Christmas Party At Small Fry Nursery School Hails Holiday Fun
The Small Fry Nursery School at 8 Fogg Ave Biddeford held its annual Christmas party on Friday. Children helped trim the tree with candy canes and decorations. Santa, Raynald Goulet, visited as staff guided group singing and games. Refreshments were served by director Jacqueline Goulet, assistant director Ruth Pinette, and Miss Lavigne. Attendees included Lynn Masse, Frank Nadeau, James Dudley, and others. guests included Dora Soucy and Mrs. Madeline Beaudoin family. The school will close for Christmas and New Year and reopen in January.
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Nuree
Fogg Ave
Bidford
Priscilla Lavigne
Biddeford High School
Ruth Pinette
Santa Claus
Raynald Goulet
Jacqueline Goulet
Pinette
Dora Soucy
Madeline Beaudoin
Prudence
Lucille Bon
Sharon
Betty Ann Bolduc
Ametars
Town Offices To Close At Beach Town
OLD ORCHARD BEACH town offices will close tomorrow as ordered by Town Clerk Barbara E. Lord. The notice states the closure for Thursday morning, with details unclear in the transcript.
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Old Orchard Beach
Barbara E. Lord
Nome
Junior Girl Scouts Visit Wardwell Home in Christmas Cheer
Saco Troop 695 hosted a Christmas visit at Wardwell Home on Middle Street, presenting place mats centerpieces and fudge treats. The program included music baton twirling comedy duets and flute and organ pieces as Cadette Joan Fortney assisted. Leaders noted this is the third year of the Home visit with several named volunteers and guests. The troop plans to attend the Boston Ice Show next Saturday.
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Saco
Wardwell
Middle Street
Rita Collard
Nellie Roberts
Pamela Roberts
Joan
Judy Trask
Peggy Marcoux
Statart Cras Bervey
Aciquet
Marybeth Gouleathe
Debra Foss
Lomela Greenier
Linda
Kathy Mondor
Pauline Fortney
Nunan
Ethel Cole
Lauri Pendleton
Elaine Pendleton
Joan Fortney
Boston
Susan Cloutier
Christine Harvey
F. Howard Shaffer
Beane Nursing Home
Sacony
Husband Of Saco Woman Promoted in Vietnam Fight
Leonard W. Lussier of Miles-0-View Farm Benson Vermont was promoted to Army specialist five on May 22 while serving in Vietnam with the 577th Battalion. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Barry Lussier of Saco Maine.
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Hoa
Vietnam
Barry Lussier
Mure
Leonard W. Lussier
Miles-0-View Farm
Stage Road
Benson
Local Soldier from Vermont Returns to Service Records
Spec Lussier, a clerk in Company B near Tuy Hoa, enlisted in 1967 and completed basic at Ft Jackson. He served at Ft Leonard Wood before departing overseas in December 1967. A Fair Haven Union High School graduate in 1964 and Vermont Technical College in 1967, he worked for the Vermont Highway Department in Montpelier prior to the Army. His wife Emma resides at 27 Tasker St in Saco Maine.
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Spec. Lussier
Tuy Hoa
Ft. Jackson
S.C
Ft. Leonard Wood
Fair Havennion High School
Vermont Technical College
Randolph Center
Vermont Highway Artment
Montpelier
Emma
Tasker St
Saco
Maine
Christmas Assembly At Biddeford Junior High School
A Friday afternoon Christmas assembly at Biddeford Junior High School featured performances by the band majorettes Freshman glee club seventh and eighth grade cheerleaders and the Drama Club plus ninth grade cheerleaders The Drillc also performed Alley Cat The student body recited the Pledge of Allegiance and heard two choral readings The Meaning of Christmas and Ring Out Wild Bells Readings included Christmas prayers carols and solo readings Constance Dupuis presented The Meaning of Christmas Master of ceremonies was George Pouravelis.
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Biddeford Junior High School
Constance Dupuis
George Pouravelis
Saco Man to Tour England With Collegium Musicum
Frank Goodwin, a Monmouth College student from Saco Maine, is one of 55 in the Collegium Musi cum planning a London trip next spring funded by trading stamps. The group aims to raise ten thousand stamps and will perform six concerts at Cambridge and Oxford universities during a London tour.
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Monmouth, Ill
Frank Goodwin
Monmouth College
Saco
Maine
Monmouth College Collegium Musicum
England
Goodwin
G. S. Goodwin
Tasker St
London
Cambridge University
Oxford University
Collegium Musicum
Saco Groups Appeal for Clothing After Fire Destroyed Home
The Saco Chapter of the American Red Cross and several fraternal groups request clothing for a family displaced by a Friday night fire on Flag Pond Road. Needed are boys’ sizes 14 and 16, girl’s size 8, women’s size 14 and 48, and a general clothing size. Donations may be left at the Welfare Office entrance on Cutts Avenue or at Saco City Hall.
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Saco
The
American Red Cross
Flag Pond Road
Cutts Avenue
Saco City Hall
Biddeford City Offices To Close For Weekend
Biddeford municipal offices will close tomorrow at 12 noon and reopen Monday at 9 am. Mayor Leo R. Lemire announced the closure and note it affects all city departments.
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Biddeford
Leo R. Lemire
Dancer's Image Disqualification Upheld
The Kentucky Racing Commission upheld Churchill Downs stewards in disqualifying Dancer's Image from the 1968 Kentucky Derby winner’s purse. The ruling moved $122,600 first money to Forward Pass, with other placings to Francie's Hat, TV Commercial, and Kentucky Sherry. Fuller may appeal after receiving the final order with detailed findings. Dancer's Image was retired to stud as the dispute began with tests for phenylbutazone.
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Lexington
Kentucky Racing Commission
Churchill Downs
Dancer
Peter Fuller
Arthur Grafton
Fuller
Egger
Grafton
Calumet Farm
Francie
Smith
State Racing Commission
Native Dancer
Two Youths Injured When Snowmobile Hit by Stolen Car
Two youths from Ocean Park were hospitalized Saturday after a snowmobile on Massachusetts Avenue was struck by a stolen car. Bruce Tarbox, 13, and Steven Johnson, 16, sustained broken legs. Thomas Mitchell, 15, Worcester, was charged with leaving the scene and driving without a license. FBI to handle theft investigation.
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Old Orchard Beach
Massachusetts Avenue
Bruce Tarbox
Main Ave
Ocean Park
Steven Johnson
Randall Ave
Thomas Mitchell
Worcester
Mass
Mitchell
Massachusetts Auto
F.B.1
Damage Slight In Kennebunk Blaze
Slight damage occurred yesterday in Mrs. Bonn Gibson's Landing Section apartment when fire broke out in decorations atop a mantel. Firefighters responded to the alarm shortly after noon. The building is owned by Hugh Marshall.
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Kennebunk
Bonn Gibson
Hugh Marshall
Julie Eisenhower Weds David at Plaza Hotel in Quiet ceremony
Julie Eisenhower, 20, and Amherst College junior David Eisenhower, 20, married in a private Plaza Hotel ceremony. Julie wore an ivory peau d ange dress with lace, veil, and pearl crown. the couple plans a short wedding trip before resuming studies at Smith and Amherst. Guests included Mrs. Nixon and the Meoneys. former President Eisenhower recuperates in Walter Reed after heart incidents.
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Page One
David
Eisenhower
Julie
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Smith College
Northhampton
Plaza
Nixon
Sgt
John Meoney
Washington, D.C
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Christmas party for OBS members in Old Orchard Beach
The Christmas party for members and friends of the Miniwanca Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star was held Sunday at Robinson Memorial Hall Westpe Avenue with Mrs Helen Speed chairing. Santa distributed gifts to children as balloons, cookies, ice cream and drinks were shared. several families and adults attended.
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Old Orchard Beach
Miniwanca Chapar
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson Memorial Hall
West Ibe Avenue
Helen Speed
Dean Speed
Slaney
Harold Slaney
Santa
Lucille Mooers
Mildred Maksut
Mike
Cars Damaged In Collision In Saco
Saco police report two cars collided at Buxton Road and Louden Road Saturday night. Alphonse Samson 55 of Buxton Road and Dolores Cassette 18 of Boom Road sustained about 250 dollars in vehicular damage each.
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Saco
Alphonse Samson
Buxton Road
Dolores A. Cassette
Boom Road
Louden Road
Christmas Holiday Closure Order By Office Office
A closing order was issued to grant office workers a long Christmas holiday weekend. The directive aims to extend the holiday period, allowing staff a longer break over the festive season. The source notes this measure as a workplace convenience aligned with holiday observance.
Beach Youth To Face Break Charge
Old Orchard Beach teen Peter Roy DuDevoir Jr. 17 of Fern Avenue was arrested this weekend and charged with breaking into the Owen-Davis American Legion Post home on Beach Street. Police say about 26 bottles of beer and $1.50 in change were involved.
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Sace
Peter Roy DuDevoir Jr
Fern Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Owen-Davis American Legion Post
Beach Street
Apollo 8 Christmas Dinner Items Described
The report details astronaut meals including a freeze dehydrated Christmas turkey dinner prepared by Natick Laboratories. Packages contain cranberry-apple sauce coffee and grape drink and will be eaten with a spoon up to 200000 miles from Earth.
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U.S. Army Natick Laboratories
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Fog Ave
Rayna Goulet
Rene Labbe
Lisa Pelletier
Susan Ellen Bolduc
Bruno Cyr
Gwen Giles
Sharon Allie
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Congress St
N. H
Landry’s Laundry, Inc
Pool ST
Saco Man
Saco Groups
Kennebunk Blaze
OBS
Johnny Maksut
Scott
Todd
Debbie MacDonald
Danny
Beth Warren
Nikie Palmer
Karen Sargent
Travis
Greg
Chris
Trampas Staples
Lloyd
Janie Speed
Karen
Huntley
Lori
Lorna
Mildred
Donald Nowell
Constance
Kenneth Warren
Helen
Phyllis
Edward Sargent
Janice Plaisted
DuDevoir
RCA
Murphy’s
Home Entertainment Center
Main Street
DTA Ae
Florsheim
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