Personal notices of region locals and visitors returns
Reginald Dube returns home from Notre Dame Hospital. Dennis Sheehan a patient at Elms Convalescent Home. Madeline Nichols returns home after visiting Yarmouth relatives. Therese Simoneau and companions return from New York World’s Fair. Donald Kearns and daughter Marie vacationing with his mother Marie Kearns in Biddeford. Kearns teaches in Washington DC and lives in Alexandria VA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Dube
Spring St
Saco
Notre Dame Hospital
Dennis Sheehan
Old Orchard Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Elms
Portland Avenue
Madeline Nichols
Yarmouth
Leland Irish
Elm St
Therese Simoneau
David and
Paul
Joan Goulet
Group C with Mrs Norman Martin to run Notre Dame Thrift Shop
Mrs Norman Martin will lead Group C in charge of the Notre Dame Thrift Shop on Elm Street Biddeford next week. Saco Rebekah Lodge meets Saturday at 7:30 p m at IOOF hall Saco for first nomination of officers. Saco Past Noble Grands Association postpones Monday meeting to a later date to be announced. York County Past Noble Grands Association holds annual banquet Tuesday at 7 at Spillers Restaurant York Beach. Past Presidents Parley of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion meets Monday at 6:30 p m at Mrs Nellie Petit Hills Beach home. Members may contact Mrs N M White for info. Members are asked to bring nut crackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Martin
Notre Dame Thrift Shop
Elm Street
Biddeford
Saco Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Saco
Noble Grands Association of Rebekah Lodge
York County
Past Noble Grands Association
Spillers
York Beach
Parley
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Nellie Petit
Hills Beach
N. M. White
William F Meikle 90 Spruce Street Saco native dies in city
William F Meikle 90 of Spruce Street Portland died yesterday in a local nursing home born December 25 1874 in Barr's Head Scotland son of John and Margaret Meikle came to the United States as a child longtime York Mills Saco overseer retired 150 years ago survived by widow Louise Larson Meikle two daughters Mrs Wayne York Scarborough and Mrs Ernest Buckley Cumberland Center one sister Mrs Mary Norwood Petersboro N H one brother Malcolm Meikle Westbrook and several nieces and nephews funeral Saturday at 2 p m at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Maine Street Saco visitation today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 interment Laurel Hill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
William F. Meikle
Spruce Street
Saco
Barr’s Head
Scotland
John
Margaret (MacGregor) Meikle
York Mills
Saco Lodge
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Louise
Larson) Meikle
Wayne York
Scarborough
Ernest Buckley
Cumberland Center
Mary Norwood
Petersboro
N. H
Malcolm Meikle
Westbrook
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Maine St
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Confessions Schedule Across Churches This Saturday and Sunday
Confessions will be heard at St Martha s Church Kennebunkport Saturday 7 to 8 p m and at St Monica s Church Kennebunk Saturday 4 to 5 p m. Confessions will be heard at St Mary s Church Wells Beach Sunday before the 9 a m mass. The Junior Band and singers of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Saturday at em.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
St. Monica’s Church
Kennebunk
St. Mary’s Church
Wells Beach
Saco Salvation Army
Biddeford Delegation Visits Capital for Economic Park Aid
Reny and Grondin of Biddeford economic development commission traveled to Augusta to gather information from Standish Backman and Kenneth Curtis. They met officials from the Small Business Administration, Maine Industrial Building Authority, and Area Development Administration to discuss Biddeford’s new industrial park site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Richard Reny
Conrad Grondin
New York Woman Treated After Bicycle Fall in Old Orchard Beach
Mrs. Ruth Hare, 39, of Gloversville New York, was treated at Webber Hospital after a fall from a bicycle on Little River Road. She sustained severe cuts and scratches on face, arms and legs and was driven to the hospital by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Ruth Hare
Gloversville
N.Y
Webber Hospital
Little River Road
Massachusetts Man Injured In Crash At Fortunes Rocks
A Worcester man identified as Richard Shultz, 31, was treated at Webber Hospital and released after a single car crash at Fortunes Rocks last night. He sustained cuts to his left cheek and bruises to his left arm and said he blanked out before being moved to the hospital. No estimate of damages was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Webber Hospital
Richard Shultz
Shultz
Es.tate
Imperial Highway
Valalon Boulevard
California
Robert Mitchell
Ray Fahrankopf
Abc-Tv
Inspector Fisk
Card of Thanks from the Arcand Family
We extend heartfelt thanks to our friends neighbors and relatives and the delegations at the funeral for their aid and sympathy during our recent loss Mrs Raoul Arcand and Family
Miss Ellen Coombs of Kennebunk Died at 40
Miss Ellen Coombs 40 of 4 Winter Street Kennebunk died suddenly this morning at her home. Born July 1 1925 in Rochester New Hampshire she was the daughter of Harry FE Coombs Sr and Margaret Brian Coombs. She worked as a nurse's aide at a local nursing home. Survivors include her father three brothers and ten sisters. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from Angel Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev Grace Ames officiating. Interment will be in Hope Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Ellen Coombs
Winter St
Rochester
N.H
Harry FE
Margaret
Brian) Coombs Sr
Harry Coombs
Biddeford
Frank Coombs
Traicy
Conn
Lawrence Coombs
California
Allvin Reagan
Roxbury
Ernest Forrester
Ronald Goulet
Frank Noble Jr
Harold Wilton
Robert Nedeau
Betty Tufts
Edgar West
John Ames
Hurley Chadbourne
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Grace Ames
Pentacostal Church
Hope Cemetery
Biddeford Man Armand Beauchesne Dies After Illness
Armand N Beauchesne 51 of 304 Granite St Biddeford died after a long illness. Born April 22 1914 in Biddeford he was an Air Force veteran of World War II and worked for Ed Delorge Baking Co. Survivors include four brothers and a sister all of Biddeford. Visitation at Emond Funeral Home tonight 7 to 9 and Saturday Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral from St Andrews at 9 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand N. Beauchesne
Granite St
Biddeford
Octive and
Leda (Taillon) Beauchesne
United States Air Force
Ed Delorge Baking Co
St. Andre’s Church
Arthur
Joseph Emile
Conrad
Funeral Rites Held For Ludger Fortier Of Saco
Funeral services for Ludger Fortier of Boom Road Saco were at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church with a solemn requiem high mass by Rev Henry Fournelle. Burial followed in St. Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs Gil Jalbert Lawrence Massachusetts and Mr and Mrs Ernest Cook Wapping Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludger Fortier
Boom Road
Saco
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Henry Fournelle
Paul Jalbert
Claude Guillet
Montreal
Mollie Welch
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Biddeford
Fournelle
Beavers Lere Gil Jalbert
Gerard Plourde
Val Greco
Donald Boisvert
Roger Hebert
Kenneth Cook
Gil Jalbert
Lawrence
Mass
Ernest Cook
Wapping
Conn
Eliza Hebert
Middletown
Councilman's Car Damaged by Unknown Vehicle
Councilman at large William J. Mullen reported his car, parked on 49 Evergreen Ave, sustained about 100 dollars in damage to the right rear Fender after an unknown vehicle struck it around 12 45 a m. He heard a noise and found the damage when preparing to leave for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
William J. Mullen
Mullen
Evergreen Ave
Saco Firemen Quell Small Woods Fire
Saco firefighters used a booster line yesterday to quell flames in a small woods fire on New County Road. Four men with engine 5 responded and called for assistance. Two more men arrived with engine 3. The fire occurred on land owned by Wesley Scammon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
New County Road
Wesley Scammon
Weather outlook for Portland shows clearing after tonight
Storms will move through Portland with showers and thunderstorms ending by night. Temperatures will stay around the 60s overnight then rise for a fair and warmer Saturday with little change in temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Tabu Oro Race Time Fragments At August Meet
Fragmented OCR shows a sequence of times and codes including Tabu Oro and multiple timestamps suggesting a racing event at August meet. No clear full names or outcomes are readable.
Gerald Nason Appointed State Judge Advocate
Gerald Nason of Tighereaudoin Farley Post, American Legion, named state judge advocate. Biddeford appointed to the new state department office of Judge Advocate. Commander Robert Poire announced at the Legion Home meeting on Elm Street. A testimonial committee was set for Judge Nason and Royal Sheltra, first vice commander, as memorial services were held for Raoul Arcand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Nason
Tighereaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Biddeford
State Department
Robert Poire
Legion Home
Elm Street
Nason
Royal Sheltra
State Legion
Raoul Arcand
Court Denies House Its Injunction In Kennebunkport Case
The House on the Hill in Kennebunkport failed to obtain an injunction against a victualer license restriction imposed by the town licensing board. Justice Harold C. Marden ruled the board acted within its discretion and the restrictions were reasonable. A separate suit by about 16 residents against the board remains pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
the Hill
Victualer
Kenneape Licensing Board
Supreme Court
Harold C. Marden
Licensing Board
Selectmen
Pleasant Street
Marden
Kennebunkport
Trailer Truck Goes Off Road In Kennebunk
A tractor trailer driven by Henry D. LePage of Lewiston ran off Route 1 in Kennebunk at 3:20 am after a tire blowout. The 36 rolls of paper headed for Boston spilled fuel. the truck jack-knifed into a ditch near two mailboxes. Capitol Motors of Everett, Mass owns the truck. Kennebunk police and fire crews investigated and stood by for fuel spill risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Henry D. LePage
Lewiston
Route 1
Here
LePage
Boston
Capitol Motors
Everett
Mass
Kennebunk Fire Department
Edmund Cashen
George Cousens
Sea Stars Hold Master Point Night at Briggs Home
Duplicate bridge players gathered at 5 Lawn Avenue for master point night. Norths and souths winners were Mrs Wilbur with Mrs Putnam, second were Davis and Grondin, thirds Ginn and Jennings, Chadbourne and Haase fourth. East and west winners included Mougalan first and Sleeper with Drummond second. Next session is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Briggs home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Sea Stars
Donald Briggs
Lawn Avenue
Robert Whelan
H. Ginn
R. W. Jennings
Carleton Davis
S. A Grondin
Carlton Brock
Paul Chadbourne
William Haase
Charlotte Duboils
Gertrude Leonard
Mary Wilbur
Frances Putnam
Vernon Tooker
Edward McLaughlin
Ada Sleeper
Daniel Drummond
A. Mouganan
Edrice Bates
Doris Ellingwood
Hiram Morton
Beverly Brown
Richard Shorey
Estelle Aranovitch
North
South
Wilbur
Putnam
Davis and Grondin
Ginn and Jennings
Chad
Saco Lowell And Union Still Do Not Agree
Representatives of Saco Lowell New England Division of Maremont Corp and Local 406 Textile Workers Union met in the third contract talks. The current agreement ends Sept. 15 after a one year extension with no wage increase. Negotiators will meet again Wednesday at 10 a.m. to continue talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Saco Children Must Register On Three Days
Saco school officials warn that all children not registered for junior primary during the three-day window August 23 to 25 will delay registration until September 9, the day after city schools open. Transfers from other systems included. Registration at Fairfield School runs 9 to 11 45 a.m. Children must be five by October 15 and bring birth certificates and immunization records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Fairfield
Ramsdell Joins Canal National Bank Staff
Jason A. Ramsdell is elected assistant vice president at Canal National Bank in the Saco Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Scarborough region. He brings experience from The National Bank of Jackson Vermont and Vermont Bank and Trust, plus civic work and two children with wife Janice, living at 248 North St. Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Northeastern Alumni Association
Kiwanis International
United Fund
Masonic Lodge
Rutland
Vermont
Massachusetts
Michigan
Ramsdell
Janice
North St
Saco
Biddeford Man Makes Hole In One At Two Courses
ARUNDEL Don Poirier a Biddeford firefighter aced one at the Dutch Elm Golf Course for his first hole in one and then another at the new course. Poirier used a four wood for the 190 yard number three hole and finished with a 48 for the day. Accompanying him were Norman Deschambeault Roland Farley and Donald Dutremble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arundel
Don Poirier
Biddeford
Dutch Elm
Poirier
Norman Deschambeault
Roland Farley
Donald Dutremble
Riots Strike Quiet Watts Neighborhood After Arrest
A white officer arrested a Negro on a drunken driving charge touching off an eight hour riot in Watts. About 6 000 people joined clashes with police and fire crews as looting, arson, and stone throwing damaged shops and cars. 17 arrests and numerous injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avialon Boulevard
Watts
California
California National Guard
Bedlam
Speeding Violations Dominate Sho list at Saco Court
Speeding offenses led the docket at Saco 10th District Court with Judge George Varney. A parade of defendants from Saco Biddeford Old Orchard Beach and surrounding areas pleaded guilty to speeds from 40 to 85 mph with fines ranging from 10 to 150 dollars. Several other charges including stops, improper registrations and illicit liquor were resolved or dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco 10Th District Court
George Varney
Biddeford-Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Hector Beaulieu
Green St
Saco
Frank J. Raychard
Buxton Road
Wiliam A. Parker
Central St
Louis Dagnet
East Grand Ave
Orchard Beach
Gerard J. Campobasso
King St
Biddeford
Kennebunk
Roger J. Chasse
Yalesville
Conn
Alcide Vadnais
Granite St
Julia Belisle
West St
Noto
Robert W. Livingston
Eliot
Roger LaFlamme
Berlin
N.H
Arthur Beals
Wells
Beals
Kenneth T. Christian
Charles Desper
Linwood Nason
Eva Fremnette
Roger Tremblay
Katherine Tremblay
Leonard B. Zbyk
Rockville
Gerald Witnick
Natalie R. Sylvester
East Hartford
Noel
Samson
Inverness
Que
Gordon Smith
Albert W. Baines
Manchester
Noto Tor
Raymond J. Deragon
South Portland
Lace
William Byrnes
Claude A. Warren
Portland
Robert F. Sanclemente
Sherborn
Mass
John L. Amari
Woburn
Stephen N. Crossley
New Bedford
Hanka C. Krofta
Lenox
Joseph R. F. Laures
Sanford
Brenda L. Foster
Alfred
Peter H. Nikas
Bridgeport
Boy Escapes Injury When Car Leaves Road For Ditch
Alfred A Hebert 18 of Saco escaped injury when his car left Boom Road and went into a ditch after he likely fell asleep. Damages were minor. Also, Gerard Semo 46 of Old Orchard Beach damaged his car on Ross Road by striking a soft shoulder and a trash can. damages estimated at 110 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Hebert
Storer St
Saco
Boom Road
Hebert
Gerard Semo
Fern Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Ross Road
Semo
Alewive Baptist Church to Hold Vesper Service
The Alewive Baptist Church without regular Sunday services will open next Sunday at 5:00 p.m. for a public vesper service. Interim Kennebunk Church pastor Rev. Herman Lloyd Noves will preach “Christian or Disciple” with hymn singing led by Kenyon Wills and music directed by Mrs. Homer Chappell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alewive Baptist Church
Kennebunk Church
Herman Lloyd Noves
Kenyon Wills
Homer Chappell
Annual Lord Family Reunion Planned for Thursday
The 64th annual reunion of Nathan Lord descendants will gather at Free Will Baptist Church in South Berwick at 11 a.m. A noon dinner will follow. Attendees may tour the old Nathan Lord Farm on Route 268 in Oldfield after the meeting, where he received land in 1652.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Berwick
Nathan Lord
Free Will Baptist Church
Oldfield
Land grant and historic Lord family site described
The passage recalls a Lord family land grant still in their name, an old cemetery with cobblestone grave markers from the night Indian War, a spring once willed to Nathan’s family, and the site of the Lord Garrison. It notes the Nathan Lord family’s beginnings on this farm and in the surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Nathan I
Nathan, Lord
Viet Nam War Reports Update From South and North
Heavy aerial action south of Dien Bien Phu with jets cratered approaches and no resistance. Skyraiders dropped leaflets 30 miles southeast of Vinh as ground fire remained absent. A Viet Cong grenade factory near Saigon yielded Soviet currency and supplies. Marines conducted a night raid near Da Nang with casualties minimal. South Korea to send 15000 combat troops to South Viet Nam beginning this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pege
Dien Bien Phu
Vinh
Viet Nam
Saigon
South
Tan Son Nhut
da Nang
Seoul
National Assembly
South Viet Nam
King Urges Conference Talks to Ease Viet Nam War
Dr. King warns the Viet Nam conflict could widen to threaten continents and urges all sides to negotiate at a conference table with UN mediation. He calls for including the National Liberation Front of South Viet Nam in talks as part of a broad plea for peace at a large ninth annual convention gathering.
York Pomona Meeting Follows Bean Supper
York Pomona gathered at Maple Grange Hall after a bean and covered dish supper for 60. Benjamin Foster presided with Mrs. Evelyn Adams delivering the chaplain report. Guests included Verne Hobbs and Ethel Green, patients at local hospitals. Leon Crediford was made an honorary member. The next meeting is Sept 9 at Riverside Grange with fifth degree work planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Newfield
York Pomona
Maple Grange Hall
Benjamin Foster
Barney Beg Grange
Evelyn Adams
Riverside Grange
Verne Hobbs
Ethel Green
Mousam Lake
Goodall Hospital
Sanford
Pearl Grant
Saco
Mercy Hospital
Addie Gammon
Limington Grange
Ethel Leavitt
Maple Grange
Marshall Floyd
Beaver Dam Grange
Debra Crowell
John F
Lh Grange
Lawrence Stackpole
Riverside
Home Economic
Thelma Farley
Lillian Crowell
Alice
Lionel Amerault
Wells
East Lebanon
Taxpayers Urged to Contact Local IRS District Office
Augusta taxpayers should call the district where they filed their federal return for tax accounts refunds and return information. Augusta District Director Whitney L. Wheeler notes records are kept at the filing district and avoid costly calls to the North Atlantic Region Service Center in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Whitney L. Wheeler
Internal Revenue
North Atlantic Region Service Center
Lawrence
Mass
Wheeler
King Declares SCLC The Greatest Ever At Convention
The SCLC convention ends today with Martin Luther King Jr lauded as its greatest leader ever for his work in civil rights and nonviolent activism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
SCLC
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Reny
Grondin
Capital
New York
Webber
Weewrre
Ludger
Tabu Oro
SUD
Saco Lowell and
Union
Cae
Canal National Bank
Dr. King
Florist Conference & Design School
Washington, D. C
Alfred Road
York Pomona Meeting
Homeowner’s
Paul E. Sheltra
Felix T. Sheltra
Felix T. Sheltra & Son Agency
Agency
Jefferson Street
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