Capers '73 Kickoff Spurs Local Talent for Benefit Show
Capers '73 kicks off with a Portland Road party at Trudeau's Club as John Brittain of Jerome H. Cargill Productions charts three weeks of rehearsals for a two night run at Linnell Gymnasium Thornton Academy on Oct 19 and 20. Proceeds fund Webber Hospital equipment and scholarships with auditions and varied dances, songs, and skits featuring local volunteers from Gorham Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Saco and beyond.
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Peg Welch
Webber Hospital
John Brittain
Jerome H. Cargill Productions
New York City
Brittain
Trudeau
Portland Road
Saco
Linnell Gymnasium
Thornton Academy
City Theater
Biddeford City Building
Sally Walker
Gorham
Lise Huard
Biddeford
George Hogan
Old Orchard Beach
Margery Shuster
Nancy Taylor
Tonight Join Scouting Event Local Signups
York District chairman Robert Cyr announces locations for joining Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts. Cub Scouts ages 8 to 10 or second grade. Boy Scouts 11 or fifth grade completion. Signups tonight at Biddeford Junior High 7 8 p.m. and Old Orchard Beach Town Hall 6 30 8 p.m. Parents welcome.
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Robert Cyr
York
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach Town Hall
Old Orchard Beach Area
Cyr
Wlre
Saco Legion Plans Open House November 10
The Owen-Davis Post American Legion in Saco plans an November 10 open house announced at a Tuesday meeting. Cmdr. Edmund Rowell named open house chair, Guy Goodwin leads the event, and funds were raised for uniforms and a Battery B 59th Artillery photo. Next meeting set for Oct. 16.
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Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Post
Beach Street
Saco
Cmdr
Edmund Rowell
Guy Goodwin
Ralph Pettengill
Irene Turnage
Wyona Rowell
59H Artillery
Harry Rowell
Carl Blake
Maine Agent Car Rental Firm Ordered to Repay Funds
Lascar Corp of Pennsauken New Jersey and Garfield Ross formerly of South Portland now in Massachusetts were ordered in a Maine Superior Court consent decree to repay 75 percent of 32000 received for 24 car rental franchises. The action cites deceptive franchise sales including exclusive territories and a money back guarantee. Ross allegedly claimed FBI ties, though no agency connection existed.
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Augusta
New Jersey
Maine
Lascar Corp
Pennsauken
N.J
Garfield Ross
South Portland
Massachusetts
Superior Court
Ian MacInnes
Attorney General
Justice MacInnes
Lascar and
Ross
Atty. Gen
Jon A. Lund
Lascar
Chise
FBI
Churches Sponsor Clothing Drive For Overseas Aid
The Biddeford Saco Council of Churches sponsors the Church World Service Clothing Drive and collects gifts at local churches through Oct 28 for shipment to the needy overseas. Rev. Stanley B. Hyde notes high demand for fabric sewing kits school kits lavettes and clothing while truck drivers are no longer available and donations to cover trucking costs are welcomed.
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Biddeford-Saco Council of Churches
Church World Service
Stanley B. Hyde
Biddeford Pool
CWS
Hyde
Six Area Residents To Study At Colby
Six Biddeford Saco area students join Colby College freshmen totaling 390. Named are Paul J Roy Linda A LeBlanc Robert L Guillory Susan E Berube Suzanne P Thivierge and Jonathan P Huff. Colby enrolls 1580 students and was founded in 1813.
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Waterville
Biddeford Saco
Colby T
Paul J Roy
Linda A. LeBlanc
Robert L. Guillory
Susan E. Berube
Biddeford
Suzanne P. Thivierge
Saco
Jonathan P. Huff
Cape Porpoise
Colby
Roy
John L. Roy
Mt. Pleasant St
Miss LeBlanc
Hermas LeBlanc
George St. Biddeford
Guillory
Guillaume Guillory
Graham St
Berube
Mary Berube
Green St
Biddeford High School
Miss Thivierge
Joseph T Thivierge
High St
Thornton Academy
Kennebunk High School
Huff
Mary F. Huff
Langsford Road
Henry H. Huff
St Margaret's Sodality to Meet October 11
St Margaret's Church in Old Orchard Beach reports its Sodality will meet October 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the church followed by a business session in the parish hall. the date previously announced for October 4 is canceled.
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Old Orchard Beach
St. Margaret's Sodality
St. Margaret's Church
The Highest Town on Earth Is Poets in Tibet
Poets inhabit the highest town on earth at about 15 100 feet above sea level. The remote Tibetan settlement is noted for its loftier elevation and cultural tradition.
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Poets
Tibet
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Capers
Marion Batchelder
J. Alan Jasper
Kennebunk
Jon Nathanson
Jane Burns
Nathanson
Thornton
Saco Legion
Maine Divers, Inc
Forest Street
Old Orchard
Singer
SEWIN
Singer Company
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