Bowdoin Chorus to Join Portland Symphony for Christmas
Bowdoin College Glee Club will perform with the Portland Symphony Orchestra in a December 11 holiday festival at City Hall. Under new director Robert Beckwith, the ensemble will present varied Christmas works as part of a long-standing collaboration with regional orchestras and major concert venues. The Bowdoin Glee Club, dating from the 19th century, numbers over 1,000 members and has toured nationally, often alongside the Boston Pops and Portland Symphony.
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City Hall
Portland
Bowdoin College Glee Club
Portland Symphony Orchetra
Robert K. Beckwith
Glee Club
Bowdoin Glee Club
Robert Beckwith
Earle Thornley
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Chicago
Providence
Boston Pops Orchestra
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Woman's College
New England
The
Meddisdbempster
Bowdoins
Taft family spans presidents to congressman in Ohio line
Background notes trace Alphonso Taft’s cabinet rise under Grant to his descendants led by Robert Taft Jr. as Ohio congressman at large. The piece links Taft political lineage to William Howard Taft and Henry Cabot Lodge era figures, outlines policy stances, UN views, and a 1964 Senate speculation. It also mentions Taft offspring and their prestigious educations, plus a prehistoric geography aside about the Virgin Islands and Antilles.
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Taft
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Bob
U.S
Robert A. Taft
William Howard Taft
Philippines
United States
Alphonso Taft
Young
House of Representatives
Stephen Young
Tips For Teens by Elinor Williams on telephone etiquette
Dear Elinor answers teen telephones excess, advising against nightly calls, warning that long talks dull a boyfriend and family, distract from school and home duties, and expose private matters. Encourages restraint to stay interesting, respectful, and connected to future goals.
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Elinor Williams
Elinor
Ans
Pal
Hair Thefts Drive South Florida Wig Market Boom
In Miami detectives report a rising black market for human hair with thieves stealing over 200 wigs and 20 pounds of hair in a weekend. Prices reach 150 dollars per pound as demand for wigs grows, police say the thefts are tied to professional thieves and a vibrant local market.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
George Watson
Roger Bragdons Mark Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Roger S Bragdon of Wells were honored at a reception for their 45th wedding anniversary hosted by their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Robert Bragdon and D Wallace Bragdon in Wells The couple who wed December 1 1917 are prominent locals with a lengthy record in county governance and community service Their many roles include former York County sheriff state legislator and county commissioner plus leadership in the Acton Fair Association Ocean Lodge AF and AM Highpine Wells and Wells Order of the Eastern Star chapters They have ten grandchildren various children and relatives attended or sent best wishes including a corsage from Mrs Henry Clark of California.
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Roger S. Bragdon
Wells
Robert Bragdon
Bragdons
Bragdon
York County
Acton Fair Association
Wells Town
Republican Committee
Bragco
Ocean Lodge
Highpine
Bragdon Arest
Fiscilla
Order of the Eastern Star
D. Wallace Bragdon
Richmond Keyes
Ogunquit
Andr
Roger Goodwin
Shapleigh
Henry Clark
California
Biddeford PTA To Hear Yale Concert
The Biddeford Parent Teacher Association hosts a complimentary Christmas concert at Biddeford High School in the Stephen White Memorial Gym. The program features traditional and novelty Christmas music by the senior and junior high bands and Glee clubs under director Horace Killam. Guest Night is noted. the annual PTA event is free and open to the public.
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Biddeford
Parent-Teacher Association
Stephen White
Biddeford High School
Horace Killam
PTA
Slugger Harrelson Sets Two Eastern League Records
Ken Harrelson, 21, Binghamton first baseman, hit 38 home runs and drove in 137 runs to break two Eastern League marks. Don Lock previously set the club homer record with 35 in 1960, while Dale Long held the RBI mark at 134 in 1950. Harrelson is with the Kansas City Athletics.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Ken Harrelson
Don Lock
Dale Long
RBI
Harrelson
Kansas City Athletics
Sneak Skunk Caught at Philadelphia Zoo Displays Planned
A free-loading skunk snuck into camel, kangaroo, and penguin cages at Philadelphia Zoo. Zoo officials captured him Saturday night. He will be fed and kept on display during the day alongside the other five skunks, continuing to attract visitors.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo
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Bowdoin Chorus
Portland Symphony
Boucher & Associates
Grondin
Camp
Mia Hie
Cincinnati, Ohio
U.S. Grant
Maine
Meddybemps
Carnegie Hall
Town Hall
New York
Europe
Special Services Branch
Army
Grant
United Nations
U.N
Washington
William H. Taft, III
Ireland
U.S. Information Agency
Selection Agency
New Yorker
Robert II
Yale
Sarah Butler
Radcliffe
Deborah
Concord Academy
Concord
Jonathan
Virgin Islands
Yucatan Peninsula
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Antilles
Loppie
Toppies New Home
Congress
Portland Shopping Center
Union Station
Tion Store
Biddeford, Sace and
York Savings & Loan Association
Milady Maternity
Bacon Street
Evelyn Painchaud
Roger Bragdons
Prem IU
Mie
T.V.E
Dayton, Ohio
Biddeford Pta
Skunk
Main Street
N. P. Scontras Real Estate Agency
Saco
Souliere's Shell
Rene’s Beauty Salon
Lindale Avenue
Sampson's Market
Rene Lacroix
Gertrude Lacroix
Corporatio
Main St
Phillip J. Cantara
Plunbing
Thacher St
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