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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1959

Page

6

Boys High School 20th Century Standings and League Scores

League standings and high game records from 20th Century Lanes and related leagues. Teams including Remar's Clothing, Roy & Perreault, Grover's Radio & TV, and Holy Name League entries show win loss totals, team and individual pins, high series and singles with named players such as R Cote, R Petit, A Huot, J Brooks, and F Kelley.

Eeneeeeenne White Bucks Aches Woodchoppers R. Cote American Mercantile League Pastime Remar's Clothing Rr Saco Roy & Perreault Al's Market Grover's Radio & TV Jim's A & Perreault Remar A. Huot E. Nolette York Products League Maine Bate Bowdoin Seers Colby iTeam Colseuee High A. Smith Hugh R. Pierce

Grand Jury Considers Rape Case In Florida

In Leon County a grand jury begins a special session to indict four white men charged with raping a Negro coed after a college dance. Florida lawmakers kill a death penalty repeal bill for capital crimes including rape. Victim attended Florida A&M University. students raise funds for their classmate and mass meetings react to the action. The four jailed men, all Tallahassee residents, allegedly abducted the student and took turns assaulting her.

Tallahassee, Fla Leon County Grand Jury Florida Florida A. and M. University Steve Atty William D. Hopkins

Bartenders’ meeting draws record daytime crowd

In Baltimore the business meeting that began at 3 a.m. drew the largest attendance in the organization’s history as taverns were closing at 2 a.m.

Baltimore

Saco Grange Plans Summer Fair and Degree Conferrals

Saco Grange set June 9 for first and second degrees by Yor Pomona Youth degree team and June 23 for third and fourth degrees by Saco Grange degree team led by Lawrence Grant. Committees announced for the August 15 Grange Fair with chairmen named for exhibition hall and various departments. Also noted were local hospital, district juvenile meeting accolades, and upcoming juvenile degrees on May 19.

Saco Grange Northstreet Yor Pomona Lawrence Grant Pearl Grant Frances Burgess Alice Prue Roberta Marden Ethel Whitten Agnes Towle Florence Lewis Marilyn Berry Margaret Chamberlain David Grindle Webber Hospital Herbert Scammon Arundel Saco Juvenile Grange Fred Jak ‘Shibles Lillian Hubert Saco

Sanford Eagles Win 7 4 Over St Louis At Alumni Field

Benefit Ball is slated Saturday Romeo Cotes double in the fifth inning scored Jim Merrifield for the tie breaking run as Sanford beat St Louis 7 4 at Alumni field yesterday. Sanford led 2 0 early, St Louis tied it in the first, Sanford added insurance later. Al Daigle led Eagles with a double and a single. St Louis errors helped Sanford stay ahead. Other items note May Ball plans at St Francis gym and Notre Dame hospital auxiliary activities in Biddeford with ticket sales, fudge sale, thrift shop report, and new auxiliary members.

Romeo Cote Jim Merrifield Sanford St. Louis Alumni Fields Eagles Littlefield Gene Lacroix Ron Agreste al Daigle Merrifield Estabrook Cote Fa. Rowe Ee Littlefield Gianoulpoulos Owen Nc Des ‘LaPierre Nona Cs .S Sullivan PSE Hpo Ae Toa Dion LaCroix Agreste Daigle Garon Audet Lanete Tardif St. Francis Notre Dame Hospital Harold Carroll Carroll Marc Simard Biddeford Albert Deshaies Sisters of the Hospital Thrift Shop Elm Street Norman Reilly Jean Taillon Auxiliary Eloi Lacroix Anna Cartier Antoinette Emond Oscar Audie Bernadette Cadorette Archille Boucher Germaine Duquette Albertine F. Dubois Paul W. Casavant Alfred Ledoux Laurent Carrier Madeleine Beaulieu Arthur Corriveau Lucienne Metayer Annunciata

Saco School Spelling Match Winners Listed

Winners were announced for grades 1 to 4 in the Saco public schools spelling contest. Grade 2 winners included Carol Tripp and Chester Blunt of Young school. Grade 3 saw James Harmon and Joseph La Pointe as first place recipients. Grade 4 honors went to Nancy Tripp and Kathleen Huot. Conductors and judges named, with a planning committee listed.

Saco Carol Tripp Young School George Boucouvalas Oung Chester Blunt Catherine McCoombs Steven Butts Sweetser James Riddle Jordan School James Harmon Sweetser School Thomas Tarbox Joseph Lapointe Bonython School Charlene Graffam Russell Townsend Philip Heffernan Nancy Tripp Ruth Sargent Thomas Vining Busns School Eleanor Kelly Young — School Kathleen Huot Rita Foran Ira Russell Evelyn Lemieux Charlotte O'Leary Erma Croxford Helen Finn Sara Emmons Bernice Foye Althea

Little Rock Board Fires 44 Teachers in Integration Crisis

The Little Rock School Board's three segregationist members voted to terminate 44 teachers despite a walkout by three moderates. Twenty six of the nonrenewals were at Central Hive School, where federal troops once protected Black students. The moderates had planned to rehire all or none of the 800 teachers, arguing action without a quorum would be illegal.

Little Rock, Ark Little Rock Central Hive Ted Lamb Russell Matson Everett Tucker Jr Lamb

Officials purge teachers to block integrated schools in Little Rock

Lamb described a plan to fire top Central-Principal J. W. Matthews and Vice Principals J. O. Powell and Mrs. Elizabeth Huckaby along with Horace Mann principal L. M. Christophe and several elementary and junior high leaders. The move aims to strip the system of teachers if federal courts order reopened high schools with integration, a stance Gov. Orval Faubus has criticized as favoritism toward Negro students.

Gaines Lamb Central—Princiipal J. W. Matthews J. O. Powell Elizabeth Huckaby Orval EF Faubus Central L. M. Christophe Horace Mann School For

Maine players win top honors at Pine Tree Bridge

A Saco man Al Rosen won the open pairs at the Pine Tree Sectional Bridge tournament held at the Lafayette hotel, Portland. Farrington, Maine's first life master, also scored a win, marking the first Maine sweep of top honors in many years.

al Rosen Lafayette Hotel Portland Farrington Maine

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