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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1961
Page
3
Schedule effective September 5 1961 issued by Biddeford and Saco Bus Lines announces service adjustments and route details. The notice confirms new timetables and operating hours for the region served by the carrier.
Transit bulletin explains calculating approximate bus pass times from Biddeford to listed points using added minutes to departures. It lists segments G EP OOB OP CF and notes time adjustments for each stop.
Officer William Chase led a beach safety lecture and equipment demo for Happy Day campers at Old Orchard Street. He urged swimming with a buddy near a lifeguard station and explained ambulance instruments, vehicle usage, and emergency speeds, noting his Army medical corps service and Webber Hospital ties.
More than half the taxes have been collected according to Town Manager Fred Staples. Ralph Robertson and his wife return to East Sullivan from Kennebunk. Barbara Burke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burke, will enter Mercy hospital School of Nursing in Portland after a Webber hospital scholarship. Merlin Burleigh resumes duties as city carrier in Kennebunk. Kathi McBride attends New England Lecturer's conference in Kingston, RI with Mr. and Mrs. Horace Perry. Mrs. James Bright visits from Somerville after a stay with her sister on Summer street. Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters plan public parties September 7 at 8 pm. Joseph Kearns becomes manager of L & J Oil Co. in Kennebunk. he is married to Barbara Hall and they have a daughter Karen.
Pfc. Donald Shorey Jr on 20 day leave from Fort Hood will sing a solo at Washington Avenue Methodist Church Sunday at 11 AM with District Superintendent Rev. Lester Boobar leading. Minowanca chapter Order of the Western Star opens fall season with a 7:30 PM meeting at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall with refreshments. Mrs Maynard Shorey recently discharged from Saco Hospital at home on Atlantic Avenue.
Mr and Mrs Patrick Pritchard and children Marc Lynn and Evan came home to Maryland from a two week vacation at Mrs Violet Mewers house in Old Orchard Beach Maine Open house Sunday hosted by Mrs Mewer and Kay drew 42 relatives and friends A family dinner Wednesday hosted by Mrs Ruth Whittemore in Portland featured sisters Laura Washburn Violet Mewer and others including Charles Tanner Kathy and Kay Mewer and the Pritchards.
Hilary Prescott von Mering and Celia Wells von Mering, granddaughters of Dr. Horace Levinson, finish a Kennebunkport season at Arundell Opera Theater. Both attend Florida boarding schools and train in singing and dance for professional careers.
The Associated Press will automate stock market tabulations using a computer jointly developed with International Business Machines. Installation tentatively by December 1962 will speed data collection from major exchanges and allow near simultaneous end-of-day tables to AP newspapers and readers.
Arun Opera management presents opportunities for emerging musicians aiming to launch careers, highlighting stipends, rehearsal space, mentorship, and performance slots. The von Mering sisters are named among the featured beneficiaries, signaling a commitment to supporting musical talent at early stages.
Milton G Wildes of Kennebunk was found guilty in Biddeford Municipal Court of driving after license suspension. He was fined a minimum 100 dollars or nine days in county jail and given until 4 p m to pay fees.
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