Confession Times Noted Across Local Churches
Confessions will be heard at St Martha’s Church Kennebunkport Saturday 7 to 8 pm and at St Mary’s Church Wells Beach Sunday before the 9 am mass. No Church School sessions Sunday Dec 26 at United Church of Christ Biddeford and no Seminars or Church Youth meeting that day.
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St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
St. Mary’s Church
Wells’ Beach
United Church of Christ
Congregational
Biddeford
Ee Church
Legion Magazine To Be Placed In Local Area
A vote at the Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley American Legion Post meeting approved placing subscriptions of the American Legion magazine at area institutions. Libraries and several local schools will receive copies, and the post earned a 100 percent paid-up membership for 1966. Royal Sheltra reported on the "Operation Show Your Colors" project distributing flags and cards to St. Francis College and other schools. Commander Robert O. Poire led the meeting with Sheltra also sharing slides from a trip to Indianapolis.
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American Legion Magazine
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley American Legion Post
Elm Street
Biddeford
McArthur Library
Webber Hospital
Notre Dame Hospital
St. Louis High School
St. Joseph's High School
St. Andre’s High School
St. Francis College
Marie Joseph Academy
Royal Sheltra
Hidesd
St. Louis
St. Joseph's
St. Andre’s
Emery
Theodore Goulet
Robert O. Poire
Sheltra
Department of Maine
American Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
Saco Solicitor Questions Council Recount Denial
Saco City Solicitor Ronald Ayotte ruled the council lacked authority to vote on denying a recount for Ward 3. The 3-2 decision followed a Dec. 13 ballot showing Harold P. Waight leading Charles Gilpatric by three votes. A special meeting will review legality and the recount petition after Ayotte's findings.
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Saco
Ronald Ayotte
Ayotte
Charles Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Harold P. Waight
Gerard Cassette
Robert Knox
Ralph Meserve
Ernest Whitten
Donald iGuay
Richard Murray
Atty
Biddeford
Edward F. Gaulin
Gaulin
Waight
George Brickates
iSaco
William Wilson
Christmas Cheer Amid Vietnam War Front Lines
In Da Nang a tank dubbed the Jingle Bell Special carries a candy cane and banners wishing peace as U S troops distribute toys and clothes to local villagers. Lt. David Duffy notes holiday spirit amid patrols while US forces host parties and plan turkey dinners for South Vietnamese civilians. Bob Hope visits Saigon with a troupe to boost morale and Cardinal Spellman tours bases, meeting soldiers at Than and Di An as curfews are lifted.
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da Nang
David Duffy
Syracuse
N.Y
Saigon
U.S
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Viet Nam
di An
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Than
Saco Woman Struck By Car
Miss Sarah Feinberg of 39 Dyer Street Saco is held for observation at Webber Hospital after being struck by a car on Storer Street. The vehicle operator Peter N Scontras 18 of 49 Locke Street Saco drove her to the hospital. Police say the woman was crossing from a parking lot when hit by the southbound car.
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Sarah Feinberg
Dyer St
Saco
Webber Hospital
Storer Street
Two Biddeford Women Injured In Accidents
Yvette Montambeault 42 of 15 Cottage Street is held for observation at Webber Hospital after being struck on Granite Street Biddeford by driver Harry Townsend Jr. 44 of 1 Greenwood Avenue. Priscilla Lauzon was treated for head injuries after a two car Lincoln Street crash involving Muriel Robbins 35 of 155 Guinea Road. No injuries in the Elm Street and Cleaves Street backing incidents.
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Biddeford
Yvette Montambeault
Cottage Ist
Webber Hospital
Granite Street
Harry A. Townsend Jr
Greenwood Ave
Albert Elwell
John Mendville
Lincoln Street
Priscilla Lauzon
Evanthia Drive
Muriel Robbins
Guinea Road
Leo Lefebvre
Irving St
Saco
Elm Street
Abraham Martel
Elm St
Ernest A. Tarbox
Cookman Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Cleaves St
Airplane Pilot Escapes Harm in Ice Skid
Harate Cole, 25, of Willington han, escaped injury when his single engine Cessna skidded on ice and flipped during landing at the Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport. The aircraft was badly damaged but Cole’s seat belt protected him.
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Auburn
Harate Cole
Willington Han
Auburn-Lewiston
Cole
Yule Musical Presented By Roberts Pupils
A Christmas musical by Miss Ruth Olive Roberts pupils was staged at 342 Main St Saco. Kim Wolfahrt read and played the Nutcracker Suite, Stephen Fennell recounted Bach life and played Aria in F Major, Kathy Lockhart read Handel life and Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah, Maureen Lockhart performed Hallelujah Chorus, the Kirk twins played We Three Kings, and a Christmas pie drew a plum from each pupil with John Robert playing.
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Ruth Olive Roberts
Main St
Saco
Tschaikowsky
Kim Wolfahrt
Stephen Fennell
Johann Sebastian ‘Bach
Bach
Kathy Lockhart
Handel
Maureen Lockhart
Kirk Twins
Larry
Lise
John Robert
Rainy Weekend Forecast for Maine With Snow Sleet North
Weather update for Maine notes cloudy periods with rain and some snow and sleet in northern areas. Overnight lows near freezing in far north, above freezing elsewhere. Saturday looks rainy and milder across the state.
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Maine
Ballots Recount Underway In Biddeford Election
Biddeford municipal ballots started a recount today at 10 a.m. in City Council chambers overseen by City Clerk Paul Brunelle. Republican mayoral candidate John F. Xaphes asked for the recount after losing to Democrat Leo R. Lemire by 3 119 to 2 745. The Democratic ticket swept all offices except one at large council seat won by a Republican by default.
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Biddeford
Paul Brunelle
David P Twomey
Paul E. Laflamme
Harry N. Huot
Laflamme
Bothrom
Xaphes
Driving Classes Sought by Governor in Maine Plan
Governor Reed proposes a 14175 dollar state program to start voluntary driver improvement classes in Maine. The effort targets 10000 of about 475000 licensed drivers this year with 23 instructors already trained and expected to grow to 80 by April. Carroll Polyot offers Maine State Employees Association support for employer classes.
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Augusta
Reed
Maine
National Safety Council
Carroll J. Polyot
Maine State Employes Association
Warren Co. Appeals Union Negotiation Ruling to Supreme Court
A ruling requiring Warren Co. to bargain with four craft unions for engineering division workers is appealed to the U S Supreme Court. The company says the First Circuit refused to reconsider upholding the NLRB ruling and argues representation votes should be mill wide rather than limited to a single division.
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Westbrook
D. Warren Co
U.S. Supreme Court
First Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Warren
Man steals groceries and crashes car through window
In Chattanooga a man who took $12 worth of food from a supermarket then fled crashed through a $100 plate glass window during the escape, causing more damage than the theft, police reported.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Space Age Santa Delights Pupils With Organ Solo
David Staples entertains pupils as Space Age Santa in a Christmas program. Students perform piano and organ solos including Erica Wolfahrt, David Pate, Patrick Fennell, Cathy Corriveau, Mary Kenneally, Suzanne Vifer, John Black, Bette Ann Harmon, Stephen Chute, Mari Jean Higgins, Dale Hartigan, Paula Robert, Joseph Kenneally, Ellen Shea, Maria Hadiaris, Barbara Husser, Nikki Kalagias, Catherine Lockhart, Elizabeth Hooper, Laura Stone, Shelley Wolfahrt, Charles Vociecia, Elinor Regina, Patricia Neithercut, Michelle Robert, Kurt Wolfahrt, Jonathan Staples, Robert Murphy, and David Twomey. Sarah Jane Wooster and Susan Gonneville assisted Miss Roberts with refreshments.
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Jack Horner
Santa
David Staples
Erica Wolfahrt
David Pate
Patrick Fennell
Cathy Corriveau
Mary Kenneally
Suzanne Vifer
John Black
Bette Ann Harmon
Stephen Chute
Mari- Jean Higgins
Dale Hartigan
Paula Robert
Joseph Kenneally
Ellen Shea
Maria Hadiaris
New England News Briefs Roundup From AP
Funeral set for Mrs. Mearl A. Norton 49 executive secretary to three Maine governors who retired this year after a long illness. Navy to train 2400 Sea Bees at Davisville Center Feb 1. battalions deployed to Viet Nam. Susan LeBlanc 11 killed in Ashby truck crash. Myles E. Pierce 50 dies in pole collision in Cheshire. William E. Williams 40 to head Boston IRS district. Coin collection stolen in Somerville. $5000 value. suspects bound victim with rope and used chloroform. Captain Paul D. Berthiaume 28 killed in Viet Nam action. father of four. Nick's Cafe robbed in Woonsocket. $80 stolen plus unknown amount. gunfire warning shot.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
Mearl A. Norton
Davisville
R. I
Navy
Davisville Seabees Center
Viet Nam
Somerville
Mass
Silvio Cafarelli
Kennebunk Selectmen Approve Licenses and Land Sales
The Kennebunk Selectmen and Town Manager Earle Hardy met to issue malt and vinous liquor licenses to Chester Eaton of Glen Mor Restaurant, approve a special amusement permit, grant a junk yard permit to Roger Camire, and authorize sale of tax acquired land to the highest bidders.
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Kennebunk
Earle Hardy
Lower Town Hall
Julius Dean
Chester Eaton
Glen Mor
Glen-Mor
Roger Camire
West Kennebunk
Maine
Cities Return to Classes and Holiday Services Planned
The region resumes classes Monday January 9. About 1700 churches plan Christmas Eve services tonight and tomorrow morning. Holiday parties ramp up tomorrow night across entertainment venues as families share gatherings. The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish tomorrow.
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Biddeford Saco Journal
Local Money Sought to Sustain Biddeford Youth Corps
Biddeford Youth Corps faces possible layoffs as funding relies on local support or private donations. With a $2,500 weekly payroll and about 130 enrollees, projects at St. Andre's Home, Biddeford City Building, Webber Hospital and others may halt once current funds run out, unless federal funding resumes.
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Biddeford
Joseph A. Plamondon
Plamondon
Boston
New York N. Y. C
St. Andre’s
Biddeford City
Webbers Hospital
U. S. Bureau of the Budget
Cecil Forster
Northeast l
Funds i
Saco
Old Orcchard Beach
Family Night Set At Kennebunk Church
On Sunday December 26 at 5 30 p m the Advent Christian Church in Kennebunk Lower Village hosts a Family Night. Attendees should bring a basket lunch for supper. The event combines youth meetings and evening service with carol singing recitations and music from 5 30 to 7 30 p m.
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Kennebunk
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Legion Post Brings Christmas Cheer to Local Family
American Legion Post members donate a group sum to a local couple with 15 children. Henry Gregoire contributes two baskets with provisions to the deserving family, spreading holiday goodwill in the community.
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Lyman
Goodwin-Labbe - Taylor
American Legion Post
Post
Henry Gregoire
State to distribute 9.1 million in subsidies to districts
State Treasurer Eben L. Elwell announced that Augusta will issue 9,108,824 in education subsidy checks to school districts cities and towns next week under the uniform local effort method. The state will pay out 27.6 million in education aid next year, about a 16 percent increase from this year.
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Augusta
Eben L. Elwell
Elwell
Failure Is Missing Word In Lexicon Of Television
AP TV-Radio writer Cynthia Lowry analyzes why TV programs fail or succeed and notes that time slots audience habits and program quality shape ratings. Recommended tonight include The Heart of Christmas CBS Tell It On The Mountain and religious services from Dallas New York and Charlotte.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Tele‘vision
East Side
West Side
Richard Boone
King
Lawrence Welk
U.N.C.L.E
NBC
Robert Shaw
CBS
Chad Mitchell
Judy Collins
ABC
First Baptist Church of Dallas
Tex
St. Patrick's Cathedral
First Family Delights Johnson City Christmas Visit
President Johnson and family toured his boyhood home in Johnson City Texas to hear carols by local church choirs. Lady Bird sang along as Lynda and Luci joined in, and Johnson playful moments with a chaperoned infant charmed townsfolk during the open celebration.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
LBJ
First Christian
Methodist
Lady Bird
Lynda
Luci
Carl Taylor
First Methodist Church
Johnsons
Mr. Taylor
Mrs. Johnson
Holiday Shopping Bags Distributed By Jaycee Wives
Surplus food was distributed at the Lower Town Hall on Wednesday night by the Jaycee Wives. Each family received a shopping bag with Christmas gifts made up by the group and local merchants. Gifts included mittens homemade foods and items for the whole family. Mrs Joseph Riley chaired the project with a Christmas committee listing several local organizers.
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Kennebunk
Lower Town Hall
Joseph Riley
John Murphy
John Lindsey
James Gardner
Robert Maling
Frederick Nadeau
Edward Nixon
David Shields
Twins Dominate Red Sox in 1965 Rivalry Run
The American League champion Minnesota Twins exploited weaknesses of the Boston Red Sox winning 17 of 18 meetings in 1965.
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Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
Tortoises in Galapagos Store Water From Rain Scarcity
Giant tortoises on the arid Galapagos Islands store water in their neck sacs to endure drought conditions. Shipwrecked mariners were saved from death by tapping this unusual water reserve.
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Gallapagos Islands
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Main Street
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Leslie Duprey
Joseph Neault
J. Raymond Auger
Conrad Grondin
Wilfred Bouffard
New England
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Susan LeBlanc
Ashby State Road
Cheshire, Mass
Myles E. Pierce
Lanesboro- Cheshire Road
Albany
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Internal Revenue Service
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TRS
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Ill
East St. Louis
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Milwaukee
East Brookfield
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Poe
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Kennebunk Board
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Legion Post
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Paul E. Sheltra
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