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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1960
Page
2
Cecil T. Stackpole of Grant Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber hospital. Charlene Johnson of Lamport Street Saco is convalescing at home after discharge from Webber hospital.
Melanie Nadeau 73 of 7 Bacon Street Biddeford dies in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born January 7 1887 in Black Lake Quebec she moved to Biddeford at 11. Survived by husband Philippe three sons Alfred Joseph Adrian and Oscar two sisters three brothers and grandchildren. Visitation Emond Funeral Home and funeral at St Andre's Church Tuesday at 9 am.
The L. H. Kendall Camp Unit of the Spanish War Veterans will meet Sunday at 2 p.m. at Biddeford City Building. The Llewellyn Powers auxiliary will also meet Sunday at 2 p.m. at the same city building. The Delta Alpha club meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Ethel Gowen’s Orchard Street home with Mrs. Elizabeth Gowen assisting.
A dense church events page lists multiple youth fellowships meeting Sunday and tomorrow across Saco Biddeford and nearby communities. Activities include MYF groups at Saco School Street Methodist and West Kennebunk, Junior High MYF, Senior High MYF, Baptist and Advent Christian youth groups, plus altar guild work at Christ Episcopal and upcoming Girl Scout and Fireside Club gatherings. Delegates to Maine convention and budget canvass planned for Biddeford Universalist parish. Second Congregational Church and Saco Second Parish prepare for Association Rally activities. A School Street Methodist church program, a special worship service, and a children's Day program at 6 pm are noted.
Funeral services for William J Libby of Route 1-A Arundel were held yesterday at 2 p m from Shumway funeral home 35 Spring Street Saco. Rev Stanley A Bennett pastor of the Saco United Baptist officiated. Burial was in the family lot in South Gorham cemetery.
A clipped AP brief from Lynwood California notes that not even a trading stamp could remain. The item reflects a small, everyday inconvenience in a suburban setting.
Jeannette Roberge Ward has been received by relatives in Biddeford of the sudden death Thursday of Mrs Jeanette Menard Roberge at Lacadie P Quebec Canada. She was born in Biddeford daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Menard and resided here for a number of years. Louis Roberge three sons Louis Joseph Canada Jean Guy England and Ivan Canada two daughters Mrs Louise Ryan Ontario Canada and Miss Francoise Roberge Lacadie P Quebec one sister Mrs Edmund Millet Biddeford two brothers Ivan Menard Biddeford and Joseph Menard Montreal Canada also several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements are in complete.
Funeral services were held for Philippe J. Ruel 68 at St. Joseph church with Msgr. Elie Hevey celebrating a Solemn Requiem High Mass. Deacons and sub-deacon were Rev. Marc Franck and Rev. Sylvia Levesque, choir and organ provided. Bearers included Albert Ouellette Louis Leroux and others. burial followed in St. Joseph cemetery. Out of town attendees came from Sherbrooke Quebec, Springvale Middlesex and Windsor Conn.
Funeral rites for Adelard Belair of Hills Beach were held at St. Andre church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Aime Giguere officiating a high Mass of requiem. Pallbearers included Norman Du Bois Raymond Belair and others. Interment followed at St Joseph cemetery with prayers at the grave by Rev. Gerard Parent. Out of town relatives listed from Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts and Manchester New Hampshire attended.
A letter arrived at the water department on Friday with an empty envelope inside. The department noted the envelope was empty, while a four cent trading stamp inside appeared cancelled as if it were a real postage stamp.
Cloudy conditions in Portland with showers expected tonight and again on Sunday. Temperature holds steady with little change for Sunday, April tides listed with time markers and high and low readings across the day.
Sixth grade pupils at C. K. Burns School Room 16 Saco directed by Miss Nancy Tarbox showcased a combined science and math exhibit. Visitors included parents and school officials while students demonstrated arithmetic gadgets, math blocks, diagrams, and science gadgets such as electromagnetic cranes and wind gauges.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ernestine Marchand of 17 Dupont Ave Biddeford were held at St Joseph Church at 9 30 this morning a solemn high Mass of requiem celebrated by Rev Sylvia Levesque with deacon Rev Norman Carrier and sub deacon Rev Marc Franck. Bearers were Antonio Marchand Fred Lapierre Roland Lapierre Robert Goudreau Oscar Goudreau and Paul F Chabot with honorary bearers from Ste Anne Sodality including Mrs Regina Gaulin and others.
Forty members of the Thornton Academy FHA travel from Saco to Augusta Armory for the state FHA conclave. Allegra Bunson seeks a state office while Sharon Anderson will perform a piano solo. U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith will speak. a noon luncheon is planned.
Welcome to Mr and Mrs Gerald R Finley of North Branford Conn a daughter Elizabeth Jean seven pounds eight ounces Betty McDowell former daughter of Edwin T McDowell Elm Street Biddeford noted as late manager of the Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Water Co For Mr and Mrs Florian Pare Jr Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts a daughter weighing six pounds five ounces born April 25 at Westover AFB Hospital Mrs Pare formerly Doris Gendron of Saco Grandparents Mr and Mrs Philips Gendron of Saco paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Florian Pare Sr Lewiston Great grandparents Mr and Mrs Flavien Cabana of Saco and Mr and Mrs George E Gendron of Biddeford.
Dignitaries gathered for ceremonial rites as a long guest list includes Rt Rev Msgr Sennett Bishop Feeney Rt Rev Msgr Johnson Rt Rev Msgr O Leary Rev Tatarczuk Msgr Giguere Msgr Hevey Msgr Martin and many pastors and religious leaders from Portland Lewiston Biddeford Saco Sanford North Windham Alfred Springvale and other Maine communities. The roster also lists Gov John Reed and local officials among attendees.
The Maine Mineralogical and Geologic Society banquet was held at the Columbia hotel in Portland with Miss Jessie Beach as toast mistress and Prof. Robert Miller of Gorham State Teachers College as guest speaker on Zoning Characteristics of the Pegmatites. The program noted that the society began in 1927 with 20 men and later expanded to include women and junior members. A letter from President Mrs. Ruth Wentworth, ill since August, was read, and several members reported illness or convalescence. The event featured mineral displays and a plan for future meetings and trips, with next gathering May 27 at Beach Museum and an unscheduled mineral trip May 15. Several local attendees from Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Pine Point, and Dunstan were listed.
Ellsworth H. Brown Jr. of Kennebunk was charged with operating a motor vehicle with inadequate brakes. The case was continued until Monday by Judge Simon Spill in Biddeford Municipal Court. Brown pleaded not guilty and was released on 100 dollars personal recognizance.
The document lists a long roster of religious congregations associated with Biddeford and Saco areas including the Presentation of Mary Sisters Stella Maris School Biddeford Notre Dame Hospital St Andre Parish and multiple related orders and houses such as the Good Shepherd Sisters Sisters of Mercy and Les Petites Franciscaines de Marie with locations in Biddeford Saco and Auburn. It names institutions like Notre Dame Hospital and St. Joseph Parish among others and references affiliated entities in surrounding towns.
Pauline Toutant and Alfred Tourigny married this morning at St. Andre church in Biddeford in a double ring ceremony led by Msgr. Aime Giguere. The couple, both of Biddeford, will reside at 217 Main Street after a Boston wedding trip.
The State Highway commission grants Saco $9 701.53 for road work in 1960 City Clerk Clifford Purvis announced. Of this total $4 641 53 funds go to town road improvements and $5 060 in state aid construction funds. The $5 060 requires a city match and will likely fund the York hill road project while town funds cover outlying city roads.
Mrs O Royal Sharkey presided over St Marys Assumption sodality at the parish hall where Lenten mite boxes yielded a sizable parish furnace fund. She thanked officers and consultors for their service as refreshments were served by Mrs Alfred Benoit and Mrs Charles Cartier.
Infantry with fixed bayonets moved onto the university campus after students resisted martial law regulations. Soldiers entered through the main gate and forced protesters into army trucks as legal actions loomed for disobedience and resisting police.
A spectacular general alarm fire in Portland caused an estimated loss of 25 000 to 35 000 to a former city stable used for storage by the sewerage department. Eight people were evacuated from a nearby apartment building that was threatened but not damaged.
Biddeford prepares for a nationwide three day Civil Defense alert with Alden Jacobs announcing plans for schools industry and hospitals. Frank Peck and Harry Gowen will run the command post as traffic is halted and citizens are urged to take cover.
Robert Crowley of St Marys School Biddeford won the York County spelling crown at Biddeford High School in front of 20 champions. He will advance to the state championship after correctly spelling perish able and knavish.
Saco police investigate a theft at the home of Mrs. Peter LePage 18 Lincoln Street Saco. Cash totaling 55 dollars was taken from a cedar chest in the bedroom along with loose change from a dresser. The case is under investigation.
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