Area School Menus and Local Notices
Area school lunch menus list meals for Thornton Academy Old Orchard Beach Saco Biddeford St Louis High School and St Andre s School with daily items including pizza spaghetti hamburgers fish and other entrees plus side dishes and desserts. Local bond issue and fluoride controversy notes urge reading of Maine highway program funding measures and critique fluoridation while a reader letter from Laurent Benoit accuses local groups and comments on civic involvement.
Community debate on fluoridation and funding ethics
A reader argues taxpayers should oppose fluoridation funding and punish officials and stations who accept bribes. The letter contends fluoride benefits are overstated, cites potential health risks, and urges Maine residents to keep water free from pollution. It criticizes food additives and questions employer attitudes toward medical costs.
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Maine
Liquor Sales Forbidden While Polls Are Open
Augusta AP The Liquor Commission warns Maine residents that alcohol sales are banned while polls are open during the general election. State liquor stores won t operate next Tuesday and hotels, restaurants, and licensed retailers may not sell alcohol until polls close, typically 8 pm, with two exceptions for municipalities where all voters have already cast ballots or in cities using voting machines where polls may stay open until 9 pm. Licensees should check local warrants for exact closing times.
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Augusta
The
Liquor Commission
Maine
Timothy J. Murphy
Sierehy
Maine Good Roads Urges Yes On 12.8 Million Bond
The Maine Good Roads Association urges voters to approve Referendum Question No. 1 the 12.8 million highway construction bond to continue road building and to match available federal funds. The official position stresses a yes vote is essential to secure federal support and maintain the state’s infrastructure program.
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Maine Good Roads Association
The
Hooverize tale and newcomer notices in Biddeford Journal
War era terms explained as Hoover urged meatless meals and wheatless days to conserve food for Europe. The piece notes a House seat voice vote issue for Commonwealth representation and Greek name meanings. Local Biddeford births announce Denise Anne and Patricia Joanne Roy, with extensive family details. hospital news lists Mr and Mrs Philip E. Bliton at 34 Storer Street Kennebunk awaiting delivery.
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Herbert Hoover
Biddeford
Saco Journal
Denise Anne
Patricia Joanne Roy
Raymond Roy
Pike St
Lionel Fecteau
Vine St
Leo Roy
Webber Hospital
Philip E
Ton
Storer St
Kennebunk, A
Checks In Mail From Kennebunk Savings Bank
The Kennebunk Savings Bank sent Christmas Club checks totaling $89,000 to 656 local residents, topping last year by about $5,000. Asst. Treasurer William Gilpatric says new Christmas Clubs may start for 1969.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Savings Bank
Asst
William Gilpatric
Maine Briefs Nominations and deer hunting news
Gov Curtis nominated Frank Houdlette of Dresden as Lincoln County public administrator replacing Hadley Miller. Also named were Robert H Doe of Winterport and George Simon of Millinocket as district court complaint justices for Waldo and Penobscot Counties. Deer hunting with firearms becomes legal statewide from today through November 30, with a near record hunter turnout anticipated. Bennie Le Judd of Livermore Falls received a 22 to 5 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill for shooting his wife in North Yarmouth last March.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Curtis
Frank C. Houdlette
Dresden
Lincoln County
Hadley B. Miller
Waldoboro
Robert H. Doe
Winterport
George Simon
Millinocket
Waldo
Penobscot
Portland
Bennie le Judd
Livermore Falls
Judd
Wilma
North Yarmouth
Multiple Yankee births listed for Bates Perkins Baggenstoss
The notice records births: a son eight pounds seven hundred fourteen ounces for Mr. and Mrs. William Bates at Kennebunk Pond on Oct 28. a son William Larry Jr. six pounds eight and a half ounces for Mr. and Mrs. David Perkins at 24 Elmwood Drive Saco on Oct 29. a son Christopher Edward seven pounds seven ounces for Staff Sgt. and Mrs. John Baggenstoss at Minot Air Force Base North Dakota on Oct 19. the mother Therese Wakefield is identified as Mrs. Baggenstoss formerly Miss Therese Wakefield of Kennebunkport.
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Shaw David
Willian L. Bates
Kennebunk Pond
William Larry Jr
David R. Perkins
Elmwood Drive
Saco
Christopher Edward
John A. Baggenstoss
Minot Air Force Base
N. D
John A, Jr
Baggenstoss
Therese Wakefield
Eemore Wakefield
Kennebunkport
Tidy’s Tidings Sparks Caution on Streams
Local note urges residents to avoid tossing old shoes into creeks and rivers. Officials warn that littering harms fish like trout and dirtying waterways risks pollution and wildlife disruption. Community group campaigns for clean streams and responsible trash disposal.
Baby Cin da Robb arrives at White House with family
The seven day old daughter of Lyn da Johnson Robb, named Cin da or Cindy, was born Oct. 25. President and Mrs. Johnson greeted the Robb family at the White House after a Bethesda Naval Hospital birth. Father Charles S. Robb is serving in Vietnam.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lynda Johnson Robb
Cinda
Cindy
Former King Umberto in Paris Clinic After Surgery
Former King Umberto of Italy is reported to be in a Paris clinic recovering from an appendectomy and a urinary infection.
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Umberto
Italy
Paris
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Los Angeles
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