Drawing and Poetry Event At Saco Adult Center
The Saco Adult Center will host a combined chalk drawing and poetry reading tomorrow at AMVETS Hall on Spring Street. Mrs. Clayton Duplisen of Portland presents at 1 p.m. after noon lunch. the social center operates 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with games and group singing.
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Saco Adult Center
Amvets Hall
Spring Street
Saco
Clayton Duplisen
Portland
Hester Hooper
Ruth Brown
Hazel Bishop
Doris Downing
Indefinite delay for psychedelic burlesque show in labor dispute
The Mayfair Theatre postponed its psychedelic burlesque act due to a labor dispute over body paint and cleanup times. Producer Al Baker Jr. said performers sought higher pay for the extra cosmetics, following a recent picket sign declaring Body Paint is a Put-on.
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Associated Press
NEW York
New York City
Mayfair Theatre
al Baker Jr
Barnard Visits Argentina Ahead of Latin American Tour
Dr Christiaan Barnard, the South African heart transplant pioneer, arrived in Buenos Aires for a two day visit, meeting President Onanía and Italian actress Sophia Loren among others. He plans TV appearances and talks with Argentine officials and scientists before heading to Puerto Rico and the United States.
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Buenos Aires
Christiaan Barnard
Argentina
South Africa
Ezeiza
Sophia Loren
Italy
Barnard
South America
Juan Carlos Onania
Puerto Rico
United States
Copper Shielded Statue of Liberty Costs Highlighted
Article notes the Statue of Liberty was protected by over 300 copper sheets to shield it from weather. It states the statue cost about $250,000 funded by France, while the granite and concrete pedestal costing $350,000 was raised in the United States.
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France
United States
Horne Couture Wedding in Kennebunk Church
Miss Jeanne A Couture and Kenneth W Horne wed at Christ Church Kennebunk with Rev Fred B Holmberg officiating. Decor featured white gladioli and chrysanthemums as Marylyn Pitman played the organ.
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Kennebunk
Forrest Horne
Mill Street
West Kennebunk
Chantilly
Stella Cote
Biddeford
Margaret Couture
Virginia Home
Bride and Groom Wed in Biddeford Saco Area Ceremony
Mrs Sandra Harvey of Old Orchard Beach served as bridesmaid along with another bridal party. Groom’s cousin Robert Harvey stood as best man while ushers included Paul Brooks Kennebunkport Alton Kinney Lyman and Roger MacDonald. Reception for 150 guests at Biddeford Saco Area fraternal lodge with Patricia Couture in charge of guest book.
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Sandra Harvey
Old Orchard Beach
Dior
Robert Harvey
Paul Brooks
Kennebunkport
Alton Kinney
Lyman
Roger MacDonald
Biddeford
Boston
Horne
Biddeford High School
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corn
South Portland
Kennebunk High School
New England Civ
Maremont Corp
Saco
Cat Mousam Road
Hope Circle Holds Meeting at Beach Home
Hope Circle gathered at Mrs. Anna Anderson’s Gulf Motel West Grand Avenue home for a regular meeting. Jeanette Dickson, new president, led the session with plans for future activities. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Anderson and hostesses Mrs. Harriet Andrews and Mrs. Gertrude Thompson. Attendees included Mrs. Dickson, Mrs. Avice Dumaine, Mrs. Shirley Mullen, Mrs. Gertrude Leonard, Miss Harriet Fogg, Miss Lillian Cleaves, Mrs. Muriel Gooch, and Mrs. Rena Prunier of Oxford, Mass. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Dickson’s Cascade Road home on March 18.
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Old Orchard Beach Hope Circle
Anna Anderson
Gulf Motel
West Grand Avenue
Jeannette Dickson
Anderson
Harriet Andrews
Gertrude Thompson
Mrs. Dickson
Avice Dumaine
Shirley Mullen
Gertrude Leonard
Harriet Fogg
Lillian Cleaves
Star Trek:return to TV next September plans
AP reports Star Trek will return on NBC in the 1968-69 schedule if sponsors back it, amid network scheduling and lock-in practices. CBS drops four comedies. NBC cuts Run for Your Life and Danny Thomas Show, may drop The Monkees and I Dream of Jeannie. ABC trims to midseason replacements. Andy Griffith to retire Mayberry R.F.D. with Ken Berry replacing him. TV movies to dominate with NBC adding a third movie night.
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New York
NBC
CBS
Danny Thomas
Jeanniie
ABC
Africa
Operation: Entertainment
Andy Griffith
Mayberry
Week claims steady at Biddeford office Maine
Claims filed at the Biddeford office of the Maine Employment Security Commission show 347 for last week, the same as the prior week. For the same week last year, claims were 416, compared with 357 the week before, Manager Francis Coughlin said.
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Biddeford
Maine Employment Security Commission
Francis Coughlin
Egg sizes and bird egg length facts
The seven inch ostrich egg stands as the largest among living birds while the tiny Hispaniola hummingbird egg measures about a half inch in length. This shows vast egg size variation across species from Africa to the Caribbean.
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Haiti
Order of Ahepa To Receive Auxiliary Gift
Daughters of Penelope met at the Ahepa Home on Pleasant Street in Saco to discuss plans for a past president’s party and a membership drive. President Mrs. Katherine Shourens led reports by Joan Cotsis and Amy Albert. A Christmas social was reported and eyeglasses donations to Greece noted.
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Daughters of Penelope
Ahepa
Pleasant Street
Saco
Katherine Shourens
Joan Cotsis
Amy Albert
Anita Tito
Greece
Order of Ahepa
Kennebunk Girl Honored At Parties
Miss Lisa Cyr daughter of Mr and Mrs James Cyr of West Kennebunk was eight years old last Friday and guest of honor at two birthday parties. Attending were her aunts uncles siblings and family friends from Arundel and West Kennebunk with birthday cake and games.
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West Kennebunk
Lisa Cyr
James Cyr
Cyr
Maurice Drew
Randy
Arundel
Bremmar York
Lou Ann
Timothy
Julia
Lisa
Melissa Gray
Rebecca Whitten
Joanna Smith
Mrs. Cyr
Iowa ballots block Crommelin bid for Democratic nomination
In Des Moines Iowa Secretary of State Melvin Synhurst said he could not assist Mrs. Robert Muncaster of Montgomery Alabama in placing retired Rear Adm John Crommelin on the Iowa residential primary ballot. Iowa has no presidential primary.
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Des Moines, Iowa
John Crommelin
Iowa
Melvin Synhurst
Robert Muncaster
Montgomery
Ala
Crommelin
Owa
Delta Alpha President Reads Club History
Delta Alpha Club history over 30 years recited by President Mrs. Geraldine Hutchins at Ferry Beach Saco home of Mrs. Mae Hurrell. Club started by teens in 1903 with Catherine Carter active since 1906. Members conducted routine business and knit leprosy bandages. Lunch by hostess with Mrs. Marion Dow assisting. Next meeting March 4 at Mrs. Carter’s Elm Street Biddeford home with Mrs. Luella Graham assisting. Attending besides those named were Miss Ethel Roberts, Mrs. Dorothy Tarbox, Mrs. Helen Horne, Mrs. Edith Hutchins and Mrs. Mildred McIntire.
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Delta Alpha Club
Geraldine Hutchins
Ferry Beach
Saco
Mae Hurrell
Catherine Carter
Marion Dow
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West Side
Clementine Weil
Cataffo
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Pble
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Jodrell Bank Observatory
Carters
Kenneth W. Horne
Anastasoff
Lovell
Space
Hope Circle
Cynthia Lowry
AP Television
Amazon
National Geographic Society
Prudential
Alec J. Duhamel
Sue Horne
Marshall L. True
Roland R. Provencher
J. Raymond Hobbins
Fred B. Green
Earl S. Grames
Norman G. Morin
Howe
Main Street
the Prudential Insurance Company of America
Delta Alpha
Kennebunk Plants
Maine Employment Security Comm
Cadillac Motor Car Division
Cadillac
Devitte
Deville
Cars
Harry
Elm Street
Biddeford, Maine
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