Area Leisure Programs This Week
Saco Recreation offers several activities this week. Teens square dancing at Fairfield 7 to 9 30 p.m. Softball for girls grades 4-6 at Young School 3 30 to 5 p.m. Senior Citizens program and speaker at the Recreation Center 1 p.m. Tuesday baton lessons for junior high and high school girls at Fairfield 6 30 to 8 30 p.m. Gymnastics at Saco Recreation Center 3 30 to 4 45 p.m. Wednesday softball for girls 4-6 at Young School 3 30 to 5 p.m. Baton lessons for elementary girls at American Legion Hall 3 15 to 5 p.m. High school hockey at U S Army Reserve Center 9 p.m. Boy’s basketball at Young School Dayton 5 p.m. Friday adult square dancing 7 30 to 10 p.m. Saturday elementary session at Camp Ellis 1 to 4 p.m.
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Saco Recreation
Fairfield School
Young School
Ellis
Saco Recreation Center
Saco
Grammar School
Camp
Ellis — Elementary
Women’s Clubs Convene 44th York County Union Session
The 44th annual York County Union of Women’s Clubs meeting is set for tomorrow at Wonder Bar Steak House in Biddeford. The Thursday Club of Biddeford hosts. registration opens at 9 a.m. with a 9:30 executive board and 10 a.m. business session led by Mrs. Glen E. Wheeler, Goose Rocks Beach. After lunch, State Rep. Elmont Tyndale of Kennebunkport will speak.
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York County Union of Women's Clubs
Wonder Bar
Washington Street
Biddeford
Oscar Perreault
Benjamin Remar
Earle Towle
Glen E. Wheeler
Goose Rocks Beach
Elmont Tyndale
Kennebunkport
Teen Dance and Drop-In Programs at Saco Recreation Center
Dancing for singles aged 16 and over at Camp Ellis then teen drop in from 7 30 to 9 30 p m at the Saco Recreation Center contact Bob Moody or Judy Fogg for information on each program.
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Camp Ellis
Bob Moody
Judy Fogg
Saco Recreation , Center
First U S ambassador to Great Britain named in 1893
The World Almanac notes that Thomas Bayard became the first U S ambassador to a foreign country when he was appointed to Great Britain on March 30, 1893. Previous envoys had held the titles of minister and consul.
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U.S
Thomas Bayard
Great Britain
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Saco Jaycee Wives run babysitting course for teens
The Saco Jaycee Wives sponsored a five week babysitting course for 11 to 15 year olds, led by local professionals from the police and fire departments, recreation department and nursing staff. Attendance averaged 35 with peaks at 45. Two boys started but dropped out.
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Saco Jaycee
Daniel Dearborn
Saco
ABE Classes Social at St. Joseph's School Biddeford
The Biddeford Adult Basic Education group held a social at St. Joseph School with cochairwomen Sister Rose Duperry and Sister Ida Boute. John B. Simpson and Joseph Plamondon spoke on adult education as students distributed over 1900 survey sheets for local needs.
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Biddeford
St. Joseph School
Cochairmen
Rose Duperry
Ida Boute
Ida
John B. Simpson
Joseph Plamondon
A.B.E. Simpson
Plamondon
St. Andre Parish
Simpson
A.B.E
Twin City
Camille Bolduc
Home Sales Reported by John D. Downing Agency in Kennebunk
The agency notes several property transfers in Kennebunk. Dominic Maglieri and spouse sold Hidden Lane home to Charles and Ada Maggs. Clyde Clyatt sold Park Street home to Thomas and Linda Allen. Wayne Goodrich sold Partridge Lane home to Leonard and Rita Leclerc. Richard and Jan Thompson plan to build on River Dale land recently purchased.
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Kennebunk
John D.downing
Dominic Maglieri
Hidden Lane
Charles Maggs
Clyde Clyatt
Park Street
Thomas Allen
Wayne Goodrich
Partridge Lane
Leonard Leclerc
Richard Thompson
River Dale
Today In History items and notable birthdays for April 23
This date marks the Boston News Letter’s first regular issue in 1704, Ed mund Cartwright born 1743, Library of Congress funding in 1800, Nelson rule shift in 1877, Spain-U S war glare in 1898, Dublin Easter Rising 1916, Churchill knighted 1953, Peron era events and Komarov and space milestones in later years, with birthdays for Streisand Warren Leonard.
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Associated Press
Boston News Letter
Edmund Cartwright
U.S. Congress
Library of Congress
New Orleans
Spain
United States
Cuba
Dublin
Ireland
Winston Churchill
Elizabeth II
Jose Maria Guido
Argentina
Juan Peron
Vladimir Komarov
Barbra Streisand
Robert Penn Warren
Jack E. Leonard
Andrew Jackson
Nickname Origin Linked to Washington Note
New York earned the Empire State nickname from a 1783 Washington remark predicting New York could become the seat of a new empire. The assertion ties the moniker to his historical vision during a 1783 visit.
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New York
Empire State
George Washington
Washington
Mosquitoes Threaten Dogs Says Angell Doctor
Boston AP An Angell Memorial Hospital official warns that reduced use of pesticides against mosquitoes endangers dogs. Dr. Neil K. Harpster notes 35 mosquito species can transmit heartworm larvae. protective pills cost about $20, treatment for infected dogs may reach $125 or more. He says the disease is spreading with higher incidence in some suburbs.
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Boston
Angell Memorial Hospital
Neil K. Harpster
The
Animal Hospital
Harpster
Angels
UNH Student Joyce Dube Elected to Honor Societies
Durham New Hampshire Joyce Ann Dube daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Dube of Biddeford has been elected to UNH chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi She is a junior majoring in English and German education and has three years on the Dean's list with high honors
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Durham
N.H
Joyce Ann Dube
Arthur Dube
Sheltra Ave
Biddeford
University of
Free Immunization Clinic At Dayton Consolidated School
A free immunization program will be held at Dayton Consolidated School on Thursday at 9 30 am for Dayton school children and preschoolers from infancy to five years old. All children must be accompanied by a parent.
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Dayton Consolidated School
Dayton
Wells Historical Society to Meet at Hemmenway Hall
The Wells Ogunquit Historical Society will meet at 8 p m May 24 in Hemmenway Hall Wells on Post Road. Thelma Ham retired French teacher from Thornton Academy Saco will speak and show a film Ramblings in France The public is invited. The note adds that President Theodore Roosevelt named the White House the Executive Mansion in 1902.
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Wells
Wells-Ogunquit
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