Personal Briefs From Saco And Biddeford Areas
Mrs Etta Pendleton of 16 Middle Street Saco is a medical patient at Trull hospital Armand Nadeau of 3 Foss Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame hospital John Foran of Myrtle Street Biddeford is entering Webber hospital for surgical treatment Patrolman Manuel DeSilva of the Biddeford police department is on vacation this week Mr and Mrs Daniel Sughrue of Montres are vacationing at Old Orchard Beach Benjamin S Stern a former Biddeford resident now living in Philadelphia is vacationing in this area Stern is staying at Old Orchard Beach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Pendleton
Middle Street
Saco
Trull Hospital
Armand Nadeau
Foss Street
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
John Foran
Myrtle Street
Webber Hospital
Manuel DeSilva
Piddeford
Daniel Sughrue
Montres
Old Orchard Beach
Benjamin S. Stern
Riddeford
Philadelphia
Stern
Henry J Henaire Funeral Held at St Patrick Providence
Henry J Henaire aged 40 formerly of Biddeford died suddenly Sunday morning. Funeral services were held yesterday at St Patrick Church Providence R I with burial in the family lot at Cranston R I. He was born in Biddeford to Oliver and the late Rose Eva Henaire. He is survived by his wife Ella Mae a son Henry Jr a daughter Katherine his father a step mother Marie Louise Henaire three brothers Joseph Armand Biddeford Wilfred Connecticut and three sisters Mrs Albany Lagueux Mrs Juliette Gagne and Mrs Theresa Roussel Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick Church
Providence
Henry J. Henaire
Biddeford
Cranston
Oliver
Rose Eva Henaire
Ella Mae
Henry, Jr
Katherine
Marie Louise Henaire
Joseph
Armand
Wilfred
Connecticut
Albany Lagueux
Juliette ‘Gagne
Theresa Rousselle
Knights of Columbus chairmen meet at council hall
A special meeting of all 6point program chairmen of the Knights of Columbus will be held tonight at 7 30 at the council hall on Washington street. The meeting aims to coordinate activities for the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Hall
Washington Street
Knights of Columbus
Holy Communion, church services listed in Saco and Biddeford
In The Churches Holy Communion will be celebrated in a Trinity Episcopal church Saco Friday at 9 30 a m The Junior Legion of the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army will meet Friday afternoon The Torchbearers of the Old will meet tomorrow night at 7 A prayer and praise service will be held Friday at 7 30 p m at Biddeford Advent church corner of Hill and Chapel streets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco
Legion of the
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
Biddeford
Sylvania Not Due in Maine
Portland reports that Sylvania Electric Plans a multi million dollar plant in Manchester New Hampshire, ending Maine relocation rumors. Officials had hoped Sylvania would join Raytheon in Maine, with Lewiston’s Raytheon plant recently announced. Rumors of sites in Greater Portland, Biddeford Saco area, and Sanford were not realized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Sylvania Electric Products
Manchester
N. H
Sylvania
Maine
Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce
Raytheon
Raytheon O
Lewiston
Vania
Greater
Biddeford-Saco, Area
Sanford
Apple Crops Predicted Good in New England
The Department of Agriculture predicts a strong apple year for New England with August estimates showing a 12 percent gain over 1958 and 21 percent above the ten year average, though the national apple crop may dip six percent from last year. Baldwins expected down, McIntosh up, Delicious notably strong. Maine potato regions still needing rain. total potato output about 40,996,000 cwt, up three percent from the nine year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Baldwins
McIntosa
Maine
Charges Dropped in Elmira Fire Case Involving Jane Shusko
In Elmira New York the murder indictment against 15 year old Jane Ann Shusko was dropped and she was transferred to Children s Court after police said she admitted starting the July 11 fire that killed her brother and six sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
N. Y. WA
Jane Ann Shusko
Children's Court
Governor invites Khrushchev to tour Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Governor David L. Lawrence has asked Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to visit Pennsylvania during his upcoming trip to the United States. The invitation is being delivered to Moscow by James R. Doran, editor of the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
David L. Lawrence
Nikita Khrushchev
Lawrence
Moscow
James R. Doran
Harrisburg Patriot-News
State Solon Oscar H Brown Dies at 80
Senator Oscar H. Brown a longtime Eastport legislator and champion of the Passamaquoddy power project died at his home. The 80 year old Republican was serving his seventh term and chaired the Passamaquoddy District Authority. He also led the Washington County Chamber of Commerce Quoddy Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Fastport
Oscar H Brown
Eastport
Passamaquoddy
Brown
Washington County
No Accidents Reported in Biddeford Overnight
Biddeford police headquarters reported no accidents last night or this morning. No ambulance calls were received by the Biddeford service during the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Card of Thanks to Webber Hospital Helpers
Mrs. Jean Boisse thanks relatives and friends for cards flowers and gifts received during her stay at Webber Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Webber Hospital
Jean Boisse
Grace Bodge 81 Wells native longtime teacher and postmaster dies
Mrs Grace Olive Bodge 81 a Wells native and former teacher and postmaster died in a North Berwick convalescent home Tuesday. Funeral Friday at 1 30 p m from Angell funeral home Kennebunk with Reverend Lewis Chase officiating. Burial in Ocean View Cemetery Wells. Friends may call at Kennebunk funeral home this evening. Survived by brother Leslie Rankin Pinellas Park Florida and sister Miss Alice Rankin Somerville Massachusetts with one niece and one nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Olive Bodge
Wells
North Berwick
Angell Funeral
Kennebunk
Freeman E
Susan ° Littlefield Rankin
Wells Congregational Church
Order of the Eastern Star Chapiter
Highpine
Leslie V. Rankin
Pinells Park
Fla
Alice L. Rankin
Somerville
Mass
Lewis Chase
Dare Street
Angell Funeral Home
Ocean View Cemetery
Kennebunk Funeral Home
Maine Bonding May Merge With Northern Insurance
Portland Maine native Maine Bonding Co may be absorbed by Northern Insurance of New York if stockholders approve. Offer letters propose a stock swap: Maine Bonding shares exchanged for 0.56 Northern shares, valuing Maine Bonding at about 25.06 per share versus recent market around 18.50. Maine Bonding assets total 5.39 million, Northern assets about 74 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
New York
Maine Bonding Co
Northern Insurance
Maine Bonding
Northern
Boy Reprimanded By Judge Mahaney
A 12 year old Biddeford boy admitted stealing two silver dollars from a parked car in Sacco and attempting to steal from another vehicle on Water Street. Lt. Foran of Saco police identified him, and Judge Hillary F. Mahaney reprimanded the youth warning of serious trouble for future incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Saco
Sac
Water Street
Robert Foran
Llilary F. Mahaney
Integration at Hall Faces Calm Morning Entry
Three Black girls arrived at 9 26 a m in a black Cadillac with a Black driver and a Black woman front passenger. They entered the school with police directing traffic. Ten white boys observed from the porch as tensions eased after yesterday’s violence and parade.
Last Civil War veteran Walter Williams Nears Death
In Houston Texas the final Civil War veteran Walter Williams age 116 remained gravely ill with a doctor warning he may die within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Teenager charged with murder in Virginia death
In Norfolk, 16 year old Russell Harris faces a preliminary hearing in juvenile court on a murder charge for the death of his 2 year old stepsister Nadine Leary. Police say the child was beaten because she was crying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Russell Harris
Little Nadine Leary
Youth shot at Presque Isle kills 14-year-old
Timothy Currie, aged 14, died when a 22 caliber rifle discharged accidentally. The weapon was lifted from a bed by a playmate at the Curries residence in Presque Isle, causing a fatal head wound. Police investigated the accident and identified no malicious intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presque Isle
Timothy Currie
John Currie
Monmouth expert warns apple maggot fly damage alert
Dr Leo Bow langer of the University of Maine entomology warns the audience at the Pomological Society field day to watch for apple maggots. He stresses keeping apples covered with spray as long as possible to prevent damage and notes the pest has terrific potential to cause losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Leo Bowlanger
University of Maine Er
Portland Area Weather Brief
Variable clouds with scattered showers or thundershowers this afternoon, then clearing late. Tonight fair and cooler. Friday fair and cooler with less humidity. Winds west to northwest 10 to 15 mph, gusty at times, easing tonight. Zone 1 temperatures 84 to 56 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bible Society of Maine to mark 150 years with citywide shows
The Bible Society of Maine, one of the state’s oldest institutions, marks its 150th anniversary with a series of Bible-rama exhibits and meetings across 10 Maine communities starting August 30 in Portland. The Portland rally at Chestnut Street Methodist Church features a 4 PM vesper and speaker Rev. Layton Holmgren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Society of Maine
Maine
Portland
Hammond I. Peterson
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
Layton Holmgren
The
American Bible Society
Kittery
Lewiston
First Baptist Church
Augusta
Penney Memorial Baptist Church
Skowhegan
Caribou
Rockland
Bangor
Columbia
Britain
United States
England
Scotland
Bible Society of
Young Martels Learn English While Embracing New Life
The Martel family in Biddeford, with parents Roger and his wife and sons Raymond and Richard, adapt to life in a new country. The parents study English and obtain naturalization papers while the boys attend school and help at the family farm. They worship at St. Joseph church, driving from Lyman to services and returning home to the tractor for more work and fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneberto Piven
Canada
Richard
Raymond
Mrs. Martel
Roger
Martels
St. Joseph Church
Biddeford
Lyman
World Briefs ship plugs hole in vessel
The Soviet ship resumed a west bound course with two other warships. It was unclear if the vessel had sustained damage. In London, Rev Hugh Herbert urged married couples to vow to tease and to tickle until death do us part, calling marriage a source of fun to beat monotony. Kristiansand Norway reports Steven Rockefeller and his fiancée Anne Marie Rasmussen vacationing with families in central Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hugh Herbert
St. John's Anglican Church
Surrey
Kristiansand
Norway
Steven Rockefeller
New York
Anne Marie Rasmusen
Unday
University Women State Activities For Next Year
Summer board meeting of the American Association of University Women in Saco outlined plans for the coming year. The group confirmed funding for a $500 York county college scholarship and discussed winter programs. Officers and chairs across committees were named, detailing leadership in education, international relations, media, and advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
Stephen E. Patrick, Jr
Glen Haven Circle
Saco
Kennebunkport Playhouse
Gordon Morrison
York County
Dora’s Shraubman
Paul Croxford
Thomas Moore
Moore
George Love
Carleton F. Davis
H. W. Stevens
Joseph C. Truman
Stephen Patrick
Croxford
Philip Webb
William Marston
Roger Moore
Harry Lapirow
Irvin Sawyer
E. E. Puffer
Harry Sawyer
Willard C. Mosher
Robert Whittier
Jon Nathanson
Carl Landry
Town and District Heads Named To Girl Scout Sale
Gorgeana Girl Scout Council leaders mapped the Down East county style auction set for August 22 at Acton fairgrounds. Town chairmen across York County districts were named, with Miss Frances Sylvester joining as field director. Funds will support 1800 Gorgeana girls' program. auction opens 10 a.m. rain or shine with donations collected at Saco sites and through listed chairmen including Mrs. Peter Garland and Mrs. Albert Ouellette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorgeana Girl Scout Council
Acton Fairgrounds
Girl Scout
Pool Street
Biddeford
Geraldine Hutchins
Albert Ouellette
Wilbrod Bedardi
Peter Garland
Saco
Rita Morris
Almena Greene
Andrew Peterson
Kenneburk
Claudine Spring
Doris Kimball
Marilyn Pelletier
Cornish
Margaret Bertolini
Freda Weaver
York
Elsie Gagnon
South Berwick
Beryle Garneau
Warren F.studley
Berwick
James Titcomb
Sanford
Roger Gay
Springvale
Margo Priest
Buxton
Janet M. Tibbetts
Lyman
Frances Sylvester
Gorgefina Council
York County
Gorgeana Girl Scout Council, Inc
Somersworth
N. H
Old Orchard Beach
Bar Mills
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Lyman and Goodwins Mills
North Berwick
Waterboro
Ogunquit
Wells-Moody and Somersworth
Roscoe Spencer
West Baldwin
Clarence Meserve
West Buxton
Dayton
Hollis
Clarks Mills
Salmon Falls
Bonny Eagle
Groveville
Josseph Barth
Casco Road
Oceana Park
Russell Smith
Ernest Morris
John Myers
Robert Wilson
Kenneth Kornetsky
Sanford-Springvale
Anthony Dias
Robert Gay
Mary Norbert
Council Committee On
Civie
Enforcement Group Names York County Ball Committee
The York County Law Enforcement Association appointed its November ball committee during the August meeting at Pease Air Force Base Officers Club Portsmouth New Hampshire. Members named include Edgar Sevigny Raymond Kerry Nicholas Inniss Elmer Hutchins George Riddie Ralph Marshall John F. Waterman Sherman Clark Wallace Clark and Charles Kinghorn plus Deputy Charles Davis. The group also set September for the annual field day with date to be announced. Maj Frederick Dean hosted a 53 member dinner and Maj Leonard Eddington spoke on SAC operations and rocket propulsion since World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Law Enforcement Association
Officers Club
Pease Air Force Base
Portsmouth
N. H
Yvon Rondeau
Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Saco
Raymond Kerry
Kennebunkport
Nicholas Inniss
Wells
Elmer Hutchins
Sanford Police Department
George Riddie
Sanford Reserve
Ralph Marshall
Eliot
John FE. Waterman
Sherman Clark
State Police Department
Wallace Clark
A. Wesley Leach
Kennebunk
Association
Charles Davis
Professor Fairfield Lectures at Biddeford-Saco Rotary Meeting
Dr Roy P Fairfield professor of government at Ohio University spoke on Alternate Impressions Of The Cold War at the Biddeford Saco Rotary Club lunch at Hotel Thacher Introduced by program chairman Ray Kari A new member Ernest Woodworth of the Diamond Gardner corporation was welcomed along with many visiting Rotarians from multiple cities. The session was led by President Mark Black with community singing by Gerald Van Fleet and piano accompaniment by Ray Lord A brief news cast was presented by J Alan Jasper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy P. Fairfield
Ohio University
Biddeford-Saco
Rotary Club
Hotel Thacher
Ray Kari
Ernest Woodworth
Diamond-Gardner Corporation
Gilbert S. Swein
Delray Beach
Fla
Frank R. Raymord
Cambridge
Mass
Man
Lowell
Arch Dodge
Portland
Frank ‘Murray
Lewiston
Bob Winslow
Ted MacKenzie
Harttford
Conn
Dick Klimoff
Falls River
Theodore Thompson
Nashua
N. H
Raymond Christensen
West Hartford
Les Thomsa
South Deerne
John Stearns
Elmira
Mark Black
Gerald van Fleet
Ray Lord
J. Alan Jasper
Fire at Biddeford Laundry Causes No Damage
Firemen respond to an automatic laundry at 376 Elm Street Biddeford after a short circuit in a washing machine sparked the blaze. The building owned by Wilfred Crepeau sustained no reported damage and firefighters answered the call late yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street
Biddeford
Wilfred Crepeau
Sweetser Children Get Passes To Fair
Children of the Sweetser Children's Home in Saco received 45 passes to the Acton Fair, set for August 28 and 29. Passes were submitted by the York County Agricultural Association. Six adult tickets were sent to admit staff members of the home. Linwood Brown, director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetser Children's Home
Saco
Acton
York County Agricultural Association
Linwood Brown
Auburn Schools Set Bus Policy
The Auburn School committee kept its policy of transporting private school pupils on public buses with no change after a brief discussion. Supt. Lewis E. Webber said pupils on established routes will ride as before, while the Maine Supreme Court notes no specific statute authorizes such transport with public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Webber
Maine Supreme Court
Funeral of Passes Donation at Annual Fair
He said he was pleased with the donation of the passes and expected to use all of them on the first day of the annual fair.
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Ighe - Beaudoin - Farley Post
American Legion
Mrs
Grace Bodge
Mahaney
Bible Society
World Briefs
Ball
Vickie
Main Street
Sweetser
Auburn
Homemakers Fair
Penney’s
Rayon
Penney’s Own
Penney
China
Big
Tudor Plaid
Homemakers
Orion
Avisco Rayon Frost Tweed
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