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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1961

Page

3

Kennebunk Birthday Parties Highlight Easter Gathering

David Ross hosted his seventh birthday with a luncheon and Easter themed decor at Storer Street. Guests included Nancy Lamontagne and others. a cake by Debbie Ross was cut by the honoree. A double birthday for David Goldman and Sheldon Coleman followed at Longview Terrace with a drum shaped cake by Mrs. Edgar Fisher. Raymond Clark called a Kennebunk Band Boosters meeting at Kennebunk High. Lloyd Jewett underwent surgery at Webber Hospital. Mrs. Fred Merrill returned home after hand surgery. Kennebunk fire department responded to a hot box on a rail car.

David Ross Gifield Ross Storer Street Debbie Nancy Lamontagne Gail Gonneville Zeleen McPherres David Peterson Michael Buzzulchuck Michael Truscott Stephen Saxe Leonard Goldman Longview Terrace David Adam Goldman Sheldon David Coleman Edgar Fisher Deborah Saxe Billy Yates Diene Hilton Robin Hilton Goldman Stephanie Curtis Raymond Clark Kennebunk Kennebunk High School Caribou Lloyd Jewett

Pills Will Aid Owner To Rid Pet Of Insect Pests

A leading pharmaceutical company announces an oral insecticide to eliminate fleas ticks and lice in pets. The product claims to kill parasites on contact, preventing reproduction, with earlier human analogies noted. Towns offer local milk distribution as readied.

Pets and flea tick concerns and care guidance

Discussion on fleas and ticks affecting dogs, their health harms, control methods, and widespread use of products. Notes on insect life cycles, outdoor fish pool gardening queries, and budgie care with simple activities and safe timing for planting water lilies.

Music Sponsors Plan Concert At Beach Hall

The Music Sponsors club met at Old Orchard Beach High School cafeteria led by President Mrs. Frank Bernier. They planned a concert by the senior band junior and senior majorettes and the Glee club for April 7 in the Alumini hall with candy and food sales. A music student will be sent to Maine Music Camp next summer. $20.79 was cleared at a town meeting candy sale. Present were Mrs. Bernier Mrs. Boudreau Mrs. Barnes Mrs. Hamilton Mrs. Merrill Jr. Mrs. Doherty Mrs. Holland Mrs. Merrill Sr. and Bandmaster Gordon Haskell.

Old Orchard Beach High School Frank Bernier Donald Boudreau Donald Swett Raymond Doherty Herman Merrill Robert Mullett James Barnes Plens Maine Arthur Hamilton Herman Merrill, Jr William Holland Gordon Haskell

Easter and Holy Week services at Old Orchard Beach church

At the Methodist church Maun dy Thursday features a candlelight communion at 7 30 p m On Good Friday services run from 12 noon to 3 p m Rev John T Stahl pastor Easter Sunday offers a sunrise service at 6 30 a m led by Sunday school pupils and the Junior MYF Work committee of Hope circle met at Col by avenue Ocean Park to plan a May 3 tea Hosts included Mrs Clement Wight and co organizers Margaret Milliken Muriel Gooch Martha Trafton Frances Dickson and Edrice Bates.

Maundy John T. Stahl Hope Circle Muriel Gooch Colby Avenue Ocean Park

Pet care questions to Mr Miller in readers column

Readers are invited to send pet care questions to Mr Miller via this paper. Questions will be answered in his column in order of reader interest. Copyright 1961 General Features Corp.

Miller General Features Corp

Flood-Stricken Midwest Faced With Freezing Cold

Cold air spread into northeast Iowa as the Cedar River flood warnings continued. In Waterloo near 80,000 residents faced possible overflows while Evansdale endured a flood-damaged dike and hundreds displaced. Red Cross reported over 1,100 families evacuated across Iowa Wisconsin and Louisiana. Weather spread cold across the northern U.S. with snow from North Dakota to the Great Lakes.

Associated Press Iowa Cedar River Waterloo Evansdale Wisconsin Vernon Crawford American Red Cross Washington Louisiana Missouri Minnesota Kansas Alabama New England Ohio Valley Rockies North Dakota Great Lakes

Farming Dominates US Economy, Newdick Says

E L Newdick Maine Commissioner of Agriculture addressed Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis at the American Legion hall. He called farming the nation’s biggest industry, noting four in ten people are linked to a $200 million Maine business annually and that agriculture now includes about 5000 product types.

E. L. Newdick Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis Club American Legion Hall School Street Louis W. Simpson Agriculture and Conservation Newdick Maine Paul Mazzacane Scott Verrill Roger Tousignant Lee Bishop Gray Donald Shorey George Skillin Herbert R. Bean Edward C. Jackson Leighton Cheney Sweetser Children’s Home Saco

Tupper Resolution Calls for Oceanographic Research Boost

Representative Stanley R. Tupper of Maine has filed a resolution urging the Interior Department’s Fish and Wildlife division to increase funding and focus on oceanographic research. The action aims to advance scientific understanding and resource management in marine environments.

Tupper Washington Stanley R. Tupper Maine Interior Department

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