Saco York Institute Exhibit Reveals Local Heirlooms
A York Institute tour highlights regional furnishings and portraits from the Cutts Staples and McArthur lines. The East Room features a Hepplewhite sideboard, a six foot portrait of Co. Thomas Cutts, and a Teakwood Staples portrait. A mystery painting of Thomas Brannan, once in Saco, was bought in San Francisco in 1936 and brought home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutts
Saco
John Brewster Jr
Maine
Connecticut
George Addison Emery
Thornton
Co. Thomas Cutts
Elizabeth Scamman
Robert
Donald Hinkley
Aarge
Thomas Brannan
San Francisco
York Institute
John Brewster
Col
Thomas Cutts
McArthur
Middle Street
Program and Picnic Slated at College Campus
A Sunday August 6 1967 event at St Francis College gathers French speaking Third Order of St. Francis members from St Joseph and St Andre Parishes Biddeford plus attendees from Somersworth and Rochester New Hampshire. Mass at 11 45 am then an outdoor dinner choice of clams and lobster chicken or hot dogs and hamburgers with children prices. Afternoon social and penny sale followed by a 4 pm Bible service at the Shrine. Reservations encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis College
Third Order of St. Francis
St. Joseph’s
St. Andre's
Biddeford
Somersworth
Rochester
N. H
Friends of the Order
Arguments To Dickey Project Are Disproved
Army engineers testified before the Senate panel that Dickey-Lincoln hydro project studies are thorough and compare favorably to Pontook. Brig Gen H G Woodbury Jr said Dickey would produce over ten times the energy of Pontook while transmission costs are included. House cut $1.676 million in planning funds for Dickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
House
Army Corps of Engineers
Dickey
Cuban Leader Denounces U S Genocide Policy
Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos accused the United States of a genocide policy against African Americans seeking civil rights during the opening of an OLAS Congress in Havana. He linked U S racial violence to imperialism and urged armed struggle in the continent. Ernesto Che Guevara was named honorary president of OLAS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Osvaldo Dorticos
United States
Dorticos
Congress
The
Revolutionary Organization of Latin American Solidarity
U.S
Olas
Ernesto
Che’ Guerrara
Miss Martha Olsen Shower Honors Bride-to-Be
A bridal shower for Miss Martha Jane Olsen was held at her home 46 Summer St in Saco. Hostesses Mrs Howard Jones and Miss Joan Stowell led a lunch and centerpiece display while many local and out of town guests attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Olsen
Summer St
Saco
Kermis Jones
Howard Jones
Joan Stowell
Rachel Smith
Bonnie Ouellette
Mary Jones
Meribah Lane
Nathalie Kerns
Elizabeth Blake
Priscilla Letendre
Anita Mercier
Ruth Hamilton
Margaret Nuttal
Mavis Gray
Frances Olsen
Mona Johnson
Lucy Johnson
Gorham
Frances Julia
Arundel
Wilma Johnson
Clinton, Conn
Virginia Ver
Bad Luck Tags Maine Skipper On Solo Voyage
Bath Maine skipper Walter Elliot 39 years old seeks a round the world voyage in the Atlantis a 30 foot ketch. He was sighted off Yarmouth Nova Scotia drifting toward the Bay of Fundy after leaving Hingham July 4. The Coast Guard towed him in after his engine failed and a submerged object was struck. He refused a tow and planned to continue toward Falmouth England.
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Yarmouth
N.S
Bath
Maine
Hingham
Mass
Falmouth
England
Walter Elliot
Atlantis
Yarmouth Harbor
Bay of Fundy
Cape Sable
Nova Scotia
Coast Guard
Elliot
Road Check Curbs Illegal Trucking In Maine
The Interstate Commerce Commission and Maine Public Utilities Commission conducted the first road check to curb illegal trucking in Kittery. ICC regional manager Robert L. Abare said the test is part of broader regulation efforts and the duration and sites of future checks were not announced. Former U S Open champions Jack Fleck Tommy Bolt and Gene Littler failed to qualify for the final 36 holes with Fleck and Bolt at 149 and Littler at 151.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittery
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Robert L. Abare
ICC
Boston
Abare
Jack Fleck
Tommy Bolt
Gene Littler
Fleck
Bolt
Littler
Portsmouth group lists wedding gift presenters
G Jean Parker and Tina Merrill of Portsmouth NH shared in presenting gifts but could not attend. Absent were Edith Benson W E Haines Rebecca Doyle Berley Grant Maurice Merrill Sharon Libby Phemie Ladd Paulette Brouillette Eleanor Barnes Anna Xanthakis Irene Croteau Marjorie Parker.
Clam Cleansing Plant Aims to Clean Polluted Flats
A Bay of Penobscot clam group plans a Ultraviolet cleansing plant with a $25,000 federal loan. Mil ford Grant will manage the plant to process 50 to 100 bushels daily, washing clams to remove grit and bacteria for sale.
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Stockton Springs
Penobscot Bay
Limington Boy Drowns in Saco River
A 12 year old Limington boy, Clayton Hall, drowned while swimming the 150 yard wide Saco River near a dam in Steep Falls. Companion Guy Wilson III, 14, attempted a rescue but Hall panicked and pulled him under. authorities ruled the death an accidental drowning.
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Limington
Saco
Cumberland County Sheriff's
Clayton Hall
Hall
Guy Wilson III
Wilson
Lawyer's Will Gives Estate To Jayne Mansfield
Los Angeles AP report states lawyer Samuel S Brody who died with Jayne Mansfield in a New Orleans crash left his entire estate to Mansfield in a handwritten will dated 18 days before their deaths. Brody and his wife were estranged. a 1958 will left $185000 to Mrs Brody.
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Los Angeles
Samuel S. Brody
Jayne Mansfield
Brody
Miss Mansfield
New Orleans
Matt Cimber
Contact details for Father Ovid Tanguay at St Francis College
By August 3 a note invites inquiries directed to Father Ovid Tanguay O F M at St Francis College Biddeford for further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid Tanguay
O.F.M
St. Francis College
Biddeford
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Col. Cutts
John Seymour
Staples
Old Orchard
China
Eben Staples
Edward Moulton
Alvira Locke McArthur
Institute
John Fairfield
Paul Revere
Merrill Maddox
Reveres
Biddeford and
H.F. Wallingford
Pool Road
William Hill
Expo
Electrolux Sales & Service
Joseph Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
Rexey Tourain
Touraine
Martha Olsen
Park Street Playground
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Antiques Fair
Kennebunk Town Hall
of the
Kennebunks
Christ Church
Singing Nuns
First
Angul
Lyric Theater
Keane
First Pa Unitarian UN
Mary
Surrin
VT. Fk S
Ene
Theat Cern Norman
Sandra Dietz
South Church
Kennebunkport
Church On the
First Congregational Church
Isabel Lewando
Kennebunk Beach
South Congregational Church
Andrew Wyeth
Unitarian Universalist
Mary Corita
St. David’s Episcopal Church
Leo Chabot
Mason Phillips Smith
St. Martha's Roman Catholic Church
Alexander Pope
James J. Henick
D. O
Storer St
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