Local notices feature area residents and service updates
Alyce at Hillcrest Ave is a patient at Maine Medical Center. Earl P Holbrook and wife and daughter Laurel visit their son Richard in Saco. St Joseph School pupils join the Eucharistic Crusade at Ossipee Lake. Seaman apprentice Ray A Blanchette of Biddeford sails on a seven week Caribbean cruise aboard USS Randolph. Henry M Morin of Biddeford completes basic training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes with a 1000 man parade.
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Alyce
Hillcrest Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Earl P. Holbrook
Laurel
Phoenix
Ariz
Richard
Gray St
Saco
St. Joseph School
Ossipee Lake
Charlotte Loranger
Rita Pelchat
Jacqueline Bourassa
Patricia MacDowell
Patricia Pelletier
Ray A. Blanchette
USN
Omer Lemelin
Laurier St
Biddeford
Randolph
ALFA
Henry M. Morin
John B. Morin
Pool Road
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Community church services listed for Wednesday evenings
A set of mid week worship and prayer services across Maine towns including Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Saco Wells Ogunquit Kennebunkport and Kennebunkport with Advent Christian Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel and Village Baptist churches all scheduled for 7 30 p m and related prayer meeting choir and Bible study sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Tabernacle
Pentecostal Church
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Route 35
Kennebunk Lower Village
Sacos Avenue
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Full Gospel
Route 9-A
Wells
Kennebunkport
Preservation Of Schoolbooks Is Explained
Guidance on extending the life of books covers careful handling when opening a new book, proper shelf space, use of bookends, protective slip jackets, reinforcing jackets with invisible mending tape, repairing torn pages with clear permanent tape, mending small holes, and pressing creased pages between blotter sheets to rejuvenate missing words and edges.
Card of Thanks From Boisvert and Martin Families
Expressions of sympathy and thanks for generous gifts and cards are offered by Mr and Mrs Eugene Boisvert and Mrs Rolando Martin. They thank relatives friends the Kennebunk Shoe Shop and La Salle Charite for support during hospital stay and after returning home.
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Eugene Boisvert
Kennebunk Shoe Shop
la Salle Charite
Rolando Martin
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Leonie Bolduc
Funeral services for Mrs. Leonie Bolduc of 5 Mason Street Biddeford were held at St Josephs Church. Rt Rev Msgr Eli Hevey celebrated a solemn high mass of requiem aided by Rev Norman Carrier and Rev Sylvia Levesque. Burial followed at St Joseph Cemetery. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs Raymond Bolduc Miami Beach Adrien Bolduc Palm Beach and Mrs Juliette Charlesbois Montreal.
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Leonie Bolduc
Mason St
Bidderford
St. Joseph's Church
Eli Hevey
Norman Carrier
Sylvia Levesque
St. Joseph's Choir
Diana Frechette Rousselle
Ste Anne Sodality
Miami Beach
Fla
Adrien Bolduc
Palm Beach
Juliette Charlesbois
Montreal
P. Q
Three Injured In Biddeford Traffic Incidents Monday
Three people were injured in separate Biddeford accidents Monday. A 3 year old from Somerville was treated for head bruises after darting in front of a 1955 sedan on Hills Beach Road. A 4 year old from Biddeford was treated after being struck by a 1957 sedan on Cutts Street. A 53 year old North Sullivan man was hospitalized for knee cuts after his 1959 sedan collided with a 1960 service truck on South Street. the driver of the truck sustained no injuries.
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Biddeford
James F. Delfuria Jr
Somerville
Mass
Notre Dame Hospital
Hills Beach
Richard Leslie Boivert
Bryant Gionest
Bradbury St
Cutts Street
Jeannette D. Milton
Wesley Boulevard
Old Orchard Beach
Carleton M. Babbidge
North Sullivan
Webber Hospital
William H. Frank
South Portland
South Street
Frank
Reorganization Debate Sees Airline Tactics Scrutinized
In testimony on ongoing reorganization, Austin accused Northeast’s opponents of undercutting with temporary permits and aggressive tactics. He blamed Eastern Air Lines for loss leaders, schedule duplication, and misleading publicity while warning of bankruptcy if subsidies do not cover past debts. MacIntyre countered that a regional carrier could improve New England air service and that the Florida route should remain with limited competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Eastern Air Lines
New York-Florida
Eastern
Northeast
Iwe
Malcolm A. Macintyre
Florida
Hughes Tool Co
Toolco
Tooleo
MacIntyre
New England
Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit meeting announced
The Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet Wednesday at 8 p m at the Post Home on Elm Street in Biddeford.
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Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
Portland Weather Outlook With Drizzle And Showers
A forecast for Portland notes light rain or drizzle this afternoon with a slight risk of thunder showers late day and cooler highs in the mid to low 60s. Tonight brings more rain and fog with lows mid 50s to near 60 and lighter southerly winds. Wednesday features mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers then clearing, warmer highs around the low 70s and winds turning west to northwest later.
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Portland
Union Railroad Heat Proposed Settling Method
Washington AP reports union railroad lawyers plan a meeting to finalize a proposed arbitration negotiation method for their four year dispute over diesel locomotive fireman job cuts. With a nationwide strike nine days away, the sides must submit versions of the settlement plan urged by Labor Secretary Wirtz as Aug 29 looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Union Land
W. Willard Wirtz
Two Local Girls Injured In Saco Avenue Crash
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Two local girls were injured and treated at Webber Hospital Biddeford after a two car collision at the corner of Saco and Union Avenues yesterday Elaine Buzzell 17 of 10 Forest Street and Maur een L LaFountaine 17 of Miles Avenue sustained scalp lacerations abrasions and bruises While LaFountain was treated and released Bergeron 42 of 1 Bergeron Circle Biddeford was shaken up The LaFountain car was turned on its side and totaled The Bergeron car suffered damage as well
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Old Orchard Beach
Saco Avenue
Union Ave
Anue
Elaine Buzzell
Forest St
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Maureen L. LaFountaine
Miles Avenue
Patrick Bergeron
Bergeron Circle
LaFountain
Union Avenue
Bergeron
Cub Pack Seeks Den Mothers in Saco
Pack 310 Cub Scouts held a committee meeting at Boucouvalas Dupuis AMVET Post in Saco. The group set the first den meeting for Tuesday September 17 and the first pack meeting for Tuesday October 22. They seek additional den mothers and ask interested people to contact Cub Master Earl Clappison. Walter Fougere led the meeting. next committee session is September 16.
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Boucouvalas- Dupuis Amvet
Saco
Earl Clappison
Walter Fougere
Local Men Fined In Scarborough
Scarborough two area residents faced fines before Trial Justice Ray Littlefield. Preston Alley, 56, of First St Biddeford pleaded guilty to driving at 55 mph in a 45 mph zone and was fined 19 dollars. Dale W. David, 22, of 28 Portland Ave Old Orchard Beach was fined 10 dollars after pleading guilty to failing to stop at a red light.
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Scarborough
Ray Littlefield
Preston Alley
First St
Biddeford
Dale W. David
Portland Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Society Pilgrimage Attended at Franciscan Monastery
Kennebunkport report on the Assumption Society pilgrimage at the Franciscan Monastery with attendees from Maine and New Hampshire. A new statue Notre Dame of the Assumption was blessed during special ceremonies. An 11 a.m. Mass preceded a luncheon for members and families, with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Elderic Melanson in charge of the afternoon procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
Assomption Society
New Hampshire
Notre Dame of the Assumption
Msgr
Elderic Melanson
C. S
Butts Libel Trial Yields Record Georgia Judgment
During the trial Butts testified denying secrets were revealed and disclosed phone calls to Chicago businessman Frank Scoby. Dr. O C Aderhold, UGA president, said he questioned Butts character. The judge indicated a ruling for Butts if truth not proven, and the defense sought a $100 million libel judgment. It reportedly became the largest libel verdict in Georgia federal court.
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Butts
Frank Scoby
Chicago
O. C. Aderhold
University of Georgia
Leather Luggage Good Investment For Collegian
Leather luggage suits traveling collegians as 12 percent of passports go to students. Modern carry‑ons use light aluminum frames, offer club bags and two‑suiters, and reflect status at state universities. The South Atlantic League schedules a 140‑game season from April 19 to September 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loverseas
State University
Field Days Start Political Season in Biddeford
Democrats plan an all day field day at Fish and Game Club Goodwins Mills rain or shine with U S Senator Edmund Muskie expected to speak. Republicans hold a rival event at Circus Grounds West Street promising no speeches with softball horse shoe wood chopping greased pole contests and a barbecue lunch. Dignitaries at the Democratic event include William Hathaway Alton Lessard Ed Schlick Jerome Plante and York County delegation.
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Biddeford
Goodwins Mills
U. S
Edmund S. Muskie
West Street
Ding
William Hathaway
Alton Lessard
Ed Schlick
House
Jerome Plante
York County
Frederick Deschambeault
Levents
Cape Elizabeth Man Appeals Court Ruling
Cape Elizabeth man Fremont C. MacNeil was found guilty of driving a car while intoxicated and fined 125 dollars in Saco Municipal Court. He appealed to the September term of the Maine Superior Court at Alfred after being apprehended on Main Street in Saco at 1 am July 27. Doris Van Tassel of Alfred pleaded guilty to driving without a license and without an inspection sticker, with the second charge continued for sentence and a ten dollar fine issued.
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Fremont C. MacNeil
Cape Elizabeth
Saco Municipal Court
Hilary Mahaney
G. Paul Falconer
Main Street
Saco
MacNeil
Ocean Park Road
Main
Elm Streets
Lloyd LaFountaine
Herbert C. Nishet
South Portland
Alfred
Doris van Tassel
R.F.D
William Wilson, Jr
Flag Pole Dedication By York Barracks At St Francis College
The Veterans of World War I York County Barracks will hold a field day at St Francis College on Sunday August 25. A noon lobster luncheon precedes the dedication of a 38 foot flag pole donated by the veterans to the Franciscan Institution. The pole sits in a two foot cement base containing a congressional chartered resolution listing the veterans organization and local barracks. Quartermaster Napoleon Frechette says the National World War I Band from Cumberland County Barracks will join the 2 pm ceremony with Eben Bagley of the Veterans Administration Portland as principal speaker. The band, the only one of its kind in the nationwide veterans group, will perform and join in the colors and National Anthem. The public is invited.
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York County Barracks
St. Francis College
Veterans Organization
Napoleon Frechette
Cumberland County’ Barracks
Eben Bagley
Veteran's Administration
Portland
Albert Bowler
Veterans
Portsmouth Trust Company
Portsmouth
N. H
Ralph W. Hawkes
York
Hawkes
Blanche R. Hawkes
Frances H. Tracy
Ralph W. Hawkes Jr
North Vassalboro
Mary H. Lang
Washington, D.C
Edward R. Hawkes
Mattawamkeag
Caroline H. Best York
Elizabeth H. Bowers
Bowers
Curtis W. Bowers
Ralph W. Hawkes, Jr
Beanett
Edward M. Ellis
Edward S. Titcomb
Sanford
Maine
Pesaro 4 Trust Company
Littlefield
Ihe
Sanford Trust Company
Eleanor P. Littlefield
Nathan Lesnie
Wells
Saul M. Schwartzbach
Washington, D. C
Roberts
Richard Ek
Farnsworth
Kennebunk
Clyde L. Reed
George D. Varney
Eliot
Roy W. Sturtevant
Ruth S. Brant
Scotland Yard lists 19 suspects in great train robbery
Scotland Yard released a wanted list of 19 names connected to Britain's great train robbery. Detectives say the fugitives may be found soon and identify a possible inside informant. The Glasgow to London mail train robbery netted $7.21 million, with over 100 search warrants and the raid’s planning sites found. Five arrests have been made and about one-tenth of the money recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Yard
Stolen 1958 Edsel Recovered in Biddeford Parking Lot
Biddeford Police recovered a 1958 Edsel station wagon after a tip said the Portland stolen car had been abandoned in Biddeford. Portland police said a phone tip led to the find. Officer Joseph Beal located the vehicle in the rear of the parking area.
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Biddeford
Saco-Lowell
Portland
Joseph Beal
York Probate Court Allows Wills in August Term
Judge John B. Roberts of Sanford acted on several probate matters in York County despite the August term being omitted. Wills listed include Morrill and Harper of Saco, Sellers of Biddeford, Russell of Old Orchard Beach, Griffin of Kennebunk, Hawkes of York, and Littlefield of Sanford.
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Alfred
John B. Roberts
Sanford
York County
Morrill
Harper
Saco
John Sellers
Biddeford
Dorothy E. Russell
Old Orchard Beach
Alice N. Griffin
Kennebunk
Ralph W. Hawkes
York
Leland M. Littlefield Sanford
Florence A. Harper
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Saco River
Elmwood Drive
Joseph M. Harper
John C. Harper
Harper Grain Company, Inc
Pepperell Square
John W. Runnells
Margaret Currie
Maine
National Shawmut Bank
Acton Fair Program Announced By Chairman
Acton Maine. The 98th annual Acton Fair will open Thursday for four days at the fairgrounds. Exhibits include handwork farm produce crafts and autos with a live woodland animals display and demonstrations of Christmas decorations. A carnival and Midway operate all four days. The York County Rabbit Breeders show and York County Flower Show are featured. An eight race pony trotting card and Woodsmen’s Carnival highlight Thursday. Racing starts at 1 30 p m and woodsmen events at 7 p m. Friday includes tractor pulling at 9 30 a m and multiple cattle judging events. York County Apple Princess crowned at 8 p m. Saturday begins with the Acton Fair parade at 10 a m Sanford Community Band leads. York County 4 H Horse Show pony pulling events at 11 a m and 1 30 p m. Ken MacKenzie performs at 7 30 p m. Sunday features Class B Horse Show at 1 p m ox pulling sweepstakes at 1 p m and horse pulling eliminations at 1 30 p m. Grounds lie on Route 109 six miles north of Sanford.
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Acton
Roger S. Bragdon
Wells
York County Rabbit Breeders Association
York County
Turday
Acton Fair
Sanford
Ken MacKenzie
Route 109
San‘ford
Thing Not A Sea Serpent Seen Off Sandy Hook
A 40 foot long jellylike mass was spotted 25 miles southeast of Times Square Light Sandy Hook undulating near the surface. Dr. Lionel Walford of the U S Fish and Wildlife Research Center calls it an invertebrate and warns against calling it a sea serpent.
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Sandy Hook
Atlantic Ocean
Lionel A. Walford
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Research Center
Walford
Times Square
Leff Sandy Hook
York District Past State President Talk at Saco
The York County District quarterly meeting led by Mrs. August Parent of South Berwick met at Notre Dame de Lourdes School hall in Saco. Guest speaker was Mrs. J Donald Simmons, past state president, with a moment of silence for Mrs. Mildred Flynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
August Parent
South Berwick
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Women’s Club
J. Donald Simmons
Mildred Flynn
Edmund Choroszy
Wilbrod Bedard
Edmund Ferron
Richard Carson
James Lombard
Evelyn Chase
Theresa Colpitts
Gerard Cameron
Alma _ Colpitts
James Fennell
Stock Market Daily Update Picks Up Slight Gains
Stocks advance modestly with oils and drugs in plus column as traders show caution. Major names including Chrysler GM Ford and Studebaker steady to higher, rails dip and Xerox leads with a seven point rise. AP index slips slightly while Dow edges up fractionally as market sighs through midday session.
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NEW York
Motors
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Xerox
U. S. Smelting
Polaroid
Control Data
Parke, Davis
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Reexamining Governmental Unit Proposals Emerges
Vermont Governor Philip H. Hoff urged redefining local government by forming regional units to take over town functions. Speaking to New England town and city managers, he argued current town and state boundaries are increasingly artificial and that state services have grown, diminishing local governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Institute of New England
Hoff
New England
Judge Lectures And Suspends Boy's Sentence
Biddeford's Municipal Court saw multiple traffic cases with Judge Gerald C. Nason presiding. Roland Bergeron, 17, was fined $15 and ordered to serve 30 days in York County jail at Alfred, then suspended and placed on six months probation after pleading guilty to driving without a license. Other defendants included Frank Harriman, 36, fined $25 for operating a vehicle after suspension, Roland Lemieux, 32, fined $15 for a traffic light violation, and Jean L. Perry, 45, fined $20 for speeding 55 in a 35 zone. John B. Hall, 18, had his speeding 65 in a 45 case continued to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Gerald C. Naison
York County
Alfred
Nason
Roland Bergeron
Vine St
Frank Harriman
Mason St
Roland Lemieux
Western Ave
Jean L. Perry
Kennebunkport
John B. Hall
Elm St
Accused Killer Out on $10,000 Bail
RANGELEY AP A retired Oquossoc woodsman was ordered held for grand jury action in the fatal shooting of Portland man Fred Wood 65. Wood pleaded innocent to a murder charge at arraignment before Trial Justice Coleman Mitchell. Probable cause was found and Wood released on 10000 bail for the October term of Franklin Superior Court. Wood is accused of shooting M Edwin York 50 as he allegedly tried to break into Wood's cottage at Rangeley Lake community of Oquossoc early Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangeley
Oquossoc
Portland
Fred Wood
Coleman Mitchell
Wood
Franklin Superior Court
M. Edwin York
Rangeley Lake
Telephone Workers Vote Yes To Strike In Maine
Portland area Local 7 members of the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers authorize a strike if contract talks with New England Telephone and Telegraph Co fail. A spokesman said a majority approved. Voter ballots were also held in Lewiston Rumford and Farmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Eastern Maine Telephone Workers
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Lewiston
Rumford
Farmington
U S Moves to Disband Nuclear Test Base
HONOLULU AP reports an Atomic Energy Commission official says the United States will disband its nuclear test base at Christmas Island soon after September 21, noting the site hosted U S nuclear tests in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Christmas Island
U.S
Saco plans bond for Ferry Road Camp Ellis sewer phase
The Saco City Council voted August 12 to issue a bond up to 300000 dollars, delaying the second phase of the Ferry Road and Camp Ellis sewer project. The total project costs are about 6000000, with federal and state grants covering the rest. Jaycees pushed for next year’s second phase, with Willard Stackpole set to moderate the August 28 meeting. Attendees at the planning gathering at Leroy Waycott’s home included Richard Charles Malcolm McLeod Raymond Gagnon C Russell Hermann and Waycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry Road
Camp Ellis
Saco City
Jaycee’s
Willard Stackpole
The
Leroy ‘Waycott
Buxton Road
Saco
Richard Charles Malcolm McLeod
Raymond Gagnon
C. Russell Hermann
Waycott
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Chapel Street
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
aEewas
Union Railroad Heat
Higi A A. M
York Barracks
York Probate Court
Annie L. Sellers
Claire IE. Sczymecki
Arthur M. Claffey
Grafton
Woodlawn
William D. Deans
Brookline
St. Margaret’'s
St. Charles
Waltham
Boston
Calvary Cemetery
Marie Lapniewski Keyes
Lowell
Natalie Mollica Yonker
San Pedro
Cal
Henry Bassney
Robert J. Mollica
Beverly Mollica Sweetnam
Susan
Robin Mollica
Daniel E. Crowley
Perley G. Davis
Mary Lou Wilkerson Blunt
Alfred Joseph Blunt
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