New England Vignettes From Walter Mears
AP dispatch recounts Kennedy campaign co-pilot Pierre Salinger and Roland Dumais of Lonsdale with 250000 miles logged during the Democratic presidential bid. Dumais calls the administration demanding, a merry old rat race, while Manchester NH sees significant snow. Boston metro officer Leo Deschamps skates on Mill Pond during 10 am to 5 pm duties to supervise hockey events.
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Walter R. Mearston
New England
Pierre Salinger
John F
Washington
Leo Deschamps
Danvers
Mass
Mill Pond
Deschamps
Bottled songs and odd notices from local towns
A Rhode Island toll collector faced a blunt in a brief roadside assault near Mount Hope Bridge. In New Bedford a college basketball tourney unfolds as residents cheer the Nort South Sea food Fiesta. Quincy songwriter Dan Shaw, writing as Elsa G Shaw, has cast 3015 bottled lyrics into the sea seeking a publisher, with voyages reaching New Brunswick and the Azores. Gardner News belated Christmas note recalls a liquor store ad in a local paper.
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Elsa G Shaw
Quincy, Mass
Atlantic
Bainbridge Island
Seattle
Shaw
Dan Shaw
The
Gardner News
TV Reporter Snubs Hype On New NBC Comedy Series
AP TV-Radio writer Cynthia Lowry notes public promises about TV shows often oversell. Nanette Fabray stars in a new NBC Friday night comedy described as containing the most material she has ever had, amid skepticism about the hype.
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New York
Hollywood
Nanette iFobray
NBC
Ranald MacDougall’s Script Based Show Recommends CBS Reports
The scripts were written by her husband Ranald MacDougall and center on the home life of the Ranald MacDougalls. Tonight’s recommended program is CBS Reports from 10 to 11 p.m. Eastern. Edward R. Murrow and Bill Leonard will handle commentary on The Beat Majority, an analytical report on election procedures.
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Ranald MacDougall
Ranald MacDougalls
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Bill Leonard
Beach Rebekahs Postpone Meet And Set New Date
Old Orchard Beach Rebekah lodge met Wednesday with Mrs. Letha Butts presiding and eight past noble grands present. The district meeting moved to Saturday March 11 with afternoon and evening sessions at Old Orchard Beach. The York County Past Noble Grands association meeting was postponed to January 18 to allow the same committee to serve supper. The Past Noble Grands meeting for Old Orchard Rebekah lodge will be held Monday January 4 at Mrs. Avis Briggs's home with supper at 6 pm. refreshments served by Mrs. Dorothy Arno, Mrs. Letha Butts, and Miss Margaret Chamberlin.
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Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Noble
Letha Butts
Old Orchard Beach
York County
Avis Briggs
Lawn Avenue
Dorothy Arno
Margaret Chamberlin
Rockettes Club Aids March of Dimes Campaign
The Rockettes club met at Rachel Tarin’s Elmwood Drive home in Saco to plan support for the annual March of Dimes drive. The group approved jackets for new members and appointed Tarin as press reporter. Mary Lou Bedard led the session. Betty Lamson hosts the next meeting on January 11.
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Rockettes Club
Rachel Tarin
Elmwood Drive
Saco
Mary Lou Bedard
Betty Lamson
Union Street
Mary
Home Economics Teachers Plan Maine State Meeting
Home economics teachers of Southwestern Maine hold an area meeting Thursday January 12 at C K Burns School Saco with Louise Fettinger directing as consultant. Agenda covers film strip group divisions working with larger classes revising family resource units proposing policies of the Maine Homemaking Teachers association and questions on today’s consumer and values. Session begins 4 p m ends 8 p m with supper served co chairs Joanne Larsen and Esther Emmons.
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Maine
C. K. Burns
Saco
Louise Fettinger
Maine Homemaking Teachers’ Association
Joanne Larsen
Kennebunk High School
Esther Emmons
C. K. Burns School
Explorers Post Plans January Activities in Biddeford
Explorers Post senior Boy Scouts of Olddeford outlined January plans in the municipal courtroom. Navy recruiter Harold Riddle will show films at Stonehall in Biddeford next week and the public may attend. Advancement week falls in two weeks with a mother and son banquet the following week. A whist party will occur during the month with Boy Scouts handling tickets.
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Exlorer Post
Boy Scouts
O! Iddeford
Las
Municipal Court Room
Navy
Harold Riddle
Stonehall
Mason Street
Biddeford
Chebeague Islanders Seek Signatures for Island Link Referendum
Chebeague Island residents will travel to Biddeford Saco from today through Friday to gather signatures for a petition. The Chebeague Island Bridge Association backs the effort, seeking a mainland connection referendum requiring about 42 000 signatures to place the question on a referendum bill for acceptance.
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Chebeague Island
Biddeford-Saco
The Jewel Box and Showcase Theaters Planned on 42nd Street
Two small experimental theaters are under construction three blocks west of Broadway on 42nd street. Irving Maidman, a local real estate owner, said the venues named the Jewel Box and the Showcase will include rehearsal space workshop areas and offices alongside standard facilities. The article notes surrounding island transport and seasonal visitor patterns to Maine.
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Mental Productions
Broad A Way
42Nd Street
Irving Maidman
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N.H
John Patton
Maine Linoleum CO
Maine Carpet CO
Alfred Street
Stuart Barr
Mount Hope Bridge
Rhode Island
Barr
New Bedford
Nort South Seafood
Journal
Cynthia Lowry
Miss Fabray
FAS
Endicott Johnson
Sid
Remar’s
Tsu
Main Street
Sanford
Main ST
Beach Rebekahs
Teachers of Home Economics State Meeting
Explorers Post
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