Shipmates Yerxa and Desjardins aboard USS Boston seen by Kennedy
Fred J Yerxa fireman apprentice USN son of James H Yerxa 114 Pleasant Street Saco and Reginald R Desjardins fireman USN son of Mr and Mrs Leon Desjardins 9 Fern Avenue Old Orchard Beach are aboard the guided missile heavy cruiser USS Boston observed by President Kennedy off Norfolk Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Yerxa
USN
James H. Yerxa
Pleasant Street
Saco
Reginald R. Desjardins
Leon Desjardins
Fern Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Boston
Kennedy
Norfolk
Beauty Association Cancels April Meeting in Saco
The Biddeford Saco Cosmetology Association has cancelled its April 30 meeting at Oak Ledge Newsface in Saco. President Paula Murphy announced a new date will be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Church Notes Confessions and Meetings This Saturday
The Junior Bandana members of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 4. Confessions are heard at St Monica church in Kennebunk from 4 to 5. Confessions at St Martha in Kennebunk from 4 to 9 and 8 p.m. Confessions at St Mary in Wells from 2:30 to 3:30. Guest Officers night at Saco Rebekah lodge Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Odd Fellows hall Main street Saco. refreshments afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
St Monica Church
Kensebunk
St. Martha Church
Kersebunk
St. Mary Church
Wells
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Saco
King Court Plans Step-Up Night in Saco
King Court, Order of the Amaranth, meets Tuesday May 1 at 7 30 p m in Odd Fellows hall Main Street Saco. A memorial service honors members who died this year and officers wear white gowns. Royal Matron Mrs Virginia Charles calls a Sunday 6 30 p m rehearsal at the same hall. Attendees bring small gifts for social hour prizes and refreshments are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Court
Order of the Amaranth
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Saco
Virginia Charles
May Hospitality Committee
Underwood Office Show Draws Broad Attendance in Biddeford
Nearly 400 people viewed displays at an office equipment show staged yesterday by Underwood on the top floor of the Wonderbar in Biddeford. Royal Sheltra of Maine Office Supply, assisted by Jack Shippee of Underwood, led arrangements. About 95 students from St Andre, St Joseph, St Louis and Biddeford High schools attended along with 132 representatives from 89 York County manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood Company
Biddeford
Royal Sheltra
Maine Office Supply Company
Jack Shippee
New York
Underwood
St. Andre
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Bildeford
York County
Italy
Lord Florist
Tot Survives Fall From Auburn Porch
A two year old Auburn girl Abbie Mae Edwards fell about 35 feet from a porch Thursday but apparently escaped serious injury. She was taken to a Lewiston hospital for observation after the accident as her mother Mrs Eugene Edwards tended to laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Abbie Mae Edwards
Eugene Edwards
Lewiston
Cyclist Dies After Motorcycle Veers Into Car in Maine
A 21 year old East Millinocket man Richard Ward was killed when his motorcycle struck a car on Lake Road in Township 2, Range 9 Piscataquis County. Police say Ward veered over the center line and was thrown from the bike, dying of head injuries. The car occupants were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard FE
Ward
Lake Road
Township 2
Piscataquis County
New Traffic Lights Installed at Saco Intersections
Kerr Electric of Auburn begins installing traffic signals at Main and Elm Main and Beach and North and Elm in Saco. The firm was the low bidder at six thousand nine hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr Electric Company of
Auburn
Main
Elm
Beach
Saco
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Bereavement
We express sincere thanks and deepest gratitude for thoughtful acts during the last sickness of our loved one. We extend heartfelt appreciation to all who contributed floral offerings and sympathy tributes. Mrs. Joseph Mininni and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mininni
Deaths Marie Isabelle Poirier 1890 1971 Biddeford
Marie Isabelle Poirier 71 wife of Joseph Poirier of 16 Foss street Biddeford died at home after a brief illness Born in Magloire Quebec December 1 1890 she was a communicant of St Andre church and a member of Ste Anne sodality Survived by widower a daughter Lorraine Elie four brothers two sisters and five grandchildren Funeral services incomplete Friends may call at Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill street Biddeford this evening 7 to 10
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Isabelle Poirier
Joseph Poirier
Foss Street
Biddeford
Magloire
Que
Francois and
Marie L. ‘ Maurice Coulombe
St. Andre Church
Ste. Anne
Lorraine Elie
Godias
Albert Coulombe
Alphonse Coulombe
New York City
Eugene Coulombe
Boston
Lena Coulombe
Josephine Coulombe
Emond Funeral Home
Hill Street
Council Members to Pay Respects at Sansoucy Funeral Home
Members of Council Chagnon from Union St. Jean Baptiste will gather at 7 30 this evening at the club rooms on Adams street Biddeford then proceed to the Sansoucy Funeral home 1 Stone street to pay respects to the late council member John B Joncas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Biddeford
Sansoucy
Stone Street
John B. Joncas
Daughters of Isabella Meet to Honor John Joncas
Our Lady of Fatima circle holds a Sunday 2 15 pm gathering at Sansoucy Funeral Home Stone Street to pay respects to John Joncas husband of a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Sansoucy ‘Funeral Home
Stone Street
John Joncas
Funeral Services for Lee Roy Day Held in Saco
Funeral services for Lee Roy Day of Temple street Saco were held Thursday at the Dennett and Craig Funeral home 365 Main Street Saco Rev Morley Dur est former pastor of Biddeford United Baptist church officiated Burial followed at Ocean View Cemetery Wells alongside pallbearers William Mitchell Peter McVicar William Smith Charles Smith Jr Earl Smith and Elmer Smith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Roy Day
Temple Street
Saco
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Morley Durest
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Ocean View
William Mitchell
Peter McVicar
William Smith
Charles Smith, Jr
Earl Smith
Elmer Smith
Spire lowered onto Coventry Cathedral in brief lift
A bronze spire weighing 1.5 tons was lowered from a helicopter onto the roof base plate of Coventry Cathedral. Ground crews guided the load with control ropes as a large crowd watched. The operation took about ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
England
View
Market Rebound Pauses Dow Advance After Indictments
The AP index rose as industrials led gains with a 1.70 uptick and the Dow Jones average at noon climbing 1.98 to 680.66. US Steel and Bethlehem edged higher after news of indictments, while Du Pont divestment news limited GM declines amid a generally firmer session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Associated Press
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Wall
Lukens Steel
Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
du Pont
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
IBM
Beckman Instruments
Litton Industries
American Stock Exchange
No court session held in Saco this morning
No session of Saco Municipal Court was held this morning. No traffic accidents were reported to Saco Police. The Saco Fire Department had received no calls up to press time today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Municipal
Saco
Saco Fire Department
Car Fire on Elm Street Injures None
Biddeford firefighters responded to an auto fire on Elm Street at 10 40 this morning. Officials say the blaze caused by a short circuit was confined beneath the dash. Vehicle owner is John Hill of Cane Elizabeth. A booster was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Elm Street
John Hill
Cane Elizabeth
Saco Police Probe Indecent Exposure Case
A Saco resident reports a young man loitered at her home on Nott Street looked into her window as she entered the hallway to use the phone. She says he began to disrobe and then fled. The lease is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Nott Street
Partly Cloudy Portland Weather Outlook
This afternoon partly cloudy and warm with east to northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight mostly cloudy with fog and cooler easterly winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday cooler with more clouds and a chance of brief showers and easterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Overnight low temperatures range from 34 to 37 degrees across several towns including Portland Caribou Eastport and Halifax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
April Tides Schedule From Morning to Evening
Tide table lists high and low tides for April with times in A M and P M. The entry shows dates 27 to 29 and notes Daylight Time adjustment.
Rochambeau Club Welcomes New Member And Reports Events
Jean Paul Berard was accepted as a new member and a donation was voted to the Little Bowling league at a Rochambeau Club meeting last night. 300 people are expected at the annual officers banquet. the club will sponsor a softball team and hold practice at Memorial Field Monday at 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Paul Berard
Little Bowling League
Rochambeau
Leo Gosselin
Leo Gregoire
Roger Gagne
Memorial Field
Gagne
George
Joe) Bergeron
Alpin Club
Manchester
N. H
Acme
Lewiston
Berlin
Joseph Larose
Les Ours Brun
Somersworth
Ken Huff
Doris Halem
Roland Gagne
Conrad Beaudoin
Laurette Pelletier
Rita Regis
Janet Willett
Reynald Champagne
Romeo Sylvestre
Larose
Homemakers Club Hosts Talk On Protein rich Diet
The North Saco Homemakers club met at Mrs. Roger Parker home in Old Orchard Beach. Mrs. Mayse Huston spoke on Cookery and protein in the family diet and shared high protein recipes. Plans for the annual banquet were set with Mrs. Thomas Bryant in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Saco
Madeline Bryant
Walter McKenney
Roger Parker
Journal Carriers Tomorrows Leaders
The son of Mr and Mrs Philip Lariviere of Shadagee Road Saco is an eighth grader at Notre Dame de Lourdes School Saco. He is a Journal carrier on the New County road in his community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Lariviere
Shadagee Road
Saco
Donald
Notre Dame de Lourdes
New County
Lydia Circle Reviews The Quiet Crusader at Saco Meeting
Mrs Agnes King hosted a Lydia Circle session of the Saco United Baptist Churchwomen at Boom Road Saco. Mrs Elva Frizzle reviewed The Quiet Crusader, with Mrs Helen Smith leading devotions and Mrs Ruth Nickerson among attendees. A May 24 picnic at Ocean Park hosted by Mrs Helen Smith was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes King
Boom Road
Saco
Lydia
Helen Smith
Ocean Park
Ruth Nickerson
Florence Johnson
Myrtle Watson
Edna Stacy
Ethel Whitten
Dorothy Phillips
Nellie Rhodes
Maude Rowell
Elva Frizzle
Edna Sulis
Elizabeth Wilson
King
Paintings Hung Sideways at Seattle World’s Fair
A visitor spotted two paintings hanging sideways in the fine arts pavilion at the Seattle World’s Fair. The abstractions by French artist Roger Bissiere had been displayed that way since the fair opened last Saturday. Officials corrected the mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Well Baby Clinic Offered at Old Orchard Beach Town Hall
A well-baby and immunization clinic will be held in the town hall at Old Orchard Beach on Tuesday. Parents are urged to bring immunization records for their children and to arrive early for registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Past Presidents Honored At Camp Ellis Auxilliary Social
Past presidents of the Camp Ellis Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary were honored with corsages at a social and business meeting at the fire station. Plans were made for a June 7 outing at Valle's steak house and a May 10 hats parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ellis
Valle’s
Portland
Joan Boutet
Lillian Morris
Cynthia Lemay
Pineland Hospital and Training Center
Pownal
Barbara Mae Pendleton
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Alma Granger
Old Orchard Beach
Mary Pendleton
Marjorie Pendleton
Mabel Cloudman
Ruth Wormwood
Dorothy Abbott
Leona Allen
Lemay
Florence Fitch
Lida Colmer
Elsie Buzzell
Laura Robbins
Alfreda Pendleton
Lillian Gagnon
Gertrude Kelley
Laurette McAlevey
Alice Eastman
Theresa Pendleton
Aline Gregoire
Ruth Stackpole
Christine Peterson
Educational TV Aided By Grant
Cambridge Massachusetts report says a Ford Foundation grant of 225000 dollars will fund exchange of live programs between New Yorks WNDT and Bostons WGBH TV this fall. The interconnection marks a giant step toward a live educational television network linking two major intellectual centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Ford Foundation
New York
WNDT
Boston
Wgbh-Tv
WGBH
New York-Boston
United States
WENH
Durham
N. H
WCBB
Augusta
Maine
End-of-Season Clinics Set for Morning Sessions
A clinic at 9 30 AM marks the first day of sessions and the June 5 clinic will be the last before the summer season. Both gatherings fit the final schedule before summer.
Vermont Sky Pilot Is Just That
Reverend Edwin S. Redkey serves as Middlebury College chaplain and former Constellation pilot. He teaches religion and mentors the college flying club, combining aviation experience with ministry in a down to earth style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury, VI
Edwin S. Redkey
Middlebury College
College Flying Club
Redkey
University of Washington
Seattle
Navy
Officers Training Corps
Husky
Glee Club
Princeton Theological Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Danforth Foundation
Middlebury
Charles P. Scott
Scott
Cambridge
Mass
Joe Redkey
Boston Education Center Seethes With Learning Activity
In Boston more than 100000 students attend 43 institutions near the customs house. Harvard BU and MIT dominate with thousands of students and substantial scholarships and loans. Foreign enrollments and part time work illuminate the city’s educational scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washington
Wolley Segap
Boston Latin School
Harvard
Radcliffe
Ers
Corporation
Boston University
of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Technology Loan Fund
Specific Patient Care Urged By Dr Willard
Dr Harold N Willard urged a threefold approach to chronically ill patients at Biddeford Public Health April session. He advocated early treatment continuity of care and rehab programs post acute illness. He outlined Thayer hospital home care, rehab physician visits and homemaker services, and called for hospital discharge planning and community leadership across medical nursing PH groups and state entities. over 140 attendees including professional nursing delegates and guests attended with registrations and special guests from Webber hospital and PH agency board. continuous care and community leadership emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold N. Willard
Biddeford
Thayer Hospital
Daced
William B. O’sullivan
Frank Carey
Nurs
Ine
Margaret M. Murphy
Gladys Walker
Ellen O'Leary
Ann Cote
Antoinette Hawes
Leo Joncas
Norman Reilly
Wilfred Fortier
Emile Grenier
Earle Mailman
Theodore Schaffer
Nellie Murphy
Anne Gonneville
Robert Lockhart
Florence C. Hamel
Rufus A. Bernard
Joseph N. Reid
Mary Ryan
Bessie G. Conway
Eliot M. Fink
Edythe M .Marston
Ruby M. Packard
John P. Tarbox
Paul W. McIntire
Paul T. Cobb
Charles Merrill
Basil Emery
Mary Caddigan
Bertha Hill
Dorothy N. Carter
Roberta Rowe
Mary McLaughlin
Charles Gallagher
Ann Gallagher
Emily Burns
Margaret Hilton
Charles Cartier
Alfred Benoit
Richard Stickney
Beth French
Sara Gallagher
Florence Flood
Mary Jones
Dreda Gallagher
Sister Elizabeth of France
St. Marie Liberatrice
Marie Carita
St. Andre Home and Hospital
Richard Moore
Armand Metayer
Eliada Pray
Annie Mac MacEachen
Robert Hodge
Eleanor Shaw
Ruth Smith
Frances Evans
Sister Pagnuelo
Rube
Ste. Cecile
Notre Dame Hospital
Margaret Howard
Jessie M. Hincks
Gaston Boucher
Germaine Fecteau
Joseph Plamondon
Suzanne Gobeil
Pauline D. MacLeod
Hazel Flag
Clarence Kennedy
Anne Hoctor
Christine Cosgrove
Alice Gibson
Lester G. Hathaway
Richard Dutcher
Joan A. Ouellette
Leonard Burke
Edith Feeney
Blanche Ogilvie
Biddeford K of C Hosts District Session and Ladies Night
The Biddeford Knights of Columbus hosted a district meeting at Stickney Lodge with a May 19 Ladies Night event featuring a social hour turkey supper and dancing to Muriel's Orchestra. Plans were outlined for Maine Fish and Game reorganization and district activities including bowling, a breakfast in Sanford, and a Portland convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stickney Lodge
York County Fish and Game Association
Goodwins Mills
Eastern Star
Muriel
Linwood Rollins
Maine Fish and Game Association
Augusta
Osborne Hanson
Falmouth
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus
Chall
Philip Masse
Paul Leblond
Scarborough
Holy Family Church
Sanford
St. Hyacinth Church
Westbrook
Sanford Council Hall
St. Louis High School
Daniel J
Council Boy Scout Fund
Little Bowling League
Driving After Suspension Is Costly Practice
A Biddeford man, Kenneth C. Nason, 25, was fined 25 dollars by Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason in Biddeford Municipal Court for operating a motor vehicle while his license was suspended since August 3, 1961 for failure to meet state financial responsibility rules. A second charge of operating an unregistered vehicle was continued for sentence after a guilty plea. The offenses allegedly occurred on Rowe 1 in Arundel on April 22, with State Trooper Parris L. McIver as complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Gerald C.nason
Kenneth C. Nason
Water Street
Nason
Iplea
Rowe 1
Arundel
Parris L.mciver
John Hedlund
Hooper Street
Ida Thomasson
Norman Boucher
Claude Boucher
Richard A. Tarr
Main Street
Melvin W. Cook
Pool Road
Tarr
Cook
Boston and Maine
York County Women's Clubs Meet In Saco
Seventy five members from eleven clubs gathered for the York County Union of Maine Federation of Women's Clubs 34th annual meeting at Hamilton Memorial in Saco. Greetings were read by county president Mrs George S Allen and others. Rev Hammond I Peterson spoke on Bibles and scriptures, tracing history to the 1300s. Biddeford will host the 1963 federation meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Union of Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hamilton Memorial Building
Saco
George S. Allen
E and Union
William FE. Marston
Roland Dutch
District 18
Poland Spring
Applicants For Fire Department May Get Forms
Biddeford residents may obtain application forms at the city clerk’s office for biddeford Fire Department posts. Forms require birth date and place citizenship residence education occupation public service personal habits references and must be notarized. Applications will be used for commission reference if vacancies occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Commission
Binette
Also Mentioned on This Page
KSA
Marie I. Poirier
R. Day
Rochambeau Club
Homemakers Club
Journal Carriers
Donald Lariviere
Lydia Circle Reviews
Vermont
Biddeford Public Health Nursing Association
Webber Hospital Nurses Home
John Barrett
Agency
William B. O'Sullivan
Cal
Margaret Murphy
Waterville
Roger Robert
Webber and
Notre Dame Hospitals
Willard
Peter Stantis
Raymond Audie
James Throumoulos
St. Marguerite
M. Paul Aime
St. Adre Home and Hospital
Dolores Caron
William Manning
Carol Manning
Eleanor E. Mogan
Madeliene H. Davenport
Daniel L. Carey
Roland Rousselle
Andre Fortier
Biddeford K. of C
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