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December 10, 2011

100th Birthday Celebration

Ruth Danjou, formally of Salem, Massachusetts and Ludlow, Vermont, and now of Winter Springs, Florida celebrated her 100th birthday at Bianco's Mona Lisa Restaurant in Longwood, Florida on Saturday, November 12, 2011. It was given by her son Jeffrey Danjou and his wife Andrea with whom Ruth is now residing.

Attending were her grandsons Scott Danjou and his wife Treeva, Shawn Danjou, and Jason Danjou and his fiancee Tiffany, and Ruth's two great-grandchildren Kennedy and Kaleb Danjou. Also in attendance were her daughter-in-law's mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ferrant of Winter Park, Florida.

She was surprised by her sister Marion Hodge and husband Raymond of Peabody, Massachusetts, her nieces Carol Osborne and her husband George of Minden, Nevada, Nancy Lynch and her husband Edward of Ipswich, Massachusetts and two grandnieces Leigh-Ann Osborne of Carson City, Nevada and Briana Lynch of Boston, Massachusetts when they arrived to join in the celebration. Also attending were friends and church members. This was a very memorable occasion because it was the first time in many years that the whole family was able to be together.

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  • Charles and Carole Lundrigan
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    Charles and Carole Lundrigan celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on November 13, 2011. Family and close friends held a surprise dinner party for them to celebrate this milestone event.
    Since 1965, Mr. Lundrigan (Charlie) is the owner and CEO of Lundy's Ornamental Iron, Lynn, MA where he ("Lundy") has remained a leader in the ironworks industry, staffing a talented group of blacksmiths, iron fabricators and producing top quality drapery and a wide variety of custom wrought iron hardware. Charlie enjoys playing golf, dining among friends and loves to spoil his grandchildren.

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    The Salem News Sat, December 03
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  • Louie and Teresa Jaworski
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    Sixty years ago on November 25, 1951 Louie and Teresa (Malionek) Jaworski were united in marriage at St. John the Babtist (Polish) Church in Salem, MA.
    Celebrating with them are their three lovely children Pam and Paul Thompson, Paula Remillard, Jim and Melissa Jaworski and seven beautiful grandchildren, Michelle, Aleah, Austin, Rhiannan, Kelsey, Sarah and Nichole.

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    The Salem News Sat, November 26
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  • Mr. & Mrs. John W. Duffill, Jr.
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    Mr. and Mrs. John W. Duffill, Jr. celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
    To celebrate John and Elizabeth (Cunningham) cruised to Bermuda in August with their children and grandchildren, John Duffill, III and his wife Jean of Danvers and their sons, Richard and Patrick and Kimberley, wife of George Merry of Danvers, and their sons, George and Peter.

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    The Salem News Sat, November 19
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  • Christina M. and Dr. James J. McCann

    James J. McCann, Ph.D and Christina M. (Kennedy) McCann of Danvers, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family. Their children hosted a reception in their honor at the Danversport Yacht Club. A Mass of Thanksgiving followed at St. Mary of the Annunciation Church in Danvers, celebrated by their lifelong friend, Most Rev. John B. McCormack, Bishop of Manchester, N.H.

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  • Catherine and Joseph Tavella
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    Catherine "Dolly" (Caputo) and Joseph S. Tavella Jr., of Salem, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 15 at Angelica's in Middleton. They were married on May 6, 1951 at Star of the Sea Church in East Boston.

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  • Adelaide Gibbs, 100
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    Adelaide Gibbs recently turned 100 years old on Friday, July 15, 2011.
    She was born in 1911 in Lewiston, Maine. She attended high school in Bethel, Maine, graduating in 1929. After high school, she followed a teaching career where she taught in one of the few remaining one-room school houses in rural Maine, teaching children in all different grades. The school was kept warm only by a pot belly wood stove. She also worked at a resort camp in Maine for the rich and famous.

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  • Louise and Omer LeBlanc
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    Louise (Kimball) and Omer recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner at their son, Jeffery's home in Lynn.
    Their children include: Laura, wife of Lawrence Davis of Danvers, Jeffrey and his wife Karen LeBlanc of Lynn, Lisa Martin of Salem, and Lawrence and his wife Kelly LeBlanc of Sandown, N.H.

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  • Marquerite and Conrad Desjardins
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    Marguerite (L'Heureux) and Conrad Desjardins of North Woodstock, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at St. Joseph's Church in Lincoln, N.H. They renewed their vows, and a reception with family and friends followed at the Clement Room of the Woodstock Inn, with a sit-down meal for approximately 60 friends and family from Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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  • Hope and Frank Nerden
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    On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 2010, Frank and Hope Nerden of 47 Nichols St. celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary, and on Dec. 4, there was a celebration party held at the Village Green in Danvers. Among the guests were their children, Tim, Kathy, Mike, Kevin, Jamie, and Terry with their families, as well as their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They were also joined by more than a hundred of their closest and dearest friends, as well as numerous members of their family and extended family

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  • Polls say Tierney, Tisei both winning "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics," according to the late British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
    Fibbing aside, both camps in the 6th District congressional race appear to be telling their own version of the truth — internal polling from each campaign reveals opposing views on how the race is shaping up between Republican challenger Richard Tisei and incumbent Democrat John Tierney.

    May 16, 2012

  • 5886290SN.jpg Smoyer, McNiff to stay The extraordinary efforts of parents, staffers and kids at McCarthy School bore fruit yesterday as the school administration abandoned a plan to move Principal Ray Smoyer to Burke School.
    "We're elated," teacher Dorothea Kuchinsky said. When the verdict came, "The cheer went up from the school. I thought the roof was coming off."

    May 16, 2012 1 Photo

  • 5886717SN.jpg 160 apartments proposed BEVERLY — A developer wants to build 160 apartments on wooded land next to Kelleher's Pond under a state program that encourages "smart growth" close to public transportation.
    As an incentive, the state would pay the city $677,000, according to the developer, Omni Properties of Concord.

    May 16, 2012 1 Photo

  • 5885942SN.jpg Historic divide: St. Joseph fight splits HSI SALEM — The fingerprints of Historic Salem Inc. are all over this city.
    They are on the Witch House and the old Salem Jail, two of the many historic buildings that the private preservation group helped save since its founding more than 60 years ago. They are on the Salem Evening News block redevelopment and the new state courthouse on Federal Street, whose designs it helped shape.

    May 16, 2012 1 Photo

  • 'Doggie bag' thief gets suspended sentence SALEM — A Salem woman who used a "doggie bag" to take home the purses, wallets and cellphones of employees at an upscale Salem eatery last summer will spend the next year and a half on probation.

    May 16, 2012