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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1967
Page
3
Dear Abby answers readers on three issues: a Ohio farmer questioned liability over a teen romance and a bull law. a grandmother urges action against a violent son-in-law harming her grandson. a teen confesses a lie affecting Mother’s trust. The column closes with a fashion note and a rapid recitation of historical milestones.
June 3 marks 1621 charter grant to the Dutch West India Company for New Netherland later New York. Also notes the 1808 birth of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and the 1937 marriage of the Duke of Windsor in France.
A string of birth notices from Webber Hospital lists newborns on May 26 to May 30 for families in Saco Biddeford Westbrook and nearby towns. Names include Vincent Edward Jeffrey William Theresa Marie Carl Wayne Susan Lynn Cynthia Metz Lisa Esther Brent Andrew Philip Andrew William David Michelle Priscille Brenda Lee John Keith and John Phillip born to multiple local parents. An additional birth is John Phillip Weiss in Chicago to Pauline Rose Roberge.
Clarence McKay Gardiner, director of the Maine Department of Economic Development, received a standing ovation from the Maine House for leading the Expo 67 Maine pavilion project. He coordinated a Maine team that completed the state building with about 2000 hours of unpaid overtime, delivering a promotional complex showcasing Maine industries and resources to boost tourism and travel.
In Ashland Missouri a 12 year old boy, Jack J. Winkler of St. Louis, shot a large gray wolf while rabbit hunting with a 22 caliber rifle. The wolf was killed on the spot and Judge Eugene Hamilton of Boone County Court approved the $15 state bounty for wolves to the youth.
Dear Mrs Lawrence explains that moral pressure for universal approval is futile. A neighbor’s snippiness should not affect parenting and one should model using others’ children as companions for their own child. Emphasizes separating adult judgments from child friendships.
The yapok, the water opossum, is the sole marsupial truly at home in the water, a unique trait among its order.
Dear Elinor advises teens on reliable sex education sources as parents avoid the topic. Recommends Love and the Facts of Life by Evelyn M. Duvall and The Art of Dating by Joy Duvall Johnson, both from Association Press, available in libraries and schools.
A Kennebunk bridal shower honored Miss Gail Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Royal Smith at their Lower Village home. She will wed Carl Rundgren of Goodwins Mills on July 8 with gifts opened and pink blue and white decorations. Attending were relatives and friends from Kennebunk and nearby towns.
Beach area license applications to be heard at the June 5 Town Council session include victualers Rita Sevigny Florence Favreau Roger Elms Cote families and others with cabins rooms vending jewelry and motor vehicle related permits. Several previously rescheduled items are included and new applicants appear for victualers apartments and services along Old Orchard Beach area avenues and streets.
In the Civil War the Union won Philippi, marking the conflict’s entry into present day West Virginia. Longfellow received a rare honor by being placed in Westminster Abbey’s Poet’s Corner, a distinction no other American poet has matched. The text also notes Texas has 66 000 miles of highways.
The Constitution requires a House of Representatives member to be at least 25 years old. This threshold ensures eligibility rests on substantial civic experience and maturity.
Sister Germaine Morin of West Scarborough has been chosen to participate in the National Defense Education Act Franco-American Institute at Assumption College Worcester Massachusetts this summer. She is a teacher and principal at St. Louis Home for Boys and Girls and holds a B A from Notre Dame College Manchester New Hampshire and an M Ed from Rivier College Nashua New Hampshire. She is among 36 teachers chosen to study new language teaching methods under a contract to Assumption College by the U S Office of Education under Title XI of the N E D A.
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