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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
3
Madelyn Stafford became the third generation to earn a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College in Vermont. Her grandfather Bert Stafford graduated in 1901, her father Robert T. Stafford a trustee and graduate in 1935, and her mother in 1938.
A detailed look at the massive vote registration campaign among Black Americans in the South. The article notes clinics, door-to-door outreach, transport for voters, and a mobile mule protest in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of efforts to build political power. It cites registration gains in Tennessee, Alabama, and broader Southern states, with figures showing tens of thousands newly registered and potential shifts in close races.
Judith Dresser daughter of Mr and Mrs John Dresser of Mechanic Street married Kenneth Almon Campbell son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Campbell of Wallace Street in a Bar Harbor Congregational Church ceremony officiated by Rev Ronald A Mosley. The couple honeymoon along the Maine coast and will reside in Bangor with Judith a University of Maine senior and Alpha Chi Omega member and Kenneth a Northeastern Business College graduate and Merrill Trust Company trust accountant.
Kennebunk hosts Colonial Days with an 800 guest chicken barbecue at Kennebunk High School grounds. Sponsored by the Rotary Club, Col. (ret.) David Craig led planning with Rotary members assisting. A double birthday dinner honored Mrs. Umstott of Florida and Mr. Cashen at the Summer Street home.
Columbia Records A&R director Dav id Kapralik says the pop business is unpredictable with teenagers rising fast and fading after a single hit. He urges aspiring artists to seek counsel, build demos, choose managers carefully, and consider various labels. Columbia will host by appointment auditions in New York and Chicago.
The Women’s Alliance of the Kennebunk Unit at the Presbyterian Church will hold a food apron and white elephant sale Friday starting at 10 a m at Washington Park. Mrs Charles Bowdoin chairs assisted by Norris Eveleth Mrs George Wentworth and Mrs G Warren Cochran Jr at the food table. Mrs Frederick Snow and Mrs Sidney Crawford Jr handle the white elephant booth. The article also notes Maghreb el Aksa as an ancient Arab reference to far North Africa Morocco.
A reader reports her husband had an affair with a 38 year old divorced mother of four and they planned to marry. another letter questions weight loss and reactions. a third asks about a dog feeding neighbor. final note jokes about explaining the funnies, all addressed to Dear Abby.
A gyroplane features a tubular frame with wheels or pontoons a free wheeling overhead rotor and a control stick. It can have single or double seating and the pilot sits exposed in the open.
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