Local Notices and Social Notes from Biddeford and Nearby
The item lists numerous residents and visitors in Biddeford including Robert Murray at Webber hospital Saco Grace Janelle Midland medical patient at Webber hospital in Biddeford and others visiting relatives in Saco and Portland. It notes Theodore Lacerte returning from San Francisco after 44 years and Coast Guard service. Lydia Goulet funeral held at St Joseph church with local and out of town attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Murray
Pleasant Street
Saco
Webber Hospitel
Biddeford
Grace Janelle
Bradbury Street
Webber Hospital
Fred Miller
Stroudsburg
Arthur Gannon
Thomas Preen
Summer Street
Hibernian
St. Louis
Jasper D. Cocrane
Elm Street
Maine Medical Center
Portland
John A. Donahue
Elmira
N. Y
Orchard Street
Kevin Donahue
Dover
N. H
Raymond D. Couture
Adrien Bolduc
West Palm Beach
Fla
Jasper Cochrane
South Street
Goose Rocks Beach
A. Huschle
Roslyn Heights
Long Island
Rene J. Roy
William Dunn
Biddeford High School
Mary Means
Frank Carey
Biddeford and
Kinney Shores
Telehone
California
Theodore Lacerte
San Francisco
Joseph Lacerte
West Street
Sam Lacerte
Hill Beach
Canada
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
U. S
Coast Guard Service
Robert Chabot
Manchester
Notre Dame Hospital
Ernest Chabot
Cartier Street
Ernest Paquette
Harrison Avenue
Lydia Goulet
Roberts Street
St. Joseph Church
Sylvia Levesque
Norman Carrier
Marc Franck
Dianne Rouselle
St. Joseph Cemetery
Ethel Prolux
Thetford “Tines, P. Q
Andre Guay
Berta Boure
Montreal
Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post Meets At Post Home
The Tighe Beaudoin Farley post American Legion will meet at the post home tonight at 8 o clock. Lunch will be served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post American Legion
Guest pastor to speak at Saco Methodist Church
Rev Mrs G Steven Johnston of Ocean Park will guest preach at School Street Methodist Church Saco Sunday at 9 30 am. Johnston leads the Christian Church in North Saco and the Fireside club of the church sponsors the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Steven Johnston
Ocean Park
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Johnston
The
Christian Church
North Saco
Fireside Club
Rain Slows Search For Missing 78 Year Old Woman
Rain soaked woods hindered York County searchers looking for 78 year old Mrs Evan Smith who vanished Saturday. The York County Sheriff's Department Mills fire department and volunteers checked county roads hoping for sightings as she wandered from her home for the second time in a month. A prior disappearance ended twelve hours later when she was found in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Waterborow
York County
Mills
Evan Smith
Wilt Back Again With Warriors
Wilt Chamberlain signed a new three year contract with the Philadelphia Warriors. Owner Eddie Gottlieb called the deal the highest paid in sports, after Chamberlain had earned about $60,000 in 1959. He had retired last March but returned following the Warriors elimination by the Boston Celtics in the semifinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Wilt
Chamberlain
Philadelphia Warriors
National Basketball Association
Warriors
Eddie Gottlieb
Boston Celtics
NBA
Sleeping Girls Have A Sister Born In Cleveland
Mrs. Vincent N. Fratantonio welcomed a 9 pound 5 ounce girl at St. Ann Hospital on Tuesday night her fifth child. Her two other daughters Bernadette aged 3 and Venita aged 2 have fallen ill recently with a mysterious ailment causing long or frequent sleeps. Two sons Joseph aged 1 and James aged 4 are unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Vincent N. Fratantonio
St. Ann Hospital
Mount Sinai
Bernadette
Venita
Joseph
James
Stock market slips to narrow gains amid mixed day
New York stocks edged higher slightly as trading stayed in a tight range. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.47 to 616.16 while the Associated Press 60-stock index gained 0.10 to 216.70, with steels, motors, electronics, tobaccos, drugs and most chemicals higher and aircraft shares dropping over one point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dow Jones
Associated Press
U. S
Tibbetts Sentenced For Brunswick Filling Station Break
Lawrence R. Tibbetts, 24, of Brunswick was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a filling station burglary at Fal mouth on August 4. Police credited him with nine Cumberland County burglaries on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibbetts
Portland
Lawrence R. Tibbetts
Brunswick
Falmouth
Cumberland County
Maine firms win safety plaques at Augusta meeting
The Associated Industries of Maine will award safety plaques to Waterfalls Tissue Co. in Mechanic Falls The R P Hazzard Co in Augusta and East Millinocket plant of Great Northern Paper Co for most improved safety records Nine other firms receive safety citations at the annual meet August 26 in Augusta Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Associated Industries of Maine
Maine
Waterfalls Tissue Co
Mechanic Falls
R. P. Hazzard Co
Great Northern Paper Co
Weather forecast for Portland and region
Partly cloudy with light rain ending this afternoon. Cool tonight and Thursday with northeast winds 10-15 mph shifting to north. Temperatures in Zone 1 range 62 to 55. Overnight lows include Caribou 42 Eastport 48 Greenville 47 Old Town 47 Rumford 52 Portland 52 Mt Washington 38 Halifax 49 Montreal 57.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Halifax
Montreal
Seaplane Grounded on Saco River Sandbar
A small amphibious aircraft landed near the Saco river mouth and became jammed on a sandbar. Pilot Ww. C. Cole, en route to Sanford, freed the craft as tide rose hours later and took off. No injuries or damage reported by the Coast Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco River
Tretcher’s Neck
Coast Guard
Biddeford Pool
Ww. C. Cole
Sanford
Cole
Woman Injured In Route 202 Crash Near Lebanon
Miss Beverly Johnson, 23, of Rochester New Hampshire, was injured when her car failed to navigate a curve on Route 202. It struck guard rails, tumbled into a sand pit and landed in a sand pit. She was hospitalized in Sanford with possible spinal injuries and leg lacerations. Condition listed as good. Police reported the car wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Beverly Johnson
Rochester
N. H
Johnson
Sanford
New York
Big City
Manhattan
James Dougherty
Jonanne Marrow
West Side
Dougherty
Canadian youth fined for speeding in Biddeford
A 1 year old Canadian youth was fined $50 by Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason in Biddeford Municipal Court after being found guilty of speeding 50 mph in a 25 mph zone on Alfred Street. Michael Maquin of Outremont Quebec pleaded guilty to the charge brought by Biddeford police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald C. Nason
Biddeford
Alfred Street
Michael Maquin
Outremont
Quc
College Faculty Expected to Pursue Ongoing Education
Diekhoff argues faculty should continually learn and be encouraged to do so. The college should cultivate an intellectual climate that motivates instructors to pursue further education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diekhoff
Conference Spotlight Showcases New England Writers
Writers Parsons Recchia Rockport Mass readers register for a full day conference with talks by Lewis Flagg Jr Peggy Brown Mildred Mikkanen Charles Rawlings Florence Davis chaired by Lillian Munroe. Registrar Mildred Thomas Ocean Park and advisory chairs Jakeman and Williams oversee an executive committee including Rev Sheldon Christian and Richard Recchia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons Recchia
Rockport
Mass
Lewis Flagg, Jr
York
Peggy Brown
Boston
Flagg
Gannett
Boston Herald
Mildred Mikkanen
Worcester
Telegram and Evening Gazette
Charles Rawlings
Damariscotta Mills
Florence Davis
Gray
Lillian Munroe
Manuscript Club of
Ocean Park
Mildred Thomas
Williams
Jakeman
Sheldon Christian
Brunswick
Cook
Sue McConkey
Alfred
Richard Recchia
Margaret Burr Todd
Orr's Island
Alleged Arsonist Held on Two Counts in Fairfield
Eugene R Douglass age 20 was held for the grand jury after pleading not guilty to two arson counts. He is accused of setting fire to a house owned by Phil Julia Sons on July 5 and of burning a barn on the same property in August 1959. Douglass had worked for Julia for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Eugene R Douglass
Phil Julia & Sons
Douglass
Julia
Rain Postpones Kennebunk Auction
The Kennebunk Rotary club auction at Wonderbrook farm is rescheduled to Friday due to rain. Mdldie Arcaro has won the Preakness six times, starting in 1941 with Whirlaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Rotary Club
Wonderbrook Farm
Mdldie Arcaro
Whirlaway
Democrats Go Over First Big Hurdle
James Marlow reports that Democrats in Congress have overcome a major unity hurdle, with 66-34 in the Senate and 280-152 in the House amid five vacancies. They blocked a Republican civil rights push and plan to push Kennedy’s priority bills aided by large majorities, while Eisenhower’s veto remains a potential check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
Two Newborn Daughters Reported to Alexandrea and Saco Families
To Ale and Mrs. James Gee of 222 Albert Street Alexandrea a daughter Tracy Ann seven pounds twelve ounces born August 5. Maternal grandparents Roger and Margaret Roberge of Old Orchard Beach. paternal grandparents Sheby Gee of Port Arthur Texas. To Mr and Mrs Leo-Paul L. Nadeau 40 Cleveland Street Saco a daughter Michelle seven pounds three ounces at Notre Dame hospital August 4. Grandparents Conrad Fortier of Biddeford and Napoleon Nadau of Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gee
Albert
Alexandrea
Tracy Ann
Gee
Margaret Roberge
Roger Roberge
Cole Road
Old Orchard Beach
Sheby Gee
Port Arthur
Tex
Leo-Paul L. Nadeau
Cleveland Street
Saco
Michelle
Presque Isle Man Clawed by Lion at Fair Exhibition
Arden Bull was clawed by an African lion after approaching the cage at the Presque Isle Fair. He suffered a long wound on his right forearm and finger and received Red Cross treatment before hospital care. A separate note recalls Detroit’s capture by Britain in 1812 and recovery by the U S a year later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presque Isle
Presque Isle Fair
Arden Bull
Red Cross
Marriage Intentions Filed In Saco City Clerk Office
Marriage intentions on file list pairs including Charles Emery Moulton of Gorham and Bessie Shackley Rolfe of Saco with others such as Ronald Wayne Phillips of Jenkins Road Saco and Claire Adrienne Petit of Biddeford and Arthur Brackett Hunt of Saco with Sallie Isabel Sinclair of Pittsfield. Additional couple Ronald Alan Boutet of Union Street Saco and Barbara Anne Lord of Old Orchard Beach are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Emery Leslie Moulton
Gorham
Bessie Shackley Rolfe
North Street
Saco
Ronald Wayne Phillips
Jenkins Road
Claire Adrienne Petit
Mason Street
Biddefort
Arthur Brackett Hunt
Foley Avenue
Sallie Isabel Sinclair
Pittsfield
Ronald Alan Boutet
Union Street
Barbara Anne Lord
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Eisenhower comments on Khrushchev visit and policy stances
President Eisenhower discusses potential personal talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev if he attends UN disarmament talks or the General Assembly. He defends defense funding, notes no frozen funds, and defends his defense posture while stressing adviser guidance and self judgment. He comments on Congo, Benson, Rockefeller, Nixon and campaign outlook.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Pravda
U.N
Senate
Venday
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Democratic Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
U.S
Congo
United States
U.N. Security Council
Belgium
Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
South
OFS
Cuba
Police Chief dies in NB disturbance shooting near Grand Falls
In Falls Brook, New Brunswick, Police Chief Bert Corbin and RCMP constable Ed Hamilton were shot as they approached a disturbance at a house. Hamilton survived with a head wound. Corbin died after responding to the council meeting call. A man is being held with no charges filed.
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Grand Falls
N. B
New Brunswick
Bert Corbin
Corbin
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ed Hamilton
Falls Brooks
Hamilton
Northwest Territories
Mounted
Mounted Police
Saco Catholic Women Set August York County Meeting
Mrs. Roland Berube announced committee chairs for the York County District Maine Catholic Women gathering at Most Holy Trinity Saco on August 15. The event at Notre Dame de Lourdes school hall includes registration led by Miss Theresa County and Miss Ann Dineen with Rev. Brother Thomas S. Farrell to address attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Berube
Catholic Women's Club
Most Holy Trinity Church of
Saco
York County
Maine
Most Holy Trinity Parish
Notre Dame de Lourdes School Hall
Beach Street
Theresa County
Ann Dineen
Berube
Stella Lombard
Theresa Colpitts
Frances Cameron
Mary Richards
iMiss Irene Tarazewich
Steri
Etheledard
York District
James Dineen
Kittery
Thomas S. Farrell
Walsh College
Canton
la Mennais College
Alfred
Brother Farrell
Brothers of Christian Instruction Order
la Mennais
Dog Aids Woman After Boat Capsize in Woods
Christine Bessey, 38, was found wandering from the woods after an overnight ordeal. She credited her dog with saving her life by grabbing the dog’s hair and swimming to shore after overturning her boat while fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistress Albion
Christine Bessey
Miss Lillian Rowe Crowned Maine Conservation Queen
Miss Lillian L. Rowe aged 18 from South Paris is named Maine Conservation Queen at the Maine Soil Conservation District Supervisors summer meeting. The dairyman's daughter was crowned during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Lillian L. Rowe
South Paris
New Maine Conservation
Maine Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Voice Changes On Shore Commuter Run In New Jersey
The Pennsylvania Railroad upgrades its shore commuter services at Long Branch New Jersey with harmonizing chime horns on diesel engines to improve safety and reduce resident complaints that the old signals resembled a wounded rhinoceros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Air Retriever tested for Arctic rescue operations
The Air Retriever device designed by Robert E. Fulton Jr. was tested at Naval Air Development Unit in Weymouth Massachusetts and Alaska. A balloon deploys nylon line to stranded men and winches them aboard. Captain Edward A. Rogers reported a 100 percent successful initial test from Point Barrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weymouth
Mass
Arctic
Naval Air Development Unit
Robert E.fulton, Jr
Newtown
Conn
Edward A. Rogers
Milton
Point Barrow
Alaska
Naval Air Station
Ice Island
Burton Island
Truck And Car Collide Near Turnpike Gate
Four youths escaped serious injury when a trailer truck and a car collided on Route 111 near the Maine Turnpike toll gate. Burton Masse Jr., 28, drove the truck toward Sanford and struck Elizabeth Davis, 43, Burlington Vermont, who was turning into the road to the toll gate. Davis children Timothy 7 Gary 14 Dianne 13 and Ronald 10 had minor injuries treated at Webber hospital and were released. No other injuries or damage figures were reported. Capt Philip Poirier led the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Turnpike
Burton R. Masse, Jr
Sanford
Elizabeth G. Davis
Burlington
Davis
Timothy
Gary
Dianne
Ronald
Webber Hospital
Andre Fortier
Philip Poirier
Biddeford
Reed Campaign Heads Named
AUGUSTA Executive Councilor Robert Browne of Bangor and Ralph Hooke of Lincoln were named today as chairmen of Penobscot County Reed for Governor Clubs by campaign chairman Harry A. Mapes. Browne is an attorney and former member of the state House. Hooke is a farmer and vice president of the Penobscot County Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Robert Browne
Bangor
Ralph Hooke
Lincoln
Penobscot County
Reed
iGovernor Clubs
Harry A. Mapes
Browne
State House of Representatives
Hooke
Penobscot
Burea
Mapes
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Detroit
Saco City
Gov
Rockefeller
Laos
Russia
East Germany
University of Vermont
St. John's University
Bellevue Hospital
Saco Catholic Women
Rio de Janeiro
Conservation Queen
Turnpike Gate
Dial
Aristocrats
J. L. Putnam Company, Inc
J. L. Brady & Co
David G. Means
State Street
Hanrahan & Co
Central Building
Massachusett
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