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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1968
Page
8
Thornton Academy reports Rita Dionne as chair of the Senior Class gifts committee selecting gifts for members of the Senior Class to be presented on the upcoming senior trip. A Sophomore Class car wash at Shaw's Super Market Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm will add to the class treasury.
A BHS senior planning committee organizes class night and the Seniors Last Assembly at Shawmut Inn Kennebunkport with Deidre Berry and Adam Chelate as leaders. Events include a fashion show May 28, skits, cupcake sales May 17, and a two scholarship fund funded by senior dues.
Boys from Puerto Rican sectors of New York auditioned for a United Artists film based on life on their home streets. Vic Ramos led three rounds of tryouts at Boys Clubs and schools, about 300 boys competed, a few advanced to live auditions. Salaries would fund college if chosen, with concern over fame fading after filming. Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini, canonized in 1946, is noted.
Dear readers offer car repair guidance. A right turn signal fast flash hints a burnt right bulb filament. replace the bulb for about 50 cents. Mag wheels on a 1962 Buick Skylark stay shiny with Simichrome polish, paste wax, or clear lacquer spray for easier maintenance.
The survey by Nancy Gilbert of Gilbert Youth Research, Inc. probes high school and college students on Vietnam draft duty. About 52 percent would willingly serve, with 5 percent refusing to answer. many objectors justify moral or legal objections rather than religious grounds. A minority supports jail or war for objectors, while 90 percent of Southern teens favor compulsory service. Girls largely favor jailing objectors, and some youths worry about a potential fifth column.
St Louis High School hosts a Saturday car wash in the school yard from 9 am to 3 pm with a $1 car wash. The night includes prom usherettes Linda Berthiaume Lucille Gauvin and Charlotte Longpre. CAM officers are elected with Bernard Guerin named junior prooetee prefect and Mark Girard among officers.
Elizabeth Hartman, famed for A Patch of Blue, returned from Budapest filming The Fixer and emphasized a fierce work ethic. She has portrayed starkly different characters from vicious to poignant and values hard work over holidays. Hartman, born in Youngstown, Ohio, reflects on her immigrant friendships in Hungary and her wish to keep progressing in film.
Students and two nuns attended a talk by Dr. Mary Calder at Deering High School on sex education. Darlene Quenneville and Anne Rouleau earned NEDT certificates. Sea Breeze elected officers for next year. Senior art students created posters for SICA. A Sea themed Rod McKuen poetry record circulated in English classes.
The National Merit and Iowa Test scores have arrived at the guidance office. Students are to pick them up as soon as possible, school officials said.
23 miners at a mountain mine near Hualien Formosa reported trapped after a cave in at 7 p.m. Police say entry attempts failed though ventilation was good. The mine is run by China Precious Stone Co. in East Formosa mountains.
Miss Hartman declares she will relocate to New York to furnish her own apartment and gain independence from maid service and family support. She reflects on former fears of the business and says she feels she is now in a high position.
Rod McKuen, 34, lyricist singer and author, finds youth audiences receptive to his honest, unpatronizing message. He notes the era of romanticism and a shift toward positivity as college tours and records boost sales while he finishes Lonesome Cities and a new novel.
St Andre's High School announced its top 100 seniors led by Rita Bellefeuille Cecile Gagne Betty Bergeron Paula Martel Pauline Dube Priscille Dube Jeanne Montembeau Lin da Hevey Rose Marie Paradis and Pauline Ruel A NHS food sale raised funds at Biddeford markets. May events include Senior Prom Class Night Banquet Graduation and several Masses and ceremonies. Five students joined the state math fair at the University of Maine with supervision by Sister Theresa Boucher and Sister Claire Cloutier. Pauline Berry spoke to the American Government class.
Dear Mrs Lawrence asks how to handle a 20 year old son who failed college courses and resists education. The expert likens him to a semigod adolescent astronaut facing a hard re entry and suggests preparations for a potential dropout. A psychiatrist is cited on adolescence and self image, urging prevention of despair over failure.
Ottawa studies pulling back parts of its European deployment with no cabinet decision before fall. Likely move is withdrawing the 5,500-man infantry brigade while keeping a 4,500-man air force division in West Germany. Brigade would relocate to Canada but stay pledged to European defense. The U S has already repatriated 34,000 troops from West Germany for potential NATO duty.
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