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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1961
Page
8
A Seattle mother, Mrs Carderas, complains about child exposure to violent portrayals of Sioux and Indians on television. She notes her three year old son imitates gunfire, asks why Redskins programs cast Indigenous people as villains, and fears embarrassment when visitors visit the home. The Seattle Indian Center registers the issue as a mild complaint.
Rev. James P. Mullen Council K of C auxiliary held a meeting at St. Margaret Parish hall Old Orchard Beach presided by Mrs. Rita Sherman. A Heart fund donation, a card party planned for February 12, and Family Communion Sunday next week were announced along with attendance and mystery prize winners.
The Past Matrons association of Miniwanca chapter, Order of Eastern Star, met at Mrs. Ruth Durant’s Old Orchard Beach home with President Mrs. Anna Anderson presiding. The secretary Mrs. Helen Cummins reported on the last meeting and plans for the coming year were set, including meeting locations. The next gathering for past matrons and husbands and past patrons and wives is planned for March 22 at the Robinson Memorial Masonic hall. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Durant. Present were multiple named members including Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Cummins, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Mewer, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Ellingwood, Miss Wight, Mrs. Gertrude Wight, and Mrs. Durant. Father Armand Landi concluded with a cancer film.
President William C. Briddell Jr of the Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce announced the appointment of co chairmen and assistants to the 1961 standing committees. Names cover areas such as advertising civic affairs community service harbor improvements industrial development and more. Each committee will have a chamber director assigned to assist and liaise with the board.
New officers presided at the Ladies society meeting of the First Congregational church in Kennebunkport. Mary Philbrick was president and Dor othy Leach treasurer, with Edna Crown as devotional leader and Ann Stuart as vice president. Committees were named for hospitality publicity sewing and summer fair tasks with plans discussed for floor work and buying a small step ladder.
The Coast Guard reopened the Port of Philadelphia at 4:30 a.m. after seven hours closed as a precaution against fire from a spill of 7,000 gallons of orthoxylene into the Delaware River from a shattered pipeline caused by a collision with the SS Dorset. Most chemical evaporated or dispersed, but concentrations remained near two piers. Fire officials and crews dispersed, with traffic halted along a 72 mile river stretch. The pipeline runs 1,500 feet to storage tanks for Allied Chemical Corp.
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