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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1963
Page
2
The 10633 Radio Communications auxiliary will meet Monday April 15 at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs. Loraine Stone to discuss upcoming activities.
A car left Route 118 and hit a tree killing Rodney Martin 20 of South Paris. Lester Swallow 21 of Norway is on danger list with multiple fractures and acute shock. A second crash on Route 100 near Burnham and Clinton injured Dale Goode 23 of Newport Ronnie Dodge 21 of Detroit and Arnold Tracy 21 of Dexter hospitalized in Pittsfield with non danger list status.
James L. Bailey, 22, of 10 James Street Saco pleaded guilty in Biddeford Municipal Court to leaving the scene of an accident after his car struck a utility pole on Route One. He faced a $25 fine or 30 days in jail. Two Biddeford men pleaded guilty to public drunkenness and paid $15 fines. Armand Godard, 50, also pleaded guilty to a grade crossing passing and paid a $25 fine.
Faith Tabernacle will hold an 11 am Easter service with the Junior choir performing an Easter cantata and Rev. R. K. Pier delivering the sermon. An evening Evangelism service at 7 30 features the Faith School of Theology Senior choir performing No Greater Love under Roy Jensen. A 6 am Beach meeting at Union Avenue will be led by the third year class of the School of Theology.
Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery for victims of the Submarine Thresher. Kenneth L. Critchley, 44, of Saco, born December 15, 1918, and a WWII Army veteran who worked at the shipyard. survived by wife Dorothy and son Terry, along with siblings and nieces.
State Police urge courteous driving grounded in common sense and concern for others to keep roads safe for everyone.
Cautious intelligent parenting sets a reliable safety standard and reduces accident risk as a powerful, lasting influence in child behavior and preventive habits.
Fred S Stackpole aged 69 of 4 Elm Swood Drive Saco died at a Saco nursing home. Born June 10 1893 in Biddeford he was a former mail carrier and member of numerous fraternal and masonic orders. Surviving is a brother Edward Stackpole of Saco. Funeral Tuesday 1:30 pm at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home with visitation Monday 7 to 9 pm. Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Angie Louise McKeen 91 of 272 Elm Street Biddeford died this morning in a Biddeford nursing home after a long illness. Widow of Percy C McKeen born October 3 187 in North Kennebunkport daughter of Jonas and Anne Tarbox educated in Biddeford schools member of Biddeford United Baptist church and past noble grand of Evangeline Rebekah lodge funeral at 130 p m Monday from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 265 Main Street Saco interment Greenwood cemetery Biddeford no calling hours
Ritualistic services for Fred Stackpole will be conducted by officers of Dunlap lodge F and AM Biddeford. The service is scheduled Monday at 7 30 p m at the Dennett and Craig Funeral home 365 Main street Saco.
Mayor J Edward Whelan announced a special city council meeting for Monday at 7 30 pm to discuss possible dump sites. Earlier opposition at an April 1 meeting halted Jenkins Road as a location and a second reading of the city budget including school and Thornton Academy items is set for April 29.
Fire crews responded to five grass fires in Biddeford as the semi annual fire season began. Units Engine 5 and Tank 1 were dispatched to multiple locations including Harvard Street 17 Pine Avenue Mason Street and South Street with recalls and rapid suppression.
Welcome to the area today in the Biddeford Saco Journal are the children of Mr and Mrs Ralph Thibodeau of 11 Gore Street Biddeford Brian Ralph three and Marc Robert two Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Tardif Miller Avenue Biddeford and paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ephrem Thibodeau Gove Street Biddeford The maternal great grandmother is Mrs Victoria Cote Lewiston and the paternal great grandmother is Mrs J D Boucher Biddeford
Authorities remind drivers to watch for kids and unpredictable behavior near roadways as schools and neighborhoods resume activity and youngsters play with bicycles scooters and marbles.
The Portland forecast shows no significant temperature shifts through night and Sunday. Low readings vary by area with 25 degrees in the north portion and 35 degrees in the south portion.
Tide times for April days 13 to 15 show high and low marks across mornings and evenings. Specific minutes are listed for A M and P M tides, with gaps indicating missing data for some intervals.
A dense listing of Sunday and upcoming services across Faith Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach First Assembly of God Saco Advent Christian Kennebunk and more. Activities include youth fellowships evening worship services prayer meetings and a sunrise Easter service May outreach plans in local churches and a finance committee update for Biddeford Second Congregational White Church.
Ambulance took Nancy Simonton to Webber hospital at 5:15 a.m. Friday. Schubert club to host a May 7 fashion and musicale at Kennebunk High School Auditorium for scholarship funds with chairs Mrs. Raymond Brewer and Mrs. Robert E. Marier Sr. Girls from Kennebunk Junior High and Kennebunkport Consolidated met in a foul shooting contest. Ruth Barra led Kennebunk with 12 of 20. Kennebunkport’s team trophy was won by Kennebunkport, to stay at their school for a year. Players included Barra Emery Vetterline Ellsworth Foley for Kennebunk. Pitts Meserve Hutchins Kubiak Davis for Kennebunkport. Coaches were Beverly Emerson and Ola Maguire. scorekeepers were Mrs. Anne Hall and Donald Campbell. Kennebunk High school guidance counselors Hall and Campbell attended a conference in Boston. Gladys Anderson returned home from Ellsworth after her brother Isaac Dorr’s illness. American Legion Auxiliary Parley set for April 15 with silent auction and white elephant reminder. Schools closed for spring vacation. gymnastics exhibition at Kennebunk High school gym showcased fitness, volleyball, tumbling, vaulting, trampolines and pyramids. Ernest Cartwright returned from the south. Mr. and Mrs. Amos McCallum Jr. and Sr. visiting relatives in Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach. Miss Helen Johnson of New York City visiting with sisters in town. Another sister, Mrs. Carrie McFarland of Portland, visiting Thursday. Grass fire on Walker Road called in about 2:15 p.m.
Portsmout h N H Capt Samuel R Heller Jr design superintendent at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard reassigned to Navy Bureau of Ships in Washington. Rear Adm Charles J Palmer says transfer began in January and will take effect June. promoted in effect. Thresher submarine built at Portsmouth and recently overhauled there.
Seniors Wayne T. Adams of Kennebunk and James F. Reynolds of Bar Harbor, with winner from Kennebunk, captured the final round of the Wilmot Brookings Mitchell Interfraternity debate at Bowdoin College. They won the Mitchell trophy for opposing the topic that labor union membership should be illegal as a job condition. Adams and Reynolds belong to Theta Delta Chi. the trophy honors the late Professor Emeritus Mitchell.
A building permit was issued Friday for Biddeford Pool Volunteer Fire Department to construct a new two story station beside the existing one. The 44 ft 6 in square wooden building will sit on a poured cement foundation costing about 14000 dollars. Contractor is Fred Small of Fourth Street Biddeford Pool.
Kennebunk High School and the Chamber of Commerce co sponsored a Career Night featuring speakers from auto shop to nursing. Present were Roger Gonneville, John Cummings, Dr. Ficker, U S military and naval representatives, and many Maine Medical Center staff. Guidance directors Anne Hall and Donald Campbell led the event with principal Andrew Peterson and Chamber president Jon Milligan speaking briefly. Student guides and home economics students assisted with refreshments.
Mrs. Florence Chute of 76 Summer Street Saco reports her 17 year old son Randolph missing since yesterday noon. He is 5'10" tall 135 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Chief Raymond Kerry said police have begun an investigation to locate him.
Abbott-Verville AMVETS post elected new leaders for the coming year. John Travers became commander with Urbain Goulet as first vice commander and Robert Ricker as second vice commander. Also named were Daniel Guarino as third vice commander Tom Bill adjutant Robert Pettengill provost marshal and Armand Levesque judge advocate. A joint installation with Auxiliary officers is set for April 27 at 7 30 pm at the post home in Old Orchard Beach.
Mayor J Edward Whelan invites buyers for the 22 story frame house with 18 rooms and 3 baths plus a barn that housed the welfare department for years. The property has been on the market since last fall after abandonment as a city facility. City clerk’s office offers further information.
In Attleboro Massachusetts a two year old, Peter Mott, wandered into a swamp. Police directed the boy’s mother to a loud speaker and she called to him. Minutes later Peter emerged, wet and shoeless but unharmed.
Wells High School juniors Sally Hutchins Lane Phillips and Kenney Bassett have been chosen to attend Dirigo Girls and Boys State sessions in June sponsored by the American Legion and auxiliary. Hutchins will go to Colby College in Waterville for Girls State Phillips and Bassett attend Boys State at the University of Maine with local sponsorships. Alternates Joyce Gould and Dale Piirainen also named.
FDA tests found type E botulinum in tuna tied to Washington Packing Corp. of San Francisco, a firm shut since March 22. Detroit women died after consuming its product via an A&P store. A California firm also received a can from the same lot. no other interstate shipments are known.
Flags at half staff honor the navy casualties from the Squalus disaster. Memorial services are set for Monday afternoon at the shipyard in the Squalus memorial mall. Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish chaplains will lead prayers. The mall memorializes 26 men who died when the submarine sank off Portsmouth, with 33 men rescued after 39 hours.
Biddeford Representative Robert Cartier's L. D. 167 proposing a referendum on all Biddeford bond issues was indefinitely postponed in the House last week. The motion by Donald Choate of Windsor carried without opposition.
Past Matron Sadie Goodwin was awarded a 50 year pin by Priscilla chapter Order of the Eastern Star in a Wells meeting at Highpine Masonic hall. The ceremony featured a poem and colonial bouquet for Goodwin, with memorial for Alberta Colby and remarks from officers. A Red Cross donation was approved and Maine Grand Chapter travel plans were set for May in Portland.
A Nee Nah council Degree of Pocahontas meeting is set for 7 30 p m Monday at the American Legion hall in Old Orchard Beach. Hope Circle will gather Monday evening at Mrs Hazel Kennett’s Clark Street home in Saco with hostesses Miss Lillian Cleaves Mrs Retta Sait and Mrs Violet Mewer assisting.
A SANFORD High School scholarship fund is created in memory of Robert Dan Prescott a 28 year old mechanical engineer who died aboard the submarine Thresher Prescott was a graduate of the school and his father serves as athletic director.
The body pulled from the Androscoggin River was identified as Henry Soucey, 45, of Rumford. An autopsy ruled drowning as the cause. police found no foul play. Soucey had been missing since January 28.
Gene L. Stickney a 16 year old from Buxton road Saco suffered superficial injuries after a car he drove left the road on Loudon Road the door opened and the vehicle struck a light pole causing extensive front end damage He was treated for a cut above the eye and a foot injury at Dr Paul S Hs office in Saco.
Augusta AP reports the Senate approved a bill to extend daylight saving time from 1965 onward and sent it to the governor for action. The move would shift clocks to gain more evening daylight.
The plan extends the period from February to October rather than the current April to October, contingent on approval by the other five New England states. The extension hinges on consensus among the regional states.
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