Dear Abby column and reader inquiries summarized
A reader asks about a poor widow upset at being invited only via second-hand invitation to a Christmas dinner. Abby warns the widow not to dwell on insults and to show gratitude for the invitation. A 12-year-old asks how to attract a boy. Abby discourages smoking or wiggling and suggests focusing on personality. Another query seeks advice on tactfully addressing a friend with a facial blemish. Abby cautions against barber removal and recommends medical evaluation. A San Carlos reader mentions advice for a friend with glasses and notes a 1946 Cotton Bowl game where Missouri outrushed Texas 408 yards but lost 40-27.
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Abby
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Yale Musical Service Held In Biddeford
The Biddeford United Baptist Church hosted a Christmas musical service with Mrs. Kenyon Wills organizing the music. Rev. Beane and Russell Pike provided piano and trumpet while Roland Noel read the Christmas story and led prayers. Soloists included Linda Herrick and Terry Coombs with a Young Peoples Choir presenting pieces.
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Terry Coombs
Jesus
Wills
Russell Pike
Young Peoples Choir
Bertha Dawn
Ma Dawn
Lois Pike
Susan Hallezuk
James Monaldo
David Dawn
Michael Ganong
Patrick Ganong
Linda Herrick
Norma Noel
Susan Monaldo
Tragic House Fires Blamed In 66 Deaths
Nationwide fires kill at least 66 people over three days as cold weather spreads. The toll includes 14 children and six adults Sunday, 23 children among 26 dead Saturday, and 20 elderly victims Friday in Fountaintown Indiana nursing home. A Palmyra family perishes in New York blaze. father away on business returns as flames are found.
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Fountaintown
Ind
Paul B. Breeden
Palmyra
Rochester
Chicago
Breeden
Kennebunk Church Youth Christmas Party Details
Christ Church in Kennebunk hosted a morning party for nursery through second graders with parents attendance. A 6:30 Christmas party for grades three to six included a box lunch, and children donated money for a family burned out recently. Seventh and eighth graders plan caroling and a party Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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Kennebunk
Christ Church
Christmas program ends with benediction by Rev Beane
Terry Coombs Ronald Ganong and Michael Haalczuk sang carols Joy to the World Silent Night Sing with Tuneful Lay and The J I M Club The service closed with benediction pronounced by the pastor Rev Mr Beane.
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Terry Coombs
Ronald Ganong
Michael Haalczuk
J-I-M Club
Mr. Beane
Hartford debuts Art or Anarchy critiquing modern art
Huntington Hartford, founder of the Gallery of Modern Art, releases Art or Anarchy by Doubleday. The book attacks abstraction and critics while defending representational art and ethics in creativity. It blends polemic with a personal credo, naming Picasso and art dealers. It also notes Hartford’s gallery hosts both representational and abstract shows.
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Gallery of Modern Art
NEW York
Huntington Hartford
Doubleday
Hartford
Columbus Circle
Pavel Tchelit‘chew
Maxfield Parrish
pre-Raphaelites
Louis Corinth
Pablo Picasso
Picasso
Jean Helion
Swann hosts Caroline and Bre in collection of abstract works
A Swann gallery presents a collection including works by Caroline and Bre and several abstract pieces. One piece is attributed to Picasso, highlighting a mix of modern and abstract art in the exhibition.
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Caroline and
Brewin Swann
Picasso
Three Men Hurt In Mishaps On Maine Turnpike
Three men sustained minor injuries in two separate Maine Turnpike crashes yesterday near Wells. Benjamin E. Shreve 22 of Salem Mass veered off the highway struck a guardrail and jumped the median. two tires tore loose from the impact. He was treated at York Hospital and released. In a second incident James B. Devlin 24 of Lynn Mass and passenger sustained minor cuts and bruises when their southbound car rolled over after striking a center strip and ended in the northbound lane. both were treated at York Hospital and released, while George P. Cushman 20 of Portland driver, was held for observation overnight. Both incidents involved ambulances and were investigated by Trooper Robert Mitchell Wells. Dixie Walker coach with the Milwaukee Braves is a Villa Rica Ga native.
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Salem
Mass
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Shreve
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James B. Devlin
Lynn
George P. Cushman
Portland
Robert Mitchell
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