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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1969
Page
5
Weekly lunch menus from Biddeford and Saco area schools list daily offerings by school and day. Meals include entrees such as spaghetti, roast beef, haddock, and beef loaf with sides like mashed potatoes, vegetables, bread, fruit, and dessert.
An unclear menu item from Thornton Academy lists meatballs with what appears to be rice roll butter and cake. The fragment hints at a meal combination but lacks complete details or context about portions or timing.
Old Orchard Beach offers meals Monday through Friday featuring options like Frankfurt Roll with corn and milk, Chili Con Carne with salad and fruit, Pork in Gravy with potatoes and peas, sliced bologna sandwich with cheese and pickles, and Fish Cakes with Spanish rice and beans. Note states changes possible.
The menu lists meals for Kennebunk Junior High and Park Street and Cousens Schools. Items include fruit, pizza squares, fresh produce, milk, hamburgers, French bread, salads, ice cream, and assorted beverages across Monday to Friday with several OCR garbled words.
Maurice Roux director of personnel and community services for West Point Avcngo Inc will moderate a panel at the 42nd State Conference in Samoset Hotel Rockland next week. The Maine Rehabilitation Association session on Sept 19 at 10 a.m. includes Robert Hawkes Maurice B Johnson and Kenneth H Morrison on the panel.
Miss Mona Tardiff of Biddeford Maine is enrolled in Addison Gilbert Hospital School for Practical Nurses in Gloucester Massachusetts. The 15 month program aims to develop a practical nurse with maturity, understanding and skill to function as a member of the nursing team under supervision of professional staff.
Birth notices from Webber Hospital record a series of newborns. Donna Lee Cunningham, Heather Rodger Swan, David Alan Miniutti, Jeffrey Richard Cook, Valerie L Smith, Kevin Michael Rumery, Steven Thomas Chambers, Jennifer Lynn Guptill, eight pounds and more. Sept 8 through Sept 11. Families include Cunningham Biddeford Kennebunkport Swan Kennebunkport Mi niutti Biddeford Cook Biddeford Smith Arundel Rumery Kennebunk Chambers Kennebunk Gup til Den cer Pittfield Biddeford Francis Mast Hill Saco.
Rex Pennell, longtime Saco-Lowell employee, retires in Easley, South Carolina after 41 years of service. A Maline native, he studied at Thornton Academy and Gray's Business College before joining the Biddeford plant in 1928 as a price clerk. He held key roles in pricing, roving and spinning departments, becoming a senior specification analyst. During World War II he assisted the sub-contract division manager with ordnance materials. He will move with his wife, daughter, and grandson to West Scarborough, Maine, from Greenville, South Carolina.
In a Thursday evening Duplicate Bridge event at Speak Easy Playhouse Lawn Avenue Rosen and Golding won first place after a scramble format. Moutsatsos Marshall tied Spiegel for second. Petersen Putnam tied Shorey Whelan for fourth. Warren Bean took sixth. Dow and Larochelle with George Dow earned special awards. A club tournament is set for Saturday at 7 30 p.m. at the Lawn Avenue clubhouse.
The obverse features Nixon’s sculpted head while the reverse bears the Great Seal. Julie Nixon sewed a crewel pattern with the inscription To RN. A ship captain draws crew attention with Now hear this. Hirohito renounced divinity on January 1, 1946.
University of Maine Portland Continuing Education offers five university level courses for beginners at Biddeford High School. Courses run one evening weekly starting next week with 3 university credits each, including Accounting Economics European History Psychology Applied to Business English Composition and Oral Communication. Tuition is 66 dollars for standard courses and a reduced rate for the short psychology course.
A surprise bridal shower for Diane Laverriere, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Laverriere of 252 Pool Road Biddeford, was held at Le Foyer Hall on Pool and Foss Streets. Albert Gosselin of 84 Birch Street Biddeford will marry her at St. Andre's Church in October, with hostesses Claire Letellier Gisele Letellier Madeleine Letellier and Michelle Laverriere.
Residences and titles include resa Mathieu Pauline Morin Irene Nolette Paul Nolette Robert St Amand Cathy Sukalas and Paulette Tourigny among the social notices, indicating a gathering or announcement involving these individuals.
Today in history notes events on September 12 including Henry Hudson entering a river named for him in 1609, Oliver Cromwell’s London triumph after the Scots defeat in 1651, and Charles Cornwallis’s defeat in 1786. The Associated Press compiles a daily historical snapshot with notable anniversaries.
Kennebunkport opens the 21st annual conference of the New England States and Municipal Finance Officers Association at Shawmut Inn. James T. Costello of Winchester, Mass., comptroller, led the first general session. Fringe benefits seminar featured Sherman G. A. Sass Louis J. Sebedo Hartford city manager Robert Tilove Jack Mackin and Thomas Fitzgerald. Afternoon sessions included Irvin H. Beck Robert French William E. MacDonald John Bronksi and John Salisbury from Maine Municipal Association.
James F. Lottes of the Georgia Municipal Association outlines benefits of central data on fiscal matters and urban information. A nomination of officers for the coming year is set this afternoon along with resolutions and committee meetings. Conference chairman is Augusta City Manager Paul G. Poulin.
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