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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1964
Page
3
A Pet Forum piece explains how diverse fish species share a community tank. Live bearers like Guppy Platy and Swordtail thrive with egg layers such as White Cloud Mountain fish and Tetras, given similar breeding conditions and temperature.
New healing substance Bio-Dyne, marketed as Preparation H, reportedly reduces hemorrhoids while relieving itching and pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage and strong patient statements that piles are no longer a problem, with the product sold as suppository or ointment at drug counters in New York.
Members of the Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish Saco will receive Communion at 8 am Sunday March 1 at the church. A 9 30 am communion breakfast will follow at Philippe's Restaurant Biddeford reservations by Saturday 5. New members to be received Feb 29 at 4 pm mass.
GOP hopefuls assail Johnson's foreign policy with emphasis on South Viet Nam. Rockefeller accuses the administration of news management while Goldwater mocks the antipoverty drive. Nixon claims the administration misled the public about foreign policy defeats. Lodge denies Viet Nam talk with Rockefeller.
The St Louis Junior High School announces the third marking period honor roll. 8th grade Highest Honors include Paul Guerin Marc Beaudoin Richard Contois Richard Gne rier Marc Collard Paul Camire Richard Bergeron Ronald Labelle. 7th grade Highest Honors list Bernard Guerin Norman Petit George Trottier Leonard Bertrand Stephen St Amand Leo Simard. High Honors 8th grade include Guy Guillemette Robert Arcand Ronald Cote Giles Tremblzy. 7th grade Paul Barabe Michael LaBelle Melvin Le Blond Robert Lauzon Leo Paul Lessard Donald Rousseau Ronald Chretien Norman Binette Fernand Bernier David Bou cher David Bouffard. Honors 8th grade Roland Gobeil Ronald Cote Paul Robitaille Donald Lauzier Peter Bouffard Rene Simard. 7th grade Richard Dumont Lionel Beaulieu Daniel Murphy Rudolph Ross Paul Nadeau George Laliberte Michael Bergeron Raymond Bilodeau Guy Boucher Ronald Paquette Andre Cadorette.
The final in a two series of whist parties was held at Le Foyer at the corner of Pool and Foss Streets Biddeford with Bernice Beaulieu and others organizing. Eugene Bouffard won an outstanding award while Bertha Desrosiers captured the series title. Special prizes went to Leona Sinclair Anna Tardif Edward Harvey and Bertha Paquette. Beatrice Corriveau earned last night series win with Alma Caron taking the high score prize. The grand annual whist party is set for March 22 and another series will begin soon with 7:30 p m starts.
An Allied Hampshire Footwear Company employee, Jerry Addamik of 384 Main St Laco, was shocked by two machine wires and rushed to Webber Hospital. He is in fairly comfortable condition and receiving oxygen therapy with several days of observation ahead.
A car leaving a curve crossed Route 2 and struck a tree near Palmyra killing passenger Joseph Erban 20 of Melrose Massachusetts. Driver Lawrence Kenniston 21 of Topsfield Massachusetts was injured and listed in good condition at a Hartland hospital.
Lt. Edward A. Dickson, a Navy pilot from Wyoming Pennsylvania, lies at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital Oakland with a broken right leg after leaping from a disabled A4 Skyhawk at 120 mph. Parachute failure left him entangled, rescued from a snow drift and tree. He says he cannot wait to fly again despite fear of driving.
Mrs Yvonne Bourque and Ferdinand Bourque led a Salle Charite progressive whist event at 17 Alfred St Biddeford with multiple top scorers in women and men divisions. Prize lists name Anna Morin Yvonne Bourque Lillian Grenier Rita Dunton Germaine Mercier and others. weekly top scorers include Poisson Paquette Morin Grenier Dunton and more.</s>
In the dim and distant future spring is hinted as Leo Moreau of Biddeford Pool visits the Journal newsroom with a bunch of pussy willows. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur J Moreau and a sixth grade pupil at St Mary's Grammar School in Biddeford.
Saco Sodality of the Notre Dame de Lourdes Church held a communion breakfast at the Phillippe Restaurant in Biddeford to mark the retreat's end. Rev. Don ald Nicknair spoke on Christianity, with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Arthur J. Dube and a long list of attendees named among speakers and guests.
Over the weekend guests from Massachusetts and New Hampshire joined Leslie Eastman and family in Old Orchard Beach. Attendees included John Corbin, Kenneth Corbin, Lena Waite, and Robert Edwards, all linked to rock and mineral clubs. John Corbin, a mineral dealer, helped celebrate his birthday at a dinner party with Paul Wight present. The group later joined Walter Wuth for a Maine winter field trip.
Members of the Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society visited the new science building at Gorham State Teachers College. They inspected the rooftop observatory and the geological classroom, viewed mineral specimens, and noted a gem-cutting machine for students.
Biddeford announces march fund drive captains including Robert F. Gross ward one Mrs Paul Lavoie ward two Mrs Joseph E DeMeule ward three Leander O Cre peau ward four Carleton F Foss ward five Joseph A Pelletier ward six captain Michael Baker co captain and Mrs Arnold C Shapiro ward seven for the Red Cross campaign.
Biddeford residents had a quiet day with no major accidents or fire department calls. The fire department ambulance responded to a call transporting a patient to the state hospital in Augusta and another to a local hospital.
Town Manager Leon Jones announced surplus food distribution for all eligible persons at Town Hall. Distribution hours are 9:11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on both today and tomorrow.
Firefighters responded to a flooded oil burner at the home of David Sands 2 Runnells Ave. The residence owned by Walter Murphy of Portland Ave sustained the incident with no equipment used and the fire department arriving on scene putting the fire out.
Hugh Marshall of Biddeford attends a meeting of the Industrial Development Council of Maine in Bangor today to discuss regional development and investment opportunities.
Dr. Robert Miller displayed minerals and gave a talk at the Mineralogical and Geological Society meeting. Paul Wight served as vice president, and the event took place in the Science Building at Gorham State Teachers College.
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