Boyle's Notebook uses the new arithmetic
A 1930s style column by HAL BOYLE notes tax inspectors finding errors in one in five returns and jokes about the new arithmetic. It muses on brain power versus computers, spending on clothing, earnings by age 64 for doctors and lawyers, and light observations on tension, superstition, marriage, and veterans.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Uncle Sam
Matilda
US Census Bureau
John Barrymore
VFW Auxiliary Plans Poster Contest for Fourth Grade
Biddeford VFW Auxiliary meeting led by President Flora Poirier discussed sponsoring a fourth grade poster contest. Miss Marguerite Poire outlined details while Sunshine Chair Jeannette Curro reported. A card party opens to the public Thursday at 7 30 p.m. with next meeting set for February 13 at 7 30 p.m.
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Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Biddeford City Building
Flora Poirier
Blanche Small
Maylie Tardiff
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Mamie Gagne
Webber Hospital
Marguerite Poire
Sunshine
Jeannette Curro
Staples Unit Plans Tea For Heart Fund
Old Orchard Beach American Legion Auxiliary unit reports 61 paid members. Virginia Ford sent 500 coupons to the department chair. A baked bean supper was successful and the mystery prize went to Ford. A Heart Fund tea is set for Feb 27 with Rose Fournier as chair. The York County and Cumberland County councils plan a joint Feb 11 service for four chaplains in Saco. Shirley Doe to attend leadership class Feb 11 12 in Kennebunkport. February meeting set for Feb 13.
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Old Orchard Beach
Simonne Remillard
Heart Fund
Rose Fournier
York County Council
Saco
Cumberland County Council
Shirley Doe
Kennebunkport
Old Orchard Beach Club Seeks Treasures at Meeting
The Old Orchard Beach Club meets Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Mrs Priscilla Skilling's Union Avenue home with assist ing hostesses Mary Mewer and Retta Sait. Members bring a treasure to display and discuss.
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Old Orchard Club
Priscilla Skilling
Union Avenue
Mary Mewer
Retta Sait
Methodist
Washington Avenue
St. John’s
Jonesport Coast Guard Station in Johnson's Budget
Rep. Hathaway says Johnson's budget would fund a Jonesport Maine coast guard installation including sea and air rescue and navigational aid facilities. Estimated cost about 1.5 million dollars.
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Jonesport
Coast Guard Station
Johnson
Washington
Willam D. Hathaway
D-Maine
Coast Guard
Maine
Hathaway
Pinon Nut Eating Shape Native Skill In New Mexico
Spanish Americans perfect the pinon nut eating method in New Mexico. They place a handful in the left cheek crack shells with teeth and separate meat with the tongue in one fluid motion.
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New Mexico
New Minister Named for Ogunquit Baptist Church
Rev. John B. S. Fitzpatrick, current pastor at West Falmouth Free Baptist Church, will become pastor of Ogunquit Baptist Church and assume duties around April 1. Born in Boston, he studied at several institutions and has five adult children. He previously led Thomaston Baptist Church for 10 years and served at West Falmouth for three years, succeeding Rev. John Dow.
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Mr. Fitzpatrick
Thomaston Baptist Church
West Falmouth
Loca Church
John Dow
Community notices from Kennebunk and area
Kennebunk events include MRS EDMUND CASHEN attending the National Women's Forum in Washington and an EC meeting. A. Harrison Taylor returns home after eight weeks as a surgical patient in Boston. Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters plan a Wednesday meeting. Maine U of M Orono students from Kennebunk areas are on a one week break. Harry Gerald Ambrose returns to Vietnam after 30 days at home.
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Harry Ambrose
National Executive Committee
American Legion Auxiliary
State of
Maine
High Street
Washington, D.C
National Women’s Forum For Women
A. Harrison Taylor
Intervale Road
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Summer Street
Edmund Cashen
Nellie Cashen
Kenneth Cashen
Kenneth Mahar
Norwood
Mass
Marlowe LeBarge
Betsy
Laurie
Debbie
Kristen
Jonathan
Park Street
Alexander MacIntyre
Ivy Temple
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias Hall
Ada Foss
Lucretia Powers
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
University of Maine At
Orono
Martin Billings
Scituate Mass
William Hoffman
Walter Lord
Pfe
Harry Gerald Ambrose
Harry A. Ambrose
High St
Vietnam
David Henry Named Regular Patrolman in Kennebunk
David Henry of 4 Birch Street has been named a regular patrolman for the Kennebunk Police Department after years as a reserve member. Town Manager Earle D. Hardy announced last night that Henry will start his new duties in about two weeks.
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Kennebunk
David Henry
Birch St
Earle D. Hardy
Henry
Biddeford Man Is Part of Harbor's Protective Shield
In Saigon and Vung Tau area patrol boats from Operation Stable Door shield unarmed merchant ships. Boatswain's Mate first class Robert D. Murphy of Biddeford Maine serves aboard the four 36 foot boats based at Cat Lo. They board and search about 20 Vietnamese junks daily for contraband while maintaining a 24 hour watch with Harbor Entrance Control Post. The unit funds a bridge project for a local fishing village and supports supply lines for troops in Vietnam.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Murphy
Neil P. Quirk
USNR
Cat Lo
Vung Tau
Anchorage
Dimes Drive Workers Listed In Kennebunk
Kennebunk prepares for the March of Dimes Drive with co chairs Mrs. Mary Perrow and Mrs. Cecelia Cashen announcing captains. Captains and their workers include numerous listed volunteers led by Mrs. J Frank Harrison and Mrs. Ralph Walker, among others, to organize town efforts.
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Kennebunk
Mary Perrow
Cecelia Cashen
Frances Robinson
Mary Durgin
J. Frank Harrison
John McAlevey
Ernest Eaton
Brent Anderson
Daniel Austin
Robert Stuart
Chester Cram
James Miller
Stanton King
Bernard Kenney
Ralph Walker
Kathy Phillips
Richard Weeman
Barbara Spencer
Robert Berube
Heber Smith
George LeBarge
David Shields
Francis Lamontagne
John Cummings
Linwood Nedeau
Marlowe LeBarge
Martin Billings
Ronald Robertson
Daniel Smart
C. Roland Dutch
Fred Taylor
Henry Desper
Arthur LeBlanc
Carl Salvato
Myron Goodwin
Hugh Curtis
Raymond Adjutant
Lesley Howard
Claude Sanborn
Frederick Nadeau
Cecil Grant
Harry Stevens
Maynard Rollins
Herbert Duffill
Shirley Feeney
Willard Kelly
Stanley Zaleski
Clifford Welch
David Reynolds
Sherman Perry
Herbert Baum Jr
Robert Dowd Jr
Stanley Kaleski
Carroll Gooch
Gooch Wyman
Robert
Prayer Day Planned By Church Women
The Arundel Council of United Church Women will plan World Day of Prayer at 1 p.m. January 30 at Mrs. Robert Guptil’s home 7 Mechanic Street Kennebunk. World Day of Prayer will be February 10 at Christ Church Kennebunk at 2 p.m. The theme is Of His Kingdom There Shall Be No End. The program was prepared by Queen Salote Tupou of Tonga. She ruled the Tonga Islands for 47 years and died a few months after completing the service. Since 1949 World Day of Prayer services have been held in Tonga, the country closest to the international date line.
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Kennebunk
Arundel
Tomga
State Deputies Visit Grange At Ogunquit
Ogunquit Grange hosts Riverside Grange guests Mr and Mrs Charles De Haven who discuss new Grange policies and inspection plans for second degree work. Ogunquit Grange praised for high York County rating. York Pomona Grange supper success noted and thanks extended to organizers.
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Ogunquit
Charles de Haven
Riverside Grange
Ogunquit Grange
School Street
DeHaven
York County
Hazel Margeson
Pomona Grange
Doris Hilton
Maude Hilton
Alyce Brooks
Muriel Ramsdell
Celia Norton
Albine Watson
Terry
Medicare help center encounter on sex classification
Mrs. Nan cy Kindswater at the Denver information booth recalls a woman asking for help finding her sister who sought to change her sex. The sister had visited to change her Medicare classification from male to female.
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Denver
Nancy Kindswater
Federal Office
Thunderbirds Plan Scout-O-Rama Event at Sanford Armory
A report on ticket sales to date for the Scout-O-Rama to be held by Boy Scout troops on February 25 at Sanford Armory was given at a Thunderbird Patrol meeting on Wakefield Avenue in Saco. Assistant Patrol Leader Robert opened the session.
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Sanford Armory
Thunderbird Patrol
Wakefield Avenue
Saco
Robert
Icy Breezes Sweep Northern New England Amid Cold Maine
The Weather Bureau reports southern New England will see warm mid to upper 50s and 60s while northern Maine endures winter conditions with near 40s on the coast and around 20 inland. Low temps hover in the 40s to 50s. A strong Atlantic high pressure brings mild weather south and arctic air grips northern Maine.
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Boston
New England
Maine
The
Weather Bureau
Vermont
New Hampshire
Atlantic
Boston Woman Stops Finance Heist Suspect Fleeing
A Boston witness yelled grab that man during a finance company holdup. Police chased and captured the suspect who later secured release after convincing officers he was an amateur runner training for next spring's Boston Marathon.
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Boston (Ap
Balloon release found and returned to patrol
Ouellette announced a balloon release in Saco on October 17 1966 was found by Claude Moreau of Brighton Nova Scotia and returned to the patrol. Work on a secret project for the Scout O Rama took place.
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Boyle
Solomon
Far West
America
Volkswagen
Parts & Service
King’s Motors Ate
Five Points
Biddefora
Ben Franklin
White’s Garage
Labelle & Method Construction Co., Inc
Youland
Main Street
Travelalls
Wheel
White
Elm Street
VFW Auxiliary
Staples Unit
Tea For Heart Fund
Clement P
Wight Dial
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Harbor
PO 1.C
Robert D. Murphy
Copr
Advertisers Exchange Inc
Ctaode
McCall’s
Dundune
Zantrel
Singer Today
Biddeford Shopping Center
Thunderbirds
B. F. Goodrich
Oaly Bros
Alfred St
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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