Direct Attack on Fundamentals in Chicago Summer School
In 1960 Chicago ran a six week summer program for deprived elementary schools with class sizes at 25, strong teachers, remedial work, and parent involvement. Most students gained 3 to 5 months in growth, retention carried into regular school, and a fourth grader raised in arithmetic and reading pace. Superintendent Wil lis hailed it as a breakthrough and urged year round extension. If not started early, drift may require heroic later remedies.
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Chicago
Benjamin Willis
Freshman Jake Overcomes Math Hurdles to Succeed
A freshman at a junior college returns after years away and struggles through elementary arithmetic and an intermediate algebra course. He studies hard, receives help from peers, repeats the course, and finally passes. Over two years he conquers trigonometry college algebra analytical geometry and calculus.
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Jake
Demosthenes
Wheel Chair Donated to Saco Hospital in Her Memory
Officials announced a wheel chair donation to the Saco Osteopathic Hospital in memory of Mrs. Lillian H. Whittemore by her son Robert Whittemore. Mrs. Whittemore served the hospital for many years as a licensed practical nurse.
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Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Lillian H. Whittemore
Robert Whittemore
Community Notes From Kennebunk Several Local Events
Kennebunk social life highlighted with families visiting relatives in Massachusetts and Boston clinics. Junior High Valentine Social winners Dennis Brown and Joseph Bragitano, with King Stephen Fisher and Queen Penny Cram named. Knights of Pythias and Olive Rebekah Lodge plans, club dinners, and a Heart Fund Ball raise funds. Richard Lewin leaves for six months Army Reserve duty at Fort Dix after high school and college attendance.
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Normand Laliberte
Gerald
Auburn
Edmund L. Cashen
Summer Street
Kennebunk High School
Dennis Brown
Joseph Bragitano
Stephen Fisher
Penny Cram
Bernard Kenney
Peter
High Street
Knights of Pythias
George Gibson
Maynard Redson
John Clark
Somersworth
N.H
Harry Matthews
Bourne Street
Christ Church
Dane Street
Joan Downing
Betsy Smith
Jenne Welch
Sherry Dresser
Nancy Grames
Patricia Stinson
Heart Fund Association
Laurence Nedeau
Heart Fund
Kennebunk
Lee Russell
Old Orchard Beach
Hugh Marshall
Richard Lewin
Eugene Lewin
Brown Street
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Ricker College
Houston
Cold remedies when no antiviral exists for common virus
Question asks about all cold remedies if no medication is effective against the common cold virus. Discusses symptom relief options, supportive care, rest, fluids, analgesics like acetaminophen, decongestants, antihistamines, and dangers or cautions for particular populations. Aims for comprehensive guidance on non antiviral approaches.
Budapest Concept Split by Danube In Two Cities
The capital of Hungary is described as two cities divided by the Danube. Buda sits on the hill as the traditional seat of rulers and gentry while Pest lies on the plain as the center of trade and industry.
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Budapest
Hungary
Buda
Pest
Meserve Is Given Alumni Scholarship
Two members of Alpha Gamma Rho at the University of Maine received alumni scholarships. Lee Meserve of Hollis Center won $50 for the highest fall semester average, while George Baker of Auburn earned $100 for the greatest spring semester gain. The ceremony at the fraternity house was attended by University President Lloyd H. Elliott and other campus leaders.
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Agriculture
Winthrop C. Libby
Association
David H. Huntington
AGR
Maynard Coe
Herman H. Brugman
Doran Cited for Studies at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
John V. Doran, a third year student at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, was cited for excellence in scholarship during the first semester of the 1963-1964 session by Dean Howard L. Reed. Doran, a Biddeford High School graduate, is son of Mr and Mrs William A Doran Sr of 80 Western Ave Biddeford Maine.
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Boston
John V. Doran
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Howard L. Reed
Doran
Biddeford High School
William A. Doran
Western Ave
Biddeford
Maine
Old Orchard Beach Visitors and Local Events Notes
Old Orchard Beach residents and guests plan trips to Florida Virginia and Boston over weekends. Eastern Star officers confer degrees while Illness keeps Worthy Matron absent. Kiwanis Club to meet Tuesday at the Legion Hall with supper at 6 30 and a color movie on The Four Seasons of Maine.
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Wesley M. Wewer
Sunset Drive
Florida
Jean Fitanides
Gladys Parlin
Norma Baker
Fairfax
Ruth Randall
Fort Hill Avenue
Charles Hobard
Boston
Hobart
Beryl Howard
Biddeford
Elinor McKeen
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Priscilla
Highpine Wells
Jennie Rallis
Helen Smith
Pauline Peacock
McKeen
Old Orchard Beach
Meetings of United Church of Christ Circles Schedule Released
Circles of the Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Christ in Biddeford schedule meetings Tuesday at 1 30 p m Circle A led by Mrs Norman Lundy and Mrs Harold Staples in Fellowship Hall Circle C led by Mrs Albion M Benton and Mrs Reginald McAdoo meets at Mrs Ruby Packard s home Saco Circle D led by Mrs Warren Libby and Mrs Albert Whitehurst meets at Mrs Whitehurst s home Saco On Wednesday Circle E led by Mrs Barbara Van derward meets in the church vestry for a work project Paint brushes requested Circle B led by Mrs Rose Myers and Miss Ruth Gilpatric meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Alfred S Bradford s home Biddeford.
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Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Christ
Congregational
Biddeford
Norman Lundy
Harold Staples
Fellowship Hall
John Moeckel
Robert Montgomery
Circle C
Albion M. Benton
Reginald McAdoo
Ruby Packard
Saco
Circle D
Warren Libby
Albert Whitehurst
Alfred S. Bradford
York County Dentists Elect Officers and Palm Sunday Festival
The York County Dental Society elected officers: President Dr Ross Wyman Kennebunk Vice President Dr Raymond J Begin Old Orchard Beach Secretary Dr David A Leipold Springvale and Treasurer Dr J Ralph Larochelle Biddeford. The Palm Sunday Music Festival chorus set its first rehearsal for Feb 23 at 3 pm at the Saco United Baptist Church. Rehearsal canceled due to snow. Clayton Eaton directs all rehearsals.
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Ognnquit
York Coun Ity Dental Society
Ross Wyman
Kennebunk
Raymond J. Begin
Old Orchard Beach
David A. Leipold
Springvale
J. Ralph Larochelle
Biddeford
Eadty
Palm Sunday
Saco United Baptist Church
Horace Killam
Biddeford-Saco
Kennebunk Opens The Reconditioning Shop Run By Boydens
Amos Boyden III starts The Kennebunk Reconditioning in the family building once a grocery site. He is aided by brother Eric Boyden. Services include appearance reconditioning, dyeing tops, upholstery, headliners, engine cleaning and painting, and exterior buffing. No body work. Boyden previously worked for the Kennebunk Port & Wells Water District. He is married to Pamela Angell of Kennebunk.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Reconditioning
Amos Boyden III
Amos Boyden Sr
Eric Boyden
Boyden
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport & Wells Water District
Pamela Angell
Dear Abby Letters Highlight Everyday Social Struggles
A reader asks about pursuing a senior boy who keeps dodging dances due to potential calls. A mother criticizes her daughter's choice of partners. A letter writer seeks help with a difficult relative who dominates conversations. JFK offers a closing line to encourage voicing concerns.
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Heartsick
Abby
Government Work Costs Estimated For Maine
Army Navy and Air Force civil and military projects in New England total more than 25 million dollars before the end of the fiscal year June 30. Hyzer lists civil and military bids in Maine and surrounding states with cost ranges from under 100000 to over 3 million and notes mills of dollars to local economies.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
New England
Army Engineers
Navy Bureau of Yards
Philip J. Philbin
D-Mass
Peter C. Hyzer
Army Engineer
Philbin
Congress
Hyzer
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
A New York report describes a discovery named Bio-Dyne used in Preparation H that shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case by case relief included genuine shrinkage and remarks that piles ceased to be a problem.
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New York, N. Y
Universal Day Of Prayer Observed At Saco Church
The Universal Day of Prayer for students was observed at School Street Methodist Church Saco. Joyce Stevens led call to worship and prayer. Martha Rae Worcester and Marie Lariviere directed responses. Rev Norman J Langmaid preached Where Is Your Wilderness. youth fellowship benediction noted.
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School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Joyce Stevens
Martha Rae Worcester
Marie Lariviere
Constance Olson
Nena Strombom
Norman J. Langmaid
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Thomas Frederick Vining
Michael Jordan
Jane
Jay Stevens
Merrill Thompson
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University of Southern California
R’s
Saco Hospital
W. T. Grant
Biddeford Shopping Plaza
Pet Shop
Sporting Goods
Main Street
W. T. Grants
Graham Street
Killarney
Marie Joseph Academy
Kathleen Sullivan
New York
Frances Burchill
Westbrook
Theresa Caron
Sanford
Eve-Ann Chenard
Worcester
Mass
Michael A. Petit, M.D
Amey
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Donald L. Chretien
Modern
Woodmen OF America
Rock Island
Illinois
Meserve
York County
Dear Abby
Rainbow Girls
Glee Club
Blonde
L.A
John F. Kennedy
Abigal
van Bures
Maine Civil Works
Portland, Harbor
Searsport Harbor
Kennebec River
Kennebunk River
Narragaugus River
Charleston Air Force Station
Topsham Air Force Station
New Hampshire
Civil Works
Portsmouth Harbor
Hopkinton - Everett Seeeree
Grenier Field
Pease Air Force Base
Maine - New Hampshire
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Maine Brunswick Naval Air Station
Naval Radio Station
Cutler
Winter Harbor
Naval Security Group
Saco Church
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