Dear Abby guidance on school dress sparks debate
A teacher in Iowa asks Dear Abby to publish dress standards for high school girls citing discipline and pregnancy concerns. Readers discuss school committees, parental responsibility, and limits of school authority. Also, a letter on a husband's habit of saying not bad and a note about jail-innocent marriage rules concludes with Abby’s contact guidance.
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Abby
Board of Education
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Sponge usage through ancient times described
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that sponges were used since early times by Greek mothers to soothe babies with honey soaked pieces, as mops and paint brushes, and by Roman soldiers as drinking vessels. The account links a sponge to the vinegar offered to Christ on the cross.
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Christ
Beach WSCS Plans Food Sale and Meeting Details
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The Women's Society of Christian Service of the Washington Avenue Methodist Church met for an all day session with a pot luck luncheon. A fall Maine Conference meeting is set for Nov. 6 at Auburn Methodist Church with 10 am and 2 pm sessions and a 12:30 lunch. Rev. John E. Barclay is speaker. A refrigerator for the church kitchen is under review and non chip glasses will be purchased. A food sale is planned for Oct. 25 at the IGA Store with Mrs. Elizabeth Garland as chair and volunteers assisting. Members canvassed for food. Pine Island letter deferred. Absent-member cards were signed. Thanks extended to Mr. and Mrs. Bliss for potato donations. Christmas fair plans to be discussed next meeting. refreshments to be served then. Members present include Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. Kennett, Mrs. Benson, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Sait, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Garland, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Leonard, Miss Andrews and others. Devotions led by Mrs. Benson. transportation by Leonard Gray and Mrs. Kennett.
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Old Orchard Beach
Women's Society of Christian Service
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Mattie Bliss
Standish
Maine Conference
Auburn Methodist Church
Park Avenue
Auburn
John E. Barclay
South End
Anna Anderson
IGA
Elizabeth Garland
Barbara Gilbert
Jean Cooper
Pineland
Bliss
Richard Bliss
Local Notices From Kennebunk Community News
Kennebunk residents host family night at Christ Church with Circle volunteers, plan Christmas Fair, and fall rummage sale by Women's Fellowship. Mrs Shaffer visiting, husband in Navy stationed in Jacksonville. Kathy Towne enters Antioch College after Gould Academy graduation. trip with Libbys spans multiple states. No wooden mallet for Swiss steak. use heavy saucer edge.
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Herbert Shaffer
Kathleen Simonin
Jacksonville
Fla
Robert Nedeau
York Street
U.S. Navy
Naval Air Base
Mediterranean
Christ Church
Women’s Association of the South Congregational Church
Women's Fellowship of Christ Church
Kennebunk
Norman Wheeler
Ohio
Kathy
Gould Academy
Bethel
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Brian McCradden
West Point
Saco Hospital Unit Plans Public Supper
Planning committee of the Saco Osteopathic Hospital Auxiliary met at the home of general chairwoman Mrs. John K. Roberts to organize a casserole supper. The event will be served buffet style at the Saco Grange Hall on Saturday October 26 with two seatings at 5 30 and 6 30 p m Reservations may be made with committee members or the auxiliary.
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Saco Osteopathic Hospital
John K. Roberts
North Street
Saco
Saco Grange Hall
Roberts
Walter Wood
Norman Lee
Albert Simard
Abstract Art Expressionism and Free Form Techniques
A Britannica definition notes abstract expressionism as a style emphasizing free expressive handling and unarranged pictorial effects that seem to emerge beneath the brush. The term captures a movement focused on spontaneity and impulse in painting.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Engagement of Sharon Frances Lord to Fred Walter Stackpole Jr
Mr and Mrs Edward Lord of 28 Saco Ave Old Orchard Beach announce the engagement of their daughter Sharon Frances Lord to Fred Walter Stackpole Jr son of Mr and Mrs F Walter Stackpole Sr of 24 Ferry Road Saco who now resides in Greenville The bride to be Sharon Frances Lord is a Old Orchard Beach High School graduate and a Colby College junior member of Alpha Delta Phi Stackpole a Thornton Academy Deerfield Academy and University of Connecticut Business School graduate works for Burnham and Morrill Co Portland The couple plan a future wedding date to be announced
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Edward Lord
Saco Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Sharon Frances Lord
Fred Walter Stackpole Jr
F. Walter Stackpole
Ferry Road
Saco
Greenville
US. C
Lord
Old Orchard Beach High School
Colby College
Waterville
Alpha Delta Phi So
Stackpole
Thornton Academy
Deerfield Academy
School of Business Administration
University of Connecticut
Burnham and Morrill Co
Portland
Tips For Teens by Elinor Williams
Advice column excerpt advising a teen to be friendly and involve a shy boy with his car as a shared interest. Encourages inviting him to group activities, playing light games, and sharing pleasant moments while avoiding overreaction to his jealousy.
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Elinor Williams
Elinor
Ans
Parker Brothers
Webber Lefebvre Post and Auxiliary Joint Meeting
About 25 persons attended a joint spaghetti supper hosted by the Webber Lefebvre Post and Auxiliary at the Post Home in Kennebunk High Street. After supper a post meeting was led by Commander Raymond Dutremble. membership reported at 40. Leon Brisard won a prize. Past Commander Joseph Forest shared details from the York County Council meeting at Old Orchard Beach.
Snakes and Charmers Misunderstood by Natives of India
The article argues that snakes cannot be charmed as they are deaf and would react the same way without music. It notes cobras may sway to follow the movement of the handler, the Diayer, who is not the snakes’ true attractor.
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India
New England Vignettes from Boston and Beyond
A collage of short notes across locations. ALA cites over 100 glamour car colors complicating theft tracing in 1964 models. A Greek revival church cornerstone in West Thompson. Cattle red nose warned by the American Foundation for Animal Health signaling potential respiratory disease and milk loss. Stanstead historians study gravestones for local history. Belmont Hill School rebuilds a Methodist church facade by puzzle buffs and students.
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Boston
American Legal Association
ALA
Philip Wallwork
Wallwork
West Thompson
Conn
Rudolph the Reindeer
American Foundation For Animal Health
Foundation
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