Tounge Named Chairman of Saco Assessors
Roy F. Tounge was named chairman of the 1961 Saco board of assessors at an organizational meeting this week. Thomas Simpson was named secretary. Don C. Rhodes, newly appointed member, took his oath from City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis before the meeting. The board voted to meet Saturdays from 9 am to noon or by appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy F. Tounge
Saco Board of Assessors
Thomas Simpson
Don C. Rhodes
Clifford A. Purvis
Snow blower delivered to City of Saco under lease plan
City clerk announces the first item under a lease purchase for Saco. Sicard snow blower delivered at a purchase price of 5900 with 35 monthly payments of 184 and one payment of 168 plus 4 percent interest totaling 6608. A second lease for a snow plow and blade totals 4256 after interest, 35 monthly payments of 118 and one of 126, funded from capital improvements.
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Saco
Clifford
Purivs
R.C. Hazelton Company
Cumberland
Purvis
Hazelton Company
City of
Garland appoints Jamieson as district office secretary
Garland named Lucille Jamieson to run his District office at 5 Washington street Biddeford with Portland office to serve First district residents. Jamieson, 22, a Thornton academy graduate and former campaign secretary, is married to Saco Patrolman Earl Jamieson Jr. They reside at 39 Spring street. Diane Lynn, 18 months, is their daughter. She will work weekdays 9 to 5 assisting constituents and party affiliates alike.
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Pagene
Washington Street
Biddeford
Jamieson
Thornton Academy
Garland Manufacturing Company
Saco
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Manchester
Diane Lynn
Spring Street
Sace
Garland
Portland
Biddeford Fire Crews Respond to Clifford Street Call
Biddeford firefighters made a brief call yesterday afternoon to 41 Clifford Street, Biddeford, responding to a reported incident. No injuries or details of damage were released.
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Biddeford
Clifford Street
Dollar fires a chimney blaze at John Daly home
Saco firemen were summoned to a chimney fire at John Daly’s residence, 106 Temple Street, at 9 30 this morning. No damage was reported.
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Saco
John Daly
Temple Street
Briddell Named President of Kennebunk Chamber
William C Briddell Jr of National Woodworking Co West Kennebunk was named president of the Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting. Outgoing president John G Smith becomes director. Officers include Norris Stephens treasurer and Dr Leon A Bradley executive secretary. Committees for membership retail trade area advertising and publicity industrial improvements harbor developments and civic affairs established with meetings set for the second Thursday each month.
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William C. Briddell, Jr
National Woodworking Company
West Kennebunk
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
John G. Smith
Norris Stephens
Leon A. Bradley
Chamber
Main Street
Kennebunk
Post Office Contract Awarded at Old Orchard Beach
Senator Margaret Chase Smith announced the contract for a new Post Office building at 60 Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach. The Wexler Family Trusts of Newton Mass signed to construct and lease for 10 years at 8840 dollars yearly for 3859 square feet. The lease includes renewal options up to 25 years and a loading platform parking and truck maneuvering space with modern lighting and a low open service counter. Construction starts soon with completion targeted around August.
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Old Orchard Beach
Margaret Chase Smith
Smith
Wexler Family Trusts
Newton Highlands
Mass
Saco Avenue
Family Trust
Saco Youth Fined In Beach Court
James Free, 20, of 26 Glenwood Avenue Saco, was fined $10 and had his license suspended for 10 days by Trial Justice Wesley Mewer in Old Orchard Beach on speeding 60 mph in a 40 mph zone on Saco Beach.
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James Free
Glenwood Avenue
Saco
Wesley Mewer
Old Orchard Beach
Free
Saco Avenue
Labor’s path to revive steel industry debated
R Conrad Cooper of U S Steel urged tax relief and lower costs as a path out of doldrums while meeting United Steelworkers President David McDonald to restore idle plants to full production. Both sides signaled willingness to continue talks, with unions proposing pump priming and industry seeking tax relief and cost cuts.
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U.S. Steel Corp
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
Steel Industry
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
PTA Meeting Highlights Elementary Supervisor Role
Miss Sabrina Regina outlined duties of the elementary supervisor in scheduling pre school enrollment and placement through eighth grade for fall term. She described ability based grouping, testing from May, and report cards, with slides and graphs shown. PTA actions included library project plans, Winter Carnival setup January 27 and 28, science fair February 27, and purchase of entrant plaques.
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Biddeford
Parent-Teacher Association
Sabina Regina
Miss Regina
Fernando Bourque
Raymond Kelleher
Robert Johnson
Norman Reilly
William Deans
PTA
George Harpootlian
Alan Sneider
Claudette Levesque
Ben Remar
Roderick Cyr
Sci
George Wells
Wentworth — Street
Elizabeth Seidel
Raymond Wakefield
Clifford Berry
Daniel Lemovitz
Atty. Louis Spill
Simon Spill
Modern Politics Sketch by Dolby at Biddeford Club
Byron F. Dolby told the Thursday club at Biddeford First Universalist church vestry that modern politics no longer centers on men only as women gain equal roles in municipal and higher level party work. He noted bipartisanship in Saco and urged greater female participation, explaining party candidate selection, voting methods, and the difference between appointive and elective offices. The talk closed with a Q and A on municipal voting duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron F. Dolby
Biddeford First
Universalist Church
Seco
Republican City Committee
Dolby
Saco
York County
Republican Committee
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Biddeford - Saco Journal
C. B. S. Electronics
North Windham
Old Orchard
Carlton F. Parslow, Jr
Main St
West Cutts St
Dial
Mercury
Porter St
Plymouth
Chevrolet
West St
Dodge
Ford
Mack
Willys Jeep
Airport
Elm St
Bddeford
A. S. W. Field
C. ‘Tribert
Portland Industries Corp
South Portland
Wale
Saco Petland
Portland Road
Ito
al Clayton A
Ted
Inquire
Emery St
Saco Ave
Gendron's
Prospect St
W. Morin
A. Caron
Granite St
Kalamazoo
New Brothers Automatic
Orrin-Corrin
STOVE
Florence
Deluxe
Bination Gas & Oi
Graham St
Sneider's
Fournier ‘S Sport
Alfred St
Old York
Lsaco Junk Co
Water St
Ita
South ST
Bath
Sam’s Place
Bildeford
Phillips
School St
Harrison Ave
L. Cohen
Green St
Sunporch
Mount Vernon St
Union St
Myrtle St
Newton Stevens
Hard Jing St
J. D “Oucher Dept
Pleasant St
Spring St
Fairfield St
ISACO
Free St
Dia Iwl
York
Scituate Pond
F. D Chappell
Proto
Bolduc Photo Service
Pool St
Fenderson Sanitary
R. C. Blow
Blow Bros
Grover’s Radio & TV
Dewey Ave
Carl A. Viger
Sullivan St
Common St
Don Dubois
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Saco Journal
M Lester Stickney
Maine
Methodists
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Publishing House
Tennessee State Board of Egalization
Tounge
Saco Assessors
Briddell
Kennebunk C. C
Labor
New England
Joseph Truman
Frank Carey
Theodore Schaffer
William Ashton
Harold Macmillan
Douglas
Scotland
Tito
Karadjordjevo
Yugoslavia
Eisenhower
Albany
Lester Cohen
West 48Th St
New York
N. Y
Moscow
Amd Gorky
Rome
Albanese
Sanford Mills
Palm Beach
River Street
Sanford
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