Anniversary program honors long serving church clerk
Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion groups joined at the afternoon ceremony to honor Miss Belle R. Witham who retired this year after twenty years as church clerk. Kenyon Wills presented a colonial money bouquet, Rev. Thomas C. Martin gave the welcome, Rev. Chauncey Stuart spoke for former pastors, and a book of remembrance was dedicated. A tea followed.
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Torrage One Trial Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Webber-Lefebvre Post
American Legion
Belle R. Witham
Kenyon Wills
Thomas C. Martin
Chauncey Stuart
Mr. Martin
Mr. Stuart
Dulles Dies at 71 After Long Illness in Washington
John Foster Dulles died after a period of heavy pain management and recognition of family members in his final days. President Eisenhower learned of the death at Gettysburg and penned a tribute praising Dulles as a champion of freedom and law. He had long served as secretary of state and was survived by a wife, children, and siblings with notable positions in public life.
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Robert Hinshew
New York
Margaret Edwards
Rye
N.C
Natalie Seymour
Utica
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
John Foster Dulles
Dulles Lifetrail From Civil War To UN Leadership
The account traces John Watson Foster’s era through Dulles’s youth at Princeton to his early diplomatic rise. President Truman appointed him acting chairman of the U S delegation to the United Nations replacing George C Marshall, reflecting his warily praised mobility and appetite for action. Dulles urged mobilizing for peace after the Korean armistice, stressing sacrifice to sustain peace and warning against complacency.
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Augusta Bus Service Case Tests Municipal Authority
The Maine Legislature disputes a chartered Augusta city action to fund private school bus service. It contends only constitutional municipal police power could justify such funding, while taxpayers argue the service stems from school consolidation aimed at better education. Justice Tapley Jr. notes the dispute hinges on legislative intent.
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Augusta
Augusta Cy
Monerey
Walter M. Tapley Jr
Council Authority to Enact Augusta School-Ticket Ordinance
In dissenting opinions Sullivan and Dubord uphold public funds use as constitutional but question Augusta ordinance authorizing the ticket appropriation. Dubord laments the decision undermining efforts to protect elementary students in Augusta and other communities, noting prior conveyance support for private, non profit school transport without objection.
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Dubord
Augusta
Union extends contract to strengthen Biddeford Saco plant
Union members vote to extend the contract with Saco-Lowell and keep uninterrupted production for 16 months. J Arnold Kiely of Saco-Lowell praises Local 406 and community support while the joint board redirects funds from a summer training course to aid the strike situation.
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J. Arnold Kiely
Kiely
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Henderson mill strike funds aid workers
The board approved sending 500 dollars to striking textile workers at the Farmier Henderson Cotton mill in Henderson North Carolina. Normally eight local union members are sent to take the summer course.
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Henderson Cotton Mill
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Old Orchard Beach Civil Service Commission Chair
Fred Tice serves as Chairman of the Old Orchard Beach Civil Service Commission, overseeing personnel procedures and merit standards for town employees. The body administers exams, maintains eligibility lists, and enforces civil service rules per municipal policy.
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Old Orchard Beach Civil Service Commission
Fred Tice
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