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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1959
Page
10
Council Chagnon members finalize plans for a Ladies Night on May 2 in Saint Jean the Baptist union of America club hall. The meeting included officer reports a social hour and a calendar of future activities.
A bridal shower in Saco honored Miss Catherine Ann McEnery ahead of her May 16 wedding to James Trickey of Biddeford at Most Holy Trinity church. Hostesses Mrs Rita Boudreau and Miss Priscilla Neveux, all bridal attendants, presented gifts from a decorated container as a cake was cut. The refreshments featured tapered candles and seasonal floral decorations.
The guest list includes Miss Madelyn Harriman Mrs Mich enline Denger Mrs Claudette Levesque Mrs Pauline Boisvert Mrs Lorraine Gagnon Mrs Henry Neveux Mrs Rochelle Boutet Mrs John Choroszy Mrs Kenneth Thomas Mrs James Trickey mother of the groom Mrs Edward McEnery mother of the prospective bride Mrs Robert Whitten and Miss Mary Ellen McEnery sisters of the bride.
Troop 24 of Biddeford Girl Scouts hosted a Wednesday cookout at leader Mrs Wayne Hutchins home to celebrate troop and scout birth days. The event, approved by the Biddeford fire department, featured a charcoal grill safety rules and activities including scavenger hunt gifts exchange a baseball game with members Donna Alexander Jean Cotsinas Patricia Griffin Nancy Hammond Sharon Johnson Leslie Lawrence Jeanne Lizotte Joan Sczymczynski Joyce Travers Carol and Jacquelyn Violette Carolyn Doyon Faith Merryman Arline Boivin guest Sheryl Murray and leaders Mrs Robert Murray and Mrs Wayne Hutchins.
Everett C. Ladd Jr of Saco a Bates College senior is named among 1,200 Woodrow Wilson Fellows for 1959 1960. Fellows begin graduate work at 80 universities next September with 1500 living allowance covering tuition and fees. Ladd will study political science at Cornell University toward a PhD starting next fall.
Miss Irene Throumoulos 41 Graham Street Biddeford will head the 15 minute morning chapel service at Houghton Memorial chapel Wellesley Mass Thursday April 30. She is a mathematics major and has served as a dormitory officer. A separate line reports a Detroit man held up a store after shopping for Easter apparel, shooting the clerk and escaping with $75.
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