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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1961
Page
7
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reports a brighter New England job outlook with increasing orders for manufacturers. The monthly Business Review notes a small expected decline of about 1 percent in 1960 dollar expenditures while labor figures show higher unemployment than the mild cycle.
Regional unemployment rose 23 percent from early 1959 and 52 percent from early 1957. New England non-farm employment in mid-March was 0.3 percent below a year earlier, milder than the national 1.4 percent drop. Manufacturing employment fell 3.9 percent year over year, while non-manufacturing jobs rose 2.2 percent from March 1960.
The Bishop Fenwick Council Knights of Columbus elected delegates Ronald E. Ayotte and John Mazeiko with alternates Dr. Stephen Polackwich and John Hickey at a May state convention planning session in Saco GAR hall. A Past Grand Knights Recognition Night May 15 was approved with Paul Sullivan as chairman of arrangements as Ayotte led the session and officers reported.
The Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society held its annual banquet at the Columbia hotel in Portland with 68 members and guests. Mrs Francis MacDonald presided, a silence noted for three members who died this year, and Miss Jessie Beach spoke of early field trips and society history. The group, organized in 1927 with 20 men, now numbers about 100 and will mark its 35th anniversary next year. A prehistoric display curated by Mrs MacDonald featured minerals and ancient animals. The next meeting is set for May 2 at Beach Museum in Portland.
Delegates to the department convention June 2 3 and 4 in Portland were chosen at the York County Barracks auxiliary in Biddeford. Delegates Mary Wood Martha Beaudoin Charlene Farnham. alternates Almeria Proulx Dora Soucy Yvonne Bergeron.
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