Lewiston Girl Elected Dirigo Girls State Governor
On Colby College campus Waterville 17 year old Lewiston High School junior Lynda Lee Foisy won the Dirigo Girls State governor race defeating Susan Bowie of South Portland. She belongs to the Federalist Party and will be inaugurated Friday night with a trip to Washington, D.C. Gov. Curtis will address about 400 attendees Saturday.
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Waterville
Lewiston High School
Dirigo
Lynda Lee Foisy
Charles Belgarde, Jr
Susan Bowie
South Portland
Ing
Colby College
Miss Foisy
Federalist Party
Washington, D.C
Curtis
Stephen Butler
Bangor
Calais
American Legion
the Legion
Stewart G Applin Wins State Scholarship at Bowdoin
Stewart G. Applin of 223 Beach Street Saco son of Mr and Mrs Harold A Applin Sr earns a State of Maine Scholarship from Bowdoin College In announcing Bowdoin President James S Coles notes Applin is among seven Maine high school graduates recognized for academic excellence at Thornton Academy where he ranked in the top three percent of his class He was on the path to further studies at Bowdoin College
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Brunswick
Stewart G. Applin
Harold A. Applin Sr
Beach St
Saco
Maine
State of Maine
Bowdoin College
James S. Coles
Applin
Thornton Academy
Eighth Grade Graduate 67 Years Of Age
Edith Britt aged 67 from La Canada California completed the eighth grade at Cambria Adult School becoming the oldest graduate alongside high school seniors. Her schooling paused in 1914 to care for her ailing mother and farm work. She learned braille last year to aid the blind as part of her long reading habit.
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Los Angeles
Edith Britt
la Canada
Calif
Cambria Adult School
Britt
Bradley
Cambria
Local Student Earns Academic and Musical Honors at Thornton
A student who moved from St. Peter Minnesota to Saco earned honor roll status in his junior and senior years. He placed second in a VFW essay contest and was a finalist in the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards Program. He is a pianist organist trombonist and bari horn player who composes and arranges music and has self-published magazines and newspapers. He also contributed to his senior year yearbook.
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Saco
St. Peter, Minn
Thornton Academy
VFW
National Council of Teachers of English
New Hampshire Senate Sets October 1 for Tax Change
The New Hampshire Senate approved October 1 as the rooms and meals tax effective date, moving from a 60 day post passage start. The 5 percent levy on hotel rooms and restaurant meals over $1 shifts 40 percent of revenue to cities per capita, reducing projected gains to about $8.2 million. The measure heads to the House as leaders debate August adoption.
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Concord
N.H
Senate
New Hampshire
Creeley Buchanan
Tax Commission
House
Marshall Ere
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Italy
Navy
Biddeford
Leo R. Lemire
Alec Duhamel
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Supt
Bruce L. Smith
Ames J. Churchill
Prudential Group
Ance
Marshall L. True
Prudential
Brendan Crosby
Lewiston
Dirigo State
Len
U.S
Freedom
Johnson
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Treasury Depertmans
New Freedom
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