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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1967
Page
5
Old Orchard Beach students organize a State-Wide Hootenanny for February 16 from 7 to 11 pm with $1 student and $1.50 adult admission. Fundraisers include bottle drives and food sales. prize money totals $175 for top folk groups.
Last Tuesday the Sea Breeze issue published at Marie Joseph Academy featured a poem by Darlene Quenneville of Holyoke Mass. Students saw The King and I film and discussed East meets West in English class. Simultaneously debate sessions in Orono involved Celina Verrier and peers on uniform crime investigation regulations.
Ruth Dearborn announced travel for Biddeford High Future Teachers to Brunswick High School for a State FTA convention. The Oct 28 trip was chaperoned by Dearborn and Grace McCarthy. Senior Class officers ordered pins Oct 23 to boost school spirit for games.
A national poll of over 1,000 youths shows 20 percent would drop physical education and 70 percent want more electives while maintaining a solid core. Respondents favor language and advanced science courses, with calls for policy changes and practical subjects for future life and careers.
Linda Paradis Guillory and Pete Langevin were part of a Homecoming event judged by the Athletic Association on Saturday. The rally the prior Friday featured guest speakers introduced by Student Council President Ronald La Belle, including coaching staff Richard Jacques Richard Wyse and David Redmond and players Pete Langevin Mike Minuitti Mike Lamb and Jim Guillory.
Wells High School Field Hockey beat Portland on October 20 with two goals from Chris Kostis and one from Anne Galligan plus Lynne Hamlyn. On October 24 Wells tied Sanford 1 1 with Galligan scoring and Hamlyn assisting. Sanford’s Mary Topping scored, Reeks made five saves for Sanford and Jacobsen four for Wells. Rose Galligan stood out on defense.
Wells JV beat Sanford 2 0 with both goals by Susan Coggeshall. Wells varsity finished 6 1 1 for 1967, with Sanford twice and Portland twice defeated. Leading scorer was Chris Kostis with five. Lynne Hamlyn Anne Galligan each four. Marcia Hamlyn two. JV season record 1 1 1.
A weekend celebration at 22 Cleveland Street Saco honored Mrs. Alice Johnson on her 80th birthday. Local and out of town relatives attended, with gifts and a purse presented to the guest of honor.
Beverly A Trask announces her engagement to Lucien Morin Jr as daughter of Mr and Mrs Ormond M Trask Sr of 408 Elm Street Biddeford. The notice states the couple’s forthcoming marriage plans.
A reader asks about buying a $1000 car for college use and reliability. The column advises choosing the newest, lowest mileage vehicle possible for daily transport and suggests caution with low price paint jobs, noting preparation work affects finish quality.
Engagement announced between Beverly A. Trask of Biddeford and Lucien R. Morin USNR son of Mr and Mrs Albert Morin of 9 Pinette Ave Biddeford. Miss Trask a Biddeford High School senior set to graduate in June. Morin graduated last June from Biddeford High School and serves in the U S Naval Reserve. No wedding date yet.
At St Andreys High School a Oct 23 Student Council meeting outlined plans for the state convention in Brew er Nov 17 18 and for Voice of Democracy contest entries with theme Freedom's Challenge. A Youth Apostolate to Youth paper contest judging Nov 1 and a Catholic Youth Week observance followed. Rita Belle feuille and Linda Hevey chaired the events under Sister Marie pemmort.
The Homecoming at St. Louis High School featured Karen Cooper and Richard Gonthier as royalty while the varsity beat South Portland 41 27. The issue highlights the band’s strong halftime show, the yearbook’s second edition, and trends in lightweight sweater dresses with varied necklines and decorative stitching.
Highlights include Luther nailing his 95 theses in 1517 and Nevada joining the Union in 1864. Other notes cover New York evacuations in 1674, King's College charter in 1754, Oswald in Moscow in 1959, and Johnsons Asia trip reception in 1966.
Gerald L. Hinkley son of Mr and Mrs Richard R Hinkley of 148 Lafayette St Saco Maine is on duty at Tuy Hoa AB Vietnam with U S Combat Air Forces during wartime service in Vietnam.
Dear Joan advises on false eyelashes and makeup for teens. Short daywear lashes are acceptable post noonday, while long feathered styles are taboo for daytime. Use liquid foundation with a coordinating pinky beige tone and a damp cosmetic sponge to blend.
Airman Hinkley a security policeman in the Pacific Air Forces was assigned prior to Vietnam duty to Sewart AFB Tennessee and is a Thornton Academy graduate.
The World Almanac notes Edward Alexander Bouchet became the first African American to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree, granted by Yale University in New Haven in 1876. He also became the first Black member elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the national scholarly fraternity. His thesis was Measuring Refractive Indices.
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