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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1961

Page

2

Local Personal Notices From Biddeford and Saco

Mrs Rose Anna Roy 78 Pool Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber hospital Raymond Poitras 84 High Street Saco is a surgical patient at Webber hospital Mrs Lorraine Montpas 20 Maple Street Biddeford is a patient at Webber hospital Miss Bonnie Snow daughter of Mr and Mrs John Snow Jr 40 West Street Biddeford fell nursing a broken arm grand daughter of Mrs C F Beane Beane Nursing Home Saco Mrs Henrette B Godbout Miss Cecile M Godbout with Mrs Hervey Brunelle and son Bernard of Saco returned home after visiting Rev Mother Marie Joseph CSA in Quebec City They also visited Charmy St Anne de Beaupre and St Gerard shrine Weedon Quebec

Rose Anna Roy Pool Street Biddeford Webber Hospital Raymond Poitras High Street Saco Lorraine Montpas Maple Street Webber Bonnie Snow John Snow, Jr West Street Miss Snow C. F. Beane Beane Henrette B. Godbout Cecile M. Godbout Hervey Brunelle Bernard Marie Joseph CSA Quebec City Charmy St. Anne de Beaupre St. Gerard Shrine Weedon Quebec

Delia Keating Dies in Cambridge After Long Illness

Delia Salvas Keating 46 widow of Jeri A. Keating died after a long illness in Cambridge Massachusetts. Born in Biddeford July 26 1875 she was the daughter of Michael and Mathilde Salvas. She graduated from St Joseph High School and first registered at the Good Shepherd Boarding school. She is survived by daughter Rita two cousins Mrs Bella D Hotte and Althea R Provencher of Biddeford. Funeral from St Peter church Cambridge Friday at 9 am burial in Lawrence Massachusetts.

Delia Salvas Keating Jeri A. Keating Cambridge Mass Biddeford Michael and Mathilde (Cote) Salvas St. Joseph High School Althea R. Provencher St. Peter Church Cambridge Mass Lawrence

August York meeting at Mrs Harquoil’s Old Orchard Beach

The August meeting of York ee Selon 598 Eight and For will be held Saturday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs Antonia Harquoil located at 823 Portland Avenue Old Orchard Beach.

Yorkee Selon Antonia Harquoil Portland Avenue Old Orchard Beach

Church and club meetings set for Friday evening

HCHURCH NOTES to Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 p m. The Bible club of the Lyman Baptist church Goodwins Mills will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at the parsonage

Saco Salvation Army Bible Club Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills

Antiques Stolen From John Paul Jones Home

Police probe theft at the John Paul Jones Home in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Two teenage suspects are linked to the break in which yielded four flintlock pistols a case of bullets a watchman's rattle powder horns a horsehair trunk and several jewelry items. Also missing were historic currency including a 1 billion Continental note confederate bills and an 8 bill from Boston 1776 along with $60 in petty cash.

Portsmouth N. H John Paul Jones Boston

Market advances as stocks rise on Berlin hopefuls gains

The stock market opened briskly with the Associated Press average up 0.70 to 254.50 at noon and the Dow Jones industrial average rising 1.62. Industrials led with rails and utilities higher. gains spread across aircraft, drugs, oils, autos, and rail shares as investors edged up amid easing Berlin crisis worries.

New York Associated Press Rails Studebaker- Packard Chesapeake Ohio Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad New York Central Thiokol Douglas Aircraft American Tobacco Dow Jones American Stock Exchange

Guevara Promotes Coexistence and Worker Power in Latin America

Che Guevara urged delegates to pursue coexistence while warning that Cuba cannot guarantee its example will not be followed elsewhere. He tied Latin American economic improvement to placing political power in workers' hands and stressed his regime does not export revolution.

Fidel Castro Communist Bloc of Nations Guevara Castro Latin America

Card of Thanks from Ridlon and Madore

We thank our friends neighbors and relatives for kindness floral tributes and sympathy during our recent bereavement Stanley Ridlon Valeria Madore

Stanley Ridlon Valeria Madore

Funeral services held for Agnes MacKenzie

Funeral services were conducted today for Mrs. Agnes House MacKenzie from Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Portland Avenue with Rev Steven Johnston of Ocean Park officiating. Interment followed at Woodlawn Cemetery in Biddeford.

Agnes (House) MacKenzie Old Orchard Beach Portland Avenue Steven Johnston Ocean Park Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford

Funeral Rites Held for World War II Veteran Lucien Fournier

Funeral services for Lucien Emile Fournier 41 a World War II veteran and Maine National Guard member were held at St Margaret church Old Orchard Beach. A solemn high mass was said with Rev Armand Landry deacon Rev Jean Paul Boutin and Rev Edward Walsh assisting. Out of town mourners joined in the services and full military honors were provided by Company D Medium Tank Battalion 20th Armored of Saco with a firing squad and taps.

Lucien Emile Fournier Maine National Guard St. Margaret Church Old Orchard Beach Armand Landry Jean Paul Boutin Edward Walsh Antonio Boisvert Rosilda Lizotte Trois Rivier P.Q Adrien Lemay Westbrook Jean Levi Gendron Springfield Mass William Rousseau Aime Lambert Methuen Joseph Ricardi Providence 20Th Armored Saco CWO Nathan Ford Donald

Martha Page Defeats Sister in Maine Women’s Golf Semi

Defending champion Martha Page of Auburn won 1 up over her 17 year old sister Pennie to reach her fourth final in the Maine Women’s Golf Tourney at Augusta Country Club. Dolores Winslow beat Marion Stallwood 2 up to join Page in a 36 hole final.

Augusta Martha Page Auburn Pennie Dolores Winslow Riverside Municipal Golf Course Portland Marion Stallwood Bethel Augusta Country Club Miss Winslow Martha Martner Country Club Auurn

Blowout Wrecks Car On Turnpike

A tire blowout caused a car to leave the Maine Turnpike at mile 25 and overturn. Four occupants escaped injury. the vehicle was driven by Jessie Sterling, 59, of North Billerica, Massachusetts.

Kennebunk Maine Turnpike Mile 25 Jessie Sterling North Billerica Mass

Boy Breaks Arm In Tumble From Bike

A 13 year old Flag Pond road youth suffered a broken right arm and slight concussion when he fell from his bicycle on the Flag Pond road Saco yesterday. Earl C Little field was riding his bicycle when it struck a soft shoulder on the road and he fell suffering the injuries. He was taken to the Saco hospital. ATTENDS STUDENT COUNCIL CRONO (AP) Charles Fergus on of Rumford a University of Maine student is in Madison Wis attending the annual meeting of the National Association of Student Councils on the campus of the University of Wisconsin Ferguson is president of the general student senate at the state university.

Flag Pond Road Saco Earl C. Littlefield Saco Hospital CRONO Charles Ferguson Rumford University of Maine Madison Wis National Association of Student Councils University of Wisconsin Ferguson The State University

Weather Card Portland Cool Sunny With Light Winds

The Portland forecast calls for a sunny afternoon with low humidity and 6 to 12 mph westerly winds. Tonight skies remain clear and cold with winds easing, then Friday brings fair and milder conditions with light southerly breezes. Zone 1 temperatures range to 72 in the day and 45 at night with listed nearby towns recording chilly lows.

Portland Caribou Eastport Greenville Old Town Rumford Mt. Wash Concord Halifax Montreal

Cartier Elected to Fill Eagles Office Vacancy

In Biddeford the Fraternal Order of Eagles elected Robert Cartier as vice president to replace the late Adelard Tremblay. Lucien Martel was chosen conductor as members vote to support a September 3 field day tickets sale and a September 16 supper and dance for the Max Baer Heart fund at the hall.

Biddeford Order of Eagles Robert Cartier Bire Street Cartier Adelard Tremblay Lucien Martel York County Fish and Game Max Baer

Carelessness Blamed for Woodland Fire in Biddeford

Flames burned over an acre in woodland on River Road Biddeford yesterday afternoon on properties of Charles F Gilpatrick and Donald W Dearborn. Officials say careless smoking started the blaze and it spread to Dearborn land before firefighters contained it. A second run occurred at 8 13 pm and a sprinkler alarm later triggered at Warren Furniture warehouse.

Charles F. Gilpatrick Donald W. Dearborn River Road Biddeford Warren Furniture Company Stone Street

Berlin Defection Eases as Police Flee to West

East German security forces report five to possibly more police members fled East Berlin at night entering West Berlin seeking asylum. The mass flow of refugees met Western guard lines while a German officer and militia member also escaped through barbed wire. Mayor Brandt pressed for Western consent to seize the Communist run elevated railway amid Red threats of retaliation.

West Berlin Neues Deutschland Berlin East German People’s Police East Berlin Willy Brandt

Oral polio vaccines and licensing timeline outlined

Public Health Service officials discuss the roll out of oral polio vaccines. Type I license issued to Pfizer for the United States distribution by Pfizer Inc. Type II expected to be licensed soon, while Type III approval will take several more months. Sampling suggests Type II may be rising as a cause of paralytic polio.

Pfizer Ltd Sandwich England United States Chas. Pfizer & Co. Inc New Mrs

Kennedy proposes eight point eight billion for aid to poor nations

White House release emphasizes long range loans to underdeveloped countries over five years to bolster an efficient foreign aid program. Kennedy warns that Asia and Africa face chaos without unwavering support amid Cold War pressures. Linda Karen Maxwell, four weeks old, found dead in her crib in Old Town. medical examiner calls accidental suffocation. Polio vaccines: Sabin live oral vaccine and Salk injected vaccine noted with origins in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.

White House Asia Africa OLD Town Linda Karen Maxwell Robert Maxwell

York County Red Cross Has Busy Summer

The York County chapter reports a busy season with water safety programs and courses for about 1,000 children across branches in Saco Old Orchard Buxton Hollis Kezar Falls Limerick Kennebunkport York Beach Kit tery. Instructors come from Red Cross Aquatic schools and other programs funded by Red Cross or partners. life saved this summer underscoring service value.

York County The American Red Cross Charles Tucker Saco Old Orchard Howard Shaffers Buxton Hollis Patricia Me Kezar Falls Limerick Janice Ayer Kennebunkport Anna Pfeiffer York Beach Sandra Skinner Kittery Ann Briley Red Cross Tucker Camp Azaloa Happy Day Camp Coaches Day Camp Laughing Soon Hiawatha Goose Rocks Beach Association Ogunquit Village Association

Berlin travel ban raises four power control debate

Western powers protested East German border closure as Warsaw Pact urged measures to end the refugee flight from Berlin. The dispute centers on four power control of Berlin and sovereignty over travel within the city.

White U.S Soviet Union Berlin Warsaw Pact West Berlin

Debt Payments Clouded by Foreign Advances Figures

The April to June balance of payments showed a deterioration not counting $650 million in advance debt payments by West Germany the Netherlands and the Philippines. When excluded the deficit ran about $1.8 billion annually versus $1.1 billion in Q1, signaling a worse underlying trend despite foreign injections.

Washington Commerce Department U.S West Germany Netherlands Philippines

Maine Products Show Promotes Local Bags in Biddeford Saco

White bags with green lettering urging shoppers to take home fine quality Maine products will be distributed in Biddeford and Saco in connection with the Maine Products show in Augusta August 23 24 and 25. The Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce distributes the bags to local firms and posters will be displayed in store windows to advertise the event.

Maine Biddeford Saco Augusta Biddeford-Saco

Soviet science budgets show uneven funding across fields

A Soviet Academy official said research budgets vary by year and field, noting some allocations may be delayed. Unhappiness over chemistry's share in funding may have influenced Dr Klotenko's defection and highlights shifts in scientific priorities.

Soviet Union Soviet Academy of Sciences Chemistry Melon Klotenko

Town Bustles At Midnight

Franklin mass streets, usually deserted at midnight, saw extra police needed as J J Newbury store ran a late hour sale from 11 pm to 2 am. About 200 people queued at opening and crowded the doorway, snapping up specials.

Franklin Mass J. J. Newbury Department Store

Beach Street Closure For Paving Operations

Saco Street Commissioner Crowley announced Beach street will close tomorrow for paving along part of the road. Buses will not serve Beach street until reopening. Old Orchard Beach routes will detour via Half Way over Ocean Park road and Upper Main street, with no pickups on Ocean Park or Upper Main due to the franchise. Traffic is expected to resume late tomorrow night.

Saco Street Timothy Crowley Beach Street Old Orchard Beach Ocean Park Road Upper Main Street Crowley

Wheelbarrow Loot in Break-In at Fogg Home

A break-in at Roland Fogg’s Simpson Road residence was reported to police. Entry was gained by forcing a rear window and items including a blue wheelbarrow, a two burner oil stove, an Army camp sack and canteen, and shells were stolen. Investigation ongoing.

Roland Fogg Simpson Road Polce Fogg

Health Survey Due In Biddeford Area

Public Health Service officials from the U S Depart ment of Health Education and Welfare will conduct health examinations for about 150 York county residents from August 28 to September. Administrative officer Roger Gentsch arrives August 22 and medical advisor Dr. Rawh E Dunham arrives August 25.

Public Health Service U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare York County Roger Gentsch Biddeford-Saco Development Webber Hospital Dartmouth Round Hill Streets Biddeford

Khrushchev Catches Allies Off Guard in Berlin Closure

Western Allies faced a surprise move as Khrushchev sealed East Berlin, halting East German crossers to West Berlin. Four power talks stalled with no agreed countermeasures. ADENAUER weighed embargo options while Western leaders feared wide retaliation. No clear plan emerged by week’s end.

Associated Press News Washington (Ap Khrushchev East Berlin West Berlin Washington United States Britain France West Germany Konrad Rednauer East Germany Berlin Germany West Associated Press Adenauer London

Portland Man Appeals To High Court

A 21 year old South Portland man Robert E Delano was fined 125 dollars by Judge Simon Spill in Biddeford Municipal court for operating a motor vehicle after license suspension. He pled guilty and appealed to the September term of Superior court with bail set at 300 dollars. He was found innocent on a separate charge of operating with inadequate brakes.

South Portland Simon Spill Biddeford Robert E. Delano Spill Delano Henry Sherwood K.boston Route 1 Arundel Theowner Richard H. Gray Saco Gray Theodore Drouin Main Elm Streets

Also Mentioned on This Page

Delia S. Keating C.us Mrs. Agnes MacKenzie Lucien Fe, Fournier Turnpike Eagles Kennedy York County Red Cross Shopping Bags Tour Products of Soviet By James Marlow Atkinson Lloyd High
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