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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1968

Page

3

Episcopal Church Fair Set In Saco

Members of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Saco will hold their annual Church Fair on Saturday July 27 on church grounds with the theme In A Persian Market General co chairmen are Joseph Hill Rosemary Christie and Mrs Janet Nicholas Advisors and booth chairmen are listed for crabmeat roll luncheon art exhibit white elephant table needle craft kiddies candy table food table books records dolls and pillows snacks and more including balloons and pony rides

Trinity Episcopal Church Main Street Cleveland Street Saco Joseph Hill Rosemary Christie Janet Nicholas Milton Goss John Hill Adam Loudon Linwood Nason Alex Stackpole New New Ronald Bouter Edward Cloudman Robert Moody Florence Rea Edmund Hopkins Chris Morang Marshal Bean Dorothy Hill Charles Massie Laurence Huot Debbie Bean Sue Morang Main Cleveland Streets

Solar flare disrupts short wave signals across bands

A class 3 solar flare caused widespread interference on the short-wave band from 184 to 10 megacycles, with effects lasting into the evening. The flare was the highest magnitude since May 1966, and two class 2 flares were recorded Saturday along with daily smaller events at flare patrol stations.

Kildahl

Bunches of bananas Grown Per Acre Estimated

A single acre can yield three hundred banana bunches annually with each bunch weighing 50 to 125 pounds. This production range outlines substantial fruit output potential per acre.

Sandler Shorr couple wed in Rhode Island candlelight ceremony

Miss Marjorie Rachel Shorr and Herbert Arnold Sandler wed at B'nai Israel Synagogue in Woonsocket Rhode Island in a candlelight ceremony. Rabbi William Kaufman officiated with family and friends including best man and bridesmaids. They plan to reside in Waltham after a Bermuda honeymoon and carry ties to Brookline Biddeford and Portland.

Woonsocket R.I B'nai Israel Marjorie Rachel Shorr Herbert Arnold Sandler Chestnut Hill Ave Brookline Mass Morris Shorr Gaskill St Herman Sandler Graham St. Biddeford Maine William Kaufman Philip Macktar Joanne Carey Kenneth Salk Bradford Park Susan Brooks New York Judith Strock Ronni Susan Salk Haverhill Cake Wheeler David Shorr Sumner Bernstein Portland Joel Karlik James Sandler Biddeford Founders Hall Univac Sperry Rand Corp Maine Maritime Academy Suffolk University Bradlee Stores

Two men sought after Valley bank robberies

Los Angeles police pursued two men who robbed four San Fernando Valley banks of 6791 dollars leaving notes signed the fat man. On Monday officers arrested Richard A. Clifton in a motel and booked him on suspicion of robbery. Clifton is described as a man.

Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Richard A. Clifton Clifton Christian Hayden Sterling Hayden Manuel L. Real Peter J. Marx Daniel Lott Donald P. Seoul O’connell Paul T. Por North Ko|ter Rean Imjin River Miliia

Used Trucks Are Listed in Section 12 of Want Ads

Classified page item notes used trucks listed in section 12 of the want ads. Readers find vehicle listings with makes models years and prices. Details vary by listing with contact and location information where provided.

Brokers Commissions Multiply On Wall Street As Volume Rises

AP News outlines a decade of growing Wall Street commissions driven by higher trading volume. In 1967 NYSE total volume reached about 2.5 billion shares with $125 billion in value, yielding roughly $1.5 billion in broker commissions and $16.5 million to the exchange. City stock transfer taxes topped $250 million, while 1957 volume shows far smaller earnings.

NEW York Wall Street Securities and Exchange Commission New York Stock Exchange Exchange At&t Alvin Schonfeld H. ‘Hentz & Co

Community Band Concert At Kennebunk Town Hall

A large crowd gathered Sunday afternoon as Painchand's Band of Biddeford performed on the steps of Kennebunk Town Hall. The event was sponsored by The Workshop of The Eric Store Museum and the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce.

Painchand Biddeford Kennebunk Town Hall Eric Store Museum Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce Willis Merrill C.N USN Argentia Nfld The Seabees Public Works Department Merrill Sgt Rn Dickinson U.S. Air Force Henry Dickinson Summer Street Boston California Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam Dickinson Inlaw Wayne Dickinson Erica Ossipee Lake Robert McMurray Christopher and Andrew Longmeadow Mass Intervale Road

Indiana Reformatory band stages seven hour protest

Pendleton Indiana AP reports inmates of the Indiana State Reformatory staged a silent seven hour sit down Monday to protest transferring their former band director to a counselor job. Supt Jerome F Henry spoke with bandsmen and they agreed to return to their cells. A new director was promised. no trouble occurred as inmates lined sidewalks outside the administration building and a courtyard while state police watched from a nearby post.

Pendleton, Ind Indiana State Reformatory Band Jerome F. Henry

Speakers Named For Christian Living Series In Biddeford

Joseph Askey of the Milestone Foundation Scarborough will speak at the first Adventures in Christian Living meeting on Oct 7 in Biddeford Saco Council of Churches. Rev Homer Bryant chairs the group and notes Teen Age Drinking is the opening topic. Sidney Griffith moderates. Other speakers include Rev Matthew Audibert Oct 14 Poverty in the Midst of Plenty and Rev John Bryan Oct 28 In in Christian Perspec tive.

Joseph Askey Milestone Foundation Center Scarborough Biddeford-Sace Thornton Academy Matthew Audibert St. Francis College Biddeford John Bryan Boston Mass The Methodist Church James Dawn Robert L. Rand Ernest Woodworth Robert Fenderson John H. Miller United Church of Christ Crescent Street Bryant John Jordan Council of Churches Miller Dawn Harold Stevens Rand Sidney Griffith Stanley Bennett Fenderson Robert Cecke James Goudouros Griffith

Door to door census giving way to mail and computer system

The article notes a shift from door to door census taking to a country mail and computer system for most Americans. It covers Vietnam fighting with Marines reporting 89 more North Vietnamese deaths near the DMZ and Viet Cong attacks near Saigon, plus political moves by Nixon and Daley, civil liberties tensions, a solar flare, and crime sentencing in Houston.

Vietnam U.S Demilitariz Zone Saigon Johnson Central America Pacific Richard M. Nixon Richard J. Daley American Civil Liberties Union Winston Williams New York East Harlem

Indonesian security raids seize 23 Communists and weapons cache

Indonesian security troops captured 23 Communists and seized a large weapons cache in Jakarta raids. Police and troops foiled a planned assassination attempt on military cadets. Four leaders of a pro Communist group were arrested amid ongoing violence in Central and East Java. Swiss police arrested East German spy Helmut Bruno Anders at Zurich Airport with two false passports. He faced expulsion for using false papers and espionage links to East Germany.

Jakarta Indonesia Armed Forces Central East Java Bern Switzerland Helmut Bruno Anders Karl Marx University Leipzig Zurich Ministry of Public Security

Newman Named Connecticut Delegate to Democratic Convention

Connecticut appoints Paul Newman to its 44 member Democratic national convention delegation in Chicago. The actor was among nine delegates supporting Eugene McCarthy, after a prior walkout by McCarthy forces over representation claims.

Associated Press Hartford McCarthy

Bridge Club Plays at Briggs Home in Old Orchard Beach

Old Orchard Beach Sea Stars held a duplicate bridge session at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Briggs on Lawn Avenue. Winners were Mr. and Mrs. Al Rosen first, Mrs. Margiloff and Pecoraro second, Mrs. Hickey and Mrs. Fecteau third, and Paradis fourth. Master Points night is set for Thursday at 7:30 at the Briggs residence.

Old Orchard Beach Sea Stars Donald Briggs Lawn Avenue al Rosen Marjorie Margiloff Eugene Pecoraro Angie Hickey Alice Fecteau Richard Shorey Oscar Paradis Esther Green James Moutsatsos Carleton Brock Edrice Bates Charles Dionne al Bradford Ivan Aranovitch Rose Simonds Gwen Flannery James Warren Charlotte Dubois Robert Jacobs Rosen Margiloff Pecoraro Hickey Fecteau And Paradis Briggs

Ice Cream Cone Origin Traced to 1904 St Louis Fair

An AP report recounts how the ice cream cone emerged by chance at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. A lull in a flat cake vendor’s business led to a rolled cone that inspired an ice cream vendor to fill its opening. Two employees later launched handmade cone production in Cincinnati and others followed. By 1910 machines produced about 3,000 cones per hour.

New York National Biscuit Co Cincinnati

Ice Cream Cone Machines Enable High Volume Production

Machines can produce six million a day in various shapes such as standard conical, double-top cones for two scoops, flat-bottom cups, and home-use cones.

Iing

Record-setting flagpole sitter Ruppert dies at 53

William C. Ruppert Sr. longtime Baltimore area machinist who spent 55 days atop a flagpole in 1929 died at Union Memorial Hospital at age 53. Funeral services were set for Wednesday. He recalled remaining on the pole would have been easy and noted a truant officer later troubled the school’s schedule.

Baltimore William C. Ruppert Sr Union Memorial Hospital Ruppert Essex

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