Veterans Group Elects Officers at Biddeford VFW Hall
Members of the York Napoleon Frechette World War I veterans and its auxiliary in Biddeford elected officers at the VFW Hall on Thornton Street. Commander Charles Glover led the barracks. Auxiliary president is Mrs Yvonne Bergeron with a slate of officers and trustees. A joint installation is planned for April 3 with District 1 meetings set for April 8 in Portland.
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McGarrity
York Napoleon Frechet
Judge County Barracks
Veterans of Advocate
George Bout
U. World War I
V.F.W. Hall
Thornton Street
Biddeford
Charles Glover
Arthur Lambert
Percy Burgess
Thomas
Auxiliary
Yvonne Bergeron
Nellie Burgess
Mary Allen
Florence Hooper
Delcia Frechette
Annie Normand
Violet
Allen
Frechette
Gagne
Poissant
Hospital and Sunshine
Simard
Department
Violet Millett
Franklin Towers
Portland
Sanford
South Berwick
Maine activist recalls Skippy creator as ERA fight persists
Mrs Joan Tibbetts of Bangor holds an original Percy Crosby cartoon from 1938 in the Senate chambers to illustrate today’s Equal Rights Amendment effort. Crosby, creator of Skippy, was known for bold editorial cartoons opposing figures like FDR and the KKK. Tibbetts, a Biddeford native, cites her father’s courage in urging equal justice.
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Maryline White
Augusta
Joan Tibbetts
Bangor
Lady Justice
Maine
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Percy Crosby
Skippy
U.S
KKK
al Capone
FDR
Waldo Tibbetts
Tibbetts
Biddeford
Biddeford High School
Bates College
New City Clerk for Biddeford Appointed
Albert Carrier, 37, of 103 Graham Street, Biddeford, was named part time city clerk by the Biddeford City Council. Carrier, data processing manager at West Point Pepperell, has 20 years with the firm and is a 1953 St. Louis High School graduate. He is married to Claire Pepin and has three children. The personnel clerk post has also been filled. both jobs remain separate.
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Albert Carrier
Graham St
Biddeford
Carrier
West Point Pepperell
West Point
St. Louis High School
Claire Pepin
David
Nancy
Thomas
Dennis Plante
Plante
Saco Mayor Objects To Zoning Board Expansion
Saco Mayor Berton Braley criticized Tuesday the council’s tabling of a zoning amendment to raise the zoning board of appeals from five to seven with a three member quorum. He warned appointing a member from each ward would make the boards political and threaten its effectiveness. Braley said appointments have been a mayoral duty with council approval and feared a regression to less capable boards.
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Saco
Berton Braley
Zoning Board of Appeals
Braley
Ecology Speech Contest at St Joseph Junior High Biddeford
The Civic Oration Contest themed Ecology Is Topic Of Speech will run March 1 to March 30 at St Joseph Junior High Biddeford. Sister Ida P Boutet eighth grade teacher will supervise. Elvert G Pooler Modern Woodsman of America will present awards trophies for winner runner up five gold pins and participation certificates for all entrants.
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Modern Woodemen of America
St. Joseph Junior High
Biddeford
Ida P. Boutet
Elvert G. Pooler
Modern Woodsman of America
St. Joseph School
Modern Woodman of America
Keating Faces Tax Bill After Moving Kennebunkport Apartments
Developer Edward Keating drew Kennebunkport ire over two controversial apartment blocks moved from the original site to a new location in Sacolast Fall. The town sent a $3,000 tax bill for the structures though unfinished. Keating and attorney Edward Gaulin of Biddeford have petitioned for an abatement hearing.
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Kennebunkport
Edward Keating
Sacolast Fall
Keating
Edward Gaulin
Biddeford
Legislation Day Planned by Maine Catholic Women Group
The Maine Diocesan Council of Catholic Women schedules Legislation Day for March 15. Members meet at 9:30 p.m. in the State House Museum to attend sessions or hearings, with luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in the State House Cafeteria and a 1 p.m. meeting at the Central Maine Power Building where John Stevens will speak on Indian Affairs.
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Maine
Catholic Women
State House
Women's Legislative Council
Central Maine Power Building
John Stevens
Rochambeau Club Plans Barbecue and Family Day
Rochambeau Club members will hold a barbecue at the March 18 meeting from 12 noon to 2 pm. Dick Curtiss and a Western singer will entertain. a Family Day is also set for the April 7 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Curtiss
Webber Hospital to Offer Prenatal Course Series
The Webber Hospital Association sponsors a five session prenatal course starting March 12 at the nurses home wing. Free evening classes run 7 30 to 9 with a Tuesday session on March 27. Dr G Patrick Shaw and staff will cover pregnancy care, nutrition, preparing for a new baby, labor and delivery, and a tour of the delivery area and nursery.
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Webber Hospital Association
Nurses Home
Webber Hospital
Esther Taylor
Gertrude Benoit
Maternity Department
Taylor
Benoit
G. Patrick Shaw
Muriel Clark
Caroline ‘Tarbox
Webbers Hospital
Lucille Dion
Maurice Ross
Mary Lord
The
la Leche League
Mary Ellen” Black
Sally Simpson
Barbara Henderson
Cheryl Taylor
Shaw
Claudette Letendre
Gun Safety Class Taught To Troop 305 In Biddeford
Fred Roberts of the Biddeford Police Department taught Boy Scout Troop 305 on gun safety Tuesday evening. The session covered rifle handling loading unloading and safe handling. A banquet to be held March 25 at the Scout hall on Mason Street at 5 30 pm was announced after the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Roberts
Biddeford
Boy Scout
Troop Building Association
Mason Street
Scout Hall
Medical Society Meet Planned at Goodall Hospital
The York County Medical Society will gather March 14 at Goodall Hospital in Sanford. A social hour starts at 6 30 pm followed by dinner at 7 30 pm and a business meeting. Guest speaker Capt William Schofield Portland summer camp director for the Salvation Army will speak on What the Salvation Army Can Do for Medicine Through Its Summer Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Medical Society
Goodall Hospital
Sanford
William Schofield
Portland
Salvation Army
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Alice Simard
Diana Moulin
Yvonne Lariviere
Georgianna Martel
Carmeline Neault
June Tarbox
Clara Blouin
Bernadette Poissant
Hstorian
Hooper
V.A.V.S
Florence Gagne
Tarbox
Jackie Cooper
Crosby
Washington, D.C
Justice
Journal
Lace Construction Inc
Ross
Billie
the Blues
Rochambeau Club
Webber
Turkey
SWIFT
Hamburg
Chuck Roast
Chuck
Rose Croix
Sterling
California
Miss Breck
Sans
Shurfine
PRG
Jon
Morton
Salsbury
Carton
Koy
Casco
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