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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1962
Page
5
Gov John H Reed and Congressman Stanley R Tupper will campaign across York County on Friday meeting county GOP candidates in Biddeford and Saco for supper and an evening rally. The stop marks the final county personal appearances for the pair.
A brief notice notes a 86 proof blended whisky product from Chemley Reserve Blended Whisky Company. The fragment mentions grain neutral spirits and the year 1962, with references to Schelley DBT Co and Aly.
Friday evening from 7 to 9 30 vendors and shoppers on Main Street and Pepperell Square will meet Reed and Tupper county candidates. Mayor Worthing and Mrs. Worthing host an open house at Hamilton Memorial 42 Beach Street with guests Harvey Graves and Ruby Emens. York County Campaign Committee set final plans at 7 p.m. before the Kennebunk meeting.
A surprise party was held at 99 Green Street Biddeford to celebrate Mrs Frank Grover's birthday. Gifts were opened and a buffet lunch served by hostess Laurianne Grover followed by a social evening. Attendees included the Grover and Provencal families and friends. several sent gifts but could not attend.
Westbrook AP reports South Portland youth William S Bailey age 19 pleaded guilty in municipal court to a charge of being detrimental to the well being of the Men's Reformatory in South Windham. He was bound over to the January grand jury as the 13th person to partake in disturbances at the reform school.
St Andre PFTA members collected blood bank applications at the October parish meeting held in the parish hall. Mrs Ethel Dorais distributed forms and noted slips were sent to St Andre school children. remaining parishioners will be contacted later.
A brief report notes that a conviction would mean transfer to Thomaston State Prison. Classified ads are noted to be growing daily alongside the broader community listings.
St Andre High to celebrate Catholic Education Week and American Education Week from November 11 through November 17 with a series of panel discussions organized by the Student Council. Miss Vivian Lessard will chair arrangements, with panels on heritage curriculum lifelong education and international understanding, plus related religion class discussions and All Saints Day mass at St Andre Church.
The Junior AMVETS group at Merton Ira Staples AMVETS Post Biddeford approved new attendance rules effective November 1. Officers missing two consecutive meetings without excuse face removal. members missing four consecutive meetings are dropped. Two officer roles were filled George Georgeacarakos as parliamentarian and Howard Johnson as quartermaster.
The York County chapter reports Red Cross volunteers and staff are on duty at Norfolk and Little Creek Virginia Navy bases offering welfare services to evacuees from Guantanamo. Messages, long distance calls, comfort kits, and child care support are provided, with ongoing coordination with Navy Relief and caregivers for mothers and children.
New Orleans Duke W Pailet says he will sell the Klondike Inn after another break in He reports burglars stole 1213 in liquor and cash and notes the 19th theft at his place in 18 years with total losses exceeding 42000 the incident prompted police involvement.
District FHA officers and advisors from Southern Maine schools gathered at Thornton Academy for an organizational and evaluation session. They set goals for next district projects, reviewed state plans, and elected leaders including Lee Hodgdon, Susan Calder, and Jane Folsom.
Louis Nadeau 44 of Biddeford serving a life term for the October 10 1949 murder of Miss Ida Rosenbaum has filed an appeal to the Maine Supreme Court after a petition for setting aside conviction and new trial was denied Justice Randolph Weatherbee had granted a writ for error coram nobis but ruled the requests without merit Nadeau claimed lack of counsel at the hearing Don ald P Allen of Biddeford was appointed as his lawyer The deadline for an extended bill of exceptions is January 1 1963 and February 1 for a transcript of the October hearing.
Sanford High School football team suffered a 47-6 defeat at Lewiston before a theft in the Sanford dressing room. Police report show $26 in cash, four gold tie clasps, and two gold class rings stolen. sixteen players were affected by the loss.
Pravda denounces President Kennedy’s Cuba blockade as baseless and asserts Soviet views from New York. It quotes Yuri Zhukov and Viktor Maevsky stating the U S move aimed to invade and overturn Cuba’s revolution, with Khrushchev insisting Soviet weapons were for self defense.
The Arundel Women’s Republican Club in Kennebunk hosts Senator Margaret Chase Smith this Saturday evening at Kennebunk High School. She discusses the national crisis and election of Republicans, with a 6 45 p m supper by Christchurch circles. Lillian Cleaves chairs the brief meeting and introduces York County candidates. The talk was rescheduled from October 8 to fit Smith’s York County visit before the November 6 election.
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