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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1959
Page
3
Ilona Berger a 21 year old insurance clerk and a top member of Toronto’s Parachute and Sky Diving Club holds 130 jumps the most by a woman in the group. She learned in Hungary where she was women’s sky diving champion and seeks a partner for a paired stunt sequence before descent.
The Star club of Madonna chapter OES sponsors a bazaar at Washington Park on Wednesday at 10 30 a m weather permitting next fair day. Worthy Matron Marilyn Record leads with officers assisting. Members to donate food aprons or fancy work. Call Vivien Tranci to contribute items. Also notes visits in Melrose and homecomings of Porter and Laures family members.
A friendship spanning 25 years brought Helga Rogal a 24 year old German hospital technician to Norfolk. She arrived last October as a trainee at De Paul Hospital after her father, a noted German pathologist, helped arrange a program with Dr Arnold Strauss. Helga works two hour blood tests daily and enjoys violin singing with the Civic Chorus between duties.
In Poland Spring the Associated Industries of Maine elected six new directors at its annual meeting. B Morton Havey of Readfield was re elected clerk. Newly elected directors begin three year terms in January and include John R Newell Bath Iron Works Bangor Gov Robert N Haskell Bangor Roy V Weldon Bangor Ray Watts Gardiner A B Copping Chisholm and H Blaine Sanborn Norway.
National Guardsmen arrived in West Yellowstone Park Montana to curb looting after a damaging series of earthquakes. The death toll reached nine as 42 year old Ogden Utah woman Mrs Ray Painter died in a Bozeman hospital. A massive landslide at Rock Creek campground sent debris into the Madison River entombing campers. Army engineers will decide soon whether to try moving 50 million tons of rock and debris. Missing is Mrs Thomas Stowe of Sandy Utah presumed dead. her husband was killed. Aftershocks numbered 372 by the US Geodetic Survey.
In North Lebanon Rev Lee Carter, former pastor, will guest speak at Biddeford Baptist Church with Rev Courtney Chase of Waterboro preaching at North Lebanon. Carter leads Tremont Temple Gospel team at Highpine Baptist Church this week and invites parishioners to attend. Sunday services feature an evening session as usual and an area sing.
Mark II carrying four crewmen and a scientist disappeared Thursday on a test flight. The craft went off radar after takeoff, with no radio contact.
TOKYO AP reports China warned of serious consequences if United Nations observers are sent to Laos where Red insurgents battle government troops. Beijing said rebels are being armed by North Vietnam. Aftershocks rain and threats of landslides delay search for victims. Hundreds of campers and vacationers evacuated are listed by name and home town by Red Cross and agencies.
Gorgeana Girl Scout Council hosts a Down East Auction at Acton Fairgrounds starting 10 a.m. Saturday. Roscoe Spencer will auction hundreds of donated items from York County and Somersworth area Girl Scouts. Funds determine the coming year’s scouting program for more than 2,600 girls and leaders. Antiques and modern items, furniture, china, tools, sports gear, and toys will be sold, with homemade food and drinks available.
HOLLYWOOD AP Clark, a powerful figure in teen entertainment, prepares his first film Because Theyre Young with Columbia. He says teens shape his work, aims for realistic depictions, and plays a schoolteacher pursuing a romance with the principal's secretary Victoria Shaw while two teens in the story face police trouble.
A simple butter cake recipe designed for young readers, using a two-tone chocolate and yellow frosting to spell letters across a 24-rectangle grid. The guide includes ingredients, mixing steps, baking time at 350 degrees, and decorating with plastic letter place cards.
Toddlers gain joy from bright poster paints and self expression through color. Create a safe painting corner at home with linoleum, water soluble paints, primary colors black and white, brushes for each color, newsprint, and an improvised easel. A simple orange crate setup can hold paints and paper, costing little and lasting years.
Flagstaff Daily Sun sought a Navajo translation for a sentence but found no Navajos at the Bureau of Indian Affairs or any New Mexico Arizona congressional offices. A Navajo contact in the U S Health Service could not speak Navajo.
State Police reported nine people died on Maine roads in July, 17 fewer than last year’s July record but higher than the all-time low. The year-to-date total through July 31 stood at 73 deaths, down from 87 at the same point a year ago.
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