Tax Laws Hike Museum Acquisitions
Lucile Sam outlines how tax rules encourage charitable gifts of art to museums. Museums share ownership with donors, enabling donors to deduct the full value of artworks from taxable income while retaining life interests in some cases. The piece uses examples from Vuillard, De Hooch, and Goya to illustrate tax avoidance via donations and the broader benefits to museums and collectors.
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New York
Lucle Sam
Vuillards
Park
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
William B. Jane
Metropolitan Museum
de Hooch
Goya
Don Osorio
Gilbert Miller
Jules Bache
Ross
French & Co
Prentice-Hall
Internal Revenue
Daughters of Ruth Plan February 21 Fundraiser
The Daughters of Ruth meet at Biddeford Universalist church vestry to plan a February 21 combined card party food and apron sale to benefit the club treasury and support church projects. Invitations were read for the February 28 dedication day service in Portland and February 13 Unitarian Alliance meeting in Saco.
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Daughters of Ruth
Biddeford Universalist Church
Ethel Roberts
Leonard Emmons
Messiahs All-Souls Universalist Church
Portland
Unitarian Alliance
Saco Unitarian Church
Clement Taylor
Walter Hutchins
Miss Roberts
Ben Wood
Jane Day
Harry Gowen
Albert Wentworth
Guy Burnham
Paul McIntire
Ruthford Wilcox
Edmund Beal
Wilbur Dewey
Harry Smith
AMC Shows Interest In Romney Bid
Detroit based AMC stockholders meeting draws attention to George Romney possible run for Michigan governor and White House bid in 1964. AMC president will not reveal intentions at Saturday news conference. Harry Korba of Yonkers argues Romney’s liberalism and pushes cumulative voting proposal for 12 votes per share.
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Detroit
George Romney
Michigan
White House
American Motors Corp
Romney
AMC
Harry Korba
Yonkers
N. Y
Saco Girl Scout Group Plans For Three Observances
The Saco Girl Scout Neighborhood committee met at E and I union Beach Street to outline plans for Girl Scout Sunday on March 11, the cookie drive starting February 12, and rededication for the 50th anniversary of Scouting. Cookie orders are due March 5 to Mrs. Catherine Limb, with appeals for uniforms and more volunteers.
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Saco Girl Scout Neighborhood Committee
E and I Union
Beach Street
Catherine Limb
Saco Cookie
Ethel Bedard
Dorothy Hawkins
Jeannette Allen
Troop 7
Frances Cameron
Bedard
Anne Marie Rancourt
Gloria Allen
Cathy Bailey
Linda Trecartin
Sheila Caddigan
Charlotte Tarbox
Gail Chadbourne
Rosemary Bowie
Cameron
Alma Harrison
Norma Lamb
Dorothy Spears
Lamb
Hawkins
Allen
Ruth Worcester
Irene Watson
Vera Warner
Patrick Lunetta
Harrison
N. Lumb
Reed Favors Implied Consent Law For DWI Curb
Maine leader Guy Reed urged joining nine states with implied consent laws to curb drunk driving. He told the Knights of the Road that drivers who refuse chemical tests would have licenses suspended, noting it protects the innocent and helps detect the guilty. Also present were NFL figures Ray Berry and Jim Welch at SMU.
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Portland
Maine
Guy Reed
Reed
Knights of the Road
Non-cumulative voting described for director election
A single candidate for director could be chosen if stockholders, under non-cumulative voting, cast all their votes as shares twelve different dimes once for each director to be elected.
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Korba
Master Mason Night Marked By King Court
King Court Order of Amaranth at the Saco Odd Fellows hall observed Master Mason night with a ceremony led by Mrs. Virginia Charles and Mrs. Marion Dexheimer. Honors were awarded to Marion McAuley Norman McAuley and other officers. Portland installation elevated Carleton Burrill John Sherman. A finance committee formed and future degree work announced with white dresses for officers. Refreshments followed in Valentine decor.
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Norman K. McAuley
Grand Court of
Maine
Gladys Marston
Carleton Burrill
Ruth Ford
Parnell Burrill
Marion Dexheimer
Janie Sanborn
Vera Smith
Virginia Charles
Blanche Freeman
Madeline Brackett
Mabel Cloudman
Edward Cloudman
Gladys Weemian
Royalty Court
Portland
John Sherman
PRP
PRM
GRP
Norman McAuley
Maude ‘Tuttle
Charles
Flora Anderson
McAuley
Valentine
Milton Ranedall
Edna Lane
Lois Howard
Jean Arnold
Foreign News Respondents Visit Maine Under New Program
Augusta Maine Gov Reed announced a new program to host foreign correspondents in Maine next week the first of its kind in any state. Groups from Greece and Denmark will visit February 15 for three to four days focusing on informal stays and tourism outreach. The initiative endorsed by the US Information Agency aims to foster international understanding and showcase state attractions. Reed also campaigns for Republican nomination highlighting his veto of a Sunday liquor sale bill and critiques of the Department of Economic Development amid his primary challenger Edward F Hutchinson of Boothbay Harbor.
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Augusta
Maine
Reed
Greece
Denmark
US Information Agency
Edward F. Hutchinson
Boothbay Harbor
Department of Economic Development
Kiwanis Club Rewards Top Fishermen in Derby
Kiwanis members hear plans for spring fishing derby prizes. Raymond Bonang on derby committee reports outcomes while club members and guests attend at the Won Derbar Steak House. Dr. J Edward Whelan speaks on reading problems and student business readiness.
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Saco-Biddeford Kiwanis Club
Wonderbar
Raymond Bonang
Derby Committee
Atty
Marcel Viger
Leon Libby
Leo P. Taillon
Joseph Putnam
Leland Gifford Products Corporation
Biddeford
William Langevin
J. Edward Whelan
Taillon
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