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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1964
Page
2
This afternoon features variable cloudiness and mild conditions with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s and light to variable winds. Tonight brings cloudy skies with showers and scattered thunderstorms, remaining mild with lows in the 40s and south to southwest winds 10 to 25 mph. Wednesday starts cloudy with morning showers then clears, turning colder in the afternoon.
Grace Hebert of Buxton Road Saco reentered Webber Hospital as a medical patient Gladys Norton of Pleasant Street Saco is a patient at Saco Osteopathic Hospital Navy Lt Richard C Angell son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Angell of Dane Street Kennebunk is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Pacific Service Force aboard the fleet oiler USS Kennebec operating out of San Francisco California
A chatterbox session for mothers of young children will be held Wednesday from 10 to 11 30 a m at the United Church of Christ Congregational Biddeford. Choir rehearsals at Biddeford United Church of Christ Congregational occur weekly with the Junior choir at 615 p m and the Senior choir at 7 p m.
Members of the Advent Christian church Biddeford will hold a prayer and praise service Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the parsonage on Chapel street.
A mid week worship service will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Third Street Old Orchard Beach seeking community prayer and reflection.
The Christian Science Society at 19 Winter Street, Saco, will hold a service Wednesday evening at 7 45. The reading room will be open to the public Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4.
A prayer meeting will be held Wednesday evening at 7 30 with choir rehearsal following at 8 30 at the Lyman First Baptist church in Goodwins Mills.
A prayer service will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Advent Christian church on Route 35 in Kennebunk Lower Village.
Community Bible Study meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Ogunquit Baptist Church Shore road. A mid week service follows at 7 30 p m at Full Gospel Church Route 9 A just off Route 109 Wells.
An A and Bible study hour will be held in the vestry of the Village Baptist Church in Kennebunkport on Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
The Senior Choir of Saco School Street Methodist Church will rehearse Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the church. The Youth Choir will rehearse Thursday at 3 15 p m at the church.
In Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice Court Richard G. Thompson 22 of 109 Saco Ave pleaded guilty to operating an unregistered motor vehicle on April 5. Judge Wesley M. Mewer suspended a $10 fine.
A chapel at Tadoussac Quebec is described as the oldest wooden church in North America. It was built in 1647 by Jesuit missionaries.
We thank our friends and relatives for the beautiful cards and flowers sent to us during our stay at the hospital.
Sincere thanks to Dr. Perreault, the staff and nurses of the Web ber Hospital, also to relatives and friends who sent cards and gifts during my recent illness. Mrs. Philip Glaude.
Mrs Eliza Ann Waddington 90 longtime Kennebunk resident died last night in a nursing home. Widow of Milnes Waddington born in Clayton England daughter of Arthur and Emma Briggs member of Cape Neddick Baptist Church survived by sister Mrs Alice Heaton England and several nieces and nephews funeral Thursday 1 30 p m Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk Rev Donald Weymouth officiating burial in Hope Cemetery Kennebunk friends may call Wednesday afternoon and evening
Maurice E. Moulton 60 of Sarasota Fla formerly of Bar Mills and Portland died Monday. Born January 5 1904 in Everett Mass he was a GE Co consultant for 34 years. Survivors include wife Gladys two daughters Darwin Kirby Jr and W E Shell a son John and his father Cyrus four grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 from Tory Hill Congregational Church Bar Mills with interment Tory Hill Cemetery. Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco in charge
Alice E. Norton 69 of Wells formerly of South Berwick died Saturday at her Sanford Road home. Born July 4 187? in Verona she was daughter of Alaric and Sarah Norton and member of Northeast Harbor Rebekah Lodge. Surviving daughter Helen Pierce Manchester NH, brother Emery Norton Wells, sister Marion Foisy Manchester NH, and two grandchildren. Funeral at Hayes Funeral Home North Berwick officiated by Rev. John N. Simpson. Interment in South Thomaston Cemetery.
Mrs Sarah Woolf 66 a summer resident of Old Orchard Beach Maine died yesterday at her winter home in Miami Beach Fla She and her husband ran gift shops and concessions at Old Orchard Beach for about 50 years Surviving are her widower Sam Woolf two daughters Marilyn Golzbein and Harriet Woolf all of Miami Beach Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 am from Riverside Memorial Chapel Normandy Isle Miami Beach with burial in Miami Beach.
Funeral services were held yesterday morning at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco for Wayne D Abbott of Height Road Dayton a former Saco Lowell Shops employee. Rev Norman J Langmaid officiated and committal and entombment followed at Central Cemetery Beverly Mass later that day.
Funeral services were held for Arthur T. Letendre of 98 Prospect St Biddeford at St Josephs Church with Rev Paul Pare of Perry presiding. Assisting were Rev Normand Carrier deacon and Rev Marc Franck subdeacon. Burial followed in St Josephs Cemetery with graveside prayers by Rev Sylvia Levesque. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs John Lee and son Norman Greenville DC Mrs George Davis and Harold Murphy Lyman Mrs Yvonne Lemire Old Orchard Beach and Donald Lee New Gloucester.
Funeral services for Raymond W. Brearey of Kennebunk were conducted yesterday afternoon at Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford. Rev Joseph Ingraham of Foss Street Methodist Church presided with pallbearers including Kenneth Ritchie.
The Mothers Auxiliary of Boy Scout Troop 309 will gather at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Washington Street Biddeford this evening at eight o'clock to discuss troop activities and support.
The Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will meet at 7 30 this evening in the city building Biddeford.
The Past Noble Grands of Evangeline Rebekah Lodge will be entertained on Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Smart, 30 Tasker St., Saco.
Members of the Owen-Davis Post American Legion will meet at 8 o clock at the hall on Beach Street in Saco. A movie will be shown and refreshments served after the session.
The Auxiliary of Division Two Ancient Order of Hibernians meets at 8 PM in Mason Street Hall Biddeford. Officers will be elected and all members are urged to attend.
The Past Matrons Association of Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Edna Woodman Graham Street Biddeford. Mrs Edna Stackpole and Mrs Gladys Goodwin will be assisting hostesses.
Police report an afternoon collision on Old Orchard Street as a 73 year old Joseph Cyr and a 32 year old Peter Stroumbas backs into each other. Damage to Cyr’s car is about 106 dollars while Stroumbas’s vehicle sustains around 100 dollars in damage.
An exile group cites Cuba crime and exile figures. The Revolutionary Student Directorate claims 74,414 political prisoners, 3,351 killed, 276,469 fled, and 965,000 jailed since 1959, representing 14 percent of the population.
New York stocks held an irregular but higher tone at midday as profit taking in airlines and cigarette issues cooled. The Associated Press average rose 0.5 to 304.6 with gains in rails and utilities, while IBM jumped over 4 points to 2012 on the debut of its new computer series. The Dow slipped 0.4 to 286.86 as bonds edged higher.
Mrs. Esther S. Crowley town clerk announced that copies of the 1964 Maine open water fishing laws have been received and are now available upon request at her office.
Atty Charles Smith Ronald Boutet and Robert Marier all of Kennebunk were noted in the obituary detailing entombment in Oakdale Cemetery Sanford.
Ann Marie Poisson greets area newcomers in Biddeford Saco Journal. She is the three year old daughter of Rene J Poisson and his wife. Her maternal grandparents are George and Mrs Boudreau of Biddeford and paternal grandparents Adelard and Mrs Poisson of Saco.
The Saco City Council discussed methods to ease inflationary tax burdens only possible with state legislation. Attendees criticized recreation spending, questioned planning and industrial commissions, and supported a legal petition against a private club. Licenses granted included Huots and Wormwoods and Marvel Drive In. Budget readings showed line items for city officers and departments with varied increases and cuts.
The Beach Town Council voted to meet in open session with the school committee to air differences on the budget with Henry John as impartial moderator. The meeting will follow a March budget hearing. The council also approved multiple purchases and notices, including a backhoe attachment for 3528 dollars and an eight cylinder sedan for 1112.57, plus rent for a cruiser. They authorized GE to supply walkie talkies for 840 dollars and hired Henry M. Frost Agency for 5000 dollars to handle ads in Canadian and northeastern papers. The group discussed revaluation costs totaling 30,500 dollars plus 11,000 for tax maps, to be paid over three years. Licenses for a Go-Cart track and pony rides were denied. a tenting park license was tabled. A state action request by Joseph Mokarzel was heard. A joint urban renewal meeting is set for Friday April 11 at 7 p.m. in Town Hall to discuss problems. The council also budgeted 200 dollars for a Montreal Star tourism ad, 500 for Maine Day at Fenway, and 500 for a writers conference at Old Orchard Beach.
In Cadiz Kentucky the Cadiz Railroad, free of passenger duties since before World War I, handles 350 to 400 freight cars yearly between Cadiz and the Louisville Nashville line at Gracey. The eight mile stretch is extended by curves to meet a ten mile official railroad distance. Today only a handful of rail fans ride as passengers. President W C White ll notes no formal end to its passenger carrier status exists.
In Cynthiana Kentucky police recovered Ernest Gillispie Gillispie's car an hour after it was stolen from a grocery store parking lot. Gillispie said he did not chase the thief because he thought the man was a parking lot attendant.
A historic budget listing shows line items for police. street lights. civil defense. sewers and drains. waste removal. public health. treatment plants. roads and highways. snow removal. special street improvement. state aid roads. tar via and oil. capital improvements. welfare and dependent children aid. retreat schools. Thornton Academy. adult education. bond redemption. interest. social security. transit. school lunch. tax discounts. and county tax. Totals rise from 1,297,400 to 1,437,500, reflecting broader allocations and new project funding.
The Biddeford City Council replaces the Area Industrial Development Commission with the Biddeford Economic Improvement Commission to operate apart from the Chamber of Commerce. The panel includes Richard Reay and four others for five to one year terms. A $26,000 sewer line expansion and tank for a fire truck bid were approved, with eminent domain sought for airport land after price talks failed.
Dignitaries from each service stood at attention beside the casket placed in the regimental armory a 188 era red brick building. MacArthur lay at Universal Funeral Chapel near his New York home as family viewed briefly. He wore tropical uniform with five stars and no medals. Salutes rang at West Point Capitol rotunda and Pacific posts while burial is planned for Norfolk after services at St Pauls Episcopal Church.
The White House presidential office desk was a gift from Great Britain during Rutherford B Hayes's administration.
Two Massachusetts men identified as John A. Griffin and Hugo Stadtmueller died in a massive avalanche in Huntington Ravine on Mt. Washington. U.S. Forest Service rangers and volunteers recovered their battered bodies after investigators noted the climbers had crossed an icy promontory amid high avalanche danger following a Friday storm.
The Arundel Ministers Association met in Kennebunk Lower Village at Advent Christian Church. Rev. Russell J. Peppe spoke on The Changing Church in a Changing Society, with Rev. Milford G. Butterfield hosting. Rev. George Urban led his final business meeting as president before moving to Somerville Mass. May 4 officer elections set at Biddeford’s United Baptist Church. June 8 picnic planned at Square Pond with Rev. Robert Howes arranging.
John V. Doran, a third year student at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, was cited for excellence in scholarship during the third term of the 1963 1964 session by Dean Howard L. Reed. Doran, a Biddeford High School graduate, is son of Mr and Mrs William A Doran Sr of 80 Western Ave Biddeford Maine.
Lewiston AP reports a $10,000 bequest to Bates College to support professorships in English literature and argumentation. President Charles F. Phillips said the funds come from the estate of the late Miss Leonora B. Williams, a 1891 Bates graduate from Brunswick.
A stated Miniwanca Chapter meeting at Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall installed new officers and reviewed installations from several chapters with dates in April. Invitations from Star of the Valley in Valleyfield and Mosaic Club for a May 15 organ dedication were discussed, with some contingencies and transportation planning.
The acting executive officer at Maine Maritime Academy, Lt. Cmdr. Alfred R. Philbrick, says he was discharged without reason by Supt. Frank C. Rodway. Trustees opposed to Rodway have urged replacing him, with a Portland meeting set to discuss the issue.
The article notes uncertainty about the origin of American Indian languages, stating there is little evidence connecting Native American languages to Asian or other Old World languages. It discusses ongoing debate among linguists and researchers about migration patterns and linguistic relationships.
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