Legion Unit Honors Gold Star Mothers at Biddeford supper
Five Gold Star Mothers were guests of honor at a buffet supper hosted by Tighe Beaudoin Farley Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary at the post home in Biddeford. The event drew about 25 people and featured decorated cakes, a business session led by Mrs. Alice Goulet, reports on Loyalty Day and membership, and a mystery prize won by Mrs. Bertha Gobeil. The next meeting is set for May 22. Also noted, Reno marked its 100th anniversary by renaming Lake's Crossing after Gen. Jesse Reno.
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Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
Josephine Valliere
Marie Rose Henaire
Marie Anne Beaudoin
Alexina Francoeur
Josephine Boissonneault
Lauretet L'Heureux
Blanche Keithley
Alice Goulet
Annette Collard
Keithley
Germaine Lariviere
Sunshine
Nellie Petit
Bertha Gobeil
Petit Chaplain
Rachel Martel
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
St Louis Women's Group reelects officers at meeting
The St. Louis Women's Association reelected President Mrs Emile LeBlond and Vice President Mrs Robert Landry at a meeting in the St Louis High School cafeteria. Others named included Secretary Mrs Harry Courtois Jr Treasurer Miss Lillian Moreau and several council members. Rev Valmont Gilbert spoke on future finances while reports were presented on the Lenten Offering drive and a covered dish supper. A banquet and officer installation are planned for May 22 at Glen-Mor Restaurant with reservations due by May 19.
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Emile LeBlond
Robert Landry
St. Louis
Theresa Roy
Paul Tremblay
Harry Courtois Jr
le Blond
Glen - Mor
Portland Street
Kennebunk
Landry
Westfield St
Biddeford
Summer St
Saco
Farm costs rise while farmer income lags say statistics
The federal cost of living index including food rose 4 percent yearly over six months, with 1967 up 3.1 percent. Food for a family in 1957-59 cost 25 weekly. now 29.55. Farmers report rising gross expenses but stagnant net income. Prices paid by farmers are 3 times 1910-14 level, while prices received are 2 times. Freeman at a Minnesota convention blames federal policy for low farm prices. Also, a June 1 wedding is being planned for Miss Carol Jo Lavigne to Gerald G. Poirier. both work at Graybar Electric in Portland.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Freeman
St. Paul
Minn
Carol Jo Lavigne
Gerald G. Poirier
Ernest A. Poirier
May Street
Biddeford
Marilyn P. Lavigne
Peaks Island
Miss Lavigne
Portland High School
Graybar Electric Co. Inc
Portland
St. Louis High School
U. S. Air
Emerson Thoreau medal honors John Crowe Ransom
The 1968 Emerson Thoreau medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is awarded to John Crowe Ransom of Gambier Ohio a retired Kenyon English teacher who founded the Kenyon Review in 1939. The prize includes a 1000 dollar honorarium and previous winners include T S Eliot Samuel Eliot Morison and Edmund Wilson. The announcement was made at the academy's 188th annual meeting. Sargent Shriver arrives in Paris as the new U S ambassador to France arriving before peace talks between North Vietnam and the United States he says it is fitting a nation that treasures peace hosts the talks. He is brother-in-law of the late President John F Kennedy and succeeds Charles Bohlen.
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Associated Press Boston
Emerson-Thoreau
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
John Crowe Ransom
Gambier
Ohio
Kenyon College
Kenyon Review
T.S. Eliot
Samuel Eliot Morison
Lewis Mumford
Edmund Wilson
Academy
Paris
Sargent Shriver
U.S
France
North Vietnam
United States
Shriver
John F. Kennedy
Charles Bohlen
State Department
Prince Philip Lands in Bali Amid Balinese Dance Welcome
Prince Philip arrives in Den Pasar Bali after a calm flight piloting his own aircraft. He is greeted by Balinese dancing girls in ceremonial attire before a two day stopover before continuing to Australia and New Zealand.
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den Pasar
Bali
Indonesia
Philip
Elizabeth II
Australia
New Zealand
Actor Albert Dekker death ruled accidental
Los Angeles AP reports the coroner's office says actor Albert Dekker died from an accidental cause with a rope tied around his neck. Deputy Coroner Herbert McRoy called the death strange but noted there is no evidence of a suicide plan and an autopsy was conducted.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dekker
Herbert McRoy
McRoy
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