Saco Business Growth and Local Infrastructure Talks
Allied Hampshire to consolidate East Coast operations in Saco with more jobs. Edwards division of Maremont resumes muffler manufacturing after consent decree voided. $125000 contract for operating rods to M 4 rifle announced. State Highway to use solar salt on Southern Maine roads. Saco used it for over a year. Budget debates loom as 1963 tax line to be held with few increases expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Allied Hampshire
Edwards
Maremont Corporation
State Highway Commission
Maine
Herbert Kerns
Portsmouth
N.H
Biddeford- Dayton
Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford
Dayton
Council Action Confirms Deans and Other Nominations
AUGUSTA The Executive Council confirmed Gov. Reed's appointments including William B. Deans of Biddeford and Harry Fitzhenry of Lubec to Maine Industrial Building Authority. It also reappointed James J. George Sr. of Waterville to the Maine Employment Security Commission and approved several medical and professional board nominations across Waterville Bath Portland Caribou and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Reed
William B. Deans
Biddeford
Harry Fitzhenry
Lubec
Hart Maine Industrial Building Authority
James J.george, Sr
Waterville
Maine Employement Security Commission
William J F. Kierstead
Board of
Dental Examiners
Arnold M. Briggs
Damariscotta
Board of Commissioners of Pharmacy
Walter J. Creamer J
Bangor
Graydon E. Lomibard
Caribou
Electricians Examining Board
Paul G. Bagdikian
Bath
Board of Chiropractic Examination and Registration
Bartlett M. van Note, Jr
Portland
Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees
Eugene G. Gormley
Houston
Aroostook
Saco Mayor Favored for Re election If Taxes Stay Steady
Observers in Saco say a mayor who can hold taxes steady during his term will be a strong re election favorite. The year includes notes on city goals like the industrial park sewage plant and school visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Civil Defense Group Announces Appointments in Biddeford
Biddeford Civil Defense and Public Safety Association held a bi monthly meeting at the city building where director Wilfred Perreault announced appointments including Alden Jacobs Harry Gowen and Frank Peck as assistant directors Mrs Libby Remark head of the mass feeding committee Mrs Claudine Ledoux and Mrs Norma Lavigne as assistants Henry Roc ray named head of CD special police and Mrs Norma Lavigne head CD policewomen Robert Lavigne named chief of the rescue truck A family or home radiation kit was shown and may be purchased via the CD director By law revisions were set for the next meeting January 28 all members asked to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Perreault
Biddeford Civil Defense and Public Safety Association
Biddeford
Alden Jacobs
Harry Gowen
Frank Peck
Libby Re‘mar
Cla‘ra Ledoux
Norma Lavigne
Henry Rocray
CD Special Police
Robert Lavi
New England Vignettes by James Calogero
New England Vignettes: packaging waste costs from Rhode Island study. Governor Endicott Peabody unlisted number tale. Cambridge custodian Mike Brady birthday gift trip to Ireland. unlicensed dog case in Greenfield. hare tagging study by Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Game detailing a long journey from Colrain to Searsburg Mountain.
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James Calogero
Boston
New England
University of Rhode Island
Jim Bromley
Bromley
Rhode Island
Kite House
White House
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Cambridge
Mike Brady
Lesley-Ellis Grammar School
County
Mayo
Ireland
Mary V. Wright
Mike
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Game
Colrain
Mass
Searsburg Mountain
Hairdressers Name Committees For National Beauty Salon Week
Biddeford Saco hairdressers select committee members for National Beauty Salon Week and outline a February 9 dance at the K of C hall Biddeford as the kickoff. A February 2 meeting at Alice Verrier’s home will finalize the special events program and other week activities. The article lists chairwomen, coordinators, and volunteers for decorations, refreshments, membership, welfare and the Magic to Shut-ins project. Bill Cunningham, a 6 foot 4 sophomore at North Carolina, led the Tar Heel freshmen in scoring last season with 20.7 points per game in 10 appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford - Saco
Cecile P. Boutet
Saco
K of C Hall
Biddeford
Alice Verrier
Goose Rocks Beach
Cecile Boutet
Rhea Hanson
Rita King
Lorette Richard
Lucille Poisson
Juliette Gar Lon
Theresa Arbour
Paula Murphy
Carmella Giammarino
Arbour
Richard
Poisson
Juliette Garon
Esther Antonakos
Hanson
Boutet
Garon
Verriere
Murphy
Irma St. Amand
King
Giammarino
Bill Cunningham
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Brooklyn
Rotary hearing on journey to Baffin Island lands
Ex coast guardsman Alan Graves outlined a year on Baffin Island home to Eskimos and polar wildlife. He described the harsh climate with December darkness and June sunlight, LORAN duties, large families and a short life expectancy. Rotarians viewed slides of hunting, bears, seals, sled dogs, and a parachuted Christmas tree.
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Coast
Graves
Scarborough
iGraves
Civilization
Baffin Island
Stuart V. Flavin
Urgs
Kennebunk Club
Clayton W. Cartmill
George H. Bragdon
Weymouth
Mass
Vernon E. Littlefield
Frank H. Beard
Marion A. Packard
Fred Holmberg
Roger D. Gonneville
Kennebunk
Three Local Men Enlist in U S Army From Biddeford Area
Sergeant 1-C Paul D. Cobb announced that three Biddeford area men Jesse C. Philbrick Jr Leo P Jalbert and Richard H Boston enlisted on Monday at Portland and Wells. Philbrick will attend a 14 week automotive repair course then enter Aberdeen proving ground Maryland. Jalbert will serve in Europe after basic and advanced training in the US. Boston has prior service and will report to Fort Benning Georgia for airborne training. The McMahon line drawn in 1914 marks the India Tibet border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
U.S. Army
Paul D. Cobb
Jesse C. Philbrick, Jr
Jesse C. Philbrick
Ross Road
Saco
Leo P. Jalbert
Peter E. Jalbert
White Wharf Street
Portland
Philbrick
Aberdeen Proving Ground
MD Jalbert
Europe
Cobb
Richard H. Boston
Esther H. Boston
Wells
Boston
Army
Fort Benning, Ga
Airborne Training Center
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Seattle
San Francisco
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
San Juan
Paris
Helsinki
Frankfurt
Astanbul
Tehran
Bombay
Calcutta
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
Kennedy
United States
Africa
Asia
Bolduc Paint CO
Alfred St
Main Street
Saco Electric
J. W. Neithercut & Sons
Storer Street
Electrical Contractors
Del’s
Kinmond
Goodyear
Elm St
Crowley, III
Saco Democratic Soria
Timothy
Bonython
Locke
Jordan
District Court
Saco Municipal Court
Hilary Mahaney
William F. Wilson Jr
Main
Storer
Elm
North
Beach
Dr. Whelan
Dr. Burns
Industrial Park
Taylor’s Store
SLAX
Ist
Men's & Boys
Chino Pants
Washington Street
Mayor Worthing
Western Auto
Saco Cage
Thornton
Garland
Lamontagne
Albrecht
Saco Gop
Phyllis Deschambeault
Register of Deeds
Edward Little
Civil Defense Group
Greenfield
Samuel T. Tisdale
Marshall B. Gould
Gould
Oberstdorf
West Germany
Rotary
India
Tibet
Sir Henry McNhon
Cam
Pine Street
Hamburg
Bob
Remar
Boys’ Store
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