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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1964
Page
3
Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 p m The Study Group of the United Church of Christ Biddeford Congregational will be held tonight at 7 30 at the home of Mrs Alfred T Wilcox Saco
Wells School System Superintendent Robert W. Johnson announced contracts for vocal and instrumental music for the 1965-66 year. Judith K. Brazier, a Sanford native, will teach vocal music three days a week in Wells and 17 days at North Berwick, with a B.S. from Gorham State Teachers College in 1962 and prior teaching at Lewiston and Windham schools. Raymond Spencer, a Sanford High School graduate with dual state certification, will be Wells’ full-time instrumental music instructor, bringing four years’ experience at Rochester New Hampshire and four years at Portland, plus private lessons and drum corps work, and most recently taught at Lebanon Elementary School.
The Women'S Variety Club moved the banquet to May 30 after a meeting at Mrs. Tresa Lariviere's Biddeford home. Secretary Mrs. Joan Bouthillettee announced husbands may attend. Isabelle Desrosiers won a food basket. refresh ments were served to several members and a guest, Miss Ann Bouthillette. The next meeting date was not set.
Members of Biddeford Explorer Post 305 held a bowling party at Roll-A-Way Lanes Elm Street Biddeford. Attendees included Dennis Bishop Russell Hooper Raymond Labbe Richard Martel Norman Elie Bruce Nunan Patrick Pierce Donald Pierce and guest Michael Pierce. They produced booklets for the junior leader training course and announced an open meeting at Mason Street Scout Hall Biddeford at 7 p.m. May 6 for boys 14 to 18 to join.
The Biddeford High School Future Teachers of America chapter announced a food sale to benefit a scholarship fund. The event is scheduled for May 8 and 9 at Sampson's Supermarket and the W. T. Grant store. Workers include Agatha Patane Francis Barrett Christine Brackett Diane Couture Florence Mantis Jacqueline Carp Sandra Gosselin Theresa LeMay Patricia Griffin Carolyn Scott Margaret Oliver Cynthia Nicholson and Susan Nelson. The meeting also covered meeting procedures and ordering pins for next year. Posters will be prepared to promote the sale.
The University of Denver hockey team posted a 10 win, 2 loss, 1 tie start for the 1949-50 season. The Canadian team has not won since their two decisive 17-0 and 9-1 victories in the inaugural series, leaving Denver ahead.
Sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses of Notre Dame Hospital for their kind care and to relatives and friends for flowers cards and gifts during my recent illness. Mrs Pauline Huot. We thank relatives friends and neighbors who sent flowers cards furnished cars and sympathized during our bereavement in the death of Mrs Alice Neault The Neault Family
Word of the death of Mrs. Albert Nims formerly Viola Libby of Saco was received by Mrs. Cora Jones of Old Orchard Beach this morning. Survivors include several Saco Old Orchard Beach residents with funeral arrangements not yet announced. committal services expected at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Janson of 20 King St Biddeford were held at 9 from St. Andre's Church. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rt Rev Msgr Aime Giguere with a large turnout from St. Andre's and nearby communities. Burial followed in St. Joseph's Cemetery after committal prayers by Father Nicknair. Out-of-town relatives attended from Riviere du Loup Augusta Brooklyn N Y Gloucester Mass and Waterville.
Biddeford firefighters, led by Fire Chief Arthur King, are cleaning and washing the fire station interiors that were neglected last year.
Robert W. Roffler of Kennebunkport was named state publicity chairman for the Draft Lodge Committee and York County chairman. John M. Kimball of Portland was named Cumberland County chairman. State Chairman Douglas Hague of Gorham appointed Sidney W. Thaxter of Portland as his assistant.
New York AP reports a mild market correction with many leading issues slipping while a few names rise. Texas Gulf Sulphur rebounded to a small gain after early losses, Curtis Publishing and General Motors edged higher, but industrials, steels, oils, rails, chemicals, tobaccos and drugs trended down.
Maine Republican Rep. Clif ford G. McIntire will be honored with a birthday party Monday organized by colleagues including Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and Sen. Margaret Chase Smith. The event supports McIntire's Senate campaign against Edmunds and Muskie.
This afternoon in Portland will be mostly sunny and mild with highs in the 60s inland and 50s along the coast in Zone A. Light variable winds, onshore breezes near the coast. Tonight low clouds possible in Zone A with fog, otherwise fair. Lows in the low to mid 30s, winds light and variable. Friday looks fair and mild.
Tide data shows April daylight saving times with high tides at 1:56 and 8:17 A M and 2:31 and 8:22 P M. May entries list additional tide readings at 12:34 and 3:13 A M and 3:59 and 9:41 P M with R 57 and 9 48 slotted.
A U.S. Army Engineering Corps representative in Waltham Mass meets Biddeford and Saco erosion committee members at Biddeford City Hall. May 14 public hearing planned with mayors Willie Pomerleau and J Edward Whelan, plus Sea and Shore Fisheries’ George Taylor. Committee stresses need for safe harbor, dredging, docking facilities, and reduced navigation hazards to boost commerce and fishing.
Firefighters lay a booster line to control a large woods fire along the Biddeford Arundel line near Kennebunk Road behind Biddeford Transmission Co. A substantial area already burned as of press time.
Filene Fulton, the busiest actress of the season, appears on Broadway, off Broadway, in a television serial, and in a downtown musical. She has spent over a year with the matinee company of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and recently tackled the only distaff role in The Fantasticks. Fulton is also a regular on CBS soap As the World Turns, enabling timely curtain.
The former Mayor of Bideford England will visit Biddeford Maine during Ladies Night at the Wonder Bar on May 13. Mrs Mariel Cox will renew the long standing link between Bideford Devon England and its Maine sister city. She sails April 21 carrying a letter from Bideford’s mayor to Biddeford’s mayor. The visit includes New York and Washington and lasts about three weeks.
Biddeford High School history classes welcomed Biddeford city clerk Paul Deshaies for a wide ranging talk on school construction, sewer projects, traffic, city finances, urban renewal, and county government. He stressed independence of his views from the city administration and touched on an airport, parks, and future athletic facilities.
The Women’s Educational and Industrial Union plans its final meeting and luncheon of the season at Hamilton Memorial Hall Beach Street Saco on Friday May 8 at 130 p.m. Reports from officers and chairmen will be given and a short musical program directed by Mrs Eugene Hill the pianist. President Mrs Ellen Authier will conduct the business session.
Saco police investigate a break in at Patricia Cote’s home on Lincoln Street with $900 to $1,000 stolen. Entry appeared made by prying the door while drawers were disturbed. other kitchen money was untouched. Police check neighbors and follow leads tied to familiar patterns.
Firefighters battled a woods fire behind Greta's Lunch Stand on Portland Road hampered by limited access. Wind pushed flames toward the Maine Turnpike as crews used Indian tanks and boosters to gain control. Earlier alarms at Allied Hampshire Co. and a grass fire on McNott Lane drew units. weather shifts and water pressure changes influenced efforts.
Wells teachers and the Wells School Committee held a joint session last night to resolve alleged differences. The meeting began at 8:15 p m and recessed at 12:15 a m, to resume Friday at 7:30 p m with hopes of final progress and local resolution. A joint statement cited substantial progress and promised full reporting after the final talks. The dispute arose after a grievances list was sent to the Maine Teachers Association, with calls for local handling.
State Police Lt. Millard E. Nickerson told Kiwanians that organized crime has cash and seeks legitimate investments. He warned Maine residents to be vigilant about whom they do business with to avoid criminal finance, noting Maine is no stranger to prominent mobsters but did not name individuals.
Miss Reinette Belair of 3 Green Acre Road celebrated her ninth birthday as guest of honor at a party in Old Orchard Beach. Games, prizes, and a Twist cake highlighted the event with relatives and friends from Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford in attendance.
Washington AP The consumer price index rose one tenth of a percent in March as prices climbed for housing medical care transportation and most items while food costs fell The CPI reached 107.7 meaning it costs 10.77 in the 1957 59 base The Labor Department spokesman Deputy Commissioner Robert J Myers of the Bureau of Labor Statistics said April could see more gains but there is no serious inflation and overall prices remained stable amid a business upturn.
Five cubs were inducted at Pack 310 meeting at AMVETS Home, Saco. Inductees: David Dionne, Daniel Clegg, Lawrence Yerxa, Lawrence Labbe, Edward Gallagher. Den 2 opened. Den 9 performed a Cub Scout Naturalists skit. Awards: John Ange, lion badge. Mrs. Robert Knox, two year pin as den mother. Lester Murphy, service star, bear badge, and gold arrow under bear. Richard Trip, service star, gold arrow under lion, and David Dawn, Stanley Knox, Donald Allen. Jeffrey Waters, service stars. Bear badges went to Alan Seanard, Donald Leslie, Jay Nathanson, Robert Warner, William Jordan. Wolf badges to Peter Truman, David Harriman, Peter Sutherland, Carl Beety, William Jordan. Jay Nathanson: service star and gold arrow under bear. Peter Truman: gold arrow under wolf. Robert Wane: gold arrow and two silver arrows under bear. Gregory Rompey: gold arrow under wolf. Thomas Lauzon: silver arrow under wolf. William Jordan: gold arrow under wolf. Richard Lamontagne: gold arrow and six silver arrows under wolf. Next pack meeting May 26 at 7 p.m. Committee meets May 18 at 7 p.m., den mothers and cubmaster meet May 18 at 7 p.m. Closing by Den 10 under Mrs. Lafortune.
Lt Frank T Kimball of the WSAF has finished an Armed Forces educational speech course. He is a 1957 Kennebunk High School graduate who studied at Drexel Institute Philadelphia and trained at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. He is married to Denise Sdomento of Minot North Dakota and lives at Joei Coye Court Minot.
In Saco Municipal Court, Lester White, 39, of 10 Free St., Saco, received a 60 day suspended jail sentence and one year probation after pleading guilty to assault and battery on his wife Muriel at their home. Also, Richard A. Rouselle, 19, of 26 Eden Lane, Old Orchard Beach, pleaded guilty to running a red light at Elm and Temple, paying a $10 fine.
A fragment recounts a series of maneuvers near Vandalia Ohio on September 15 and other sightings including four pink wheels fading over New Jersey, an explosion over St Gal en Switzerland, flashes near Warren ville Illinois, and a woman who reported UFO sightings being deemed to have eye spots.
Graduation exercises for second year students in the University of Maine two year agricultural course will be held Saturday on the campus. Included in the group is Michael C. Taylor of Kennebunk whose specialization area is mechanized farming.
James Marlow notes at the U S Chamber of Commerce meeting that about 90 percent of businessmen favor increased nonstrategic trade with Russia and European satellites. Some support dealings with Red China North Korea and North Viet Nam, arguing allies will benefit if the U S limits itself.
Biddeford Boy Scout Troop 309 and Explorer Post 309 prepared plans for a Parents Night program sponsored by Biddeford Council Knights of Columbus. The event Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Biddeford K of C Hall on Washington Street will include the Explorer Post receiving its charter and awards, with individual Boy Scout awards presented. Any interested person may attend.
Over 5 000 students from multiple schools participate in a grand finale at Biddeford High School gym Saturday at 8 pm. Raymond Kenneally, superintendent of schools, serves as general chairman with Marcel Drapeau as music advisor, overseeing performances by Field Allen Cape Elizabeth Livermore Falls Gorham Old Orchard Beach St Louis Marie Joseph Biddeford and more.
Fire crews were called at 7 30 PM to a brush fire on land owned by Charles Davis along Ross Road. Two men managed to extinguish the fire within 150 minutes.
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