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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1959
Page
2
This afternoon warm and humid with late thundershowers and southwest winds. Tonight mostly cloudy with showers and fog, continuing warmth and humidity. Gentle south winds. Tuesday cloudy with morning showers then clearing and lower humidity. Southerly winds shift to northwest in afternoon. Temperatures in Zone 1 reach the low 90s then mid 60s.
Personal David Smart of 16 Middle Street Saco returned home from Webber hospital. Mrs Maude McKnight of Texarkana Texas visiting her mother Mrs Alexander Rankeil ler 79 Bradbury Street Saco. Miss Louise Meserve of Main Street Biddeford left for Pine Bluff Arkansas as guest of Mr and Mrs Myron Abrams and son Joseph. Mr and Mrs Howard E Procter and daughter Elizabeth Ann of Gainesville Florida visiting parents Mr and Mrs J Carleton Waterhouse Dayton until month end. Army PFC Renaild E Ranco son of Mr and Mrs Leslie J Ranco Wells arrived in Germany with the 3rd Armored Division medical unit in Frankfurt. Ranco a 1954 Wells High and 1959 UMaine graduate and member of Kappa Sigma.
The Girl Guards of the Old Orchard Peach Salvation Army plan a meeting tomorrow at 6 30 p.m. The Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army holds a prayer meeting Tuesday at 7 45 p.m. Village Baptist Church on Spring Street Kennebunkport invites junior and senior youth to an informal youth meet tonight at 8 in the vestry with games devotions and fellowship.
New York stocks rose slightly in quiet afternoon dealings as investors waited after a market shake out last week. U S Steel moved up near one point while Kennecott and DuPont gained about one to two points. Westinghouse and General Electric slipped. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose 20 cents at noon with industrials and rails up small amounts.
A $25,000 Superior Court suit charges the City of Dover and Dr. E Ross Mintz with negligence during an operation at Wentworth-Dover Hospital. John P. Murphy of South Berwick, Maine, a former Andover, Mass. resident, claims a surgical sponge was left inside him and discovered when he returned last January for a second major operation.
Six youngsters watching a Sunday auto race at Ozark Empire Fairgrounds were struck when a car crashed through a fence. Victor Valentine suffered a broken nose. None believed in critical condition.
Mrs. Annabelle Rogers Riley 99 of Wet Cutts Street Biddeford died after a long illness at a local hospital. She was born in Biddeford daughter of John and Bridget Kerns Rogers and a long time member of St Mary church and Assumption Sodality. Active Republican who served as vice chairman of the county committee for years. Survived by her daughter Mrs Harold Wilson Quantico Va one brother George Rogers Biddeford and one granddaughter. Funeral at St Mary church tomorrow at 9. Donations to American Heart Association in lieu of flowers. Relatives may call Cosgrove funeral home Elm Street Biddeford this afternoon 2-5 and 7-10 tonight.
Mrs Ella Thibodeau 57 died yesterday morning in a focal hospital. Born in St Francis daughter of Alfred and Marie Jandreau she leaves husband Eustache and two sons Delmar Washington DC and Lionel Phoenix AZ a daughter Mrs Carl Cummings Werymouth Mass four brothers Clovis Kenneth Treffle Edwin Jandreau and three sisters Mrs Jerry Gallant Mrs Maxie Pelkey and Mrs Lawrence Peppetier. Funeral at St Andre church tomorrow at 9 with calling at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford today.
Fernand Turcotte 38 a former Biddeford resident died Sunday afternoon after a long illness in Forestville Connecticut Born in Lewiston son of the late Leo Turcotte and Maria Marchand Turcotte he served in the Maine Corps from 1941 to 1946 participating in Guam and Okinawa and was a staff sergeant at discharge He worked as a linotype operator for La Justice and was a charter member of the Marine Corps League and the Veterans of Foreign Wars He is survived by his widow Alvira Lord Turcotte three daughters Elains 10 Therese 9 and Judith his mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs Mederic Binette Biddeford one brother Norman Turcotte Forestville one sister Rachel Beauregard Lewiston Funeral services Wednesday at 9 am from St Matthew Catholic Church Forestville with calling hours at the funeral home Burial Friday in Lewiston
Jenny Underwood widow of Anse Underwood died yesterday in Somerville Massachusetts. Native of Saco she and her husband were frequent visitors to the local area. Survived by two daughters Osborn Crowe Amesbury Mass and Florence Underwood Somerville three grandchildren in Amesbury one brother Frasier McDonald Portland Oregon Funeral services in Somerville tomorrow at 11 am and burial at Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford at 2 30 pm tomorrow.
A two-vehicle crash on a straight rural road left two people injured. A witness reported one car veered onto the shoulder then crossed the pavement and struck the other vehicle head on. Weather was clear at the time of the accident.
F Glen Harmon 77 formerly of Old Orchard Beach died in Portland after a long illness. He was a violinist and music school conductor in Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach, worked as an electrician before retiring in 1952, and at Oak Ridge Tennessee. He leaves a widow Hazel Grass, a son William G Harmon, a stepson Grant Grass, two daughters, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held in Portland with interment at Forest City Cemetery.
L C Nichols of Summit New Jersey and formerly of Saco died Friday after a short illness. A Thornton academy and University of Maine graduate, he worked for Weston Electrical Instrument Company in Newark before retiring. Surviving are two daughters Mrs John Engle of Philadelphia and Mrs David Dooly of Oklahoma City, a son Marshall Nichols of Summit, three sisters Mrs A E Herlihy, Mrs Chas Farber, and Miss Agnes Nichols of Saco. Burial was today in Summit.
Thurston P rounds Thurston 79 of Long Plains Road West Buxton died Sunday morning at a local hospital after a short illness. He was born in Buxton the son of Mark and Fannie Palmer Rounds and lived in West Buxton most of his life as a farmer. He spent the last two months with his daughter Hazel Rounds in Saco. Survived by wife Nettie Skillings Rounds three daughters Viola Wells Rebecca Muslawski and Hazel A Rounds two sisters Elvie Carpenter and Louise Smith a brother Chester Rounds two granddaughters June Hill and Sally Muslaw ski one great grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 30 p m at his home in West Buxton. Friends may call at Shumway Funeral home Saco tonight 7 to 9 p m and at his home Tuesday evening.
Funeral services for Mrs Ger ard M Belisle of 18 Gertrude avenue Biddeford were held at St Joseph church with a solemn high mass. Rev Alex And re Letendre led the service assisted by Rev Marc Franck and Rev Sylvie Levesque. Organist was Mrs Diane Frechette Rousselle and male choir provided singing. Pallbearers included Alfred FE Belisle Robert A Lapierre Donat A Beaudoin Leo Paul Bellefeuille Guy B Farrell and Roland L Farrell. Burial followed in St Joseph cemetery with prayers at the grave by Father Levesque. Out of town relatives attending included Maurice Wilkinson Upper Black Eddy PA Raymond Carrier Glendale CA Mr and Mrs Robert Maley Manchester NH Mrs Andre Gervais Mrs Conrad Pruneau Willie Pruneau St Jacques des Piles PQ Mrs Raoul Lavallee and Mrs Willie Gagnon Shawinigan PQ Roland Jalbert St Maurice PQ Mr and Mrs Jacques Pruneau Shawinigan Falls PQ Mr and Mrs Adrien Pruneau and Miss Constance Hamelin St Jacques des Piles PQ Mr and Mrs Donat Belisle Sanford ME Miss Margaret Julian Old Town ME Mr and Mrs Edmond Belisle and Mr and Mrs Adelard Belisle Lebanon NH.
A surprise lawn party and barbecue honored Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cartier on their 35th wedding anniversary. Attendees included family from Saco Biddeford Lawrence and New York. the couple wed in 1924 at St. Joseph church with Msgr. Laflamme officiating. Norman Cartier retired after 31 years at the Biddeford post office.
Cranbury contractor and family endure a 336 hour shelter drill with four foot garbage piles and 83 degree ceiling heat. Air is pumped in and every spoken word recorded on 38 miles of tape while the Powners cope with limited water canned foods and improvised cooking.
A severe storm caused widespread damage across the state. A Hanover man, Clement A. Worcester, 57, was killed by lightning while blueberrying in Rumford, with others knocked unconscious. Power outages and radio failures disrupted Portland and Rumford stations. Temperatures surged to 95 in Portland, prompting large beach crowds at Old Orchard Beach and Wells Beach despite contamination warnings from the Water Improvement Commission.
The United States chairs a multinational peace committee with Venezuela Uruguay El Salvador and Mexico to balance fire prevention needs with human rights and democracy pledges and economic aid. Findings will be presented to the Inter American foreign ministers conference in Quito next year as protests and noisy marches around a shelter echo the meeting.
A Hobby and Flower Show will be held at the Goose Rocks Beach Community House on Wednesday from 1 to 5 pm, sponsored by the Goose Rocks Beach association. Items include ceramics driftwood art jewelry rugs clothes needlework models dolls paintings and more. the flower show theme At The Beach features five classes led by chairs M E Brown Hazel Gardner Paul Gilpatrick John Madina and others.
Lawrence Browell a 40 year old of Ferry road Saco faces a probable cause finding in Biddeford Municipal Court for having sexual knowledge with a 15 year old girl He pleads innocent before Judge Simon Spill Bail set at 5000 The case against Joseph Lemay 27 of Foss street with the same charge was not proceeded
Watertown New York Cardinal Richard Cushing denounces foreign visitors from behind the Iron Curtain as masters of deceit in a mass for Massachusetts troops at Camp Drum. He warns the cold war could last a century, stressing religion as a bulwark and urging Christians to live by Christ's life.
Detective Mike O'Brien said Lynn Walden Swink, 21, and Robert Richard Banks, 22, were caught rifling a phone booth after a German Shepherd failed to alert. The two men were in custody for stealing coin boxes and faced charges.
Paul J. Eastman of the Maine Department of Agriculture is elected president of the Potato Association of America at the close of the group’s annual convention in Frederickton New Brunswick. The move places Eastman at the head of the national potato industry group.
Joyce Thurston married Clifford Purvis in a West Scarborough Methodist church ceremony. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Thurston, wore Swiss embroidered organdy with a pearl circlet veil. the groom is son of Mr and Mrs George Purvis. A reception followed at the bride’s home with family and friends in attendance.
ATLANTA AP The future of eight children, given away by their mother after their father abandoned them, will be decided in court. Mrs Carl Daniel Quisenberry, 28, faces neglect charges. Her 32 year old husband is due for a hearing on suspicion of abandonment. Mrs Quisenberry admitted giving her children to friends and relatives. She said she tried to run away after her husband left and money and food were exhausted.
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