New England Vignettes Highlights Oddities From 1960s Boston
AP writer James Calogero tours New England quirks with portraits of Robert Fairbanks, a jockey who enjoys horses and women, and his wife Cora in Attleboro. The piece also notes quirky town tales from Wrentham and Wheaton College’s on campus ski slope The Dimple. It cites New Hampshire hunting accident stats and recounts the Animal Rescue League of Boston celebrating 65 years aiding nearly five million animals with branches and services.
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James Calogero
Associated Press
Boston
New England
Robert Fairbanks
Cora Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Wheaton College
Norton
Mass
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Carver Street
Castle Square Theatre
Provincetown
Harwich
Salem
Animal Rescue League
Pine Ridge
Dedham
Amrita Island
Cataumet
Buzzard’s Bay
Kennebunk Church Cancelled Meeting and Local Updates
The Evening Alliance of the Kennebunk Unitarian Church canceled its Tuesday meeting due to a storm. The next meeting will be April 14 and is the annual meeting. Miss Lynda Brearey visited her father in Maine Medical Center and saw the 1963 Kennebunk town report with her sketch of Hugh McCullough house. She is an art major at UNH and was elected president of her dorm. Frederick Trumbull resigns from Maine State Police to manage Mapes Garden Center in York Street. Gateway Neighborhood meeting of the Kennebec Girl Scout Council at Christ Church included representatives from Kennebunk and nearby towns.
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Kennebunk Unitarian Church
Lynda Brearey
Raymond Brearey
Fletcher Street
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Kennebunk
Hugh McCullough
Miss Brearey
University of New Hampshire
Frederick Trumbull
Longview Terrace
Maine State Police
Mapes Garden Center
York Street
Trumbull
Fryeburg
Nassau College
Springvale
Nancy O'Donnell
South Weymouth
Mass
Gateway
Kennebec
H. Willis Day Jr
Henry Dickinson
Roger Gonneville
Ernest J. Robichaud
Orren Tibbetts
Kennebunkport
Harriet Eaton
van Ness Lash
Age Woelins
Mullen Council Names Hilton As Representative
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Rev. James J. Mullen Council Knights of Columbus named Raymond L. Hilton as a representative to the K of C Hall. St Francis College will have the third degree conferred on March 20 at 7 pm at Biddeford Council Hall. A Child Health Clinic will be saint March 1 is St. David's Day not Moulton.
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Old Orchard Beach
James J. Mullen
Knights of Columbus
Raymond L. Hilton
Anne
C. Hall
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Leroy Bellerose
Rev. Royal Parent
Mis
McIvetl Mulchins
Gertrude Maling
Elea
St. David's Day
Moulton
Wales
A_Child Health Clinic
Saint
Immunization Clinic Offered at Public Health Office
A vaccination clinic will be held at the Public Health office 10 Storer St. on Tuesday March 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. Dr J Robert Downing will attend with Public Health nurse Elizabeth Sweeney and Mrs Dorothy Harrison. Immunizations for diphtheria whooping cough tetanus and polio and smallpox vaccination will be available.
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Public Health Office
Storer St
J. Robert Downing
Elizabeth Sweeney
R. N
Dorothy Harrison
Muskie to Speak at Eagle Event in Portland
At Biddeford Saco Aerie meeting members heard U S Senator Muskie has verbally agreed to keynote the September 12 60th anniversary celebration for the local Aerie with a confirmation letter to follow from his office. The program includes a banquet at Eastland Motor Hotel and a Portland Aerie dance.
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Portland
Portland Aerie
Biddeford - Saco Aerie
Order of Eagles
Birch Street
Biddeford
Eastland Motor Hotel
Frederic Deschambeault
Lewiston
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Michael Richard
Phillippe Perreault
Raoul Bellefeuille
Webber Hospital
Rene
Chemical Brush Control In State Is Explained
Clarence E Staples spoke at the Biddeford Saco Rotary on Maine brush control economics. He said hand cutting on 11 000 miles of highways and 9 000 miles of town roads is no longer feasible and CMP has adopted chemical control using selective non toxic sprays like 2 4 D and 2 4 5 T. He noted benefits include wildlife-friendly clearing, improved road safety, easier snow plowing, and fewer poison ivy and ragweed, with other gains in road conditions and aesthetics. Visiting Rotarians included Ralph Ridley Jim Longley Jon DeToft Arthur Lombard and T W Kingsbury. Next week Frank Lyman of the Maine Truck Owner's Association will speak on The New Europe Threat or Challenge.
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Maine
Clarence E. Staples
Biddeford-Saco
Staples
Central Maine Power Co
Clarence Giles
C.M.P.C
Fene Truax
Joseph Haley
Ralph Ridley
Augusta
Jim Longley
Lewiston Auburn
Jon DeToft
Portland
Arthur Lombard
T. W. Kingsbury
Kennebunk
Joseph Hannaford
Frank Lyman
Maine Truck Owner’s Association
Europe
Louisville Water Co turns on water after delinquent pay
AP reports a Louisville Water Co worker will visit the customer’s home the next day to restore service after payment. The customer jokes about delaying the return until later, mentioning remaining alcohol and avoiding an early water opening. Julien Hamann led the responders.
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Louisville
The
Louisville: ‘Water Co
Henry Piette
Julien Hamann
Bean Supper Planned by Council Chagnon
A bean supper will be held in April with proceeds to the fund for French cultural and fraternal activities. The event is sponsored by the councils of Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach and was announced at Council Chagnon Union St. Jean Baptiste in Adams Street hall Biddeford. A donation was voted to the society scholarship fund during the meeting conducted by President Eugene Bertrand and a report on the communion breakfast was given by Paul.
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Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Eugene Bertrand
Paul
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Wrentham
Water’ Commissioner
Office of Water Commissioner
Cleck
New Hampshire
Mullen Council
Hilton
Biddeford Junior High School
Robert York
Gorham State Teachers College
York
Gettysburg
Little Round Top
McKenney & Heard Co
RCA Victor Best
RCA Victor
Muskie
Eagle
Daniel Pendleton
Delmar
America
Red
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