First ten years hardest By Earle Doucette
Ten year retrospective by Earle Doucette on the origins of a Maine booster column. He recalls being recruited by Everett Greaton of the Maine Development Commission to write praise for Maine, the column’s reception by editors, and the lasting claim that Maine offers healthful climate, beauty, strong workers, superior food, and hospitable people. The column continues under the Maine Department of Economic Development sponsorship and the newspaper.
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Anthony
Cleopatra
Maine Development Commission
Everett Greaton
O Starks
Greaton
Maine
Florida
United States
Maine Department of Economic Development
Col
World records at Keeneland sale set for yearling colts and filly
In Lexington Elizabeth N. Graham paid 70000 for a Turn-To yearling colt from Hartland Farm setting a new world record for a filly. John Olin bought a Swaps colt for 130000, while the Turn-To colt’s dam Alanesian traces to Polynesian. The bids occurred during Keeneland’s summer sale.
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Lexington
Elizabeth N. Graham
Maine Chance Farm
John Olin
New York
Alanesian
Nuckols
Hartland Farm
Midway
Navy to Commission Sub USS Thresher Aug 3 at Portsmouth
The nuclear powered submarine USS Thresher will be commissioned at the Naval shipyard on August 3. Cmdr. Dean W. Axene, USN, will command the vessel which carries eight officers and eight enlisted men. The submarine was praised at launch for its depth, speed, and quiet running, though the exact depth record remains undisclosed.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Thresher
Naval Shipyard
Navy
Dean W. Axene
USN
Moosehead Lake Map Published by Kennebec Journal Mapping Service
The Kennebec Journal Mapping Service announces a new Moosehead Lake map showing camping and picnic sites and many navigation hazards. It warns the map cannot be used for navigation and most hazards are not detailed. aerial verifications cover only some areas. Red areas mark known hazards with no precise locations, and readers are urged to help improve future revisions.
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Moosehead Lake
Kennebec
Maine Lake
Casco Bay Lines seeks aid after hearing on service
August a Public Utilities Commission hearing heard Casco Bay Lines plead for financial relief or permission to discontinue passenger service between Portland and Casco Bay Islands. CBS faulted city and state for its financial woes, blamed deficit operations and illegal competition, while suggesting cheaper wharf repairs if subsidized. The commission will decide within days.
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Augusta
Casco Bay Lines
Public Utilities Commission
Whitfield Reid
CBS
PUC
Portland
Casco Bay Islands
CBL
Reid
Boatine
Commission
Peter T. MacLaughlin
MacLaughlin
Fourteen Ordered to Appear Before Fire Commission
Appearances summons were issued for fourteen individuals by York County Sheriff’s deputies to attend hearings today at the York County courthouse. Joseph Flyn of the Fire Insurance Commission will preside as the investigation continues into a string of fires in the Buxton area over the past two years. The probe, led by Lawrence Dolby and Sheriff Harold R. Nason, is examining possible arson and related incidents.
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Apoenas
State Fire Insurance Commission
York County Sheriff's Department
Joseph Flyn
The
Fire Insurance Commission
York County
Alfred
Buxton
Lawrence Dolby
Sacé State Fire
Harold R. Nason
Marriage Intentions Filed for Romprey and Vire
Marriage intentions on file at the Biddeford City Clerk's Office list John Romprey of Buxton Road Saco and Lucille Vire of 27 Pool Street Biddeford.
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Biddeford
John Romprey
Buxton Road
Saco
Lucille Vire
Pool Street
Attorney Spitz sells shore front lot at Granite Point road
Atty Richard Spitz of Fortunes Rocks sold a shore front lot on Granite Point road to Mr and Mrs R Gilman Lunt of Meredith NH. The sale was processed through Marshall K Berry's Biddeford Pool office.
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Atty
Richard Spitz
Fortunes Rocks
Granite Point Road
R. Gilman Lunt
Meredith
N. H
Marshall K. Berry
Biddeford Pool
Cantor Unable To Attend Fete Cantor Golden Jubilee Salute
Hollywood friends honored Eddie Cantor for 50 years in show business at the Ambassador Hotel. Cantor, confined at home by a virus infection, was unable to attend the Eddie Cantor Golden Jubilee Salute organized by Eddie Fisher and a committee of industry and entertainment figures including Jack Benny and Georges Jessel.
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Hollywood
Eddie Cantor
Ida
Ambassador Hotel
Eddie Fisher
Jack Benny
Georges Jessel
Rep Tupper Seeks Study of Currents in Maine Gulf
Rep Stan ley R. Tupper of Maine urged the Fish and Wildlife Service to study ocean currents in the gulf of Maine to explain links between offshore and inshore lobster populations. He proposed using new plastic floats to track water flow, released off the continental shelf with fishermen returning them and noting locations found.
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Washington
Stanley R. Tupper
Maine
Fish and Wildlife Service
Gulf of Maine
Tupper
Matterhorn First Climb Marred by Tragic Descent
Switzerland's Matterhorn's first ascent occurred in 1865 but an ensuing British led expedition ended in tragedy as three climbers fell to their deaths during the descent.
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Switzerland
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Craftsman's Guild
Edwin Taylor
South Windham
Robert Bourque
Cettgai
Biddeford-Saco
Maling
Plymouth
Valiant
Alfred Road
Reed Motor Co
First National Bank
Main Street
Beauty Shop
Franklin Street
Pastime Bowling Center
Department Stores
American Discount Center
Washington Street
Butler's
Nichols & Co
Wellwood's
Youland
Doyon's Pharmacy
Water Street
Liggett's Drugs
Percy's Pharmacy
Alex
Saco Hardware Pepperell
Paul
Alfred Street
Matson’s, Inc
Murphy's
Tersha
Bacon Street
Unity Dress Shop
A. H. Benoit
Rte. 1
Green’s Shoe Store
Delisie’s Yard
Bagley’s Super Markets
Kennebunk
Fenderson
Elm Street
Lewis Polakewich, Inc
Central Theatre
City Theatre
Saco Drive-In
Reed
Maine Port Authority
Aman
Rep. Tupper
Beach St. Saco
S—M—L
Duster
Bermudas
Pepperell Sweet Store
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