Pomerleau Announces Candidacy for York County Probate Office
William W. Pomerleau of 9 Marshall Avenue Biddeford, 32, announces his Republican bid for York County Register of Probate in June primaries. Westbrook native, graduate of Westbrook High School, Bridgton Academy, Elkhart Business Academy, and Portland University Law School class of 1956, admitted to Maine bar the same year. Navy veteran of World War II and Korean War, unmarried, active with St. Mary church and Fraternal Order of Eagles. first foray into politics.
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William W. Pomerleau
Marshall Avenue
Biddeford
York Courity
Westbrook
Pomerleau
Westbroook High School
Bridgton Academy
Elkhart
Indiana
Portland University Law School
Maine
New York City
Feehan, Pomerleau, Sawyer and Xaphes
Graham Street
Portland
Poyerleau
U. S. Navy
St. Mary Church
Order of Eagles
Saco Aims at French Skill With Puppets in Classrooms
Miss Loretta Robitaille leads 28 Saco public school classes from grades four to eight in a new conversational French program. Puppets, dramatization, and repetition key methods, with drills in pairs and group practice. The project spans Burns Young and Bonython schools and uses tape review for reinforcement.
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Saco
Loretta Robitaille
Miss Robitaille
Burns School
Young School
Bonython
Will a Dead Giveaway in Christmas Joke Traffic Jam
A joke sketch shows a traffic jam scene where a lady honks loudly and a police officer asks what else she received for Christmas. The line ends with a quip about a will being a dead giveaway, attributed to Capt. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Fea. Corp
Auburn Water District Appeals PUC Rate Rise Ruling
Augusta report that the Auburn Water District appealed to the Supreme Court after the Public Utilities Commission denied a rate increase. The PUC ruled the district’s charter caps Auburn water charges and a bond plan must be changed before any rate hike.
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Augusta
Auburn Water District
Supreme Court
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
City of Auburn
Mosher Leaves Webber for Boston Dispensary Post
Mosher, longtime Webber hospital accountant and office manager, resigns to take a similar role at the Boston Dispensary. He will begin February 23 at the Boston unit of the New England Medical Center. He has been active in church and civic groups and resides in Saco with his wife at 169 Ferry Road. No replacement named at Webber.
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Willard C. Mosher
Webber Hospital
Boston Dispensary
Carleton F. Davis
Mosher
Boston Hospital
New England Medical Center
New England Center Hospital
Besier Floating Hospital
Tufis University School of Medicine
Dental Medicine
New England
Webber
Second Congregational Church
Biddeford-Saco
Maine Hospital Association
Ferry Road
Saco
Besto
Pill Giving Dentist Fined in Halloween Incident
Fremont California dentist Dr. William V. Shyne 40 was fined 525 dollars placed on two years probation and given a four month suspended jail sentence for outraging public decency after allegedly giving laxative pills to children instead of candy several children fell ill but none hospitalized
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Fremont
Calif
William V. Shyne
Saco Extends Adult Education Registration This Week
Registration for the second semester at Thornton Academy in Saco is extended through the week to allow area residents to enroll in classes. The program director, Sidney Griffith, cites winter travel and illness as reasons. Courses include Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Typing, woodworking, stenciling, and a Coast Guard led free safety course. Each regular course carries a $5 fee with 10 students per class. Coast Guard course is free. New sessions start February 1 on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Three classes filled last night with more than 100 enrolled. first semester closed with over 150 completing work.
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Saco
Thornton Academy
Sidney Griffith
Griffith
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Pacifist Doctor Appeals Contempt Conviction
Dr Willard Uphaus a 69 year old Methodist from New Haven Conn appealed his contempt conviction to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. He began a year in jail on December 14 for defying a court order to reveal the names of guests at his World Fellowship summer camp in Conway.
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Concord
N. H
Willard Uphaus
Supreme Court
Uphaus
New Haven
Conn
World Fellowship
Ln Conway
Biddeford Mothers March slate led by Mrs Towle
Mrs Earle A Towle of 23 Union Street Biddeford named chairwoman of the Biddeford Mothers March on Polio set for Thursday evening with Pepprell hall as headquarters. Arthur Peloquin announced the selection. Towle is a former Laur ette Beauchemin and has managed multiple stores in Biddeford and Portland. The event runs 6 20 to 8 p m with area captains and committee roles to be announced, as part of the statewide March of Dimes drive.
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Biddeford
Earle A. Towle
Union Street
Arthur Peloquin
Towle
Laurette Beauchemin
St. Joseph High School
Smart and Thrifty
Clear Weave
Portland
St. Theresa
St. John the Baptist Society
Notre Dame Hospital
Maine
Pepprell Hall
Mothers March
Raymond Mathieu
Albert Merryman
Phyllis Cote
Esther Springer
Raymond Couture
Leda Hajdusz
Fernand Bourque
Lucien Doyon
Theodore Cote
Maurice Roux
Roland St. Ours
William Colliff
Cuban Minister Warns of Cadavers if Marines Land
In Havana, Justice Minister Alfredo Yabur warned there would be millions of cadavers if U S Marines set foot in Cuba. He referenced a claim of 10 000 Marines at Guantanamo Bay, a figure the U S Navy denied as false. Yabur pledged Cuba would defend the nation even against atomic bombs.
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Havana
Cuba
U.S
Alfredo Yabur
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Norfolk
Atlantic Fleet
United States
Caribbean
Vieques Island
Puerto Rico
Naval Base
Yabur
Maine House Rejects Bill For Private School Bus Service
The Maine House rejected by a 76 to 69 vote a bill permitting municipally financed bus service for non profit private schools. The measure now goes to the Senate with potential revival only if both branches and the governor approve. Lead debater Rep. Earles argued it is a policy on transporting pupils, not faith or morals.
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Augusta
Maine
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Maine Supreme Court
William G. Earles
South Portland
Judiciary
Earles
Dentist Links New England Teeth to Fluoride Deficit
Dr Finn Brudevold of Forsyth Dental Clinic told the Massachusetts Dental Society that New England has the worst teeth in the western world due to lack of fluoride in water. A study of thousands from the U S and beyond shows reduced decay resistance without fluoride. He spoke at a three day dental health education course and urged artificial fluoride supplementation.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts Dental Society
United States
Pacific Islands
Greenland
Finn Brudevold
Forsyth Dental Clinic
Dental Health
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Robitaille
St. Joseph College
Windham
St. Bruno College
Lyons
France
Frederick Bellevue
Charles Rosen
Charles
Reed Welch
Salvation Army
Amvets
Frank Cote
Edgar Simoneau
Armand Grebin
Henry Rocray
Roger Roberge
Civil Defense
Alden Jacobs
Amvets Auxiliary
Cecile Pyer
Frances Allen
Story
Saco Church School
MOD
Saco United Baptist Church
Harley Scammon
Richard Doe
Roy Watson
Shirley Randall
Alegra Eunseen
Joan MacDougall
Ethel Goodier
Kenneth Carters
Emma Lru Hanson
Francis McDonald
Dwight Sawyer
Adolph Hurrell
Herman Clark
Emma Lougee
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Webhannet Club
Kennebunk
Phillip F., Saxe
Ralph Greene
Bernard M. Johnstone
Maine Publicity Bureau
John G. Smith
Chamber
Leon A. Bradley
William Riley
Frank Beard
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