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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1961
Page
3
A catalog note describes Lady Pepperell 144 thread white superfine muslin and the finest percale in an all over pattern titled Petite Rose or Bridal Rose. The item emphasizes high thread count and luxury fabric suitable for bridal wear and dressmaking.
A reader notes price ranges for several goods such as hand items and lilac colored fingertip products. Listed figures include up to 16.98 Bath in a mix of 1.19 1.69 1.09 and 0.49 0.45 1.98 1.39, with color descriptors like lilac.
The Webhannet club in Kennebunk announces final arrangements for its Strawberry Festival in Mrs. Wells Nickerson’s garden on Fletcher Street. The event runs Thursday from 1 to 4 pm to raise funds for the club treasury with welcoming hosts and a finance committee handling tickets, waitress duties, and overall organization.
Essex Institute director Dean A Fales Jr and Abbott Lowell Cummings of SPNEA will join a panel on New Futures for Old Buildings at the Brick Store Museum's 25th anniversary in Kennebunk on July 25. Fales, longtime Maine figure, lectured at the museum and authored many articles on early American furniture and pewter. His Winterthur ties include roles as registrar and secretary. his wife, former Winterthur silver curator, lectures this month in Coopertown New York.
Tufts University Medical School biochemist Dr. Alton Meister told 52 top teenage scientists at Nassau College that the American public lacks understanding of what scientists do. He described scientists as driven by curiosity, creative effort, and the testing of theories through experiments, noting advances in cell function and the potential for synthesizing living organisms in the lab. He spoke during a three week Russia trip and International Congress period, stressing the need to validate imagination through experimentation.
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