Graduation Exercises Held By St. Louis High
Diplomas were presented to 64 seniors at St. Louis High School during ceremonies at St. Joseph's Parish Hall. Valedictorian Maurice Dumas and salutatorian Andre Labrie led a procession of top honors and numerous scholarships, with awards ranging from $25 to $500 and including prestigious gifts from St. Louis Alumni, St. Francis College, and other benefactors. The event highlighted strong academics with multiple prize winners across French, science, history, and mathematics, and named the yearbook staff and top leadership awards.
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St. Louis High School
St. Joseph's Parish Hall
Richard Beaulieu
Roger Berthiaume
Robert Berube
Raoul Binette
Andre Bisson
Paul Bisson
Gerard Boutin
Theodore Caouette
Roger Collard
Conrad Cote
Roger Couture
Richard Daignault
James Duranceau
Gerald Feeteau
Ralph Fortier
Guy Gagne
Donald Guignard
Raymond Hebert
Normand Houde
Donald Jalbert
Andre Labrie
Norman Lamb
Robert Leblanc
Norman Lessard
Roland Lessard
Albert Masse
Arthur Miller
Maurice Morin
Richard Perreault
Dennis
Maurice Dumas
Kenneth Scott
Bernard Henri
Andre Chouinard
Arthur Moreau
Gerard Beauore
Raoul Fortier
Richard Larose
R'chard Sweeney
Roger Thibeault
Nald Vachon
Arthur
William Sansoucy
Richard Sweeney
Eli Hevey
St. Louis
Henri L. Dupre
St. Louis Alumni Association
John Philip Sousa
St. Francis College
Richard Gagnon
St. Francis
Columbia University
Gerard Bisson
Rensselaer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bausch and Lomb
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley Post
OOB Graduates Attend Special Church Service
Members of St. Margaret's Church in Old Orchard Beach honor graduates from local Catholic high schools including Old Orchard Beach High School St. Joseph St. Louis and St Andre's in Biddeford and Cheverus High School. Rt Rev Msgr Robert J White preached the mass attended by parents and relatives followed by breakfast with a head table of church and civic leaders.
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Old Orchard Beach
St. Margaret's Church
St. Joseph
St. Louis
St. Andre's
Biddeford
Cheverus High School
Robert J. White
Edward C. O'Leary
St. Margaret's
Royal J. Parent
O'Leary
Russell Fletcher
St. Margaret’s Ladies Sodality
Merton Gervais
Knights of Columbus
Edward Lemire Sr
Raoul Belair
Urbain Goulet
Union St. John Baptiste
Arthur Loranger
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Executive Board
Paulette Nicoletos
Mark Nutial
Richard Sweeney
Blanche Racicot Boisvert
Eleanora Anton
Michelle Leroux
Marc Auger
Marc Hebert
Ronald Goulet
Philip Auger
Helene Burke
Emile Lemire Sr
Harry Marcotte
Irene Lachance
Rose Fournier
Oscar Nolette
Old Orchard Seniors Hear Jakeman Speak
Old Orchard Beach High School seniors heard Adelbert M. Jakeman urge hometown service and reflectivity in a Sunday Alumni Hall convocation. The class included 44 graduates led by Michael Potvin with Kath leen Daly at the piano. Gloria Hodge sang I Believe before Jakeman spoke on local roots, arts, and civic engagement.
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach High School
Alumni Hall
Michael Potvin
Kathleen Daly
Gloria Hodge
Adelbert M. Jakeman
Ocean Park Association
Queen Elizabeth
Shakespeare
Kennedy
White House
Longfellow
Whittier
Sarah Orne Jewett
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Robert Frost
Galilee
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Starliners
Joanna Abruzzo
Carol Andrews
Joseph Barth
Richard Bauer
Edward Bishop
Saco Pigeons Race Weekend Contests and Leaders
Saco Racing pigeons competed in two weekend races, 400 and 300 miles, with 58 birds from the Saco club. Competing clubs included Kittery Gardiner Augusta Milford N H. Weather hampered the events but all birds returned by nightfall. In Buffalo 400 mile race Marcotte led at 1050.02 yards per minute second Bergeron 987.35 Burdwood 983.09 Picard 970.70 Philbrick 907.52. In Weedsport 300 mile race Burdwood won at 896.20 with Bergeron second 890.04 Marcotte 877.04 Picard fourth 868.90.
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Saco
Saco Club
Kittery
Gardiner
Augusta
Milford
N. H
Buffalo
N. Y
Marcotte
Bergeron
Burdwood
Picard
Philbrick
Weedsport
Old Orchard Beach Residents Travel for Memorial Flowers
Old Orchard Beach residents Carl F. Gilbert and family traveled to St Johnsbury St Johnsbury bury Vermont to lay memorial flowers for Gilbert's mother in law Mrs Vaun Allgrove. They visited Pasumpsie and stayed with cousins in Danville, returning via Franconia Notch New Hampshire.
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Carl F. Gilbert
Pamela Vaun
Eden Lane
St. Johnsbury
Gilbert
Vaun Allgrove
Passumpsie
Clarence Hubbard
Danville
Franconia Notch
N. H
Ocean Park
Clement Wight
Lewiston
C. Paul Wight
Geraldine Durant
Rand Hall
Wight
Herbert Hodsdon
Portland
Ethel Wight
Fort Hill Avenue
Taxicab incident ends with minor property damage
William J. Pombriant of Saco told police a man attempted to enter his taxicab on Beach Street Friday night while he was parked. He backed up and struck the front bumper of a vehicle owned by Roger Lemieux of Biddeford, causing about $50 damage. No damage to Pombriant’s cab was reported.
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William J. Pombriant
Lafayette St
Saco
Beach Street
Pombriant
Roger Lemieux
Chapel St
Biddeford
Lemieux
Summer Training Improves Student Behavior at Home
Nason argues parental training boosts school behavior and learning more than chance. He recounts the Jones family with five children ages 7 to 14, outlining tailored, at home discipline linked to each child’s needs. The article urges involving children in chores to foster attentiveness and compliance for the upcoming school year.
Dear Abby Advice Columns on Personal Struggles and Family Abuse
A reader seeks help for compulsive talking on transit and shame at revealing life details. Abby suggests counting to ten and steering conversations away from self, noting possible psychological roots. Additional letters discuss teen pregnancy, employment pressure, wedding tuxedo costs, and a long-ago domestic abuse incident with lasting injury and family impact.
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Abby
People's Forum on Tax Equalization in Biddeford
Roland Morissette invites Biddeford residents to debate property tax fairness and the scope of assessor and council powers. He urges public input on abatement authority, tax law revisions, and charter changes to empower the city with a fairer system.
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Board of Assessors
Augusta
Biddeford
Roland Morissette
Boston University degrees awarded to four local students
Four local students were among those earning degrees at Boston University in a combined Baccalaureate and Commencement held Sunday. Walter Lippman delivered the address, with Dr. Everett Walters presenting degree candidates and President Harold C. Case conferring. Notables included Mary Patricia Twomey, Mary Elaine Johnston, Rev. Gilbert W. Sirotti, and James Delbert Lawler, with music by the Greater Boston Junior Youth Symphony Orchestra.
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Boston University
Walter Lippman
Everett Walters
The
University
Harold C. Case
Donald Born
Division of General Education
College of Liberal Arts
Greater Boston
Mary Patricia Twomey
Norbert J. Twomey
Western Ave
Biddeford
Mary Elaine Johnston
G. Stephen Johnston
Randall Ave
Ocean Park
Gilbert William Sirotti
Cedar Ave
Old Orchard Beach
School of Theology
James Delbert Lawler
Frank D. Lawler
Ferry Rd
Saco
Saco Youth Among 246 Graduates at Exeter Exercises
James P. Garland II of Saco was among Phillips Exeter Academy's 246 graduates in the 183rd commencement held yesterday. He is the son of Mrs. Tracy Garland of 250 North Street, Saco, and will attend Columbia University College of Engineering next fall.
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Phillips Exeter Academy
James P. Garland II
Tracy Garland
North St
Saco
Columbia University College of Engineering
Saco native to graduate from St Francis with economics degree
Roger R. Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Walter C Johnson 55 James St Saco will graduate Sunday with a B A in economics from St Francis College Biddeford He belongs to LAcademie Francaise Town Club and Economica and made the Dean's list in 1963-64 He plans to attend graduate school
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St. Francis College
Biddeford
Roger R. Johnson
Walter C. Johnson
James St
Saco
L’academie Francaise
Town Club
Economica
Johnson
Salle Charite Whist Winners And Upcoming Bean Supper
Salle Charite reports four whist party winners from last Wednesday: Cora Leprohon, Alice Drouin, Josephine Valliere, Emilia Romeo. Progressive whist two winners Anna Nadeau and Noella Martel. high scoring women Mrs. Morin Moreau Tremble. high scoring men Poisson Garon Lehouillier. Yesterday’s bid whist winners Trembley Courtois Remillard. top players Trembley Courtois Poisson Paquette Grenier Remillard. Next women’s whist session Wednesday. bean supper on June 13 followed by progressive whist.
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Salle Charite
Cora Leprohon
Alice Drouin
Josephine Valliere
Emilia Romeo
Anna Nadeau
Noella Martel
Anna Morin
Ludger Moreau
Blanche Tremble
Wilfred Poisson
Marcel Garon
Arthur Lehouillier
Blanche Trembley
Marcel Courtois
Adolphe Remillard
John Paquette
Joseph Grenier
Fires in Saco Weekend Blazes Quickly Controlled
Saco firemen were called out twice over the weekend. A grass fire on Simpson Road required no equipment beyond a booster to extinguish. They returned to the station in under 20 minutes after responding to a fire at land owned by Joseph G. Deering on Spring Street where lumber ships burned.
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Saco
Simpson Road
Joseph G. Deering
Spring Street
Loneliness as Root of Mental Illness Explored
In a Columbus report, Dr. John Whieldon of Ohio State University argues loneliness underpins many mental illnesses and may be central to all mental problems. He notes definitional disagreements, describes patient experiences, and warns psychiatrists may overlook loneliness as a distinct illness while outlining childhood remedies and defenses.
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Columbus, Ohio
John A. Whieldon
Ohio State University
Whieldon
New York
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