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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1962

Page

3

Kennebunk Club Activities and Local Visits Update

Alewive grange meets at 8 pm in West Kennebunk with supper at 6 30 chaired by Mrs Gladys Staple assisted by Mrs Blanche Bridges and Mrs Eleanor Berdeen. Schubert club plans April 2 meeting at Mrs John Audibert Kennebunkport home and Career Night at Kennebunk High April 5 with Armed Services reps.

Alewive Grange West Kennebunk Gladys Staple Blanche Bridges Eleanor Berdeen Schubert Club John Audibert Kennebunkport Kennebunk High School Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce Armed Services Warren Wyman Kennebunk Maine Osteopathic Hospital Portland A-le Albert Dion Melrose Mass Wesley Lindsey J. Alston True Alewive William Marsh Storer Street Ralph Marsh Peter Krause March Roger Krause Peter Tommy Capt. Krause Army Fort Monmouth Kennebunk Reserve Police Women’s Guild of St. David Episcopal Church Charles Hatch Fletcher Street

Cape Porpoise Women Aid Firemen Banquet Preparations

The Women's Guild met in the church parlor with Mrs. Alice Crowell and others planning the annual Firemen's banquet set for Thursday night April 12. Community women will assist. Rev. Megert faces extended hospitalization with Rev. Peterson filling pulpit duties at Church-on-the-Cape. Senior Youth Fellowship hosted a supper, dancing, and games with about 25 attending. Prizes awarded at a firemen’s card party.

Women’s Guild Alice Burleigh Alice Crowell Jennie Stockman Beryl Bilderback Cape Porpoise Henry 0. Megert Church-on-the--Cape Webber Hospital Hammond I. Peterson Ocean Park Church-on-the- Cape Megert Charles Bradbury Charlene Church-on-the-Cape Elsa Henry Pier Road Newfoundland Florence Nunan Ardelle Maling York County Kennebunk Beach William Armstrong Norwalk Conn Samuel Armstrong Wildes District Road Beth Packard Wolfboro N. H Louise Jordan Grace Packard Herbert Emmons Mills Road Ruth Clough Beachwood Avenue Brighton Mass Charterhouse Lynn Lelia Welch Warren Libby L. Leslie Harley Whicher Florence Smith Benjamin Hart L. Smith Irving Corneally Joseph Warner

Parmesan in Tossed Salads and Sauces

Parmesan cheese complements spaghetti and tomato sauce but also enhances tossed green salads and white sauces, adding zest and depth.

Legion Unit At Beach Will Serve Supper

At Old Orchard Beach meeting of C. Fayette Staples Unit American Legion Auxiliary 72 members strong, second vice-president Mrs Antonia Harquail presided. A 43rd birthday supper will be at 6 30 p.m. Saturday with co chairs Mrs Shirley Doe and Mrs Cecilia Allaire.

Antonia Harquail Shirley Doe Cecilia Allaire Viola Girard Rose Fournier Frances Mullen Virginia Ford Togus Veterans Hospital Virginia Skillin Mamie Balkan Thelma Moran

Old Orchard Club to Close Season With Annual Meeting

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Frost and others were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George F. E. Plumer in Portland. The Old Orchard club will close its season with a Wednesday afternoon annual meeting and officers election, followed by a banquet at Marshview restaurant in Scarborough. Program committee includes Mrs. Priscilla Skilling, Mrs. Retta Sait, and Mrs. Lucile Puffer.

William A. Frost Bradley Street Saco Clyde F. Frost Grand Avenue Forest Avenue George FE. Plumer Baxter Boulevard Portland Old Orchard Club Marshview Scarborough Priscilla Skilling Retta Sait Lucile Puffer Eldridge Leroy Hanson American Legion and Auxiliary Wells Legion Eldredge Road American Legion Wells Superintendent of Schools Wells High Annex Wells Grange Grange Hall Sanford Road Priscilla Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Highpine Masonic Hall Agnes H. Swett South Berwick Donald S. Paine Wells First Congregational Church First Church Building Fund Albeo G. LaPierre Wells William G. Biehler Ogunquit Elks Home Louis Balkan Old Orchard Beach Mrs. LaPierre

Marie Joseph Academy Honor Results Class of 1962

Marie Joseph Academy announced commencement honors for 1962. Valedictorian is Constance Gosselin of Bellingham, Mass., who leads National Honor Society, edits Caritas, and holds multiple roles. Salutatorian is Jeanne Deschenes of Dover, N.H., who serves as vice president of NHS and Student Council and plans to major in bacteriology.

Marie Joseph Academy Sister Roselmelda Constance Gosselin Jeanne Deschenes Gosselin Leo A. Gosselin Bellingham Mass Sodality Caritas MTA Louis Full-Taif Annhurst College Putnam, Conn Miss Deschenes Paul Deschenes Dover N.H Rivier College Nashua

Castro denounces old cadre in push for united socialist party

Castro accuses Escalante of abusing trust to build a personal apparatus and denounces a personality cult. He denounces sectarianism among old Communist militants, calls for unity of old and new Marxists, and stresses the goal of Cuba’s continued movement toward communization.

Socialist Communist United Party of the Socialist Revolution Castro Escalante Cuba

AMVETS Delegation Heads to Washington Fete

Area AMVETS will attend the fifth annual awards luncheon at the Mayflower hotel in Washington D C on March 91 led by Wallace Bragdon national executive committee man from Maine Other attendees include Paul E Potvin Rene Huot Gerard Potvin and Mrs Rita J Potvin with state representatives invited for the awards presentations AMVETS will honor Eleanor Roosevelt Hyman Rickover Everett Dirksen and William Middleton with various national and special awards including seven Project Mercury astronauts for their space program and defense contributions

Wallace Bragdon New Gloucests Amvets Department of Maine Mayflower Hotel Washington, D.C Paul E. Potvin Old Orchard Beach Rene Huot Gerard Potvin Ertontia States Post Biddeford Rita J. Potvin Auxiliary Department The Atomic Energy Commission Navy Bureau of Nuclear Propulsion United States Free World Everett M. Dirksen R. Ill Senate William S. Middleton Veterans Administration

Winners Listed In Lyman Spelling Bee

Linda Cahalane won the Lyman spelling bee with David Stearns as runner up at Cousens School Lyman. Both are Grade 8 students and will represent the school in the Union Six spelling bee on Friday April 6 at 7 30 p m in Alfred. Principal Jesse Bidwell led the contest with judges Edith Goodwin and Alice Elwell.

Linda Cahalane David Stearns Cousens School Lyman Alfred Jesse Bidwell Edith Goodwin Alice Elwell

Moonviewed Great Wall Claim Sparks Bold Debate

The Great Wall of China, begun about two millennia ago, is alleged to be the sole man-made structure visible from the Moon. Skeptics note that visibility from lunar distance is limited by size, lighting, and earthward perspective, while proponents argue about scale and historical reach.

China Earth

Promotion Surprise Pins Crosby Major with Gold Leaves

Captain Richard D. Crosby Jr. receives a surprise promotion to major in Nancy France. The ceremony is witnessed by his wife Ann and Colonel Martin Cunningham with son Jonathon present. Crosby, son of Mrs. Margaret Crosby of Old Orchard Beach, grew up in Biddeford and attended Thornton Academy, graduating in 1946. He was a US Naval Reserve midshipman, earned a BS from Maine Maritime Academy in 1949, transferred to the Army as a captain in 1956, and served as liaison to the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics on the Mohawk AOI aircraft project. He is an Army and Naval aviator who completed the AG career course before arriving at the Nancy Complex in January 1961. His wife is the daughter of Mrs. Peter McFarland of Portland.

Richard D. Crosby Jr Nancy France Ann Martin Cunningham Jonathon Crosby Margaret Crosby Washington Avenue Old Orchard Beach Biddeford Thornton Academy US Naval Reserve Maine Maritime Academy US Army Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Army Nancy Complex Peter McFarland Spruce Street Portland

Beach Voters Reject High School Addition Plan

In Old Orchard Beach, a proposed 444000 addition to the high school was defeated 487 to 468 after voters rejected transferring title to the Maine School Building Authority. The tied vote on the addition led to a decisive result on the title transfer, and districts split in support, with Ocean Park 36 9, Half Way 66 111, Beach Front 35 73, Camp Ground 259 in favor.

Old Orchard Beach High School Maine School Building Authority School Authority Old O ‘Hard Beach Camp Ground Ocean Ark Half Way Beach Front

Austin Held For High Court On Cheating Counts

Saco man James G. Austin 53 pleaded innocent to three counts of cheating by false pretenses after arraignment in Sanford Municipal Court. Judge Ward T. Hanscom found probable cause, and Austin posted 1500 dollars bail. The warrants allege he took 10 to 37.50 dollars from three York County businessmen for bank folder advertising, including Sam Mentor, Myron Butler, and Cleon Wood.

Saco York County Sam Mentor No Berwick Myron Butler Sanford Cleon S. Wood Eliot Television

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