Personal notices from Biddeford and surrounding towns
Mrs. Alexina Loranger medical patient at Trull hospital in Biddeford on a two-week vacation from the Biddeford Savings Bank. Richard Beote on vacation from Biddeford Savings Bank. Ray Villandry surgical patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Laurette Blackington resumed work at Blanchette Beauty salon after vacation. Fannie Emmons returned home after visiting her niece and Mr Landers in Rowley Massachusetts. Needham B Brown summer resident of Biddeford Pool medical at Notre Dame hospital. Mr and Mrs Frank Landers and children Timothy and Kathleen visiting Mrs Landers' mother Mrs Ray Emmons in Saco. Albert L Pearce returned to duties at McArthur Library after week with relatives in Aurora Illinois. Mrs Leo H Lambert went to Bangor for funeral of sister-in-law, son Leo Lambert Jr. returned from California after four years in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexina Loranger
Mason Street
Biddeford
Trull Hospital
Frank Landers
Mr. Landers
Rowley
Mass
Needham B. Brown
Winchester
Biddeford Pool
Notre Dame Hospi
Frank R. Landers
Timothy and
Kathleen
Landers
Ray Emmons
Saco
Albert L. Pearce
South Street
McArthur Library
Kent Smith
Miss Ella G. Tuttle Died At 77 In New Hampshire
Ella G. Tuttle died August 10 at age 77, home with sister Mrs Wesley Perkins at North River Lake East Barrington NH. For 25 summers she kept house for Mrs Mary Gray Tinkham at Old Orchard Beach and winters in Augusta. She entered Notre Dame Hospital June 30, stayed six weeks. Funeral Sunday at Northwood Baptist church with interment in Northwood cemetery. Survived by sisters Mrs Gladys Perkins North River Lake East Barrington NH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella G. Tuttle
Wesley Perkins
North River ‘Lake
East Barrington
N.H
Mary Gray Tinkham
Old Orchard Beach
Augusta
Tuttle
Notre Dame Hospital
Northwood
N.H. Baptist Church
Gladys Perkins
North River Lake
East Bennington
Donovan Says GOP Candidates Ducking Issues
Democratic candidate John C. Donovan accused GOP contenders of avoiding debate and failing their duties. He urged clear discussion on education, elder care, economic development, national defense, and America's global standing, warning that silent candidates undermine public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan
GOP
Waterville
John C. Donovan
America
Orcutt Promoted to Captain in State Police
State Police Chief Robert Marx announced the promotion of Lt. Willard R. Orcutt Jr. of Augusta to captain, with Orcutt remaining the department personnel officer. The 39 year old Ashland native joined the force in 1942 and studied police management at Northwestern University in 1955 56. He led Troop E in Orono in 1957 and Troop D in Thomaston in 1958 before becoming director of the Bureau of Traffic Records at Augusta headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Robert Marx
Willard R. Orcutt, Jr
Orcutt
Ashland
Northwestern University
Orono
Thomaston
Augusta Headquieters
Aging Conference Speakers Listed in Maine Program
Clarence J. Hylander project director of the Northeastern Research Fund and Morris Zelditch director of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds of New York will speak September 14 at the Governor's Conference on Aging. The Maine Committee on Aging sponsors the event to be held in the State House with an afternoon of workshop discussions on elderly and retirement planning issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Clarence J. Hylander
Northeastern Research Fund
Morris Zelditch
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds of
New York
Maine
California Official Visits State House in Augusta
John Allen of Oakland undersecretary of commerce for transportation visited Maine’s State House with former congressman Charles Nelson of Augusta. Allen, touring Maine on vacation, met Gov. Reed and Highway Commission Chair David Stevens. Nelson served Maine’s 2nd district 1949-56 and now works as an attorney for the Highway Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
John Allen
Oakland
Calif
Commerce For Transportation
State House
Charles P. Nelson
Allen
Maine
Reed
Highway Commission
National House
Nelson
Awning Fire at Western Auto Store in Saco
Saco firemen used a booster line to extinguish an awning fire at the Western Auto store on Main Street last night. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Western Auto Store
Main Street
Letter to The Big Squirt Found at Loveland Firm
A Loveland Colorado post office letter addressed to The Big Squirt Loveland Colo was delivered to a local sprinkler maker. Postal authorities confirmed the misaddressed letter reached the correct firm in Loveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loveland
Colo
Card of Thanks to Webber Hospital Visitors
Mrs. Blanche Murphy thanks friends and relatives for beautiful cards and powers sent during her stay at the Webber hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Blanche Murphy
Hattie L. Smith Dies at 88 in Boston
Hattie L. Smith 88 resident of 55 Burrows Street Boston former of Saco died yesterday in a Boston hospital widow of Waldo F. Smith born January 29 1872 in Dover Foxcroft daughter of Chauncey and Eva Lee formerly of First Parish Congregational church Saco survived by son Reginald B. Smith South Boston Funeral services Thursday at 2 p m from Dennett and Craig funeral home 365 Main Street Saco Interment Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie L. Smith
Burrows Street
Boston
Saco
Waldo F. Smith
Dover-Foxcroft
Chauncey and
Eva (Draxe) Lee
First Parish Congregational Church
Reginald B. Smith
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Biddeford
Requiem Mass Held at St Mary for John Burns
A high mass sung at 9 m yesterday at St Mary church for John Burns by Rev Maurice Goan. William Cleary was soloist with Miss Elizabeth Seidel on organ. Burial followed at St Mary cemetery with prayers at graveside by Rev Cornelius J Enright. Bearers were John Farley Thomas Breen Erin Murphy Paul LeBlanc Walter Stebbins and Eugene Wynne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary Church
Maurice Goan
John Burns
William Cleary
Elizabeth Seidel
St. Mary Cemetery
Cornelius J. Enright
John Farley
Thomas Breen
Erin Murphy
Paul LeBlanc
Walter Stebbins
Eugene Wynne
St Margaret Society to Visit Cosgrove Funeral Home
The St Margaret society of Old Orchard Beach will visit Cosgrove Funeral Home tonight at 8 to pay respects to Mrs. Mary Sheehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret Socality
Old Orchard Beach
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Mary Sheehan
Caribou Man Asks For Commutation
Edward E. Guillemette of Caribou petitions for commutation of two consecutive sentences totaling seven months for aggravated assault and assault on his wife. He has been jailed since January 25 after a January 22 conviction, citing his wife and seven children depend on his support. Gov. Reed and the Executive Council will hear the petitions October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Edward E. Guillemette
Caribou
Clarence Byram
Geneva Guillemette
Evan Crosby to Enlist in Navy
Evan Crosby son of Mr and Mrs Harold E Crosby of 37 Union Avenue Old Orchard Beach will enlist in the U S Navy on August 51 and report to the U S Naval Recruit Training Center Great Lakes Ill for nine weeks of boat training announced by Harold Riddle local navy recruiter Crosby a graduate of Old Orchard Beach High School will enlist as a seaman recruit in the general field under the buddy program with Martin Blaney Old Orchard Beach Bernard Nadeau Saco and Benjamin Frothingham Goodwins Mills
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Crosby
Harold E. Crosby
Union Avenue
Old Orchard Bed
U.S. Navy
U.S Naval Recruit Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Harold Riddle
DCI
Navy
Crosby
Old Orchard Beach High School
Martin Blaney
Old Orchard Beach
Bernard Nadeau
Saco
Benjamin Frothingham
Goodwins Mills
Candidate For Legislature Quits In Bethel Race
Burton L Newton of West Bethel resigned today as the Republican candidate for state representative in the Bethel class of towns. He cited a heart condition per his doctor. Gov. Reed to issue a proclamation calling Republican town committees to meet August 24 and nominate a substitute, reporting by August 26. The class includes Bethel Gilhead Greenwood Hemover Newry Stoneham Stow Upton and the Lincoln and Magalloway plantations. The Democratic candidate is Addison W Saunders of Bethel, son of incumbent Rep. Addison C. Saunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Burton L Newton
West Bethel
Bethel
Reed
Gil‘ead
Greenwood
Hemover
Newry
Stoneham
Stow
Upton
Lincoln
Magalloway
Addison W. Saunders
Addison C. Saunders
Mother Questioned In Baby's Death
A Boston-born woman, Bern ie Wasser man Brooker, 35, wife of an American architect, was held for questioning in the strangling of her infant daughter in a four room Rome apartment. The child Frederika Wasserman Brooker was born March 5 1959 in Colorado Springs Colorado. No charges filed yet pending investigation. the couple had lived in Rome five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bernie Wasserman Brooker
Boston
Weather Preview for Portland and Region
Sunny and mild this afternoon with northeast to east winds under 12 mph. Tonight clear and not as cool as last night with gentle variable winds. Thursday sunny and slightly warmer. City temperatures reach 76 to 82 today with 50 to 55 overnight lows. list of lowest temps includes Caribou 14 Eastport 49 Greenville 39 Old Town 44 Rumford 45 Portland 50 Mt Washington 43 Montreal 60.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Montreal
Veteran Lawyer Will Address Bar Association
Maine barrister Benjamin L. Berman of Auburn will address the Maine State Bar Association at its Rockland annual meeting on Wednesday with a talk titled 45 years of practice at the bar of Maine. Prof. Thomas F. Lambert Jr. will follow, editor of the National Association of Claimants' Compensation Attorneys Law Journal. Delmar Karlen of NYU will discuss Maine district court system viability. On Thursday Federal Judge Peter Woodbury of Manchester will speak on Changing Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustama
Maine
Benjamin L. Berman
Auburn
Maine State Bar Association
Rockland
Bar of Maine
Thomas F. Lambert, Jr
Watertown
Mass
National Association of Claimants’ S Compensation Attorneys Law Journal
Delmar Karlen
New York University
Peter Woodbury
Manchester
M. H
the. S. ‘Court of Appeals
Puerto Rico
Traffic Violators Draw Court Fines
Lillian M. Barstow aged 56 of Gorham was fined 10 dollars by Judge Hilary Mahaney in Saco Municipal Court for passing a stop sign. State police were complainants. In court action yesterday Fred W. Sprang 63 of Big Prairie Ohio paid 10 dollars for passing a red light. David W. Perry 22 of Attleboro Massachusetts paid 20 dollars for passing on the right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian M. Barstow
Gorham
Hilary Mahaney
Saco Municipal
Fred W. Sprang
Big Prarie
Ohio
David W. Perry
Attleboro
Mass
Infant Survives Fall From Truck in Car-Truck Collision
A five month old boy, son of Delray Andrews Sr., fell from a pickup during a collision in Caribou. He escaped with minor burns, but gasoline spilled from the tank caused chemical burns on his body. Police reported no serious injuries to the infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delray Andrews Sr
Limestone Man Held In Fatality
Alec Bellefleur twenty one of Limestone was held for the grand jury on a manslaughter charge stemming from a highway crash that killed airman 2 C Dewey E Howard of Murfreesboro Arkansas on August 8. Bellefleur pleaded innocent and was held in one thousand dollars bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou
Alec Bellefleur
Limestone
Esterday
Bellefleur
Dewey E. Howard
Murfreesboro
Ark
Powers Denies Knowledge Of Spy Flight At Trial
Powers testifies under oath about a secret U2 mission over the Soviet Union claiming he did not know which U S agency ran the operation. He admits a colonel led the unit and that others were civilians. Prosecutor Rudenko questions him about the espionage flight as his family watches. Powers pleads guilty as the four hour session ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Soviet Union
Roman A. Rudenko
Powers
Shelton
Russian Says Planet Flights Are On The Way
Soviet astronomer Prof. Alexander Mikhailov says American radar contacts with Venus and Mars pave the way for first space flights to those planets. He noted Venus positioning is a key obstacle to orbiting probes and spoke at the International Astronautical Congress in Stockholm with plans for camera equipped probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Venus
Mars
Alexander Mikhailov
Polkovo Observatory
Leningrad
Earth
Mikhailov
Tupper Talks Space Center Plans In Maine
Benton Maine candidate Stanley R Tupper praised space technology center plans in Portland as evidence Maine workers and a favorable economy position the state at the frontier of new fields He urged stronger liaison between Washington state and Maine local government and pledged to assign a staffer to the effort if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Portland
Maine
Stanley R. Tupper
a_ ladies’ i
Washington
Lstate
Quarantine Of Dominicans Sought In Venezuelan Row
Venezuela prepared to seek a history making quarantine of the Dominican Republic at the Western Hemisphere foreign ministers meeting. The Dominican regime led by Rafael Trujillo faced a counterblast as split opinions emerged on sanctions under the Rio Treaty. Porfirio Herrera of Colombia denied the charges and promised new testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Comican
Porfirio Herrera
Sleep Drug Case Deepens In Cleveland
Cleveland AP report on detectives probing the source and type of barbiturate sleep drugs used on Lillian Fratantonio’s two daughters, Bernadette and Venita, as she faces neglect charges. Investigators seek where drugs came from and exact barbiturate compounds, with a March 1959 prescription and an empty 100 capsule bottle found at the Fratantonio home offering clues.
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Cleveland (Ap
Lillian Fratantonio
Fratantonio
Bernadette
Venita Fratantonio
Mount Sinai Hospital
Venita
Norman Ferris
Cleveland Heights
Lester Adelson
Dog Causes Two Car Crash On Route One
A dog swerved two cars on Route One in Kennebunk this morning at 6 15. Neville R Wentwood of Emerson Street Portland drove a 1960 Oldsmobile south when he collided with a 1958 Ford driven by Raymond Blais of West Street Biddeford. Damage estimated at 300 dollars to each car. Police Chief Frank Stevens investigated. The dog was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville R. Wentwood
Emerson Street
Portland
Kennebunk
Raymond Blais
West Street
Biddeford
Frank Stevens
Saco Children Attend Matinees Under Recreation Plan
About 50 Saco youngsters joined a matinee at the Mutual theatre yesterday afternoon paying 15 cents. The program, planned by the Saco Recreation Commission and director Harvey Lamontagne Jr, groups youths from the playgrounds for weekly summer outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Mutual Theatre
Saco Recreation Commission
The
Mutual
Harvey Lamontagne, Jr
Recreation Commission
Union Aims Nationwide Boycott of Sears Roebuck
The AFL-CIO Executive Council urged a countrywide boycott of Sears Roebuck & Co. citing union busting. It cited 262 union members fired in San Francisco for not crossing picket lines and said strikers were replaced with strikebreakers. The council pledged support for organizing workers across Sears 729 retail and 853 catalog stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Sears Roebuck & Co
Sears
San Francisco
Four Honorary Degrees At UM Summer Commencement
Four honorary degrees will be awarded at the University of Maine summer commencement on August 19. Recipients include Rep. Frances P. Bolton of Ohio, Hart R. Douglass director emeritus of Colorado's college of education, Katherine O'Brien head of the mathematics department at Portland's Deering High, and Ermo H. Scott president of Ormington State Teachers College.
Car Truck Collision At Five Points In Biddeford
A sedan was badly damaged in a two car crash at Five Points Biddeford this morning. Edmond G Morand 46 of 183 Graham Street and Roland G Hamel 28 of 337 Alfred Street collided as Morand turned from Alfred onto Elm and Hamel tried to enter a service station. No injuries reported. Hamels damage about 230 dollars. Morand's damage not yet estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Edmond G. Morand
Graham Street
Roland G. Hamek
Alfred Street
Morand
Alfred
Elm Street
Hamel
Kennedy Sees Minimum Wage Bill Victory
In Washington the Senate faces the first major test of the Kennedy led minimum wage bill. Senator Kennedy predicts victory against Senator Holland who seeks to strike most workforce coverage. The measure would raise the federal minimum wage from 1.00 to 1.25 in stages and extend coverage to about five million more workers, mainly in large retailers and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Spessard L. Holland
D-Flat
Holland
Florida
Senate debate on wage bill and coverage expansion
The text outlines plans to leave in sections under the law affecting 280,000 seamen, transit workers, fish processors and telephone switchboard operators. After Holland’s proposal vote, Senator Dirksen planned to offer a substitute to raise the minimum to $1.15 with about three million workers covered. The Eisenhower administration proposed these figures, while Democrats commented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Eisenhower
Students urged to enter health field event
A tri state meeting will be held in Woods New Hampshire October 5 6 to interest more young people in entering the health field. About 60 people from Maine New Hampshire and Vermont are expected to participate in planning community projects to persuade students to pursue health careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
N. H
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Space Center
Sears-Roebuck
Kennedy
Service
Dial
Wale
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Playtex
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