Thornton Academy Debate Club Enjoys Busy Season
Thornton Academy activities cover a lively period with dances after games hosted by Freshmen and Sophomores, Maine All-State Music Festival selections including Glenn Anderson and others, Ski Club outings at Big A, and a busy debate calendar featuring Bates College Bowdoin Melrose and a Shamrock Tournament as the season nears the New England District event.
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T.A
Maine
Glenn Anderson
Janice O'Neil
Debbie Frappier
Steve Willey
Seline Mack
Kathi LeDoux
Thomas Mogan
Morris Page
Jerry Walls
Thornton
Bates College
Melrose High School
James Ross
Karen Truman
University of Maine
Bates
Thornton Academy
New England
National Forensic League
Safe Driving Helps In Dating The Gals
Fairfax County Police officer Edward F Cox promotes the Date Approved Safe Driver and Back Seat Driver License programs for 40 000 high school students in the affluent Virginia county south of Washington D C The scheme uses car rear stickers and a driving quiz to certify teens as safe dates and it aims to curb risky driving by pairings with guidance from girls and school service clubs.
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Fairfax
Fairfax County
Fairfax County Police Pvt
Edward F. Cox
Cox
Washington, D.C
Fairfax County Safety Council
Issa H High School
Fairfax County Police Department
Old Orchard Beach Ski Club welcomes six new members
Old Orchard Beach High School adds Donna Blow Patti Anderson Mike Menard Kim Leighton Pam McLeod and Sue Duha mel to its ski program bringing total members to 36. First trip participants received blue and white pins as the Girls Basketball team prepares for six more games this season including home contests against St Josephs Welts Marshwood Kennebunk and York all at 3 30 p m. The F H A plans a weekly meeting Thursday with Betty Gordon in charge of food and a speaker scheduled for February 2 on Teenage Citizens responsibilities.
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Thornton
Mem
Betty Gordon
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach High School
Donna Blow
Patti Anderson
Mike Menard
Kim Leighton
Pam McLeod
Sue Duhamel
Old Orchard Beach Hi
St. Joseph's
Berwick
Welts
Marshwood
Kennebunk
York
F.H.A
Executive Council
Westbrook
St. Louis
What Really Troubles Today's Teens A TEEN
Nancy Gilbert surveys teen worries through reader letters, finding about 95 percent fall into two areas dating etiquette and teen parentadult relations. Winners note that parties, popularity, and adult approval dominate teen concerns, with many issues recurring despite varied locations and backgrounds.
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Nancy Gilbert
Youth Service Research, Inc
Vietnam
Passaic, N.J
C.P
Teens critique family strain and generational gaps in letters
Readers from Tacoma to South Bend share frustration with parental control and miscommunication. Many express longing for respect and autonomy while some praise loving fathers who fill parental roles. One teen cites Rome’s fall as warning, asking if there is hope.
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Maria Martino
South Bend
Ind
Kate Baum
Silver Bay
Minn
Allan Gaseer, Jr
Albany
U.S
Rome
Allan
Homework Help From Moms Beats Dads In Teen Grades
A survey of 1,400 teens found 56 percent rate mothers’ homework help as A quality, while 27 percent favor fathers. Boys prefer dad’s aid more, 40 percent versus 10 percent for girls. One in five report peers doing homework together, and under 2 percent seek tutors. Most teens say they study on their own. 60 percent rely on no outside help. Opinions split on whether home help improves grades, but most agree student effort governs outcomes.
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Nancy Gilbert
Youth Service Research, Inc
Jeanne Wahl
Louisville
Marsha Panko
Hamden, Conn
Marsha
James McDonald
Honolulu
Hawaii
Board President Receives Pin On Retirement
Miss Marion Lowell of 402 Main St Saco resigns as president of the Wardwell Home board after 20 years of service. She succeeded her mother in 1948 and received an engraved pin on her resignation. Mrs Stephanie Butler will become president, with Butler having served as first vice president and secretary.
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Marion Lowell
Main St
Saco
Board of Managers
Wardwell Home
Middle St
Enoch Lowell
Largest gold producing mine Homestake in Lawrence County
The Homestake mine in Lawrence County, South Dakota, stands as the United States leading gold producer. Its scale, historic output, and long operation underline the region’s mining prominence and economic impact.
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United States
Homestake
Lawrence County
St Louis High School Winter Carnival Planned for Feb 9 10
The Student Council announced a school winter carnival to be held February 9 and 10. Activities include a Friday basketball game and record hop, outdoor and indoor sports all day Saturday, culminating in the carnival ball and the crowning of the king and queen that night.
Just Blame It On The High Cost Of Living
Dear Mike laments rising car costs after borrowing his dad's 1966 Mercury. He pays 11.5 cents per mile for about 100 miles weekly, while a county fair device promising better mileage fails to improve performance. Mike advises the reader to chalk it up to borrowing costs and notes gimmicks are ineffective.
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Tacoma
Ron S
Michael Lamm
Mike
Privateers Authorized to Attack Enemy Shipments
The privateers used by the American colonists were private vessels authorized to cruise at sea and capture an enemy's ships and merchandise.
Whitman Whitman Leaves of Waldo Emerson at Columbia Butler Library
The World Almanac notes a first edition of Leaves of Waldo Emerson can be read at Columbia University’s Butler Library. Emerson’s July 21, 1855 letter praises Whitman’s book as the most extravagant wit and wisdom America has yet contributed.
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Walt Whitman
Waldo Emerson
Columbia University
Butler Library
Emerson
Whitman
America
To Be Built BHS Play Adds Sets From Industrial Arts
Biddeford High School juniors participate in honors English and myth and drama courses during free periods. A winter carnival planned with a dance and snow sculptures. ROTC crew navigational flight over Augusta. JROTC girls hear about Air Force careers. Gymnastic practice ahead of regional meet on March 9. Senior Class play directed by Roger Painchaud will debut with industrial arts sets for the first time, tickets 75 cents students and $1 adults.
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John Verrier
Biddeford High School
Keith Doyon
Janet St. Onge
Linda Sevigny
Peter Carrier
Gail Binette
Bonita Houde
Michael LaBelle
Roberta Danis
Joyce Dube
Priscilla Rheault
Lanny Whitten
Bonnie Snow
Mary McCarthy
Pauline Pouravelis
Kathy Garnache
Liz Kearney
Alice Roy
Jackie Chretie
Sandra Litwinowick
Barry Noble
Roseann Cote
Ruth Dearborn
Roger Painchaud
Pool Academy Plans For A Skating Party
After two weeks of vacation Marie Joseph Academy students returned for mid term exams week. The Student Council has instituted the MJA Honor System and plans a skating party on Jan 28 with hootenanny sock dance and 50 cent admission. Hot chocolate and cookies will be served as guests from nearby areas are invited.
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Marie Joseph Academy
MJA
Academy
Seagren to defend vault title at Boston A A Games
Bob Seagren of Southern California aims to avenge a rare defeat as he returns to Boston for the 79th Boston A A Track Games at the Garden on January 27. He and Villanova’s Vince Bizzaro head a strong vault field with Bizzaro posting a 16 foot 7 inch best, the highest in Boston history.
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Boston
Teachers Pageant: Retired Teachers Meet in Wells
The York County Retired Teachers Association will meet Tuesday January 23 at 11 45 a m at Wells Grange Hall Route 109 Wells. Business includes electing a second vice president and reports on 1967 projects with proposed changes to meeting numbers and times. Attendees are asked to bring paper napkins for Camp Waban. After a 12 30 p m lunch Miss Carolyn Wilson will lead a program.
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Wells
York County
Retired Teachers Association
Wells Grange Hall
Camp Waban
Carolyn Wilson
Bill McCarren Named 1967 Scout of the Year
New York based Scouts Hot Stove League honors Bill McCarren for 35 years with the Boston Red Sox organization. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, and was chosen for the annual award this week, with 75 regional scouts in the metropolitan area in the league.
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New York
Bill McCarren
Boston Red Sox
Pro Scouts
Hot Stove
eCarren
Jersey City
N.J
Bigger Base of The Pyramid of the Sun Bigger Than Cheops
A comparison notes that the Pyramid of the Sun near Mexico City has a larger base than the great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. The text also states that the female eel can release as many as 10 million eggs.
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Mexico City
Cheops
Egypt
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Donna Tripp
Mind Garden
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Tex
Ellen Davies
L.L
Duluth
Sylvia Davidson
Monroe
Wisc
By Suzanne Sweeney
St. Louis High School
Peter S. Kyros
Coneright
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
BHS
Industrial
BHS Afjrotc
ROTC
David Crocker
Donald Cantara
Ronald Dorias
Col
Everett Thurlow
Augusta
Marian Hammer
Women’s Air Force
Pease Afb
New
Hampshire
Girls’ Auxiliary Club
Air Force
Southern Maine
Susan Maxwell
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Margaret Deans
U. of M
Gail Dansereau
Dee Dee Berry
Raymond Wynne
University of Houston
Harlow Currier
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
State Health, Education, and Welfare Department
Currier
Pool Academy
By Annette Rioux
Sister Helen of the Holy Cross
Susan Lemieux
Wiston
Jane Levesque
Celina Verrier
East Greenwich
R.I
Priscille Doyon
Biddeford
Bernadette Goddu
Holyoke
Mass
Dianne Clavette
Portland
Jacinthe Lemelin
Bid
Charles Dickens
Times. Square
Janice Jandreau
Caribou
Rachel Ouellette
Linda Cormier
Gardner
Lackland Air Force Use
Gordon A. Michaud
Gordon G. Michaud
Hill St
Air Force Technical Training Center
Sheppard Afb
Michaud
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