Weekend marked Rochambeau club’s 25th anniversary in Biddeford
A weekend of activities celebrated the Rochambeau club’s 25th founding with a banquet for 210, a dance with over 490 participants, and a Sunday parade with drum and bugle corps competition. Photos showed head table guests and four founding women honored with silver medals. the event also featured a mass at St Andre Church and closing ceremonies at the Unity club in Saco.
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Damel Rochambeau
Roland Regis
Laura Belanger
Maria Dubois
Georgianne Thibedeau
Regina Rheaume
Regis
Rochabeau Club
St. Andre Church
Unity Club
Saco
Rochambeau Club Marks Anniversary at Biddeford Hall
The Rochambeau club celebrated its 25th founding with a weekend at the Main Street club hall Biddeford. A banquet drew 210 and a subsequent dance drew 400 plus with toastmaster George C. Neault and guests including Mayor Clement Deschambault, Albert Boisseau of the American Snowshoe Union, and Mrs Rita Regis. Additional attendees included Dominique Gagne Lewiston governor of the Past Presidents Association of the American Union Albert Cate Lewiston Arthur J. Viger Biddeford Armand Dutil Lewiston Emile Levassier Manchester N Continued on Page Eight
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Biddeford
Clement Deschambault
Deschambault
Robert Martel
George Neault
Main Street
Albert Boisseau
Manchester
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American Snowshoe Union
Boisseau
Rita Regis
Dames Rochambeau
Raymond Belange
Dominique Gagne
Lewiston
Past Presidents Association of the American Union
Albert Cate
Arthur J. Viger
Armand Dutil
Emile Levassier
New Saco Industry Denied Permit To Operate Plant
Rhye Precision Automotive Products of Saco had its request to operate a manufacturing plant denied for the Clayton Buick site on Thornton Avenue. The decision came in a call to Building Inspector Pendleton. The business would have made material handling equipment and automatic dishwashing machines. The site lies in a business zone restricting employment to five workers. The firm may appeal to the Zoning Ordinance Appeals board for a waiver. The partners were unsure whether to appeal and rumored offers elsewhere were discussed.
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Precision Automotive Products Company of
Saco
Clayton Buick
Thornton Avenue
Peter Mourmouras
Mourmouras
Charles Pendleton
Thomas Halloway
Mark Time
Saco Firm Weighs Move Amid Industrial Space Offers
York county reports an industrial firm weighing options including tax free space at Goodall Sanford mills in Sanford and potential offers from other communities. Mourmouras declines comment but notes local ties and willingness to see the company stay in Saco. Zoning board to hold its busiest week with hearings tonight and tomorrow on Ferry road petition to revoke a permit granted to Cumberland Foods for a frozen seafood portion control operation at the old Reserve Dairy site.
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York County
Goodall-Sanford Mills
Sanford
Mourmouras
Saco
Ordin
Ance Appeals Board
Saco Municipal
Ferry Road
Pendleton
Cumberland Foods, Inc
Old Reserve
Mercier Plans Western Village Beside Beaudoin Farm
In Saco the zoning appeal board must vote unanimously on exemptions or inspector rulings. Tomorrow night the board will review Robert Mercier’s plan to build a Western Village on the Beaudoin farm property along the Portland road after last month’s rejection of his prior Mercier application.
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Saco
Appeal Board
Robert Mercier
Beaudoin Farm
Old Ross Farm
Portland Road
Mercier
New State Elected By Kennel Club
Officers were elected at the York County Kennel Club annual meeting after the Christmas dinner at Welcome House Wells. Harry Tomlinson Kennebunk was named president, Beatrice Wakefield Cape Porpoise vice president, Althea Wood Haverhill secretary, Alma Tomlinson Kennebunk treasurer, and Jess Hill Kennebunk as executive committee member. Robert Benson chaired the nominations. Following dinner, dog show films from June were shown and gifts exchanged with Ernest Crowley and Robert Benson assisting.
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York County Kennel Club
Welcome House
Wells
Harry Tomlinson
Kennebunk
Beatrice Wakefield
Cape Porpoise
Althea Wood
Haverhill
Mass
Alma Tomlinson
Jess Hill
Robert Benson
Kennel Club
Ernest Crowley
Ian
Storm Belts Northeastern United States
A powerful storm swept the northeastern quarter of the nation with gale winds and heavy precipitation. Warnings extended from Eastport Maine to Block Island Rhode Island as gusts reached 60 mph. Rain soaked New England and New York, with significant rainfall totals and snow across the Great Lakes region and as far south as Georgia. Blowing snow created hazardous travel with drifting snow reported from Valparaiso to Angola Indiana and notable snow depths in Chesterton.
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Maine
Block Island
R.I
Buzzards Bay
Massachusetts
New England
New York State
Worcester
Mass
Boston
New York City
Great Lakes
Eisenhower hailed by a million in Karachi welcome
President Eisenhower arrives in Karachi amid a massive reception by official estimates of a million Pakistanis. He tours the city from the airport in a white convertible, waving as crowds chant zindabad. The visit marks the third stop of a 22,000 mile peace journey.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Eisenhower
Turkey
James C. Hagerty
White House
Chuckle From Texas Kid to Santa This Christmas
A brief gag note from The Texas kid asking Santa what he wants for Christmas, noting the caption as a humorous item from Copt. Gen. Fea. Corp. The lighthearted blurb reflects seasonal humor typical of the era.
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Santa
Hunter Shot By Brother In Law Fatal Maine Shooting
The 10th hunting death of the year occurred yesterday near Livermore. Raymond Bryant, 37, was shot by his brother in law Kenneth Jordan, 34, who mistook him for a deer near the end of deer season.
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Hunter
Livermore
Elmer Ingraham
Raymond Bryant
Kenneth Jordan
Jay
Bryant
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Thomas Anton
Margaret Murphy
Gladys Walker
Biddeford Public Health Nursing Association
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Viola Davis
Doris Pinette
Webber Hospital
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Viger
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Fea. Corp
Boston Shoe Store
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