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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1972

Page

13

Plans For Saco Adult Center Activities And School Board Talk

The Saco Adult Center on Cleveland Street hosted a meeting outlining plans for a proposed Junior High School on a 103 acre Buxton Road site with speakers Arthur Huot and Howard Cushman presenting architect plans. Elvira Lord received a service agit from Miss Lord’s predecessor, deposits for an 8 day Hawaii trip were announced, and a public hearing on aging legislation set for October 31 at Cascades Inn, Portland Road. The center also highlighted a weekly bowling high score by Mrs. Hooper and upcoming events at Roll-A-Way Lanes with October birthdays featured in the noon box lunch. The note ends with a stray fact that Saturn’s year is nearly 30 Earth years.

Saco Saco Adult Center Cleveland Street Arthur Huot Saco School Building Committee Howard L. Cushman Buxton Road Jenkins Road Elvira Lord Saco Social Group Martha Beaudoin Center Hester Hooper Hawaii Saco Center Emily Keithley Bangor Miss Lord Cascades Inn Portland Road Governor’s Committee On Hooper Elm Street Biddeford Lillian Black Beatrice Hover Myrtle Eaton Bessie Moulton Catherine Lennox Ethel Roberts Albertine Fillion Lillian Macomber Leola Berry Lord

Church World Service Clothing Appeal Underway

The annual Church World Service Clothing Appeal seeks at least 4,000,000 pounds of washable clothing and 300,000 blankets for refugees and impoverished communities in about 30 countries plus the United States. The drive emphasizes layettes and children’s clothing with donation options and church collection points listed.

Church World Service United States Biddeford United Church of Christ Congregational Crescent Street United Baptist Church Jefferson Street United Methodist Church Foss Street St. Demetrios School Middle Streets Old Orchard Beach Washington Avenue

Biddeford Junior High Moves to Cash Lunch Payments

Harold L. Hanson principal announces the Hot Lunch Program will switch to a cashier payment system starting Tuesday Oct 24. The change ends the weekly lunch ticket method used in recent years.

Harold L. Hanson Biddeford Junior High School

Fred Harris Plans Maine Campaign Stump for McGovern

Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris will campaign in Maine next week for George McGovern. He is to arrive Monday October 23, with speaking locations to be announced. Harris, 42, a longtime senator since 1964, holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma and chairs the Senate Reform movement within the Democratic Caucus.

Augusta Fred Harris Oklahoma Maine George McGovern McGovern- Shriver Harris McGovern-Shriver Senate Hel The University of Oklahoma Phi Beta Kappa National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders Kernel Commission Senate Democratic Caucus

Air National Guard Opens Women Slots and Navy? No

Air National Guard invites women aged 18 to 27 to join for a six year term. Applicants must be high school graduates or pass a qualifying exam, meet physical standards, and be unmarried without dependents. After acceptance trainees will go to Lackland Air Force Base Texas for basic training every six weeks.

South Portland Air National Guard Lackland Force Base Tex

Air Force training options outlined for enlistees

After basic military training, enlistees choose either an Air Force technical school or return to their hometown unit for on the job training. Details available through CMSgt Ken Hunter at South Portland ANG Station, 50 Western Ave.

Air Force Technical School Cmsgt Ken Hunter South Portland ANG Western Ave

Blue Cross to Cover Home Patient Care in Maine

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine will provide home patient care benefits for the first time under a contract signed with Mercy Hospital and three nursing associations in Portland. Patients qualify after an early hospital discharge enabled by the new program.

Portland Maine Blue Cross Blue Shield Mercy Hospital

Health care programs expand home services in Maine

Four Greater Portland hospitals Mercy Maine Medical Center Osteopathic of Maine and Westbrook join in home health care under the Portland Visiting Nurse Association South Portland Public Health Nursing Association and Westbrook District Nursing Association. Benefits cover physician visits nurse and therapist services laboratory tests x rays drugs appliances and transportation. A coordinated program was recommended by the Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association aligning Mercy with Blue Cross Blue Shield. Similar programs grow statewide.

Greater Portland Mercy Maine Medical Center Osteopathic of Maine Westbrook Portland Visiting Nurse Association South Portland Public Health Nursing Association Westbrook District Nursing Association Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association Blue Cross Blue Shield

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