Personal notices and obituary from Portland area
Personal items list residents and visitors including Miss Anne Marie Paquet at Cape Newagen and Miss Hildegarde Bachert in New York City. Helen Morris wins a dollar on WJAB Bucks For Break. Army couple Capt John D. Van Meter and wife and three children visiting Maryland kin. Deschambeault plans weekly Cape Cod vacation. employed at Day's Jewelry. Rolland F. Irish, 65, Union Mutual Life Insurance chair, dies in Portland hospital. Former American Life Convention president and Union Mutual leader since 1934. Survived by widow June, sons Robert and George, and daughter Betty. Funeral Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne-Marie Paquet
Harrison Avenue
Biddeford
Hildegarde Bachert
New York City
Cape Newagen
Helen Morris
Portland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
WJAB
Portland
John D. van Meter
U.S.A.F
David
Carla Ann
John Roy
Odenton
Maryland
van Meter
Royal Sharkey
Upper Main Street
Annette M. Deschambeault
Simone Deschambeault
Birth Street
Hyannis Port
West Yarmouth
Cape Cod
Deschambeault
Rolland FE i Irish
Union Mutual Life Insurance Co
Irish
American Life Convention
Union Mutual
Everett
Mass
June
Robert
Gorham
George
Seattle
Wash
Betty
Syracuse
N. Y
Notre Dame Thrift Shop Joins Group B Next Week
The Notre Dame thrift shop will be under group B next week with Mrs. Herry Petrin as captain.
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Notre Dame Thrift Shop
Herry Petrin
Church Notes and Confession Schedules Across Kennebunk Wells Biddeford
The Junior Band and Soongs ters of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday morning. Confessions are set at St. Monica Kennebunk St Martha Kennebunkport Mary Wells All Saints Ogowaywit Saturday. Sunday afternoon speaker Delbert Campbell of West Buxton at the Advent Christian meetinghouse corner Hill and Chapel Streets.
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Soongsters
The
Saco Salvation Army
St. Monica Church
Kennebunk
St. Martha Church
Port
Full Gospel
Biddeford
Delbert Campbell
Baptist Church
West Buxton
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Advent Christian Meetinghouse
Soviet union links assailed by U.S. labor officer
Paris Charles Sobol union officer and international vice president of the United Textile Workers of America led a 10 member American labor delegation on a three week tour of Soviet factories. He condemned Soviet trade unionism as a government tool for exploiting workers. In Seoul South Korea the government awarded 10 million hwan to North Korean MIG-15 defector 2nd Lt Chung Nak Hyun.
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Paris
Charles Sobol
Wilkes-Barre
Sobol
United Textile Workers of America
Seoul
South Korea
Soviet paper accuses U S spies posing as tourists
The Soviet labor daily Trud charges the United States with sending spies into the USSR under cover as tourists. The claim highlights intensified Cold War tensions and alleged Western intelligence activity on Soviet soil.
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Moscow P
Trud
United States Today
Soviet Union
U S Sub Grayback In Yokosuka For Repairs No Nuclear Warhead
The United States Embassy assured Japan that the guided missile submarine Grayback, currently at Yokosuka naval base for repairs, carries no nuclear weapons on board. The clarification comes as Tokyo seeks details about equipment and safety protocols following the vessel's arrival.
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Tokyo
U. S
Yokosuka
Mission to visit son in Chinese prison ends in record
Mary Down ey of New Britain Conn arrives by plane en route to her second visit to her son in a Chinese Communist prison. John T Downey, u2, a civilian U.S. Army employee, was sentenced to life for espionage in 1952 after capture with another American when an Air Force plane crashed in China on a flight from Japan to Korea.
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Hong Kong
Mary Downey
New Britain
Conn
John T. Downey
U.S. Army
Air Force
China
Japan
Korea
First annual WWI Vets Field Day at Hills Beach
World War 1 Vets Field Day scheduled for Sunday at the home of Joseph Neault in Hills Beach. Members and invited ticketed friends to assemble at the Freemont club on Alfred street at 12:30 for transport. George W B Brown Ira Fonda and Bert Perkins invited. rain date moves to St Francis College Pool road.
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York County Barracks
Joseph Neault
Hills Beach
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
George W. B. Brown
Ira Fonda
Cumberland County
Bert Perkins
Sanford
Department of Maine
Card of Thanks from Georgia R. Smith in West Kennebunk
Mrs Georgia R Smith offers thanks to friends for flowers cards and encouraging messages aiding her recovery from illness or injury in West Kennebunk her note expresses gratitude for community support and well wishes.
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Georgia R. Smith
West Kennebunk
Ottawa man Meagher dies after hospital admission abroad
Thomas Clifford Meagher of 21 Melgund Avenue Ottawa Ontario died at a local hospital yesterday after admission. He and family arrived from Canada for a vacation at Old Orchard Beach. Born in Ottawa he was a former druggist and last worked as a laboratory technician with the Department of Agriculture. Survived by widow Margaret Fraser Meagher three sons Gerald and Patrick Ottawa and Thomas Jr Winnipeg five daughters Margaret Beverly Clifton Phyllis Barbara Ann Catherine all of Ottawa one brother Wilfred and two sisters Marion Cooney Ottawa Edna Sheedy Winnipeg several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held at Blessed Sacrament Church Ottawa Tuesday morning with the Bolduc funeral home in charge.
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Thomas Clifford Meagher
Melgund Avenue
Ottawa
Ontario
Evergreen Street
Old Orchard Beach
Canada
Thomas Meagher
Department of Agriculture
Blessed Sacrament Church
Margaret
Fraser) Meagher
Thomas C. Meagher ,Jr
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Gerald Meagher
Patrick Donald Meagher
Margaret Meagher
Beverly Clifton
Windsor
Phyllis Belaire
Barbara
Ann Meagher
Catherine Meagher
Wilfred Meagher
Marion Cooney
Edna Sheedy
Ont
Bolduc
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Funeral for Ralph Martel Held at Most Holy Trinity
Funeral services were held this morning at Most Holy Trinity church in Saco for Ralph Martel with a requiem high mass by Rev. Maurice Boland. Miss Lou Welch organist. Pallbearers: Frank Brown, John Parisien, Joseph Henaire, Albert Dube. Burial at St. Joseph cemetery. graveside prayers by Rev. Fr. Boland. Out of town guests included Maurice Parisien, Portland. Robert Martel, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.. Albany Martel, Westbrook. James Black, South Carolina.
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Ralph Martel
Most Holy Trinity Church
Saco
Maurice Boland
Lou Welch
Frank Brown
John Parisien
Joseph Henaire
Albert Dube
St. Joseph Cemetery
Boland
Maurice Parisien
Portland
Robert Martel
Edward Air Torce Base
Calif
Albany Martel
Westbrook
James Black
South Carolina
Funeral services for Miss Aurelia Berry held in Saco
Miss Aurelia Berry funeral services took place Thursday at 2 p.m. from Cote funeral home on James Street in Saco with Rev. Stanley Bennett of the United Baptist Church officiating. Pallbearers were Bradley Emerson, Earl Clappison, Frederick Blow Jr., Adrien Couture. Burial followed at Laurel Hill cemetery with prayers at the graveside.
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Aurelia Berry
Cote Funeral Home
James Street
Saco
Stanley Bennett
The
United: ‘Baptist Church
Bradley Emerson
Earl Clappison
Frederick Blow, Jr
Adrien Couture
Laaurel Hill
Bennett
Committal Service Held for Mrs Chispa R MacFarland
Committal services for Mrs Chispa R MacFarland were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the graveside of Evergreen Cemetery in Solon. Rev. Walter Hartley of the Federated Church of Solon officiated.
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Chispa R. MacFarland
Vergreen Cemetery
Solon
Walter Hartley
The
Federated Church of Solon
Funeral for Mrs Kate Campbell Held in Saco
Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs Kate M Campbell a former Old Orchard Beach hotel operator from Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco. Committal services were held today at 2 PM at Pleasant View cemetery Morrisville VI with Rev Norman Langmaid of School Street Methodist Church Saco officiating.
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Kate Campbell
Kate M.campbell
Old Orchard Beach
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Saco
Pleasant View Cemetery
Morrisville
Norman Langmaid
School Street Methodist Church
Amnette Loses Freedom Bid
Everett E. Savage Jr of Winthrop lost a bid for clemency as Gov Reed and the Executive Council denied his petition for commutation. He is serving 225 years in Maine State Prison for assault and battery linked to the death of his partner Patricia Wing, 29, of Oakland. Also denied were petitions by Roland C. Amnette of Biddeford for 2-4 years for larceny, Walter W. Harvey of Auburn for 2-7 years for robbery, and Ralph W. Tuttle of Paris for 1-7 years for false pretenses.
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Augusta
Everett E. Savage, Jr
Winthrop
Reed
Executive Council
Savage
Maine State
Patricia Wing
Oakland
Roland C. E. Amnette
Biddeford
Walter W. Harvey
Auburn
Ralph W. Tuttle
Paris
Rockefeller undergoes minor surgery for eye growth
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller disclosed on Thursday night that he underwent minor surgery Wednesday in Binghamton New York for removal of a growth under his right eye.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Portland Weather: Cloudy to clearing with mild temps
This afternoon sees variable cloudiness and mild conditions with a chance of light showers. Winds from the south to southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight will clear in the evening and stay fair with little temperature change and light northerly winds. Saturday brings mostly sunny skies and warmer temperatures. Zone 1 highs this afternoon reach mid to upper 70s with tonight’s low in the 50s.
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Portland
August Tides Briefing Signals and Tide Codes
Coastal tide log notes August readings with time stamps and numeric codes. Mentions highs and lows, police units and water levels, listing multiple 9.57 10.17 3.45 3.56 sequences, 10.54 11.13 441 4.54, and other time codes 12.48 12.07 5.35 5.49 12.40 12.59 6.27 6.43.
Sunday Service At Biddeford First Church
The annual memorial service at Biddeford First Church will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the historic First Parish Congregational church. Sponsored by the Biddeford Saco Council of Churches the service is open to the public. The program features Rev James D Riddle and Rev Donald Tibbetts with organist Mrs Rena Deis providing music.
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First Parish Congregational Church
Biddeford-Sace
England
Biddeford
Second Congregational Church
White Church
Charles Peabody
Biddeford-Saco
Congregational Church
Saugus
Mass
All Boys Town Circus Bound On Saturday
Sarasota woman Sarah W. Hunter funds 950 Boys Town youths to attend Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey in Omaha. Tickets drop from 4.00 to 1.50 with 21 buses arranged to transport the children from Boys Town Neb to the city for the matinee.
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Sarasota
Fla
Boys Town
Neb
Omaha
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Sarah W. Hunter
Nebraska
Arthur M. Concello
Nicholas Wegner
Maine Guardsmen Headed to Camp Drum Armored Cavalry
More than 1,800 members of Maine National Guard's 103rd Armored Cavalry Regiment departed Portland for a two week encampment at Camp Drum New York. They traveled in nearly 400 vehicles from 14 communities between Sanford and Skowhegan and will halt overnight near St. Albans Vermont.
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Portland
Maine National Guard
103Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Camp Drum
N.Y
Sanford
Skowhegan
St. Albans
Saco Actress Nancy Mitchell Wins Salute To Youth
Saco resident Nancy Mitchell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Mitchell, earns the Salute to Youth award after top Maine high school and summer theater awards. She starred as Miss Easter in Brunswick Summer Playhouse production Roberta and won best actress in the Maine one act contest. Mitchell, Thornton Academy graduate, will study at Miss Allen's Modeling School in Boston this fall and move into Bowdoin theatre circles for the week.
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Saco
Summer Playhouse
Maine
Nancy Mitchell
Leroy Mitchell
Scammon Street
Brunswick Summer Playhouse
Bowdoin
Thornton Academy
Charlemagne Fournier
Academy
Joseph McCarthy
Miss Mitchell
Roberta
Miss Allen
Boston
Mass
Thornton
Mitchell
Lynne
Most Holy Trinity Church
Nancy
Passenger Trains Off MEC Soon
Maine Central Railroad will abandon all passenger service on September 6 after a Public Utilities Commission approval. The Maine Supreme Court upheld objections, overriding a January ruling that required some service through 1960. Bangor & Aroostook plans to run a passenger car on daily mail routes for the rest of the year. Grand Trunk also to halt limited winter service, leaving much of the state without rail passenger service.
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Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Maine Supreme Court
Maine Central
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
W. Jerome Strout
Grand Trunk Railroad
Scribner Says Ike Failed To Sell Public Accomplishments
Portland AP brief quotes Fred C. Scribner Jr stating Eisenhower’s administration has not adequately publicized its achievements. He notes the campaign can fix this and that the basic belief that a well done job sells itself is flawed. Scribner, a former Portland lawyer, is in Oregon briefly.
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Portland
Scribner
Muskie Seeks Kennedy Campaign Visit To Maine
In South China Maine Senator Muskie says he hopes Senator Kennedy the Democratic nominee will visit during the upcoming Congressional session next week. Muskie, at his summer cottage on China Lake, plans to contact Kennedy strategist Kenneth O'Donnell to arrange a Maine campaign stop as Kennedy plans to begin nationwide campaigning on September 1.
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South China
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Sen. Kennedy
China Lake
Kennedy
Kenneth O'Donnell
Massachusetts
Maine
Cardinal Leaders Officiate for Soldiers on Munich Hill
Cardinal Wendel, archbishop of Munich and promoter of the congress, spoke to troops on a grassed hill of Munich's rubble. Francis Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York and U.S. military vicar, celebrated Mass for American soldiers on a football field.
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Munich
Cardinal Wendel
West Germany
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
U.S
Cuban Cabinet Legalizes New Ruling Junta
In Havana the Cuban Cabinet formalized a ruling Junta at Havana University after pro-Castro students and professors seized control. The 1937 law was amended to allow professors and students to run the 200 year old institution. The university comprises 13 colleges and about 20,000 students. Prime Minister Fidel Castro did not attend the Cabinet meeting and was expected to speak at the Latin American youth congress closing in Havana Saturday night.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Latin-American Youth Congress
Adlai Predicts Easy Victory For Democrats
Adlai E Stevenson told a Bangor Daily News reporter at Thomas K Finletter's home that Americans have been misled for eight years and by election day will be awakened to vote Democratic. He warned focus on foreign policy in Kennedy Nixon race and said the main issues will be foreign relations and government economy.
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Bar Harbor
Adlai E. Stevenson
Bangor Daily News
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
Illinois
Renovations Begin On Old Court Room in Saco Hall
Work started this week to renovate the old court room in Saco City hall for school department offices. City funds cover fluorescent lighting and labor with other expenses within the school budget. The new room will house a private superintendent office and extra space for secretarial staff and supplies.
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Saco City Hall
City of
Saco
School Department
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