Bits and Pieces From Boyle's Notebook
A New York AP column blends curious facts and wry quotes. It notes Malekula brides lose two front teeth in marriage ceremonies, compares marriage prices to cultural rites, and highlights global trivia from skiing booms in Japan to Russian telephone caution. It cites Pearl Buck, Gelett Burgess, and a Printing Office fact about pages produced daily.
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New York
South Pacific
Malekula
Christoper Columbus
Pearl Buck
U.S
Congressional Record
Shirley Beauchemin Bridal Shower Held in Cape Porpoise
Miss Shirley Beauchemin of Kennebunk was honored at a pre bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Chester Eaton in Cape Porpoise. She will wed Philip Eaton on May 25. The decor featured yellow and white, with a bride centerpiece and a revolving china doll on the cake. Guests included Irene Eaton Pauline Chambers Geraldine Crown Muriel Kimball Florence Nash Joan Lonergan Gertrude Barrett Elise Stevens Sally Petit Betty Boston Annette Wood Janet Belisle Dorothy Labbe Hope Bragdon Sally Logan Becky Eaton Jean Labbe and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Porpoise
Shirley Beauchemin
Kennebunk
Chester Eaton
Beauchemin
Philip Eaton
Eaton
Grace Gunn
Bride
Irene Eaton
Pauline Chambers
Geraldine Crown
Muriel Kimball
Florence Nash
Joan Lonergan
Gertrude Barrett
Elise Stevens
Sally Petit
Betty Boston
Annette Wood
Janet Belisle
Dorothy Labbe
Hope Bragdon
Sally Logan
Becky Eaton
Jean Labbe
Miss Beauchemin
Mrs. Eaton
Workplace exams revised to favor personal interviews
The U S Civil Rights Commission urges moving from mass produced tests to personal applicant exams. It cites minority groups and the foreign born as disadvantaged by standardized tests while noting some workers perform better on the job than on tests. The report warns against high cutoffs and sole reliance on tests and calls for better recruitment and training practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
William Taylor
R.S.V.P
Myron Kandel
The
New York Law Journal
Commission
Congress
Lawrence Summer Street Readers and Travel Plans Mentioned
Kennebunk Community notes residents traveling from Lawrence to Fresno and Vassar, with local meeting of American Legion Auxiliary at the Webber Lefebvre unit home hosted by Mrs Johnnie Ann Martel. Rutgers student David Cram returns to study as rainfall totals reach 4.29 inches at the pumping station area.
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Lawrence
Summer Street
Charles Lewis
Fresno
Calif
George Anderson
Sea Road
Febvre
American Legion Auxiliary
Johnnie Ann Martel
York Street
Frances Burke
Martha Truscott
Marion Maguire
David Cram
Rutgers Univerisity
New Brunswick
N. J
Atty
Chester D. Cram Jr
High Street
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport & Wells
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Biddeford-Saco
DAV Hall
Bradbury Street
Biddeford
Wilfred J. Labbe
State Department
Robert Libby
Raymond
Roy
Robert Chenard
Nelson Bergeron
Joseph Lizotte
Romeo Provencher
Robert Cote
Ralph Goulet
Boyle
Japan
America
Rodney
Us.s.r
Gelett Burgess
HOWE
Wells
Armstrong
Components, Inc
Maine Employment Security
Main Street
John Cunniff
Joyce Dowd
Louise Pelletier
Edmund Cashen
Kirschner
Link Sausage
Shaw’s
Saco Valley
Ify
Biddeford Shopping Center
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