Get Back To Teaching Tells Principals
Leslie J. Nason argues learning has been sidelined by school focus on administration and politics. He praises the new Center for Cooperative Study of Instruction at the University of Chicago and urges princip als to diagnose learning problems, using a ninth grade example where a student's difficulty with writing proved the core issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nason
Center For Cooperative Study of Instruction
University of Chicago
Handwriting instruction key to learning in schools
A student named Jay struggled with a math test because he could not write well. He had the potential to excel if handwriting instruction had been properly provided, a responsibility the article says rests on school principals who should be paid the highest salary for enforcing the learning process.
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Jay
Biddeford High Qualified For Trade Contest
Biddeford High School has been selected as one of the high schools qualified to participate in the annual Massachusetts Trades School 500 scholarship. The Massachusetts Trades Shops School of Boston, established in 1936, is among New England's oldest vocational schools and announced the program yesterday. The grant supports one outstanding male graduate for vocational training in machinist, tool designer, electro mechanical draftsman, or radio television service.
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Biddeford
Massachusetts Trades School
Massachusetts Trades Shops School of
Boston
New England
General Motors
Pratt and Whitney
RCA Victor
General Electric
Restore Your Carpets With Thorough Dry-Cleaning
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Dear Abby names keep alive Tom Dick and Harry
Dear Abby replies to readers debating named children Tom Dick and Harry and other names with affection and humor. A Philadelphia reader notes three brothers named Tom Dick Harry. A Baltimore reader laughs at flower names Daisy Petunia Gladiola Zinnia but Iris is used for a boy. Concerns about impressions fade as families share memories and support.
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Abby
Harry
Tom
Byrd Brothers
Virginia
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
United States
Birmingham
Daisy
Petunia
Gladiola
Zinnia
Iris
Willie Mae
Montgomery
Willie
Pansy
Independence
Welcome
Joy
Plenty
Philadelphia
Kennebunk News Briefs Include Travels and Local Closings
Local residents return from Florida and other trips with stops in Greensboro and Massachusetts. Patriot Day closures affect town offices and banks while Advent Christian Church holds special services led by Rev. Mathew Farnum. Military family updates, visits, and a five month Mediterranean cruise for HM2 Culler are noted along with Madonna Chapter OES installation and Maurice Drew’s discharge from Webber Hospital.
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Curtis Irving
Longview Terrace
Leonard Angell
Dane Street
St. Petersburg
Fla
Greensboro
N C
Coliseum
David Angel
Glenn Paul
Wells
Maine Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Savings Bank
Ocean National Bank
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Mathew Farnum
Goodwins Mills
Winchester
Medford
Mass
Arthur Kelley
Mexico
Harry Statin
Kennebunk Landing
William E.culler
Rosalie Wentworth
Dolores Ann
Carin Maire
Tammy Jo
Holly Ridge
N.C
William Taylor
Brown Street
Arlen Wentworth
Sea Road
Mercersburg
Penn
Lloyd B. Culler
Culler
Camp Lejeune
Second Marine Division
Fleet Marine Force
John Nadeau
West Kennebunk
Florida
Nadeaus
George Maling
Miami
Nadeau
George Nadeau
Canal Point
Madonna Chapter
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Madonna
Gertrude Hatch
Maurice Drew
Arundel
Webber Hospital
Fried clam supper planned by Kennebunkport ladies
Final arrangements for a fried clam supper were made by the Ladies Society of the First Congregational Church in Kennebunkport. The event will be held April 25 from 5 to 7 pm at the church with Mrs. Ann Cluff as chair. donations were accepted or designated to the Red Cross as a Lenten project, and a social hour followed with refreshments served by Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Leach.
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Philbrick
Dorothy Clough
Shirley Walker
Abby Clough
Mary Philbrick Jr
Ruth Clough
Dorothy Leach
Florence Inniss
Cluff
Mildred Cornealy
Glennis Brooks
Walker
Leach
Beach Card Party Winners Announced
In Old Orchard Beach Mrs Adeline Cote won the women s high score and Mrs Estelle Aranovitch the low score at Odd Fellows Hall last night Harold Hill took the men s high score and David Patry the low score Mrs Claire Soule won the Queen s prize Mrs Jan Simpson earned a cake and Mrs Clara Demers received a special prize Seven tables were in play Refreshments were served A follow up card party is planned for next Thursday at 8 pm
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Old Orchard Beach
Adeline Cote
Estelle Aranovitch
Odd Fellows Hall
Harold Hill
David Patry
Claire Soule
Jan Simpson
Clara Demers
People's Forum Letter Improves Education Funding View
A reader, Robert L. Cassette, president of the Saco Taxpayers Protective Assn., urges clearer facts from a meeting on education funding. He promotes state lottery as a funding option and defends taxpayers against claims of ignorance while signaling advocacy for better reporting.
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Robert L. Cassette Pres
Saco Taxpayers Protective Ass'n
United States Communist Party Dreams of Comeback
The United States Communist Party, ailing yet hopeful, pushes a youth and civil rights appeal. Gus Hall leads a small, aging cadre planning a possible summer convention to rebrand as a Marxist group while seeking influence in student and civil rights circles.
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United States Communist Party
Communist Party
United States
William L. Ryan
Communist Party of the
Hall
Labor Youth League
Mortimer Daniel
Danny) Rubin
New York
Midwest
Minnesota
Moscow
FBI
U.S
the Arty
Rulin
Officers Selected By Area Coin Club
Kennebunk area coin club elected Jack Ephross as president at a Kennebunk Inn meeting. Herbert Boothby was named vice president, Mrs Florence Hevey secretary, Royal Spoford treasurer. Thirty nine members attended and voted to meet bimonthly at Knights of Pythias hall. Constitution and by laws were approved. A coin auction was held under Ephross.
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Kennebunk
Jack Ephross
Kennebunk Area
Marriage Intentions Filed in Saco Clerk Office
The city clerk recorded marriage intentions for Aurel A Paquette of Smutty Lane Road Saco and Lucille R Morin of 53 Cumberland Ave Saco. Also listed are Andre Flore Guay of 104 Garfield St Saco and Suzanne Elaine Bergeron of Lamothe Avenue Biddeford.
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Saco
Aurel A. Paquette
Smutty Lane Road
Lucille R. Morin
Cumberland Ave
Andre Flore Guay
Garfield St
Suzanne Elaine Bergeron
Lamothe Avenue
Biddeford
The Theater of the World Atlas Origin Unveiled
In 1570 the first modern atlas emerged from Antwerp as a businessman commissioned a draftsman to draw maps of uniform size after growing tired of varied shapes and projections.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leslie J. Nason
University of Southern California
FORD
Biddeford Motor Sales, Inc
Elm Street
Scarboro
Michael A. Petit, M.D
Biddeford High
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Abigal
Our Town
Faith
Hope
Charity
Molly
Baltimore
Biddeford-Saco
van Buren
Mrs
Edmund Cashlen
Maine Cleaners
Pepperell Square
Washington Ave
Encyclopaedia Britannica
John Hancock
Hancock
People’s Forum
Arvo Mike Halberg
Area Coin Club
Nugrape Soda
Crystal Bottling CO
Alfred Street
Hotpoint Festival OF Values
GAS & Electric
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