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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1969
Page
9
The owner planned a remodel but died before completion, delaying the seasonal wine and beer license. A selectman deemed the delay minor and proceeded to issue or reissue the license despite the unfinished project and failure to meet the original condition.
AP dispatch from Boston reports a string of lighthearted New England vignettes. Vermont college residents received breakfast in bed from Dean Roland Potzer, while other anecdotes touch on Suffolk Downs owner Bill Veeck, a Maynard tea sorting computer, a rock hounding goldlike iron pyrite find, and a skunk rescued in Old Saybrook.
Brother Louis St Pierre a French teacher at St Louis Regional High School Biddeford has been chosen for the EPDA French Institute program in Sevres and Cahors France for nine weeks this summer. The grant is sponsored by the University of Michigan with the Office of Education and the Centre Pedagogique International de Sevres. He previously taught at Detroit Cathedral High School and Assumption College Worcester and is a member of the Brothers of Christian Instruction.
The Kennebunk Republican Town Committee hosts a buffet dinner and social evening at Sea Spray Motor Inn on Saturday at 7. State Rep Clarence M Crosby and Mrs Crosby are expected to attend along with several town selectmen. A brief business meeting will follow to map future plans. Town Chairman James McMahon will resign. Vice-Chairman George Harrington will serve as chairman until the March 1970 party caucus.
AP report notes the earliest humane society named for救 relief of persons apparently drowned in Amsterdam according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. In Vermont Lavaca Toad paid $5 to win the five furlong feature race at Green Mountain Park on a Wednesday night program.
Brief note discusses outdated currency redemption rules and miswritten figures. Mentions three and a half percent rates and a reference to the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Provides a peek into a dated puzzle or quiz style feature from a mid-century crime or financial column.
A vesper memorial dedication service will be held Sunday at 4 30 pm in the United Church of Christ on Congress Crescent Street Biddeford. Rev John H Miller will acknowledge gifts funding the pipe organ repair and a memorial fund with donor and memory names inscribed. Organist Mrs Carlis Jr directs music for a program including Bach Purvis Crans Young Millay and Peeters selections. After the service deacons host a fellowship tea in the vestry for the public.
Kennebunk town meeting set for Monday May 12 with polls from 9 am to 7 pm. First order is to elect a moderator. Referendum questions seek bonds up to 18 000 for heating upgrades at Kennebunk High School and up to 14 300 for auditorium renovations to create classroom space and equipment.
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