26 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1957
Page
1
Mayflower will pass through the Panama Canal between midnight and 1am Friday en route to Newport. Captain Alan Villers noted residents and summer visitors would miss a daylight view, but the timing rests with the tug boat captain as the vessel heads toward Newport.
Dow Air Force Base personnel helped Army sergeant Lt. Charles A. Dodson whose home and belongings were destroyed by a fire sixteen days earlier. Col. Charles E. B. Lancaster Jr. presented $600 and near-full furnishings for a six room house on behalf of the base, the gesture made overnight and departing at dawn.
The Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church unified into The United Church of Christ. President Eisenhower praised the merge as 1,400,000 Congregationalists and 309,000 E and R members join about 6,311 congregations. Ceremony featured Dr. Douglas Horton and Rev. Dr. James Wagner.
Jacksonville reports a local tale as B. Saxon set an egg in a nest behind his house to test his hens. The hens refused to incubate it, leaving the egg to lay in the nest for several days until a freshly hatched chick appeared, revealing an unexpected outcome.
Thirteen graduates welcomed into Greenland School tradition as Carolyn Weeks and Michael McKay receive Grange awards. Delegates including Marcia Brackett honor students with De Rachemont and Ware awards, while the program features readings, poetry, and a farewell from class officers and faculty.
Armington police chief Joe Carboneau Pury faced a complaint after his son was ticketed for a street violation. The official stated the act mirrors any other case and warned the youth would lose his motorcycle if repeated.
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