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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1965

Page

5

Parakeet Care Tips From The Pets Forum

Parakeets need metal cages with room to exercise and easy cleaning. Place cages away from drafts five feet off the floor and expose them to daily sunlight for activity. Diet should be non fatty seeds, fresh fruits, greens, and water. lettuce sparingly as a laxative. The column also covers dog and cat domestication timelines, puppy teething, and a tomato shampoo method for skunk odor.

J. J. McCoy

Cat hooked on brake fluid at Miami shop

Peter the cat visits a Miami brake shop daily to lick brake fluid from tire treads. His owner Mrs Victor Piazza says the cat enjoys the drink and returns after each nap for more.

Miami Fla Peter Victor Piazza

Appearance and Discipline in School Dress

Professor Leslie Nason argues appearance drives student behavior and learning. Neat clothes, proper haircuts, and age appropriate shoes reduce discipline problems and support academics, with uniforms used in some schools to equalize appearance and foster discipline.

New England Vignettes by James F Donohue

A humorous New England vignette recounts a cricket match at Kimball Union Academy between American and British scientists, noting the British led with 25 runs before quitting. The piece mingles playful anecdotes about sneakers, church bazaars, drought exposed reservoirs, and a nine year old explorer finding relics in Lake Whalom.

Boston New England Kimball Union Academy Meriden N.H Kimball Lunenberg Mass Lake Whalom Athol

Social Security Funding and Pay Scales Detailed

The article explains that CASDI is funded entirely by Social Security taxes from employers and employees, with no general fund support. It notes Social Security employees are Federal workers in the Civil Service, with salaries from GS 1 at $3,385 to GS 18 at $24,500 annually, though few reach the top grade.

United States U.S Civil Service

Pea nut Butter Moves From Health Food To Counter Shelf

In England a housewife may find peanut butter on the drug counter rather than in the grocery section. The article notes the unfamiliar status of peanut butter outside the United States, where it remains largely unknown.

The United States England

Engagement announced for Ja nice Marie Weiss and F Bryan Cote

A biddeford couple announces the engagement of their daughter Ja nice Marie Weiss to F Bryan Cote son of Mr and Mrs Francis X Cote of Saco The couple plans an October wedding Weiss is a Biddeford High School graduate and banker trainee Cote is a St Louis High School graduate a U S Air Force veteran and Allied Tape Co sales rep The note includes their addresses and backgrounds.

Gove St Biddeford Albert Dumont Jr Elaine Binette Jerry Binette Sullivan St Ruth Dumont Ocean Ave Old Orchard Beach Anastasoff John E. Weiss West St Janice Marie F. Bryan Cote Francis X. Cote James Street Saco Miss Weiss Biddeford High School Nassau College Biddeford Savings Bank St. Louis High School U.S. Air

Biddeford Youths Attend Massachusetts Trades School

Two Biddeford youths Dennis Plante and Richard Roy have passed entrance exams and were admitted as resident students at Massachusetts Trades Shops School in Boston. They will study drafting and undergo a comprehensive program of classroom and shop training. The school, established in 1936, is a member of the National Council of Vocational Schools.

Biddeford Massachusetts Trades Shops School Boston Dennis Plante Bacon St Richard Roy Main St National Council of Vocational Schools

Family affair at Shakespeare in the Park Coriolanus casts Burr sons

Robert Burr plays Coriolanus with his 7 year old son Robert Benson Burr making his stage debut as the general's son and 6 year old Edward understudying the role, completing a family production after Burr's recent Broadway turn in Bajour.

Family Affair New York Coriolanus Robert Burr Bajour Robert Benson Burr Edward

Marsupials and their young in pouches described

Britannica overview explains marsupials as mammals carrying young in a pouch on the female's lower belly. It highlights Australian examples such as kangaroos, wombats, koalas, and bandicoots, noting two American groups opossums and caenolestids and their regional distribution.

Central South America North America

Hospital unit stocked at URI for 200 casualties emergency

A packaged disaster hospital unit with a 30 day supply of medical equipment has been set up at the University of Rhode Island. It can treat about 200 injured in an emergency. Albany reports New York State produced 77,657,000 gallons of ice cream in 1964, a record, surpassing 1963 by over 1.5 million gallons.

Kingston, R.I University of Rhode Island Albany N.Y New York State State Agriculture Department Department

Senate bill would exempt New Hampshire sweepstakes from mail ban

AP reports a Senate bill would exempt state run New Hampshire sweepstakes from the federal ban on using the mails to promote a lottery. The same brief notes a tentative House schedule this month for a US Canada auto tariff agreement bill. In New Jersey Gov Hughes signs law offering Viet Nam service members a $50 annual property tax deduction.

Hartford Conn William R. Cotter Connecticut Washington New Hampshire Senate House Trenton N.J New Jersey Viet Nam Richard J. Hughes

Host Families for Camp Main-S-T-A-Y Theatre Group Listed

Kennebunk hosts for Camp Main-S-T-A-Y theatre group include the Coles Wheeler Pillsbury Grace Cowgill Maguire Ketchum Bragdon Downing Chase Towne Bel ye and others. They will present Journey Man’s Play from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Saturday at 7 30 p.m. at Town Hall under the Camp Main-S-T-A-Y sponsorship with State Welfare Department and Maine Church Association support.

Kennebunk Canaan Joseph Cole Fletcher Street Norman Wheeler Woodside Drive Halstead Pillsbury Brown Street John Grace Kennebunk Landing Albert Cowgill Kennebunk Lower Village Elizabeth and Louise Maguire High Street Jack S. Ketchum Alewive Road Charles Bragdon Ridgewood Circle J. Robert Downing Summer Street William Chase P. O Catherine Towne Kennebunk Rd Kennebunkport Raymond P. Belyea Wells Road Town Hall State of Maine Social Welfare Department Maine Church Association Maine

Saco Democratic Club Casserole Lunch Plans

Members of the Saco Democratic Social Club will attend a casserole lunch Sunday at the summer cottage of Mr. and Mrs Alcide Deschambeault at Ossipee Lake starting at 11 a.m. Attendees are asked to bring a casserole and their own silverware. signs will guide attendees. The event proceeds regardless of weather.

Saco

Guest ministers to lead Ocean Park Sunday services

The Ocean Park assembly schedules a morning interdenominational service at 10 30 with Rev Otis A Maxfield of The First Community Church Columbus Ohio as guest preacher Rev Clement F Hahn of Seattle Washington will read scripture and Rev M C Allen of Lawrence Kansas will offer the pastoral prayer Music will include trumpet and violin solos and a sacred concert Don G Mason and Edith Frey Read featured in evening program A beach vesper at 5 pm will address Sharon Massachusetts school project for Negro children and a late youth discussion at 8 45 pm

Ocean Park Otis A. Maxfield First Community Church Columbus Assembly Committee The Ocean Park Association Clement F. Hahn Washington Northern Idaho Council of Churches Seattle Wash M. C. Allen First Baptist Church Lawrence Kans Temple Nancy A. Billingham Eleanor B. Allen F. Stewart Shuster Berniece F. Libby Adelbert M. Jake Ruth A. Langevin Carol E. Wilson John M. Grandin Daniel C Tuttle Sharon Mass Selma Boston Don G. Mason Sunset Hills Presbyterian Church Pittsburgh Edith Frey Read Trinity United Presbyterian Chuch Uniontown Kenneth M. Read

Lapchick Retires as St. John’s Coach. Son Richie to Return

Joe Lapchick retires as St. John’s University basketball coach while his son Richie Lapchick 19 will enter his junior year at the school and serve as assistant sports information director next fall.

One Lapchick NEW York Joe Lapchick St. John’s University Joe Richie

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Speaking PET Forum Biddeford & Saco Gas CO Main Street Thompson Old Orchard Street Nason Leslie J. Nason, Ka.d University of Southern California James F. Donohue Associated Press Cape Ann Lanesville Orthodox Congregational Church Trusl Nursing Home May Street Central Theater Sam’s Alfred Street Narragansett By-The-Sea Kennebunk Beach State Conservation Department Trades School Eoocyclopaedia Britannica Saco Democratic Club Rev Otis Maxfield Michael A. Petit, M.D Journal Richard Danforth York Savings Biddeford, Maine Quinn Raleigh Schwinn Rollfast Armstrong Quinn’s Quinn’s Cycle Saco Avenue
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