Local Personal Notes From Saco And Nearby Cities
Dexter A Hill Sr is a surgical patient at Saco Osteopathic Hospital. Arthur Pepin is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital in Biddeford. Mrs W John Mack has returned home after Osteopathic Hospital stay. Mr and Mrs James Lanham and son Derek visit kin in Saco from Ft Bragg. Navy Lt Commander George L Phillips Jr, son of Rear Admiral ret Phillips, attends Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter A. Hill Sr
Roebuck Ave
Saco
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Arthur Pepin
Sheltra Ave
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
W. John Mack
Scammon St
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
James Lanham
Derek
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Lanham
Edward Kinmond
King St
Lantham
Cheryl Kinmond
Navy
George L. Phillips Jr
G. L. Phillips
Storer St
Kennebunk
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
Calif
Luke E Hart Council Knights of Columbus Meet Tonight
Luke E Hart Council Knights of Columbus will convene at 8 PM at the K of C hall on Washington Street Biddeford. The Christopher Fraternal Association report will follow the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke E. Hart
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Washington Street
Biddeford
Christopher Fraternal Association
Confraternity and Choir Schedules At Local Churches
Church notices outline C C D and Confraternity classes for grades 1 to 8 at St. Monica's Kennebunk. A Prayer and Praise Service is planned Friday at 7 30 p m at Advent Christian Church Biddeford. Choirs of Biddeford and South Biddeford Methodist churches rehearse tonight with Mrs Carl Deis directing. Higher Grade Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet Friday at 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confraternity of Christian
St. Monica’s Church
Kennebunk
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Biddeford
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Crusader
Biddeford Foss Street
South Biddeford
Carl Deis
Mary Robbins
Saco Salvation Army
Birthday Tea Honors 90-Year-Old Mrs Sawyer
Mrs Bertha Sawyer of Union Avenue, aged 90 yesterday, was guest of honor at a tea hosted by Mrs Marion Leach on Third Street yesterday afternoon. Several friends attended and refreshments included a birthday cake by Mrs Leach, with gifts for Mrs Sawyer. Mrs Lewis Burrows of Earleville Md, visiting Casco, called on relatives. Mr and Mrs Nathan Ford of Fern Park Avenue left for Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Sawyer
Union Avenue
Marion Leach
Third Street
Leach
Sawyer
Lewis Burrows
Earleville
Casco
Nathan Ford
Fern Park Avenue
Bangor
Firemen Free Biddeford Girl From Standby Mixer Accident
Biddeford firefighters freed a 12 year old girl at 611 South Street from an electric mixer after she became trapped while changing bowls. She was treated at Saco Hospital and released. A later call found overheated fat in a pan. no injuries reported. The apartment building is a two story wood frame owned by Robert Audie and occupied by Judy March. Orlando Cepeda hit 41 home runs for the Giants last season and has averaged 31.7 per year over seven seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
South St
Ellen Rowell
Gordon E. Rowell
Saco Hospital
Acarn St
Card of Thanks for Webber Hospital Care
I thank the Nurses Aides and Candy Stripe Girls of Webber Hospital for wonderful care during my stay. Special thanks to Dr Johnston and his assistants and to all my friends and neighbors for the flowers and cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Dr. Johnston
Death of Biddeford baby ruled accidental
A three month old Biddeford infant, Robert M. Daigle, died from accidental strangulation by a bathinette strap. County Attorney Lloyd P. LaFountain noted an autopsy at Webber Hospital confirmed asphyxiation. The mother Joan Daigle found the child hanging from the strap after a feeding. Funeral services were private with interment at St Joseph Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Lloyd P. LaFountain
Joan Daigle
Alfred St
Webber Hospital
Irving Dorfman
LaFountain
York County
Richard Dutremible
Edgar Sevigny
George Friary
St. Joseph
Robert M. Daigle
Portland
Robert Marcotte
Joanne Hanson Daigle
Hollis Center
Joanne Daigle
Roger
George Sakalas
Marie Menard
Mrs. Marcotte
Sanford
William H. Ford dies at 72 in Old Orchard Beach
William H. Ford 72 of 35 Fern Park Avenue died yesterday at a Biddeford Hospital. Born December 3 1892 in Bangor he was a World War I veteran and a retired postal worker. He lived in Bangor before moving to Old Orchard Beach to be with his son Nathan Ford. He was a communicant of St John Bangor and St Margarets here. Surviving are one sister Mrs Ann Sevigny of Mexico City a son four grandchildren five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday from Kelleher Funeral Home Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
William H. Ford
Fern Park Avenue
Biddeford
Bangor
John Ford
Catherine McGrath Ford
St. John Church
St Margarets Church
Ann Sevigny
Mexico City
Mexico
Nathan Ford
Kelleher
Funeral for Mrs. Margaret Taber Held in Saco
Funeral services for former Old Orchard Beach resident Mrs. Margaret Stuart Taber who died Monday in Houston Texas were conducted yesterday at the Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco. Rev. Gerard C. Doyon of St. Margaret's Church officiated with graveside prayers at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret S. Taber
Margaret Stuart Taber
Old Orchard Beach
Houston
Tex
Dennett and Craig
Main Street
Saco
Gerard C. Doyon
St. Margaret's Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Funeral Rites for Mrs Armande Courtois of Saco
Funeral services for Mrs Armande Courtois of Irving Street Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church with high mass by Rev Paul Jalbert assisted by Rev Arthur St Pierre and Fr Claude Guillet of Montreal. Burial followed at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. A large turnout from Montreal Manchester and local groups attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armande Courtois
Irving Street
Saco
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Paul Jalbert
Arthur St. Pierre
Claude Guillet
Montreal
Mollie Welch
Joseph Laliberte
Joseph Lavoie
Joseph Vereno
Roland Fecteau
Napoleon Dupras
Arthur Lemire
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Biddeford
Jalbert
George Henri Durette
Genette Richard
Michael Louise Gilbert
Odilon Durette
Edgar Simard
Jean Charles Durette
Manchester
N.H
St. Anne Sodality
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Philip Roux
Yvette Plamondon
Henri Plante
Lorraine Auger
Albert Dubois
Aurore Bourassa
Alice Lachance
E. Plante
A. Gilbert
Rita McIntire
Marie Valliere
David Vaillancourt
Yvette Gagnon
Ulysse Bourcier
Dolores Cartier
Alfred Paquette
Maurice Picard
Azilda Paquin
Anselme Paquin
Arthur Corriveau
Marie Emelina
Marie Lavoia
St. Alphee
Helen Marie
St. Emma
Marcelle Marie
Donald Blanchette
Adrien Levasseur
Victor Paquette
Armand Mercier
Gerard Doyon
Adrienne Martin
Placide Comptois
Emile Bosse
Gilberte Mandeville
Legende
Melarea Renouf
Clara Guay
Pauline Chretien
Our Lady of Victory Circle
Anna Forcier
Marianna Dorais
Diane Moulin
Cora Laprohon
Ferdinand Bourque
Leonide Lefebvre
Blanche Garceau
Estelle Bellerose
Lea Labarre
Juliette Poulin
Melore Renouf
Lotilia Garon
William Binette
Rene Racine
Marie Anne Lapointe
Weather Forecast for Portland Tonight and Friday
Tonight in Portland expect fair skies and warmer temperatures with early morning fog. Lows around the upper 50s. Gentle southerly winds. Friday will be mostly fair and warmer with highs in the low to mid 80s and south to southwest winds of 10 to 20 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Clerk Found Shot in Rockport Motel
German born night clerk Jurgen K O Boerner, 28, of Amherst Massachusetts, was found shot multiple times in an office-story room at Marion Village near the Rockport Camden line. State Police Capt J Edward Marks said homicide and a man was being sought for questioning. Bloodhounds were brought to aid the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
J. Edward Marks
State
Augusta
Marks
Jurgen K.O. Boerner
Boultwood Ave
Amherst
Mass
Berlin
Boerner
Marion Village
Camden
Peter Sulides
Thomaston
Bedard Is Speaker For Democrats
Saco Democratic City Committee met in G A R hall with State Representative Camille Bedard and Mayor Paul Reny as guest speakers. Bedard discussed Bill LO 900 on a York County Vocational Trade School and answered questions. Reny highlighted Youth Corps projects and anticipated fall continuation. Aldermen Guay Gilpatrick Murray Whitten spoke. Mrs. R Warner acted as secretary. Next meeting is Sept 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gagnon Sr
Saco
Democratic City Committee
G.A.R. Hall
Camille Bedard
Paul Reny
Bedard
Bill LO
York County
Reny
Reay
D. Guay
C. Gilpatrick
R. Murray
E. Whitten
R. Warner
States eye college draft deferments and transcripts
The draft system may require college students to prove full load and good grades as 1.2 to 1.3 million deferments exist. Georgia and several states plan scrutiny, while Virginia, Illinois, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Wyoming show reluctance or no directive. California and Texas weigh action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry 0. Smith
Selective Service
Georgia
Virginia
Don Schomburg
Amarillo
Tex
Col
Howard W. Davis
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Indiana
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Washington
West Virginia
Illinois
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Wyoming
California
Texas
Reed Lets Maine Woodlands Stay Open
AUGUSTA AP Gov. Reed said Maine woodlands will remain open for a while. He noted that before this week’s showers a ban on brook fishing smoking and outdoor fires had been possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Reed
Maine
Second Special OOB Meeting Called for Aug 23
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Town Manager Leon F. Jones said a second special OOB meeting is set for Monday Aug 23 after last night’s adjournment for lack of a quorum. Twenty-one of 59 town meeting members attended. a $7 000 down payment for a beach sanitizer and bulldozer awaits a corrected article wording and reappropriation action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Leon F. Jones
Jones
Adelbert Jakeman Jr
Jerome Daly
Seacoast Tractor, Inc
Scarborough
Local Officials Tour Biddeford NYC Projects
Biddeford and York County officials and residents toured Neighborhood Youth Corps projects across Biddeford. The 10 a.m. start at Biddeford High School covered athletic fields and shop programs, then City Building interior renovations and welfare offices. The trip included park upgrades at Clifford Park and visits to cemeteries, parishes, and hospital sites with a luncheon at St Francis College for about 75 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
York County
Biddeford High School
Biddeford City Building
St. Joseph
St. Andre and
St. Mary
Webber Hospital
St. Andre Home and Hospital
Hostesses Named for Old Orchard Beach Art Festival
The Old Orchard Beach Art Association announced the festival leaders and hostesses. General chairman is C Paul Wight with Gabrielle Gagne as corresponding secretary and Isabelle McIver handling hostess duties. Publicity chair Marguerite Drolet and Josephine C Bay lead receiving and hanging with a list of assistants. Hostesses include Augusta Chater Laura Duffy Stella LaPelletier Adrienne Binette Edith Bonenfant Isabelle McIver Ethel Wight Josephine Bay Sarah Graves Marguerite Drolet Julie Clear Mary Borges Helen Hall Elizabeth Wilson Anna Anderson Gabrielle Gagne Helen Smith Lorraine Ryan Alice Leavitt Priscilla Skilling Toby Sneider Evelyn Monier Alice Murphy Almonza Souliere Gertrude Eastman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Edith Bonenfant
Augusta Chater
Laura Duffy
Stella LaPelletier
Adrienne Binette
Isabelle McIver
Ethel Wight
Josephine Bay
Sarah Bridge Graves
Marguerite Drolet
Julie Clear
Mary Borges
Helen Hall
Elizabeth Wilson
Anna Anderson
Gabrielle Gagne
Helen Smith
Lorraine Ryan
Alice Leavitt
Priscilla Skilling
Toby Sneider
Evelyn Monier
Alice Murphy
Almonza Souliere
Gertrude Eastman
Penobscot County Eligible for Emergency Farm Loans
Washington AP The U S Agriculture Department designated Penobscot County eligible for emergency loans to farmers due to drought. U S Sen Edmund S Muskie said eligible farmers can obtain Farmers Home Administration loans at 3 percent interest for living operating and irrigation expenses. He expects similar aid for other Maine counties within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Agriculture Department
Penobscot
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Farmers Home Administration
Muskie
Reed Urges Probe Into Allagash Region Use
Reed calls for an early report on the Allagash region to assess use and control. The proposal seeks detailed findings to guide policy and management decisions in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Allagash Region
Augusta
High School Classes To Start On Time
High School classes will begin on schedule Wednesday Sept 8 despite unfinished fold gym renovations. Superintendent Bernard C Forbush said classrooms will be available though some labs will not yet be ready. Plans include expanding the music program with a Junior Band and a Music Appreciation course, plus staff contracts and equipment orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach High School
Bernard C. Forbush
Forbush
Louis D’angelis
Charles Loranger
Jerome Lepelletier
Gordon Haskell
York Electric Co
Portland
Thomas Winston
Winston
Jerome Plante Oy
Washington
Riot Erupts After Traffic Stop In Watts Neighborhood
A riot erupted in Watts after a California Highway Patrol stop for suspected drunken driving. Police dispatched 40 squad cars and about 100 officers to arrest violators as rioters damaged at least 50 vehicles, overturned a TV station wagon, and looted stores and apartments. Murdock identified three family members, Murdoch said Marquette Frye, 21, and Ronald Frye, 22, were booked on related charges, with their mother Rena Frye, 49, also detained for interfering with officers.
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Page One
Murdock
Watts
California Highway Patrol
Marquette Frye
Ronald
Rena
Governor hints at session after November vote on area
He said a legislative session could be called after the November referendum and urged a report from the legislative committee studying the region. He favors placing the area under state control, while the Interior Department weighs the valley as a national recreational site.
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U.S. Department of Interior
Federal Team Heads For Northeast
A federal drought relief team led by Interior Secretary Udall and Lt. Gen Cassidy travels to Philadelphia Camden Newark and New York to map a systematic water shortage solution. The plan includes a four state effort with a 185 million speedup in water projects and a 4 million planning survey for the Northeast.
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Washington
Northeast
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
SW. F. Cassidy
Lasher Enginers
Philadelphia
Camden
N.J
Newark
New York City
Johnson
White House
Congress
New York
Maine
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Udall and
Cassidy
Doziens
Astronauts Set Gemini 5 Rendezvous Plan At Cape Kennedy
The Gemini 5 crew L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. will attempt the world’s first space rendezvous with REP the Radar Evaluation Pod satellite during the first six hours of the mission. The flight from Cape Kennedy will use a Titan 2 booster and aim for 121 orbits ending with a western Atlantic landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Navy
Cmdr
Charles Conrad Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Space Agency
U.S
Atlantic
Bermuda
Cooper
Conrad
Globe
Valery Bykovsky
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Schirra
Stafford
United States
McDivitt
White
Cooper and
Earth
Scott Carpenter
Cabinet Post Sponsors See Differences Settled
The Senate approved the housing department bill 57 to 33 and sent it to the House after the House cleared it 217 to 184. President Johnson praised bipartisan support for creating a Cabinet department to address urban issues and housing. Potential appointees included Robert C. Weaver, New York Mayor Robert Wagner, and Albert Rains. Weaver would become the first Black Cabinet member if named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
House
Senate
Johnson
Americas
Everett M. Dirksen
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Albert Rains
D-Ala
Weaver
Kennedy
Female Drum Bugle Corps Arrives For Quebec Carnival
A drum and bugle corps of fifty two girls named Les Crescendo sponsored by Notre Dame Asbestos Quebec will arrive Friday. They perform a Friday evening exhibition at Palace Ballroom for Governor Reed and officials, then join the Quebec Carnival Parade Saturday with Miss Maine and six duchesses. They will be entertained at Palace Playland with sightseeing and bathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Leon F. Jones
Notre Dame
Palace Ballroom
John H. Reed
Quebec City
Quebec
Official Party
Maine
Palace Playland
Pvt Martin Guest Of Honor At Fort Dix Party
A farewell party honored Pvt. George Martin who completed basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey and will report to Fort Sill Oklahoma A purse was presented and a social held Attendees included Miss Jeannette Martin Georgette Martin Mr and Mrs Roger Hanson and others with several relatives noted Also mentioned is a diving bell mission 200 feet underwater in the Pacific for eyesight checks and radiation measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
George Martin
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Fort Sill
Oklo
Jeannette Martin
Georgette Martin
Roger Hanson
Paul Hebert
George Cabana
May Tardif
Ann Marie Tardif
Patricia Tardif
Ray Larose
Bella
Barbara Martin
Bonnie Lou Larose
Ronald Larose Jr
Diana Ross
Evelina Martel
Cora Rouleau
Virginia Martin
Leona Viger
Maurice Hebert
Ralph Chretien
Theresa Chretien
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Ros
MBS
Clement P. Wight
Girl
Orlando Cepeda
San Francisco
Giants
Edith G. Powers
Irene Cadorette
Alcide
Aline Perreault
Baby
Democrats
Nyc
Penobscot County
Udall
Water Resources Council
Cabinet Post
Martin
Pacific
Bolduc Paint CO
Alfred Street
T.V. Service
Bill
T. V. Center
Main St
Beaupre
Gas & Electric
Mary Carter
Warren’s
Warren’s Furniture Co
Biddeford, Maine
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