Here’s some old news from the Andover, East Andover, West Andover, Potter Place, and Cilleyville “gossip” columns of the Franklin Journal Transcript, selected by Heather Makechnie.
June 6, 1963
Miss Frances Parks of Andover and Wayne Wheeler of Sutton were married in a simple single-ring ceremony at the Unitarian Church in Andover on Saturday. The service was conducted by Rev. Herbert O. Kelsey of Andover.
Irvine Nelson, Jr. returned for the summer to his home last week from his studies at the St. Lawrence School in Canton, New York.
Wedding congratulations go to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne (Frances Amelia Parks) Wheeler. The Wheelers were married in a ceremony performed in the Unitarian Church in Andover Center.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Pease went down to Portsmouth Naval Hospital over the weekend to see their son Sydney. Sydney was transferred to the hospital May 13 from the Franklin Hospital and is coming along as good as can be expected.
Showing at the Sky-Hi Drive-In, Route 3, Boscawen, The Balcony. (Definitely not for children.)
Showing at the Concord Drive-In, Chapman Report. (Not recommended for children.)
Showing at the Regal Theatre, White Slave Ship and Wild For Kicks. Also, The Defiant Daughters. (Recommended for adults only; under 17 will not be admitted.) “Defiant girls rebelling against parents, teachers, and the laws of society. Who is to blame? Do they need love, protection, understanding, or discipline?”
June 13, 1963
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Walker and family have moved into their new home on the Haley Road.
Timothy Frost graduated from Burdett Business College in Boston, June 7. Mr. and Mrs. Frost will live at the Frost home in town and run the cabins for the summer.
June 20, 1963
Andover art lovers are busily engaged in carrying out plans for a major art exhibit to be held July 4 and July 6 on the lawn of Proctor Academy. Residents have undertaken a project this vast in scope because, “The sharing of one’s efforts is a necessary part of the progress of creating,” according to Mrs. Benjamin Grant, General Chairman of the art show.
A regular meeting of Ladies Aid was held at the home of Miss Anna Roberts, June 13, with 17 adults and one child present. After the meeting a surprise party was given to Mrs. Daisy Eastman, who was 90 years young on Thursday. Aunt Daisy, as we all call her, was surprised with a purse of money, cards, and gifts from neighbors, relatives, and friends. A birthday cake made by Anna Roberts was cut and served by Aunt Daisy, and Mrs. Eunice Mason made a corsage of daisies.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker of Mystic, Connecticut, flew his plane to the Prescott Landing Field on Tucker Mountain on Sunday and drove to the home of Mrs. Baker’s folks, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Thompson, for a visit.
June 27, 1963
The most modern system of mail distribution and delivery in existence; that’s the aim of the ZIP Code, a brand-new system to be put into effect by the Post Office Department nationally, come next Monday, June 1. “ZIP” stands for “zoning improvement program” and each separate community post office will have its own ZIP Code number. Currently the address on a piece of mail must often be read as many as eight or ten times by postal employees to get it to the proper destination. Each handling slows the process of mail dispatch and adds to the opportunity for human error. With ZIP Code, a clerk needs only to glance at the code to know immediately to what national area, state, and post office the letter is destined, and to speed it on its way, cutting up to 24 hours off the time between deposit and delivery.
Services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Belle E. French, 81, who died Sunday, June 23, at the Sceva Speare Memorial Hospital, Plymouth, after a long illness. Mrs. French was born March 17, 1882, the daughter of Arthur B. and Susie E. (Boyd) Woodward, in Wentworth. She had resided in East Andover for 45 years, and prior to that in Franklin. Mrs. French, and her late husband Byron, operated a summer boarding house in East Andover for 20 years at the Hillside Farm.
Congratulations go to all the Andover High School seniors: Marjorie Ann Cook, Donald Arthur Corliss, Ralph David Frost, Sandra Nancy Harding, James Benjamin Hersey, Jr., Carol Jeanne Hill, Barbara Louise Jewett, David Monroe Jewett, Richard Robert Powers, Rufus Joseph Stacey, Janet Emily Stafford, Nancy Lee Stevens, Milton Thisell. Motto: “Work today for gains of tomorrow.”
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shaw of Franklin have put a trailer on a piece of Albert Hoyt’s land, which they recently purchased.
Ballroom dancing at Newfound Lake Casino. Dancing every Saturday with Ernie Robinson and his band.
Square-modern dancing every Saturday night at the Bradford Barn in Bradford, New Hampshire.
Hot Top Record Hop, sponsored by Franklin Lions Club, Friday in the Franklin Shopping Center parking lot. Proceeds to the Lions Club Charity Fund. Donation $.25.