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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1960
Page
3
Gail Jones age 22 daughter of singer Lena Orne is signed for a lead role in the new Sandy Wilson musical Yalmouth. This marks a notable debut for the young performer amid a production backed by prominent theatrical names and urban anticipation.
The show opens at the York Theater the week of October 3. A young actress has appeared in several student productions, but this marks her first venture as a professional performer.
Edwin H Bates assistant director to take sabbatical for the academic year at the National Agricultural Extension Center for Advanced Study at the University of Wisconsin. Frank D Reed acts as assistant director. Lewis P Bissell also granted sabbatical to study forestry. Robert I Ashman returns as Extension forestry specialist for the year.
The Arundel Yacht Club hosted an overnight cruise to Jewel Island in Casco Bay. About 50 passengers enjoyed ideal weather as six sailboats and eight motor boats formed the fleet. First through sixth place sailed by Leon Severance, Joel Severance, Edmund Nichols, Mrs. Harry Lapirow, Commodore Robert Badger, Philip Hussey, and Peter Hussey. The Coast Guard auxiliary members Abbott Pendergast and George Fiske joined aboard The Gull.
Residents of Lookout Mountain Tennessee travel to Chattanooga via a cable and road route over the 2146 foot peak using cars and cable transport as the main commuting link between the community and the city.
Kennebunk residents and visitors are listed with open house invites at local schools on Thursday from 2 to 4 p m. John G. Smith reports sale of the John Littlefield house on Grove Street to Clarence Wildes who will move in immediately. Merton Gordon and wife have bought the Roberts farm in Lyman, a 25 acre property with house and barn. Downing and Makier facilitated both transactions. Nearby moves include John Vigne and family leasing the Hannah Twist property at Kennebunk Lower Village. Lewis Oehring and wife purchasing the John Vigne house on Intervale Road for a new home occupancy.
The Kennebunk board of selectmen postponed action on Park Street playground drainage to September 14. They seek engineer input to outline a fix while weighing the high cost and need for expert testimony before proceeding. Mrs. Joseph T. Cole, a White House Conference delegate, presented the long standing issue. Production of television sets in the United States rose from 10,000 in 1946 to 7% million in 1950.
Roscoe Fales of Lewiston was elected president of the American Baptist Men of Maine. Other officers named include Cedric Dow of Bangor as vice president Ralph Bagney of Bath as secretary and Joseph Dinsmore of Bangor as treasurer. A fire destroyed a chicken hatchery owned by Victor Armstrong in Farmington with a $10000 loss but no chicks were inside the building. A spark from a stove started the blaze firemen said. Winter begins on December 21 1960.
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