CARE speaker Louise Morse visits Saco union meeting
Mrs. Louise H Morse of Newbury Mass, a CARE volunteer, spoke at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Hamilton Hall Beach Street Saco detailing a visit to southern India and a student home. She funds her CARE earnings for projects including wells for an orphanage and a leper colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise H. Morse
Newbury
Mass
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Hamilton Memorial Hall
Beach Street
Saco
Paul Cobb
Morse
Henry LaValle
Community Chest
Biddeford- Saco Y.W.C.A
Franklin Milliken
Ways and Means
Hamilton Hall
Harmony the Florist
First Parish
Madisses
Lloyd Anderson
Bargainers Press For 5.6 Percent Wage Rise In Ford Talks
Union negotiators push for a 5.6 percent gain in wages and fringe benefits over three years as Ford remains out of production for 1968 models. Past contract raised 87 cents per hour. strike costs Ford about 170 million dollars while dealers hold roughly 140,000 cars. UAW aims to set pattern for GM and Chrysler settlements with potential ratification by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAW
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Collision on Pool Road in Biddeford injures none
A two vehicle crash on Pool Road Biddeford involved Barbara Blunt 18 of Buxton Road Saco and Robert J. Gagnon 19 of Waterbury Conn. Police say no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Pool Road
Barbara Blunt
Buxton
Saco
Robert J. Gagnon
Waterbury
Conn
Funeral Directors Shumway and Dennett & Craig Listings
Funeral service listings for Saco Maine include Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street and Dennett & Craig at 368 Main Street. Contact numbers 284 5611 and 282 0562 are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dial
Beach Star Club Meeting Plans Sale Items in Maine
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The Miniwanea Star Club met at Robinson Memorial Hall with President Mrs. Helen Speed presiding. Members worked on sale articles and discussed projects while Mrs. Speed won the mystery prize. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Lucille Mooers and Mrs. Speed. Other attendees included Mrs. Jean Mooers Mrs. Helen Cummings and several others. The next meeting is set for Nov 17. Worthy Patron Harold Smith attended Adah Chapter Night in Biddeford with wife Mrs. Helen Smith. Greta Staples conferred Ruth degrees at Farmington Chapter with several officers accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Lord
Paul Cobb
York
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Amvets Hall
Harold Stevens
Harriet Fogg
Women's Legislative Council
Auusta
Robert Goyle
Maine
Stevens
Joseph Bay
Old Orchard Beach
Miniwanea Star Club
Robinson Memorial Hall
Helen Speed
Speed
Lucille Mooers
Jean Mooers
Helen Cummings
Louise King
May Slaney
Howard Slaney
Hubert Standeven
Gertrude Wight
Harold Smith
Adah
Biddeford
Helen Smith
Greta Staples
Miniwanca Chanter
Ruth
Farmington
Vietnam War Toll Shifts Across Years and Fronts
The report compares battle dead among Americans and Vietnamese regulars, notes the pacification gains in South Vietnam, and cites air raids after Typhoon Carla. It also covers the 1964 Mississippi killings verdicts, Venus 4 findings, Mariner 5, a Democratic gaffe on a governors trip, and language prevalence in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Marine Pvt Richard E Cole graduates from Parris Island training
Marine Pvt Richard E Cole son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd FE Cole of Heath Road Kennebunk has completed eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Cole
Lloyd FE. Cole
Heath Road
Kennebunk
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S.C
Friendship Party Planned by Legion Auxiliary Unit
The Past Presidents Parley of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will hold a Friendship Party Monday at 8 p.m. at Mrs Gladys Lambs home on Hall Avenue in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Gladys Lamb
Hall Avenue
Saco
Church Youth Groups Meet Across Region
Local churches list Sunday and Monday youth services in Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk Kennebunkport Wells Biddeford Saco Ogunquit and Goodwins Mills. Events include Christ's Ambassadors 615 pm evangelistic service 730 pm and various youth fellowships and School of Religion classes through Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Fellowship of the
Advent Christian Church
Route 35
Kennebunk
High School of Religion
St.Martha’s Kennebunkport
St.Monica’s Kennebunk
St.Mary’s, Wells Beach
St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
Methodist Youth Fellowship
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Goodwins Mills
United Church
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
The
Baptist Youth Fellowship of the
Ogunquit
Local Notes On Health Transport And People In Kennebunk
Several Kennebunk residents are noted for health and family events. Mrs Charles Cousens returns from Webber Hospital Biddeford after ten days as patient. Ms Muriel Clark leaves for Bay Village Ohio. Mrs Gladys Anderson remains at Webber Hospital Biddeford. Kathryn Harding and others work as nurses aides at Leech Nursing Home. A. Wesley Leech and Alfie Leech attend a Maine State Nursing Home Association meeting in Waterville. The item mentions the first plastic billiard balls appearing in 1868.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cousens
Mousam Road
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Kent's Cleaners
Kennebunk
Muriel Clark
Bay Village
Ohio
Robert Marthia
Ethelyn Stuart
Robert
Joanne Mae
Jane Clark
Leech Nursing Home
Storer Street
Raymond Harding
Summer Street
Webver Hospital
Gladys Anderson
Kennebunkport
Biddcore
A. Wesley Leech
Alfie Leech
Maine State Nursing Home Association
Jeffersson
Waterville
Portland Weather Outlook North Portion Flurries Tonight
Partly cloudy with a chance of brief flurries in the north portion tonight. Lows in the 30s and slightly warmer than tonight. Sunday brings variable cloudiness and cooler conditions with a continued risk of light flurries in the north.
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Portland
New York Firm Buys Boston Shoe Store
Shelbro Inc of Mount Vernon New York buys Boston Shoe Store whose retail shops operate in Portland Biddeford and Lewiston. Shelbro a Wohl Shoe Co division tied to Brown Shoe Co of St Louis. Wohl’s executive vice president James Taylor announced the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Boston
Biddeford
Lewiston
Shelbro, Inc
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Shelbro
Wohl Shoe Co
St. Louis
Brown Shoe Co
Wohl
James Taylor
Senate struggles with stopgap spending and tax hike vote
Senate leaders clash over continuing emergency spending as House members push for deeper cuts and a tax increase. Mansfield seeks until November 15 and faster action on appropriations while Pastore warns of financial chaos and Hruska urges presidential leadership on budget cuts. Mundt proposes a 10 day stopgap and keeps pressure on House and President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Johnson
Ways and Means Committee
House Democrats
Mansfield
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Pastore
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Hruska
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Mistrial Declared in Civil Rights Slayings Case in Mississippi
Judge Cox declared a mistrial for Barnette Killen Sharpe in the federal civil rights case tied to the 1964 slayings of James Chaney Andrew Goodman Michael Schwerner. Convicted defendants face up to 10 years and a 5000 dollar fine under an 1870 statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
Carla
U.S
Thailand
Panhandle
Philippines
Formosa
House of Representatives
Senate
Dean Rusk
Rusk
North
Hanoi
Michael Schwerner
Andres Goodman
James Chaney
Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Page
Cox
Barnette
Edgar Ray Killen
Jerry McGrew Sharpe
Andrew Goodman
Meridian
Rainey
Bernard L. Akin
Olen L. Burrage
James T. Harris
Herman Tucker
Travis Maryn Barnette
Frank J. Herndon
Richard A. Willis
Meridian-Philadelphia
James E. Jordan
Price
Jordan
Georgia
Mississippi
Department of Justice
Dist
Atty
William H. Johnson Jr
Decatur
Justice Department
State Grand Jury
Saco Valley Riding Club Receives Appreciation Award
San ford Boy Scout Troop 322 presented a certificate of appreciation to the Saco Valley Riding and Driving Club at Smutty Lane Road Saco for participation in the falls Horse-A-Bee at Acton Fair Grounds on Oct 7 drawing about 550 boys. The club voted to send $25 in material to Vietnam servicemen and donated to the Community Chest. A banquet is planned Nov 18 at Glen Mor Restaurant with a bowling party afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Merry
Saco Valley Riding and Driving Club
Sanford Boy Scout Troop 322
Acton Fair Grounds
Saco Valley
Smutty Lane Road
Saco
Sanford Boy Scout Troop
Paul Boisvert
Thomas Blaisdell
Falls
Vietnam
Community Chest
Greenacres
Buxton
Saco Club
Glen- Mor
Portland Street
Kennebunk
Mousam Saddle and Harness Club
Groun
Mousam
Deborah Perham
George Norman
Dean
Blaisdel
Gerard Boisvert
Lawrence Nason
Arthur Morse
Churchman To Be Lecture Series Speaker
Rev. Warner Traynham, rector of St Cyprian's Parish Roxbury Mass and former Harvard Radcliffe chaplain, speaks on Facing the New Morality as part of the Adventuring Christian Living lecture series by the Biddeford Saco Council of Churches. The series topic is The Church Bridges the Gap with refreshments after each talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Radcliffe College
Council of Churches
John H. Miller
United Church of Christ
Congregational
Traynham
George J. Tsoum
Holy Cross Theological School
Brookline
Mass
Kjorlien Named Vice President of West Point Pepperell Marketing
Clarence John Kjorlien is appointed vice-president in charge of marketing for the Consumer Products Division at West Point Pepperell. He will oversee sales and marketing for Carlin Martex Lady Pepperell Fairfax and Custom Private Brands with brand sales managers reporting to him. He previously led Lenox Plastics and held China sales roles at Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence John Kjorlien
West Point Pepperell
Frederic W. Holt
Kjorlien
Carlin
Martex
Lady Pepperell
Fairfax
Custom
Lenox, Inc
Fine China
Lenox
W.A. Schaeffer Pen Co
Orlen
West Point
Perell
United States
Kennebunk AL Units Set Annual Membership Supper
The Webber Lefebvre Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will hold its Membership Supper on Monday October 23 at 6 30 p m in the Parsons Room of the Legion Home on High Street. Members should bring their own place settings. An entertainment program directed by music chairman Mrs Phyllis Truscott will follow. Mrs Marion Maguire assisted by Mrs Louise Marsh will present a junior members program. Each member should bring a gift for service men in Vietnam. Hostesses are Mrs Persis Moulton Mrs Macora Moulton and Mrs Ella Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Webber Lefebvre
American Legion Auxiliary
Parsons
Legion Home
High Street
M.s. Phyllis Truscott
Marion Maguire
Louise Marsh
Vietnam
Persis Moulton
Moulton
Macora Moulton
Ella Irving
BOV Class Plans For Rummage Sale
The BOV Class of the Kennebunk Baptist Church met with Vice President Mrs Lillian Penney presiding. They voted to send cards to ill members and planned a rummage sale at the church the next day at 10 a.m. Refreshments were served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
B.O.V
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Lillian Penney
Ruby Kimball
Ruth Wills
Fannie Furbish
Ruth Ward
Jennie Currier
Marion Cousens
Louise Nichols
Myrtle Benson
Martha Bragdon
Eleanor Berdeen
Ruth Chappell
Harriet Freeman
Yale Sale Planned By Mothers' Club
KENNEBUNK A Mothers' Club meeting at the Washington Hose Fire hall Lower Village named officers Natalie Zaleski president Shirley Schmidt vice president Elise Cooper secretary treasurer and committee chairs Eleanor Clapp sewing Aline Wills refreshments were served Plans include an annual sewing contest and a Christmas sale in November The next all day meeting will be at the fire station hall on November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Baum
Marie Porter
Hockey Results and Schedule From Friday to Sunday
The Associated Press lists Friday results with no games, and a weekend slate including Boston at Montreal New York at Toronto Chicago at Pittsburgh California at Minnesota Los Angeles at St. Louis on Friday. Sunday matchups feature Pittsburgh at New York St Louis at Detroit Los Angeles at Chicago California at Philadelphia. The note ends with a non sequitur about the Alaskan brown bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Montreal
New York
Toronto
Chicago
Pittsburgh
California
Minnesota
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Detroit
Philadelphia
Pentagon Protest Plans Encirclement and Civil Disobedience
Pentagon officials prepared for a large protest as demonstrators aimed to encircle the building and block entrances. Organizers stressed firmness without provocation while police would guard the site, with-capitol and White House closed to tourists during the protest day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Dellinger
Washington
Pentagon
Warren Christopher
Justice Department
Potomac River
Capitol
White House
Johnson
Biddeford Firemen Respond to Two Separate Incidents
Biddeford firefighters answered a morning call at Vernon Mallock residence on 22 Pike Street. The fire started from a flooded oil burner and was quickly extinguished. Yesterday they also battled a blaze in a commercial coal truck at 328 South Street.
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Biddeford
Vernon Mallock
Pike St
South St
Testimonial Dinner Honors Juliette Cordeau at St. Andre’s
PORTSMOUTH New Hampshire Children of Mary Sodality of St. Andre's Parish Biddeford held a testimonial dinner at Valle's Steak House last night honoring Juliette Cordeau for her long service to the church and sodality. Attendees included Miss Lillian Viger and many Biddeford residents along with Miss Lucy Dube of Sac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N.H
Children of Mary Sodality
St. Andre’s Parish
Biddeford
Juliette Cordeau
Sodality
Valle’s
Cordeau
Lillian Viger
Irene Auger
Jeannette Bibeau
Yvonne Bibeau
Lumina Bisson
Marie Anna Boisvert
Gilberte Caouette
Blanche Dube
Germaine Duquette
Antoinette Emond
Alice Gagnon
Annie Gagnon
Francoise Gendron
Germaine Huot
Alice Grenier
Lillian Lambert
Simonne Morrissette
Lionelle Patry
Cecile Thibault
Valeda Nadeau
Lucy Dube
Sac
City Memoir Sparks Animal Talk at County Fair
In a rural scene Pat and Sheila visit a cattle barn where Pat hopes to adopt an Angus calf for her sister. Ron Lambert from McAlester explains ways to distinguish cows from bulls while they discuss the animals’ looks and their appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Sheila
Ron Lambert
McAlester
Okla
Lambert
Hanoiobserver notes on war damage and diplomacy
A reporter in Hanoi describes repair of the Paul Doumer Bridge over the Red River and steady rations despite shortages. He notes resumed heavy traffic, functional rail links to China, and a skeptical view of U S promises among Vietnamese and foreign diplomats, questioning Johnson's peace aims and a potential permanent U S military presence in South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiphong
China
Paul Doumer
Red River
Hanoi
Johnson
Washington
Dean Rusk
Walt Rostow
South Vietnam
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Women’s E&i Union
Emonds Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Beach Star Club
Venus
Earth
Mariner 5
Independence
Virgin Islands
Price Daniel
Office of Emergency Planning
Lea
Republic
Ronald Reagan
TheCalifornia
Demrats
Daniel
Aietnam
South America
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Christ's Ambassadors
Unitarian Universalist Church
Portland Road
South Congregational Church
Temple Street
Lyman Baptist Church
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Mary’s Church
Wells Beach
Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
Saco United Baptist Church
N. Y
Theas Blaisdell
June Seaward
Margaret Chamberlin
Saco Valley Riding Club
Churchman
Kennebun
BOV
Yale
Mothers’ Club
City Animal Shelter
Ately
Clerk’s Office
St. Andre’s Sodality
Metropolitan
Raoul J. Nadeal
Metropolitan Life
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