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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1959
Page
8
Dr and Mrs Maurice Ross of 72 Main Street Saco will attend Bnai Briths airborne triennial convention in Jerusalem. About 1300 people will travel by chartered flights to Israel for the May 25 to 29 five day parley.
Peter S. Brooks of Saco is among 15 U S high school seniors awarded a Weyerhaeuser Timber Foundation scholarship worth up to 1600 a year for 1959 1960 and renewable for a four year college course. He is the son of Frank A Brooks of 35 Cleveland Street.
The Biddeford and Saco Toastmasters club announced a Ladies Night for May 27 at Wonderbar Steakhouse. Dinner at 7 p.m. will precede a special program with topicmaster Joseph Audie and several two minute topics. Principal speakers include Albert Deshaies Jr Wilfred Fortier Edward Goldman Philip Sneider and Joseph Plamondon.
Bright red poppies will be worn by millions in observance of Poppy Day to honor war dead. In Biddeford, the Tighe-Beau doin-Farley unit of the American Legion auxiliary will distribute poppies Friday and Saturday on downtown streets and at shopping centers to support disabled veterans and needy children. About 150000 volunteers nationwide will distribute the flowers, with over 20 million poppies produced by disabled veterans in hospitals and convalescent homes.
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