India Comes To Maine At United Methodist Women Event
Dr Gilbert Samuel spoke on India’s diversity with slides on rural life and people including his wedding and friends. Women modeled saris, jewelry, and symbols while noting family structure and Hindu Christian blends amid observations on India’s states, languages, and women’s changing roles.
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Madras
Bombay
Hyderabad
Rajasthan
India
United Methodist Church
Foss Street
Biddeford
Gilbert Samuel
St. Francis College
Samuel
Dhanam
Chandra Chawan
Lila Hingarh
Bina Batheja
Rach
Dr. Samuel
United States
Hingard
Bathera
Maine Medical Center
Portland
United Methodist Women
Calendar Records Doings Of Women
New York City profiles answer questions on the nation s first female governor Nellie Tayloe Ross born in Wyoming and the first female Cabinet member Frances Perkins. The 1973 Woman s Appointment Calendar catalogues birthdays and milestones of notable women including Juliette Gordon Low and Oveta Culp Hobby with facts and dates.
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New York City
Nellie Tayloe
Ross
Wyoming
Frances Perkins
Savannah
Juliette Gordon Low
Girl Guides
Jurate Kazickas
Lynn Sherr
Institute of Life Insurance
U.S. Army
Oveta Culp Hobby
WAC
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Nancy Robinson Adsit
Dream A Little Dream
A clipping from a Boston newspaper dated September 17, 1906 found by Carl Graffam recalls low retail prices for beef pork and seafood of the era. Prices per pound include beef roasts six to ten cents, sirloin twelve cents, corned beef three cents, lamb legs fourteen cents, halibut fifteen cents, oysters forty five cents a quart, and shrimp thirty five cents a quart.
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Carl Graffam
Union Street
Saco
Boston
Graffam
Martin
Westbrook
New England
Paddy's Day story told by Kennedy School first graders
First graders in Mrs. Libby's class at Kennedy School in Biddeford wrote and shared a picture book titled Mr. Leprechaun's Gold. The tale follows a wind swept day as a leprechaun helps a boy find his lost treasure through a message that love is the best treasure of all.
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Maine
Kennedy School
Biddeford
Noreen Libby
Leprechaun
West Street
Women Power in Family Finances In 1971 Workforce
AP reports financial expert W Scane Bowler notes nearly four of five working women support families. Of 83.8 million workers in 1971, 31.6 million were women. fewer than 23 percent were single. Bowler cites rising two or more breadwinners and growing divorced female workers, plus increased female input in budgeting and investments.
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Washington, D.C
W. Scane Bowler
Pioneer Western Corp
Bowler
Weight Watchers Chef Franco Palumbo to visit Maine fans
World renowned Weight Watchers chef Franco Palumbo will make Maine appearances March 19 and 20 with radio, press meetings and local TV programs. His Maine TV debut airs March 26 on WGAN TV Channel 13 at 9 pm. Palumbo, who lost 105 pounds, advocates flavor and moderation and has created 1 000 recipes.
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Franco Palumbo
Maine
Marie Ludwick
Palumbo
Wgan TV
Portland
Weight Watchers International
Franco
Second Grade Memories From Old Orchard Beach
A brief reflective scene shows Andrea Plante, a second grader at Elementary School in Old Orchard Beach, skipping with a playful line about salt mustard vinegar and pepper. A nostalgic tone hints at memory fragments and a photo by Art Nadeau.
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Andrea Plante
Old Orchard Beach
Art Nadeau
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Dublin
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Saris
UMW Meeting
Nadeau
Paddy
Rv Peg Welch
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Erin
Slim
Weight Watchers
Culinary Institute of America
New Haven
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