Waight Addresses Saco Republicans on Navy Yard Closure
Harold P. Waight spoke to the Saco Republican City Committee in the Municipal Courtroom about the proposed Portsmouth Navy Yard closure. The committee opposed the move and urged letters to congressional representatives. A finance committee and publicity committee were named.
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Harold P. Waight
Saco
Republican City Committee
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Ruby Packard
George Brickates
Wendell Willett
Gertrude Knox
Theodore B. Gillette
Joseph Grondin
Pauline Larochelle
Bryce Milne
Robert Knox
Raymond Carter
Gerard Cassette
Albert Cabana
Mars hosts unspecified plant life according to general consensus
Scientists broadly agree that Mars may harbor some form of plant life. The evidence is indirect and debated, with researchers citing possible soil nutrients, methane fluctuations, and past water activity as hints supporting life possibilities.
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Mars
Ogunquit Women Learn Decorating At Club Session
Ogunquit Woman's Club met in the Ogunquit Methodist Church vestry to hear William and Phoebe Foster of York demonstrate holiday decorations and table centerpieces. About 40 attended. tea hostesses included Mrs. Helen Remick and Mrs. Ruth Howe. Next meeting December 2 at 1 30 p.m. in the Ogunquit Baptist Church vestry will feature James Erwin of York on the Constitution. Reciprocity Day plans and invitations were extended to several area clubs and federation officials. Hostess will be Mrs. Eunice Bracy with a long list of assistants.
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Ogunquit
Olympian Club
Kennebunkport
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Eunice Bracy
Elsie Littlefield
Louise Perkins
Virginia Rollins
Florence Perkins
Doris Field
Dorothy Morrison
Mary Kennedy
Vendeta Gundaker
Notre Dame Hospital Hosts Parents Evening on Child Development
The Notre Dame Hospital Continuing Education committee hosted a Parents' Evening for employees and friends at the Biddeford hospital. Rev. Matthew Auderbet of St. Francis College spoke on child development aided by the Christopher records Children and Sex Education and a film Preface To Life. Registrants included Mrs. Gerard Bergeron Mrs. Dean Haines Mrs. Andre Fortier Mrs. Claire Corriveau Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Dery and other local residents.
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Notre Dame Hospital
Biddeford
Matthew Auderbet
St. Francis College
Christopher
Gerard Bergeron
Dean Haines
Andre Fortier
Claire Corriveau
Lionel Dery
Louis Vire
Ronald Provencal
Rosaire Lebel
Sylvia Chouinard
Priscilla Pinette
Angela Gilman
Rene Goulet
Jeannette Lariviere
Doris Hennedy
Arthur Collette
Edgar Michaud
Harvest Fair Workers Named
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Foss Street Methodist Church Biddeford sponsors a Harvest Fair in the church vestry from 11 a.m. to 6 30 p.m. on December 4. Fish chowder will be served and workers include Mrs Gladys Schwartz Mrs Maude Moore Mrs Marion Spoffard Mrs Marion Hutchins Mrs Emma Chappell Mrs Bernice Wiggin Mrs Ida Michie Mrs Florence Sargeant Mrs Louise Merryman Miss Hattie Smith Mrs Emma Merrill Mrs Esther Marr Mrs Kathleen Pate Mrs Augusta Nielson Mrs Joyce Peters Mrs June Poirier chairing the kitchen and Mrs Sylvia Searle Mrs Virginia Henderson dining room. WSCS cookbooks will be on sale. The group met last night with devotions by Mrs Michie and a 6 30 p m December 16 Christmas party planned with a covered dish supper. The next meeting will include bringing Christmas stockings.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Foss Street Methodist Church
Biddeford
Gladys Schwartz
Maude Moore
Marion Spoffard
Marion Hutchins
Emma Chappell
Bernice Wiggin
Ida Michie
Florence Sargeant
Louise Merryman
Hattie Smith
Emma Merrill
Esther Marr
Kathleen Pate
Augusta Nielson
Joyce Peters
June Poirier
Sylvia Searle
Virginia Henderson
WSCS
Poirier
Michie
Miss Smith
Ada Howard
United States Topic Dominates Xi Omicron Meeting
Xi Omicron Exemplar Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met at Mrs. H. Clifford Berry’s Biddeford home to discuss the United States. President Mrs. Berry led business, welcomed back Mrs. Richard Sawtelle from a three month leave, and refreshments were served by Mrs. Paul Reay. The next meeting is set for December 8 at Mrs. Jerome Daly’s Ocean Park home with several other members present.
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Xi Omicron
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
H. Clifford Berry
May Street
Biddeford
United States
Berry
Richard Sawtelle
Paul Reay
Jerome Daly
Colby Avenue
Ocean Park
George Ange
Donald Macomber
Raymond Audie
Philip Scamman
Thomas J. Daly Jr
Maine Archives Committee Chief Named at Colby College
Governor Reed announced the appointment of Dean Emeritus Ernest C. Marriner of Colby College as head of the Maine Archives Committee. He plans to seek legislative funds to establish a state archives program with preservation, safeguarding and display of historic documents in an archives building.
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Augusta
Ernest C. Marriner
Colby College
Maine
Reed
The
Legislate
White House Doctor Recalls Kennedy Death Moment
Washington AP recaps Dr George Burkley testimony to the Warren Commission on November 27 1963 detailing Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy learning her husband President John F Kennedy was dead in Dallas The physician describes her presence with the body at Parkland Hospital her insistence on staying with the corpse and the transfer of roses found on the floor to her jacket scene by scene account of the fateful day.
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Washington
Warren Commission
Burkley
Parkland Hospital
Kennedy
Commission
Barkley
Closing Of Military Bases Protested In Maine
Augusta AP reports Republican members of the Legislative Research Committee condemned the Democratic administration for closing military installations in Maine. A Tuesday resolution said the move dealt the state’s economy a staggering blow. The lone Democrat on the 16 member panel, Rep. Louis Jalbert of Lewiston, was absent due to illness.
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Augusta
Legislative Research Committee
Democratic National Administration
Maine
Louis Jalbert
Lewiston
Humphrey Role In VP Job Expands Under Johnson
Washington AP report notes Hubert Humphrey may gain broad duties as vice president under Lyndon Johnson. Johnson reportedly plans an official residence and tasks across labor agriculture health education welfare and overseas missions. The piece recalls past vice presidents and questions who would notice Humphrey’s presence.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Humphrey
Capitol Hill
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
John Adams
John Nance Garner
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Alben W. Barkley
National Security Council
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Cabinet
Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Labor
Agriculture and Health
Education
Welfare
Hubert Humphrey
Candlemaking Demonstration At Wells-Oquoit Extension Meet
Hazel Bean led a candlemaking demonstration at the Wells-Ogunquit Extension Association November gathering in Wells First Congregational Church vestry. The group won a $10 second prize for its October York County membership drive as about 30 members attended and box lunches were served. A quilting bee is planned for November 14 to finish two more quilts. two quilts have already been completed. The item also recalls the Alaska purchase and the Klondike gold rush headlines from Seattle in 1890s era context.
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Wells
Hazel Bean
Wells-Ogunquit
Christmas Fair and Gift Corner plan noted by church women
The Women’s Fellowship of First Parish Congregational Church in Saco heard an invitation from the Woman’s Club of Trinity Episcopal Church to a Christmas Fair on Dec. 5 and a Christmas Gift Corner on Dec. 12 at Mrs. Joel Stacy’s Beach Street home. The meeting, led by president Mrs. Gilbert Harrison Jr., included devotionals by Miss Elvira Lord and a Harvest Buffet report by cochairmen J. Alan Jasper and Howard Cushman. Volunteers will deliver gifts to Augusta State Hospital. other items covered include kitchen dish purchases and a tape recorder for sermons for shut ins. The fellowship voted aid for families burned out on Alfred Street, Biddeford, and approved appointing Mrs. Fred Clark as auditor. A music program by Gorham State Teachers College students Franklin Johnston, Peter Harvey, Morrison Foster Jr., and Peter Harvey preceded refreshments.
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Woman’s Club
Trinity Episcopal Church
Joel Stacy
Beach Street
Saco
Women's Fellowship of
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Gilbert Harrison Jr
Elvira Lord
J. Alan Jasper
Howard Cushman
Augusta State Hospital
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Hazel Bishop
Lawrence Dearborn
Walter McKenney
Alfred
Biddeford
Harrison
Fred Clark
Thomas Bryant
Gorham State Teachers College
Franklin Johnston
Peter Harvey
Morrison Foster Jr
Bishop
Nina Goodchild
Alvin Tetley
Holiday Party Planned by Snowshoe Club in Biddeford
Members of Le Voltigeur Snowshoe Club met at South Street hall in Biddeford and announced plans for the December 12 Christmas party. Attendees were asked to contact committee members led by Robert Neault. A new member joined the club under President John Boissonneault as routine business proceeded. An invitation to the Snowshoe Union December 5 and 6 at Rochambeau Club was read with plans to attend. Chaplain Paul Angers offered prayers and Robert Labonte received a special award. The next meeting is set for December 1 at 8 p.m.
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le Voltigeur Snowshoe Club
Biddeford
Hall
Robert Neault
John Boissonneault
Snowshoe Union
Rochambeau
Paul Angers
Robert Labonte
Republicans Asked To Renew Efforts In Maine GOP
Governor Reed urged renewed grassroots efforts to strengthen the Republican Party at a meeting of 2nd District Republicans and the GOP State Committee in Augusta. He said the party should pursue a moderating course and align future programs with that philosophy.
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Augusta
Reed
GOP
State Committee
Ex-convict freed by judge heads back to Green Haven
In Queens Supreme Court Justice J Irwin Shapiro reduced Joseph Horne 34 to 242 5 years for a May 1960 burglary sentence making him a second offender. He will be released in a new suit with time off for good behavior and return to Green Haven Prison Thanksgiving removed from confinement.
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New York
Joseph Horne
Green Haven
Queens
Horne
Queens Supreme Court
Florida
Queens Court
J. Irwin Shapiro
One Sambor Quintuplet Dies in Paris Hospital
Paris AP report says one of the Sambor quintuplets died after respiratory trouble worsened overnight. The remaining siblings, two boys and two girls, stay in incubators under precarious care at Paris Faculty of Medicine pediatrics center. Jean-Luc weighed 2 pounds 7 ounces at birth.
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Paris
Sambor
Ministry of Public Health
Jean-Luc
Raymond Sambor
Jean Luc
Pediatrics Center
Paris Faculty of Medicine
Ex-prisoner to ride 70 miles to Stormsville prison
The judge asks how the former inmate will reach Stormsville prison and allows a prison van ride without handcuffs. The official notes he is not to be treated as a prisoner but to “straighten out a few accounts” during the trip.
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Horne
Stormsville
N.Y
Shapirro
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