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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1972
Page
11
The Women’s Fellowship of Christ Church in Kennebunk sponsors an annual spring food and rummage sale featuring baked goods, crafts, and thrift items to raise funds for church programs and community outreach.
A sale in the church vestry and dining rooms Saturday at 9 30 a m features home baked goods and a varied assortment of used clothing Bric a brac books kitchenware and Attic Treasures. Chairing the event are Mrs Walfred Johnson Mrs Elwood Sleeper and Miss Hazel Johnson.
A newspaper want ad notes pets available in a classified section. Readers are informed that listings appear in Section 47 with animals ready for adoption or purchase. The notice highlights variety and contact details for inquiries.
Members of the Western District Maine State Nurses Association will attend a membership meeting tomorrow at Webber Hospital Biddeford. The program A Look to the Future features a panel on nursing goals in Maine with Linda Cos Esther Taylor Eileen Bateman and Vera Gillis.
A community gathering led by Mrs Margaret Howard RN is set for 7 30 p m with details in the notice. Local organizers invite residents to attend and participate in the planned event.
A clinic will be held at the Biddeford Public Health Association office near City Hall on Thursday at 1 p.m. Vaccines offered include DPT, oral polio, measles, rubella, smallpox, and boosters. Parents without appointments are asked to contact the nursing office beforehand. a physician will be in attendance.
Cambridge activists form Ad Hoc Committee on Military Buildup to relay unconfirmed and confirmed U.S. troop and equipment movements from bases in Florida Virginia California Hawaii and bases in the Philippines Japan and other locations. They say the information is unclassified and aim to inform the public while opposing the Vietnam war.
Dr. George Rosomer will lecture on political radicalization in Justinian Lounge at St. Francis College tonight at 7 30 p.m. The talk is sponsored by the Department of Political Science. Rosomer earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and formerly chaired the New Hampshire Political Science Department. He has written extensively on German politics.
The Saco City Council meets at 7 30 tonight in the council chambers to award a fire truck bid and handle a ten item agenda. Other items include tar and sand bids opening of fire bids liquor license for Trudeau's Club pole permit at Wharf and Front streets beano permit for the Elks tax lien sale abatement on two property assessments sewer plant order second reading and Camp Ellis repair bids.
Residents of Massachusetts Maine and New Hampshire may hear sonic booms as the Strategic Air Command conducts a training mission. Mock invading forces will be tracked by ground radar and interceptor aircraft may produce blasts during the operation.
The group’s makeshift headquarters was filthy with cigarette butts bread crusts and peelings on the conference room floor. After a police visit the only female member Margaret Butterfield 21 urged a broom as the committee lacking organization and funds weighs disbanding amid unclear military buildup information.
Kennebunkport SAD 71 directors set 7 30 p m April 24 meeting to appoint a six member building advisory committee. The panel will review classroom shortage solutions using architectural reports as a starting point. A P C urged a resource center with specialized courses or a new high school.
Last night at Lawn Avenue Playhouse in Old Orchard Beach a duplicate bridge event drew many players including Mr. and Mrs. Weld and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson among others. Winners were North and South Rosen and Whelan in first place, Weld in first on the partner side, Johnson second, Aranovitch and Flannery fourth, Parsons and Briggs fifth, with Brackett and Sleeper first in East and West. A game is scheduled for tomorrow at 1 p.m. and a novice game at 7:30 p.m.
The Le Foyer whist party crowned top scorers Roland Perreault and Antoinette Chretien. Additional winners included Anna Morin Carl Tapley Armanel Turgeon Alderic Soucy Rose Lemay Elizabeth Dube Clara Gauthier Robert Marcoux Annie Harmon Diane Nolette Flora Lambert Joseph Dube Adelard Bisson Elizabeth Dube and Mabel Ayotte. A follow up party was announced for next week.
The Ganges River runs 1 560 miles from Himalayan headwaters to the Bay of Bengal. It traverses a broad plain where the river descends only 700 feet across 1 000 miles, indicating a remarkably flat stretch between mountains and delta.
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