Weather Delays U S Space Shot and Baton Winners
Weather disruptions delayed a two day schedule for the U S space mission as Allen Shepard prepared for the Mercury flight. The page also highlights baton twirling champions from Marie Joseph academy Biddeford Pool with multiple first and second place awards across senior and junior divisions and individual trophy recipients from Biddeford and Saco.
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Maine
Lewiston
Marie Joseph Academy
Biddeford Pool
Leola Daigle
Kathleen Stovall
Rita Bergeron
Marcelle Coulombe
Pauline Boyer
Joline Begin
Nancy Daigle
Irma Pelletier
Patricia Aitken
Suzanne Doyon
Jeannine Uppgard
Constance L’heureux
Louise Cote
Emmalene Letourneau
Irene Vermette
Anita Mutty
Nancy O’brien
Marie-Ann Blouin
Monique Caron
Janet Lapointe
Nancy Theriault
Marie-Claire Carrier
Claudette
Carole Spencer
Linda Zello
Sharon Cyr
Frost day at Library of Congress yields quotable quotes
Washington AP reports poet Robert Frost, 87, met reporters for a casual coffee hour at the Library of Congress. He spanned topics with brisk remarks and a flood of quotable lines, including a remark on science and mystery as he engaged attendees throughout an informal session.
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Washington (Ap
Robert Frost
Library of Congress
Staff Picked By Catholic Unit At Saco
Mrs James Lombard was elected president of the Catholic Women's club of Most Holy Trinity church in Saco at the May meeting. Other officers named include Mrs Raymond Hobbins, vice president, Mrs Brendan V Twomey, secretary, Mrs Wilbrod Bedard, treasurer, and Mrs Arline Drouin, auditor. Installation set for June 5 at the Elks lodge Portland road Saco.
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James Lombard
Catholic Women's Club
Most Holy Trinity Church
Saco
Notre Dame
Raymond Hobbins
Brendan V. Twomey
Wilbrod Bedard
Arline Drouin
Elks Lodge
Portland Road
Roland Berube
Guild
Wonderbar
Biddeford
Leonard Burke
Berube
May
Lombard
Chuckle Filing Cabinet Lost Papers Alphabetically
A light column from Copt. Gen. Fea Corp. humorously notes papers misfiled in alphabetical order. The piece Playfully laments disorganization in a corporate filing cabinet and suggests comic solutions.
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Fea Corp
Castro Bans Elections Amid Cuban Push for Socialist State
Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state and ruled out elections. He announced church schools would be nationalized and condemned foreign clergy while a May Day rally in Havana drew about three million, monitored from Key West. The speech reinforced alignment with international communism despite U.S. disapproval.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Havana
Civic Plaza
Castro
United States
Kenneally Heads York County Teachers at 1962 Election
At York High School the York County Teachers Association elected new officers for 1962. Raymond A. Kenneally of Biddeford was named president, Fred Welch of Kennebunk as vice president, Mrs. Glenna Ferris of Springvale as secretary treasurer, with an executive slate including Mrs. Gladys Thyng Springvale Charles Puffer Kittery superintendent and Mrs. M. W. Chick Sanford. The nominating chair was Dr. Joseph Petroski Sanford Schools superintendent. The convention opened with President Sidney Griffith of Saco presiding.
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Kittery
York County Teachers Association
York High School
Raymond A. Kenneally
Biddeford
Fred Welch
Kennebunk
Glenna Ferris
Springvale
Gladys Thyng
Charles Puffer
Passamaquoddy Plan Abandoned as Feasibility Fails
Ottawa reports the Passamaquoddy Power Project, once a $30 million WPA effort to harness Bay of Fundy tides, is likely mothballed after an International Joint Commission study found it not economically feasible under current conditions. The project began in the 1930s with a large relief-work village and several dams but was halted in 1936 when funds dried up.
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Ottawa
Passamaquoddy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bay of Fundy
Works -Progress Administration
U.S
International Joint Commission
Maine-New Brunswick
Canada
United States
Saco approves Howe Fire Apparatus bid for 750-gallon pumper
Saco City Council accepted Howe Fire Apparatus of Anderson Indiana bid of 12995 for a new 750 gallon pumper on an International chassis. Six bids were reviewed with Howe the lowest. delivery in 90 to 120 days under a three year lease purchase. The vote 4 to 3 favored Howe while three aldermen opposed purchasing American LaFrance at 13669.27.
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Saco
Howe Fire Apparatus Company
Anderson
Ind
Howe
Larry Rowe
Earl Emens
Joseph Kenneally
Robert Fenderson
Harry Warren
Alcide Deschambeault
Louis Soucy
Warren
Des
Chambeault and Soucy
American la France Company
Elmira
N. Y
Indiana
Farrar Company
Woodville
Mass
Howe Fire Up Ind
Blanchard Associates
Winthrop
American LaFrance Company
N .Y
Maynard Fire Apparatus C¢Company
Marshville
Seagrave Company
Columbus
Ohio
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
School Bus Bill Moves Toward Enactment in Maine Senate
The Maine Senate advanced the school bus bill one step from enactment after defeating motions to kill the measure. The proposal would allow municipalities to provide bus transportation to private and parochial schools. Two amendments weakening the bill were defeated, including a statewide referendum proposal. The House had passed the bill last Thursday.
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Augusta
S AP
Maine Senate
House
Senate
Hazel Lord
Portland
Augusta K. Christie
Presque Isle
Edward P. Cyr
Madawaska
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U.S. Space
Reed
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
Norman J. Langmaid
Marjorie Fogg
LaDora Gannon
Langmaid
Wilma Griffith
Annie Cranshaw
Phyllis Borden
Ruth Worcester
Margaret Moore
Ruth Willey
Jean Rennie
Virginia Strombom
Avis Parslow
Children’s Work
Roberta Jordan
Missionary Education
Betty Stevens
Althea Carson
Stephanie Butler
Maude Tuttle
Ethel Ballard
Christian Social Relations
Mary Fairfield
Sunshine
Cape Canaveral
Fila
America
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Jean
Navy
Lvuacs
John H. Glen Jr
Missile Test Center
Sweatin O
Seian
Glenn
Cape
Project Mercury
Frost
Kenneally
City of
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