Social News From Biddeford and Surrounding Towns
Local personals list residents and visitors in Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and nearby areas. Notables include Clayton Cartmill on vacation Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce executive secretary. several patients at Webber hospital. gift shop staff traveling to New York fall show. residents vacationing with family in East Bridgewater and Old Orchard Beach. military family visits. teaching pianist Ruth Olive Roberts returning from Salzburg with performances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton W. Cartmill
Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford
Yvonne Doyon
Juliette and
Yvonne
Alfred Street
New York City
Roy MacNaughton
MacNaughton
Massachusetts
Walnut Street
Bryan
Ohio
Aranovitch
Melanie Gordon
East Bridgewater
Mass
Carol Tarbox
Lucille Street
Saco
Carl Cole
Lynn
Kennebunk Pond
Set
Reginald D. Labbe
Cheryl and
Danice
Fort Dix
Bordentown
N. J
Labbe
Adele Grenier
U. S. Army
Marjorie Richards
Ruth Olive Roberts
Salzburg
Austria
S. S. Queen Mary
Roberts
Miss Roberts
Andrea Schenke
Rome
Italy
Mildred Powers 74 Died In Belfast After Frustrating News
Mildred Powers aged 74 died Saturday in Belfast. Born in Saco August 20 1886 she was the daughter of Clarence and Ida Young. She leaves husband Harry A Powers a son Commander Harry A Jr of Savannah Ga a daughter Barbara Garris of Portsmouth Va a sister Esther Lane of St Petersburg Fla five grandchildren one niece and several cousins. Funeral services from Coombs Funeral Home Belfast tomorrow at 2 pm with Rev H E Danielson Liberty officiating. Burial in Mount Adam Cemetery Deer Isle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred (Young) Powers
Belfast
Saco
Clarence
Ida (Hallett) Young
First Congregational Church
Melrose
Mass
Belmont Ladies Aid
Harry A. Powers
Harry A. Jr
Savannah
Esther C. Lane
St. Petersburg
Fla
Coombs Funeral Home
H. E. Danielson
Liberty
Mount Adam Cemetery
Deer Isle
Local Fraternal Meetings Set For Tonight And Tuesday
The Lafayette Court Catholic Order of Foresters meets at 7 30 PM tonight at Foresters hall Emery Street Biddeford. Widows of World War 1 chapter 9 Saco holds a special meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Dubois Beach Street Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Court
Order of Foresters
Foresters Hall
Emery Street
Biddeford
Saco
Elizabeth Dubois
Beach Street
Prayer Fellowship and Church Meetings Listed
Church notes list group meetings for Lyman Baptist Prayer Fellowship at the parsonage Tuesday 9 30 am prayer a 7 30 pm at Full Gospel Wells Route 9 A near Route 109 Old Orchard Beach 7 30 pm Home League of Saco Salvation Army Tuesday 7 30 pm at Ocean Avenue location shown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prayer Fellowship
Lyman Baptist Church
Full Gospel
Route 9-A
Wells
First Baptist Church
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
The
Saco Salvation Army
Pauline Fournier dies after long illness in Vermont
Pauline Fournier also listed as Pauline Fairfield Fourn er died yesterday at St Marys Hospital Bristol Vermont after a long illness. Born September 18 1918 in Saco she was daughter of Edward A Fairfield and Gladys Fairfield Farr. She lived most of her life in Saco was member of Order of the Eastern Star and Bristol Baptist Church. Survived by widower Henry J Fournier parents a daughter Jane a son Dale E a sister Thelma Kimball and half-sister Caroline Butler. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Bristol funeral home with burial in Bristol Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline (Fairfield) Fourner
St. Mary Hospital
Bristol
Saco
Edward A. Fairfield
Gladys Fairfield Farr
Order of the Eastern Star
Jane
Dale E
Thelma Kimball
Caroline Butler
Pensicola
Fla
Funeral services set for Fred L. Emmons in South Paris
Fred L. Emmons 47 of South Paris died after a long illness in a Norway hospital. Born January 16, 1914 in Biddeford, he worked at Saco Lowell Shops and later at First National Bank Biddeford and Oxford Paper in Rumford. He leaves a widow Bernice, a son Leonard, a daughter Nancy Cummings, his mother Elizabeth Emmons, and a Biddeford church member. Tomorrow at 2 PM funeral from 21 Main Street South Paris with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford at 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Emmons
South Paris
Saco-Lowell
Norway Hospital
Biddeford
Leonard and
Elizabeth (Furbush) Emmons
Biddeford High School
Northeastern Business College
Portland
First National Bank
Oxford Paper Company
Rumford
Paris Manufacturing Company
Emmons
Dunlap Lodge
A.M
Adai Chapter
OFS
American Red Cross
First Universalist Church
Bernice Emmons
Leonard
Nancy Cummings
Elizabeth Emmons
Main Street
Paris
Kenneth V. Gray
First Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Eugene J. Cote Dies After Long Illness at 63
Eugene J. Cote 63 of 342 Elm Street Biddeford died last night after a long illness. Born in Ste Julie Canada October 8 1897 he was son of Elzear and Cesarie Blouin Cote. He worked at Bates Mills and Webber Hospital and was a member of Sacred Heart League and St Joseph Church Biddeford. Survived by three sons Gerard R Old Orchard Beach Maurice J Dayton Ohio and Capt Robert R San Pedro California two daughters Mrs Lionel Lapointe and Laurette Cote Biddeford four grandchildren a brother and five sisters all of Canada. Funeral from St Joseph Church Thursday at 8 30 with burial in St Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call Emond Funeral Home Biddeford this evening 7 10 and Tuesday and Wednesday 10 am 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene J. Cote
Elm. Street
Biddeford
Ste. Julie
Canada
Elzear and
Cesarie ‘Blouin Cote
Webber Hospital
Bates Mills
Sacred Heart League
St. Joseph Church
Gerard R
Old Orchard Beach
Maurice J
Dayton
Robert R
San Pedro
Calif
Lionel Lapointe
Laurette ‘Cote
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond Funeral Home
Hill Street
Vandals Damage Gravestones in Biddeford Cemetery
Twenty one gravestones were overturned in Went lawn cemetery Biddeford over the weekend in a case of malicious mischief. Police Chief Edgar Sevigny described the act as unexcusable and said officers would pursue the offender who trailed a path between Elm Street and West Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentlawn Cemtery
Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Sevigny
Elm Street
West Street
Football scores roundup from Saturday games
Associated Press brief lists NL games Chicago 29 Washington 13 and New York 17 Los Angeles 17 tie. NL other results include Cleveland 27 San Francisco 24. Rheadcame League New York 17 Boston 7. Denver 48 Oakland 21. American Conference Toledo 50 Cincinnati 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Washington
New York
Los Angeles
Cleveland
San Francisco
Boston
Denver
Oakland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Rainy Outlook for Portland Area
Rain resumes this afternoon with cool conditions and northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight through Tuesday bring cloudiness and fog with occasional drizzle and little temperature change. Zone 1 expected to reach the mid to upper 60s and fall to the low to mid 50s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Millinocket Man Pleads Guilty In Larceny Case
Harold J. Tardif 22 of Millinocket pleaded guilty to attempted larceny in Biddeford Municipal Court and was fined 25 dollars. Ally Joseph Beaulieu 23 pleaded innocent. case continued to August 31 with 500 dollar bail. Incident on Alfred Street August 7 involved a gasoline line on a crane owned by Chase and Tardif’s employer. Chase, patient at Webber Hospital, is being treated for severe burns.案件 continues until Donald Chase testifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Tardif
Millinocket
Biddeford
Simon Spill
Joseph Beaulieu
Donald Chase
Kennebunk
Webber Hospital
Chase
Alfred Street
Tardif
George Friary
Judge Spill
Major League Leaders round up from AP stats
The Associated Press lists American League leaders by batting and pitching marks with Detroit and New York players dominating. Notable figures include Cash and Howard hitting .364 and .355, Mantle and Maris leading in runs and home runs, plus Ford and Koufax topping pitching and strikeouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cash
Detroit
Howard
New York
Mantle
Maris
B. Robinson
Baltimore
Kaline
Kubek
Wood
Aparicio
Chicago
Howser
Kansas City
Terry
Ford
Pascual
Minnesota
Stock Market Slips Amid Mixed Trading In New York
New York stock prices eased in fairly active trading this afternoon as the AP average of 60 stocks at noon fell to 256.20 a drop of .30. Industrials slid, rails rose slightly, and utilities dipped. Major issues varied with some losses, auto shares hit by strike rumors, and tobacco and drug stocks edging higher overall. Dow Jones stood at 723.54, flat, while American and U S exchanges showed mixed gains and declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Wall Street
Studebaker-patriard
Revion
Helene Curtis
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Ford
United Air Lines
American Airlines
Pan American
Zenith
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Fastman Kodak
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Saco Court Fines Three Youths On Liquor Counts
In Saco Municipal court four youths faced illegal liquor possession charges from Old Orchard Beach weekend. Judge Hilary Mahaney fined three at $10 each while Richard A. Cote posted $25 bail. State Liquor Inspectors were the complainants in the cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Hilary Mahaney
Donald Gendron
Irving Street
Richard A. Lamb
Pool Road
Biddeford
John A. Montagne
Manual Avenue
Richard A. Cote
Ft. Kent
Francis E. Carter
New Bedford
Mass
Maine
Theodore Florio Jr
Brockton
Norman H. Johnson
Portland
York County
Seven St Louis students attend Catholic Summer School finale
Seven delegates from St Louis High School Biddeford attended final exercises Saturday at Fordham University ending the 1961 Catholic Action Summer School in New York. Delegates were Richard LeBlanc Ronald Guertin Adrien Cote Roland Fournier Raymond Lambert Paul Kerns and Robert Demers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis High School
Biddeford
Fordham University
Catholic Action
New York City
Repres
Richard LeBlanc
Ronald Guertin
Adrien Cote
Roland Fournier
Raymond Lambert
Paul Kerns
Robert Demers
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Brother Thomas
Fall River
Mass
Msgr. Prevost
Manhattan
New York
SSCA
National Sodality Service Center
United States
Daniel Lord
Five Members Of Family Killed In Idaho Crash
AP report from Buhl Idaho details a two car collision on a country road intersection that killed six people and left Ivan Kistler 26 and Betty 22 dead along with their four month old son Edward. Also killed were Ivan's brother Michael 11 and parents Albert L. and Delma G. Kistler all residents of Buhl and Filer. Judith Andreson 18 of Buhl died later from injuries. Ivan Kistler was critically injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buhl
Idaho
Judith Andreson
Ivan Kistler
Filer
Betty
Edward
Ivan
Michael
Albert L
Delma G. Kistler
Tigers sweep Red Sox with six one and seven six wins
Bio League stars batting Norm Cash drove in four runs as Detroit beat Boston 6-1 and 7-6. Ralph Terry pitched a four hit shutout with no walks for his 10th win as the Yankees swept Cleveland 6-0 and 5-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norm Cash
Tigers
Boston
Ralph Terry
Yankees
Cleveland
Fire destroys three town buildings in China incident
Fire Chief Roy FE Coombs reports state inspectors called in to probe a fire of unknown origin that wiped out three downtown structures including a general store a garage and a bean cleaning plant owned by Coombs. Estimated damage runs about 55000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Roy FE Coombs
Coombs
Saco Police Probing Weekend Breaks Across City
Saco police investigate a series of break in incidents over the weekend. Breaks reported at Dorothy Dean Portland road Camp Ellis Rod and Gun club Dame's Laundry Pleasant street Champion Home Improvement 61 Water street Norman Googins Beach street and Philip Graves Kinney Shores cottage. Items taken include a 12 inch silver glass ball a hunting knife and a wheel. Doors and windows showed damage but few items were stolen. Graves break still under investigation along with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Saco Police
Raymond Kerry
Dorothy Dean
Portland Road
Camp Ellis Red and Gun Club
Dame's Laundry
Pleasant Street
Champion Home Improvement, Inc
Water Street
Norman Googins
Beach Street
Kinney Shores
Atty
Philip Graves
Camp Ellis
Googins
Dame's
Champion’s
Champion's
Baseball Standings and Weekend Scores Summary
National League and American League style standings shown with teams like New York Cleveland Detroit Boston Chicago Kansas City Baltimore Minnesota Los Angeles Washington and more. Weekend results include New York over Cleveland 6-0 Detroit over Boston 6-2 Chicago over Kansas City 5-3 Baltimore 9 Washington 3 rain postponed second game. National League results show Cincinnati St Louis Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago and San Francisco with various scores and late innings details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
American League
W. L. Pet. G.B
New York
Ccvese
Baltimore
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Washington
Kansas City
Detroit
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Eabaab
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Sn Francisco
Los
Lobster Festival Draws 900 To Biddeford Pool
The Biddeford Pool Volunteer Fire department festival at East Point drew about 900 patrons, the committee announced. Volunteers managed traffic and parking while bake pits ran 12:30 to 7 pm, with booths for children, crafts, candy, and an art exhibit by Frank Handlen. Jennifer Parks won a special award for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Pool
East Point
Pool Lfire Department
Ralph J. Goldthwaite, Jr
William W.mckenney
R. J. Goldthwaite
McKenney
Robert Gross
Joseph Souza
Linwood Rumery
Amos Davis
Raymond Goldthwaite
Arthur Moreau
Frank Handlen
Norman Goldthwaite
Fire Department
Jennifer Parks
Shirley Parks
Lawn Supper and Fire News From Local Lodges
The Past Noble Grands of Evangeline Rebekah lodge hosted a lawn supper for PNG members at Mrs. Nellie Wallace's home in Kennebunk with a social period afterward. Attendees included Mrs. Wallace and several named guests. Saco firefighters also responded to a small woods fire on Cascade Lodge land, using a booster line before returning to the station. A separate sports score snippet lists Milwaukee 4 Philadelphia 3 and San Francisco 5 Los Angeles 0 with upcoming games noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline Rebekah Lodge
Nellie Wallace
Kennebunk
Marion Dexhiemer
Eva Steere
Ethel Ballard
Beatrice Kalee
Gertrude Davis
Gertrude Colliff
Leah Robie
Madeliene Robie
Mary Jones
Wallace
Saco
Cascade Lodge
Cascade Road
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Warren E. Petergon
Mildred Powers
Ewsers
Mfg
Vermont Monumental Works
Elm ST
Tel
Atlantic
W. J. Provost
Scarborough
Dial Tucker
L. R. Joncas
Old Orchard
Dial
Wellington
Pauline Fournier
Clemente
Robinson
Mays
Cepeda
Pinson
Aaron
Coleman
Altman
Boyer
Wills
Padres
Miller
Koufax
Williams
Michel Goma
London
Peter Sellers
Britain
Sellers
Sophia Loren
Sophia
Himslf
Mr. Topaze
Kite
Jack
Florida Racing Commission
Gulfstream
Celesta Geyer
Hollywood
Dolly Dimples
Catholic
PNG Group
Saco Woods
Maine Cleaners
Pepperell Square
Washington Ave
D. O. Beach
Warren
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