Local Children Thank Overseas Givers for Red Cross Boxes
Saco Old Orchard York area schools mailed 74 gift boxes to children abroad for the American Junior Red Cross program. The boxes contained soap tooth paste crayons pencils and small toys for boys and girls. Letters arrived from refugee children in West Germany Epirus Greece Haiti and other nations expressing gratitude. The project will run again this year. Also noted was Eli Lillys donation of 20000 vaccine vials to India and Greece for polio prevention and later allocations from the Red Cross Children’s fund to cover remaining doses. The effort strengthens U S relations and highlights goodwill between American and overseas children.
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Saco
Old Orchard
York
York County
William Marston
Red Cross
Arnsberg
West Germany
Epirus
Greece
Haiti
South
Africa
France
England
Ireland
Portugal
Marston
Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical House
Indiana
American Red Cross
India
Eli Lilly House
Red Cross Children’s Fund
Air
Old Orchard Beach
Man Discovers Stepdaughter In Chorus Line
L D Webster a Dallas businessman in New Orleans found his 16 year old runaway stepdaughter in a French Quarter club chorus line. He returned with police, club owner arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The girl placed in a convent. Lydia Hayes had run away April 2 after school troubles, hired as dancer under alias Toni Lamarr but later identified herself. The owner said he did not know she was a minor. This was her third running away.
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New Orleans
Lone Star Steel Co
Lydia Hayes
Saul Owens
Lydia
Owens
Toni Lamarr
Webster
16th Birthday Social and Dancing Event
A 16th birthday celebration featured dancing during the social hour and refreshments provided by Mrs. Rita Lehouillier and Mrs. Henriette Desrosiers. Guests included Dot St. Ours, Dick Pinette, Beverly Garramore, Richard Hamel, Patricia Meehan, Roger Perrin, Carol Ann Gendron, Roger Binette, Colette Fortier, Ray Gauvin, Patricia Richard, Marcel Desrosiers guest of honor, plus Mrs. Lehouillier, Mrs. Desrosiers, Lucien Papamend, and Roland Desrosiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Lehouillier
Henriette Desrosiers
Dot St. Ours
Dick Pinette
Beverly Garramore
Richard Hamel
Patricia
Amateur Radio Operators Aid In Scientific Study
Bedford Mass AP reports top science agencies thank about 550 ham radio operators worldwide for providing invaluable data on world wide communications during the IGY project. Amateurs submitted two year reports from 30 countries and 144 and 200 megacycle frequency studies via punched cards processed at the Cambridge Research Center. Mason P Southworth recruited volunteers and managed data collection and card preparation.
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Bedford
Mass
Air Research and Development Command
United States Air Force
National Academy of Science
American Radio Relay
IGY
Wolfgang Pfister
Air Force
Wethersfield
Conn
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Air Force Research Center
Pfister
Mason P. Southworth
Hartford
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Slim
Mrhina
Fortuna
Butler’'S
Gladys Wilcox
Rachel Dubois
Ruth Cheney
Man
Marcel Desrosiers
Biddeford
Washington, D. C
Virginia
George W. Hilton
Saco First Parish Congregational Church
Bar Mills
York Loan & Building Association
Main St
Maine
Savings & Loan Institution
Gang
Goodyear Low
Junior
Venti-Arch
America
Biddeford-Saco Area
California
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