Community notices list local residents and visitors
Mrs. Charlies Merrill remains at her Graham street home after surgery at Webber hospital. Atty Edward Caron of South street is reported improved at Notre Dame hospital. Armand R. Bellefeuille of 45 Union street Biddeford has entered Beane Nursing home Saco as a patient. Alderman Alecide Deschambeault of Saco is convalescing at home after medical treatment at Webber hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Towle of 23 Union street Biddeford have returned from a vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hebert were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tellier in Biddeford. Airman First Class Dwight Farnham of Minot ND has been visiting his mother at 62 Beach street Saco and leaves for England for three years. Miss Jeanne Pimpare, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Pimre, Biddeford, returns to Washington DC to resume duties with the Bureau of Investigation after a two week vacation. A special meeting of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley post American Legion is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Elm street home. Commander Farley will have committees present. Briddeford Saco lodge of Elks meets Thursday at Elks home on Portland road Saco at 8 p m to plan field day on Sept 17 and a lobster festival to benefit the Elks softball team. Supper at 6 50 precedes business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Merrill
Graham Street
Webber Hospital
Atty
Edward Caron
South Street
Notre Dame Hospital
Armand R. Bellefeuille
Union Street
Biddeford
Beane
Nott Street
Saco
Alecide Deschambeault
Pleasant Street
Earle Towle
Wentydearn
Newcastle
Ralph Johnson
Gerald Hebert
Winsor Locks
Conn
Romeo Pimre
Alfred Street
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Investigation
Tighe- Beaudoin-Farley Post
American Legion
Elm Street
Farley
Briddeford-Saco
Pave Owe
Keith
Gary
Sidney Staples
Charles Shannon
Helen Atkinson
Ethel Rodgers
Ernest Morrill
George Goodchild
Mary Foley
North Street
Daniel Davis
Lawrence Cranshaw
Goodale Avenue
Charles Towle
Foley Avenue
Former Bath mayor Arthur Sewall dies at 74
Arthur Sewall, former mayor of Bath and brother of ex-Gov Sumner Sewall, dies at 74 in a Boston hospital. He headed Bath National Bank, following a family line, and was named after his grandfather the 1896 Democratic vice presidential candidate. He leaves widow Laura, son William D Sewall of Bellevue Washington, daughter Mrs Louis H Hyde of Winchester Virginia, a brother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Bath National Bank
Boston
Sewall
Laura
William D
Bellevue
Wash
Louis H. Hyde
Winchester
Legion Auxiliary Unit to Meet Tomorrow in Biddeford
The Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will hold a meeting tomorrow night at 8 o clock. The gathering will take place at the Legion home on Elm Street in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford
Midweek Christian services and church events listed
The Christian Science society Hamilton Memorial at 42 Beach Street Saco plans a 7 45 PM Wednesday service. The reading room opens Thursday 2 to 4 PM. Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills choir rehearses 6 30 PM and prayer meeting 8 PM Wednesday. Advent Christian Kennebunk Lower Village hosts 7 30 PM Wednesday prayer meeting. Full Gospel Wells Route 9A off Route 109 holds mid week service 7 20 PM Wednesday. Kennebunkport Advent Christian holds prayer hour 7 30 PM Wednesday. Village Baptist vestry hosts prayer and Bible study hour. Kennebunkport Wednesday 7 50 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Full Gospel
Wells
Kennebunkport
Franciscan Priest To Present Concert At Portland City Hall
Rev. Hilary M. Tardif OFM DM of Montreal Franciscan monastery will give an organ recital at Portland City Hall auditorium Thursday at 8 15 pm. The program spans Baroque and 19th century works then contemporary French and American pieces and includes some of his own compositions. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilary M. Tardif
OFM
Montreal
St. Francis College
Iddeford
Portland City Hall
Father Tardiff
The
Father Tardif
Plante Comments on ETV and House Action Debate
Plante cited that solutions do not lie in a Republican caucus or elite conferences. He referenced Sebago Republican Vinal Good who proposed polling the House by telephone to gauge support before a special session. The PUC’s Casco Bay decision is expected daily as Casco Bay Lines must show cause to repair wharves or face state takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Vinal Good
Sebago
House
PUC
Casco Bay
Associated Press
New Livermore Falls Post Office Planned on Main Street
The White House told Senator Edmund Muskie that Livermore Falls Maine will get a new post office on Main Street. The facility will cover 17 67 square feet and serve the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Washington
White House
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Livermore Falls
Main Street
Nadeau Mrs Alida F 62 Dies in Biddeford
Alida F Nadeau 62 died at a Portland hospital after a long illness. She lived at 9 Pine Street Biddeford and formerly worked for Pepperell Manufacturing. Born August 14 1898 in Biddeford she was the daughter of Joseph and Pamela Faucher. Surviving are two sons Lionel and Roger and a daughter Irene all of Biddeford, two brothers Edward and Alphonse, three sisters Noella Poissant Adrienne Gagne Imelda Charland of Biddeford and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday at 845 am from St Joseph church with a solemn high requiem mass. Friends may call tomorrow from 2 to 10 pm at Sansoucy funeral home Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alida F. Nadeau
Portland
Pine Street
Biddeford
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Joseph and
Pamela (Giroux) Faucher
Old Orchard Beach
Lionel
Roger Nadeau
Irene Nadeau
Edward
Alphonse Faucher
Noella Poissant
Adrienne Gagne
Imelda Charland
St. Joseph Church
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone Street
Edward Norton Funeral Held for Governor's Secretary Husband
Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Edward W Norton husband of Gov Reed's secretary. He died in Miles Memorial Hospital at the age of 46 Monday. Besides his widow he leaves a son and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Norton
Gov. Reed
Miles Memorial Hospital
Cuban Prisoner Representatives Return To Cells
Eight Cubans who sought ransom for 1200 fellow inmates returned to a Havana jail after a visit to Miami. They traveled with four delegates from the Cuban exile tractor committee aiming to persuade Fidel Castro to free prisoners gradually as tractors become available. Two negotiating team members stayed in the United States seeking asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Unitedates
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Detroit
Mich
Castro
Stock Market Mixed Gains Lead Dow Higher At Noon
New York trading shows a mixed session with the Dow Jones industrial average up 0.94 to 706.31, surpassing the prior record close. U. S. Steel and Goodyear show modest movements as Chrysler and Ford push the pace. chemical names like Eastman Kodak and DuPont rally around a point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Motors
Chrysler
Ford
U. S. Steel
Goodyear
Union Carbide
DuPont
Chemical
Eastman Kodak
Goodrich
Woodworth
General Dynamics
Consolidated Edison
C&o
United Air Lines
Lorillard
American Stock Exchange
U. S
Pilot Rescues: Two In Maine Pond
A Massachusetts woman and a child clung to an overturned boat on Carr Pond. Forest Service pilot Charles Robinson responded to a radio call, flew 13 miles to the scene, pulled the two from the water, and brought them to shore in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Forestry Service
Massachusetts
Charles Robinson
Carr Pond
Robinson
Richard Fuller
Weather Outlook for Portland and Region
This afternoon mostly sunny and mild in Portland with 5 to 15 mph northeast winds. Tonight will be clear and very cool with light variable winds. Wednesday remains fair with little temperature change. Zone 1 highs 70 to 75 and 45 to 50. overnight lows include Caribou 41 Eastport 49 Greenville 37 Old Town 40 Rumford 44 Portland 57 Mt Washington 36 Concord 61 Halifax 54 Montreal 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
Track Meet Staged At Old Orchard Beach
A mid season track meet was held at Happy Day camp Old Orchard Beach. Winners included Larry Green Richard Gillis and Mike Cleary across events with times from 9 to 25 seconds and relays between Harvard Yale and Army Navy teams. Numerous divisions and results listed with several cancellations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Day Camp
Old Orchard Beach
Mike Cleary
Richard Gillis
Larry Green
James Houle
James Souza
Richard Dow
Channing Migner
Bernard Poirier
John Tarbox
John Throumoulos
Richard Spill
Bernard Berlin
Joe Warren
James Williams
Stanley Karlin
Souza
Frank Goodwin
Joan Throumoulos
Harvard
Yale
Army
Navy
Channing Mignet
James Soua
Ricky Cooper
Saul Green
Andy Fitanides
Chargers
Chaning Migner
Richard — Ood Pumas
WW I Vets Urged To Write Solons
World War I veterans and Auxiliary members are urged by national officials to contact their congressman by letter. They seek favorable action on HR 3745 and HR 4611, to be reported out of the Veterans Affairs committee this session. Letters must reach Congress by August 5, with local contacts Senators Edmund Muskie and Margaret Chase Smith and Congressman Peter A Garland named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Affairs Committee
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Margaret Chase Smith
Peter A. Garland
Traffic Warnings Painted On Streets In Biddeford
Crews painting crosswalks curbs and special parking areas in Biddeford have laid down pavement warnings near schools and playgrounds. Slow markings appear at South Street Jefferson intersections and one Jefferson South entry, with Stop warnings at the Crescent Street approach and the other Jefferson South entry. Stop signs already exist at the two Crescent and Jefferson South approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
South Street
Jefferson
Jefferson Street
South
Crescent Street
Jobless Claims Fall At Biddeford Maine Office
Jobless pay claims continued to drop at the Biddeford office of the Maine Employment Security Commission. Last week 826 claims were filed, 13 fewer than the prior week, with the year-ago total at 591. The current figure includes 55 people still receiving benefits from the 13 week extension approved by Congress last spring. Francis M. Coughlin, office manager, said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine Employment Security Commission
Congress
Francis M. Coughlin
Saco Boys Gary and Keith Build Local Lawn Care Venture
Gary and Keith, two neighbors from Saco, started a lawn care business this summer after Gary mentored Keith. They gained customers on North Street and Foley Avenue and even share a client, Frank Patten. The pair run teamwork driven operations, wash a public pool for neighborhood kids, and balance business with school and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Patten
Gary
Keith
Larry Huot
Foley Avenue
Quiet Day in Biddeford City Services
Biddeford reports an unusually quiet day with no traffic incidents or major complaints. Police noted no accidents arrests or municipal court sessions. Central fire stations logged no calls for fires or ambulance emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Pathologists Seek Cause Of Miller Death In Plague Probe
Harvard pathologists in Cambridge hunt to determine if Belmont man Dr. John P. Miller died from bubonic plague or a severe streptococcus infection. Miller, who headed a geological survey team, fell ill in Santa Fe and died Saturday at Mount Auburn Hospital. Public Health Commissioner Alfred Frechette noted a strong possibility of plague exposure during the water resources council visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
Belmont
Southwest
John P. Miller
Santa Fe
N.M
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge
Alfred Frechette
Miller
Mechanic Held On Suspicion Of Murder In Boston
Albert M. Fayles, 24, an unemployed mechanic, was booked on suspicion of murdering Kathleen S. Olsen, 18, whose body was found in Breed's Hill woods East Boston. Fayles admitted strangling her after a July 23 drive-in date and led police to the body. Olsen, a secretary at the Statler Hilton Hotel, trained to be an airline stewardess. Medical examiner sent organs to Harvard for analysis after autopsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Albert M. Fayles
Kathleen S. Olsen
Breed’s Hill
John J. Donovan
Fayles
Donovan
Miss Olsen
Grady Ct
Statler Hilton
Michael A. Luongo
Suffolk County
Harvard School of Legal Medicine
40 And 8 Members At Pine Tree Camp
Members of Charles E. Perry Voiture York County 40 and 8 and Voiture 1399 Kennebec County visit Pine Tree camp for crippled children at North Pond Rome. Entertainment and refreshments were included for the day. Attending were Dollard Roy Kennebunk present chef de gare and family Ernest Allaire Old Orchard Beach a voyageur Nathan Ford Old Orchard Beach past chef de gare and family Milton Vigne Robert Bickford Harold Lewis all past chefs de gares and Carl Rowe and Peter Colby voyageurs all from Kittery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Perry
York County
Voiture
Kennebec County
Pine Tree
North Pond
Rome
Dollard Roy
Kennebunk
Chef de Gare
Ernest Allaire
Old Orchard Beach
Nathan Ford
Milton Vi
Portland Gets Marine Firm Portlands Move Explored
The Danforth White division of Eastern company in Naugatuck Conn said it will move nautical instrument manufacturing from Boston to Portland. Robert D. Ogg, managing director, said the move will employ 40 to 50 people with expansion tied to sales and diversification. The firm will lease 13 000 square feet on Anderson street in a building owned by General Electric. The Danforth White division emerged from a proposed merger between Danforth Anchors and Wilfred O White and Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Danforth White
Eastern
Naugatuck
Conn
Boston
Robert D. Ogg
Ogg
Anderson Street
Auilding
General Electric Company
Danforth-White
Danforth Anchors
Wilfred O. White and Sons, Inc
California Air Guard to be called to active duty
Brig. Gen. Robert D. Campbell said the 146th Air National Guard Transport Wing based in Van Nuys will be activated this week. It will be reinforced by planes from the 138th Air Transport Squadron in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as part of Kennedy authority measures. Only Reps Bruce Alger and Eugene Siler opposed the resolution. An appropriation to fund the expanded forces will come later, totaling 3.4546 billion dollars including 207.6 million to start a civil defense shelter program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Robert D. Campbell
146Th Air National Guard Transport Wing
van Nuys
Calif
138Th Air Transport Squadron
Tulsa
Okla
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Eugene Siler
R-Ky
Kennedy
Kennedy cancels news conference this week
President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week. He previously met reporters in Washington on July 19, according to aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Local Parishes Represented At Workshop
Representatives from four local parishes attended a York district MCCW workshop in Kittery with James Dineen as discussion leader. Plans were outlined for late summer and early winter programs. host units and speakers to be announced. 25 York County representatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Maine
St. Mary
Biddeford
Seidel
Albert Colpitts
St. Mary Sodality Council
Elaine White
Oscar Perrault
Madeliene Davenport
St. Joseph Parish
George Simard
Armand
Two Men In Orbit Seen As Next Soviet Try
Moscow reports indicate unofficial sources expect a second Soviet two manned space flight to orbit Earth soon possibly within a week to ten days. No official confirmation. It hints at a two man crew to maximize propaganda impact and possible use of a stronger booster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin
America
Britain Opens Talks on Common Market Membership
Common Denmark announced it would apply for membership while Austria Sweden Norway and Switzerland voiced positions on a wider European bloc. Britain faces questions from Commonwealth partners who fear loss of preferred access as Macmillan seeks terms protecting trading interests. The Commons starts a two day debate on negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Austria
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Fritz Wahlen
EFTA
Portugal
Macmillan
Britain
Robert G. Menzies
New Zealand
Keith J. Holyoake
House of Commons
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Union of the Common Market
United States
Soviet Union
Hemingway Death Certificate Leaves Crucial Question Open
KETCHUM Idaho AP The death certificate for Ernest Hemingway remains inconclusive as coroner Ray Mc Goldrick left the space marking whether the death was accidental or self-inflicted blank. The body was found July 2 at his hunting lodge foyer. The medical section lists death as a personal safety related gunshot wound in the head, with no determination of accident or homicide. The coroner noted Idaho law requires precise classification when violence is involved, but said no one would likely challenge his handling. He also said Hemingway had no life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchum
Idaho
Ernest Hemingway
Blaine County
Ray McGoldrick
Hemingway
Ketchum Hunting Lodge
McGoldrick
Associated Press
Bay Staters sue race track for nonpayment
William P. Scopa of Everett Massachusetts filed a federal suit seeking 21888.10 claiming a Pic-Six pool at Rockingham Park in Salem paid to one winner. He bought a 2 ticket July 15 and alleges a worker marked the winners then disappeared with the ticket for 12 hours before payment was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.H
Illiam P. Scopa
Everett
Mass
Rockingham Park
Trac
Scopa
U.S
Salem Track
Rickover Hospitalized After Heart Attack
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of atomic propulsion, was hospitalized in Bethesda Maryland after a mild heart attack last Tuesday. Navy officials said he is sitting up and in excellent condition with no surgery performed. Rickover, 61, has devoted years to advancing nuclear submarines and atomic power plants for ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Rickover
Beach Taxpayers Collect Discounts at Old Orchard Beach
Town Manager Percival H. Wardwell said approximately 83000 in real and personal taxes were collected yesterday as residents took the one percent discount before the August 1 deadline. He noted taxes paid today stay within the discount period and full bills due tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Percival H. Wardwell
Wardwell
Senate Passes Money Bill For Trip To Moon
The Senate approved a $549 million boost for U S moon mission aims to land a three man team by 1970, part of a $9.10 billion independent offices appropriation moving to House-Senate conference. Proxmire proposed amendments to reduce totals, while other work continued on a $5.16 billion Welfare and Labor bill amid defense and health fund trims debated by Sen Prescott Bush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
U.S
House-Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Kennedy
Welfare and
Labor Departments
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
East Hit Hard By Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms
The Associated Press reports storms from New England to Colorado brought flash floods and river rises. NYC rush hour deluges flooded tunnels and stalled rail service. 5000 homes lost power in Brooklyn and Queens. Flooding hit Johnstown Pennsylvania and Haysi Virginia. deaths occurred in Delta Colorado. Rain totals reached eight inches in Alpha Iowa and nearly seven in Hawkeye Iowa. Cool air cooled the Northeast as hot south temps persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New England
Colorado
New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Queens
Johnstown
Virginia Mountains
Haysi
Delta
Alpha
Iowa
Hawkeye
Omaha Neb
Nantucket
Mass
Upper
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Valley
Southland
Portland Youth Placed On Probation For Vehicle Violations
A South Portland youth, Alfred D. Vigne aged 19, received a suspended indefinite term to the Men's Reformatory at South Windham and two years probation in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice Court for operating an unregistered vehicle and while suspended. Beach police were complainants and Wesley M. Mewer presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Portland
South Windham
Old Orchard Beach
Alfred D. Vigne
Iquily
Wesley M. Mewer
Beach
Ammonia Fumes Prompt Large Evacuations in Peoria Quake Raid
Creve Coeur police said the coupling had been repaired and two more ammonia fumes were escaping. The fumes could be deadly if inhaled in great quantities. Hundreds of evacuees crowded the Bradley University fuel house in the north central Illinois city of about 102,000. Others went into several big school gymnasiums and the nearby mess hall of the Hannah City radar base, waiting for the air to clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace One
Creve Coeur
Bradley University
Ilinois
Hannah City
Wai
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Plante
Maine Pond
Old Orchard
Jay Nathanson
Peter Throumoulos
Eric Berger
Raymond Palmer
Gary Latno
David Golzbein
Paul Korabkin
Michael Zaitlin
Aro
Lance Service
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
City Hall
Solons
Saco Boys
Pine Tree Camp
Bay Stater Sues Race Track
East
Dennett & Craig, Inc
Saco, Maine
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