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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1969
Page
7
The Sea Gulls defeated the Pigeons 87 to 33 in a pastimes lanes final. Pigeons posted a team total of 1 407 and a team single of 502 with A Tremblay scoring 310 and K Roberge 124.
Upper Division final standings list teams and scores with totals for Tigers Dragons Warpers Carding and others. Key figures include Tigers team total 1,495 and Dragons 532, with individual top scores M. Martel 359 and B. Dube 149.
The Blahs lead with 1,117 team points in week 28 of the Components Inc event, followed by Jolly Four 151-73 and Strippers 147-77. Hippies and Windings each tally 126-98, Screwballs 78-146, Bum steads 70-154. Individual top scorers include L. Gervais with 337 and D. Moreau with 125.
Powlan VT Vicinity won the feature race at Green Mountain Park on Thursday night. The horse finished seven furlongs in 1 minute 26 and 2 5 seconds on a fast track, with $10.80 being the payout.
The Women’s Golf Association of the Biddeford Saco Country Club held a season kickoff dinner at the club on Old Orchard Road Saco last night Plans outline a June start for the season with Ladies League tee times 930 am and 5 pm each Thursday The Alex Chisholm Memorial Tournament is set for June and a Scotch foursome tourney with social to follow on May 30 at 130 pm Attendees include Mrs Donald Weiler Mrs Philip Dube Laura Raczkowski Cynthia Polackwich Stephany Hughes Ela McGonigle Angela Gilman Lois Watson Mrs Joy Mitchell Mrs Eliot Fink Mrs Arthur Carr Mrs Joseph Kenneally Mrs William P Kirk Mrs Harry Sawyer Mrs John Roberts Marian Hanson Leona Driscoll Ruth Wooster Val McCallum Barney McCallum Mary Dardano Laurette Dinan Rose Cote Florence Driscoll Eve Prendergast and Justine Sears.
A surprise bridal shower honored Miss Andrea Bertrand at the home of Mrs. Janine A. Parker 450 Main St Saco. Miss Strand the bride elect will wed Barry Harrington at Notre Dame de Ch lurch Saco in June. Hostesses included Mrs Parker Miss Hofacker Mrs Twomey Miss Nadeau Miss Donna Jackson and Ann Conley.
A fragmented OCR list includes multiple local residents such as Mrs. Sally Norden, Mrs. Herbert Files, Mrs. Melvin Hawkes, Mrs. Evelyn Wallace, Mrs. Inez Dobransky, Mrs. Clif ford Jackson, Mrs. Lucille Ca vn Bigs, and Mrs. Armanda Beau voin, indicating a community notices page with names and kinships.
At a Biddeford-Saco Elks Lodge meeting in a Portla nd Saco hall, Leading Knight Edmond Rube led in prayer in memory of departed member Chester Hunt. Lucien Landry and Robert Foran were noted on the absent list as Ralph Pitt and Amos McCallum reported blood bank work and safety posters for local grammar students. Governor Curtis sent a Maine flag, accepted by Paul Reay for the lodge, with Americanism Chairman Talmadge Allen receiving the banner.
The Rev Charles F Rivard aged 69 will retire May 25 after nearly 40 years in the Portland Roman Catholic diocese He has served as pastor of St Ann in Bradley since last year and health prompted his stepping down Fr Rivard began as a priest in 1929 and earlier assignments included St Andre Biddeford and posts in Kingman Howld Howellnd Eagle Lake Upper Frenchville and Caribou Monsignor Raymond F Begin will assume pastor duties at Holy Martyrs in Falmouth and serve as diocesan court presiding judge
An Associated Press survey shows most New England mail travels in one day. Zip codes aid internal processing but rarely speed delivery. Air mail is not used for New England point routes. mail over 400 miles travels by air regardless of stamp class.
Scarborough officials will reorganize the St Louis Home for Boys and Girls school program after June 13 to expand services. Sisters say students from kindergarten through fifth grade will attend Scarborough public schools in the fall, with revised operations to fit current needs and broaden tutoring and Confraternity classes. Admission limits remain for boys at age 12, while girls can be served beyond grade 5. the change reflects staffing and financial limits and aims to place children in public schools for broader contact with peers.
In a statement Sister Cecile noted a move to enroll portland and nearby city residents at a tax exempt private institution, saying the change aims to protect and improve child care and family services while leveraging broader opportunities through the home’s sponsors.
The fragment asks about where Andrew Jackson was born and discusses a claim about locating the Ke Pole and the South Pole. It mentions Waxhaw settlement in South Carolina as a birthplace possibility, and references a prominent naval figure and a young pawncest man at age 21 in 1906.
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