Students Sketch City Plans During Mock Thornton Academy Meeting
Thornton Academy American Government students led by William F. Farrington ran a simulated city council to discuss cleanup and beautification, volunteer labor, material donations, and a potential sanctioned skate or peted strip. They also authorized a $600000 tax anticipation loan and debated mayor salaries and housing feasibility.
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Thornton Academy
Saco
Maureen Ouellette
Richard Dolby
Gerald Walls
Vivian Cote
Donald C. Doyle
Thornton Academy American Government
William F. Farrington
Farrington
First National Bank of
Biddeford
King
Fairfield
Main Streets
Ship to drill world oceans on Glomar Challenger voyage
The Glomar Challenger, with 75 scientists and crew aboard, will drill 40 to 60 holes as deep as 2500 feet in up to 20000 feet of water. It aims to sample ocean floor sediments to reconstruct planetary history and locate potential oil or mineral wealth. First tests begin July 1 in the Gulf of Mexico near the Sigsbee Knolls.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Sterson
Glomar Challenger
Orange
Tex
Peterson
Gulf of Mexico
Ocean
Sigsbee Knolls
Gulf Basin
Ocean Lodge Centennial Observed With Wells Parade
Ocean Lodge A F and A M marks its 100th anniversary with a May 19 parade from Wells Corner behind the Post Office to Wells Congregational Church for a 10:30 a.m. service. Rev. W Vinton Murphy will preach. The event includes Masonic groups from Portland and local chapters, a Wells High School band, and pre parade coffee at the Masonic hall. The lodge was organized in June 1868 in Wells.
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Wells
Ocean Lodge
A. F
A.M
Mortimer J. O’conne
O Ne Lot
Wells Corner
Wells Congregational Church
W. Vinton Murphy
Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch
Commandery
York County
Templar
Wells High School
Masonic Hall
Sanford Road
Highpine
Second Congregational Church
Biddeford VFW Unit Banquet Set
Shore dinner plans were made for June 5 at Flagstones Restaurant in Portsmouth New Hampshire during a meeting of the Past Presidents Association of Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. The session was held at the home of Miss Blanche Roy Biddeford.
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Shore
Flagstones
Portsmouth
N.H
Alden Racine
Lucianna Roy
Miss Roy
Mamie Gagne
Devaluation fuels British buying spree and export rise
The text notes a record buying spree in Britain driven by devaluation and high March taxes, with auto sales falling while exports rise. Jewelry demand surged 41 percent in March as people traded paper money for durable goods, reflecting strong currency impact on the economy.
Community Service Group Holds Outing in Biddeford and Saco
The Biddeford-Saco Community Service held its final outing of the season at the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks in Saco with President Mrs Kay Schaffer in charge. Officers reported 163 dray favors given to nursing homes and members made 42 baby gowns eight blankets and 20 nursing aprons for local nursing agencies.
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Biddeford - Saco
Biddeford
Saco
Elizabeth Wilson
Ocean Park
Robert Horne
Phillips
Wayne Hutchins
Elaine White
Kaye Murphy
Grace Reay
Arthur Plante
Mildred McIntire
Euphemia Ladd
Fillmore Harris
Bertha Schank
Timothy Mahoney
Lillian Sansoucy
John Delorge
Stuart [Flavin
Stephen White
Ruth Gallant
Alvia Lacroix
Pamela McKee
Walter Stebbins
Nancy Tarbox
Mary Brady
Agnes Donahue
Mae Hurrell
Freda Underwood
Rosa Haas
Edith Hutchins
Monique De-Also
Nellie Murphy
Anne Gonneville
Beatrice Wheeler
Elizabeth Patrick
Anna Donahue
Sara Gallagher
Dreda Gallagher
Gladys Schwartz
Theresa LaFountain
Jeanette Bedell
Margaret Judge
Felix Sheltra
John Boland
Maude Moore
Helen R. Sheltra
Hazel Trott
Alta Curtis
Alice Sullivan
Angela R. Acton
Mary Mahoney
Irene Sweeney
Millie Scammon
Helga M. Sheltra
Ruby Packard
Margaret Fearon
Elsie Boston
Dorothy Tarbox
Absentee Ballots Available At Beach
Beach voters may obtain absentee ballots from Town Clerk Barbara E. Lord this morning. Any registered voter may request the ballots.
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Old Orchard Beachtown
Barbara E. Lord
Waghy String Quartet Concert At St Francis College
The Waghy String Quartet concert, postponed from Tuesday night, will be held at St Francis College Pool Road Biddeford in the Justinian Lounge Decary Hall at 8 tonight. The program caps a series entry, featuring a formal venue and time.
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St. Francis College
Pool Road
Biddeford
Decary Hall
Market Rally Follows Devaluation Shock
Stock indices reached new highs as investors rushed in after the devaluation. Buyers dominated trading while sellers held back, reinforcing the market surge.
Miners survive flood and cart derailment rescue
Six Nebo Edward S Scarbro 38 and Larry Lynch 28 from Richwood along with Gene H Martin 34 of Clintonville crawled 800 yards through a 36 inch high tunnel to a battery cart and rode it a half mile to the mine entrance after a cart left the track amid flooding. H E Sundstrom of Gauley Coal and Coke Co said the cart fell into a hole but the men were able to right it and escape as water flooded the passage.
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Nebo
Edward S. Scarbro
Richwood
Gene H. Martin
Clintonville
Larry Lynch
Fitzwater
Ernest Fitzwater
H. E. Sundstrom
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
Sundstrom
Mysterious air source found as 15 miners saved from flooded cave
Fifteen miners trapped for ten days in a low passage of a flooded coal seam near Big Sewell Mountain were rescued after five days of drilling and pumps draining the water. Officials noted an unusual air supply while surface crews struggled to reach them. Three mine safety inspectors led the men to safety after foreman Frank David and miner Edward Rudd joined the group. All were taken to a Richwood hospital in good condition. The site extends into an abandoned flooded mine discovered after a wall breach. The Naval Academy was founded on Oct 10 1845.
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Big Sewell Mountain
Charleston
Frank David
Edward Rudd
Richwood
Wells Legion Unit Elects Officers and Welcomes New Member
The Elbridge and Leroy Hanson Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary met at the Ogunquit fire station to elect officers and accept new member Mrs. Erlene O Connell. Installations planned June 3. Delegates named for the department convention in Bath. A rummage sale set for May 21 at 9 am. Members approved a $25 donation to fund flags and banners.
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Winifred Harrington
Legion Post
Ogunquit
Erlene O'Connell
James M. O'Connell
Department
Bath
Hutchins
LaPierre
Fitch
Simpson
Litttlefield
Harrington
Myrtle Moulton
O'Connell
Littlefield
Moulton
Florida
Post
First American President and Board of Education Election Note
A fragment notes the first American president and mentions U.S. Board of Education elections with dates Jan and March 1789 and the year 1867 in a historical context. The readable text provides limited clear events or outcomes to summarize.
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U.S. Board of Education
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