Saco forms Building Needs Committee to study city schools
Saco City Council approved creating a Building Needs Committee to study city school needs with over 2,000 students. The panel will include three council members, three citizens, three school committee members, one Planning Board member, and the superintendent as secretary. Activation of a monthly tax payment plan was also approved, with official start Sept. 1 and options to begin on 1966 taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Bernard C. Forbush
Augusta
Forbush
Robert J. Fenderson
Fenderson
Memorial Day Parade Invited Civics Students to Attend
The council accepted Commander Earl Clappison of Saco AMVETS Post invitation for the Memorial Day parade at 10 a.m. Mayor Reay introduced Thornton Academy freshmen Michael Lizotte Norman Gagnon and Kenneth White who were invited to future municipal government meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Clappison
Saco Amvets
Reay
Thornton Academy
Michael Lizotte
Norman Gagnon
Kenneth White
Maine elects new grand officers of Eastern Star
Mrs. Rachel W. Fogg of Gorham is named grand matron and Charles W. Stillman of Augusta is named grand patron at a Maine Eastern Star grand chapter session. Also elected were Mrs. Willis K. Leach, Earle P. Burrill, Mrs. Madelin B. Stevens, Miss Gladys M. Stetson, Mrs. Millard A. Crocker, Mrs. Walfred Johnson, and Kenneth Jones to other senior roles, with installation planned that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Rachel W. Fogg
Gorham
Charles W. Stillman
Augusta
Maine
Order of the Eastern Star
Willis K. Leach
Castine
Earle P. Burrill
Gardiner
Madelin B
Stevens
Hermon
Gladys M. Stetson
Bangor
Millard A. Crocker
Freeport
Gand
Walfred Johnson
Kennebunk
Kenneth Jones
Dover-Foxcroft
Grand Sentinel
Extension Group Names Leaders in Saco
The Saco Extension Association met in G A R Hall and elected new officers. Elected were Hazel Emmons as chairman Nellie Rhodes as vice chairman Alice Prue as secretary treasurer Irene Ayer as clothing leader Annie Caton as nutrition leader Marion Boucher as home management leader. Marion Banks to lead crafts and highway safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Extension Association
G. A. R. Hall
Saco
Hazel Emmons
Nellie Rhodes
Alice Prue
Irene Ayer
Annie Caton
Marion Boucher
Church Circles Hold Meetings and Plan Summer Events
Three circles of the Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Christ in Biddeford held sessions. Circle C led by Mrs. George D. Love and Mrs. David C. Shaw met at Mrs. Pollard’s home. Circle D gathered at Mrs. Reginald McAdoo’s, focusing on gift table articles for the church fair. Circle A met at Mrs. Stimpson’s to prepare for the church fair and noted a forthcoming birthday greeting to Mrs. Jackson. The next meetings are set for September, June 15, and June 1 at Cascade Lodge for the annual meeting with reservations requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship
The
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Circle C
George D. Love
David C. Shaw
Coleaders
Orville Pollard
Harold J. Staples
Donald L. Fraser
Albert Whitehurst
Philip Secamman
Norman P. Lundy
Robert Montgomery
William D. Beety
Circle D
Cascade Lodge
Wayne B. Hutchins
Claude H. Faulkner
Alfred Stimpson
Charles Jackson
Ruby Packard
Earle Atwood
John Moeckel
Horace §. Nichols
Fortunes Rocks
AMVETS Unit Plans Rummage and Food Sale
Boucouvalas Dupuis AM VETS Auxiliary meets at the post on Spring Street Saco. New president Mrs Harriet Henderson leads a session announcing a rummage sale May 29 at the post home 10 am to noon and a leaked goods sale. Donations welcome via Henderson or post premises May 28. Next meeting June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Migner
Boucouvalas-Dupuis
Amvets
Post
Spring Stret
Saco
Sherman's
Old Orchard Beach
Harriet Henderson
Sodality Reception For New Members At St Marys Biddeford
A reception for new Assumption Sodality members of St. Marys Church Biddeford was held in the St Marys School hall. Rev Cornelius J Enright and Rev Maurice Goan officiated as Honorary greetings by Mrs John E Barrett, sodality president, and an address of welcome were given.
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The
Assumption Sodality
St. Mary’s Church
Biddeford
Cornelius J. Enright
Sodality
Maurice Goan
St. Mary’s School Hall
John E. Barrett
Mary Sinnottee
Joan St. Amand
Janet Judge
Mary Ann Tartre
Shirley Descoteaux
Ann Caret
Rose Bouthot
Cecile Hatch
Rita Nadeau
Rita Laverriere
Carol LeBlanc
Barrett
Howard i Giles
Frank Carey
Clarence Kennedy
Stuart Flavin
William B. O'Sullivan
Valle's Steak House Plans Three New Million-Dollar Restaurants
Donald D. Valle of Valle's Steak House announces expansion to three new million-dollar restaurants. The plans include two in Massachusetts and one in Connecticut, with seating capacities reported between 800 and 1,000 across facilities in Andover Worcester and Hartford.
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Portland
Valle’s Steak House
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Donald D. Valle
Weul Portland
Andover
Worcester
Hartham
Restau- Ford
Kennebunkport Lions Install Officers at Inn
The Kennebunkport Lions Club and Ladies Night featured officer installations including John T. Vigne as king pin Peter Gordon as first vice president Edward Arsenault as second vice president Joseph Riley as third vice president Lenox E. Bigelow as secretary Allen R. Stackhouse as treasurer Joseph Burrows as lion tamer Rolland Page as tail twister and installing officer New board members named were William Martin Henry Hanson Eben Cook Fred Bunnell and Ronald Robertson Guest speaker Richard Hebert of Augusta spoke on Passamaquoddy St John River hydroelectric projects, with Rolland Page introducing him. The next meeting is set for June 8 at the Kennebunkport Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Lions Club
Kennebunkport Inn
John T.vigne
Peter Gordon
Edward Arsenault
Joseph Riley
Lenox E. Bigelow
Allen R. Stackhouse
Joseph Burrows
Rolland Page
Pack Leaders Plan Future Cub Activities
Cub Scout Pack 324 business committee met at Cubmaster James LeBrun’s home. Harry Critchley read the financial report in Mrs. Constance Martin’s absence. A May 25 meeting at 7 p.m. in the V F W Hall was discussed along with a June 22 session to finalize July and August outings at the Critchley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
James LeBrun
Center Street
Harry Critchley
Constance Martin
Lillian Critchley
V.F.W. Hall
Atlantic Avenue
Critchley
Tennesseean offers farm to settle government claim
Del Rio Tennesseean farmer Wilford Metcalf offered his 86 acre mountaintop farm in Cocke County to settle a $1 717 52 government timber claim. He says poverty pressures and a late May deadline prompted the offer and cites his family’s 13 children and WWII service. The land lies near Cherokee National Forest with 55 acres claimed to be within the forest boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Quillen
R-Tenn
Quillen
Orville Freeman
Okee National Forest
Metcalf
Leonard James Dee
Estes Kefauver
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Saco Council
Council
Donald Guay
Factory Island
Gooch Street
Benton Insurance Agency
Pleasant Street
Ronald Avyette
Paul E. Reay
Auburn
St. Hilaire Waterproofing Co
Route 5 Association
Saco Atty
Philip Graves
Ocean Park Road
State Highway Commission
Ocean Park Road State Project
Robert Knox
Leon F. Jones
Betwen
Canal Bank
Ana
Saco Valley Shopping Center
Hawaii
Maine Families National Bank
John T. Vigne
King Kon
Richard He
Bert
William Martin
R. James Page
Ronald Robertson
Kennebunk Woman
OES
Lions Club
Atr Port
Tennesseean
Cocke County
Cher
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