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Ttl 3-4881 12 langor Daily New THtrdoy Ottobar 31 1937 Social Brevities Personals Call 2-4881 Society Department Event Advance notice of meeting will net be taken after 7 o'clock at night because of the pressure ef the dally new event Advance notice will be taken any time during the day and up to 7 o'clock The Bangor Square will have a Halloween costume dance tonight at 8 o'clock at the YMCA Mr and Mr Waltept)lckaon and Mr and Mrs Caffsll Oakes will be in charge of the dance Refreshments will be served The Bsngor-Brewer Shrine Clnb will hold its monthly meeting st Pilots Grill tonight at 6:30 o'clock The speakers will be Dr John VsnDuyn plsstlc surgeon end the Rev Stsnley Pratt minister of the First Baptist Church The annual Halloween dance will be held at John Bapst High School this evening with dancing from 8 to 11:30 o'clock The Matinee Club will meet with Mrs Winona Neal Hornbeam Road Lucerne-in-Malne this fternoon at 1:30 o'clock The Lord Beaverbrook Chapter of the Daughters of the British Empire will meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the GAR Memorial Home on Union Street St Michael's Guild will meet tonight st 8 o'clock In the community rooms of 8t Marys Catholic Church The new Borden AlreUr waa demonstrated at the dinner meet-ink of the Peaebacet Valley Dental Association held at the Tarra-tlne club Wednesday evening Walter Atweed of 8 8 White Company spoke on the new in-etrument and gave the demonstration Dr John Brookins president conducted the meeting Plans were made to hold a Joint meeting in December with the dental officers at Dow Air Force Base on the Invitation of Major William Ayers Base dental surgeon The Gamma Hl-Y Club held a business meeting Wednesday night at the Bangor YMCA during which five members were appointed delegates to the Older Boys Conference November 22-24 They Included Paul Lafrosse William Bowler Robert Sloane John Basty and Roderick McClure Members also watched football movies and discussed money raising projects Approximately 70 attended the illustrated talk on Maine wtld flowers sponsored by the Trl-U Class of the Hammond Street Congregational Church Wednesday evening Lester Higgins of Hallowed the guest speaker had as his topic "Walk with Me in the God The purpose of the program was to raise funds for various church activities Merle Coffin president Harold Hamm president: and Revan Downie and Wilfred Wayrott sales consultants of Coffin and Wimple Inc will return home today from New Orleans where they have been attending a sales Mardl Gras Mr Catherine Kearns of 370 Hancock Street is a medical patient at the Eastern Maine General Hospital Coining Events TRICK OR TREAT Deborah and Da vid Clark of 334 Grove Street will squeeze In some "trick or tonight in between the Parade of Horribles and the free costume skating party at the auditorium Debbie is all eyes as she watches how her big brother handles this Halloween custom Dave sure looks like he has had some practice (Staff photo by Baker) FATHER SEEKS -These days high living costs and multi-directional tensions bring many serious problems to family life Here a father seeks advice and counseling from the Bangor Family Service Society and talks his problem over with Casework Supervisor Mrs Rache 1 Webb (Staff photo by Webb) "GI Joins Generals In Telling Problem Of Holding Personnel WASHINGTON Oct 30 (API A GI Joined Army OenerRls professors and Captains of Industry today in telling of the Army's problems Specialist lc George Parker helicopter maintenance expert was speaker at the annual session of the Association of the United States Army Parker who won ribbons in Korean war service has been in the Army 11 years and irdicated he expects to stay But he told the conference that this the case for many men He said they are leaving sen ice to take better paying jobs in industry It is costing the Army a Rieat deal of time and money to train for civilian Parker said By MARIE RYCKMAN What family in Bangor is there has not had its ups anri downs its problems that have seemed insurmountable? One oi most valuable agencies in this for the entire community is Bangor Family Service a Community Chest agency it is to this agency that one go for needed counseling and impartial advice on these matters which may have gone beyond the bounds of level dis- mission within the family This agency exists for the A purpose of strength ening family life ot the offlees The society also gives adoptive and boarding home care Proof that this agency helps those now approaching the Fan-ily Service Society are advised to go there for help by individuals who have themselves been helped by the society Under the understanding supervision of Albert Dietrich executive director of the Family Service Society the tam-ilv agency oflers casework of individuals and families with a wide range of nroblems of personal and social adjustment The focus of the casework is on the family as a unit and its purpose is to contribute to harmonious family relationships and to promote healthy personality development and satisfactory social functioning of Parade Skating Party Top Halloween Agenda Bangor youngsters shuddered Wednesday night In keen anticipation of Halloween tonight presented and the parade dls-banded The judges for the floats will be Sign Favorable The signs were most favorable for a real spooky Halloween At The Bangor Chapter of Hadataah will hold Its annual rummage sale on November 4 and 5 at 89 Central Street Rummage will be picked up on November 3 The doors will open cm the days of the sale at 8:30 in the morning Members of the committee handling the sale are Mr Hasel Goldsmith and Mra Roslyn Kaprow co-chairmen Mrs Jennie Rubin Mrs Ethel Rapaport Mr Violet Gordon Mrs Claire Silver Mr Florence Witner Mrs Rose Poust Mr Jimmy Groaaman Mr Louise Kobltx Mr Ethel Dresner Mrs Dena Slep Mr Lillian Emple Mrs Lena Srlalr and Mrs Sophie fUllson Mt Kineo Lodge 371 will meet at 7:30 o'clock Friday evening at' the GAR Memorial Home Cards will be played and refreshments served after the meeting The Business and Professional Club will have a meeting Monday at 6 at the YWCA The prograJn will be in the charge of the International Relations Committee Speakers will be Kenneth Roach Bangor Theological Seminary student from Wales and Mr Sheila Roach his wife The Eaitern Main General Hospital Nurse Alumnae Association will sponsor a rummaRe sale at 96 Exchange Street Friday afternoon from 5 to 9 and on Saturday from 9 to 5 o'clock Mr Gertrude Hammond and Mr Frances Robinson are chairmen of the affair Waldo Extension Group Hears Talk On Thomaston Men Plead Guilty To Simple Larceny ROCKLAND Oct 30 Two Thomaston youths pleaded guilty In Rockland municipal court this morning to charges of simple larceny and were each given suspended sentence to the Reformatory at South Windham and placed on probation for two years The youths Richard Morro 20 and George A Prentiss 21 were accused of taking an auto battery from the property of Larkin Thorndike at Hope October 28 Complainants were the Knox County Department Judge Alfred Strout also ordered them each to pay $10 court costs and gave them until November 19 to make the payment George Hall of Rockland pleaded guilty to a charge of permitting an overloaded truck to be operated on Route 1 in Thomaston October 28 and paid $20 fine Complainants were state police Agnes Gould 23 of Sears-port pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding at 70 miles per hour on Elm street in Camden October 28 and paid a $25 fine Complainants wer? Camden police The Wlmodaui Club auction scheduled for November 5 has been postponed until a future date Mis Leslie Adkins daughter of Mr France Adkins of 153 Norfolk Street Bangor because of academic excellence has been named to the list at Wheaton College in Norton Mass Miss Adkins a junior is a mathematics major Throughout her college career she has been a member of the Classics Club This year she is president of that group She has also continued her membership in the International Relations Club During her freshman year she was a member of the Folk Dance Group She was secretary-treasurer of the Classics Club her second year At present she is on the literary staff of the college yearbook "Nike" Mrs Alice Blythe has returned to her home in Portsmouth after visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Harold Briggs 15 Lane Street while on an extended business trip The Helping Hand Society of Ihe First Christian Church met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs Agnrs Brown 22 Lane Street The following officers were elected: Mrs Agnes Brown president Mrs Jackie Davis vice president Mrs Clara Al-Jjert secretary and treasurer and Mrs Horace Dinsmore publicity chairman The group worked on articles for the church fair which will be held on December 5 The next meeting of the group will be at the home of Mrs Jackie Davis 46 Lane Street that the area the Society For may calm providing special ized services to individuals and families where community readjustments are needed These specialized services include conn seling in marital problems personality problems and behavior problems in children Last year 1338 cases were handled by tire Bangor Family Service Society This Involved 1425 interviews in the society offices and 66? interviews out ot Shostakovich Music Gets First Playing: London oct 30 Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th symphony first he has written in four years was given its first performance in Moscow today Moscow radio said the new-work called the was played by the Soviet state symphony orchestra The broadcast quoted conductor Nata Rakhlin as terming the newsy mphony most outstanding of The Soviet 10th symphony was first performed in Leningrad in 1963 dusk the moon was split exactly in the middle by a cloud and this is a most powerful sign that the goblin will be here tonight Down at City Hall the Recreation Department was busy wrapping presents to be given as prizes for the best costumes at the Parade of Horribles and fur the best floats in the parade and the eeriest window paintings The Bangor Sub-Deb Club collected from the merchants armfuls of toys games wearing apparel nd even a grown-up handbag which some little girl is sure to win Window Paintings The window painters will be busy this afternoon festooning the downtown stores In brillant colors The best will receive prizes The Judges are Mrs Alice Anderson Miss Dorothy Babcock Mrs Justin Whiting Mrs Stella Storey and Miss Pauline Whiting The paraders will form at the Broadway Mall around 5:45 o'clock and the parade will start at 6:15 The route will be down State Street to Harlow to Central and up Main to Water Street Then the paraders will go into Pickering Square and from there to Broad to Hammond and State Streets They will turn right on Erhange Street to Hancock to Oak to the First National parking lot where the prizes wi)! be Mrs Philip Gildart and Mrs Harold McKenney The Veterans of Foreign Wars the American Legion and Civil Defense will marshal the parade There will be a horse unit In the parade and some of the horw are coming in from Dexter The horsp unit will muster in front of John Bapst High Scnool Skating Party At 7:30 the doors will open at the auditorium for the first free city-wide skating party to be held In the building a costume party and everyone is welcome The Recreation Advisory Committee of the City and the Parent-Teacher Associations have been working together on this project and they will be hosts At 8 o'clock Paul Dinsmore 's orchestra will start playing for the teen-age dance at City Hall Those going to the dance may be in costume or not but prizes will be awarded for the best costumes Albert Noyes recreation director said Wednesday night as he was busy wrapping the prizes that he hoped everyone would have a good time Halloween Eve About the only unhappy people in town will be the window washers who will have to Rtart washing the painted windows right after midnight so that the stores will be bright and shiny for Bangor Days various family members Members of Mr Dietrich's staff are Mrs Rachel Webb case work supervisor Kenneth Roach case aide' Miss Charlotte Adams business manager and Mrs Kenneth Fobes stenographer Any help that this agency gives to Bangor and Brewer residents is a help to the entire community Your dollars given today to the United Fund Campaign will be well spent Police Arrest Bangor Man On Driving Charge Gilbert Pelkey 47 of Rutland street Bangor was taken into custody on a charge of drunken driving early this morning following police Investigation Into sn accident Involving three cars on Main street near the Junction ot 1 Patten street Police said that Pelkey was the operator of an automobile that struck another car owned by Ralph Brown that was parked In front of his store on Main street The lm pact of Pelkey' car against Brown's car forced the vehicle against a third car owned by the Rev Carroll Motsinger of 383 Main street Mr Motsinger's car was also parked at the side of the curbing Damage to the vehicles involved was not extensive Officer Carl Littlefield was in charge of the investigation Past Officers Of Star Club Hold Banquet OLD TOWN Oct 30 Esther A Martin assistant professor of Home Economics at the University of Maine gave a talk and showed interesting slides of her recent tour of Europe Tuesday evening at the Oronoka for the members of the Past Officers Star Club of Katahdin Chapter Order of the Eastern Star The occasion was the annual banquet With 26 members and guests attending Horace A Pratt who was in charge ot the prq gram introduced the speaker Tables were attractively decorated in keeping with the Halloween season Seated at the head table with the speaker were the club president Mrs Everett Mc-Infnch Mrs Maddan vice president Mrs Kenneth Sucy secretary Miss Myra O'Connor treasurer and Mrs Russell Spencer historian Favors were miniature gavels tied with the five star colors and were gifts from the president Others attending were Russell Spencer Kenneth Sucy Mrs Jessie Walker Mrs William Shirley Mr and Mrs Ruel Brown Mrs Georgia Littlefield Mrs Robert Lee Mrs Wilbur Hilchey Mr and Mrs Walter Knappi Mr and Mrs Horace A Pratt Mr-and Mrs Herman Hopkins Mrs Carl Garnett Miss Grace Bailey Mrs Elden Dolan Mrs Harriet Mehann and Mrs Bertha Lyons Bert Tenney And Mary Gatchell Marry In Searsport Ceremony Ellsworth Cancels Halloween Events ELLSWORTH Oct 30-It was voted here today to cancel the annual Halloween Parade and Party sponsored by the Ellsworth Junior Chamber of Commerce due the flu epidemic All Ellsworth schools have been closed Contributions made by the Ellsworth merchants for the Halloween Party will be set aside and used next year Mrs Marlon Clements of Waldo Mrs Lucy Seeley and Mr and Mrs Sheldrick Harvey ail ot Belfast Mrs Freeian Wtllougby of Palermo George Gatchell of Carteret Mrs Natalie Irish Mrs Delbert Larson and Frederick Pushard all of Bath Maurice Soper and Mrs Eva Soper of Orland Mrs Beverley Haskell of Wiscasset Mrs Cyril Tenney Mrs Harlan Gray Mrs Mildred Conary and Mra Virginia Walsh all of Verona Island Mr and Mrs Sheldon Smith and Lorraine Smith of Sahdy Point Roland Gray and Mrs Pauline Gray both of Bucksport Mrs John Seeking and Mrs Robert Seekins of Stockton Springs Theme Set For Dimes Drive In Knox County ROCKLAND Oct 30-The theme of Knox County's March of Dimes drive this year will be "survival Is not enough" Miss Ruth Rogers Knox County chairman for the National Foundation for Infatitile Paralysis announced today Miss Rogers conferred with other county polio officials following her return from a Uiree day conference and workshop of state polio personnel at Poland Springs Other's attending from Knox County were Mrs Gertrude Black of Rockland chairman for activities for the county and Mrs Jeannette Orff of cush-ing Speakers at the meeting who later conferred with the county group were Donald Groerger state epresentatlve of Maine for the NFIP Mrs Dorothy Mills state women's chairman and Robert Burcaw national representative Miss Rogers pointed out that 90 per cent of patient aid funds from the 1956 drive were spent on treatment of post-polio patients Finding Of $162000 In Bills Called Hoax DURHAM Oct 30 (AP) sources today wrote off the reported finding of $162-000 by former policeman Vernon Maynor as a hoax The money they said is in worthless Coty federate bills The FBI which has examined the money would make no comment on the report The agency said it longer 'has an interest in the and added: "It takes quite a period of time to check $162000 in real solid cash and the fact that we already have dropped Interest in the case should speak for itself" BROOKS Oct Dr Garland Russell professor of education and teacher training in the School of Education at the University of Maine was speaker Tuesday evening at the Waldo County Extension Association meeting In the Grant Memorial auditorium at Brooks with 200 members and guests attending Speaking on "The Maine Dr Russell told his audience of some of the basic ideas that prevail among Maine people He elaborated on their sense of humor their ability to relax their willingness to face reality Reelected as officers were Ira Packard Searsmont president Mrs Gertrude Shibles Secretary-treasurer Knox and Mrs Olive Towers Home Economics chairman Carroll Frost Lincolnville was elected vice-president Members of the executive committee reelected were: Mrs Louise Robbins Searsmont Mrs Eu-leta Webb Winterport Mrs Avis Berry Morrill Leroy Hunter Unity Harold Sehnett Palermo Ray Neal Waldo New members elected were: Mrs Amy Thompson Belfast home management Wendell Smith Belfast agricultural economics Robert Goodals Knox crops and Fred Todd Brooks forestry The Association members adopted an Extension educational program designed to meet the needs and interests of Waldo County people Honored for long years of loyality to the Association as members and volunteer leaders were Estelle Nason State Home Demonstration Agent Leader Orono retired who has been a member of the Waldo County Extension Association for the past 30 years and Coyt Ingraham Knox Joseph Zackowskl Searsmont and Nickerson Swanville Twenty-five year members recognized were Wilmot Smith Troy: Claude Heald Lincolnville and George Thompson Belfast Twenty year members recognized were Bernice Calderwood and Kenneth Calderwood Lincolnville John Edgerly Unity Iva Fowler Thorndike: Hazel Achorn Morrill James Bartlett Searsmont Lawrence Brown Brooks Ada Clendenning Palermo Ethel Jackson Swanville Clarence Thorndike: LucyKenney Knox: Larrabee Thorndike wins Woodbury Morrill Charles Carter Freedoi Alice Pitcher The Philoptoho Society of St George's Greek Orthodox Church held a family smorgasbord at the parish house Wednesday evening with an attendance of 75 A Hal loween theme was carried out Centering the table were a scare crow and pumpkins All of the children attending were in cos tume Games were enjoyed and prizes were awarded Mrs Charles Rrountas was in charge of the dinner Serving on her committee were: Mrs Robert Soulas Mrs Nicholas Kesaris Mrs Louis Leakos and Mrs Nicholas Brountas Mrs and Mrs Ralph Hickson 81 Sidney Street have re turned from a three week vaca tlon in the Middle Atlantic States While in Philadelphia Pa they attended the Army-Notre Dame game They visited friends in Washington and Virginia game They visited friends In Washington and Virginia and took the Skyline Drive in Virginia They returned home via the White Mountains Any member of St Sodality Council who has not been contacted for the Harvest Supper to be held Tuesday November 5 please contact Mrs Barbara Wheelden chairman 42 Pier Street Miss Ann Vickers co-chairman West Broadway or Mrs John Kelleher Cedar Street before Friday noon Mr Lilian Brown of 3 South Park Street Bangor formerly of Lincoln has returned home after visit in Lincoln with Mrs Madison Emery and Mrs Melvin Clilford Attending thie New England Counseling and Personnel Conference at Hartford Conn this weekend will be Richard Klain guidance director at Ban gor High School: Dr Stanley Freemnn guidance director at the University of Maine Barry Millett assistant to the Dean of men at the University of 4Mine Robert Poulin guidance director at Houitnn'High School and Frederick Southerland guidance director it School High SEARSPORT Oct 30 Mrs Mary Gatchell of Navy Street Searsport and Bert Tenney of Verona Island were married In the chapel at the Searsport Methodist Church Sunday evening at o'clock The chapel was decorated with fall flowers for the double ring ceremony performed by Ray Hollis Jr pastor of the church The bride is the daughter of the late Henry and Matilda Davis of Belfast and the bridegroom is the son of Leonard and Edith Tenney late of North Searsmont The bride is employed at Truitt Brothers in Belfast and the bridegroom at Plant Engineering Inc of Dover Del He is a member of Bucksport IOOF The bride wore a street length dress of pink and gold acetate myire faille taffeta complimented by navy blue accessories Her corsage was of pink carnations She was attended by her daughter Mrs Dorothy Ashey who wore a gray-blue wool dress and a corsage of yellow mums Alfred Ashby son-in-law of the bride was best man Fall flqwers wedding bells and streamers decorated the vestry of i the Methodist Church where the reception was held Mrs William Walsh of Verona Island was in charge of the guest book The gift table under the supervision of Miss Sylvia Ashey and Miss Rebecca Ashey granddaughters of the bride both of Searsport and Miss Pauline Gray of Verona Island Assisting In serving were Mrs Geraldine Smith of Sandy Point granddaughter of the bride and Mrs Freeian Willoughby of Palermo daughter of the bride who cut and served the wedding cake Mrs Natalie Irish of Bath and Mrs Francis Haskell of Wiscasset Miss Jacqueline Whiting and Mrs Hilda iTeeney of Verona Island were at the punch bowl Mr and Mrs Tenney are on a trip to the White Mountains by car and upon their return will reside in Searsport Out-of-town guests Included Louis Armstrong Gets Ovation In Argentine Capital BUENOS AIRES Argentina Oct 30 Jazzman Louis Armstrong and his band opened a 10-day engagement tonight to ovations inside and outside the crowded opera theater The grinning trumpeter and his wife were almost bowled over by a surging mass of admirers outside the hall and had some difficulty getting into the theater Inside the audience applauded most his old Dixieland and Bluea numbers Bucksport High Will Observe Education Week Oct lohal Week Bucksport High 8chool will hold open house the evening of November'l4 All teachers will be present to meet parent starting at 7 Paul Brown superintendent of schools will be guest speaker at the regular assembly November 15 1 Lincolnville: Thlrza Herbert Morrill Harold Piper Troy Grace Leonard and Vaughn Hurd Thorndike Guests attending from Orono were Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lovejoy the State Club Leader and his wife Edwin Brazier Brooks organist entertained on hi electric organ Ray Neal Waldo chairman of the membership campaign committee reported 1067 members enrolled Refreshments were served AT STAR CLUB BANQUET Miss Est her A Martin guest speaker at the annual banquet of the Past Officers Star Club of Katahdin Chapter Order of the Eastern Star In Old Town Tuesday is pictured during the banquet with chapter officers Front row left to right are: Miss Martin assistant professor of Horn? Economics at the University of Maine Mrs Dorothy Me Ininch president and Miss Myra Back row: Mrs Ada Spencer historian Mrs Irma Sucy secretary and Mrs FerrNdadden vice president (Staff Photo by Hall) 7 1 7- i.

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