Saco Centennial Parade Set With Bands and Floats
Saco prepares for a 1.8 mile centennial parade starting Friday at 10 a.m. from Pepperell Square led by five bands and featuring floats and antique cars. Following the parade Roma no's Band will give a Pepperell Park concert. Honorary Grand Marshal is 99 year old Henry Kinne. Parking and bicycle bans along the route aim to protect children, with prizes for top floats and bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Pepperell Square
Main Street
Beach Street
James Street
James
Common Street
Common
Middle Street
Middle
Summer Street
Painchand
Granite State Highlanders
Romano
St. Louis High School
Biddeford - Firemen
Saco and
Biddeford Savings Institution
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Notre Dame de _ Lourdes Church
Robert Foran
The
Journal
Foran
Saco to Celebrate Centennial With Daylong Events
The centennial program in Saco features a packed Friday with services, parades, exhibits, and a boat ride program. Highlights include a 12 noon bell signaling the start, church displays, a crossfires fair, and a 7 p.m. commemorative service at Thornton Academy gymnasium with dignitaries including Mayor Doyle and Gov. Curtis aide Allen Pease. A fireworks show follows at 9 p.m. with beard contest judging and square dancing later at the Saco Valley Shopping Center. A Saturday lineup adds industrial displays and a chicken barbecue at Thornton Academy. Weekend wraps with a time capsule burial and Pinewood Derby races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Trinity Episcopal Church
Women's Relief Corps
G.A.R. Hall
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
City Hall
Most Holy Trinity
North Street
York Institute (Museum
Main Street
Saco River
Saco Yacht Club
Painchand
Saco Valley Shopping Center
Saco City Hall
Thornton Academy
Centennial Committee
National Cylinder Gas Saco Brick Co
Maremont Corp
Reay Brothers
Printers
Saco Tanning Corp
Land Manufacturing Co
Seal Rock Orange Crush Bottling Co
Donald C. Doyle Allen Pease
Kenneth M. Curtis
Roy Fairfield
Charles R. Cote
Biddeford
Joseph Carrier
Notre Dame Parish
Gerald E. ‘Burtt
Trinity Episcopal ‘Church
Thornton
Fernand Cote
Saco Valley
Saco Squares
District Court
Saco Cub Scouts
Pepperell Square
De Gaulle Heads For Trouble In Ottawa Debacle
Paris political tremor as Charles de Gaulle faces cabinet loyalty strains and a fragile majority in the National Assembly after his Canada trip. With Parliament in recess, tests loom when it reconvenes in October amid public anger and limited opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
French National Assembly
France
Canada
de Gaulle
Riots and unrest flash across Detroit and nation
Floodlights from helicopters aid National Guardsmen and police as rioting subsides in Detroit. The House Committee on Un-American Activities weighs public hearings on Detroit and Newark riots, while H. Rap Brown is freed on bail after a riot incitement arrest. Negro youths loot Fifth Avenue shops amid global tension and Vietnam air raids continue along the Laotian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Newark
House Senate
H. Rap Brown
Maryland
New York
Fifth Avenue
Detroit Curfew Lifted After Four Days of Unrest
Governor Romney rescinds the 9 pm curfew in Detroit and eases gasoline limits as calm returns to the city after the costliest racial upheaval in U.S. history. Mayor Cavanagh says it may be over while authorities continue to hunt snipers and assess disaster-area eligibility for federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
George Romney
Jerome P. Cavanagh
John Throckmorton
Romney
Ation
Throckmorton
Violent Quake Strikes Turkey Killing and Damage Rising
An earthquake in eastern Turkey near Erzincan killed at least 70 people by noon with many villages unreachable. The region faces fear of higher tolls as mud-built homes fail to withstand tremors. The quake followed a recent western Turkey tremor near Adapazari.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Erzincan
Adapazari
Pulumur
Seismological Observatory
Kandili
Paul VI
Italy
Izmir
Ephesus
Marblehead Boatyard Area Redevelopment Underway
York County plans for the Marblehead site include restoring an old building, clearing debris, and creating a boat launching ramp with parking for 50 to 75 cars. The project uses a federal grant of 109,640 dollars and state funds, with YCCAP and state officials coordinating winter work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Biddeford
Saco River
Leo R. Lemire
Raymond Savage
York County Community Action Program
Savage
Marblehead Boat Co
New England
Lemire
York County
State Park and Recreation Commission
YCCAP
Eugene Hart
State Park and Recreation
Pope Paul VI Begins Summer Vacation After Turkey Trip
Pope Paul VI returns from a Turkish journey to Castel Gandolfo for a five to six week rest period. He plans to finish work on reorganization of the Curia and preparations for a worldwide synod in Rome starting Sept 29. He weighed a potential new trip and urged Orthodox and Muslim leaders toward Christian unity while noting mediation hopes in the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Turkey
Paul VI
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Ephesus
Curia
Synod of
Vatican
Athenagoras
Pope
Pope Paul
Middle East
Paul
Also Mentioned on This Page
Public Health Nursing Association
Robert J. Audie
A. J. Polackwich
George E. Lessard
Contract Administrative Service Region
Boston
Communist Party’ Humanite
Quebec
General Electric
RCA
RCA Victor
Athletes Anonymous
WRR Gen
Fea, Corp
Expo
Helper
Associated Press
Vietnam
U.S
St. Methodist Church
Roland L. Petit Co
Main St
With
White
Westland Shoe Corporation
Smith St
Farrar-Brown
Elm Street
Bill Brill
William J. Parker
Kennebunk
Shawmut Inn
Kennebunkport
Parker
Ardmore
Philadelphia
Laurence
Radnor
James Weidman
Atlanta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!