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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1961
Page
6
Three hundred fifty five University of Maine students receive aid this year under the National Defense Education Act. Loans total $115,655 with most students from freshmen to seniors receiving varying amounts. Repayment is up to ten years at three percent interest, with partial loan cancellations for teachers in public schools.
New ranch home on Saco Weymouth Street offers 3 bedrooms, tiled bath, baseboard heat and a garage. Dial AT.
Legislative notices list hearings in various committees at the State House Augusta on Tuesday April 11 1961. Legal Affairs meets 1:00 pm for shade and ornamental trees act. Appropriations and Financial Affairs 1:30 pm for Casco Bay Islands service funds, 2:30 pm auto travel by state employees, 2:45 pm funds to purchase land near Maine State Prison, 3:15 pm rehabilitation of aid to dependent children families, 3:45 pm harness racing officials and purses. Election Laws 1:30 pm in Room 228 for election laws revision.
In Alfred York County Maine a Probate Court orders notice for April 11 1961 to interested parties. Estates listed include Harriet M Norris Frank R Fowles Adelaide Haley Bertha Jep son Logay Rodrigue Bertha C Perkins Edith Haley Arthur Simard Emma Goodfellow Adelaide Haley Ernestine Bussey Martha Dunn Charles Anthony Kenneth Braden Ninzio Vayana John R Roberts judge and clerk sign true copy of the original order.
Cutts said that 14 per cent of the university's present student body, or 579 students, applied for loans this year. Preference is given to students studying mathematics, foreign languages, science, or teacher training who show proven financial need based on confidential parental financial statements.
Vermont town of Braintree, lacking a church for decades, eyes revival in the Green Mountains at the old Braintree Hill Meeting House. Weather volunteer Madeline Almy of New Bedford touts storms data work, while Jim Veno of Orono High School stands out in basketball, football, and golf. Edmund Moran of East Boston is named saltiest graduate by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Alumni Bulletin, now a maritime author donate artifacts to Mystic Seaport including the Nantucket bow figurehead.
Warwick residents will see dog licenses shaped as round tags this year instead of the prior fire hydrant shaped tags. Officials cited issues with the hydrant design getting snagged in bushes and vowed a simpler round tag consistent with standard tags.
York County Board of Realtors announces Realtor Week observance from April 23 through 29. Nicholas P. Scontras, president, says the event educates the public on buying or selling property through Realtors. Committee headed by Ernest Kostis includes Russell Durant Caroline Wallace Lester Avery and Chester Horne.
A regional conference on Improving School Instruction in the Sixties will be held at the University of Maine in Orono. Funded by a U S Education and Welfare grant, it gathers school union superintendents school board presidents and PTA leaders from selected communities. Dr George Davis will speak on the theme and senior students will demonstrate team teaching with Wilbur Ames Frances Kingsbury and Anne Fontaine. Harold Blood chairs and Arthur W Reardon hosts sessions in the Bangor Memorial Union with a 9 a m start.
Boston area civil service notice calls for inspectors for Army Ordnance Corps in New England including Worcester and Saco. Positions cover machining, small arms, artillery electronics and related gages. Pay ranges from 1.99 to 3.08 per hour with federal benefits.
Emery School today announced the honor roll for this semester listing Grade 1 students Janice Daniels Nan cy Dumont Louis Goulet Ronald Hanusek Jane Martin George Pouravelis Kathy Thimble Linda Townsend and Kim Wentworth Grade 2 includes Priscilla Boisvert Brenda Daniels Gary Desmarais Wade Goldthwaite Clinton Goodwin Michele Kennedy Linda Lavigne Dora Ledoux Roma Nava Debra Perron Pamela Pierce Maureen Snow Ann Wells and Sarah Wooster Grade 3A features Patricia Bourassa Deborah Brown Judith Crosby Phyllis Dumont Karen Eparko wich and Timothy Wells Grade 4A lists Sharon Gottlieb Robert Lizotte Susan Monaldo Kathleen Pappas Pauline Pouravelis Elaine Ross and Bonnie Snow Grade 5 names Jetta Antonakos Patricia Belisle Sharon Binette Margaret Deans Roger Dube Susan Maxwell Gail Minkevitch Merle Parsons Cynthia Pouravelis Robert Thompson and Kathleen Wells Grade 6 names Richard Allen Richard Beaudette Susan Brown Leslie Danis Priscilla Daignault Jeanne DesRoberts Claire Drouin Richard Gillis Patricia Kell egher Margaret Ouellette Dana Peck Daniel Perkins Bonnie Remar Gerard Soulard Diane Wagner Susan Wakefield and Ruth Gottlieb
Founded in 1908 NAREB adopted its code of ethics in 1913 and during Realtor Week it will stress that all realtors are pledged to assist the public with sales or purchases under high standards of competence and ethics Scontras notes NAREB now ranks among the nation's largest trade associations with 68 818 members in 1 372 boards Tentative plans include realtor displays in local offices and a full page advertisement in the Biddeford Saco Journal.
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