Woman’s Club outing
The second annual spring/summer gathering of the Westbrook Woman’s Club was held at the home of the club’s president, Elaine Spiller, on June 27 on Sebago Lake in Standish.
Members of the club were treated to a warm and sunny day, which was sandwiched between days of intermittent fog and rain. Spiller said members enjoyed good conversation along with the view of the White Mountains.
The gathering included Christine Bennett, Anita Blackstone, Ethelyn Chase, Nancy Curran, Pat Currier, Doris Doggett, Vicki Doughty, Marge Eames, Fran Fogg, Mary Gagnon, Judy Getchell, Nancy Gowen, Ruth Joy, Marilyn Kennie, Joan Labrecque, Carolyn Leavitt, Louise Leighton, Mary Libby, Evelyn Meserve, Lois Pratt, Georgia Therio, Jean Anne Thomas, Judy Vanni, Lucille Waite and Betty Young.
WHS class of ’56 plans reunion
The Westbrook High School class of 1956 will have its 50th reunion with activities on three days in September.
The reunion kicks off on Friday, Sept. 8 with a chicken barbeque at the Gorham Country Club. The main event is a banquet on Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Maine Mall Sheraton. Then, classmates will have an opportunity to get together during open time on Sunday, Sept. 10. Golf will be available on each of the three days.
The reunion committee hopes to locate several classmates. They are William Annis, Richard Babb, Ted Belanger, Barbara Bogdan Cook, Richard Cairns, George Davis, Marilyn Dobsen, Dorothy Edgerley Martin, Carrie Gallant Smith, Rosaire Gervais, Sheila Green, Carolyn Kneeland Tobia, Barbara Landry LaBlanc, Ann Pedneault Powers and Joe Shaw.
Those with information about the missing classmates should call Rena Jones Wynn at 650-4493 or e-mail rjwynn23@maine.rr.com
Seniors on the highways
The Westbrook Senior Citizens are planning trips in August and September.
They will see South Pacific at the Ha Kalu in Chicopee, Mass., on Aug. 16. Then, they will attend a two-day lobster feast on Sept. 24 and 25 at the Beacon in New Hampshire.
For more information, call 854-2292 or 854-2705.
Gifts enhance landscaping
Boston Communications of Larrabee Road recently presented three $120 Home Depot gift certificates, one each to Larrabee Woods, Larrabee Heights and Larrabee Village.
Sarah Carnahan, activities coordinator at Westbrook Housing Authority, said the gift certificates were for perennials for gardens.
Jill Owens, Carol Giancola and Laura Small of Boston Communications made a presentation to Larrabee Village Garden Club member Virginia St. Cyr, Sandra Allen and Adele Donovan, Larrabee Woods/Heights Council President Dan Clelland, Larrabee Woods/Heights Council Vice President Colleen Reed and Carnahan.
“The lawns will be brighter. What a community we live in,” Carnahan said.
Stork arrived early
Grace Ann Chamberlin was born June 10, five weeks sooner than expected in Bristol Hospital in Bristol, Conn.
She is the daughter of Kevin W. and Annik S. (Carrier) Chamberlin. Ira Chamberlin of Westbrook is the great-grandfather of the new arrival.
When she was born, Grace Ann weighed 4 pounds, 12.9 ounces and was 17 inches long. Her grandparents, Scott and Pamela Chamberlin of Windham, arrived in time for her birth, although she arrived early. They said it was a complicated pregnancy but Grace Ann is healthy and gaining weight everyday.
Patricia A. Gervais of Windham is a great-grandmother; maternal grandparents are Claude and Ginette Carrier of Bristol, Conn.; and great-grandmothers are Simone Robert and Blanched Carrier of St. Honore, Quebec, Can.
The family and friends are anxiously awaiting doctor’s approval for Grace Ann to travel to Maine. Pamela Chamberlin spent most of June helping out in Connecticut and she and Scott returned to Connecticut again this month to visit.
Grace Ann’s father, Kevin Chamberlin, is a 1997 graduate of Windham High School and is now a clinical professor at the school of pharmacy at the University of Connecticut. Her mom, Annik Chamberlin, is a pharmacist in Connecticut.
Knight honored
A Westbrook native Lt. Col. Robert C. Knight, retired, was recently elected as the national commander for the Legion of Valor of the United States of America.
The Legion of Valor held its 116th reunion in Washington D.C. over the Fourth of July holiday. Members of the Legion of Valor are servicemen who have either been awarded the Medal of Honor or the second highest award for their branch of the service.
Knight was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action as an armed helicopter platoon leader in 1968 during the Tet offensive in Vietnam. Knight was then a captain in the U.S. Army.
Previously, Knight, while flying a helicopter, was shot down in 1966 in Vietnam. He once served as a crew chief on Maj. Gen. William Westmoreland’s helicopter.
Knight, 67, lives in West Melbourne, Fla. His parents, Forrest L. Knight and Annie G. McClure, are both deceased. Knight has three sisters, Bette Knight of Westbrook, Shirley LeTarte of Gorham, and Barbara Jordan of Windham.
Knight attended Westbrook schools until 1956 and holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in military arts and science. He enlisted in the Maine National Guard when he was 16.
His wife is Dru J. Knight.
Carroll on dean’s list
Gretchen E. Carroll was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn.
Chase earns degree
Rebecca Chase graduated in May from Goucher College in Baltimore, Md.
Chase received a bachelor’s degree in international relations.
Athearn excels in academics
Kathleen C. Athearn was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester as a junior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
Athearn is majoring in biochemistry and biophysics.
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