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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1964
Page
12
A reader asks if a poodle can be retrained and Abby suggests consulting a vet to assess intelligence. Another asks if girls should wear shorts on dates. Abby says length matters and approves only longer shorts for public wear. A wife questions her retired husband’s lengthy letters to former pupils and Abby notes possible attention to women while urging clarity about the behavior.
Dear Abby notes that many letters to her column come from women who are more faithful writers. The Wondering column muses that a mother’s tears at her daughter's wedding may reflect observed patterns of young women marrying men similar to their fathers.
New York AP reports astronauts say space travelers will wear skin tight pressure suits and helmets with gloves. Commander Scott Carpenter cites wives contributing to fashion aboard missions, noting practicality and thrift in dressmaking and fabric choices.
Christ Church Dane Street in Kennebunk hosts Rally Day with a church service for children from nursery through high school. After the service, a registration period begins and all younger children must be accompanied by a parent. high school students are exempt.
Tyburn, a left-bank Thames tributary in England, gained fame as a long running site of public executions from the 12th to 18th centuries. Spectator galleries were built before the gallows and seats sold at high prices. The last execution occurred in 1783, after which the scene moved to Newgate.
Period in individual classrooms and an informal coffee hour in the church dining room. The Nursery through the sixth grade will meet every Sunday morning at 10. The seventh and eighth grades will meet on Wednesday evening from 7 to 9. This time may be changed. All 7th and 8th graders will register next Sunday.
Rialto manager acquires rights to Ephraim Kishon The License for Broadway. The comedy about a girl unable to wed due to her parents lost marriage license set Tel Aviv long run of 400 performances.
Boucouvalas Dupuis Post AMVETS plans a covered dish supper and dance for Saturday night September 26 at 7 30 at the Spring Street hall in Saco. Commander Oliver Lamarre announced attendees and noted Joseph Ouellette as new sergeant of the post color guard.
Sixteen new members were voted into the Biddeford Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles during a session at the post home on Birch Street. Initiation is set for Sept 30 by the local degree team, with a rehearsal Friday at 8 p m. A buffet lunch follows and dancing resumes Saturday with The Redcoats. Movies from past field days are shown Sept 25 at 8 p m in the hall. Prayers were read by Raymond Sylvestre. President Daniel Pendleton led the meeting.
In Frankfort Kentucky five recreation department workers attempted to install a preassembled twelve foot swing set. It toppled twice injuring Joseph Flynn seventeen with a fractured ankle and assistant director Jack Williams suffering a fractured ankle. The following day two employees finally erected it in ten minutes.
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