Cancer Drive Workers Are Named At Beach
Old Orchard Beach canvassing chairman lists captains and crusaders for the Cancer Crusade to be carried tonight. Headquarters at Town Hall in the town manager's office. treasurer Leon Jones. Names include Mrs John Travers, Mrs Cyril Gustafson, Linda Travers, Linda Pillsbury, Mrs Leopold L Heureux, Emile Lemire Sr, Leopold Glaude, Carol Goulet, Susan L Heureux, Mrs George Simpson, and numerous workers and co captains. Also mentions coin minting history beginning 1851.
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Old Orchard Beach
Crusaders
Brian Tierney
Town Hall
Leon Jones
John Travers
Cyril Gustafson
Linda Travers
Linda Pillsbury
Leopold L
Leopold L*’Heureux, Crusaders, Mrs. Emile Lemire Sr. Mrs. Leopold Glaude
Carol Goulet
Susan L'Heureux
George Simpson
Rudy Duplessis
Mary Atkinson
Staples Inn
Richard Bryant
Paul Cyr
Sonia Simpson
Paula de Angelis
Theresa Brousseau
George Freeman
Gerard Quellette
Peter Panagakos
Club Captains Named in Local Rowing Delegation
Pauline Cyr, Miss Joycee Cro teau and Miss Helen Corbeil lead a list of captains. Other captains include Mrs. Russell Fletcher, Mrs. Joseph Mokarze and Mrs. Ernest Brousseau in the regional committee.
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Pauline Cyr
Joycee Croteau
Helen Corbeil
Russell Fletcher
Joseph Mokarze
Ernest Brousseau
May Fellowship Day Observance Slated At Wells
The Arundel Council of Church Women plans May Fellowship Day at the First Congregational Church of Wells tomorrow. A luncheon begins at 1 p.m. A play directed by Mrs. Robert Guptill titled Where The World Begins by Dorothy Clark Wilson will follow the business meeting. Players include Mrs. Russell Peppe, Mrs. Richard Wheeler, Mrs. Fred Crowell, Mrs. Charles MacDonald, Mrs. A. J. Pitman, Mrs. Arthur Tufts, and Mrs. Robert Guptill. Organist Mrs. John Simpson. Soloist Robert Stillings. Speakers include Mrs. Homer Chappell and Mrs. William Chase. Luncheon committee: Mrs. Lewis Coleman, Mrs. Forrest Chase, Mrs. C. Q. Chase, Mrs. Robert Littlefield, and Mrs. Robert Stillings.
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Wells
Arundel
Arthur Tufts
Robert Guptill
John Simpson
Robert Stillings
Homer Chappell
William Chase
Lewis Coleman
Forrest Chase
C. Q. Chase
Robert Littlefield
Meeting Night Change at Merton Ira Staples Post AMVETS
The Merton Ira Staples AMVETS Post in Biddeford will meet Wednesdays at 8 p.m. at the post home on Alfred Street. A social will start at 8 p.m. Saturday for AMVETS and guests, with two past members to be recognized. Vito Santorsala and band provide music. A letter from J Alfred Hatfield announces his candidacy for state AMVETS commander at the May convention in Waterville. Movies will be shown Friday at 8 p.m. featuring invasions of Manila and Iwo Jima, Luzon landing, and an all-sports feature.
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Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets
Biddeford
Post
Alfred Street
Vito Santorsala
Congress
Robert Libby
J. Alfred Hatfield
Portland
Waterville
Libby
Talmadge Allen
Manila
Iwo Jima
Luzon
Banquet Date Chosen By Biddeford Scout Auxiliary
Last night Biddeford Boy Scout Troop 308 Auxiliary set May 12 for the annual banquet at Cascade Lodge Saco. Mrs Pauline Lorang er chairs with aides Mrs Ruby Charland and Mrs Jean nette Elie arranging. A Father and Son supper is planned for May 17 at 6 PM.
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Biddeford
St. Joseph's Parish
Cascade Lodge
Portland Road
Saco
Pauline Loranger
Ruby Charland
Jeannette Elie
Marguerite Simard
Lucille Croteau
Juliette Lessard
Paulette Millette
Rita Vaillancourt
Charland
Fernande Gagnon
Noella Jonens
Simonne Garriepy
Theodora Boissonneault
Madeleine Cyr
Therese Mininni
Roland Charland
Jack Lamb
Gerard Collard
Lucien Loranger
Paul Joncas
Ray Goudreau
Biddeford Public Schools Adopt Grouping System
The Biddeford Board of Education adopted the 6-3-3 system with changes taking effect next fall. A new elementary building and reassignments will follow, while a subcommittee from the City Council discussed building plans and architect interviews. Two new teachers were hired for the junior high, and multiple vacancies across the district were announced including positions in business education social studies French Latin and home economics.
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Biddeford
Western Maine
Shelter All Co
Sarah Jane Poli
Michael Poli
Graham St
Gorham State Teachers College
University of Maine
Orono
Ruth Dearborn
River Road
Dearborn
Raymond Kenneally
Thant proposes Cyprus cease-fire plan and UN mediation
U Thant outlined a program of reasonable objectives to end four months of Cyprus violence. The plan calls for general amnesty, disarming irregulars, clearing fortified positions, and joint UN Greek Turkish patrols, with refugee return under UN protection. Turkish and Greek Cypriot ambassadors cautiously supported the ideas but pressed veto concessions. They demand Turkish Cypriot veto over major legislation be removed as a condition.
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U.N
Prem Singh Gyani
Thant
Zenon Rossides
Cyprus
Erhan Eralp
Massachusetts AMVET Guest of Saco Post
Salem Massachusetts AMVETS member R J Callahan attended Boucouvalas DuPuis AMVETS Post Saco meeting. State commander and others plan to attend Maine AMVETS convention May 15 16 17 in Waterville. Commander Lamarrre led session with parade plans for Memorial Day and dues urged.
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R. J. Callahan
Amvets
Salem
Mass
Boucouvalas-Dupuis Amvets
Saco
Spring Street
Ile
Massachusetts
Bay State
Waterville
William Lamarre
Earl Clappison
Auxiliary
Walter Fougere
Smoking tied heart attacks claim about sixty thousand lives
An American Heart Association estimate shows about 60 000 men die each year in the United States prematurely from heart attacks linked to cigarette smoking, a figure comparable to deaths from other smoking related diseases including lung cancer.
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United States
American Heart Association
Compulsion Through Strengthened UN Force Demanded
The statement argues that lasting peace or compliance can only be achieved via compulsion enforced by a strengthened United Nations force. It frames the need as essential to deter aggression and secure international order. The remark underscores collective security as pivotal to preventing future crises.
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U.N
Sons of Legion Squadron Sets Meeting Dates
The Sons of the American Legion at the Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley post in Biddeford detailed duties of the commander and two vice commanders during a meeting. They voted to join the National Rifle Association with an NRA instructor as group instructor and will meet Tuesdays through the summer. A May 9 visit to the Biddeford-Saco Water Co. at 9 am was announced, and members will purchase S A L pins for current and future members. Winners of a post-meeting game were Steven LaBelle and Raymond Tillson. Commander Aime Angers and Vice Commander Tillson led the session with Royal Sheltra, York County Commander, and Robert LaBelle and Aristide Angers as adult advisors.
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Sons of the American Legion
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley
Elm Street
Biddeford
National Rifle Association
Biddeford-Saco
Steven LaBelle
Raymond Tillson
Aime Angers
Tillson
Royal Sheltra
York County
Robert LaBelle
Aristide Angers
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Old Orchard Beach High School
Richard North
Michael Prendergast
Joseph Barth
Roland Gagne
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Pemly
Main Street
Staples Post
the Friendly Hotel
Robert N. Appleton
Billy Sullivan
Biddeford Public Schools
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AMVET
Saco Post
Sons of Legion Squadron
Master Watch Maker
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