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Portland Press Herald from Portland, Maine • 7

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Portland, Maine
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i I I 7 Section Ara £vi i "i Portland Sunday Tdfgram And Synday Praai Herald Portland Maine June T9t 1040 't Post Office Clerks And Auxiliary PlacArthur To Get Overgrown Fireflie? To Hear National Officers Today A Portland Poet Offtcd In ihe After Three National officers wirf TferlW il 1 t--- noon i- Convention host la Local 451 NFPOC Worm Lands Duck Clinton Mass (UP) FUhfnc' with sn angleworm nine-year old Robert Lynda landed a-i duck 1 St Croix Masonic Lodge 125 Years Old'' alais Ju 18 At) Masonic ted in Canada by Maine people when Maine was part of Massachusetts will have an international observance of Its 125th birthday Monday DeleaaU- from lodges In Maine and New Brunswick will Join St Croix Lodge 41 Ancient Free and Accepted Maaons on Its annl versay The was started In 8t Stephen prior to 1120 but whs offictsilv chartered In HR by CwUla and fit tuepfsen residents ft was vouched for by the lodges at Eastport and Lubec then under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Right now the" fireflies of Olfu re stoking up and blaring sy tio lit (Ufel booster -decided It was high ttma that Tokyo citizens and MacArthur saw what a Japanese firefly can do when he acts hU mind to It i They had a firefly roundup nut there In Gifu and today a delegation arrived with whole herde of them They win giverMacArthur -some and some to crown Prince Akihlto What they don't want will be turned Ions fo alow Sitiund Tokyo park Maybe if the Olfu booster haven't stretched the truth too much this- la the answer to electricity shortage Tokyo June II CAP) General: MtrArlhur 'I n'ut mi JisiV memos flreflli know what ho can uf thoia for electric service being reliable at hi -but he'll 11 artraay Heni the folks In Gifu prrfrc-turc west of- Tokyo are miahty proud ef their ftreKtr To hear their chamber of commerce tell Hi no'bther pUre on rarth srea Vm as Mar or as bright i There are no atslUtU on ihejf faridJepower flfm the Olfu txmcfrr hlnl however that the ill old oatri UMa I mean la thin the firflie fell tow arming up their dynamos Lit up the countryside like a forest flra I A 1 1 i Conltdge Dam between -and 8s ford Ail la the lrel mutUpie-srch lsm in the world srs -x aw 9 -0 pL 'rr- I I- 0 J- address the Mstne Federation of Tost Office Clerks and Auxiliary st a dinner In the Falmouth Hotel this afternoon climaxing their 22nd annual convention The officers include Mrs Leonard Longley Niagara Falls vice president ot the Woman's 1 Auxiliary John Driscoll tucket I National vice presl-flcht and Wlllisw OHe Wsshlns-ton National eecrstary-treasurer 1 Also scheduled to speak st the dinner are Roland Green president of the -Maine Federation James A McVlcar acting postman ter of Portland Boris BIu-menthal Portland treasurer of Government Employes -Credit Union and Edward Calllnan Bangor post office Inspector Other highlights today include a business meeting for both the Feneration and Auxiliary and election of officers The convention 'opened here Saturday with an estimated 200 delegates participating in a recreation program which Included a golf tournament at Riverside Oolf Course ssUs In Casco Bay and a buffet supper followed by entertainment and dancing 1 Official business Saturday In eluded an executive committee meeting and an Inspection of the RELIABLE'S 'FULLERTON: nt BOOTH BAY HARBOR Maine I A modern hotel overlooking tha r-open acs and pictumqae country -AH outaids room man with private baths Fresh ms food and vegetables In abundance really fine Maine cooking Cocktail lounge A famous vachttng and deep sea fishing center Swimming pool golf and riding within 8 minutes Brtva Near Boothbay Playhouse 1 1 NOW OPEN i From 845 weekly ff dally wtlh inis Felder Juki Calvert' Mgr 4 Now as always expect only a fair margin of profit and doing everything we can to keep to combat the high cost of living Shop here and compare I BUY ON OUR EASY CREDIT TERMS! ft prices low -S Vrv 1 -X 4 sj S- -i 1 1 By 8unday Telegram Phbtographer Olson ATTEND BUFFET 'SUPPER Officers and guest at a buffet supper here Saturday night marking the 22nd annual convention of the Maine Federation of Post Office Ulerks include seated (left 'to light) John Drikcoll Pawtucket I National vice president Mrs Leonard Longley Niagara Falls National vice president of the Auxiliary and William Otte Washington National secretary-treasurer: Standing 1 Robert Brennan Portland editor of the Federation publication Patrick Conley Portland president of host Local 458 MFPOC: Edward Calllnan Bangor post office inspector and'-C Holland Green Portland president MFPOC'1 i i 'm jrf til1 IMde 1 i Virginia Mountaineer Is Free And Legal I ond degree "murder in 1919 by a long scar on his left hand Hall had been sentenced to 18 years on a murder charge and five years on another count At the time of his escape in Dickenson County Hall still had 18 years to serve Governor Tuck granted the pardon after many of Hall's neighbors in West Virginia wrote him in the farmer's behalf As Hall walked away from the penitentiary' he paused and breathed deeply-' dread is gone" he said SPECIAL PURCHASE "A ALL WOOL tJ -L jgfrrT Richmond Ya June 18 CAP) Seventy-five-year-01d Dave Hall la a free man again today And this time it's legal The gray-haired mountaineer arrested last May afteP30 years of illegal liberty that followed his escape from a state! prison farm has been conditionally pardoned by Virginia's Governor Tuck Following' his escape Hall became known to the folks In Wyoming County Ya as John Henry Thomas a hard-working farmer andilaw abiding citizen-' He developed a 267-acre farm along Groundhop Creek became a member of the Baptist Church was married a raised a family He even served a a state fire warden and helped Federal revenue agents! root out moonshiners In the days of prohibition Escape Weighed Heavily Yet his escape weighed heavily upon him anyone strange! came around I felt the cm me-1 felt like they werif trying to get hold of me and take me he said when he walked from the State Penitentiary here yesterday fears materialized on May 20 On that day officers showed up at his farm i An argument with a grocer ended Hall's flight i from prison The officers were' probin? a quarrel over a bill They Identified Hall who was convicted of sec jf i Beauty Comfort Economy to a A pj'L BED ROOM 1 1 3 PI ECES There's something is so typically American about these charming maple 4 ss SPECIAL! Halliwel Young Miss Cbld Wave Permanent 15 Reg 2000 bedroom suites Pleasing simple lines and sturdy construction that mean Iongyearsof service! Even though they are low priced they wind up in some of our most attractive homes! Just imagine you get full size bed chest and choice of vanity or dressy- S': f's fbrOVTDOOR Fully lined a white only I fV A permanent now will last you through die hot summer months with the minimum of care COAT DEPT SECOND FLOOR! -7- Bath Youth Hurt In Motorcycle Crash BSth June lSJustln Wold 18 son of former Alderman and Mrs Leslie Wold suffered possible broken arm today when I he lost control of a motorcycle Starting from a 'parking post jtlon on Street Wold hit la parked car owned by Scott Cressey' Jr Bath then shot across the street and collided with another parked car owner of the second car was Arthur Bixby Dresden Wold was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment and x-rays None of the three vehicles involved were badly damaged FOLDAWAY BED OUTFIT M288 Extra sleeping room at extra low eoet! Folding metal beg complete with comfortable mattress at this low price! 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