Deaths Arthur J. Remillard Biddeford mayor and postmaster
Arthur J. Remillard 72 of 102 Pike Street Biddeford died yesterday after a weeks illness. He was a former Biddeford mayor 1935 36 and longtime postmaster until 1955. Born March 5 1890 he served in World War I earning the Purple Heart. Survived by widow Amazalie a son Giles six daughters and many grandchildren. Funeral Monday 9 a.m. from St Andre church. Also includes regional weather forecast for Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Remillard
Pike Street
Biddeford
Infantry
Louis and
Rebecca
Lacasse) Remillard
St. Joseph
St. Andre Church
Sacred Heart League of
CCLA
Union St. John the Baptist
York County
Canadian National Club
Amazalie (Nicol) Remillard
Giles Remillard
Torrington
Conn
Camille Menard
Jacqueline Grenier
Madeleine Boilard
Claire Racine
Germany
Lucette Valentino
Old Orchard Beach
Yolande Gerrish
Miami Fla
Emond Funeral Home
Hill Street
Local Personal Notices From Biddeford and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Jeanne Valliere of 18 Chapel Street Biddeford is a patient at Notre Dame hospital. County Commissioner Edwin H. Smith of 20 Portland Avenue Old Orchard Beach is a surgical patient at Notre Dame hospital. Surgical patients also include Mrs. Narcisse Guay of 5 Lafayette Street Biddeford Mrs. Alphonse Lemieux of 198 Pool Street Biddeford and Mrs. Alfred Lascette of 5 Oak Street Biddeford. Leona Driscoll and Justine Harvey are guests of Ray Driscoll and Mr and Mrs. Robert Whitten of South Carolina while attending the Masters Tournament at Augusta Georgia, trip by plane. Mrs. Paul Beaupre and daughter Priscilla of 168 Cleaves Street Biddeford and Mrs. Elcide Vadnais and daughter Bernice of 100 Granite Street Biddeford are vacationing at Miami Beach Florida. Mrs. Rose Cote and Denise and Leoni Cote have returned to Torrington Connecticut after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Donat Beaudoin of 406 Main Street Biddeford. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Evareste Beaudoin of Manchester New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Valliere
Chapel ‘Street
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Edwin H. Smith
Portland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Narcisse Guay
Layfayette Street
Alphonse Lemieux
Pool Street
Alfred Lascette
Oak Street
Leona Driscoll
Justine Harvey
Ray Driscoll
Robert Whitten
South Carolina
Augusta
Paul Beaupre
Priscilla
Cleaves Street
Elcide Vadnais
Bernice
Granite Street
Miami Beach
Fla
Rose Cote
Denise
Leoni Cote
Torrington
Conn
Donat Beaudoin
Main Street
Beaudoin
Evareste Beaudoin
Manchester
N. H
Rainbow Girls Meet at United Baptist Church Saco
All Rainbow Girls of Assembly No 24 will meet at 10 a m Sunday at the United Baptist Church Main Street Saco to attend services together A meeting of the Past Presidents Parley of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit American Legion will be held Tuesday at 7 p m at the home of Mrs Betty McKeon Biddeford Pool
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Rainbow Girls of Assembly No
United Baptist Church
Main Street
Saco
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
P. m
Betty McKeon
Biddeford Pool
Church Notes Junior Bandana meeting Saturday morning
The Junior Bandana meetings of the Saco Salvation Army are set for Saturday at 10 a.m. Confessions are scheduled at St Monica Church in Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, and again at St Martha Church in Kennebunkport from 4 to 9 p.m. and 8 p.m. later that day.
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Bandana Soongsters
Saco Salvation Army
Confessions Heard at St Mary Church Wells Saturday
The E and L club of the Saco Street Methodist Church will conduct a food sale Saturday from 2 10 a m in Percys Drug Store Aco on the street near the church Kingdom note: confessions heard at St Mary Church Wells from 2 30 to 3 30 p m.
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St. Mary Church
Wells
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Percy
Aco
E. and L. Club to Meet at Mrs Cobb's Home
The E. and L. club of the School Street Methodist church Saco will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Ethel Cobb’s Ferry Road home. Co-hostesses are Mrs. Dora Clark and Mrs. Mary Rollins, with Mrs. Eleanor Phinney in charge of entertainment.
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E. and L. Club
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Ethel Cobb
Ferry Road
Dora Clark
Mary Rollins
Eleanor Phinney
Textile Workers To Select Delegates In Saco Special Election
Delegates to the Textile Workers Union of America state convention in Portland May 25 26 and 27 will be named in a special election by Local 406 members next Tuesday. Election site AMVETS hall Spring and Green streets Saco ballots list Ovide Petit Joseph Tardif Angelo Tedeschi Jean Cadorette Martha Neault Raymond Ther rien Gerard Gendron Joseph Pelletier Claude Hevey Gerard Boisvert and Robert R LaBelle Local 406 represents employees of the Saco Lowell shops.
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Textile Workers Union of America
Afl-Cio
Portland
Local 406
Amvets Hall
Spring
Green Streets
Saco
Ovide Petit
Joseph Tardif
Angelo Tedeschi
Jean Cadorette
Martha Neault
Raymond Therrien
Gerard Gendron
Joseph Pelletier
Claude Hevey
Gerard Boisvert
Robert R. LaBelle
Saco-Lowell
Mixed New York Stock Market Dents Broad Gains
The AP index mixed early trading with the Dow up 1.18 to 702.06 and the AP 60 up 0.30 at 256.50. Industrials rose while utilities fell, with motors leading modest advances and several sectors showing fractional changes. News noted varied performance across stocks including Crown Cork, Xerox, and Amerada while broader leadership remained lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Associated Press
Rails
Texas Gulf
Amerada
Crown Cork
Cluett Peabody
Xerox
Brunswick
Walter F. Heller
General Dynamics
Grumman
Ford
Motors
General Motors
Korvette
Montgomery Ward
Union Carbide
Phelps Dodge
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Card of Thanks for support after bereavement
We sincerely thank relatives neighbors and friends for the flowers furnished cars and sympathy shown during our recent bereavement for Mrs Joseph T Gregoire and the Gregoire families Mr and Mrs J Sarto Gregoire Mr and Mrs Paul E Gregoire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Gregoire
J. Sarto Gregoire
Paul E. Gregoire
York County Bar Racks to Gather for Remillard Prayer
Members of the York County Bar racks and World War I Veterans will meet Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Edmond Funeral Home on Hill Street in Biddeford to offer prayers for Arthur J. Remillard, a member.
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York County
Edmond Funeral Home
Hill Street
Biddeford
Arthur J. Remillard
Legion Auxiliary Meeting to Honor Arthur Remillard
Officers and members of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit of the American Legion auxiliary will meet tonight at 8:30 at the Emond Funeral Home, 72 Hill Street, Biddeford, to pay respects to Arthur Remillard, husband of a member.
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Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Emond Funeral Home
Hill Street
Biddeford
Arthur Remillard
Daniel Murphy Honored on 88th Birthday at Private Testimonial
Daniel F. Murphy marked his 88th birthday at a private testimonial at Trull Nursing Home in Biddeford where he resides. Relatives, friends, staff, and residents attended as a cake was cut and cards showered him with well wishes. Murphy, a Biddeford native, was a charter Emmett society member and longtime parish baseball player. He worked for Andrews and Horigan grocery and Bay View hotel summers, later learned telegraphy, and served railroad firms in the central and midwestern states before retiring back to Biddeford to live with his sister. His sister and two nieces and grandnieces sent greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel F. Murphy
St. Mary Parish
Trull Nursing Home
Biddeford
Emmett Society
Andrews and Horigan Grocery Store
Bay View Hotel
Margaret Murphy
Fileen ‘Murphy
Bernard
Barbara
Brenda
Rufus Bernard
Hearing On Petition April 27 At Beach
Public Utilities Commission schedules a hearing in Old Orchard Beach council chambers on April 27 at 10 30 a m to consider Boston Maine railroad petition to shorten the period and hours of automatic crossing controls on Old Orchard Street due to reduced passenger service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Public Utilities Commission
Old Orchard Beach
Boston & Maine Railroad
Old Orchard Street
Railroad
Railrad
Motorist Fined for Passing on a Grade in Biddeford
Sylvester Y. Mizelle, 52, of Greenwich, Conn., paid a $15 fine in Biddeford Municipal court after pleading guilty to passing on a grade. Mizelle was stopped by State Trooper Parris L. Melver on Route 1 in Biddeford April 4. Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Y. Mizelle
Greenwich
Conn
Biddeford
Mizelle
Parris L. Melver
Gerald C. Nason
Shareholders Reelect Officers And Committees
York Savings and Loan association held its annual meeting in the director's room with all officers and directors re elected for another term. Maurice C. E. Roux remains president, Alphonse E. Leclair vice president, Horace S. Nichols secretary treasurer, and other named directors. Standing committees include real estate, securities, savings, and public relations with members named. A bylaws amendment was discussed. a film on savings and loan work was shown. Refreshments followed with hosts from the public relations committee.
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York Savings and Loan Association
Maurice C. E. Roux
Alphonse E. Leclair
Horace S. Nichols
Alfred S. Bradford
Noe J. Bibeau
Bradford
James G. Crossley
Albert F. Deshaies
Leclair
Walter
Savings and Loan
Marcelle Morin
Blanche Ryan
Association
North Saco Hobby Club Housewarming At Leary Home
A combined North Saco Hobby Club meeting and housewarming was held at Mrs. James Leary of Flag Pond Road Saco. Mrs. Frank Winchester was named chairman for the coming year and Mrs. Arthur Blanchette Jr. was named treasurer. The group exchanged recipes and baked sweet bread and muffins. The next meeting will be at Mrs. James Davis Simpson Road May 3 on sewing on cotton. Mrs. Leary received miscellaneous gifts during the social hour. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Donald Seeley and Mrs. Marland Milliken. Other attendees included Mrs. James Leary Mrs. Frank Winchester Mrs. Linwood McGahey Mrs. Lloyd Chute Mrs. Arthur Blanchette Jr. Mrs. James Davis Mrs. Paul Simanok Mrs. Lucien Matteau Mrs. Forrest Tripp and Mrs. William Stanton.
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North Saco
Fremont Club and Auxiliary Plan Public Supper
A public baked bean supper was planned by the Fremont club and auxiliary at the club hall on Alfred Street Biddeford. The event is set for Saturday April 28 with committees led by Mr and Mrs Ralph Morin Mr and Mrs Ernest Martel and Mr and Mrs Emile LeBlond.
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Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Ralph Morin
Ernest Martel
Emile LeBlond
Isola Simoneau
Joseph Peloquin
Pauline Morin
Simoneau
Alma Casteau
Royal Chretien
Alcide Dubois
George Gagnon
Grass fire quelled on Hill Street in Biddeford
Biddeford firemen tackled a grass fire at 254 Hill Street yesterday afternoon using a booster line to extinguish the flames. The property is owned by Norman Poirier.
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Biddeford
Hill Street
Norman Poirier
Army officers testify on anti-Communist training for all troops
Senate subcommittee hears Gen Barksdale Hamlett and Maj Gen Alva Fitch outline universal training to counter Communist tactics and prevent prisoner collaboration seen in Korea. Walker’s explosive testimony accuses powerful figures, including Rusk and Rostow, of a soft on communism agenda.
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Barksdale Hamlett
Alva R. Fitch
Senate Armed Services
Edwin A. Walker
Germany
Walker
Dean Rusk
Walt Whitman Rostow
Kennedy
Pinks Walker
Texas
Pinks
Harry Lee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Overseas Weekly
John Birch Society
Army
Rusk
Rostow
State Department
Birth announcements clutter Kennebunk to Greenwich area
A long list of birth notices records newborns from Ocean View Road Kennebunk to Summit New Jersey. Parents include Brackley Descoteaux Richard BeauSolier Petit Shipley Gregoire MecKinnon Davis Britton Morse Hedlund Lank Johnson Abbott Gooch Jefferson Nava Moody Darcey with weights from six to nine pounds and dates March through April. Grandparents shown for each family in Biddeford Saco Wells Portland Waterville Greenwich and Hartford area.
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Laurence Brackley
Ocean View Road
Kennebunk
John Andrew
Iources
Leroy Quimby
Waterville
Clyde Brackley
Farmington
Radio Man 2c
John Descoteaux
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Alphonse
Buster) E. Descoteaux
West Cutts Street
Biddeford
Raymond FE
Richard
Elm Street
Betty Ann
Arline P. Constant
Raoul Constant
Main Street
Emile Richard
Sanford
Fernald White, Jr
Sea Road
Sheila Anne
Richard Beausolier
Wentworth Street
Sharon Anne
Ralph Petit
Fall Street
John Carl
Petit
Doris Laflamme
Charles Shipley
Dyer Street
Saco
Jane Margaret
Donat Gregoire
Lincoln Street
Sheri Lynne
John MecKinnon
Lincoln Road
Timothy
Richard Davis
Jeffrey Scott
Duane Britton
Balsam Lane
Old Orchard Beach
Lisa Ann
Frank Morse
Kevin Frank
John Hedlund
Hooper Street
Sandra Lee
Arthur Lank, Jr
Ross Road
Richard Johnson
Burnt Mill Road
Wells
William Scott
Harold Tanguay
Portland Road
Ted David
Vinton Abbott
Boothby Park
Perley G. Gooch
Kennebunkport
Luanna Belle
Donald Jefferson
Buxton Road
Karen Penny
Francis Nava
Birch Street
Mary Rose
Robert Moody
Ferry Road
Charles Benjamin
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Cornelius P. Darcey
Summit
N. J
Overlook Hospital
Andrew Jordan
Cornelius J. Darcey
H. Danforth Starr
Greenwich
Conn
Rain Spreads Across Eastern United States Today
The Associated Press reports widespread rain splashed the eastern half of the nation as milder weather moved in. Showers and snow dampened the northeast and west central Plains with strong winds in spots. The wet belt stretched from the Great Lakes to the Appalachians, with heavy rain in Mississippi towns Jackson and McComb. Thunderstorms rolled through Louisiana and Mississippi toward Alabama, while fog appeared along parts of the Pacific Coast and Midwest. Temperatures cooled to near seasonal levels except in a few North Atlantic and Rocky Mountain spots, with readings from 80 in Blythe California to 28 in Lebanon New Hampshire.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Southern Plains
Appalachians
Mississippi Valley
Jackson
McComb
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Pacific Coast
Midwest
North Atlantic
Rockies
Blythe
Calif
Lebanon
N.H
Permits Required For Outdoor Fires in Southern Maine
Augusta AP reports Commissioner Austin H. Wilkins warns homeowners in southern Maine that open outdoor burning now requires permits. Permits are available from town fire wardens or state fire wardens in unorganized areas as spring weather brings readiness with fire towers manned.
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Augusta
Austin H. Wilkins
Forestry District
Maine
Wilkins
Grass Fire Responded By Saco Fire Department
Saco firemen fought a grass fire on land owned by Ted McKeen at 272 Lincoln Street yesterday afternoon using booster lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Saco
Ted McKeen
Lincoln Street
Saco
Named to committee aid for youth crime post
Joseph P. Savignano of Auburn Maine was invited to serve on the advisory council of the Presidents Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime Sen Edmund S Muskie who recommended Savignano for the post last May announced the appointment Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph P. Savignano
Auburn
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Savignano
St Joseph High honors Rev Sister St Eugenie in Jubilee program
Members of the Good Shepherd Order and St Joseph High School staged a Jubilee program in the school auditorium honoring Rev Sister St Eugenie for her Golden Jubilee. The event featured a duet by Fernande Bosse and Francoise Auger, tributes, floral gifts, a musical program led by Sister St Cecile of Jesus, and guests including Msgr. Elie Hevey and Mother Mary Edna with her council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Eugenie
the Good Shepherd Order
St. Joseph High School
Good Shepherd Order
Biddeford
St. Joseph Convent
Fernande Bosse
Francoise Auger
la Cinquantaine
Gabriel Marie
Msgr
Elie Hevey
St. Joseph Church
Saco Hit and Run Report by Resident Leavitt
Foster Co. Leavitt of 10 Fairfield Street Saco reported a hit and run today as an unidentified vehicle sideswiped his parked car on Pleasant Street. No damage estimate was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Foster Co
Leavitt
Fairfield Street
Pleasant Street
Grafton drives to local funding goal for expansion
The Biddeford Saco Industries drive reached its 66 600 dollar goal under an ARA loan stipulation ensuring local funds. A development corporation formed to assist regional business. key figures from the Chamber of Commerce, SBA and local officials praised contributors and the effort that will support the lumber firm’s plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Industries, Inc
Grafton Company
Saco-Lowell
Biddeford - Saco Development Corporation
Albert F. Deshaies
Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Kenneth EF. Curtis
Maine
ARA
William S. Bay, Jr
John E. Horne
Small Business Administration
Everett J. Stewart
SBA
Bernard F. O'Neil
U. S. Department of Commerce
Joseph Rizzo
Hugh Marshall
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Wooster
Paul Casavant
Archie Maxwell
Atty
Edwin Walker
Developent Corporation
Simon Spill
the Industries, Inc
Clement H. Deschambault
Biddeford
Dinsmore Worthing
Saco
Pupils Fund Tuition For African Student In Manheim
Suburban Millersville area pupils raise funds to cover Tom Dugba 1200 dollars yearly tuition and living costs. The first year student from Sierra Leone shares culture with inner-city classes. A student firm will sell engraved rings to repay loans and finish his three-year program.
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Lancaster
Tom ‘Dugba
Millersville State College
Manheim Township
Dugba
Sierra Leone
Africa
Beh Dugba
Varigiri
America
Tom Dugba
Millersville
Col John Glenn Carried Self Injections in Survival Kit
NASA researchers disclosed that Col John Glenn carried four automatic self injectors in his survival kit for the February three orbit flight. The devices contained pain and shock medications and a stimulant, with a needle that could pierce his pressure suit to administer drugs. Glenn did not use them during the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John H. Glemn Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Glenn
NASA
Missing Shovels Recovered In Saco Case
Five shovels stolen from Pepperell Park school site belonging to Brown Construction of Portland were found by Saco Police in the yard of Bonython school. Brown reported 75 feet of 4 inch rope and 50 feet of 1/2 inch rope missing. John Bright of 5 Water Street reported four hub caps stolen from his car on Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepperell Park
Brown Construction Company
Portland
Saco
Bonython School
Brown Company
John Bright
Water Street
Berlin crisis view under Kennedy on West Berlin access rights
U S officials say the core issue is Soviet acceptance of Western access to West Berlin. If Moscow agrees, a settlement may be possible. Khrushchev vows a separate East German peace treaty to control the Berlin supply line, a threat familiar since 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Berlin
Russia
Khrushchev
East Germany
Berlin
Oldest Supreme Court Justice Hospitalized in Washington
Justice Felix Frankfurter, 79, collapsed at his desk and was admitted to George Washington University Hospital by ambulance. His secretary said he is in very satisfactory condition and resting comfortably. He will undergo tests and remains absent from the court. Frankfurter, named to the bench in 1939 by President Roosevelt, had prior heart trouble in 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
George Washington University Hospital
Elsie L. Douglas
High Tribunal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Three Men Plead Innocent in Rum Still Case
Probable cause led to binding over to the federal grand jury for Ricci Alimonte and Amorello. Bail set at 10 000 for Ricci and 20 000 for each co‑defendant after U S Attorney Lessard cited new developments. The trio were arrested in a pre dawn raid March 24, with a still producing about 1000 gallons of alcohol weekly for East clients. Sheriff Jones said arrest was not needed by Brunswick officers and hinted at political motives due to District Attorney Lessard’s party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Alton A. Lessard
Ricci
Alimonte
Amorello
Jones
Brunswick Law Officers
O'Donnell
Portland
Lessard
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Ence Oecrus Nes
St Monica Church
St Martha Church
Kennnebunk. Rt
Daniel Murphy
Hobby Club
Fremont Club & Auxiliary
Journal
Journal Carriers
Donald
St. Louis Grammar School
West Street
Emile J. Belanger
Donald Belanger
Webber Hospital
United States
Sharon Murphy
Lorraine Belair
Priscilla Fecteau
Claire Nadeau
Lucille Simard
Patricia Harris
Grafton
Portland Area
Yarmouth
Harriman
Foodliner
Lester E. Graham
Graham
Col
John Glenn
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