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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1962
Page
3
A survey of 63 churches in Laurel Mississippi reports that 94.5 percent of residents over age nine are affiliated with a church. The study highlights strong local religious engagement across the city.
FPasteeth is an alkaline dental powder that helps dentures stay in place. A sprinkle on the plates improves comfort when eating and talking, with no gummy taste or sensation. It claims to reduce denture odor and can be found at drug counters.
A slate of classic autos includes a 1959 Mercury Monterey hardtop coupe in neat condition with automatic transmission power steering and right hand drive. Also listed is a 1959 Chevrolet Belair four door with white wall tires in blue, a 1959 Ford Fairlane four door with automatic, a 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne two door automatic, a 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 club convertible black with new white top, and a 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 four door hardtop with automatic transmission power steering and power brakes.
The First Congregational parish Unitarian Kennebunk has named Rev. Harold G. Scott as minister. Scott, from Harvard Mass, has pastored in Salt Lake City Worcester Seattle Miami Flint and Fort Collins. He and Mrs. Scott, both born in Vermont, will move to Kennebunk and begin Sept 16 with two daughters in academia.
Mr and Mrs George Noel visited daughter Mrs Evelyn Woodhouse in Lisbon Falls over weekend. Pioneer chapter marks 70th anniversary with reception for Grand Esther Mrs June A Gillis. Allen Pierre born Sept 1 to Mr and Mrs Paul Gregoire in Imperial Beach Calif station Santiago Air Base. Grandparents listed. Old Orchard Rebekah lodge fall banquet at Bob's Lunch Five Points Siddeford. Old Orchard Beach Assembly Rainbow for Girls meets Thursday at seven at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall.
Army Capt. Millard Whitten 32 attends the 26th associate course at The Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The course trains officers for command and general staff duties. Whitten is married to Helen of Springhill Louisiana.
Local church meetings for teachers and joining staff at St. Monica church and St. Martha rectory are scheduled, with V F W auxiliary, Arundel Grange Booster Night, York Pomona Grange fifth degree at Arundel hall, and supper at 6. Funeral service notes include Mrs Earl Hilton transported to Webber hospital. vacation updates for Kennebunk Inn staff. social visits among local residents including Mr and Mrs Edmund Cashen and Kierstead family with Maine Law Enforcement convention plans.
York County Fish and Game auxiliary hosts a supper meeting at Stickney lodge welcoming two new members Irene La montagne and Bernadette Hubert. President Natalie Kerns led the session and announced the October 8 meeting host Mrs Hazel Daly Colby avenue Ocean Park with attendance prizes awarded to Kay Mewer and hostess.
Commissioner Frederick N. Allen announces publication of a geologic map detailing surficial deposits in part of York County Maine with notes on water bearing properties. Ice-contact deposits may yield up to 1000 gallons per minute and provide household water from unconsolidated materials or bed rock. Copies available at the Public Utilities Commission or U S Geological Survey offices in Augusta.
Miss Alice L. Rideout, a sophomore at the University of Maine majoring in social work, received a scholarship for the coming year. She is a graduate of Old Orchard Beach High School and lives with her grandmother Mrs. Louise Hulson at 2 Atlantic Avenue, Old Orchard Beach.
L Smith Jr was elected master of Orchard lodge AF and AM at the annual meeting last night. Other officers elected include Speed senior warden Yoggins junior warden Sait treasurer Lary secretary Wright Witham Standeven finance committee. Installation set for Saturday with Elwell as installing officer. Alfred Swinburne Jr presided as lodge master. annual reports read and refreshments served.
A New Yorker, 29 year old Charles Goodyear of Elmhurst, was found shot in a sports car at 4 am on a roadside shoulder in North Waterboro. A small automatic pistol lay in his right hand. Police suggest the car left the road after a possible self-inflicted shooting. medical examiner Dr. Stephen A. Cobb deferred autopsy findings. Goodyear had been staying at an Ossipee Lake camp with Charles C. Tait of Sunnyside, New York.
The Biddeford Saco Community Chest will elect officers directors for three years and members at large at tonight’s Chamber of Commerce conference room meeting. President Raymond P Bonang announced reports by Secretary Clayton W Cartmil and Treasurer Wayne B Hutchins, with a budget committee report by Melbourne F Means. The 1962 campaign review will be discussed.
Robert H. Turner, 24, of Milton Mills New Hampshire, was found guilty in Biddeford Municipal court of operating a motor vehicle after license suspension. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine or serve 60 days in jail after being apprehended on Route 11 by State Trooper Hollis G. Dixon. Turner pleaded guilty before Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason as presiding.
A special town meeting at Old Orchard Beach High School is set for tonight at 7 30. Voters will consider authorizing the issuance of notes not to exceed 17904 to help partially defray drainage and sewer projects on Fast Grand Avenue at a rate not above 3 percent. Augusta Maine more men called for Army induction in October. State Selective Service reports 25 Maine men to be inducted, two fewer than September, part of a national call of 4000.
At the University of Maine 284 graduates registered with the Education Division of the Placement Bureau. 237 were placed in teaching positions with 155 teaching in Maine and 82 out of state. Average Maine salary 4210.18, out-of-state 4777.29, overall 4498.74. Lowest Maine 3800, highest 5600. out-of-state lowest 4050, highest 6800. Total placements in 1961 62 year ending June 30 were 366.
The first fall meeting of C. Fayette Staples unit American Section Auxiliary was led by President Mrs. Evelyn Presley. Officers filled roles, Florence O Connor won the mystery prize, 20 members paid dues, and the charter was repaid in memory of Margaret Taggart. Virginia Ford reported on the Old Orchard Peach department convention. York County council will meet Friday evening at the Tighe-Beaudoin Farley Post. Freshmen were served by Lynette Earle and Viola Girard.
Cleanup day organized by Camp Ellis Rod and Gun Club at Seaside Avenue grounds in Camp Ellis. Shoots planned for Sept. 23 Oct. 7 and Oct. 2, with report noting the first shoot held last Sunday.
Richard W. Bailey, son of Mr and Mrs Earl J Bailey of Kent, has enlisted in the United States Army under the Choose Your Job Training option. He chose automotive maintenance and will undergo basic training followed by a school or on the job training in automotive maintenance.
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