Church Women Attend First Fall Meeting at President’s Home
The Washington Avenue Methodist Church Women of Kennett met at president Mrs. Mattie Bliss’s home for a pot luck luncheon and brief business. Guests included Mrs. Mabel Rowell and Mrs. Rice Per an, with next meeting planned at Mrs. Hazel Kenna’s residence. Pitching coach Whit Wyatt of the Milwaukee Braves credited with 22 wins as a second-year Evansville pitcher in the Three-1 (text truncated).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Bliss
Hazel Kena
Frances Johnson
Society of Christian Service
Gertrude Leonard
Hazel
Washington Avenue Meth Kennett
Florence Benedist Chures
Elizabeth Garland
Whit Wyatt
Milwaukee Braves
Evansville
York Pomona Grange Elects Officers at Limington Meeting
At Limington last night York Pomona Grange elected its officers after a baked bean and casserole supper for about 63 members. New head is Benjamin Foster with Clifford Berry as overseer and Mrs. Margaret Thompson as lecturer.
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Limington
York Pomona Grange
Limington Grange
Pomona
Benjamin Foster
Bauneg Beg Grange
North Berwick
Clifford Berry
North Saco Grange
Margaret Thompson
Milton Randall
Saco Grange
James Hammond
Bauneg Beg
Evelyn Adams
Riverside Grange
Verne Hobbs
Mousam Lake Grange
Ruth Hobbs
Mousam Lake
Samuel Crowell
John F. Hill Grange
Eliot
Sarah Foster
Barney Beg Grange
Dorothy Berry
North Saco
Ceres
Geraldine Randall
Saco
Flora
Ruth Hammond
Burney Beg
Nellie Mc
Grant
Lewiston
Harry Willis
Tri County
Kittery
Lorenzo Roberts
Goodwins Mills
June Burke
Leroy Burnham
Hollis
Nancy Davis
Saco River
Stephen Wood
Riverside
Arthur Littlefield
Cheryl Hughes
Dorothy
Mrs Thompson
Cumberland County
Beta Sigma Class Plans Fall Fair in Biddeford and Saco
The Beta Sigma Class of the Biddeford United Baptist Church held a meeting at Mrs. Edna Thompson’s home in Saco. President Mrs. Thompson led prayers and Psalm 23. They discussed a November Fall Fair and set the November meeting at Miss Elizabeth Taff’s home in Biddeford.
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Beta Sigma
Biddeford United
Eva Bowen
Marion Nason
Miss Taff
McKeen
Ruth Hatch
Mary Grace
Hazel Lahey
Lalah Merrill
Thompson
Clay
Esther Hunter
Elsie Butler
Martha Souza
Mary Dawn
Dorothy Hartlett
Work Authorized At Training Center South Portland
Augusta AP Gov Reed and the Executive Council approved 1.12 million dollars for building and grounds improvements at the Boys Training Center in South Portland. The project uses funds from a bond issue approved by voters last November. Wiley Construction Co. of Scarborough received the contract.
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Augusta
Reed
Executive Council
Boys Training Center
South Portland
Wiley Construction Co
Scarborough
News Night Observance Highlights News Media Value
Rev Benedict Fink of St Francis College told about the importance of news media and communication media during the Biddeford Saco Elks News Night. The event at the lodge on Portland Road drew about 135 guests with representatives from the Biddeford Saco Journal Portland Press Herald Kennebunk Star and WIDE radio.
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Benedict Fink
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Saco Lodge of Elks
Portland Road
Saco
Maine
United States
World
Father Fink
Ralph Pitt
the Elks Lodge
Charles M. Gallagher
Biddford-Saco Journal
Portland Press Herald
Kennebunk ‘Star
Poland Spring
Eugene Cole
William Beaudoin
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Atty
Francis LaFountain
Notre Dame Hospital
Pitt
Keating Calls for Censorship of Detrimental Magazines
Keating, founder and chief legal counselor for the National Organization of Citizens for Decent Literature, told an audience that removing trash magazines is censorship if labeled so. He cited areas free of such publications because police enforce laws, and noted wholesalers push these books in package deals. Keating tours the country with 300 adult chapters, advocating decency standards.
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Keating
United States
National Organization of ‘Citizens For Decent
Humphrey to speak in Lewiston next Tuesday night
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic vice presidential nominee will address the Kennedy Park bandstand in Lewiston next Tuesday evening. He is Maine’s fourth national candidate to visit during the campaign, following President Johnson in Portland on Sept 28 and Barry Goldwater in the city three days earlier, with William E. Miller campaigning in Bangor and Portland the following day.
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Lewiston
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy Park
Humphrey
Maine
Johnson
Portland
Barry Goldwater
William E. Miller
Goldwater
Bangora
Referendum Questions Are Approved In Saco
Saco City Council approved a second reading of capital improvements covering renovations to public schools repairs to City Hall the new police station and a central heating plant for the Street Department garage plus a new cement floor. The meeting also discussed charter revision options and election procedures while authorizing plans for Factory Island facilities and parking matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brickates
Saco
Willard Stackpole
Ordinance Committee
Planning Board
Stackpole
J. Edward Whelan
Bryce Milne
Raymond Carter
Edward F. Dow
University of Maine
Gordon Pendleton
Dow
Milne
Whelan
Vivian Hickey
Scammon Street
Roland’s
Scammon’s
Bernard W. Gaines Sr
Saco Donut and Snack Shop, Inc
Main Street
Paul Reny
Harry Nielson
Police and Fire Commission
Reny
Donald Guay
Gerard Cassette
Carter
Fairfield
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Factory Island
Locke School
Joe Louis World Champion Record Highlight
Former world heavyweight champion Joe Louis won a high percentage of his 71 professional boxing bouts by knockout. The famed boxer dominated rings for years, adding to his storied career with a string of decisive stoppages.
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Joe Louis
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Ramblers
DODGE
Leeann
Chevrolet
Impala
Fisher
ED & Frank Chevrolet, Inc
Alfred Street
DIAL
St. Francis
Nugrape Soda
Crystal Bottling CO
Biddeford & Saco Gas CO
Warren’s
Gibson
Warren’s Furniture Co
Biddeford, Maine
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