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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1959
Page
2
Local brief notices chronicle hospital patients nurses and staff at Webber and Henrietta D. Goodall in Sanford. Visitors and relatives travel between Saco Biddeford Ogunquit and Quebec with several trips to Quebec towns and states including Massachusetts Illinois and Maryland.
Emil Merrifield of Sanford and East Lebanon, a piano tuner and teacher, was killed in a weekend automobile accident south of Osco. A Lebanon and Sanford High graduate, he studied with Harry Stott. He leaves his wife Carolyn Hanscom, three children, and a sister Mrs. Florence Hall. Funeral services were held at Hurd Funeral Home in Sanford with Rev. Lee Carter officiating.
The American Legion auxiliary will meet tomorrow night at the City building to organize a rum mage sale for Friday.
In Trinity Episcopal Church Saco Holy Communion will be celebrated Wednesday at 7 am. The Biddeford United Baptist Church holds its weekly hour of power meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 in the church vestry.
Agnes Precourt 90 a former Biddeford resident died early today at a Marlboro hospital after living with her sister Mrs Hilda Precourt and several nieces and nephews. Born in Three Rivers Canada she was daughter of Octave and Elise Martel Precourt. Funeral services and burial at St Joseph cemetery Biddeford scheduled Thursday at 2 pm with calling hours at Sullivan funeral home Marlboro.
Funeral services for John Van vamkedes will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church. Friends may call today at Sansoucy Funeral home, 1 Stone street, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.
New York Philadelphia Marshalltown Kansas Olint Petefish and Lawrence Chamber of Commerce invite Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to tour landmarks and meet officials. The San Antonio Press Club invites him to speak at the Gridiron dinner October 10. Dallas Mayor R L Thornton pledges a cordial welcome. New York offers official cooperation.
Dolorese Johnson dies at five after a fall from a hayloft in Wales. Lake Parlin House burned down, $25,000 loss, owners escaped unharmed. Church notices across Old Orchard Beach and Kennebunkport schedule midweek services and youth activities. Brunswick marks the death of Stanton G. Smith, longtime forester and Bowdoin staffer. Bangor reports embezzlement charges against John Leslie Goin, bond set at 10,000 for Aug. 6 hearing.
A weekend binge on highballs made from antifreeze and soda left four Indiana prison farm prisoners dead and at least a dozen others ill. Victims were Raymond Morton 23 Paul Durcho 39 Carlos P White 28 and Jesse W Tudder 4. The antifreeze came from drums in a farm garage and contained methyl alcohol.
Local Bible Missionary church on Gunsmoke street seeks a daylight friendly change while Maverick street residents favor the name. The county board will review the dispute and consider options.
The Selma Baptist Association halted its effort to open a private school for white students. After about 60 preregistration days using a method to gauge public interest, only one applicant had filed.
Partly cloudy to cloudy Portland forecast calls for mostly sunny and warmer conditions this afternoon with gentle to moderate south to southeast winds. Tonight increases in cloudiness bring milder temperatures. Wednesday brings variable clouds with scattered showers and possible thundershowers, warm and humid with gentle south to southwest winds. Zone 1 temperatures range from 80 down to 57 with city readings including Caribou 58 Eastport 48 Greenville 41 Old Town 46 Portland 45 Rumford 46 Mt. Washington 43 Concord 47 Boston 61 New York 64 Washington 67 Miami 76 Chicago 71 New Orleans 75 Denver 61 Los Angeles 66 Halifax 54 Montreal 61.
Local official Francis Coughlin reports 936 unemployment claims filed last week, down from 996 the prior week. He attributes the decline to recalls in local industry, out of town work, and summer employment, and expects the trend to continue.
Mrs George Bridge of York County, current president of the Victoria Society of Maine Women, will co host Open House with society president Mrs Kenneth C M Sills at Victoria Mansion in Portland on August 10 at 2 pm. Speaker Mrs Myrtle Carter, widow of Gen George Carter of Augusta, will discuss The Light in the Valley. punch will be served. The York county group has 60 members and invites all to attend.
Lightning struck as two girl scouts slept in a tent at a nearby camp. Sally Parker fourteen from Cleveland Heights and June Gamble thirteen from Media Pennsylvania died in the incident.
A compilation of newborns at Parkview and Webber hospitals lists several families in Biddeford, Saco, Kennebunk, and Portland. New babies include Michael Eugene LeBel born July 25, Roland Bradlee Emerson, Debra Ann Senecal, Douglas Scott Whitten, Anthony Rizas, Michael Charles Lagarde, Dennis Lee Thibodeau, Deborah Jean Butler, Shane Clifton Berry, a daughter born to Laurier Burnham, and Maryann Dube, with weights ranging from five pounds four ounces to nine pounds six ounces. Parents, addresses, and birth dates span July 29 to August 3.
Maine State Police Lieutenant William Hancock spoke at the Saco Biddeford Kiwanis luncheon at the Wonder Bar Steak House on highway safety and how citizens can aid enforcement. He showed slides from fatal highway crashes as part of the briefing. President Lloyd Anderson announced a directors meeting for August 11 at 7 30 pm in the Chamber of Commerce board room and thanked members for assisting the club's underprivileged children fund auction.
The Kennebunkport Historical Society will stage its annual flower show on August 12 from 2 to 5 PM at the society headquarters on North Street. Committees cover eight classes with chairs handling shells, greens, fruit and vegetables, gar den displays, and table arrangements. Eligible entrants may deliver exhibits in the morning, with judging at 12:30 PM and public viewing from 2 PM, followed by lunch and tea at the nearby parish house.
The former Hathaway Brothers Bean Canery, rescued by Washington County businessmen after a bankruptcy referee blocked piecemeal sale, resumes operations at the plant now owned by Columbia Falls Packing Co. Direct employment for 72 packers and 300-400 bean pickers is expected from Princeton to Ellsworth as the plant restarts after a two year standstill.
Rosie Bass, while ironing at a cabin on the Snake River near Riggins Idaho, spotted a cougar on a ledge and shot it through the heart. She woke her companions, who criticized her for disturbing them, after the kill.
A woman recalls waking men early Saturday to join a hillside hunt for a dead cougar. She said the men initially objected but agreed after she urged action. The event occurred over the weekend.
A New Brunswick widow and her daughter traveling to Hollywood with a horse aboard were blocked by U S Customs for a veterinary check. Immigration officer Henry said entry was cleared for the woman and girl. the horse must be vaccinated before crossing. The case delays a secret Disney connection amid payer costs and nunlike garb.
Firefighters responded to a grass and woods fire at 577 South Street caused by sparks from an old barn burn permit. Biddeford firefighters brought the blaze under control by press time, the incident noted as under control at late morning.
Two Biddeford State policemen have been transferred to the Kittery weighing station. Trooper John A Chase of Biddeford and Trooper Chester A Emmons of Biddeford move from Troop G and Troop A respectively, effective today.
An off-duty American Airlines pilot named Capt. Harry Seavey, 38, from Commeck was killed Monday when his light private plane crashed during takeoff in Ronkonkoma New York. He had planned a cross country flight.
Dry eggs will be distributed to all eligible for surplus food with this month s regular distribution. Mrs Annette Gagne overseer of the poor in Biddeford announces she has been notified August will be the last month butter is included in surplus food commodities.
Biddeford Little League will hold tag days Thursday through Saturday to raise funds split between West Biddeford and East Biddeford leagues. Proceeds support next season operations and insurance for participating youths, the leagues' sole financing method.
At Pueblo Colorado State Fair manager Clyde Fugate bans slacks for women and requires dresses when attending the fair starting in August with the only exception for milk maid contest competitors.
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