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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1972
Page
8
NY AP notes limbo as a flexible concept beyond theology, describing it as a sense of being lost or suspended. The piece lists many everyday limbos from infancy to work life, marriage, finances, aging, and writing a column, ending with the reader still in limbo.
Yale Divinity School dean Colin W Williams says university religion schools must include the mysterious aspects of faith alongside rational inquiry. He notes a shift toward integrating personal commitment and real life application through programs like Yale's Berkeley Center.
Graduation exercises for the Class of 1972 at Old Orchard Beach High School were held in the auditorium. Rev. Clive Meidahl delivered the invocation. Honor speakers were Jackie Anderson Gary Fitzgerald Bonnie Holland and Jody Pettengill. Principal Jerome LePelletier distributed diplomas. Benediction by Rev John H Clancy.
TOPS Biddeford members unveil a summer outing at Ossipee Lake and an autumn outing at Pool Street Biddeford. Rita Pageau earns Queen of the Month for April May with 64 percent weight loss and joins KOPS in waiting. May adds 88 percent new loss and six runners up. A new member joins, group singing and an auction occur. Meeting invites new members at 6 45 PM in the church basement. An 1863 Lincoln draft for the Gettysburg address was to be sold for soldiers' benefit at a fair.
McArthur offers adult fiction and non fiction titles including The Conspiracy by John Hersey The White Queen by Frederic Fallon Out of the Dark by Norah Lofts The Case History of Comrade V by James Park Sloan and The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters among others. Junior room selections include The Strangers by Ann Schlee The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart and The Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt Christopher.
Portland scene Westbrook College announces seven area students named to the Dean's honor list for the final semester. Dean Richard F. Bond confirms honors for Dianne Pendleton Mary Alice Bellevue Denise Cartier Elizabeth Compagna Patricia Tripp Ruth Harris and Patricia Camire.
Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr of Ocean Park attended a regional Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America conference in Atlanta representing the Maine chapter. He led a workshop on the public education program and helped present a 2500 donation to support worldwide MDAA research. The meeting covered advances in muscular dystrophy research and services, with talks by Dr. Carl M. Pearson and Dr. Leon Charash, and noted legislative updates from Washington. The Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon was also discussed as Maine will carry the event for the first time.
Plans announced for Saint Jean Baptiste feast at St Joseph Church Biddeford with Mass at 7 p.m. and a social at Adams Street hall. Committee members are Mrs Lucienne Trottier Mrs Irene Dube and Mrs Irene Marcoux. The program includes federation reports, a Boston Fenway trip August 6 and a charitable contribution to the Jimmy Fund.
Several hundred delegates from states east of the Mississippi attended the conference in Portland. A similar western states conference will be held later in the month in Seattle, Washington. Jakeman was the only representative from Maine.
Plans for the 25th class reunion of Thornton Academy Saco were announced at a committee dinner. The event will be at Josephs By The Sea Old Orchard Beach on July 8 with a 7 p.m. social hour and 8 p.m. buffet. Reservations by June 30 to Mrs Norman Chagnon Saco. Committee members present include Colpitts Dodge Desrochers Coburn Mitchell and Hall.
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