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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1969
Page
5
Extension agent explains harvesting at peak ripeness improves flavor and quality. Lists Maine crops with optimal harvest windows for snap beans beets broccoli cabbage carrots and notes storage guidance for long keeping in cool rooms.
Park and Conservation Commission members meet tomorrow in Lower Town Hall after a town meeting. Elected officials include Mrs Madelyn Marx for five years Edward C Winston four years John H Hall for three years Charles E Cole for two years and Kenneth G Burr for one year.
The guide describes optimal storage for root crops cabbage squash and fruits. It covers temperatures from 32 to 40 F for root crops high moisture to prevent shriveling and long term curing of fruits at 80 85 F then a cool dry final storage. It warns against storing turnips rutabagas in home cellars and suggests outdoor pits for some crops.
Judith Marcotte announces an engagement to William Deasey son of Elizabeth Deasey of 98 Beach Street Saco and Richard Deasey of Standish. Parents Herman and Esther Marcotte of 96 Guinea Road Biddeford reveal the plans. Marcotte, a Biddeford High School graduate, works at Perkins School for the Blind Watertown Massachusetts. Deasey, Thornton Academy alumnus, is employed by The Bader Company of Maine Kennebunk.
A whist party at the Biddeford Adult Center near DAV Hall on Bradbury Street drew senior citizens for an afternoon of games and a brief meeting. Prayers and singing guided by Corinne Grenier and Alden Racine preceded prize awards for several players. A note on discount cards and hospital patients appeared, closing with a burst of local civic details and a Bay born arts memory.
A quick quiz item notes Ben Hur won 11 Oscars in 1959. It also mentions Headstart as an Office of Economic Opportunity program for education of 4 and 5 year olds and electric eels generating 200 to 300 volts, with rare cases to 500 to 800 volts.
Willis F Merrill of Kennebunk completed four years in the U S Navy Seabees and left active duty. He now works with Chianchette Brothers Construction in Portland, son of Fred T Merrill of Kennebunkport and Eleanor Merrill of Milford New Hampshire. grandson of Nancy Vetterline of Kennebunkport.
A public hearing is scheduled by the Biddeford Zoning Board at 6 30 p m on October 1 in City Building to hear Pasquale D Contestabile of 406 Porter Road Sexonville MA appeal to build a single family house seven feet from the left property line on Harbor Drive Hills Beach.
Kennebunk Band Boosters to elect officers at 7:30 PM in Kennebunk High School library. Reports will be given during the meeting and all are urged to attend.
Secretary of State Rogers met with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko at United Nations in New York and discussed possible negotiations with Russia. The talks aim to ease tensions and explore avenues for diplomacy.
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