Biddeford Red Cross Drive Is Extended Week
The Biddeford Red Cross fund drive is extended one week announced by drive chair Raymond Kenneally. Partial returns were reported with more solicitors to file reports this week and next. House to house canvassers were urged to finalize returns for district tallying at Red Cross headquarters. Mrs. Eric Elliott now leads solicitations in Goodwins Mills Dayton and Lyman, replacing ill Raymond Burbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Eric Elliott
Goodwins Mills
Dayton
Lyman
Raymond Burbank
Anne Curran
Kenneally
Alice Bardsley
Amanda Beaudoin
Antoinette Hawes
Robert Neault
Fred Patterson
Barbara Vanderward
Lions Club to Observe Ladies Night on April 8
Biddeford-Saco Lions Club outlined a Ladies Night meeting for April 8 at the Wonderbar steak house. Co chairmen Dr J Ralph Larochelle and Rene Roy Sr announced dinner entertainment and dancing with guest speaker Sumner P Johnson of Old Orchard Beach, deputy district governor on light conservation and Lionism. King Lion Albert Lambert presided and reports on the annual Home Show will be given at the April 11 meeting.
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Wonderbar
Biddeford-Saco
Lion Albert Lambert
New Shoe Plant Planned for Brunswick Maine
The Maine Corporation announces a new plant at Brunswick as part of an expansion. Dan Mathews says it will not affect Evangeline Shoe Corporation operations. The plant will make women's shoes, employ about 400 people, with a payroll over one million dollars. Construction starts in spring with production in fall.
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Brunswick
Maine Corporation
Dan Mathews
Evangeline Shoe Corporation
Manchester
N.H
Mathews
Carl Maki Addresses Kiwanis On All-Type Valves
Carl Maki secretary treasurer of J L Putnam company spoke to the Saco Biddeford Kiwanis at Wonder Bar about All-Type Valves. He described full port valves for high pressure and heat and standard valves for 350 to 400 degrees. William Acton attended, with Lt. Gov. Lee Bishop as special guest.
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Carl Maki
J.L. Putnam Company
Saco-Biddeford Kiwanis Club
Wonderbar
William Acton
Maki
J. L. Putnam Company
Biddeford-Saco
Martin Rielly
Kiwanis
Lee Bishop
Clifford Purvis
Board of Directors
Saco City Building
St John Guild Announces Card Prize Winners
St John Auxiliary Guild met Tuesday at Flora Ricker home in Old Orchard Beach with president Frances Pettengill presiding. Special prizes were awarded at the tele phone card party at Eunice Pettengill home to Anne Lublinsky and Lucille Carr. No card party this week due to Maundy Thursday. a party resumes Thursday April 6 at Pettengill home on Washington avenue. Present: Flora Ricker Frances Pettengill Mildred McAlpine Shirley Bellevue Lucille Carr Esther Cavalieri.
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St. John Auxiliary Guild
Flora Ricker
Park Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Frances Pettengill
Eunice Pettengill
Anne Lublinsky
Lucille Carr
Washington Avenue
Mildred McAlpine
Shirley Bellevue
Esther Cavalieri
School Street
Eagles Edge AMVETS In Cribbage For Second Week
Biddeford-Saco Aerie edged Merton Ira Staples AMVETS 62 60 in cribbage for a second straight week. AMVETS lead 370 308 with two weeks left as Robichaud-Gilbert and Bois lead individual scoring. double bushes were played in the third game by both clubs.
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Biddeford-Saco Aerie
Cribbage
Merton Ira Staples
Laurier Simoneau
Art Labbe
Mike Rojas
Roy Parisien
Paul Sullivan
Bob Janis
Joe Gregoire
The
Amvets
Gerry Boisvert
Alphie Gregoire
Joe Brochu
Larry Bergeron
Lauzier-Simoneau
Eagles
Pat Bergeron
Denny Pelletier
Gregoire-Danis
Vets
Lou Martel
Lionel Gardner
Robichaud-Gilbert
Bois
Mixed Class Portrait with Attendees and Absence Highlighted
A class photo includes Beth Seaver, Eva Westburg, Donna Koutalidis, Jean Servais, Jeffrey Rutter, Brian Gerry, James Cunningham, Glenn Chagnon, and Andy Stickney with Gretchen Aufiero absent. The chorus features the whole class performing folk songs.
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Beth Seaver
Eva Westburg
Donna Koutalidis
Jean Servais
Jeffrey Rutter
Brian Gerry
Usher
James Cunningham
Glenn Chagnon
Andy Stickney
Gretchen Aufiero
Czech Officials Probe Cause Of Plane Crash
Czech investigators arrived to examine the four engine Ilyushin 18 wreck near Ruesselsbach 30 miles north of Nurnberg. The 52 aboard perished, with 44 passengers and eight crew. U S Army investigators aided police as dawn revealed scattered bodies including several children. Eyewitnesses spoke of an in air explosion or a failed emergency landing.
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Mernberg
Germany
Africa
Karl Stehl
Ruesselbach
Nuernberg
Bamako
Mali Republic
Prague
Zurich
U. S. Army
Androscoggin Day at Legislature in Maine Capitol
Augusta Maine Androscoggin County Day drew manufacturers and processors to the State House third floor rotunda with product displays Drum majorettes from local high schools performed Gregoire and Brochu-Berger led scoring with 27 26 and 25 points respectively In bush department teams led by Picard Dubois of the Eagles and Lamontagne Sullivan of the AMVETS tied for the lead with five points while two other AMVETS teams and one Eagles unit had four At night Baltimore Colts game highlights were shown by Paul Sullivan and the program resumes next Tuesday at the Eagles Arena.
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Augusta
Androscoggin
Maine
State House
Paul Sullivan
Eagles Aerie
Four-H Clubbers Present Program At Saco Grange
Four-H Night at Saco Grange featured the Country Pumkins and Sandy Brook Boys 4-H clubs with pledge, woodworking demo by John Campbell, and instrumental duets by Joan and William Nason. Hats, textile displays, and dairy, orchard, and feed product exhibits highlighted the program. Roland Lavigne wore the prettiest hat, Victor Marcen the funniest. Judges included Mrs Christine Bell, Mrs Claire Littlefield, and Milton Randall. Business notes set April 12 for Jaycees, April 28 district meeting at Riverside Grange, and a refrigerator addition to the Grange hall kitchen. Juvenile Night planned for April 11 at 7:30 PM.
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Saco Grange
North Street
Country Pumkins
Claire Scamman
Sandy Brook Boys
Jeannette Lavigne
John Campbell
Joan
William Nason
Washington, D. C
Harold Hill
Harold Rackliff
Raymond Farley
Victor Marden
Robert Littlefield
Frederick Bell
Roland Lavigne
Mark Taylor
Richard Bailey
Richard Grace
Victor Mar ‘Cen
Christine Bell
Claire Littlefield
Milton Randall
Harold Rackiliff
Jaycees
Rachel Smith
Riverside Grange
Dairy Herdsmen Improvement Association
Mildred Harris
Grange Hall
Barak M. Shibles
Pee Grant
Edna Lane
Lawrence Grant
Ella Mae Grant
Margaret Great
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Biddeford Red Cross
Lions Club
New Shoe Shop
DON & Bob's Tv, Inc
Hill St
Donald Beaudoin
Robert Lapierre
Leon
Green Street
Leon Grover
N. P. Scontras Real Estate Agency
Main Street
Saco
Maine Cleaners
Bernice Vadnais
Binette’s
Alfred Street
Kiwanis Club
St. John Guild
Locke School
Madeleine Davis
Wre
Lee Plaisted
Kathy Sheehan
Stephanie Kouzounas
Selene Mack
Mary Whelan
Edmund Larouche
Lindsay Kirk
Maureen Crowley
Eliza
Cole Farm Dairy
House
Senate
Woolworth’s
Real
America
J & F Suits
Cricketeer
Botany
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Arrow
Biscayne Blue
Dobbs
Nunn Bush
Edgerton
Lewis Polakewich
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