Portland Weather Forecast Passes Mild Weekend
PARTLY CLOUDY Portland forecast shows fair mild afternoon and tonight. Southeasterly winds Friday become variable with a few showers in northern mountains. Temperatures mostly steady with coast in upper 50s to mid 60s and inland in low to mid 60s. Overnight lows list several towns from Caribou to Boston with varied readings.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumfore
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
Local Briefs Highlight Residents Hospitalized And School Officials
Mrs Mamie E Gagne of Camp Ellis is a patient at Trusl hospital Aurore C Dutil of 19 Clarendon St Biddeford is a patient at Webber hospital Mrs George C Grover of 9 Dewey Ave Old Orchard Beach is a surgical patient at Webber hospital Connie McInnis daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur McInnis 42 Green St Saco has returned home after an appendectomy Therese Vandermeulen secretary to Biddeford school Superintendent Paul Larrabee attends a workshop for educational secretaries in Farmington State Teachers College through Saturday Carole Spill Berman Lewiston daughter of Atty and Mrs Spill Union St Biddeford will be in the Yearbook Assembly for the Semi Centennial anniversary at Lesley College Massachusetts during the week of May 4 Army Pvt Joseph D Lavoie son of Mrs Yvonne Lavoie 128 Pike St Biddeford recently arrived in Germany and serves with the 4th Armored Division 144th Signal Battalion Lavoie in Goppigen He entered the Army last Sept and completed basic training at Fort Hood Texas He was previously employed by Colonial Aircraft Corp in Sanford before enlisting
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Mamie E. Gagne
Camp Ellis
Trusl Hospital
Aurore C. Dutil
Clarendon Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
George C. Grover
Dewey Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Connie McInnis
Arthur McInnis
Green Street
Saco
Therese Vandermeulen
Paul Larrabee
Farmington State Teachers College
Carole Spill Berman
Lewiston
Atty
Simon Spill
Union Street
Lesley College
Panegery Mass
Army
Joseph D. Lavoie
Yvonne Lavoie
Pike Street
Germany
4Th Armored Division
Lavoie
Goppigen
Fort Hood
Tex
Colonial Aircraft Corporation
Sanford
Rites Held for Boating Mishap Victim Merle Cote
A requiem mass was offered for Merle Cote 16 at Villa Muir Bay View Saco after a boat accident off Kinney Shores last Saturday. Cote of 182 Elm Street Biddeford remains missing despite coast guard and local rescue efforts.
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Villa Muir
Bay View
Saco
Joseph Drolet
Merle Cote
Kinney Shores
Cote
Elm Street
Biddeford
Drolet
New York
Reynald Bolduc
Hills Beach
Roger Morin
Cutts Avenue
Victor Cordeau, Jr
Ocean
Raoul Fecteau
Fletcher's Neck
Club Calendar and Auxiliary Gatherings in Biddeford Tonight
Biddeford Council Knights of Columbus hosts Experience Night during their regular meeting at the hall on Washington Street at 8. The Past President of the Lady Royal Stewart auxiliary meets Monday evening at 7:30 at Mrs. Mary Minuitti’s home 20 Vincent Street Biddeford. The Sea firefighters auxiliary attends a social at Mary Campbell’s home on Buxton Road Saco tonight at an unspecified time.
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Biddeford Council
Knights of Columbus
Washington Street
Lady Royal Stewart Auxiliary
Order of the Scotish Clan
Mary Minuitti
Vincent Street
Biddeford
Sea Firemen’s Auxiliary
Mary Campbell
Buxton Road
Saco
Market Dips From Peak as Stocks Endure Slower Trade
The New York stock market slid from recent highs as trading eased, with most key stocks down fractions to about a point. AT and American Telephone saw losses after gains, while Coca Cola and National Lead posted gains amid mixed activity on light volume.
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New York
American Telephone
At&t
Coca Cola
International Lit
Zenith
Texas Instruments
Litton Industries
Beckman Instruments
Colgate-Palmolive
Allied Chemical
du Pont
Merck
Youngstown Sheet
US. Steel
Anaconda
American Tobacco
General Dynamics
U.S
Chief Calls Firemen To Chimney Fire Cleanup
St Helena California AP report says twenty volunteer firemen raced from a band concert when the whistle blew. They found Chief Eugene Graff at a smoky chimney and after putting out the flare he urged a chimney cleaning for all.
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ST. Helena
Calif
Eugene Graff
Dancer Farrington Found Dead in New York
Stuart Morgan Farrington 51 once led the Adagio dance group and was found shot in his head in a car at a New York parking lot. A note was found with the body. He lived on a farm near Belfast Maine when not touring. His widow Rita and 5 year old son Sylvester reside in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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New York
Stuart Morgan Farrington
Farrington
Belfast
Rita
Sylvester
Bethlehem
Card of Thanks from Emile Thibodeau and family
Mrs. Emile Thibodeau thanks friends neighbors and relatives for cards flowers and gifts during illness. The Dubois family expresses gratitude to police department oil dealers and friends for kindnesses during illness and hospital stay and to those who assisted during bereavement with flowers and funeral transport.
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Emile Thibodeau
Notre Dame Hospital
Raymond Dubois
Maurice Chouinard 52 Biddeford resident dies after brief illness
Maurice J. Chouinard 52 of 151 Main Street Biddeford died at a local hospital after a brief illness. Born in Tingwick Quebec he came to Biddeford at age two and worked as a lumberjack then for John Lucas Tree Export of North Anson. He leaves three brothers Dominique Donat and Gerard and six sisters with many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford today and tonight before funeral services Saturday time to be announced.
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Maurice J. Chouinard
Main Street
Biddeford
Tingwick
P. Q
Jacques and
Delanire (Gonthier) Chouinard
John Lucas Tree Export Company
North Anson
Dominique
Donat
Lisbon
Gerard
Burbank
Calif
Rose Couture
Ora Belanger
Lewiston
Blanche Berube
Auburn
Marguerite Fortin
Lucienne Laprise
New Britain
Conn
Irma Hamel
Emond
Emond Funeral Home
Death of Dayton resident Harry L Bettinger leaves floral community
Harry L Bettinger 74 of Dayton died Wednesday afternoon in a Biddeford hospital after a short illness. Born in Lynn Massachusetts he was son of John and Mariette Bettinger educated there. He worked 33 years for L L Clark lumber Co Clarks Mills retiring seven years ago. He and his wife Fannie McCallum celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1957. Survived by widow three daughters Eleanor Becker Vivian Buzzell and Etta Cole Dayton a brother Ralph Bettinger and sister Nellie Whitten both of Lynn and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Saturday at 2 pm from Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring Street Saco with visitation Friday 7 to 9 pm.
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Harry Lewis Bettinger
Dayton
Biddeford
Lynn
Mass
John and
Mariette Parker Bettinger
L. L. Clark Lumber Company
Clarks Mills
Fannie McCallum
Funeral arrangements for Herbert Tibbetts
Herbert Tibbetts died Tuesday night and is survived by a half sister Mrs. Mattie Traften of Saco. Funeral services will be held Friday at 9 a.m. from St. Mary church.
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Herbert Tibbetts
Mattie Traften
Saco
St. Mary Church
Two Local Groups Gather To Pay Respects In Biddeford
Members of Our Lady of Fatima circle Daughters of Isabella meet at 7 30 p m at the San Soucy funeral home on Stone Street to pray for Herbert Tibbetts. Knights of Columbus auxiliary join at the same venue later to offer prayers for the deceased.
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Sansoucy
Stone Street
Biddeford
Herbert Tibbetts
Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Russell E. Ross Funeral Rites Held in Saco
Funeral services for Russell E. Ross longtime Old Orchard Beach Chamber of Commerce secretary were conducted at Dennett and Craig funeral home in Saco. Rev. Harold McElwain officiated with Elks Lodge members as bearers. burial followed at Laurel Hill cemetery.
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Russell E. Ross
Old Orchard Beach
Pusl
Abie Iwan
Pula
Laurel Hill Cemetery
deford-Saco Lodge of Elks
TIDES FOR APRIL I High on A M P M
Tide table fragment lists April values with high tides around 10.50 to 11.59 and morning and evening peaks. Includes dates 23 24 and numbers 4.32 4.51 5.24 5.41 and 6.16 6.32.
Biddeford School Committee to Meet on High School Plans
The Biddeford School Committee will meet tonight at 8 p m in the City building to discuss plans for a new high school. Paul Larrabee said Rutledge Morton of Allied Engineering will attend to provide a professional opinion on proposed building sites after recent soil tests on the former Saco Lowell athletic field site.
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Biddeford
Pne New
Paul Larrabee
Rutledge Morton
Allied Engineering Company
Portland
Morton
Saco-Lowell
South Street
Larrabee
Friday Religious Meetings Scheduled Across Local Churches
A slate of Friday events includes Universalist, Methodist, Baptist and Episcopal services. The Universalist church in Biddeford hosts a board meeting at 7 30 p m with advisory session to follow at Saco United Baptist church. Holy Communion at Trinity Episcopal in Eaco. Prayer and praise at Biddeford Advent Christian church. Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army lists Junior Legion and Torchbearers with open air meeting at 7 p m and Holiness session at 7 30 p m.
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Universalist Yhurch Board of Management
Biddeford
Saco United Baptist Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Eaco
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Old Orchard Beach
Saco Salvation Army
Saco Unitarian Festival Committees Announced
The 116th May Festival at the Saco Seceland Parish Unitarian church set for May 2 at Saco City Hall lists a long roster of committee chairs led by General Chairman Lillian A. Chapin. Names include Rev. Edmund W. Beal as publicity head and Mrs. Leon Libby as May Party chair, with multiple assistants across crafts food plants and ushering. The festival king is Chips Anthony and the queen is Jeanie Hilt.
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Saco Secland Parish Unitarian Church
Saco City Hall
Lillian A. Chapin
Edmund W. Beal
Leon Libby
Ernest Pendleton
Edmund W Beal
Sara Emmons
Eugene Hill
Foster Leavitt
Foster Leavitt, Jr
Henry Cyr
Roy Goodwin
Philip Sherman
Lee Hazelton
John Cooper
Howard Shaffer
Gift Stable
Charles Anthony
Charles Fenderson
Ralph Hawes
Paul Willson
Katharine Deering
Norman McAuley
George Harrison
G. Frank Twambiey
Teavitt Emmons
Ray Karnan
Abbie Boston
Nason Snow
Howard Hooper
Arlene Burnham
Bertha Maynard
Christine Burnham
Sheldon Hutchins
George .J. Love
Eva Brackett
Gerald Nason
Plant Table
Harry Smith
Candy Table
Donald Nason
Winifred Nicholas
George Perkins
Karren Leavitt
Donna Shaffer
Grabs
Jane Fen
Charles W. Fenderson
Chips Anthony
Jeanie Hilt
Maine Posts Record Low March Highway Death Toll
Augusta Maine state police reported March saw the lowest highway deaths on record for that month with four fatalities. For the first three months of 1959 total deaths reached 29, six more than 1958. Reportable accidents totaled 4,368, about 200 fewer than last year, while injuries dropped to 1,307 from 1,863.
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Augusta
Maine
Beer Retailers Meet With Gov Clauson At Capitol
A committee of beer retailers met Tuesday with Gov. Clinton Clauson at the Maine capitol in Augusta to discuss the tax on 10 cent malt beverage sales. Attending were Ernest Johnson John Singer and attorney Harry Steinfield with Peter Peters and other local dealers and secretaries outlining the hardships. The governor agreed to work out a relief formula with sales tax assessors and a follow up meeting was planned to outline future methods for relief. Adelbert Huot said he will call a local retailers meeting after the outcome is known.
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Clinton Clauson
Capitol
Augusta
Ernest Johnson
John Singer
Harry Steinfield
Portland
Johnson
Singer
Atty. Steinfield
Peter Peters
Maine
Anthony Giordano
Mike Casale
Westbrook
Joseph Couture
Lewiston
Adelbert Huot
Biddeford-Saco
Huot
Seven Die in Palm Springs High-Speed Crash
Seven persons were killed in a Palm Springs desert crash when a car traveling 80 to 90 mph struck a turning vehicle east of the city. Victims include Jean M F De Luz, 51, Anaheim, and Gertrude Veltre, 31, Arcadia, in one car, and Jack Fried man, 72, Ruth Fried man, Hor ace Porter, 74, Martha Porter, and Pearl Baker in the other.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Here
Jean M.F. de Luz
Anaheim
Gertrude Veltre
Arcadia
Jack W. Friedman
Ruth
Horace Porter
Martha
Pearl Baker
Car Used By Alleged Escapee To Be Returned
The rental car driven by Norman Critchley 18 of Greenville South Carolina will be taken to Portland by a national car rental firm for transport to Florida Old Orchard Beach Police Chief Ernest Murphy said. Critchley recently served 15 days for driving without a license after being stopped by Murphy who said no word had come from South Carolina authorities. The youth staying with relatives at the Half Way section in Old Orchard told Murphy he escaped from a South Carolina jail and was given the car by a motorist. the car was impounded after Critchley was arrested and will be returned to Florida by the Portland service.
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Norman Critchley
Greenville
S. C
Portland
Florida
Old Orchard Oh
Ernest Murphy
Ritchley
Wesley Mewer
Old Orchard Beach
Murphy
Critchley
South Carolina
Half Way
Old Orchard
Property transfers headline in Biddeford area real estate list
Real estate records show 5 Marshall avenue Biddeford sold through Sheltra agency to Charles and Pauline Sherrard. Also the Rousseau property on the Arundel Limerick road sold through Sheltra agency to Joseph and Elizabeth Taschenreau. Taschereau to occupy soon. details include property types and acreage. The note cites the 1920 Brooklyn Boston 26 inning tie as a historic baseball fact.
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Marshall Avenue
Biddeford
Raymond Gosselin
Felix T
Paul E
Carl F. Sheltra
Charles E
Pauline H. Sherrard
Sherrard
Arundel
Limerick
Charles
Eva Rousseau
Jooseph
Elizabeth Taschereau
Children Theatre to Present Show in Saco
Port land Children’s Theatre returns to Saco City hall Sunday afternoon May 3 with The Clown and His Circus. The event ends the season and includes classroom study materials for local schools.
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Byron Dolby
Saco
Portland Children's Theatre
Saco City Hall
the Clown
Children's Theatre
Dolby
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Philip Snow
Laurence Staples
Lloyd Trecartin
Eliot Fink
Ernest A. Donahue
Leslie Wyman
Mrs LaBrecque Honored At Biddeford Baby Shower
Mrs Raymond LaBrecque of 15 Freeman Street Biddeford was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted at her home. Hostesses included Mrs Lena Dube Mrs Lillian Nadeau Miss Jeanne Dumont and Mrs Therese Nolette.
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Raymond LaBrecque
Freeman Street
Biddeford
Lena Dube
Lillian Nadeau
Jeanne Dumont
Therese Nolette
Marguerite LaBrecque
Jacqueline Goudreau
Germaine Mercier
Jeanne la
Mathilda la Brecque
Alice Paul
Jeannine Beaudoin
Alexandre Goudreau
Roger Cote
Ramona Grenier
George Benoit
Conrad_La
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Phil Beaudette
Marianas Nurseries
Maurice Chouinard
Harry L. Bettinger
St. Francis College High School
Clarence Laplante
Emile Talbot
Freeport
Dennis Strother
Old Lyme
Salutatorian
Robert Lamontagne
Manchester
N. H
Donald Gonneville
Rochester
Gov. Clauson
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St. Louis
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Children’s Theater
John Paquette
Wood Avenue
Paquette
LaBrecque
York Loan
Bldg. Association
Masonic Building
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