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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1959
Page
2
Personal notices list residents receiving treatment at Notre Dame hospital and Maine Medical Center, with names and addresses. The report mentions weddings and family travel, Navy recruitment plans, and Elks Lodge activities with names and locations in Biddeford Saco and surrounding towns.
A series of local gatherings includes the York County Republican committee meeting in South Berwick at 8 p m. Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis hosts a talk by Harold Riddle US Navy recruiter at 6 30 p m. Other events include Old Orchard Beach Band Mothers at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the high school cafeteria and York County Fish and Game Association at Stickney lodge Lyman with supper at 6 45 p m. The Past Presidents Parley of the American Legion auxiliary meets Wednesday at Valle's in Scarborough for its annual outing with Owen-Davis Parley Sco. Hawaii's civilian population is about equal to Seattle Wish spread over Connecticut and Rhode Island.
I thank my relatives and friends who visited me and those who sent cards and gifts during my hospital stay.
Funeral services for Thomas Rankin were held yesterday at 2 p m from the Dennett and Craig funeral home in Saco with Rev. David B Howe of ficiating. Burial was in Laurel Hill cemetery.
At a Kennebunk Athletic Boosters meeting held at Kennebunk High School the club voted to award a minimum $50 scholarship starting in 1930 for a boy or girl. They also approved six varsity sports jackets to be given next month and announced the annual spring athletic banquet on May 28 with co-chairmen Mrs Wesley Bridges and Mrs Joseph Burrows.
Beachwood hotel New Olympia Spot and Van s cafe received victualer licenses from the Old Orchard Beach board of selectmen last night. The board also approved Roland Pruneau to operate summer taxicabs and granted Charles Doyle permission to play accordion on Old Orchard Street during the summer season.
Members of the Biddeford Board of Education led by Superintendent Paul Larrabee and Mayor Clement Deschambault will visit the Gorham high school under construction this afternoon. The project is overseen by Rutledge Morton of Allied Engineering, Portland, who serves as consulting engineer for the proposed Biddeford High School and will outline Morton’s construction methods.
Lillian Lachance was guest of honor at an eighth birthday party hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Levis Lachance at 29 Herring Avenue Biddeford. Games were played and refreshments served with many relatives and friends in attendance including Linda Lachance Carol Lachance and Priscilla Murray among others.
The New York stock market traded unevenly in active session with fractional changes. Zenith swung between gains and losses as profits were taken in several issues including Litton, Texas Instruments, American Telephone, and U.S. Steel awaited quarterly results.
New Delhi report states Bhagat Bhim Sen carved an ivory ball containing 26 other balls inside a 42 inch sphere. He says this surpasses his 25-ball record from 1955 and a prior 24-ball Chinese record, with the project taking eight months to complete.
This afternoon cloudy but fair with increasing late clouds. Winds rise from easterly 15 to 30 mph. Tonight rain, not so cold, winds 20 to 30 mph from the east or southeast. Wednesday rain ends in the morning, then partly cloudy. Temperatures range 20s to 30s with variable winds and notable city temps listed: Caribou 26, Portland 32, Boston 41, New York 44, Miami 73, Montreal 37.
The chart lists April tides with daily morning and evening highs and lows. It shows daytime daylight times beginning on multiple days with specific A M and P M values for each tide.
A daughter named Lynn France Pickett was born April 25 at Maine Medical Center, Portland to Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. Pickett of West Falmouth. She weighed six pounds nine ounces. Grandparents are Maurice Berry of Gorham and Max Pickett of Kennebunk, with great grandmother Florence Pickett of North Berwick.
In Saco and nearby towns, Girl Scout Troop 9, Explorer Post 341, Ruth Circle, school choir, and Christian Science Society events are listed for Wednesday. Also scheduled are Adventist services, midweek revivals, Kennebunkport vestry prayers, Trinity Episcopal Holy Communion, Salvation Army programs, Sunbeams and Cadets at Old Orchard Beach, and Portland District Women’s Society gathering Thursday. Back from Lourdes: 63 handicapped children plus 29 adults arrived in Boston after a flight delay in Newfoundland, Cardinal Cushing leading the group through the rerouted journey.
West Warwick Rhode Island AP reports Norman Affleck was bitten on the right ear by a 10 inch alligator kept as an attraction in a cocktail lounge. He attempted to pet the reptile early today, and authorities note the display was kept by management.
Washington AP reports David Robbins age 10 remained in fair condition after stepping into the path of a school bus in front of Prescott Memorial School on Monday. Police say he moved from behind a parked car into the bus route. An exhibit displays a product valued at 1470 dollars at the India 1958 industrial show.
Marie Joseph Academy in Biddeford Pool announced the 1959 honor roll. Valedictorian Edna Bouchard and salutatorian Lucie Laflamme head a class led by senior honorees Claire Ann Stovall, Claire Violette, and Rose Marie Mutty. June 14 graduation.
Massachusetts House leaders dispute remarks by Rep. Murray Hendsbee of Maine after his visit. He said the session started without a gang a prayer or a gavel and that members sat on desks. Leaders cited the journal showing Acting Speaker Kiernan opened with a gavel and a prayer by Rev. George Kerr, noting the recess may have caused the perceived lack of dignity.
PORTLAND AP Mrs Hend ry Darling of Wiscassett was elected president of the Episcopal Churchwomen of Maine. Others elected at the Cathedral Church of St Luke included Mrs Harold Gould Kennebunkport and Mrs David H Cotton. Houston vice presidents Mrs Blanchard A Mills Portland Mrs Frank R Lawson Portland and Mrs Albert McMann Bath secretaries and Mrs Edward Ainsworth Yarmouth treasurer. There will be no loss of jobs because for the transfer of mail handling facilities from Union Station to the main Post Office at Portland. The Maine congressional delegation was assured of this Monday by John B DeMott regional operations director of the Post Office. The transfer of facilities was due to schedule changes by the Boston & Maine Railroad, DeMott said the Post Office building will be expanded to adapt it to increased mail handling by truck.
A spectacular early morning blaze leveled the Earl Awalt farm barn destroying logging equipment and a horse. Flames and smoke spread for miles as residents watched. Cause and total damage were not determined by officials.
Salem report notes that inflation increases burdens on county jail inmates. The Oregon House passed a bill to allow prisoners to serve fines at five dollars per day instead of two, sending the measure to the Senate for action.
Charleston authorities fear children may be handling dangerous shells from Fort Sumter unearthed by workmen. About 50 shells were found and slated for storage Monday, but they disappeared by the time crews arrived. Superintendent W. L. Luckett said 14 shells were later turned in by parents after reports of children playing with the ammunition.
Caroline B. Sherwood of 4 James Street Saco was fined 15 in Saco Municipal Court for driving without a license after her car struck a fire hydrant at Winter and Beach streets. She claimed a state permit but no license and said a licensed driver must accompany her. Estimated car damage 75 with hydrant intact. This was the day’s only case in court.
PORTLAND AP James W. MacKenzie went on trial for operating an unregistered still with intent to defraud the government of taxes. Federal agents found a one-quart still heated by a hotplate in a Eliot a work space at the ship yard.
Arthur Godfrey, the 55 year old television and radio star, arrived at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York to undergo an operation Thursday aimed at determining if a chest tumor is cancerous. He appeared smiling yet tense as he spoke to reporters.
Local 305 of Pepperell Manufacturing voted to send 250 dollars to aid Henderson mill strikers in Henderson North Carolina. The union already sent 50 dollars. The three month strike follows a contract arbitration dispute. National Guard troops are on duty. The gesture echoes aid received by Biddeford workers during the 1955 Pepperell strike.
AUGUSTA AP A plan to place a 3 percent sales tax on advertising to fund higher education scholarships received a unanimously unfavorable report from the Taxation Committee. The bill by Rep. Ronald Kellam would tax outdoor ads radio and TV and periodical ads issued at intervals of three months or less. It would create a state scholarship fund administered by the State Board of Education. Scholarships would go to first year students at Maine colleges and equal a year’s tuition at the state university.
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling condemned civil defense as "just silly" stating the United States harbors about 75,000 nuclear bombs, vastly exceeding the number needed to annihilate Earth. He spoke to about 24,000 at a Brooklyn Sane Nuclear Policy event where Rep. William H. Meyer urged citizens to study and share the issues.
Police and officials questioned the trio led by Chief Edgar Sevigny Capt. Philip Poirier and Technician George Friary. The three were booked on a larceny charge late last night with Smith released on $2,000 bail awaiting court today.
Bernard Murphy 55, accused of fatally shooting his newly divorced wife Florence Murphy 50, was found dead in woods near the family farm in Wilmot Flat New Hampshire. Officials said her son James Lorden 18 reported Murphy shot his mother. authorities speculated suicide.
Forty one Brownies attended the weekly Brownie Troop 12 meeting at the Unitarian church. Younger members made baskets while Susan Emmons spoke to the older group about the Girl Scout handshake.
The newly elected leader Elaine White of St Mary parish plans an hour of adoration before Benediction at St Mary church this Saturday during Forty Hour services. Women may participate, with registration in the church vestibule at the half hour. Mrs Albert Beaudoin and Miss Eleanor Morgan oversee the register for the Assumption and Children of Mary sodalities.
The Thursday Club will host its annual banquet at 6 30 p m at Carolyn's in Cape Elizabeth with officers' reports. New president Mrs Theodore Scheffer will be introduced as officers assume duties. Lyric players from Portland will present Sketch Book 59 along with sketches songs and dances.
Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal youths gathered for a get together at Old Orchard Beach with several adults present. Florence Johnson, vice president, led games while refreshments were provided by Mrs. Erlene Morgan, Mrs. Ella Ladd, and Rachel Johnson.
The House Appropriations Committee criticized the administration for trying to balance the budget by cutting medical research and sent a bill for 3.915 billion to fund Labor and Health Education and Welfare for the next fiscal year. It includes 547.1 million for Labor, 3.348 billion for HEW, and 19.5 million for miscellaneous agencies, surpassing Eisenhower’s request by 158.2 million. The panel condemned the NIH budget as the worst since its founding, urging continued support for medical research, especially cancer.
In Augusta the Senate moved a bill to make parents liable for willful and malicious damage by their children. Sen. Hazel Lord says owners could recover up to 250 dollars via civil action, while opponents warn of financial strain on families. Also, the Senate postponed action on exempting no spill thrill shops from the sales tax.
In Los Angeles AP reports 36 year old actress Molly Dunne attempted to kill herself by swallowing sleeping pills after emotional distress from a traumatic facial scar incident. She received emergency treatment and was described as not seriously ill by hospital authorities.
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