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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
2
The forecast notes a sunny warmer day this afternoon with southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight brings variable clouds and milder temperatures with winds shifting to northwest by morning. Friday will be partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the mid 80s inland and around 60 at the shore.
Local personals list Biddeford residents and relatives on annual vacations, basic training departures, visits, and relocations. Entries mention Miss Marcelle Morin resuming duties at York Savings and Loan, Emma Mercier returning from Maine Medical Center, families hosting guests from Conn to New York, service members leaving for Texas bases, and relatives visiting in Biddeford, Saco, and Kinney Shores. Names include Gauvin, McAdoo, Bero, Townsend, Dudley, Lamothe, Petit, Heim, Simmons, Thibault, and Baker.
The Fremont Club and Auxiliary will hold a joint meeting tonight at 8 in the hall on Alfred street Biddeford.
Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8:30 p.m. in church.
A Maine committee will study whether adoption laws require a broad revision or targeted fixes. Probate Judge Robert T. Smith of South Paris will chair the panel, which includes officials from the Department of Health and Welfare and private citizens. The panel cites the lack of detailed investigations in adoptions by non-relatives as a major weakness.
Pasquale Lampomarda Jr., 18, of Portland, paid a $25 fine in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice court last night after a speeding violation on East Grand Avenue near the beach. The charge cited 50 mph in a 25 mph zone.
The first federal inspection of the Industrial Park sewage treatment plant is planned for next Wednesday. City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis announced the $52,000 facility is being built with city state and federal matching funds.
Mrs. Aurore Rousseau expresses gratitude to her doctor the Notre Dame Hospital nuns and nurses and to friends and relatives for gifts and cards in this note of appreciation.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Taggart of 9 West Grand Avenue Old Orchard Beach were held Wednesday afternoon at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home. Rev Russell Pier of the Pentecostal Church Old Orchard Beach officiated. Burial followed in Laurel Hill cemetery family lot.
Funeral services for Miss Florence O Rourke will be held Saturday morning at 9 from Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cote Funeral Home on Beach Street in Saco this afternoon and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m.
Funeral services for John T Sherman of Hearn Road Saco were held yesterday afternoon at 365 Main Street Saco with Rev Edmund Beal of Second Parish Unitarian Church Saco officiating Bearers from Owen Davis American Legion Post included Arnold Ballard Henry Blanchette Roger Grant Rodney Hooper Samuel Rankin and Joseph Sterling Burial occurred at Laurel Hill Cemetery A memorial service was conducted Tuesday evening at 7 30 by the post followed at 7 45 by Corner Stone Lodge of the Masonic Lodge Portland at the funeral home
In New York the stock market opened lower amid profit taking from Monday's rally, then firmed with small gains and losses across sectors. The Dow rose to 607.88 as IBM, Polaroid, and Xerox led on higher prices while tobacco names fell and steel stocks remained weak.
Michigan State will face North Carolina marking the first time since 1950 that MSU plays an Atlantic Coast Conference member. This historic meeting pairs two storied programs as part of upcoming schedules.
Pepperell reports retail sales holding up well with promise of continued good level but cautions margins may be harder to maintain. The company vows ingenuity in styling and product development and continued modernization and efficiency across operations.
Government witnesses testified Hanna Mining earned over 15 million gross and more than 10 million net profits from 1954 to 1961 nickel ore production. They described a 1.7 million sale of a smelter to Hanna interests last year and questioned tax benefits from profit shifts. Walter H. Henson testified records were destroyed in 1955 after the stockpile probe began. Hanna Mining president W A Martin called the testimony a deliberate misconstruction of the facts.
George M. Humphrey, 72, testifies at a Senate hearing on stockpiling, recalling his stance against pomp and spending as former secretary of the Treasury under Eisenhower. The Michigan native rose from law practice to Hanna president, later joining Eisenhower’s cabinet and earning a $22,500 cabinet salary.
A coroner ruled the five month old thalidomide baby Wilfred Shaw died of asphyxia from inhaled food, with a contracted small intestine causing regurgitation. His parents are Ronald and Mrs Shaw of Eckington Derbyshire. The case cites estimates of thalidomide births in England and Wales and officials cite uncertain totals.
A bold robbery on a mail truck near Plymouth involved five men and a woman believed masked by a giant policeman disguise. Authorities, led by Postal Inspector Henry B. Montague, assemble composite sketches from witnesses and review multiple suspect vehicles as they pursue connections with at least two stolen cars and a $2,000 reward.
Sante Brothers of Old Orchard Beach secured the Beach schools fuel oil contract at one cent above Portland tank wagon prices, narrowly beating Briggs Oil at 1.8 cents over. The Old Orchard Beach Superintending School committee met at Jameson school to discuss repairs, new lights, typewriters, cafeteria staffing changes, tuition rules, and school room division estimates, with members DeAngelis Smith Downs and Lawler present.
J Wesley Dority of Readfield pleaded no contest to passing a red light on Elm Street in Saco Municipal Court. He was fined $10 by the judge after the charge was brought by Saco Police.
Saco City Clerk Offord A. Purvis announced a final federal audit of the Bear Brook sewage treatment plant set for next Tuesday. Final federal and state matching payments are contingent on completion of the audit, with $2,700 still due from the federal government and $1,800 from the state.
Classified ads boast low prices and broad reach for readers seeking value. Offers vary by format and duration, with emphasis on visible placement and quick turnover. Readers can target local audiences while keeping costs manageable for frequent updates.
Saco seeks four policewomen for traffic crossing guard duty before school opens. Police Chief Raymond Kerry announced the vacancies and said pay is 15 dollars a week. Applications are available at the Saco Police station.
Saco firemen were called for a house fire at Paul Courtois home, 45 Park Street, Saco, last night at 6 59. Firemen used 1 inch hose booster lines and ladders to fight the fire and returned to the Central Fire station at 7 58 p m. No estimates of damage were made.
Vincent Jefferson of Credit Bureau Sanford reports on his return from the Princeton Management Institute at Princeton University. The program, run with the Associated Credit Bureaus of New Jersey and America, offers refresher courses and classes in personnel management advertising public speaking and bookkeeping for credit bureau and collection service managers. An open forum featured managers from Maine and 16 nearby states sharing ideas to improve credit reporting and collection services.
The Maine Constitutional Commission met at the State House on Wednesday to continue its item by item review of the constitution. Created at Gov Reed’s request, the panel aims to report and recommend constitutional changes for the 181st Legislature in 1963. The commission will sit as a.
STOTTVILLE NY AP The state's case against Barbara Barringer a PTA president and mother of four has been dismissed as she is not a common gambler Justice Everett MacCormack ruled Wednesday night Barringer 29 headed the PTA in Stottville Columbia County she operated a wheel of fortune at a carnival sponsored by the Stottville Recreation Committee to raise funds for a community swimming pool The charge was based on a deposition not an information and 75 people in attendance applauded the dismissal State police said they raided the fair after a complaint a 16 year old won a bottle of wine at the wheel of fortune booth.
Police Chief Raymond Kerry reports 101 reportable accidents in Saco this year up from 92 last year. Rear end collisions remain the majority, though Elm Street at signals shows a sharp decline after new traffic lights were installed.
Mrs. Joseph Thibault and Mrs. Frank Carey co hosted a summer social and dinner at Salmon Falls Steak House for Kinney Shores and Biddeford residents. Attendees included Mrs. Karl Patt ee, Mrs. Victor Skornberg, Mrs. Francis Quirk, Miss Isabelle Bero, and others from Kinney Shores and Biddeford. An additional social hour followed at Mrs Tonis's Buxton home. Mrs Leo Joncas could not attend.
Four building permits issued in Saco by Building Inspector Peter W. Hellige raise year total to nine. William Mitchell gets permit to tear down a 40 by 30 barn on Portland road. Richfield Oil Corp moves 15,000 gallon tanks from Boston and Maine RR property to Richfield site off Roebuck avenue. tanks remain underground. estimated cost 10 000 dollars. Frederick Hasse seeks 10 by 20 carport at 90 dollars. Josephat Dubois requests 13y15 breezeway at 800 dollars.
Novosti reports Reds will stay under medical observation for several days as grooms prepare a mammoth welcome in Red Square for Nikolayev Popovich and other cosmonauts. Khrushchev and cadets atop Lenin's tomb will witness a long parade while Muscovites praise the explorers and call for space peace.
A panel planned during the Maine State Bar Association meeting in Rockland on August 29 will discuss the association's ongoing work, according to a spokesman briefed on the plans.
A birthday party was held at the Carey cottage in Kinney Shores honoring Miss Ellen Carey daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Carey Biddeford Hosts were Mr and Mrs Frank Carey aunt and uncle of the honoree The event included a family dinner gift presentation and seasonal bouquets arranged by Mrs Frank Carey Attending were Ellen s parents siblings Joyce Elie Kinney Shores and friends Susan and Denise Pepin of Biddeford plus the host couple and the guest of honor
Police in Saco say six pairs of eyeglasses a girl’s pocketbook and four wallets were found on patrol. Police Chief Raymond Kerry announced the find and said owners may claim the belongings at the station.
The Biddeford Saco Coal Company bid fuel oil at .0075 over Portland Tank wagon prices and was approved by the Saco Superintending School Committee on Tuesday, correcting an earlier Journal report that listed .9075.
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