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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1965
Page
7
standings show Olympia Fruit and Doran's Pharmacy leading with totals around 1 226. G Michaud tops high games with 371 and 134 high single while M Huot achieves 564 five strings and R Michaud 146 high.
In Week 14 standings Olympia Fruit leads with 80 wins and 32 losses, Doran's Pharmacy 64 48, Crystal Bottling 50s 62, Foss Metal 30. In Mixed Couples League Class B, Keglers lead with 22 wins and 36‑10? losses, Pin Pals 22 36 10, Sharpies 20 12 , Jailbirds 10 22, Jugglers 8 24, Shakers 6 26. Top figures include G Michaud high singles and highs, N Gillis high triple and men singles, R Strickland high triple lady, P Cantara high single lady.
Week standings show W Olympia Fruit 66 over Doran's Pharmacy 50 30, Crystal Bottling 46 over Foss Metal 30 66, and Keglers a 0 over Sharpies 18 6 Pin Pals 14 10 Jugglers 8 16 Jailbirds 4 20 Shakers 4 20. High single by N Gillis with 124.
Last night's rained out Saco Little League game between Russell's and Owen Davis will be played Saturday as the second game of a doubleheader. Saco Hardware faces Western Auto in the 1 30 opener. No makeup date yet for Wednesday's washout Western Auto vs Saco Biddeford Savings tilt.
At Etz Chaim Synagogue Bacon Street Biddeford officers were installed led by President Max Ruben and First Vice President Charles Cohen with names including Joseph Sneider Louis Spill and Joseph Zaitlin. Rabbi David Berent Lewiston spoke and refreshments followed with Sisterhood members serving.
In Columbus the Village rebuilds without outside money using local effort. Businesses remain small corner grocers and German menus persist at a tavern. Gas pipes are laid and restored, meter houses built brick with white shutters. Fetch, 65, persuades rather than legal action, praising local initiative over federal aid. A 1962 note recalls San Francisco restoring ferry service after Bay ferries end.
Fish alter color for camouflage spawning and signaling anger through pigment cells and light reflection. The article describes pigment organs, color-changing mechanisms in species like Glassfish and guppy, and fixed patterns in Oscars, Upside-Down Catfish and related examples. It also includes reader questions on pet care and veterinary pill administration for cats and dogs with practical, plain-spoken answers.
An out of court settlement of a $12,500 negligence damages suit was reached after a York County Superior Court traverse jury heard part of the case. Plaintiffs Roland Bineau and son Leonard of Biddeford sued Howard J. Paradise over a 1963 crosswalk collision.
In Belgium a central nine digit matriculation number may identify every citizen within about a year. Aimed at linking 200 public records across ministries, the plan would update personal data instantly across all connected computers. Critics warn of privacy risks and wartime exposure, but supporters cite faster updates and streamlined administration.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed yesterday in L. 8 District Court by Ronald L Adams a Saco shoe worker. Adams lists liabilities of 2532 or 879 according to the record.
The thirteenth Annual Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce outing will be at the Biddeford Saco Country Club on Monday June 21. A sports program starts at 3 p.m. under Roy MacNaughton with a hole in one contest run by Club Pro Harvey La montagne Jr. A chicken barbecue follows at 6 p.m. Tickets are handled by a committee including Donald C. Doyle and Roland Sylvester among others.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Johnson of Sunset Avenue Ferry Beach Saco observed their 45th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Married June 1 1920 in Saco they are the parents of seven children. John son owned the Red Shutter Inn before his retirement.
A long feature notes the khapra beetle, a tiny pest feared to invade the United States. It details U S Department of Agriculture inspectors in Portland and other ports who search ship holds for the insect, described as a major threat to stored grain with past footholds in California and the Southwest.
A long list of Kennebunk High School seniors announces plans to attend colleges and vocational institutes in the fall. Names include Martha Bibber Kents Hill Susan Bixby Faulkner Hospital School of Nursing Jean Bradbury Chandler Peter Bryant Mass College of Pharmacy Pamela Budd University of Maine Donna Bull Lesley Peter Burr Yale Roxanna Chamberlain Washington State Teachers College Pamela Condon Emmanuel College Jo an Cook Plymouth State College and many others across Harvard Yale Maine Northeastern and more. Several students will enter the armed forces from the class.
Theodore J. Caouette and Bruce D. Wilson of Biddeford joined 89 peers in the fifth year preparatory graduation at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield. The ceremony marked the fourth straight year in MCI history with this graduating class.
Members of the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks met at the lodge on Portland Road Saco with Exalted Ruler Joseph Grondin presiding. The session included a ham supper, memorial services for Maurice J. Arsenault, an update on renovations, bids for a new heating system, youth rodeo plans, and notes on the Maine Day trip to Boston and the Maine State Elks Convention with Joseph Winner elected president.
A large postgraduate group graduated as a separate class. Caouette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Caouette Sr., 13 Summer St., joins Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Wilson of Wadlin Road, in the ceremony.
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