Beach Girls FHA Chapter Banquet Honors Seniors and Delegate
Oceana Chapter of Future Homemakers of America Old Orchard Beach High School held a Mother Daughter Banquet at the Wonderbar Restaurant in Biddeford. Members received pins, seniors were honored, and Betty Gordon was chosen to travel to the National Convention in Miami, Florida, in July. A camera was donated for chapter activities and the delegate’s use, and new officers were installed.
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Oceana
Future Homemakers of America
Old Orchard Beach High School
Wonderbar
Biddeford
Betty Gordon
Old Orchard Beach
Miami
Fla
Sandra Lord
Kennedy Loses Oregon Primary As McCarthy Takes Lead
Oregon voters delivered a clear rebuke to Kennedy with McCarthy earning a strong margin while Nixon won in California. Morse led Duncan narrowly in a separate Democratic renomination battle as Kennedy vowed to stay in the race despite the setback.
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McCarthy
Kennedy
Johnson
Humphrey
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Wayne Morse
Robert B. Duncan
House
Morse
Duncan
Michigan
George Romney
Reagan
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Los Angeles
Stockton
San Francisco
Eugene Wyman
Five Divorces Granted In Saco Court
Ruth B Howe of Old Orchard Beach and Ralph E Howe of Patterson New Jersey were divorced for utter desertion. Ruth to resume Bartlett name. Others granted for cruel treatment include Rita M Anderson and Gary R Anderson with name change to Marcoux. Victor D Groulx and Denise L Groulx. Frances Sue Hart and James Joseph Hart with name change to DeStaffen. Beryl B Savard and John H Savard with $25 weekly child support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
10Th District Court
Saco
Ruth B. Howe
Old Orchard Beach
Ralph E. Howe
Patterson, N.J
Patterson
N.J
Howe
Bartlett
Rita M. Anderson
Biddeford
Gary R. Anderson
Old
Portsmouth
N. H
Hart
DeStaffen
Beryl B .Savard
Limerick
John H. Savard
Lynn
Mass
Savard
Fatima Circle Social Held by Daughters of Isabella
Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella held a social at St. John’s Hall on Adams Street Biddeford. Prizes were awarded to Irene Moreau Valerie Bourque Dorothy Precourt Diana Moulin Laura Boissonneault Theresa Chretien Gertrude Boutet Lillian Vier Marguerite Dubois Annie Normand Jeannette Morin Bertha Dubois Violette Bellefeuille Bertha Moulin Lorraine Cote Simone Lapierre Alden Pare Lucille Andrews Therese Boissonneault Josephine Benoit Claira Gauthier Helen Forcier.
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Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. John’s Hall
Adams Street
Biddeford
Irene Moreau
Valerie Bourque
Dorothy Precourt
Diana Moulin
Laura Boissonneault
Theresa Chretien
Gerttrude Boutet
Lillian Vier
Marguerite Dubois
Annie Normand
Jeannette Morin
Bertha Dubois
Violette Bellefeuille
Bertha Moulin
Lorraine Cote
Simone Lapierre
Alden Pare
Lucille Andrews
Therese Boissonneault
Josephine Benoit
Clara Gauthier
Helenen
Anna Forcier
News At A Glance From The Nation
The Associated Press rounds up politics and international items. McCarthy defeats Kennedy in Oregon. Nixon claims victory seals GOP nomination. Scorpion submarine missing. 99 crew feared dead. Marines repel two North Vietnamese assaults near Khe Sanh. Saigon outskirts see Viet troops push forward. Johnson keeps Paris diplomacy open, cautions restraint from Hanoi. Harriman to push for real Paris talks, beyond propaganda. France sees new demonstrations as strike spreads. Mondlane warns of danger yet vows Mozambique liberation. Pundits fault U.S. for foreign ignorance and domestic poverty. Louisville reports racial violence for second straight night. West Point cadets consume large bread, desserts, ice cream, and meat. Senate passes $5 billion housing bill for poor families. SEC probes stock trading costs.
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U.S
Khe Sanh
Saigon
Johnson
Paris
Hanoi
W. Averell Harriman
France
Eduardo Mondlane
Mozambique
Louisville
West Point
Commission Takes Offensive In Price War
The Maine Milk Commission moves to revoke Cumberland Farms North ern Inc sales license after the chain sold half gallons below minimum prices. A July 16 18 hearing before Edward M. Robinson will address the dispute centered on half gallon pricing and the Supreme Court ruling cited by Cumberland Farms. Cumberland Farms operates a new Saco store at Water and Elm streets and argues savings from returnable containers should lower prices. The commission’s schedule set 99 cents per gallon in returnable containers and 103 in nonreturnables, with half gallon 54 and 56 cents. Cumberland Farms sells half gallons at 43 cents, below minimums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Milk Commission
Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc
Cumberland Farms
Supreme Court
Commission
New Milk Commission
Edward M. Robinson
Lewiston
Auburn
Saco
Water Street
Elm Street
Maine
Coast Guardman Unhurt In Mishap At Route 1 Saco
A South Portland Coast Guard base member, Chester E. Nichols Jr., 23, of Old Orchard Beach, fell asleep at the wheel causing his car to strike a traffic island and sign at Route 1 and Cascade Road in Saco. He awoke before impact and escaped injury. Additionally a note on Mali and Ghana etymology appears in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
McCarthy
Minnesota
Portland
California
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Oregon
Multnnomah County
Coast
Speaker Named For Services In Kennebunk
Captain Harold E. Dresser USN will be the key speaker at the Memorial Day observance in Kennebunk tomorrow. The ceremony begins at 1 PM at Town Hall with Rev. Henry Megert delivering the invocation and Rev. William J. Kelly giving the benediction. The parade follows at 2 PM with bands from Kennebunk High, Junior High and Park Street School under Alexander Economos.
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Kennebunk
Harold EE. Dresser
USN
Tucson
Ariz
Dresser
The
Reserve Officers Association
Kennebunk High School
Arnold H. Truscott
L. James Hamel
Webber, Lefebvre Post American Legion
Alexander Economos
Capt. Dresser
Robert Slowik
Donald Hanson
Town Hall
Fire
Mrs. Nancy Taylor Honored At Shower
Mrs. Nancy Taylor of Lyman was honored at a postnatal baby shower hosted by her aunt Priscilla Kenney and grandmother Ruth Russell at Russell's home. Attendees traveled from Cape Porpoise Kennebunkport Kennebunk Beach Alewive Arundel Saco and Easley South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Hutchins
Joyce Stirk
Barbara Stirk
Debbie Milligan
Judy Milligan
Maurice Hutchins
Cape Porpoise
Frank Beard
Kennebunkport
Leon Severance
James Seawell
Sally Wentworth
Kennebunk Beach
Patricia Twombly
Ernest Smith
Roger Gonneville
Ted Kingsbury
Everett Cluff
Lisa Kenny
Kennebunk
Stephen Russell
Alewive
Margaret Pearson
George Day
Arundel
Roger Poitras
Saco
Curtis Taylor
Jean Fowle
Woburn
Mass
Earl P. Tarr
Easley
S.C
Carnival elephant causes power outage in Kalamazoo
Jenny the carnival elephant allegedly pulled a power line pole causing a short circuit that cut electricity to 50 homes. Carnival workers report she was chained and agitated before the pole shook and wires whipped together. power was restored and handlers guided her to a secure area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Jenny
Carnival
Electric Company
Enny
Second Car Shop Seeks Space in Local Classifieds
A second car shop enters the market seeking ad space in the local classified section. Industry interest grows as retailers expand used and new vehicle offerings, with space requested for display and line ads.
Biddeford Saco Chamber Outing Set At Country Club
The 16th annual Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce outing will occur at Biddeford Saco Country Club on Tuesday June 18 with a 1 p.m. sports program directed by Joy MacNaughton and Harry M Wooster. A hole in one contest and a 6 p.m. chicken barbecue sponsored by the committee. Bryce Roberts club pro in charge of golf events. Tickets from committee members or Chamber office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford- Saco
Bryce Roberts
Roland Sylvestre
Richard A. Moore
Wayne B. Hutchins
Rielly
Maurice C. E. Roux
MacNaughton
Wooster
Albert P. Deshaies
Richard
Sale of Store at Camp Ellis Is Consummated
The Main Street Camp Ellis property known as Lanes Market including a grocery store apartment and cottage sold to Harry B. and Elinor Emerson of East Hartford Conn. Emersons view it as a business investment. Max Ruben real estate office 289 Main St Biddeford arranged the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Camp Ellis
Lanes’ Market
Raymond and
Lorraine Lane
Harry B
Elinor Emerson
East Hartford
Conn
Emersons
Max Ruben
Main St
Biddeford
Local Council of Churches Opens 1968-69 Term in Saco
The Biddeford Saco Council of Churches held its first 1968 69 meeting at the School Street Methodist Church vestry with Rev John H Jordan presiding Newly elected president reports were given by secretary Mrs Virginia Cartmill and treasurer Mrs Sylvia Searle Attending delegates included James Goudouros James Dawn Mrs Jean Leach Rev John Miller Rev Stanley Bennett Mrs Agnes Ladd Rev Gerald Burtt Robert Fenderson Mrs Sidney Griffith Mrs Rena Deis and Albert E Worden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Senior Citizens Pilgrimage and Whist Event Noted
Officials from the Senior Citizens Club of Biddeford met at the Disabled American Veterans Hall on Bradbury Street. Members traveled last Sunday to Enfield New Hampshire for a pilgrimage and held a whist party at the Biddeford hall yesterday afternoon. Whist is played every Tuesday at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens Club of
Biddeford
Disabled American Veterans
Arundel Principal Honored At Banquet
Arundel Consolidated School principal Robert Anderson was honored with a farewell banquet at Captain's Restaurant in Cape Porpoise after six years in the post. Superintendent Bruce Smith of School Union Four praised his work. Anderson receives a transistor radio and a corsage for his wife. He will teach math at Biddeford Junior High in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Bowley
Anderson
Biddeford Junior High
Lollipop Lane Tots Will Graduate
Graduation ceremonies at Lollipop Lane Nurse School Tasker Street Saco wi begin at 7 30 pm with Director Mrs Paul Beau doin handing out Bachelor of Rhymes diplomas to the young pupils. Peter Feinberg leads the march with Marc Beaudoin at the organ.
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Lollipop Lane Nurse School
Tasker Street
Saco
Paul Beaudoin
Peter Feinberg
Marc Beaudoin
John Colpitts
Alison Leach
Sharon Verrier
David Lemelin
Karen Poulin
Norman Camire
Brian Lemay
Mary Jane Boutet
Donald Linscott
Richard Nadeau
Cathy Dupee
Claudette Neault
Jean Beaulieu
Gabrielle Boucher
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Miami, Fla
Rebecca Barker
Kathleen Crosby
Novella Briggs
Diane Houle
Maureen Staples
Constance Neault
Madeleine Cote
Joan Peele
Beach Girls
Lland
National Broadcasting Co
Indiana
Nebraska
White House
Missouri River
Oregon Trail
Fatima Circle
Associated Press
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Rehard M. Nixon
Navy
Scorpion
Vietnam
Washington
Senate
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ghana
Britain
Gold Coast
Mali
Sudan
Harold E. Dresser
Nancy Taylor
Saco Club
London
House ‘of Lords
Lord Cobbold
Lord Chamberlain
Jerusalem
College of ‘Theology
Paul VI
Holy Land
Notre Dame University of
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Frank Montana
Vatican
Local Council of Churches Meets
Monde
Associates
Congress St
St. John St
Wilson's
Cain’‘s Potato Chips
Wilson
Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard
Biddeford Savings Bank
F.D.J.C
Biddeford, Maine
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