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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
11
AP profile outlines Alan Arkin as a rising talent of the era. Critics hail his talent while he voices paradoxes of success. He discusses art as essential as eating, personal discipline, and a lifelong quest for emotional reach, with Oscar buzz for The Russians Are Coming and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
Saco native Matthew Ruben son of Mr and Mrs Max Ruben of 13 Hall Ave Saco Maine attended the 21st annual Sigma Chi Leadership Training workshop at the University of Tennessee on Aug 23. He is a Hobart College junior and a Sigma Chi member. The four day program drew 700 undergraduate delegates from 144 chapters in 41 states and four Canadian provinces.
Sister Theresa area superintendent says all area Catholic grammar schools and St. Louis Regional High School will begin their first full day on Wednesday September 4 at regular times. Faculties will meet Tuesday for planning sessions.
Marriage intentions listed include Calixte Arthur Nadeau and Don na Lee Constance Gosselin of Biddeford along with Robert Roland Desrochers and Margue Marie Cote. Other pairs include Robert W. Conroy with Norma Kathleen Poulin and Raymond Josardis with Josette Marie House, all Biddeford residents. Chicago reports park violence amid demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention and a 51 degree record low. Betty Furness selected a white dress with brown and black dots for a five minute delivery at the convention after her prior marriage to Leslie Midgley.
Kennebunk Light & Power District general manager Philip Davis announced rate cuts effective September 1 1968, easing costs for residential general service and industrial customers, totaling about 13000 dollars in savings. Beginning September 7 the district office at 36 Water Street will close all day Saturdays.
Capt. Gerard N. Lemieux of the Army National Guard, son of Maine residents, completed Part II of the CGSC staff officer course at Fort Leavenworth. The achievement aids promotion to higher ranks. Lemieux is stationed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, with wife Bertha.
Members of the 50-Plus Club of Kennebunk area held a dinner today at 1 p.m. at the Webhannet Woman's Club house Fletcher Street. A program followed the meal with committee members Mabel Gooch Angie Yates and Addie Watson helping. Norman Hansen and family from Wayland Mass visited relatives in Kennebunk, and Lena Smart and granddaughter Marcia Hubbard returned home after seven weeks in Newport News Va with Harry Smart's family.
A bridal shower was given on August 22 for Miss Marsha Willette of Pine Point Road Scarborough as she becomes the bride of Sherman Plummer of Coolidge Avenue Saco. The event at Mrs. Mary Blunt’s home included games and a money tree. Attendees included Nellie Wormwood Dorothy Willette Abigail Plummer Gilbert a Cunningham Gertrude Wormwood Louise Plummer Annette Lake Hester Coffin John Blunt Dolores Hersom Annette Turner Ethel White Carol Souliere Barbara Wiseman Hazel Sands Hattie Cloutier and Eunice Cham.
The passage names attendees and absent guests for a social gathering including Pag ne, Misses Linda White and others with hostesses Kathleen Hanson and Mary Blunt. Absent attendees sent gifts. A box turtle fact notes a North American turtle can support 200 times its weight, equating to two large elephants in theory.
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