Is skiing fun in New England Vignettes by James Calogero
A 10 year old Lebanon New Hampshire girl recounts a ski trip to Snow Crest in a Valley News style piece. She describes the cold icy slope and fear of getting off the lift, the struggle to snowplow on ice, the wind and freezing hands, and the plan to try again for a full day ticket.
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James Calogero
Associated Press
Boston
New England
Judy Adams
Lebanon
N.H
Cmetown
the Valley News
Snow Crest
Gerry Halasz Hosts Farewell Party Before Air Force Start
A 1963 Thornton Academy graduate Gerry Halasz, son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Halasz of Saco, was honored at a surprise party at his grandmother’s Biddeford Pool home before shipping to Sheppard AFB Texas after enlisting in the U S Air Force. Attendees included numerous family and friends. a cake modeled as an air force base featured runways hangars and planes. The event followed his prior job at Tobie’s Drive-In. A note on cranberry sauce additions to muffins and pancakes concludes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Academy Aame
Gerry Halasz
Stephen Halasz
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Annie Phillips
Biddeford Pool
Sheppard A.F.B
Texas
U.S. Air Force
Tobie’s
Richard Cook
Annie Rae
Jon Nathanson
Ornard Cohen
Jeannette Bedell
Ormand Bedell
William Church
Frank Blow
Gerald Hartley
Maurice Mercier
Thomas Morrison
Jeremie E. Sirois
Lynne Curtis
Linda Moes
Jeannette Halasz
Celia Larouche
Lily Larouche
Gemma Rackliffe
David Kimball
Linda Graves
Stephen Lambert
Sandra Vose
John Howard
Richard Gove
Ronald Nason
Raymond Dumont
Carol McKee
Linda McKee
Sharon Harmon
Thomas Johnson
Cinderella Halasz
Irene Halasz
Twelve Week Summer School Session Offered
The University of Maine offers a 12 week summer session from June 15 to September 4 for undergraduates. Courses include foreign languages mathematics sciences social studies and engineering. Students may complete a year of college requirements in one or more areas with accelerated six week blocks and smaller daily classes.
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Orono
University of Maine
Frank Moyers
Myers
Portland
Officers Named By Unitarian Church Kennebunk
Kennebunk Unitarian Church annual meeting held with Lewis H Burr as moderator. Assessors named for terms three, two, and one years. clerk Robert Wentworth. treasurer Henry Dickinson. auditor Theodore O Kingsbury and L Keith Marshall. Finance committee Jack Ketchum. committee on property. A committee to draft new constitution and by laws to be formed. Parish supper prior to meeting by Evening Alliance with large attendance.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Unitarian Church
Lewis H. Burr
Palmer Nickerson
Raymond Harding
Jack S. Ketchum
Robert Wentworth
Henry Dickinson
Theodore O. Kingsbury
L. Keith Marshall
Jack Ketchum
Evening Alliance
Bowery Named After Peter Stuyvesant Farm in New Amsterdam
New York City’s Bowery derives its name from the farm of Dutch colonial governor Peter Stuyvesant in New Amsterdam. The tract became a central thoroughfare as the city expanded from its colonial roots.
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New York City
Bowery
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
New Yor
Thresher Submarine Disaster Anniversary Observed
A year after the Thresher sank 220 miles east of Boston with 129 lives lost the Navy marked the anniversary with quiet tributes. The Deep Submergence Group and new bathyscaphe plans stir discussions on undersea research while families still mourn and await further memorials.
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Thresher
Atlantic
Boston
Associated Press
James Calogero
Portsmouth, N.H
United States
North Atlantic
Navy
Washington
Defense Department
Portsmouth
Trieste
San Diego
Thresh
Sailor McCoole Recalls Two Day Liberty Pass Incident
On the ship Thresher the executive officer prepared a two day liberty pass without McCoole’s knowledge. He viewed the two days as a lifetime and said his place should have been with his ship mates. On this anniversary date McCoole serves aboard a submarine in Mediterranean waters.
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Portsmouth
Navy
Nathanael Greene
John Adams
Michael J. DiNola
Rye
Samuel J. Cabruzzi
Minneapolis
Bodil Hewitt
Oslo
Norway
Thresher
Ray— B. McCoole
Dover
N.H
McCoole
Mediterranean
It's A Clean Business Says Soap Maker
HIALEAH Florida It stands as a tribute to free enterprise that a man can invent a better mousetrap and find success Robert P Walker 36 soap salesman started Sunshine Soap Co after leaving a major firm He targeted customized hotel soaps and color scent choices yielding a bar with a distinctive emblem I persuaded hotels they would upgrade their establishment The venture grew to supply 80 percent of hotels in Greater Miami and expanded to Caribbean and South America A challenging start gave way to demand with doctors endorsing the product and retail sales rising Five percent of volumes come from retail With two production lines the plant makes about 60 000 bars daily and annual sales exceed 400 000
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Hialeah
Fla
NBA
Robert P. Walker
Walker
Louisiana
Mississippi
Sunshine Soap Co
Miami
Caribbean
South America
Florida
South
Gulfstream
Maine Industry Joins Seat Belt Installation Drive
Augusta Maine The Maine Highway Safety Committee urges manufacturers to join an industry wide campaign to promote seat belt use. Twenty large Maine firms participate through the Associated Industries of Maine with campaign kits including instructions price quotes publicity materials and order forms. Firms listed include S D Warren Co Great Northern Paper Hussey Mfg Co St Croix ia Co Maine Spinning Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Forster Mfg Edwards US Gypsum Paragon Glass and Penobscot Chemical Fibre.
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Augusta
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Maine
Torben K. Andersen
Associated Industries of Maine
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Tobie
Daly
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Elm Street
Harvey
Oby
Harvey’s
Forest Ave
Main Street
Unitarian Church
Federal Realty CO
Marion’s Catering Service
Complete Home Building Service
Charles Turgeon & Son
North Berwick
Adm
Edward C. Stephan
John L. Holmes
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Cmdr
John W. Harvey
Capt. Harvey
Naval
Piscataqua
Skylark
Leame
James D. Watson
E. W. Grenfell
Atlantic Submarine Force
the Inquiry Board
Grenfell
Iags
U.S
Uncle Sam
U. S
Treasury Dept
Ss. Ee Council
Mobil Flame
Kinmond Elm St
Bolduc Paint CO
Alfred St
Aluminum
Laurel Avenue
Ben J. A. Glovsky
Ben
Main ST
Belfast
Salle Charite
Frigidaire
Bert
H. W. Thompson Inc
York Savings & Loan Association
Biddeford, Maine
Howe’s Highway Store
Wells
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