Nominee Eyes Maine State Treasurer Post
Rodney L. Scribner, 39, nominated to be Maine state treasurer, vows action to lift the credit rating after Moody’s lowered it from AAA to AA. He proposes debt ceiling review, MGA adjustments, and better bank disbursement while coordinating with bond agencies and governors.
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Augusta
Rodney L. Scribner
Scribner
Legislative Finance Office
Moody’s Investors Service
Maine Guarantee Authority
Bath Iron Works Inc
Department of Finance and Administration
Wells Church Holiday Fair Christmasville Set for Dec 6
Wells Congregational Church women announce Christmasville the annual holiday fair December 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the church vestry near Wells Corner. Co chairs include Vera Brooks and Hope Shelley. Luncheon features seafood chowder. Santa will visit 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. with children.
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Wells
Christmasville
Wells Congregational Church
Wells Corner
Vera Brooks
Hope Shelley
Millicent Goodwin
Mary Forbes
Alice Wyman
Ruth James
Peggy Margeson
Irene Brown
Crystal Brown
Irene Shepard
Marilyn Darling
Mildred MacDonald
Anne Butler
Carole Trafton
Janet Dickerson
Janice _Dickerson
Santa Claus
Church Women's Fellowship Plans January Fundraisers
Members of the Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Christ met at the Crescent Street biddeford church vestry for a Christmas luncheon and business session. Mrs. Thomas Haley presided and Mrs. George Ange led devotions. They outlined a January card party and food sale and continued monthly fish chowder luncheons with the next on January 17. The Circle donated lap robes and pillows for Notre Dame Unit of Webber Hospital. A nominating slate was presented with officers including Mrs. Haley president and Mrs. Ange vice president.
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Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of Christ
Congregational
Crescent Street
Biddeford
Thomas Haley
George Ange
Notre Dame
Webber Hospital Association
Norman Lundy
Archie Maxwell
Carl Wilson
Clayton Cartmill
Paul Grace
Joseph Moeckel
Warren Libby
Phillip Scammon
Horace Nichols
Joseph Haley
Albert Whitehurst
Maxwell
Ange
Raymond Wilson
Madeline Robie
Leah Robie
Lundy
Rosie Myers
Earle Atwood
Berthel Stranck
Glen Wheeler
Wayne Hutchins
Club News From Biddeford and Saco Meetings
Adalt Chapter of Biddeford Eastern Star meets Friday at 7 30 p m in the new Masonic Temple Pool Road Biddeford Refreshment chair Mrs Agnes Johnson Rebecca Emery Chapter DAR meets Saturday at 2 p m at Mrs Paul Cobbs Ferry Road Saco bring a gift for the Christmas table Ronald F Descoteaux of Biddeford shared a 108 beneficial suggestion award at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with another employee for a barge heating method saving costs
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Adalt Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star of
Biddeford
Masonic Temple
Pool Road
Agnes Johnson
Rebecca Emery
Daughters of the American Revolution
Paul Cobb
Ferry Road
Saco
ROPLD
Portsmouth
N.H
Ronald F. Descoteaux
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Classified Want Ads Are For All The People
A brief notice highlights that classified want ads serve a wide readership, inviting diverse community postings. It stresses accessibility and affordable opportunities for buyers and sellers to connect in the local market.
Colleagues Predict Mills Will Resign From Congress
AP report says Rep Wilbur Mills may resign as House Ways and Means chairman after long tenure. Mills, 65, is hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Medical Center with his illness undisclosed. Speaker Carl Albert and Rep Joe Waggonner note Mills unlikely to regain power if he returns.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Carl B. Albert
Mills
Arkansan
Joe D. Waggonner
D-La
Congression
Wilbur
Annabel Battistella
New York
Arlington
Albert
Miners Approve National Pact in Vote Amid Strike
United Mine Workers members narrowly approve a three year contract with Bituminous Coal Operators Association by about 57 percent. The deal raises wages 64 percent over three years and adds sick leave, more holidays, and pension improvements. Mines may reopen as early as Friday or Saturday with cautious restart for 120000 striking workers.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Miller
Appalachian
Ohio
West Virginia
Democrats Convene For Lone Texas Hope In Party Miniconvention
Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr of Texas aims for a showy entrance at the Democratic miniconvention in Kansas City inviting all 4 000 delegates alternates reporters and staff. Rep. Morris Udall and Sen. Henry M. Jackson also attend as two other likely 1976 contenders join Govs. George Wallace and Jimmy Carter in the gathering that marks the start of the presidential race dynamics.
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Kansas City
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
Texas
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Udall
Jackson
Bentsen
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Muehlebach
Senate
House
Meeting Convened By VFW Auxiliary in Biddeford
A Biddeford VFW Auxiliary meeting at the Post Home on Thornton Street was led by President Doris Descoteaux. Chaplain Leda Binette gave the prayers and a social lunch will start after meetings from January. five new members Yvette Boisvert Annette Letarte Efterpi Trakas Stella Strakas and Lynne Tillion were accepted.
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Biddeford
VFW
Post Home
Thornton Street
Doris Descoteaux
Leda Binette
Yvette Boisvert
Annette Letarte
Efterpi Trakas
Stella Strakas
Lynne Tillion
Town Council To Meet Tonight At Loranger School
OLD ORCHARD BEACH officials announce a town council session moved from Monday to tonight at 7 p.m. at Loranger School. The meeting invites residents to attend and discuss local matters.
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Old Orchard Beach
Loranger School
O Leary Elevated To Maine Bishopric
The Diocese of Portland named Bishop-designate Edward O’Leary as the ninth bishop in a Wednesday ceremony in Portland Maine. He succeeds Archbishop Peter Gerety who now leads Newark New Jersey. Additionally the piece notes about 18 to 20 million U S workers belong to labor unions representing roughly 20 percent of the 84 million workforce.
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Portland
Maine
Edward O'Leary
Diocese of
Peter Gerety
Archdiocese of
Newark
N.J
U.S
Fire kills 37 year old man in Westbrook apartment blaze
A Main Street two and a half story dwelling in Westbrook burned early Wednesday claiming the life of 37 year old Peter Greene j. Three other residents were left homeless by the fire as officials investigated the cause.
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Westbrook
Peter Greene J
Saco Jaycees Award Winners Highlight Community Service
At a Casco Bank meeting in Saco the Saco Jaycees honored Will Trottier for Jaycee leadership and awarded the Casco Bank for providing meeting space. Conrad Douville and his son Ala aided in building the Saco Jaycee Community Park, with planning for a crime prevention program hosted by Maine State Prison inmates arriving at Fairfield School in December.
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Saco Jaycees
Casco Bank
Saco
Will Trottier
Conrad Douville
Doubille
Ala Saco Jaycee
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