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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1964
Page
2
Portland is cloudy and not very cool tonight with scattered showers and low temperatures in the 50s. Showers are expected to end Saturday afternoon with partial clearing and a slight drop in temperatures.
Mrs May Tardif of 10 Vines Ave Biddeford rests at home after minor surgery. Saco City Clerk Vivien H Hickey leaves Sunday for Washington DC to attend the National Convention of the Daughters of Isabella and returns Aug 15. Paul A Bergeron seaman apprentice USCG son of Mrs Jucia P Bergeron Route 2 Guinea Road Biddeford is a crewmember of Coast Guard Cutter Coas Bay which escorted sailing vessels from Bermuda to New York for Operation Sail. Coas Bay operates out of Portland Maine. Gerald M Cordeau aviation boatswain's mate first class USN son of Mr and Mrs Maurice R Cordeau of 180 Cleaves St Biddeford participated in Exercise Bird Doc off California aboard the USS Midway.
Members of the Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Christ in Biddeford will meet Tuesday at 2 PM in Fellowship Hall on Crescent Street. The annual fruit and pancake sale will be held nearby at St Philip’s by the Sea Fortunes Rocks Biddeford.
The Saco Rebekah Lodge will meet Saturday evening at 7 30 at the IOOF Hall Main Street Saco for the first nomination of officers.
Members of Council Chagnon Union St Jean Baptiste meet at the club rooms at seven then proceed to Sansoucry Funeral Home 1 Stone St Biddeford to pay respects to Wilfred Poisson as member.
Confessions are listed for St Martha's Kennebunkport Saturday 4 5 and 7 4 pm St Monica's Kennebunk Sunday before each mass St Mary's Wells Beach Saturday 3 4 pm 4 Saints Ogunquit Saturday 4 5 pm Junior Band and songs of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 10 am
New York traders see mixed results as fears of a Southeast Asia crisis ease. The Associated Press 60- stock index rises 1.0 to 313.7 at noon, Dow up 3.84 to 827.24. Gains span copper, steel, motors, airlines, oils, chemicals, and electronics amid overall slow activity.
Dayton AP reports Captain James H. Veghte of Wright Patterson Air Force Base warns that a forced down at extreme altitude requires more than a pressure suit. He urges shelter and fire as essential, plus special cold weather clothing to replace the suit in such conditions.
We express gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness floral tributes and sympathy shown during our recent bereavement. Mrs Amedee Guillette Mrs Joseph Guillette and family.
The family of L. Clifford Maling expresses appreciation to friends and neighbors for flowers cards and kind expressions of sympathy during their recent bereavement.
Linda Marie Crocker died yesterday at a local hospital. She was the two day old daughter of William and Lorraine Crocker of 17 Hillside Ave Biddeford. Survivors include one sister Kathleen two brothers David and Robert maternal grandparents Ovila and Mrs Bouthot Biddeford paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Crocker Hills Beach. Burial was in St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford. Arrangements were by the Bolduc Funeral Home Biddeford.
Members of the Sacred Heart League of St Andre's Church will meet tonight at 7 at San Soucy Funeral Home 1 Stone St Biddeford to say prayers for Wilfred A Poisson.
In OLD ORCHARD BEACH RAYNARD MARTIN 23 of BIDDEFORD reported a minor two vehicle mishap on Old Orchard Street near three meters. In OCEAN PARK ROAD, FRANK PELLETIER 42 of PROVIDENCE cut in front of ROCCO SPAZIANO 21 of NORTH PROVIDENCE with no damage estimates reported. In SACO, CARLTON BUTLAND 17 of BUXTON ROAD was taken to WEBBER HOSPITAL after a deer avoidance crash on BUCKTON ROAD left his car swerving into a tree. driver PAUL MOORE 18 of BIDDEFORD said he lost control on ROSS ROAD.
Robert Mirvish, a 41 year old celibate author and seaman’s mate, discusses why many women stay single while men question their marriage decisions. He notes mothers pressure their daughters to wed and reflects on women’s independence versus family life. He recalls his start at sea and his failed book.
At Webber Hospital in Saco and nearby towns several births are recorded. Terri Marie Yerxa at 114 Pleasant St Saco weighs five pounds five ounces born Aug 4 to Mr and Mrs James H Yerxa Sr. A son for Mr and Mrs Lucien Demers of 104 Pike St Biddeford weighs six pounds 11 ounces born Aug 4. A son Todd John for Mr and Mrs Stephen Cooper of 285 Ferry Road Saco weighs seven pounds 13 ounces born Aug 5. Carolyn a daughter for Mr and Mrs Ralph F Lebrecque Jr of Clark Ct Biddeford weighs six pounds six ounces born Aug 6. Overseas Airman 3/C and Mrs William Oakes Masawa Japan welcome a son born Aug 4. Kathleen Blow is mother. Maternal grandparents Frank Blow Ocean Park Road Old Orchard Beach. paternal Roland Oakes 9 Hazel St Biddeford. great grandparents William and Ocean Park Road Old Orchard Beach. Mr and Mrs M Nyle Davenport welcome a son nine pounds at Prince George General Hospital Cheverly Md born July 29. Mrs Davenport is formerly Miss Joan Frechette. Maternal grandparents Wilfred F Frechette 789 Alfred St Biddeford. paternal Willard Davenport Plymouth NC.
United Nations correspondents vacationing on Casco Bay islands expressed mixed views on U.S. handling of the Gulf of Tonkin crisis in Viet Nam during an informal discussion. Gerhard Hirseland defended U.S. actions as proper and innocent, while Bartoz Janiszewski criticized retaliatory steps as hastily taken. Chane H. Kong doubted Red China’s immediate war motive or capacity for a full-scale conflict.
In the current Archives of General Psychiatry the study by Rosenwald Ames Robey Framingham Mass notes wives average 37 years old with over 13 years of marriage. Authors say the core trigger for physical abuse is mutual need for role reversal with the wife punished and the husband restoring masculine identity.
Alexandrite, a semirealous gemstone, was named to honor Czar Alexander II of Russia and was first discovered on his birthday in the Ural Mountains.
The article quotes Delbert Mirvish addressing questions about working for a woman captain and single men's concerns. He notes no envy at marriages among his actresses and explains he would stay friends with former partners, including their husbands. He jokes about aging and nautical hobbies, referencing his book The Last Capitalists.
The Association of Maine Councils of L'Union Saint-Jean Baptiste d'Amerique will hold its sixth annual pilgrimage at Saint Francis College Biddeford on Sunday August 23. Led by Very Rev Clarence Laplante O F M director of the college, events include an 11 30 a m outdoor Mass a box lunch the Rosary a sermon blessing of the sick benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 2 p m and concluding ceremonies at 3 p m a tour of the college and blessing of the automobiles. Thirty five councils from Maine are expected with representatives from Leominster Massachusetts and Woonsocket Rhode Island also invited.
Khanh declared the struggle with the Communists decisive and signaled plans for a field trip to the northern provinces. He warned of internal and external Communist threats, with 150,000 enemy troops in the region and additional forces from the North, Cambodia, and China. The border crisis eased briefly as no Red attacks occurred, but U.S. and Chinese buildup continued in Southeast Asia. McNamara cautioned no substantial Chinese moves, while Hanoi reported quiet. China vowed not to sit idly by as North Viet Nam faced U.S. actions, and Ha Noi Radio identified Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. as captured.
The precise location where the Magna Carta was sealed during the mid June 1215 conference remains contested among historians, with scholars presenting varying evidence for the historical landmark.
Washington AP report says President Johnson leans on Kennedy era aides to run and shape the 1964 campaign. Lawrence OBrien returns as campaign liaison on Capitol Hill while Kenneth ODonnell splits White House and party duties. Robert Kennedy may join, but no White House confirmation. Johnson aims to exploit border states and Midwest strengths, while targeting Michigan Minnesota Illinois and the South. He notes Goldwater forces in these regions and plans hard campaigning in Maryland West Virginia Kentucky Missouri and Oklahoma.
A 19 foot 2 inch Our Lady of Fatima statue, largest of its kind, rises 42 feet in a harbor shrine at Indian Lake in Russell’s Point. Telephony executive George B. Quatman funds the project, aiming to curb profanity and deter war. The statue was built in Miami at a reported cost of $0.00.
Hyannis Port residents report a group of Kennedy relatives from Shrivers Lawfords and Smiths operating a sidewalk business near Kennedy summer home. They sell candy, postcards, bric a brac and donate all proceeds to Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Shriver with a special stand for the Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston. By Thursday they had raised 48.73 dollars and plan to continue through the month.
Visitors to the World’s Fair can explore a post office of the future staffed by 80 New York area workers. The facility handles about 250000 pieces of mail daily with 30000 postcards sent each day, a third going overseas. Multilingual windows and recorded vignettes guide visitors 11 am to 6 pm daily.
Agnes Sorel a renowned beauty of the French court during the Joan of Arc era stood among the first women to wear diamonds lavishly. Her style set a precedent for royal indulgence in gemstone display influencing noble fashion trends across Europe.
Augusta Maine Commission releases monthly data showing $535,393.08 paid in July to unemployed workers under the Maine Employment Security Law. Comparisons: June $601,177.51 and July 1963 $614,939.88. Unemployed claimants mid-July totaled 6,450, down from June and July 1963 figures.
The office of Sidney O. Griffith Jr. announced that Thornton Academy’s summer school session ended on Monday June 22 and that the remedial reading program will not continue for the rest of the summer.
Four minor offenders who broke into the Snow Canning Co warehouse in Biddeford faced a lecture from Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason. Two cases were filed and the youths were sent home with parents, one placed on probation for a year, and another continued for further study.
In Biddeford Municipal Court Associate Judge Gerald Co. Nason heard two cases this morning with proceedings ongoing at press time. Harold Armstrong, 65, Harrison, charged with operating unlicensed overnight cabins at 641 Elm St. Biddeford pleaded innocent. Evidence from health inspectors and engineers showed unsanitary conditions and led to a $100 fine and an injunction until standards are met and a license issued. Goudreau paid a $15 fine for an unregistered truck on Lafayette Street. Albert Wichaud, 47, Saco, faced three arrest charges with his hearing still in session.
Richard B. Russell, chairman of the Senate committee, warned the PT boat attacks threaten national honor and require defense. In Thursday's debate, speakers stressed the gravity of the situation and the need for a decisive resolution, Mansfield saying we hope for the best but must be prepared for the worst as the crisis could worsen before a remedy is found.
The 3rd century B C Colossus of Rhodes was a bronze statue of Apollo towering over Rhodes harbor at about 125 feet, famed as one of ancient wonders.
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