Petition Seeks Clifford Park Recreation Plan in Biddeford
A circulated petition in Biddeford asks the city council to develop Clifford Park into a recreation area and playground funded by proceeds from the sale of the Poor Farm property. It urges equal facilities for Clifford Park children and notes a citizen meeting could be held per the city charter. Clifford Park lies on Pool Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Park
May Field
Biddeford
Raymond Laverriere
May Street
Pool Road
Church Circle Names Leaders at Saco United Baptist Meeting
Mary Martha Circle of the Saco United Baptist Church elected officers at an afternoon gathering at Weymouth Street Extension home of Mrs. Clement Taylor. Elected were Verna Taylor chairwoman Ruth Severance associate chairwoman Isabelle Wilbur secretary treasurer Leatha Dichard program chairman Rena Ross love gift chairman and Alice Hayford devotions chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Martha Circle
Saco United Baptist Church
Clement Taylor
Weymouth Street
Saco
Verna Taylor
Ruth Severance
Isabelle Wilbur
Leatha Dichard
Rena Ross
Alice Hayford
Dorothy One
Blanche Fur‘ber
Court Ruling Upholds Union Recognition at Yankee Distributors
The NLRB decision requires Donald Skillings owner of Yankee Distributors in Portland Maine to recognize the Teamsters Union as the workers’ collective bargaining agent. It also orders an end to threats regarding benefits wages hours or working conditions for employees who joined the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Portland
Maine
Teamsters Union
National Labor Relations Board
Donald Skillings
Yankee Distributors
Skillings
First Day Of Space Fight Thoroughly Covered On TV
Television carried the Gemini Titan launch and Edward White's spacewalk with exhaustive network focus. NBC used color cameras from Cape Kennedy and Houston to capture the orange flame and launch while air waves carried limited radio detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NBC
Cape Kennedy
Houston
Air Force
Edward H. White II
Space Agency
Fire Truck Purchase OK'd At Kennebunk
At a regular Board of Selectmen meeting in the Lower Town Hall the town voted to buy a new fire truck from Farrar Co Woodville Mass for 15038 with delivery expected early 1966. The panel also approved use of the Town Hall by the Junior Chamber of Commerce on June 8 for a Morningstar Corp fund drive and planned installation of a Glendale Road street light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale Road
Julius Dean
Francis Dow
Robert Nedeau
Ralph Curtis Ip
Earle Hariday
Banquet Closes Beta Sigma Class Season at Cascade Lodge
Beta Sigma Class of Biddeford United Baptist Church held its annual banquet at Cascade Lodge Saco ending meetings until September. A brief business session approved purchasing a gas stove for the church kitchen. Attendees included Marion Nason Eve Bowen Elizabeth Taff Irene Dwelley Adelpha McKeen Hazel Clay Mary Grace Jennie Dority Hazel Lahey Mildred Danis Edna Wilson Marion Robinson Esther Hunter Elsie Buller Lalah Merrill Minnie Henderson Grace Robinson Nellie Wallace Dorothy Hartlett Martha Souza Ruth Merrill Mabel Emery Sandra Mullett Edna Thompson and guest Alice Duross of South Gorham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma
Biddeford United
Fremont Club Plans Tag Days Fundraiser
The Fremont Club and Auxiliary plan tag days on June 17 and 18 with social hosts Ludger Coulombe and David St Amand for June 17. A baked bean supper for the public runs June 12 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the hall on Alfred Street Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therese Couture
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Joseph Peloquin
Jeannette Coulombe
Annette Dubois
Raymond Gendron
Ludger Coulombe
David St
Antonio Daigneault
Patrick Gurette
Emile Leblond
Armand Ouellette
Romeo Forest
Walter Perrin
Alfred Lantagne
Adrien Lamothe
Natale Lemire
Pauline Morin
Dorothy Millette
Annette Nadeau
Cars Damaged In Saco Collision At Main And Beach
A collision at the corner of Main Street and Beach Street in Saco yesterday afternoon caused vehicle damage. Authorities estimated damages at an undetermined amount as details remain incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Main Street
Beach Street
Baptist Official To Preach At Special Service
Rev. Allen O T Short of the United Baptist Convention of Maine will speak at the Toilers-by-the-Sea Thank Offering service at Porter Memorial Hall Sunday at 10 30 a m. The Brooklyn native and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate will deliver One Lord One World One Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Park
Allen O T. Short
Department of World Mission
United Baptist Convention of
Mission
A. Whylie Brown
Toilers
Adelbert M. Jakeman
American Baptist Home Mission Societies
Earl C. Scott
Susan
Sharon Finley
George N. Skillin
Toile
Unpaid Saco Dog Licenses Lead to Collection
More than 100 dog licenses in Saco remain unpaid. City Clerk Robert J. Fenderson notes a June 10 deadline for payment. Licenses not paid will be turned over to the dog officer for collection with a $3 late fee added to the license cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Robert J .Fenderson
Fenderson
Two-vehicle Collision In Saco Injures Two Drivers
Police report a rear collision at Eastman Park when a car driven by William D. Smith 27 Elmwood Drive Saco moving south was struck by a car driven by Alice K. O'Donnell 23 West Scarborough. The incident left both vehicles with damage valued at about 3300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Smith
GOPs Map Platform For 1966 Election Campaign
Republicans divide over strategy for the 1966 elections as they plan a platform declaration and study major national problems. Key figures include Melvin R. Laird and Everett M. Dirksen with debates on foreign policy and civil rights. Republican unity remains elusive as they pursue a party record of proposed bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Republican Coordinating Committee
Goldwater
House
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Dirksen
Laird
Ogden R. Reid
New York
Rep
F. Bradford Morse
Massachusetts
Reid
Camp Ellis Group Dines at Valle's Steak House
Members of the Camp Ellis Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary gathered for a dinner at Valle's Steak House in Portland. The group listed many attendees including Mrs. Ruby Bouchard and Mrs. Greta Greenier with a guest, Mrs. Gertrude Boisvert. The next meeting is planned for June 10 at the fire station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Camp Ellis
Inon
Alice Ouellette
Gertrude Boisvert
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Church Circle
Deborah Carpenter
Wallace
Carpenter
Myrtle
Cambridge School of Business
Biddeford High School
Eiffel Tower
Europe
Mt and
BTN Keli
T. Co. Produtt
Chevrolet
U.S.A
America
ED & Frank Chevrolet, Inc
DIAL
Cynthia Lowry
Kennebunk
York Beauty Academy
Beau
Laco
Creative Hair Design, Inc
Allen T. Short
Gops
Annette Oes
Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco Masonic Hall
Charlotte Potter
Esther
Sarah Lennox
Martha
Cornerstone
Union
Lyman
Clover
Sanford
Florence Northrop
Riverside
Grand Family
Geraldine Booker
Grand Ruth
Consolidated School
Orland
Methodist
Longfellow
Frye Hall
Richard Ilayden
Martin C. Gould
Pleasant River
West Buxton
W. Louise Davis
Masonic Hall
Eve Rooman
Claire Scamman
Howard Cushman
Portland RD
Vic’s Appliance Center
Fisi
W. Burgess
Arundel, Maine
Uncle Mike
West Street
Guinea Road
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