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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1963
Page
2
This afternoon mostly sunny with high clouds and warmer temperatures mid to upper 50s. Tonight increasing clouds and mild with lows in the low to mid 40s. Tuesday partly cloudy and mild with a chance of brief showers. Winds southwest to south 10 to 20 mph this afternoon and 5 to 13 mph tonight.
George Seavey of South Port land medical patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland. John Mondville of Biddeford a surgical patient at Notre Dame hospital. Mrs. Ruby Packard of Saco has returned home after the 18th annual convention of the Insurance Women Region One in Portland. Helen Wilcox of Portland, formerly of Saco, elected regional director Region One Insurance Women for New England states and nearby districts. Several area residents returned from a weekend Oblate Retreat in Augusta including Oliva Goudreau and many others from Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach.
Gospel services in the Odd Fellows building Saco and midweek prayer at Biddeford United Baptist church. Holy Communion at Christ Episcopal in Biddeford. Full Gospel Wells hosts Tuesday prayer. Salvation Army Home League meets Tuesday. Women’s Fellowship Host slides on Holy Land Tuesday afternoon. Refreshments by Circle C at Biddeford Second Congregational vestry session led by Mrs Parks.
Arthur Lowe, former principal of Portland High School, died Sunday in a South Portland nursing home at age 96. A Lewiston native and Bates College graduate, he was well known in Maine educational circles and for his Lincoln likeness. Funeral services are set for 3 PM Tuesday.
AP reports a fire destroyed a farm stand in West Gardiner Sunday. Mr and Mrs Nelson Donnell and their two young sons escaped unharmed along with a goat. A dog and three cats died. Fire Chief Harold Hinkley estimated damage at 8000 dollars including the house garage barn tractor and rear of the family car.
Daniel J. Gurney 54 died Thursday in a Pennsylvania hospital after a long illness. Born in Biddeford he was a World War II veteran and member of the Owen-Davis post American Legion in Saco. Survived by widow Laura two stepdaughters Doris Brochu and Gloria Soucier and five grandchildren Funeral arrangements incomplete and to be conducted in Pennsylvania.
Florence M Hilton of West Kennebunk widow of Lewis H Hilton died Saturday in a Portland hospital. Born April 27 1895 in Kennebunk she was daughter of Amos and Julia Redson. Survived by son Raymond E Hilton daughter Mrs Gertrude M Dutch one grandchild and one great grandchild all of Kennebunk. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm Bibber Memorial chapel Kennebunk burial Pine Grove Cemetery West Kennebunk.
Rev T B Powell former pastor of South Congregational church Kennebunkport died Thursday in Hartford Conn after long illness He attended Buckner Colgate and Yale Theological Seminary He previously led a Coral Gables Fla church He founded the Kennebunkport church Men’s Club Surviving are his widow son and three daughters Funeral at Pratt Funeral Home with Rev Rockwell Harmon Potter officiating Burial in Meridan Conn cemetery
Harry Lampert of Swampscott Massachusetts died Sunday at a Lynn hospital while active in Maine business interests. He led a charitable foundation and supported Temple Beth El in Lowell and Temple Israel in Swampscott. He leaves two sons Edward and David, four sisters, a brother Irving, and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Temple Israel with interment at Ohel Jacob cemetery Woburn. Memorial week observed at his residence.
Laurette Landry 63 of 6 Carll Avenue Old Orchard Beach died Saturday night at Maine General Hospital Born in Canada August 21 1900 she was the daughter of David and Lydia Lacroix Fontaine she worked at the Bates mills retired several years ago Survived by two brothers Fred and Romeo Fontaine Bridgeport Conn and four sisters Florence Fontaine Old Orchard Beach Sister St Andre of Holy Family convent Lewiston Mrs Gaston Borduas and Mrs Lucien Lessard Biddeford and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be from St Margret church Old Orchard Beach at 9 a.m Tuesday Friends may call Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford today 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.
Annie Innes a long time resident of Saco died last night at a Biddeford nursing home aged 97. Born in Drummondville Quebec March 9 1866 she was the daughter of Duncan M and Agnes Johnston Innes. She attended Saco public schools and the old Saco High School. A member of Trinity Episcopal church since 1876 she was among the oldest in the Diocese of Maine and served in the Trinity Guild. She worked in the York Mills spinning department and later as a bookkeeper.
The Public Utilities Commission refused to reopen a rate case at the request of the GSA concerning telephone company area and equipment at the Topsham GE station. The commission found the prior record sufficient to support just and non-discriminatory rates and noted a $606,000 plant investment by New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. with expected returns around 60 percent over ten years despite higher than average investment.
The fragment lists high and low tides for April with times in the A M and P M columns. It shows two daily high or low readings around 08 25 on the day and other times 10 58 11 18 plus 5 38 and 6 30 12 06 for tidal stages.
Funeral services for Isaac W Harmon of East Hartford Conn a former area resident were held Saturday at 130 p m from Dennett and Craig Funeral home 365 Main Street Sacou Rev Stanley A Bennett of the Saco United Baptist church officiated and burial followed in Laurel Hill cemetery
Funeral services for Webster Hersey Groce, retired Old Orchard Beach restaurant owner, were held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco. Rev Edmund W Beal officiated. Bearers were Jeffrey Peppin, Ronald Collard, John White and Louis Wharff. Burial followed in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco.
Funeral services conducted at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saco with Msgr. Arthur Dube celebrating a solemn high mass. Rev Henry Fournelle and Rev Paul Jalbert assisted. Choir sang with Eva Carrier at organ. Bearers included John Choroszy Emile Drouin Emilien St Armand Wilfred Thibodeau Ferdinand Madore Donald Guay. Burial in St Joseph Cemetery with prayers by Msgr Dube. Out of town attendees listed from Bronx Hartford Holyoke Albany and other area towns.
Arthur Gagne received a Saturday morning funeral at St Andre church with Msgr. Aime Guiguere presiding. Rev. Edmund Hache served as deacon and Rev. Bernard Nicknair as subdeacon. York County Veterans of World War One carried the bearer party including Raymond King and Joseph Charland. At St Joseph cemetery the firing squad included Arthur Lapointe and Thomas McGarrity, with bugler Arnold Ballard and graveside honors led by Rev. Father Hache.
Funeral services were held at St Joseph church for Miss Denise Dumont with a solemn requiem high mass celebrated by Msgr Elie Hevey. Deacon Rev Normand Carrier and sub deacon Rev Sylvie Levesque assisted with church choir singing and organ by Mrs Diana Rousselle. Bearers included Herve Dubreuil Louis Leroux George Trottier and John Renouf. Burial followed in the family lot at St Joseph cemetery with graveside prayers by Rev Marc Franck.
An AP report from Madawaska says 28-year-old Herbert Kenney, a passenger in Norman Gervais car, was killed when the vehicle struck a parked car and crashed into a porch. Gervais and a second passenger, Guilford Michaud, 27, suffered minor injuries.
The D F Littlefield company of Saco announces a 1946 retirement with survivors including four nephews Philip Towle Buxton Lawrence Towle West Hartford Conn Lowell Innes Seco Paul D Innes Buxton and two nieces Mrs George Erickson Buxton and Mrs David Wiggin Portland. Wednesday at 11 a m from Trinity Episcopal church Saco with interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Friends may call at Dennett and Craig funeral home 365 Main Street Saco Tuesday 3 to 5 p m.
The Associated Press reports 13 accidental deaths across six New England states Friday night through Sunday midnight. Connecticut led with four highway deaths and two fires. Massachusetts had three. Rhode Island and Vermont one each. Maine one. New Hampshire none. Among the victims were four teenagers in Stratford, Conn. and others including Mary D. Kelley, 67, in Waterbury Conn. and Navyman James R. Jones, 22, in Portsmouth R I.
Joseph Mokarzel chair of the Old Orchard Beach Democratic Town committee announces the committee's unanimous endorsement of William Duhamel for appointment as postmaster of Old Orchard Beach. Duhamel, 42, a local high school graduate with an LL B from Portland University Law School, has served in the local post office for 10 years to fill the vacancy after Postmaster Robert Morse’s June 1960 death.
New York shares rise as industrials lead a broad uptrend. Gains in steel, motors, oils, and airlines push indices higher, with GM and Chrysler hitting new highs and the Dow Jones average at noon up 3.34. The end of the NYC newsroom strike boosts sentiment while the SEC report tempers but does not derail the momentum.
Biddeford City Council will meet in the city building chambers at 7 30 p m. with a light agenda. City Clerk Paul Deshaies says two proposed orders grant the mayor authority to name city charter and advisory committees. The charter committee will have nine members to study charter revision. The advisory committees will collaborate with the urban renewal authority. A municipal officers meeting precedes in the mayor's office.
Dames Rochembeau club meets at 7 30 tonight in Main street Biddeford hall with officers election to follow. Division One Ancient Order of Hibernians installs officers at 7 30 Tuesday in Hibernian hall Biddeford. Saco Girl Scout neighborhood committee meets at 7 30 tonight at Unitarian Parish Saco. King Court of Order of the Amarants observes Obligation Night at 7 30 Tuesday in Saco Odd Fellows hall with Mrs Mar ion McAuley directing ceremony and refreshments by Milton Randall family aided by Lois Howard and Edna Lane.
York County veterans and auxiliary members attended the Department Council meeting in Waterville. The state convention was announced for June 31 to July 2 in Waterville, drawing 145 attendees from across the state. Notable participants included Mrs. Mary Wood and Mrs. Florence Gagne plus local unit leaders Francis Simard, Raymond King, and others.
Saco firemen responded yesterday to a grass fire on the Jacob Filler property at Ferry Lane using 300 feet of booster line. A second blaze on Watson Mills Road, caused by the first fire, was brought under control in the afternoon. The property is owned by John Hanscomb. No damage estimate was provided.
Senator Edmund S. Muskie will speak at the Northeastern Conference on Assessment Administration in Portland. The event runs April 14 through May 1 with eight states and three Canadian provinces represented. Godin of Montreal will give the keynote on professionalism, followed by Muskie addressing property tax and intergovernmental relations.
A summer camp on Swan Lake burned down on Sunday while deep snow hindered firefighters. Fire Chief Alton Jackson said owner Arnold Gratton of Brewer had visited the camp and lit a fire just before leaving.
Democratic women express mixed views on Kennedy appointments and the White House push for female influence. Esther Peterson defends Kennedy aims, noting 81 women in top posts in two years and the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, while Clare Williams highlights Eisenhower-era totals. The October report on progress is due.
State Trooper Robert Janson reports two Biddeford youths injured in a late Saturday night crash at Fortunes Rocks beach. Richard Sequeira, 19, was hospitalized at Notre Dame with leg injuries listed as good, while Lucien Bourque, 19, received minor cuts and bruises. Bourque reportedly drove a 1955 convertible that struck rocks after riding on the hard packed sand. The mishap occurred around 11 p.m. near the Coast Guard station. Sequeira was taken by private vehicle. The accident remains under investigation.
A Boston underground larceny trial moved to a larger courtroom after delays. Defendants include Francis Kiernan Richard Simmers and Richard Gordon with two others slated for later dates. The case concerns nearly 800000 linked to the Boston Dominion garage construction with defendant George Brady temporarily unfit to stand trial.
Joseph P. Adams 25 of KennNebunk and Linwood A Pendexter 18 of Steep Falls were in an accident at Beach and Main streets in Saco. Adams traveling west. Pendexter traveling east attempted a left turn. Damages were $125 for Adams and $250 for Pendexter. No injuries reported.
The cabin burned with Jackson noting the blaze may have begun from frost damaged cracks in the chimney. No loss estimate is available.
Israel's long time security chief resigns amid a dispute with Premier Ben Gurion over how to handle German rocket scientists working for the United Arab Republic. The premier disputed attempts to dictate foreign policy by the security chief and reportedly opposed direct action tactics like Eichmann’s kidnapping. Two Israeli agents were arrested in Switzerland last month over alleged kidnapping plots tied to the German scientists.
Saco police investigate a break at attorney Philip Graves cottage in Kinney Shores Saco. The building was ransacked and access gained by a broken side window.
The schedule includes a $71 million highway bill and a $5.1 million bond plan for 1966-7. Meetings cover compulsory driver education, regional technical centers, and constitutional amendments on wire taps voting age and item veto. Tax and liquor tax measures also loom, with tax policy studies and higher liquor store margins proposed.
Thomas J. Boure 22 of Portland found guilty of passing a red light at Elm Street and Thornton Avenue in Saco. He was fined 2 dollars as damage was estimated at 1000 dollars. Mary Philbrick slightly injured. Co-defendant Clifton N. Philbrick 57 of Saco faced related charges. Gerard R. Cloutier Jr. 15 pleaded guilty to driving without a license and paid 10 dollars. Roland Swan 60 of Bailey's Island fined 10 dollars for running a red light. Rene Goupil 16 of Saco fined for speeding with license suspended 10 days.
Sydney AP reports entertainer Marie McDonald known as The Body was found safe with a friend after a two day search. The 39 year old disappeared Sunday from Rozelle government psychiatric center where she had been admitted Saturday night amid reports of an ulcer attack. She arrived in Australia March 2 for a month long nightclub engagement at $3000 weekly and planned to return to the United States this week.
AP reports railroads gain right to announce workforce reductions that could trigger a nationwide strike. President Kennedy may invoke the Railway Labor Act for a 60 day delay, with a 30 day board review and 30 day negotiation. AFL CIO leader warns unions may strike if cuts proceed. Eisenhower commission had urged allowing 40,000 job top offs for firemen on freight and yard trains.
Walter K. Bissell of Biddeford was not awarded a $30 weekly allowance as erroneously listed in Saturday’s divorce notices. The correction clarifies the prior misprint and reaffirms the accurate status of the case.
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