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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1963
Page
3
A reader asks if a father should call police to stop his drunken son and if that harsh lesson is fair. Other letters address rumors started about a person, handling gossip, and a remark about women drivers and high heels in a car incident.
Town Manager Leon F. Jones announced fencing work at Old Orchard Beach High School athletic field will begin soon. Total cost for the planned section is about 2800 dollars with 1220 dollars raised to date through contributions led by Councilman Donald W. Shorey. The town has appropriated 1000 dollars, leaving roughly 600 dollars more to be raised.
Dear Elinor answers question about where a teen girl should sit in a car on a first date and when to move toward the middle seat. Advice emphasizes safety and restraint, thanking partners, and general etiquette. The column also counsels against public displays of affection and offers hair removal guidance for facial hair, recommending depilatory wax and cautioning about razors, with bleaching as an alternative.
In Topeka Kansas began a 1962 campaign against drivers deemed legally blind. Proof required was welfare aid for blindness. In fifteen months 136 individuals surrendered their licenses, ending their driving privileges.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Foss Street Methodist Church Biddeford held its first fall meeting to plan the annual Christmas fair set for December 7 at the church. Twenty members attended at Mrs. Sylvia Searle’s home. Committees will be announced soon as officers led devotions and reports.
Dirigo Girls State delegate Carol Toute spoke at the Dirigo Auxiliary bi mood meeting in Kennebunk. Twenty six members and one guest attended with Lillian Hicks Louise March and Effie Leech as hostesses.
Reyes California AP reports George and Robert Gallagher twins own a Holstein cow that delivered rare triplets a bull and two heifers the event noted as exceptionally unusual for the dairy herd records and local interest in the farming community.
The Rockettes initiated eleven new members at a 7 pm gathering led by President Miss Joyce Peck. Initiates include Allie Sherman Sharon Harmon Benny Parisien Janice Roberts Christine Tarbox Paula Langelier Dorothy Pietit Carol Vance Deborah Jones Linda Desrosiers and Ann Marie Martin. Judith Dubois was absent. initiators were Judy Jones Jacqueline Paul Barbara Christian Ann Dussault Regina Henaire and Susan Emmons. Refreshments followed.
The date Saturday Oct 5 was set for installation of newly elected officers at a meeting of Council Chagnon Union St Jean Baptiste on Adams Street Biddeford. The affair will begin at 7 30 p m and be a joint ceremony with Ste Therese Council followed by a social with the Swing Kings. Roland Toussaint was accepted as a new member. A financial report was read by Henry Piette. Lunch followed.
George E. Howe of Foxrock Ireland bought the 24 room Sand and Surf Lodge on Ocean Avenue York Beach. Howe’s sister Mrs. Robert Pierce of Biddeford will operate the summer lodge with an 15 bedroom house sold by P A Cunnins Bronxville N Y. Previews Inc marketed the property and Ellis Agency of York Beach handled the sale negotiations. The ocean view guest house includes living writing TV dining rooms and a five room manager’s apartment on the main floor.
The U.S. Patent Office issued 53,679 patents during the year ended June 30 1962. The Britannica Book of the Year records the annual patent total reflecting sustained innovation activity.
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