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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
2
The Saco Taxpayers Association will meet at 7 30 tonight in the municipal courtroom at Saco City Hall. York Pomona Grange will meet at North Saco Grange on August 8 with supper served at 650 p m.
Advent Christian and other area churches schedule mid week prayer services for Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Faith Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach Lyman First Baptist Goodwins Mills and Ogunquit Baptist invite participation. Full Gospel Wells and Village Baptist Kennebunkport offer prayer and Bible study hour at 7 30 p m.
Paris officials report President Kennedy signaled U S willingness to provide nuclear assistance to France if no conditions are attached. French leaders say de Gaulle stated he would reject aid with strings and would not comment on his reply to Kennedy’s July letter awaiting further clarification.
A three year old Auburn girl named Susan Letourneau who was struck by a car in Old Orchard Beach Saturday afternoon recovered quickly and was discharged yesterday. The car was driven by 74 year old Gladys L. Libby of Scarborough who could not stop in time. The girl received on scene treatment from Dr. Michael M. P. Magaudda before hospital admission.
Edward M. Tautel expresses gratitude to Dr. Hill Dr. Lapirow the Webber Hospital staff and all relatives and friends for their kindness during his confinement in hospital care and support.
Mrs. Cecilia Remillard Soulard 47 died in Venice California after a long illness. Born in Biddeford August 29 1915 she was daughter of Oliver and Delia Remillard. Survived by husband Leo R Soulard and son Leopaul both of Venice four brothers and one sister. Funeral services set for Thursday morning in Venice.
Alice W Whitten Mack widow of Perley A Mack dies in Lawrence after a short illness. Born in Biddeford Maine she was 76 and lived in Lawrence for 30 years. Survived by daughter Mrs John A Harpy of Lawrence and sister Mrs Fred A Tarbox of Biddeford. Funeral service tomorrow with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco Maine.
Grace L Hazeltine 78 of 18 Casco Street widow of Dennis M Hazeltine died this morning after a long illness in a local hospital. Born in Saco March 12 1885 she lived in Portland most of her life and attended Saco schools and Thornton Academy. She held leadership roles in the Spanish American War Veterans Association of Maine Auxiliary and was active in Carnation Rebekah Lodge and Camp Conley Auxiliary. Survivors include a sister a niece and three nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at 749 Congress Street with burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco.
Funeral services for Grace May Lamson of 69 Middle Street Saco were held at 2 p m Monday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Homes with Rev Paul Weimer of First Parish Congregational Church Saco officiating Interment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery Miss Dorothy Lamson is her daughter
A solemn high mass for Wilfred Desnoyers was sung at St Josephs Church this morning. Msgr Elie Hevey presided with Rev Marc Franck as deacon and Rev Sylvia Levesque as sub deacon. Burial followed in St Josephs Cemetery with prayers at the grave.
A NLRB trial examiner recommends Hillcrest Poultry Co of Lewiston Maine desist from unfair labor practices for refusing to bargain with Local 385 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen AFL-CIO after the union was certified as bargaining agent in a February 19 election for the plant's production and maintenance workers.
Augusta public schools will begin each day with thirty seconds of silence after the board of education decision on Monday. The pause replaces the Lord's Prayer and Bible readings formerly used before the Supreme Court ruling that required religious exercises are illegal in public schools.
A report on the 10 legislature will be presented at the Maine State Bar Association annual meeting in Rockland from August 27 to 29. Associate Justice Felix Forte of the Massachusetts Superior Court will be the principal speaker on the 291 percent before the annual election of officers.
In Denmark industrial goods including machinery textiles metals and chemicals have replaced agricultural commodities as the main exports, signaling a shift in the country’s trade focus.
This afternoon will be fair and warmer with highs around 78 to 84. Tonight becomes cloudier but not as cool, with lows in the low to mid 60s. Winds light and variable. Wednesday brings variable clouds and little temperature change with showers or thunderstorms likely late in the day.
The York County Barracks Veterans of World War I Auxiliary voted last night to donate to the War Chest. President Mrs. Florence Gagne led 15 members through prayers and a flag salute. The group presented a gift to Region One president Mrs. Blanche Fonda at a Portland YMCA reception.
Saco-Lowell will demonstrate six new automation devices at the 4th International Exhibition of Textile Machinery in Hanover West Germany this October. Highlights include the twin automatic doffer for spinning frames, Spinomatic Spinning Frames, Versamatic Drawing Frame with new pressurization and pneumatic clearer, Rovematic roving frame and Sprnnster spinning frame for coarse long staple yarns.
The article notes a circular urging unregistered residents to file affidavits while the attorney general says the law targets those already registered but omitted from poll books. Patterson says officials must prevent unqualified votes. Mississippi faces an estimated 30 million registered Negroes amid tensions from the 1960 campaign and the University desegregation crisis that led to a deadly riot.
The Biddeford City Council tabled a proposed $1 parking ticket and a boundary shift for Ward 6 due to voting location issues. They approved funds for a new dry waste collection truck, cut excess from snow removal, and allocated $500 to Public Health. They granted harbor master police powers, passed two quit claim deeds, confirmed a fire department call man, approved street and hydrant work, and referred housing and business site proposals to the planning board.
Patricia Watson of Smithwheel Road Old Orchard Beach reported to Saco police the theft Sunday night of a 30 gallon stainless steel gasoline tank containing 20 gallons from her boat moored near the Capt. Donald Moore pier at Camp Ellis Beach. Officer Earl Jamieson Jr. is following a lead about a suspicious person seen near the Watson boat.
Gen Leon Cantave led an invasion from Port au Prince to oust Duvalier while denying presidential ambitions. Paul Verna described an offshore island base and exiled officers among invaders. Rebels seek a north Haiti military civil government as Cantave quits politics. Duvalier, 54, powers on amid plots.
Members of York County Salon 237 Eight and Forty were installed during the Marche at the Portlander Motel in Portland. Beatrice Wakefield of Cape Porpoise became first Demi Chapeau Departemental and Gertrude Rankin of Saco was named National Jewish Hospital chairman. Florence Gagne of Saco was Departmental Child Welfare chairman and chaired the Departemental Nurses Scholarship program. Attendees included Doris Taylor, Muriel Forest of Saco and Marie Jeanne Pelletier of Biddeford. The salon won first prize for its history and scrapbook and citations for membership and partnership and donations.
Paul D. Pierce 22 pleads innocent in Western Washington Municipal Court to two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder for the dynamite deaths of his estranged wife's parents at their Jonesport cottage. He was ordered held without bail for a hearing August 14. Pierce, a Coast Guard Academy graduate who resigned before graduation after marriage, led investigators through a re-enactment of the blasts. His parents attended the arraignment. his father is a local pastor.
Nancy L Hayden became Miss Nancy Louise Hayden in a double ring ceremony at the First Congregational Church Lace with Rev Paul Weimer officiating. She wore a white taffeta gown with chantilly lace and carried a bible adorned with white carnations and daisies.
U S officials led by Rusk met Soviet leaders in the Kremlin as the test ban treaty garnered praise from Khrushchev who urged a broader East West nonaggression pact. Khrushchev planned a Black Sea vacation after inviting Rusk to visit his dacha this week.
The speaker highlighted wage gaps with maintenance men, foremen, and operators of certain equipment, noting current pay far below other employers. He proposed raises to $1.38, $1.53, and $1.76 in three categories and a new $1.76 rate for specialized equipment operators where municipalities and industry pay substantially more.
A new intercom system was installed at the National Jewish Hospital to improve communication between wards and administrative offices. The upgrade aims to speed responses and coordinate patient care more efficiently across departments.
Ex Mayor Dinsmore Worthing urges voters to support the entire Saco River pollution project including the Ferry Road Beach area and Camp Ellis treatment plant. Whelan cites borrowing limits and state aid while preparing surveys to see if beach-area solutions can cut costs. Aldermen split on bids for road work and tree pruning as zoning amendments move forward.
Washington reports thousands of servicemen rely on charitable aid as military pay lags. AP surveys show Army Navy Air Force and Marine relief groups disbursed millions for food rent and utilities while long-term support awaits a proposed 1.2 billion pay bill. Local council actions include school closures affecting polling sites and traffic, plus property transfers and public works decisions.
Two Kennebunk brothers Jack and Robert Pierce were bound over to York County Superior Court for trial on aggravated assault charges involving Michael Roussin of Biddeford. The proceeding before Associate Judge Chester Cram occurred in Kennebunk Municipal Court this morning with bail set at $5,000 and representation by Atty. Armand Gendron for the defendants and County Atty. Lloyd P. LaFountain for the state.
The statement argues only the legislative branch can act. Railroads say unions oppose the administration bill to block a 42 year dispute settlement. Labor Department spokesman cites two main issues firemen’s jobs and train crew makeup discussed at Monday sessions.
Saco police report a 4 30 PM collision on Elm Street between a Mirion Hooper Westwood New Jersey car pulling from a curb and a Edward Paradise Forestville Connecticut eastbound car with a trailer. No injuries. estimated damage 150 to trailer and 125 to Hooper car.
The SBA reports July direct loans totaling 520000 to Maine firms and participation in three others amounting to 35200. This marks federal support for local small businesses in Augusta.
Frederick G. O Blenis a Kennebunk mechanic filed for wage earner plan debt relief in Portland Court listing liabilities of 1777 with no assets The filing signals a court proceeding to reorganize debts under the federal program.
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