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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1959

Page

6

Mercantile Lane Loop Opens With Six Teams At Pastime

The National Mercantile league begins tonight at Pastime lanes with a six team circuit and a per team limit of 490. Teams include Winks Arundel Cliff and John Texaco J C Window and Siding Sevigny s Men s Shop Boucouvalas Bros and Saco Fire Dept. The 8 15 p m start also launches a Holy Name league of four teams. One sixth of Italy’s area is forested.

National Mercantile League Winks Arundel Cliff & John Texaco J. C. Window & Siding Sevigny’s Boucouvalas Bros Saco Fire Department Holy Name

Bay State Minister To Speak At Church Series

Rev Daniel C Whitsett of Harvard Bosworth Methodist Cambridge Mass will speak in the Adventures in Christian Living series from the Biddeford Saco Council of Churches at Foss Street Methodist on Monday October 19. Dr Whitsett born Alabama educated at Birmingham Southern and Duke University has pastored in Alabama and Florida and traveled in Europe and the Middle East. He contributed to The Road to Brotherhood and appeared at a government religious leaders conference in May at Vice President Nixon's invitation. James V Miller Bates College will open each meeting with a lecture on The Person of Jesus, followed by a special speaker and the program Dynamic Christianity in a Split World.

Daniel C. Whitsett Harvard-Bosworth Methodist Church Cambridge Mass Biddeford-Sace Council of Churches Foss Street Methodist Church Dr. Whitsett Alabama Birmingham Southern College Duke University Florida Whitsett Europe Middle East Jesus Birger Johnson First Parish Congregational Church Howard Shaffer Council of Churches Robert Fenderson James Riddle Shaffer

St Francis College Drops Soccer Match in New England League

St Francis College lost its first New England Intercollegiate Colonial League match 8-0 at New Bedford Tech in the league’s first game. New Bedford’s Karganes and Camden scored twice, with Weinsman making nine saves for the home team and Ouellette recording 19 for St. Francis. The setback followed a 1-0 defeat to Gorham State earlier in the season.

St. Francis College New England St. Francis New Bedford Tech Nassan Babson Institute Nicholas New Bedford Weinsman Ray Ouellette Red King Karganes Camden Butler Swintak Assahiem Chengil Gorham State

Wells Juniors Lead Freshman Day at Wells High

Wells High faced a packed auditorium as the junior class organized Freshman Day activities. Freshmen wore love Juniors Will Work signs, performed stunts under junior direction, and prizes were awarded to John Stacy and Wayne Howard amid decorations of blue and white streamers and dancing. The event featured committee members Miss Loleta Spencer, Miss Gloria Hanson, Robert MacDonald, George Perkins, Miss Ann Brown, and Bradford Goodale. A partial soccer schedule for St Francis follows with games at Bates, Nichols, New England, Babson, Widham, Nasson.

Wells High School Wells High Loleta Spencer Gloria Hanson Robert MacDonald George Perkins Ann Brown Bradford Goodale John Stacy Wayne Howard

Sunken Jamaican Pirate City Studied by Underwater Cameras

Underwater cameras are exploring a submerged pirate city off Jamaica in the West Indies. Researchers say the city was swallowed by the sea during the 1692 earthquake that reshaped the region.

Jamaica West Indies

Beavers Replaced by Otters at Wisconsin State Fair

Wisconsin State Fair officials drop beavers once praised for dam building after they are deemed lazy and replace them with otters famed as comedians of the woods.

Milwaukee Fair

Sign of Jimmy Speranza’s restaurant in Richmond

A brief AP item notes Jimmy Speranza’s restaurant in Richmond is shown with a sign reading Vacationing around the world Back in 80 days. The snippet captures a small local feature about the restaurant and its sign.

Richmond, Va Jimmy Speranza

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