Biddeford Personal Briefs Note Vacations and Visits
Wilfred Desnoyers Biddeford city auditor on a week’s vacation. Mrs Almeria Campbell Elm street Biddeford returned home after a Vermont vacation. Mrs Pauline Sylvestre Biddeford convalescing from injuries. Mrs Gerard Godbout South Biddeford home after a two week Canada trip. Harold Jelleson Graham street returned from visiting friends in Northampton Holyoke and Springfield Mass. Mrs Antoinette and Helene Thivierge May street Biddeford with Mrs Alice Bouchard Pont Rouge Portneuf P Q visiting. Miss Betty Ready 2 Victory Lane Biddeford spending a week with her uncle and aunt in Reading Mass. Alberta C Leicht and daughter Patricia Ann Camden N J and William M Leicht Manchester N H were weekend guests of Marcel Cloutier Hil’s Beach Saco. Mr and Mrs John P Cullen Woburn Mass and Mr and Mrs Eugene Campbell Newtonville Mass recent guests at Jon Chase Ferry Beach Saco. Miss Mary Kearney Graham at home after treatment at Trust Hospital employed at Butlers Biddeford. Airman 2C Philip J Chase and wife returned to Madison Wis after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs John J Chase Ferry Beach Saco. At Ferry Beach they were guests of honor at an informal garden party with refreshments by Mrs John Chase and were entertained by Don Brown. Rev Fidelis Rice CP returned to Our Mother of Sorrows Monastery West Springfield Mass after visit with Mrs John J Chase and family Ferry Beach Saco. Father Fidelis, director of Hour of the Crucified and Chalice of Salvation, attended National Convention of Catholic Broadcasters and directors meeting in New York City. He serves on National Board of Directors.
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Pauline Sylvestre
Biddeford
Gerard Godbout
South Street
Canada
Harold Jelleson
Graham Street
Northampton
Holyoke
Springfield
Mass
Antoinette and
Helene M. Thivierge
May Street
Alice Bouchard
Pont Rouge
Portneuf
P. Q
Betty Ready
Victory Lane
James Vassill
Reading
Alberta C. Leicht
Patricia Ann
Cameen
N. J
William M. Leicht
Manchester
N. H
Marcel Cloutier
Hil's Beach
John P. Cullen
Woburn
Eugene Campbell
Newtonville
Jon Chase
Ferry Beach
Saco
Mary Kearney
Trust Hospital
Butler's Department Store
Fidelis Rice
C. P
Our Mother of Sorrows Monastery
West Springfield
John J. Chase
Father Fidelis
Detroit
Mich
New York City
Obituary of Mrs. Redna Ruel of Biddeford
Mrs Redna Ruel 87 died this morning at a local hospital. She lived at 365 Main Street Biddeford born in St Marie P Q daughter of Jean and Soulange Drouin Giroux member of St Anne sodality of St Joseph church. Survived by husband Joseph one step daughter Lu cet Moreau and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 8:30 Friday from St Joseph church callers may visit tonight 7 00 to 10 00 and tomorrow 10 am to 10 pm at San Soucy Funeral Home 1 Stone Street Biddeford.
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Redna Ruel
Main Street
Biddeford
St. Marie, P. Q
Jean and
Soulange ‘Drouin Giroux
St. Anne
St. Joseph Church
Sansoucy
Stone Street
Portland Weather Forecast For Thursday Heat Ahead
This afternoon brings some cloudiness to the northern zones but generally fair and warm. Tonight remains fair and mild. Thursday will be partly cloudy and hot with scattered thunderstorms late in the day. Winds shift from west to southwest, 5-15 mph, with higher sea breezes near the coast. Overnight temperatures include Caribou 59, Eastport 54, Greenville 59, Old Town 60, Portland 62, and other major cities ranging from the high 40s to the low 80s.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
Club Calendar Cookout Hosted By Saco Auxiliary
Members of the Saco Firemen's auxiliary plan a cookout tonight at Mrs. Mary Campbell's home on Buxton road in Saco. The group departs the Saco fire station at 6 p.m. York County Council American Legion and auxiliary meet Wallingford Harris post in Kittery at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
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Saco
York County Council, American Légion and Auxiliary
Wallingford-Harris Post
Kittery
Church Services and Readings in Local Churches
A service of singspiration is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at Wildwood Baptist Chapel Turbot's Creek Kennebunkport. The Christian Science Society public reading room at Hamilton Memorial 42 Beach Street Saco will be open tomorrow 2 to 4 p m. The Junior songsters of the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army plan a Thursday afternoon meeting at :30.
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Wildwood Baptist Chapel
Turbot's Creek
Kennebunkport
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco
Church Activities Planned for Thursday Evening
The Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army Junior and Senior Tim bre groups will meet Thursday at 4 50 p.m The Home League of the Old will meet Thursday at 7 30 The Foss Street Methodist church choir will rehearse Thursday at 7 30 p m at the church
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Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
Foss Street Methodist Church
Prayer and Bible Study at First Baptist Old Orchard Beach
A prayer and Bible study hour will be held at the First Baptist church in Old Orchard Beach on Thursday at 7 30 P M. Choir rehearsal will follow Thursday at 8 30 P M at the same church.
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First Baptist Church
Old Orchard Beach
Pulpit Committee to Meet at Saco United Baptist Church
The pulpit committee of the Saco United Baptist church will hold a meeting Thursday evening to discuss church leadership and upcoming services.
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The
Saco United
Rescue of Seaman Francisco Afloat Near Cape Henry
In the Atlantic Ocean 43 miles off Cape Henry seaman Garguilo Francisco fell from his ship. A Navy submarine rescue ship Kittiwake discovered him adrift about an hour after the accident and brought him aboard for treatment.
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Norfolk
Garguilo Francisco
Atlantic Ocean
Kittiwake
Francisco
Cape Henry
Veteran Civil War veteran Walter Williams in critical condition
Walter Williams 116, sole surviving Union or Confederate veteran in the nation, remained in critical condition in Houston Texas from pneumonia. He served as forage master with Hood's Texas Brigade and was fed by eye dropper while his daughter Willie Mae Bowles reported he refuses to eat or speak.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Hood
Texas Brigade
Willie Mae Bowles
Martin seeks election in Rohoboth Mass district
Representative Joseph W. Martin, 75, dispels retirement talk and says he will run again in Rohoboth Massachusetts. The longtime Republican official indicated on Tuesday night his plan to seek re election rather than retire from Congress.
Tragic drowning claims Montreal family vacationer
Mary Mercier seven year old daughter of Jean J. and Mrs. Mercier of Montreal was drowned at Kinney Shores Saco while visiting for a four week vacation beginning July 29. Surviving relatives include four brothers Claude Pierre Jean Louis, one sister Louise. paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs G H Mercier. maternal grandmother Mrs J Newby. and several aunts and uncles. Funeral services will be held in Montreal with Bolduc funeral home handling arrangements at 291 Alfred street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lillian Mercier
Kinney Shores
Saco
Jean J. Mercier
Lake Shore
Montreal
Claude
Pierre
Jean
Louis
Louise
G. H. ‘Mercier
J. Newby
Bolduc
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Elizabeth Knight Dies During Vacation at Old Orchard Beach
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Knight 76 died yesterday at Old Orchard Beach while vacationing She was wife of John H Knight and resident of Humber Bay Canada Born in England daughter of John and Mary Rockliffe She is survived by a brother Fred Rockliffe of Lancaster NH in addition to her husband Local arrangements are with Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco The body will be transferred to Toronto for funeral services and burial Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Knight
Old Orchard
Beach
John H. Knight
Humber Bay
Can
England
John
Mary (Winterbottom) Rockliffe
Fred Rockliffle
Lancaster
N. H
Dennett
Craig Fueral
Saco
Toronto
St Anne Sodality to Meet Thursday in Sansoucy Funeral Home
Members of St Joseph church St Anne Sodality plan a Thursday 7 30 gathering at Sansoucy Funeral Home to pay respects to Mrs Redna Ruel, with attendance of church members and community mourners.
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St. Anne Sodality
St. Joseph
Dube Remembered by Local Societies At Funeral Home
Members of Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post American Legion auxiliary will meet at 8 PM to recite prayers for Armand J. Dube, brother of Mrs Hector Martin. Sacred Heart League of St. Andre parish will gather at 7 PM Thursday to pay respects to the former member at Emond's funeral home Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emond
Biddeford
Armand J. Dube
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Dube
Hector Martin
Sacred Heart League of
St. Andre Parish
Funeral services held for Dewey Harding in Saco
Funeral services for Dewey Harding were held Tuesday at 1 30 p m from the Cote funeral home in Saco Rev Herman Thurlow pastor of the Old Orchard Beach Advent Christian church officiated and offered prayers at the grave in Woodlawn cemetery during the committal services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Harding
Cote Funeral Home
Saco
Herman Thurlow
Old Orchard Beach
Ste Anne sociality to meet for prayers at Emond's Biddeford
Members of the Ste. Anne sociality of St. Andre parish will gather tonight at 7 at Emond's Funeral Home on Hill Street Biddeford to offer prayers for former member Mrs. Mary Perreault.
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Ste. Anne
St. Andre Parish
Emond
Hill Street
Biddeford
Mary Perreault
Army presents album to every congressman
The US Army has given a free record album to all members of Congress. The Army Band performs the music, highlighted by The Congressional Honors March. Secretary Wilber M. Brucker dedicates the record, hoping the music serves as an audible symbol of the bond between Congress and the Army.
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Washington
Army
the Army
Wilher M. Brucker
Congress
Market rises in cautious New York trading amid gains
Electronics shares led a modest market rebound in New York with the AP 60 stock average up 70 cents at noon. Renewed buying contrasted with some weak spots as copper tobacco chemicals and motors posted moderate gains while steels and rails were little changed. Texas Instruments Litton and General Motors rose, U S Steel eased, and bonds remained firm.
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New York
Electronics
Texas Instruments
Litton
Reynolds Metals
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
Texaco
du Pont
Associated Press
Racing Yacht Ticonderoga Freed At York Harbor
York Harbor New Jersey reports the racing yacht Ticonderoga was freed from a reef at dawn after grounding yesterday. The 72 foot ket sailed for Marblehead under escort, carrying damage to its auxiliary engine and two broken frames. A La Belle Sole crew member was slightly injured when a towing hawser broke during salvage attempts. Listed in Lloyd's Register as owned by Allan Carlisle of California, the yacht was believed chartered to nine people.
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York Harbor
Ticonderoga
Marblehead
Mass
la Belle Sole
Lloyd's Register
Allan Carlisle
California
Youth Indicted For Killing Boy In Bedford Village
Jonathan Beem, 20, son of a Wall Street broker, was indicted on first degree murder for a July 1 incident near Route 22 in Bedford Village. He said his pickup was aimed to scare two bicyclists, 13-year-old Richard Sullivan and 15-year-old Michael Dill, who were camping nearby. Sullivan died. Dill sustained a brain concussion and recovered.
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White Plains
N. Y
Wall Street
Jonathan McLain Beem
Bedford Village
John Young
Young
Richard Sullivan
Michael Dill
Mount Vernon
Dill
Sullivan
New York City
Telephone Texas to Have Telephones Again
Telephone, Texas will regain telephone service on December 1 after an ice storm knocked out lines in 1952. James Whitworth, owner of an independent company, announced the restoration plans for the north Texas village.
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Telephone
Tex
North Texas
James Whitworth
Collins Rejects Plea To Block Integration
Tallahassee Florida Governor LeRoy Collins rejected a plea to use executive powers to block school integration this fall. He told Dewey Johnson, Senate president and segregationist, that county school boards under the pupil assignment law must handle the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla.p
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Dewey Johnson
State Senate
Eisenhower Holds First Full Scale News Conference Outside Washington
President Eisenhower conducted his first full scale news conference outside Washington speaking from a Gymnasium at the Hotel Gettysburg during his recuperation from a 1955 heart attack. He warned of crowds surrounding him as a state visitor, but emphasized meeting people to learn about them.
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Page One
Washington
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Bill Passes House in Final Fiscal Year Appropriation
The House approved the last scheduled appropriation bill for the fiscal year in a voice vote and sent it to the Senate. The measure provides 1,284,012,700 dollars for military construction funding.
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House Washington
House
Senate
Soviet Exhibit Ends in New York After 42 Days
The Soviet Scientific and Cultural Exhibition concluded its 42 day run in New York with an estimated attendance of 1,100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Welcome arrivals noted in Biddeford Saco Journal births
The Biddeford Saco Journal records multiple birth notices across Biddeford Saco and nearby towns. New babies listed include David Alan Hodgson born August 5 in Brighton Massachusetts. Richard A. Lagueux Jr born August 4. Mary Ellen Nason born August 5. Alan James Chase born August 7. Debra Murial Gregoire born August 7. Lori Jeanne Donovan born August 7. Leland E Littlefield Jr born August 8. Timothy Daniel McMahan born August 8. Donna Melissa Hebert born August 9. Donald W Sylvestre Jr born August 11. Cheryl Lynn Seavey born August 12. Kimberly Rae Tierney born August 6. Jay Brian Jezar born circa August ?. plus numerous parental names and addresses toward the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hodgson
Dorchester
Mass
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Brighton
David Alan
Hodgson
Mary Ann Veilleux
Bildeford
Arthur J. Murphy
High Street
Biddeford
Richard A. Lagueux
Foss Street
Richard A., Jr
Webber Hospital
Rita Bowden
Louville Bowden
Albany Laguex
Sheldon E. Nason
Lincoln Street
Saco
Mary Ellen
William A. Chase
Francis J. Hebert
Brown Street
Kennebunk
Donna Melissa
Donald Sylvestre
Pepperell Street
Donald W., Jr
Richard Seavey
Grove Street
Cheryl Lynn
William A. Tierney
Sebago Lake
Kimberly Rae
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Tierney
Elizabeth Palmer
Sidney Palmer
Catherine Tierney
Postmen's postage up Louisville convention report
The National Star Route Mail Carriers Assn. faces higher costs as annual postage bills rise by 425 dollars since postal rates increased. General manager L. FE. Ernst spoke at the group’s annual convention in Louisville noting unchanged mail volume but greater postage expenses.
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Louisville
National Star Route
Manila man slays medicine woman and three others
Flaviano Curitao said his dying son could be saved by a 75 year old medicine woman in Zambales. After she rejected help he seized a machete and killed the woman and three others in her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Flaviano Curitao
Zambales
Curitao
Works Of Maine Sculptor To Be Shown In Newport
The Newport exhibition at Belcourt Aug 15-30 showcases W Clark Noble Sr.’s native Maine works, including Lincoln portraits and a life mask, with about 200 pieces spanning sculpture and painting. Notable works honor Burns, Roosevelt, Wagner, and Stowe, with three ecclesiastical pieces in the Vatican and prizes from the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Noble’s career began in Gardiner and included studios in New York and Washington.
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Newport
R. I
Belcourt
O. H. P. Belmont
W. Clark Noble
Gardiner
Maine
Noble
Wisdom
Capitol
Augusta
Boston
New York
Washington
New Tisson
W. Clark Noble, Jr
Nobie
Lincoln
Chicago
Napoleon
Anthony Wayne
St. Louis
The
Marines
John Philip Souza
Woodrow Wilson
William Buffalo Bill Cody
Robert Burns
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Philips Brooks
Pavlova
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Theodore Roosevelt
Mary Baker Foldy
Christian Science
Vatican
He Aso
Nurse Jo Lutely Brings Grenfell Care To Labrador Village
Kathleen Mary Lutely known as Jo, a 41 year old nurse from Devon, England, leads the six bed Grenfell Mission station at Happy Valley Labrador near the Hamilton River. Since 1957 she has delivered 150 babies without a doctor, with 77 last year, aided by Air Force transport and two visiting doctors from Northwest River. The station, tied to the Northwest River hospital, uses snowmobiles and aircraft for emergencies and shares weather news with other Grenfell stations. Jo enjoys gardening, boating, recordings of Newfoundland folk songs, and even a hula hoop to help circulation in cold winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Valley
Labrador
Kathleen Mary Lutely
Miss Lutely
Devonshire
England
Canada
International Grenfell Association
Hamilton River
Newfoundland Grenfell
Air Force
Grenfell Mission
Northwest River
RCAF
Goose Bay
Wilfred Grenfell
Grenfell
Red Cross lists seven York County camps serviced
The York County chapter of the American Red Cross released a list of seven camps served. Water safety coordinators include Gordon Pendleton at Ocean Park Royal Ambassador camp and Merton Nickerson at Camp Kiwanee Aquatic School. Other instructors include Eleanor Shaffer, Leonard D. Scott, Verga Hewes, Donna Shaffer, and William Miller. All instructors are ARC certified. Records, certificates, and instructional materials are provided free of charge by the headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
The
American Red Cross
Rosamond P. Tucker
Gordon Pendleton
Ferry Road
Saco
Royal Ambassador Boys’ Camp
Ocean Park
Merton Nickerson
Camp Kiwanee
Shaffer
Aquatic
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford
Camp Wells-by-the-Sea
Leonard D. Scott
ARC
Verga Hewes
Laughing Loon
Waterboro
Red Cross
ARC Aquatic
Camp Hiawatha
Kezar Falls
Wells
William Miller
Raymond Coombs
Ogunquit
Goose Rocks Beach
Donna Shaffer
Ferry Beach
Portland Red Cross
Safety Services Eastern Area
Americ Red Cross
State Lottery Proposal Defeated In House Vote
A proposal to establish a state lottery was defeated in the House by a 121 to 70 vote. Proponents argued it would be preferable to new taxes, but the plan did not advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
House
No Calls Reported As Ambulance Logs Show Ten Entries
Biddeford Fire department reported no calls last night or this morning. The Biddeford ambulance log recorded 10 entries in the same period. Police said no accidents were reported to Biddeford Police headquarters.
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Biddeford
Modern Chicks Pass Taste Test
The Agriculture Department reports no deterioration in chicken flavor between modern fast-growing birds and those raised 30 years ago. Taste panels find modern chickens, ready to eat at nine weeks, comparable in taste to older breeds, with 1930 chickens smaller in size at nine and twelve weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Radar Gap Closure Planned by US and Canada
US and Canada agree on a large radar expansion to fill gaps in North America’s Pinetree warning system. The plan, costing at least 100 million dollars, would be funded mainly by the United States with a two thirds share. approval from Canada’s Cabinet is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
United States
Canada
North America
Neil McElroy
G. R. Tearkes
Firemen Answer Burning Car Call
Saco firemen were called to Hill street in Saco last night where a car was found burning. Paul Cote of Garfield street reported smoke from under the hood and dashboard as he drove with his family. firefighters found a short circuit causing insulation to smolder.
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Saco
Hill Street
Paul Cote
Garfield Street
Cote
Northeast Resources Committee to meet in Portland
The Northeast Resources Committee will hold a public meeting in Portland on September 19 to discuss harbor development and coastal public recreation. The panel includes a representative from each New England state and federal agencies, following a general meeting held last summer at Colby College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Northeastern Resources Committee
Portland
New England
Colbye College
Local Churches Hold Joint Outing At Ferry Beach
The second annual mid-summer outing of Universalist Unitarian churches of Biddeford Saco is set for Monday at Ferry Beach campground. Activities start after noon with beach games and swimming, followed by a 6 o'clock supper and an illustrated lecture on Ferry Beach and its activities. The event is led by Robert Fenderson of the Second Parish Unitarian Church in Saco and John Tarbox of the Unitarian Church in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist-Unitarian
Biddeford- Saco
Ferry Beach
Robert Fenderson
Second Parish
Unitarian Church
Saco
John Tarbox
Biddeford
Bridal Shower For Miss Ann Byth In Saco
Mrs Ivan Dennis hosted a bridal shower for Miss Ann Byth daughter of Mr and Mrs George Byth of Maple Street Saco. Miss Byth will wed Kenneth Wincup son of Mrs Jean Wincup Lynn Massachusetts on September 5. Attendees and decorations followed a bridal motif with a buffet lunch after gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Dennis
Maple Street
Saco
Ann Byth
George Byth
Miss Byth
Kenneth Wincup
Jean Wincup
Lynn
Mass
Edwin Munford, Jr
Mabel Cloudman
Annie Armitage
Agnes Cunningham
Jeanie Randall
Effie Dennis
Claire Mitchell
Colette Couture
Juliette Rocray
Betty Hayford
Beverly Libby
Mary Minuitti
Jean McInnis
Helen Crowley
Joan Grondin
Kathiyeen Cooper
Agnes Riddle
Lily Taylor
Lucille Jamieson
Mary Burns
Priscilla Hayes
Joan Grenier
Polly Grace
Teresa Conroy
Jessie Watson
Jeanie Howard
Madeline Noyes
Sally Simpson
Jacqueline Cadorette
Janet Polanski
Mid-Summer Service at Saco Unitarian Church
The annual mid-summer service of Universalist Unitarian churches will be Sunday at 9 at the Second Parish Unitarian church in Saco. Guest soloist Mrs. Marjorie Mitton and organist Morse Haithwaite, both from Arundel Opera Theater, Kennebunkport, will perform. Rev. Edmund W. Beal will deliver a message titled On Living a Well-Balanced Life. A coffee hour will follow. arrangements are led by Mrs. Leavitt Emmons, Mrs. Norman McAuley and Mrs. Charles Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavitt Emmons
Norman McAuley
Charles Anthony
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Mary Mercier
Elizabeth Knight
US Army
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
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Paul Gaudette
Louis Ouellette
Hollis Center
Malvina Gaudette
Clara Barton
Miss Ann Byth
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