Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Biddeford Saco Journal in Biddeford, Maine

We have 914,015 pages in Maine

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1960

Page

3

Kennebunk Newsnotes: house purchase and church events

Mr and Mrs Leo Bernier former Sanford owners of the I G A store in Kennebunk have bought a Birchwood road house from Hamlyn brothers and now reside there. Gideons will present morning worship at Advent Christian church Kennebunk Lower Village at 11 am. Youth Fellowship social to follow at 7. Rev and Mrs James M King have left for San Jose Costa Rica for language study in preparation for missionary work next year in South America. Nearly 100 attended the Kennebunk Unitarian church talk by Mina Pletcher Little of Brookline and Essex on itinerant artists in early New England, followed by refreshments at Brick Store Museum concluding the summer program.

Leo Bernier Sanford Kennebunk Birchwood Road Woodside Drive Hamlyn Brothers Arnold Twist Susan and Pauli Lawrence Mass Joseph Twist Summer Street Advent Christian Advent Christian Church, Kennebunk South America Mr. King Richmond Bowdeinham Kennebunk Unitarian Church Mina Pletcher Little Ox Brookline Essex New England Brick Store Museum

GOP Workshop Held at Kennebunk Town Hall

Republican workshop was held at Kennebunk Town Hall on Tuesday evening with area chairman Miss Janet Tibbetts of Lyman in charge. A film Republican Roundup was shown by Peter Rich from Republican headquarters in Augusta. Speakers included John Fallon assistant finance chairman of York County and candidates John G. Smith County Commissioner and Elmont Tyndale Representative to the Legislature. Representatives were present from Kennebunk Kennebunkport Arundel Lyman and Waterboro. To make marshmallow sauce for chocolate ice cream melt 4 pounds marshmallows in cup milk over hot water stirring occasionally. Serve the sauce warm.

Kennebunk Town Hall Janet Tibbetts Lyman Peter Rich Augusta John Fallon York County John G. Smith Elmont Tyndale Kennebunk Kennebunkport Arundel Waterboro

Wells Ogunquit Union 2 Names 12 New Teachers for Fall

Wells Ogunquit Union 2 will open September 7 with a full day session. Twelve new teachers join Wells Ogunquit North Berwick including Ernest W. Johnson as principal and Wells High coach duties. Superintendent Melville H Johnson briefs teachers September 6 at Wells High School. lunch starts at Wells central. Ogunquit and North Berwick lunch begins in October. several staff assignments and calendar dates follow.

Union 1 Wells, Ogunquit North Berwick Wells Centralized Ogunquit Melville H. Johnson Wells High School Johnson Wells-Ogunquit Ernest W. Johnson Wells ‘Light School Norman F. Holder Wells Berwick Road Ogunaui Robert L. Arlin University of New Hampshire Northeastern University Pas Epping, N.H Artin

Frat Eases Racial Discrimination Policy

In Portland Oregon delegates at a national convention voted 3 to 1 to liberalize a racial discrimination clause limiting Sigma Nu membership. The change eases the ban but does not eliminate it, with chapters at Dartmouth Wisconsin and Pennsylvania facing immediate backlash if the ban remains. Similar moves threaten chapters in Colorado Vermont and California.

Portland Ore Sigma Nu Dartmouth University of Wisconsin University of Pennsylvania Colorado Vermont California

Acton Fair Opens With Horse Pulling And Pageant

Acton gears up for the 95th annual fair with over 1,000 in trophies and prizes. Horse pulling starts at 8 p.m. alongside a stage show by Ken MacKenzie. A pig scramble for youngsters runs at 1 p.m. led by Miss Elizabeth Chellis, county 4-H agent. Friday features tractor pulls, cattle judging, and the York County Apple Princess crowning at 8 p.m. Saturday includes a parade led by the Sanford Springvale band and Gov. Reed officiating. Also noted are tax details for vehicle use forms and rates, with Form 2290 and IRS Pub 349 available in Augusta.

Elizabeth Chellis Ken MacKenzie Acton Acton Fairgrounds York County Alan J. Jasper Biddeford Barbara Hersey West Kennebunk John H. Reed Sanford- Springvale Cass B

Tax Return Forms Ready For Truckers Use

Owners of registered highway motor vehicles must file Form 2290 by August 31, 1960, for the July 1 1960 tax year. District Director Whitney L Wheeler announced that Form 2290 is required for all taxable vehicles in use in July, with an additive form for each month a new vehicle is put in use. The tax targets highway motor vehicles with a taxable gross weight over 26 000 pounds and single unit trucks with empty weight of 5500 or more.

Inter Inal Revenue Service State Street Augusta Wheeler Whitney L. Wheeler Internal Revenue

Also Mentioned on This Page

Edmund Cashen Dia Old Orchard Beach Warren UMC Et Warren's Hollywood Biddeford, Maine School Union 2 Loretta Robitaille Dorothy Greene New South Berwick High School Miss Robitaille College of Our Lady of Mercy St. Bruno Lyons France Saco Hallowell Millinocket Gorham Carl E. Merrill Gorham State Teachers College Daniel Chick Merrill Russell Noyes Wells High University of Maine Corunna Kittery Bangor Waterville Walter N Sundstrom Farmington, N.H Pearl A. Wakely Crosby & Croft High School Waterbury Conn Middlebury Naugatuck Richard J. Wakely Bates College Boston University Georges J. Roy Limestone Nassau College Janice L. Collins Jacqueline Mayo Collins Raritan N. J Joan L. Bridgeman Wells Elementary Wells and Sanford Helena Rode Rockfall Nancy Glendenning VESPA Bargainland Elm Street Seth America Stride Rite
Search Courier

Search the Biddeford Saco Journal Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Biddeford Saco Journal?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication