Beach Womens Society Christmas Fair at United Methodist Church
The Beach Women's Society of the United Methodist Church held a Christmas Fair and supper at the Church vestry on Washington Avenue. President Mrs. Mattie Bliss led as general chairman with extensive volunteer help in the kitchen, dining room, and by the Work and needlework committees.
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Old Orchard Beach
Women’s Society of Christian Service
United Methodist Church
Washington Avenue
Mattie Bliss
Ruth Hodeen
Hazel Davis
Louise King
Frances Johnson
Gertrude Leonard
Florence Benson
Richard Bliss
Walter Freeman
Jean Cooper
Florence Gray
Ethel Ritchie
Shirley Mullen
Frances Dickson
Patricia Leddy
Betty Knight
Kay Spear
Ted Russell
S.A
Retta Sait
Alice Browne
Helen Anderson
2 Circle
Priscilla Skilling
Margaret Milliken
Avice Dumaine
Harriet Fogg
Muriel Gooch
Edrice Bates
Pauline Peacock
Jean Mooers
Gertrude Mpson
Boy Scouts Help Clean Up Under Arthur Leddy Leaderhsip
Ways and Means committee members assisted as Boy Scouts led by Assistant Scoutmaster Arthur Leddy helped clear up and wash dishes after the event.
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Ways and Means
Arthur Leddy
Saco Church Plans Thanksgiving Service at 10 30 A M
The United Baptist Church in Saco holds a Sunday 10 30 AM Thanksgiving service in its sanctuary. The 5 CEE Choir and Senior Choir will perform, directed by Mrs W Kenneth Bissell Jr and Mrs Jean Brown, with organist Mary M Hill. Rev Stanley A Bennett will deliver the sermon on Two Ships We Must Navigate Through the Waters. Adelbert M Jakeman Sr will speak on the enlistment drive and pledges for 1969. A 9 15 AM Sunday School Thanksgiving Assembly precedes, with canned goods collected for baskets.
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United Baptist Church
Saco
5 Cee
Sioeane
W. Kenneth Bissell Jr
Jean Brown
P. Ivanoff
Mary M. Hill
Stanley A. Bennett
Adelbert M. Jakeman Sr
Harold Smith
Beautification Program Topic At Saco Meeting
Imaginative landscape improvements in Maine communities were shown with color slides at a Saco Business Men’s Association meeting led by Paul K. McCann. Examples included the transformation of a weed-grown river bank in Hallowell into a park with flower beds and benches and the Jefferson project earning a $300 award from the Grange.
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Maine
Saco Business Men's Association
Paul K. McCann
Winthrop
Keep
Maine State Park and Recreation Commission
Mutual Fire Insurance
Main Street
Saco
Hallowell
Jefferson
Grange
McCann
Rockland
Donald C. Doyle
Timoth Crowley
Americans Accept Inflation and Move Toward Varied Returns
The AP reports Americans increasingly accept inflation as a lasting reality. The piece notes Nixon advisers anticipate 4 percent inflation for years, leading to debt tolerance, and a shift by insurers toward variable and inflation-linked products. Mutual funds grow to about 50 billion as insurers rebalance to offer mixed returns. Banks and insurers reorganize into holding companies to offer protection packages.
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Etropolitan Life
Prudential
Metropolitan
Extradition hearings delayed in Zoglio murder case in Mass
Extradition for three men tied to Louis Zoglio murder in 1967 is continued to December 6. Rudolph Sciarra and Robert Fairbrothers of Providence and Renaldo Di Pietro of Newington refused extradition after being indicted by a Massachusetts grand jury. Stephen A. Fanning ordered the continuance in Superior Court.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
Louis Zoglio
Attleboro
Mass
Mote
Rudolph Sciarra
Robert E. Fairbrothers
Renaldo di Pietro
Newington
Conn
Massachusetts
Zoglio
Stephen A. Fanning
Ironside Breaks Out Of The Detective Story
AP Television critic Cynthia Lowry notes Ironside experiments with structure by opening with a wounded policewoman and flashbacks to explain how Chief Ironside and his team met. The episode blends present action and past, challenging viewers to follow shifts in time. Dragnet then airs a police lecture style episode focused on training and duties led by Sergeant Friday.
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New York
Ironside
Law and Order
NBC
Raymond Burr
Chief Ironside
Jack Webb
Friday
Used Trucks Listed in Want Ads Section Twelve
Local classifieds feature a focused listing of used trucks in Section 12 of the want ads. Dealers and private sellers offer pickups and heavy trucks with varied mileages and prices, inviting inquiries and test drives from potential buyers.
Weekend TV Guide Highlights From Nielsen Report
In Nielsen’s latest ranking he sits thirteenth in popularity. Weekend viewing suggestions include Saturday’s The Mouse on the Mayflower on NBC from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST, an animated musical for children followed by The Cowsills on NBC from 8:30 to 9 p.m. a seven member family musical special with guest Buddy Ebsen. Sunday features Peggy Fleming’s NBC special from 9 to 10 p.m. with Olympic skating champion and guests Gene Kelly Richard Harris and Spanky and Our Gang.
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NBC
the Cowsills
Buddy Ebsen
Peggy Fleming
Gene Kelly
Richard Harris
Spanky and
Our Gang
Rabies Outbreak Fears Rise in Rio Brazil
Brazilian health officials report several rabies cases with Canida showing hydrophobia and a clinical history consistent with rabies. Doctors warn rabies among humans is often fatal within days and domestic animals kill hundreds yearly, with Rio de Janeiro accounting for up to about 60 deaths this year.
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Man
Max Turpin
Candida
Brazil
Rio
Humphrey Calls Support For Nixon Admin A Solemn duty
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told the Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association that every American must back the new Nixon administration. In his first speech since the election he pledged to travel and mingle with people nationwide.
Harvest Ball Planned by Biddeford Saco Elks at Lodge
Exalted Ruler Paul E. Reay led a meeting at the Saco lodge on Portland Road. A memorial service for deceased members was noted, and final plans for the Harvest Ball tomorrow include a 7 p.m. ham supper by Chef Pepper Marr, with Muriel's Orchestra providing music. A Thanksgiving dinner for underprivileged children is set for Sunday at noon.
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Biddeford
Humphrey Addresses Youths On New Outlook And Government Study
In an off the cuff speech Humphrey urged youth and said after 24 years in public service he believes one must be fortified to gain a new outlook. He spoke of studying government structure, especially in cities, and teaching it. He will remain a esman for agriculture and plans farm matter talks with Nixon.
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Humphrey
Nixon
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