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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1963
Page
3
Dear Abby letters discuss Halloween coercion and organized threats, a parent’s fear of vandalism, and a family that moves yet keeps a child tied to a previous neighborhood. A reader asks about child discipline and another questions a wife’s insistence on driving their son back to old friends.
About 60 attended the annual supper at the Washington Hose Fire Department Mothers' Club Hall in Lower Village. Lobster and oyster stews were served under the direction of Carroll Gooch Perley Gooch and Herbert Baum Jr. Guests included Kennebunk fire chiefs assistants and town officials such as Town Manager Robert York Town Clerk John N Balch and members of the selectmen from Kennebunkport Cape Porpoise and Goose Rocks Beach. A social evening followed the supper.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Town Manager Leon F. Jones announced that state officials require all surplus commodities recipients to register. Registration may be done October 28 and 29 in the town hall council chamber. The next food distribution will be November 25 and 26 for all who register, then the fourth Monday and Tuesday of every month.
Readers ask how to run a successful prom so no student is left out. A four girl four boy committee recruited dateless peers, even from other schools, pairing shy students and proving lasting friendships through a fun shared dance. Girls pay for the event, escorts cover dinners if separate, and transportation is chosen by the couple.
Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters plan a rummage sale for Saturday November 9 at the Knights of Pythias Hall with Mrs Helen Taylor as chairman. Members urged to donate items. Lillian Seavey to oversee posters. Illness updates include Mary Taylor and Linda Smith surgical patient at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. Plans also set for the State Past Chiefs mid year meeting at Bryant Pond on November 2.
Mrs Gussie Ephross won the mystery prize at a meeting observing the order anniversary. Afterward social hour featured games and prizes under Mrs Leech. Refreshments by Miss Sadie Clark and Mrs Fannie Furbish. Roll call set for Nov 13. Past Chief Mrs Roberta Martin to lead a Chinese auction with proceeds to the State Past Chiefs Association.
Miss Felice T. Kozak of Toledo Ohio joins St. Francis College as director of library services. She holds degrees from the University of Toledo Jagiellonian University and University of Michigan and has studied at Sorbonne. Kozak has 16 years of library experience including architectural librarian at Notre Dame and posts at Florida State University Hawaii and Flint and Lansing libraries. She starts the new job on Saturday October 26.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH A rain bow group in Old Orchard Beach hosted a meeting at Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall. Seven girls received degrees in the new assembly, and after the session refreshments were served.
New York report surveys lingering liquor laws thirty years after repeal. States like Maine Illinois Florida North Dakota New York Nevada and others retain restrictive rules. The piece notes oddities such as Kentucky barmaids serving only with a male bottle opener and Rhode Island minor books for age checks.
Kennebunk Webber Lefebvre Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary meets Monday October 28 at 8 p.m. at the Post Home on High Street with hostesses Mrs. Marion Hoyt Irma Bowdoin and Persis Moulton. Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias plans a supper at 6 30 p.m. at its Main Street hall, with William Taylor Harland Dutch and Dorrance Clark on the supper committee. Linda Smith daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith Crescent Surf is a surgical student and x ray technician at Mary Hitchcock Hospital Hanover New Hampshire.
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