meet-ling at 7 JO Tuesday In the vestry Narragansett Lodge of Buxton Center and Ossipee Lodge Kezar Falls will be guests of the Presumpscot Valley Lodge at meeting Thursday in Castle Hall when the rank of Knight will be conferred on a- class of candidates by the third rank team of Kezar Falls 1 The committee in chsrge of the supper to be served at 7 consists of Wtaship Metcalf chairman Roy Shaw Irving Dyer and Frederick Bar stow Miss-Barbara Chipman daughter of Mr and Mrs Hsnno Chip- I THI ST REGIS HOTEL 14 MIDDLE ST Amorican E'ltslMR Faad ImliHriat lultea Mm Daily Limchaaa 45a avaUabto far Private hnlM ItL Mill Scot River from the Try were tary-aen-1 Germany for two rears' where he Mill to the 'City rill be delivered of Unlted Nation? Sg- riUoned are in Stockton this week Mayor'Ernest Porell gested tonight that the UN pro- Springs for a few days snd while reported today mote IlkTlh? tM The land will be dedicated as a Valley Administration to harness Higgins Classical playground sometime next month the waters of the Jordan the Initute Charleston Porell added It has been filled in Tigris the Euphrates and the Mr- Catherine Viscigha and and graded and finishing touches Nile son LDnard New York City are going on now Lie speaking at the University arrived it ihe homeof her moth- Toilet facilities are being In-of Chattanooga recommended Mrs EUa MacDonald during stalled in the basement of the that such projects be given high week end for the Summer Ward 4 polling booth for use in priority in the $85000000 pro- Mrs Arthur Burnell connection with the playground gram of technical assistance family and Miss Beatrice Porell said this would be the the world's underdeveloped areas tolfe were guests during the week first time Ward 4 has had play-now tinder consideration by Mr ana Leon Roue ground facilities to implement President Tru- Littleton "I recall at least three chil- new program" for Mrs Arlo Copp will be a guest dren who were killed playing on economic development of back- the home of her sister and Ward 4 streets in recent years be- ywd territories hiherpmrmMrf cause a playground was not avail- He said the Near East was "one bum Ptakham of Edgecomb the mayor observed area in which the same kind of Wednesday and Thursday and officials of the Dana Wan weed boldness and imaginative while there wUl attend the grdu-fyjii rive their consent Porell plannlng that characterized thejatlon of her niece Miss Joyce will be TV A is necessary right Pinkham "The Near East needs regional School and national projects that will do The Brownie troop will enter-: Athens June 6 (AP) A plane for the -valleys of the Jordan the tain their mothers at a tea crash 17 miles north of Athens to- Tigris the- Euphrates and the Wednesday afternoon in the lodge night killed 22 persons including Nile what TV A has done for the hall All mothers of the troop are a Greek Army generaL I Tennessee he said 1 invited to attend FOYERMOVfRS Maw year Iowa with mm PHILADELPHIA a jpbu a ggo I Law Mewara Itpatrri I aa4 Services Sharyent4 1- '-t PHILIP YERXA rrs 4-sus I.

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