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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
3
Des Moines police report a funeral escort service involved in delaying several cars. A motorist, furious at the delay, followed the hearse to the cemetery and berated the funeral director at the burial plot.
Hollywood AP writer Cynthia Lowry reports CBS plans a new TV series now titled Petticoat Junction featuring Bea Benaderet as a gray haired boardinghouse owner and mother of three. The comedy centers on a railroad spur line with a vague locale and character driven plots.
The annual Lithuanian Day picnic will be held Sunday at the Franciscan Monastery in Kennebunk Lower Village. Activities begin at 11 a.m. with a solemn high mass led by the newly ordained priest.
Rev Casimir Venslovas C F M will impart first blessings after the dedication of the new St Anthony's High School building and gymnasium. A noon dinner follows the mass with a 3 30 program by St Peter's Choir of South Boston directed by Jer Ka cinskas and Lithuanian dances led by Ona Ivaska.
The Rev. Paul K. Weimer will lead the annual service at 2 30 p m Sunday at the old Congregational Church on Pool Road Saco The event is sponsored by the Biddeford Saco Council of Churches and the church trustees Historic meeting house dating to 1732 was moved from the Saco riverbank and later to the present site Organist Miss Mary Robbins will play the original harmonium The Foss Street and South Biddeford Methodist Churches choirs will provide music Ushers include Ernest Woodworth Roy Tounge and Albert and Harvey Worden
Dear Abby columns offer guidance on leaving a loveless marriage, coping with health food fads at home, dealing with a mother in law who shops but buys nothing, and addressing a child’s theft of a grape. The advice urges honest discussion, constructive use of time, and parental lessons on values.
The Kennebunk Playground boys plan a Saturday tag day from 9 am to 4 pm to raise money for travel to a August 18 ball game in Boston to see the Red Sox against the Indians. Proceeds support attendance expenses under director David Littlefield with Mrs Elizabeth Smith and son Scott. Distant notices include Mrs Myrtle Rees weekend in Dexter and Mrs Lula Yeitz visiting family in Kennebunk, plus Mrs Ralph Curtis’s hospitalization at Webber Hospital.
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