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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1973
Page
3
Maine Atty. Gen. Jon A. Lund cites lax park regulations and sales practices that hurt mobile home owners. Hearings in Presque Isle Bangor Scarborough probe defects in units and park operator tactics.
Saco City Council Finance Committee continues work on a proposed 1973 budget with final approval not expected for two weeks. Total gross requests reach 4,034,962 with net after revenues at 3,194,030, detailing increases for schools Thornton Academy and several city departments and noting two new sewerage treatment plants as year adds.
St Joseph Church Biddeford hosts a 4 pm mass with a choral group directed by Mrs Anne Marie P Danforth. They perform Kyrie Orbis Factor Gloria Ambrosian Sanctus Dominator Deus and Agnus Dei Ad libitum IL. The entrance hymn Terre entiere and dismissal hymn Re jouis toi are sung with congregation. Danforth solos Gloire a Jesus, accompanied by Mrs Geraldine Litalien. Enfants de l Eglise is sung during Communion.
A art fair at the Saco Recreation Center will showcase work by 20 local children from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday. Sponsored by Victoria L. Hendrickson the event features nail ins body painting coloring graffiti and Godseye construction with a small charge to fund easels for next year. Participants include Tracy Gardner Michael Goulet Karen Houde George Norwood Lisa Grant Stan Payse Mary Perrin Gerry Savige Judy Bissonette Donna Houde Karen Tierney Lisa Lester Joyce Morissette Paul Norwood Steve Payson Beth Dellatorre Brenda Fleming Liz Provost Debbie Curtis and Lyn Dearborn.
A week of community activities includes breakfasts for charity at Wayfarer Cape Porpoise, SPEBSQSA rehearsal at Kennebunkport Community Center, TOPS weigh-in at Kennebunk Baptist Church, and planning board meeting in Lower Town Hall. Also clinics, clubs, and social gatherings across Kennebunk and Kennebunkport.
Maine Senate grants preliminary approval to a constitutional amendment proposing a 75 member House of Representatives by 1977. Senator Robert W. Clifford argues one man one vote and Supreme Court rulings justify ending bicameralism to cut costs and fund staff.
Cub Scouts of Pack 310 held a Wednesday meeting at the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks in Saco where SOAR patches were presented. Cubmaster Lloyd Mason awarded SOAR badges to 23 Scouts and five leaders for the 1972 project.
The third in a series of attorney general hearings on mobile homes is set for next Wednesday night at Scarborough High School. Atty. Gen. Jon A. Lund said the session will gather testimony from Cumberland York area residents with problems in sales service or mobile home parks. Similar hearings have already been held in Bangor and Presque Isle.
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