Motto of couriers and royal name change history
The piece notes the origin of the postal motto Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night from Herodotus and recounts King George V adopting Windsor in 1917 to distance from the German Saxe Coburg Gotha line during World War I. It references Queen Victoria taking Albert as a German prince’s name.
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U.S
Xerxes
Persia
Tish
Germany
Saxe - Coburg - Gotha
Victoria
Prince Albert
Orono Man Named Lay Coordin ator for Bishops Campaign
Albert Smaha of Orono is named lay diocesan coordinator for the Bishops Campaign by Bishop Peter L. Gerety. Born March 6 1924 in Methuen Mass he attended the University of Maine and served as battalion commander 96th Quartermaster Battalion 1943 46. He is president of Columbia Markets with seven stores in Maine and New Hampshire and is married to Jean Brooks of Malone New York with four children. The campaign funds new programs and updates old ones across Maine including the Newman Center at U of M.
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Orono
Portland
Albert Smaha
Peter L. Gerety
Smaha
Methuen
Mass
University of Maine
96Th Quartermaster Battalion
Jean Brooks
Malone
N.Y
Columbia Markets
Maine
New Hampshire
Newman Center
U. of M
Kyros Sets Briefing on M16 Contract Controversy
Rep. Peter N. Kyros announced a Saturday news briefing in Portland to discuss new developments in the M16 rifle contract awards. He alleges the Army ignored price in selecting winners, with Marement Corp of Saco claiming a $20 million and $6 million lower bid. A Marement rep is to attend, as GAO testimony looms before a House subcommittee.
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Portland
Peter N. Kyros
Kyros
Marement Corp
Saco
Castine Room
Sheraton - Eastland Hotel
Marement
House
ESP Talk Set By Dr Krippner In Williston Maine
Dr Stanley Krippner associate research director of Menninger Medical Center New York will discuss ESP and Telepathic Experience at Williston Congregational Church on Thomas Street tomorrow at 730 p m He also directs the Menninger Dream Laboratory and spoke in Maine at the invitation of local residents seeking a nonprofit psychiatric research center The public is invited with no admission charge.
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Portland
Stanley Krippner
Mainonides Medical Center
N.Y
Williston Congregational Church
Thomas Street
Krippner
Menninger Dream Laboratory
Maine
Bridal Shower Held in Kennebunk for Carol Taute
A bridal shower was hosted Wednesday night at Ocean View Road Kennebunk by Miss Debbie Folley for Miss Carol Taute daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Taute of Kennebunk. The bride to be will wed Thomas Farnsworth of Storer Street on July 13. Guests included Mrs Taute and several sisters and relatives. Gifts were displayed on a coffee table beneath a decorated watering can and the refreshments table featured a bride’s cake with carnations and greens.
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Tighe - Beaudoin Farley
American Legion Post
Elm Street
Biddeford
Jandie Keithley
Rose Soulard
Olive Croteau
Annette Collard
Pauline Kennedy
Angeline Dion
Nellie Petit
Germaine Larivierie
Alice Goulet
Shirley Doe
Viola Girard
Esther Albert
C. Fayette Staples Post
American Legion
Old Orchard Beach
J. Edmond Pinard
Horace Beaulieu
Roy Mendros
Bath
St. Michel
Croteau
Poire
Goulet
Robert Boucher
Alfred Prejean
Edmond Pinard
Adrien L'Heureux
Joseph Nolette
Bastarache
Paul Gowen
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Theode Legare
Gerard Rheault
Notre Dame Hospital
Pool Road
Camille Michaud
Father Lee
Paul Deroy
Richard Doe
Carl Sheltra
Kennebunk
Cranston Folley
Ocean View Road
Carol Taute
Howard Taute
Hovey Street
Thomas Farnsworth
Storer Street
Debbie Folley
Folley
Diane Taute
Boyd Slowik
Eunice Fitton
James Nadeau
William Vance celebrates 85th birthday in Old Orchard Beach
William Vance born June 8 1883 in Arcadia Mines Nova Scotia marked his 85th birthday at his home in Old Orchard Beach with wife Cora Grant and a large family including Esther Nason Ernest Vance Laura Day Vera Whalen Roberta Schevenicus Perlie Vance Reginald Vance Ruby Norton Leona Norton Winona Ireland Maxine Martel Leslie Vance Celia White. His 40 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren joined the celebration as gifts of a birthday cake and a reclining chair were shared.
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William Vance
Washington Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Arcadia Mines
Nova Scotia
Cora Grant
Esther Nason
Ernest Vance
Gouldsboro
Laura Day
Vera Whalen
Roberta Schevenicus
Perlie Vance
Reginald Vance
Ruby Norton
Leona Norton
Winona Ireland
Maxine Martel
Leslie Vance
Local Hostess List of Guests for Event
Miss Leanne Travers, Miss Ann Winston, Miss Susan Davidson, Mrs. Lawrence Hill and the hostesses. Invited but unable to attend were: Mrs. June MacDonald, Miss Susan MacDonald, Miss Judy Milligan, Miss Cecile Mathieu, Miss Sally Angell, Miss Peggy Wormwood, Miss Ellen Warren, Miss Polly Stinson and Mrs. Alvin K. Hersey.
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Leanne Travers
Ann Winston
Susan Davidson
Lawrence Hill
June MacDonald
Susan MacDonald
Judy Milligan
Cecile Mathieu
Sally Angell
Peggy Wormwood
Ellen Warren
Polly Stinson
Alvin K. Hersey
Saco Women Plan Banquet At Glen Mor Restaurant
The Saco Firemen's Wives held a meeting at the Saco fire station to discuss plans for a banquet at Glen Mor Restaurant on Friday June 21. Attendees included President Mrs Jean McInnis Secretary Peggy Ricker and Treasurer Irma LeBlanc. Peggy Ricker won a mystery package and next meeting set for June 27 at 7 30 p.m. at the fire station.
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Saco
Glen - Mor
Shaw’s Market
Jean McInnis
Peggy Ricker
Irma LeBlanc
Carol Stackpole
George Nutter
Everett Bowden Sr
Priscilla Letendre
Lorraine Mercier
Jeanne Hamel
Biddeford Women Receive Degrees at UNH Commencement
Three Biddeford residents were among graduates at UNHs 98th annual commencement in Durham New Hampshire on June 9. Sr Marie Joannes Comtois of 6 Adams St earned a Master of Education Sr Aimee Dagesse of 39 Sullivan St earned a Master of Education and Joan Monte of St Francis College earned an M A in English.
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Durham
N. H
Biddeford
Maine
University of New Hampshire
Marie Joannes Comtois
Adams St
Aimee Dagesse
Sullivan St
Joan Monte
St. Francis College
United States War Era Aircraft Strength Near Three Thousand
The Encyclopaedia Britannica states that by war's end the United States possessed nearly 3,000 aircraft. This figure reflects the rapid expansion of American airpower during the conflict.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Briannica
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Thurs
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Arthur Caron Jr
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Harold Pinansky
Arthur
Gorham State College
Philippines
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Malacanang Palace
Manila
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Medicare
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Anastasoff
Main Street
OIL Service, Inc
Saco Avenue
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Biddeford Shopping Center
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