Biddeford Savings Bank Celebrates 100 Years of Service
More than 550 people gathered at Biddeford High School to honor Biddeford Savings Bank on its centennial. Arthur Maxwell praised the bank’s legacy, naming Arthur Baker Thomas Walker and Luton Staples as key figures, and recalled reopening after 1933 bank closures. Mayor Lemire highlighted the bank’s long-term stability and local initiatives like converting Shaw Block into a parking lot.
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Biddeford Saco
Edwin G. Walker
Maxwell
Arthur
Staples
Biddeford
Saco
Bank
Biddeford Savings Institution
Leo R. Lemire
Donald Doyle
David Garceau
Banks and Banking
Maine
Lemire
Shaw
Main Street
Saco to Host YWCA Branch With September Opening
The Saco area will host a Biddeford Saco branch of the York County YWCA next September at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union on Beach Street. The project marks the county association's second major effort in 50 years, with plans for a full program including classes, seminars, and a future building with a swimming pool.
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Saco
Biddeford-Saco
York County
Young Women’s Christian Association
Women's Eucational and Industrial Union
Beach Street
East Waterboro
Verga Hewes
Y.W.C.A
Grams
Joel Sta‘cey
Stacey
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Portland
Orton Stride
Ferry Road
Houston Campus Riot Claims Officer at Texas Southern
White helmeted police stormed a male dormitory at Texas Southern University after snipers created a women’s land on campus. A rookie patrolman was killed and three others wounded as police seized the dormitory and recovered one pistol shotgun and rifle. Mayor Welch blamed a breakdown between administration and student body as riots at similar colleges continued.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Southern University
Atrolman
Lewis R. Kuba
Police Academy
Kuba
Do Ry
Louie Welch
Welch
Texas Southern
Jackson State College
Jackson
Miss
Robert Blaylock
Mrs. LBJ Plans New England Four Day Tour
First Lady Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson will tour Maine Massachusetts Vermont and New Hampshire June 9 12. She will receive an honorary degree at Middlebury College address graduates and visit Adams and Coolidge homes plus conservation sites. Stewart Udall to accompany her. possible Cape Elizabeth Two Lights State Park stop and York County coastal sites discussed.
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Washington
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Middlebury College
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adams House
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Quincey
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Plymouth
White House
New England
Veto Hinted on Maine Financial Program
Governor Curtis said he would veto the fiscal program if enacted as is, citing two major tax increases that shift the tax burden. He expects changes before passage and offered to compromise if legislative leaders cooperate.
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Augusta
Curtis
Associated Press
Firemen Rescue Two Boys From Rooftop
Saco firemen rescued Jules Poisson five and Leo Poisson four from the roof of their house after they could not descend. Their mother Mrs Jacklyn Poisson called for help and a ladder truck brought the children down safely.
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Saco
Jules
Leo Poisson
Jacklyn M. Poisson
Long-Time Union Official to Retire After Decades of Service
Michael Schoonjans, longtime head of the Biddeford Saco Joint Board TWUA AFL CIO CLC, announces resignation effective September 1 after beginning leadership in 1948. He reflects on immigrant roots, early labor battles, and commitment to area residents as he plans retirement with family in Old Orchard Beach and a summer cottage in Kennebunk Pond.
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Michael Schoonjans
Schoonjans
Schoonjjans
Biddeford - Saco Joint Board
TWUA
AFL - Cio Clc
Mike
Elsie
Geraldine
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunk Pond
Belgium
France
Boullion
Union
United States
New York
Lawrence
Mass
Boston
Arthur Brisbane Sr
Brisbane
Pacific Mills
CIO
Maine House Defeats Annual Session Proposal 67 to 63
The Maine House narrowly rejected returning to annual legislative sessions by 67 votes to 63. Gov. Curtis plans to address the legislature on other reorganizational bills, including executive council abolition and governor appointment powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R-Kittery
Louis Jalbert
D-Lewiston
Jalbert
John E. Gill
South
Portland
Maine
Dennett
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Maine Bankers Association
Martin J. Rielly
Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce
Arthur F. Maxwell
Atty
Nelson B. Haynes
Maine Savings and Loan League
William D. Deans
Savings Bank Association of Maine
Rev
Mathew Audibert
OFM
St. Francis College
Lee
Baker, Thomas Walker
Luton Staples
YWCA
E. and J
Ken
Kenneth Pendleton
Ellis, Saco
Biddeford Pool
Mac
Westland Shoe Co
Smith
Mrs. Lbj
Parent-Teacher Association
Burns School
Joan Cotsis
Thomas Morrison
A. Raymond Gannon Jr
William Soucy
Jason Ramsdell
Bradley C. Leach
Robert Moody
Story
Fea, Corp
Scott's
Saco Hardware & Supply Company
Pepperell Square, Saco
Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
Michael Schoonjane
Fleming’s Taxi
Edward Blais
Phil's Taxi
J. M. Wood Box
Precision Tool Grinding Co, Div, Precision Screw Mach, Prod. Inc
Biddeford, Maine
Chevron Oil CO
D. F. Burley
Washington Ave
Methodist Church Vestry
Women’s Society of Christian Service
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