Inside Gardening Keeps Saco Gardener Busy by Mary Choroszy
Mary Choroszy of 24 Pepperell St in Saco cannot leave home after three years but continues gardening indoors. She plants seeds from fruits and aims for unusual specimens while recalling a life of farm work, six children, and a family spread from Maine to Washington DC and abroad.
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Maryline White
Mary Choroszy
Pepperell St
Saco
John
Zig
Boston
Poland
Biddeford
Mary
Anna
Fryeburg
Federal Aviation
Washington, D.C
Edmund
Biddeford Textile
Nancy
Huntington
W. Va
Boston University
Pepperell Street
Dow Jones stalls near 1 000 as market caution grows
AP reports that over six years the Dow Jones Industrial Average has fluctuated but remains around the 970s as analysts warn of bullish risk. Muted profits, possible rebates, policy threats from Vietnam, and ongoing mutual fund redemptions threaten steady investment inflows and market support.
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NEW York
James Dines
C. Jackson Grayson
Price Commission
Vietnam
Wall Street
Maine unions back rehabilitative program for drinkers
A Maine pilot program aims to screen and counsel workers with alcohol related problems. Milestone Foundation will host initially, with industry support and about 80 percent federal funding. A six firm industry steering group plans a three year rollout with a grant request to the NIAAA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
NIAAA
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Portland
Maine
Sanford A. Farrand
National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Milestone Foundation
Old Orchard Beach
Milestone
Reed King
York County
Farrand
Biddeford Fire Crews Quell Two Grass Fires
Biddeford firefighters battled two grass fires yesterday officials said. One blaze broke out near Pool Street and Marial Avenue as crews used a booster line to suppress it. A second field at 258 Pool Street associated with Gopin Golkin also burned out of control before being contained by firefighters.
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Biddeford
Pool Street
Marial Avenue
Gopin Golkin
Everett Carson Backs Maine Vietnam Veterans Protest
Everett Brown Carson a Democratic candidate plans to join a Friday protest march by Maine Vietnam Veterans Against the War from Capitol Park in Augusta to the Augusta Armory. He cites Vice President Agnew’s antiwar remarks and urges veterans and citizens to attend at 11:30 AM to protest what he calls a sick set of priorities.
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Everett Brown Carson
Maine
Carson
Augusta
Captol Park
Agnew
Laos
Vietnam
America
Nixon
Indochina
United States
Capitol Park
Valenti rails against advertising ban on X rated films
Jack Valenti president of the Motion Picture Association denounces newspapers for banning X rated film ads arguing it harms free choice and confuses pornographic and serious cinema. He questions who newspapers protect and says adults cannot be forced to avoid films. He urges legal remedies rather than civic vigilante actions.
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Wellesley
Mass
Jack Valenti
Motion Picture Association
Valenti
Babso College
Trinity Church Plans Vacation School
Trinity Episcopal Church Saco announces a non denominational Vacation Church School from June 19 to 30 at 9 am to noon Monday through Friday. The theme is My God My Faith My Life based on Holy Scripture with Rev. Gerald E. Burt as superintendent. Enrollment open to children ages 3 through those who have completed grade eight, with advance registration via the parish office.
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Christian Education Committee
Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco
Gerald E. Burt
Concordia Press
Trinity Church
Jeffrey Ferguson
Michael McCormack
Richard Crosby
Gary Gross
Thomas Smith, Jr
W. Arthur Trudell
Brian Pennell
Philip Gross, Jr
Thomas Neal
Frank Stevens
Adams Loudon
Willard D. Stackpole
Arthur B. Huot
Clayton Fernald
Father Burtt
Webhannet Club Music Group closes season with Fledermaus
The Webhannet Woman's Club Music Appreciation Group held its final meeting at High Sea the home of Miss Dorothy Garrigue and Miss Mary Arnold Hood. Fifteen members heard Die Fledermaus with Mary Rush presenting a composer history and Katherine McDermott a brief opera summary. The event precedes a new exchange concert by Norman Jack and Mrs Bearle Lexchange at All the members aim to continue the series next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Webhannet Woman’s Club
High Sea
Dorothy Garrigue
Mary Arnold Hood
Johann Straus
Mary Rush
Katherine McDermott
Old Orchard Beach
Norman Jack
Bearle
Ken
Adams
Robert Marrier
Nebunkport Consolidated School St
Old Orchard Beach High School
Principal of Cousens School Resigns After 42 Years
Miss Frances Landry, principal of Cousens School, resigns effective year end. A Kennebunk veteran teacher for 42 years, born in Cape Porpoise, she devoted most of her career here, with time in Connecticut. Educated at Gorham State Teachers College and Boston University.
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Kennebunk
Frances Landry
Cousens School
Kennebunkport
District Board of Directors
Cape Porpoise
Connecticut
Boston University
Gorham State
Kennebunk Board Grants Licenses to 17 Restaurants
Kennebunk Board of Selectmen approved virtual licenses for 17 restaurants at a fee of $5 each. Names listed include Glen Mor Restaurant and Clam Shack with others such as Kesslen Shoe Factory Lunchroom, Louise Russell Catering Service, Ann and Rays Lunch Wagon, Narragansett by the, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Board of Selectmen
Vietualer
Hey
Glen-Mor
Kesslen Shoe Factory
Louise Russell
Ann and
Ray
Narragansett
Local eateries and inns listed along Maine Turnpike route
A directory mentions Sea Peggy Ann's Lobster Pot East Side Howard Johnson's and West Side Howard Johnson's on the Maine Turnpike, Sea Spray Motor Inn, Dairy Queen, Kennebunk Snack Bar, Colonial Village Pizza, Barrows Restaurant, Nautilus Mike's Pizza, and Cherokee Tepee Restaurant and Lounge.
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Peggy Ann's
Howard Johnson's
Maine Turnpike
Sea Spray Motor Inn
Dairy Queen
Kennebunk
Colonial Village
Barrows Restaurant
Cherokee Tepee
Police Recover Stolen Car in Kennebunk
State Police recovered a car stolen earlier from the Saco Valley Shopping Center in Saco. Two juveniles were apprehended in connection with the theft. the vehicle is owned by Peter Fitchner of St. Francis College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Saco Valley
Saco
Peter Fitchner
St. Francis College
Boy starts small grass fire near Thompson Street
A six year old boy waiting for a school bus set a tiny grass fire on Thompson Street in Kennebunk. Fire Chief Lewis Burr said the blaze was extinguished before fire engines arrived, and the boy admitted he wanted to see a grass fire.
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Kennebunk
Thompson Street
Lewis Burr
Burr
Test votes in Germany test Brandt coalition
Bonn AP reports more test votes for Chancellor Willy Brandt as the Bundestag prepares a three day budget debate before a no confidence vote. Key committees split along lines over nonaggression pacts with the Soviet Union and Poland.
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Bonn
Willy Brandt
Christian Democrats
Brandt
Soviet Union
Poland
Bundestag
Social Democrats
Hans Lemb
Christian Democratic
Rainer Barzel
Free Democrats
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Business Mirror
Dow Jones Is Market Guide
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Everett Carson
Webhannet Club
Cindy Hollaway
Rosalie Petten
Gill
Pamela Gilbert
Anna Manchester
Christina Guerin
Diane Edgecomb
Denise Townsend
Joanna Urbano
Kennebunk Board
Germany
Tion
Jelanese
Forivel
Fiber Industries, Lac
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