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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1960
Page
6
The church on Beach and Main streets will hold a lobster salad luncheon Thursday from 11:30 to 2 after moving from the church grounds to the parish house if rain. A special feature is a table of stuffed animals donated by the Madisses group of the church.
Police Captain Philip Poirier announced a crackdown on gatherings around the Main Street taxi stand in Biddeford. He said the department has received persistent complaints and will break up any future loitering at the stand.
Rev. Sister Jean Maurice, a Biddeford native and Good Shepherd nun, returns to Maine after a decade in Basutoland South Africa where she founded St Benedict mission, led St John school and ran a medical center serving over 1000 patients annually. A silver tea and public reception honor her at St Andre Home Pool Road with family and supporters attending.
High school placement tests for prospective Thornton Academy entrants will be held Monday at 9 a m at the academy. All students must take the test then as it is the last administration this year. Results help plan courses. those absent will be disadvantaged upon entering high school. announced by Joseph MacCarthy, guidance director.
More than 1,800 students from 33 states Canada and the District of Columbia attend the University of Maine summer session with participants from York county including Albert J. Beaudoin III and Madeline among others.
Lloyd Anderson presented films on the linen industry from flax cultivation to finished products at the Saco Biddeford Kiwanis luncheon at the Wonder bar in Biddeford. A peanut industry film focusing on North Carolina and Virginia followed. George Tallon led the program and Ray Bonang announced an evening directors’ meeting at the Chamber of Commerce.
The York County Automobile Dealers association met at the Kennebunk Inn to push providing cars for the Canadian Festival in August and to launch a mechanics training course in Sanford this fall. President Maurice Crepeau led the session with readings from Clayton Cartmill and Walter White outlining the training program. John Barrett reviewed the April sectional meeting and the September 16 to 18 Rockport convention at the Samoset Hotel. Nine dealers attended. the next meeting will be called by the president.
Romeo A. Forest, 37, of Maple Avenue, Saco, was fined 20 dollars by Trial Justice Grover C. Alexander in Gray Municipal Court for passing on a grade in a manner that created a hazard.
A column lists residents from Biddeford Kennebunk Kennebunkport Ogunquit Old Orchard Beach Saco and Wells. Names include Nancy E Nou ry Barbara W Ellis Betty M Goulden Dominique R Gagne Leslie L LaFond Barbara A Bernard Augustine B Bombard Evelyn A Smith Lula G Redion Mare Plante Reno L Roy Jacques R DuPont Howard L Cushman Paul M Croxford Thomas J Mithen.
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