Personal notices from Biddeford and surrounding towns
Mrs. Nellie M. White of Saco returns home after visiting her brother Arthur Bryant in Whitinsville Massachusetts. Henry A. Joyce aboard USS Thresher in the Atlantic, son of Mrs. E M Joyce of Kennebunkport, serves as chief electronics technician USN. Richard J Dumais on USS Essex during a North Atlantic training cruise, son of Mr and Mrs Alphee S Dumais of Biddeford. L Corp and Mrs James McCutcheon back in Pennsylvania after visit to Harding street Biddeford. McCutcheon to Korea September 12. Mrs McCutcheon to stay with his parents. Paul E Gregoire, aviation machinist's mate third class USN, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph J Gregoire of Ferry Lane. Fred L Emmons of South Paris, former Biddeford resident, committal at Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford. Rev Kenneth Gray presiding with Masonic and Order of the Eastern Star delegations present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Thresher
New London
Conn
Henry A. Joyce
USN
E. M. Joyce
Western Avenue
Kennebunkport
North Atlantic
Richard J. Dumais
Seaman
Alphee S. Dumais
Fogg Avenue
Biddeford
L Corp
James McCutcheon
Pennsylvania
Newton Stevens
Harding Street
McCutcheon
Korea
Essex
Paul E. Gregoire
Joseph J. Gregoire
Ferry Lane
Fred L Emmons
Notre Dame Thrift Shop led by Group A this week
Group A led by Mrs. Fillmore Harris will run the Notre Dame Thrift Shop next week. Cub Scout readers from Saco Pack 310 meet tonight at 8 in the parish house of the First Congregational church, Saco. Den mothers, committeemen and assistant cubmasters are invited to join and plan the year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Thrift Shop
Fillmore Harris
Saco Pack
First Congregational Church
Saco
Junior Band and Salvation Army Teaser Meet Saturday
The Saco Salvation Army Junior Band and Soongs ters will meet Saturday at 0 a m. Confessions are set at St Monica church Kennebuat from 4 to 5 p m Saturday. Confessions at St Martha church Kensebunk rt Saturday 4 to 8 p m. Confessions at St Mary church Wells Saturday 2 30 to 3 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soongsters
Saco Salvation Army
St Monica Church
Kennebuat
St Martha Church
Kensebunkrt
St. Mary Church
Wells
Stock market steadies with slight rise in mid day trades
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks edged up .10 to 253.70 as markets showed a cautious advance amid Berlin crisis and auto labor talks. Gains led by electricals, tobaccos, chemicals and aircraft with mixed results in rails, nonferrous metals, and a few big names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Wall Street
Berlin
Parke
Davis
American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Presis
Litton Industries
Zenith
Thiokol
United Air Lines
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Card of Thanks from the O'Rourke sisters
Misses Eileen and Margaret O'Rourke express heartfelt thanks to friends neighbors and relatives for aid sympathy during their bereavement. They also thank supporters for floral tributes and those who provided cars for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen
Margaret O'Rourke
Holy Name Society to Meet at Cosgrove for Whelan Prayer
The Holy Name Society of St. Mary church in Biddeford will meet tonight at 7 30 at Cosgrove Funeral Home on Elm Street to say prayers for M. Harry Whelan a member and past president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Society of St. Mary Church
Biddeford
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm Street
M. Harry Whelan
Funeral services set for Mrs Yorke 78 of Wells
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude E. Yorke, 78, who died Sunday at her Wells home, were held at Wells First Congregational Church with Rev. John N. Simpson officiating. Burial followed at Ocean View Cemetery in Wells. Bearers were Legion members from Elbridge and Leroy Hanson Post. Yorke, born February 29 1883 in Brooklin, was a charter member and past president of the American Legion auxiliary. she is survived by husband Harry H. Yorke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude E. Yorke
Post Road
Wells
Wells First Congregational Church
John N. Simpson
Ocean View Cemetery
Harry Alpren
John F. Harrington
William J. O'Connell
Charles Smith
Elbridge
Leroy Hanson Post
American Legion
Lucas Funeral Home
York
Elbridge and
Leroy Hanson
American Legion Auxiliary
Yorke
Rosette Alpren
Ruth Kemp
Elaine LaPierre
Marion Wormwood
Dorothy Fitch
Min Biehler
Thelma Stevens
Marriage Intentions Filed in Biddeford Clerk Office
Marriage intentions on file at the Biddeford City clerk's office include Maurice Poulin of 13 Maple Street Biddeford and Lucille Thibodeau of Dover New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maurice. Poulin
Maple Street
Lucille Thibodeau
Dover
N. H
Mexican Envoy Is Assailed In Havana
Key West reports the Mexican Embassy counsellor in Havana Jesus Flores Aguirre was shot to death by unknown assailants Thursday night while travelling in a diplomatic plate car in Mariana district. A passing bus witness described two men fleeing Aguirre’s car. Aguirre had served 14 years as a diplomat and had been in Cuba eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Jesus Flores Aguirre
Havana
Flores Aguirre
Mariana
Aguirre
Cuba
Maine Judges Discuss District Court Transition
Maine Municipal Court Judges Association plans its annual meeting in Augusta to tackle issues in shifting to Maine’s new District Court System. Chief Justice Robert B. Williamson will address Rockland participants on proper lower court procedures as the reorganized system comes into effect in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Municipal Court Judges Association
Maine
Robert B. Williamson
Rockland
Amateurs’ 65 Highlights 1947 U.S. Open Round
Jim McHale shot 65 in the third round at St Louis Country Club to record the best 18 holes by an amateur in the national open. The performance stands as a landmark moment for amateur golf in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McHale
St. Louis Country Club
Humid Portland Forecast With Clouds and Fog
Mostly cloudy humid day in Portland with fog along the coast. Tonight fog lifts Saturday morning, then partly cloudy warm and humid with a chance of late afternoon storms. Winds south 5 to 10 mph diminishing to calm. Overnight lows show Caribou 63 Eastport 53 Greenville 62 Old Town 61 Rumford 63 Mt Washington 51 Portland 61 Detroit 66 Chicago 59 Halifax 58 Montreal 69.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Detroit
Chicago
Halifax
Montreal
Firemen Battle Grass Blaze In Biddeford
Biddeford firemen were called at 10 30 this morning to extinguish a grass fire in the backyard corner at John B Paul Old Newtown road. A tank truck engine and service truck responded and put out the blaze within a half hour started by a small boy. Last night a junk auto blaze at 474 Alfred street was doused after the engine was removed from the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
John B. Paul
Newtown Road
Real Caron
Alfred Street
Daughters and Sons Born in Saco Area August Dates Named
Birth notices list Robi Jane Kincannon first daughter for James F Kincannon of Ferry Road Saco born August 17. James Edward Gunn son for Richard L Gunn Goose Rocks Beach born August 18. Monica Anne Jacques daughter for Gerard F Jacques Old Orchard Beach born August 20. David Louis Manuel son for Joaquim Manuel Bar Mills born August 21. Jeffrey Allen Whitten son for Robert A Whitten Pleasant Street Saco born August 21. Ronald Robert Lauzon son for Raymond R Lauzon Biddeford born August 22. Susan Joan Lamontagne daughter for Walter L Lamontagne Biddeford born August 22. Dennis Cote son for Leo Paul Cote Biddeford born August 22. Gerald Andre Dallaire son for Andre J Dallaire Biddeford born August an August date. Susan Denise Nason son for Francis F Nason Saco born August 23. Denise Lucille Guillerault daughter for Albert R Guillerault Biddeford born August 23. Pamela Ann Dutremble daughter for Richard D Dutremble Biddeford born August 25. Pauline Roy daughter for Leo Paul Roy Biddeford born August 24. At the Saco Hospital Joseph William Mosher son for William Mosher Arundel born August 17. Michael Anthony Steel son for David Steel Sanford born August 14. David Scott son for Robert Richards Gorham born August 15. Joseph William Mosher son for William Mosher Jr Arundel born August 17. Robin Jacqueline De Camp daughter for Ronald De Camp Somers Point August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Kincannon
Ferry Road
Saco
Robi Jane
Richard L. Gunn
Goose Rocks Beach
James Edward
Gerard F. Jacques
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Monica Anne
Joaquim Manuel
Bar Mills
David Louis
Robert A. Whitten
Pleasant Street
Jeffrey Allen
Raymond R.lauzon
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Ronald Robert
Walter L. Regina
West Street
Auust
Leo Paul Cote
Alfred Road
Dennis
Harvey L. Lamontagne Jr
Lincoln Street
Susan Joan
Andre J. Dallaire
Elm Street
Gerald Andre
Francis F. Nason
Flag Pond Road
Albert R. Guillerault
State Street
Denise Lucille
Richard D. Dutremble
Greenwood Avenue
Pamela Ann
Leo Paul Roy
Prospect Street
Pauline
Saco Hospital
William Mosher
Limerick Road
Arundel
Joseph William
David Steel
Sanford
Michael Anthony
Robert Richards
RFC
Gorham
David Scott
William G. Mosher
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Ronald de Camp
Somers Point
N. Y
Robin Jacqueline
de Camp
Jacqueline Jane Timmins
Church Group To Sponsor Silver Tea
The summer home of Miss Katharine Deering at Bay View Deerwood will open August 30 for a silver tea hosted by the Social Circle of the Saco Unitarian church to benefit church projects. Pourers are Mrs George R Love Mrs Charles S Anthony Mrs Edmund W Beal and Mrs Herry Smith with helpers Mrs Leavitt Emmons Miss Sara Emmons Miss Laura Bridgman and Miss Barbara Hooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Deering
Bay View
Deerwood
Saco Unitarian Church
George R. Love
Charles S. Anthony
Edmund W. Beal
Herry Smith
Leavitt Emmons
Sara Emmons
Laura Bridgman
Barbara Hooper
Stranded Crew Returns Safely From Offshore Fog
YORK HARBOR police, firemen, and a 12 year old boy aboard the 38 foot Miss Breeze were marooned offshore by dense fog overnight. Coast Guard said the party anchored as fog enveloped the coast. Aboard were Police Sgt. Armand Sevigny Patrolman Norman Hall George Riddle Firemen Ernest J Miller Norman Harris and Riddle's son Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Harbor
Sanford
Coast Guard
Armand Sevigny
Norman Hall
George Riddle
Ernest J. Miller
Norman Harris
Riddle
Thomas
Martel Fined for Driving Without License in Saco
Albert Martel aged 18 of 153 Beach Street Saco paid a 20 fine in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice court last night after being found guilty of driving without a license. Beach police filed the charges and Trial Justice Wesley M Mewer delivered the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Martel
Beach Street
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Wesley M. Mewer
Martel
Beach
Racketeers Not Due To Testify In Rossetti Probe
Washington AP reports Raymond Patriarca of Rhode Island and three others named in a Senate subcommittee probe of Boston gambler Rossetti’s race wire not required to testify. Rossetti invoked the Fifth Amendment. the panel pursued connections between legal race wires and illegal betting. The PHP News Service owner and others named in testimony may have testified if they wished. Ferrara, the alleged real owner, is in federal prison. The network allegedly spans Boston to Montreal Miami and into Canada, Pennsylvania and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Raymond Patriarca
Rhode Island
Senate
Boston
Angelo
Rossetti
Subcommittee
Jerome S. Alderman
Patriarca
Repute
Frederick F. Shibley
Midtown Journal
Warren Picillo
Hillroad Publishing Co
Cranston
R.I
Adlerman
Arthur Sullo
New York City Globe Publishing Co
Race News Wire
Sullo
John L. McClellan
Angelo Rossetti
McClellan
Ackerman
Montreal
Miami
Alderman
PHP
Frank Ferrara
Mannix
Queen Valley News
Dominic Ciocea
Lawrence
Mass
Valley Beach
New England News
Hartford
Pennsylvania
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland
Florida
Senators
Cost Of Living Outlook Signals Little Relief Ahead
In a separate report the department said factory workers buying power declined in July after four months of rise. Spendable earnings for a worker with three dependents averaged $83.4 in July, down 20 cents from June. July price increases cut buying power by about half a percent. Myers offered no hope for lower costs soon, predicting August stable or up slightly and September higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Governor Reed Sees Favorable 1961 State Finance Record
Augusta AP Gov Reed reports a favorable balance for fiscal 1961 but warns tax revenues must rise to repeat it without cutting state activities. He notes $1.5 million unspent in general surplus and says educational television could have been funded with that money if known earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Reed
Distraught Father Kills Self and Four Children in Iowa
Wilfred J. Maguire, 33, a Council Bluffs truck driver, killed his four children and then himself after restraining them with a blind cord and ramming his car into a stalled truck on Interstate 29. A note cited his financial troubles and a February traffic accident as triggers. Judith Maguire had been hospitalized recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Judith Maguire
Wilfred J. Maguire
Mary Frances
Floyd
William
Maguire
Danny
A. L. Sciortino
Cape Canaveral picked for Nova moon mission launch area
NASA announced it will buy 80 900 acres north and west of Cape Canaveral to build four Nova and two Saturn launch pads as the moon mission ramp up. The land push, costing about 60 million, will expand the Cape from 17 000 to 97 000 acres and create a safety buffer. Construction could begin in six months, displacing citrus groves beaches and about 500 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Brevard County
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape
Moon
NASA
Atlantic Ocean
Maine Writers Elect Officers During Conclave
Officers at the State of Maine Writers conference held in Ocean Park were elected yesterday led by chairwoman Mrs. Kitty Parsons of Rockport Massachusetts. New officers include vice chairwoman Mrs. Iaa Ladd Brown and advisory chairman Adelbert M. Jakeman. Winners in the poetry tournament named Helen Rogers Smith Louise Darcey Maggi Loughnane with honorable mentions for several poets. More than 50 participants from New England registered for the four day conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Sue McConckey
Alfred
Charles Rawlings Camariscotta
Richard Recchia
Rockport
Mass
Helen Rogers Smith
Louise Darcey
Maggi Loughnane
New England
Otto
Louise Chase
Shirley Nadine
Margaret Burr Todd
Ina Ladd Brown
Tragic Lincolnville Teens Die In Truck Crash
Ralph Bullock Jr. 15 died when a lumber truck carrying him and two teens from Lincolnville ran off a road and overturned. James Monroe 17 and Timothy Monroe 15 were injured and rushed to Bangor hospital after the vehicle struck tree stumps and demolished the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searsmonth
Ralph Bullock Jr
Lincolnville
James Monroe
Timothy
Bangor
Seek Vandals Dover-Foxcroft Tomb of Sir Harry Oakes
Authorities seek vandals who damaged the tomb of Sir Harry Oakes in Dover Foxcroft. Windows in the front and rear were broken. Oakes, a native of Sangerville and discoverer of a major gold mine, was murdered in his Nassau home in 1943, a pivotal unsolved crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover-Foxcroft
Sir Harry Oakes
Oakes
Sangerville
Nassau
B.W.1
Kennedy Plans Weekend Rest At Hyannis Port
President Kennedy will leave today for a weekend at his Cape Cod home. He will arrive at Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts around 4 30 p m EDT and travel by helicopter to Hyannis Port where Mrs. Kennedy and the children have vacationed. He plans to return to Washington Monday morning with no extended trip expected this summer unless Congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Cape Cod
White House
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Hyannis Port
Pierre Salinger
Congress
Hollywood Pair May Reconcile
A spokesman for actor Dick Powell says he and wife June Allyson will probably reconcile after a 15 year marriage. They were granted an interlocutory divorce last January 31 and under California law the divorce is not final until January 31, 1962. The couple had been living together since a Monterey vacation with their children. Allyson recently had a kidney stone ailment in Monterey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dick Powell
June Allyson
California
Powell
Monterey
Calif
Allyson
Hoffa Election Vote Tests Local Teamsters Split
A secret ballot vote by 2,200 dairy drivers on quitting the Teamsters sparked a protest as Hoffa and Gibbons challenged the tally. Luken’s opposition spread to Middletown with about 60 members joining Local 836 to back his Milk and Ice Cream Drivers union effort in Cincinnati area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Hoffa
Gibbons
Luken
Middletown
Teamsters Local
Union
Greater Cincinnati and Vicinity
Peace Corps Bill Passes in Senate on Record Vote
President Kennedy's bill to establish the overseas Peace Corps on a permanent basis passed the Senate. The measure, funding $40 million for the first year, aims to deploy about 2,700 volunteers abroad or in training by next June 30. Senator Hickenlooper withdrew an amendment to cut funding to $30 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Senate
House
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Clark Johnson Named To TA Teaching Post
Thornton academy fills chemistry instructor slot with Clark Johnson of Marblehead Massachusetts. Headmaster Robert Bowe states the staff will total 35 teachers this year. Johnson is a Clark University graduate and has taught at Tilton Worcester Worcester Academy and Punahou Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Academy
Clark Johnson
Marblehead
Mass
Robert Bowe
Thornton
Johnson
Clark University
Worcester
Tilton School
Franklin
N. H
Worcester Academy
Punahou
Honolulu
Hawaii
Exiled Spanish General Put Under House Arrest in France
Interior Ministry said Valentino Gonzales also known as Fl Campesino, a Communist leader from the Spanish Civil War, is accused of directing raids by Spanish exiles in France. Concurrently Typhoon Lorna weakened over Formosa Strait after killing at least three in southern Formosa and disrupting transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Briefs Paris
Valentino Gonzales
France
Interior Ministry
Gonzales
Fl Campesino
Spain
Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Pingtung
Kenya Parties Seek Immediate Independence Pact
In Nairobi Kenyatta blessed pact unites KANU led by Tom Mboya and KADU to form an interim coalition government and push for British exit by February. Kenyatta, 71, who led Mau Mau charges, was freed this week and is favored to be Kenya's first prime minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Britain
Tom Mboya
Kenya African National Union Kanu
Kenya African Democratic Union Kadu
Kenyatta
Reds mobilize at border amid Berlin tensions
The East and West Berlin standoff intensifies as garrison arms swell to 6,500 with tank guns and howitzers designed for rapid movement. Sgt. John L. Sanders of Amarillo Texas says the orders emphasize shooting, moving, and communicating. New German paper Neues Deutschland calls U S tank actions provocative and insulting to Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sanders
Amarillo
Tex
West Berlin
East Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
East Germany
Death on Route 116 Claims Ernest R Stinson
Ernest R Stinson, 22, of Lincoln, was killed when his car left Route 116, struck a tree, and rolled over. State Police said he apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howland
Ernest R Stinson
Lincoln
Route 116
Hemingway Will Leaves Estate To His Widow
New York AP Hemingway’s handwritten will leaves his entire estate to widow Mary and directs her to provide for his three sons from a previous marriage. He died July 7 at his Idaho home. probate filed in surrogate’s court. Estate listed as over $20,000 pending appraisal, with assets including cash securities real estate in US and Cuba, and copyrights to works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest Hemingway
Mary
Ketchum
Idaho
Finca Vinia
San Francisco de Paula
Cuba
Hemingway
John ‘Hemingway
Mill Valley
Calif
Gregory Hemingway
University of Miami
Fla
Patrick Hemingway
Tanganyika
Alfred Rice
United States
Japan Adopts UN First Policy in Foreign Office Statement
TOKYO AP The Foreign Office unveils a UN first policy guiding Japan’s actions in the United Nations. A 340 page book, The Recent State of Japans Foreign Policy, says Japan will strengthen the UN even if it clashes with African Asian nations. Premier Ikeda approves the report. The Socialist party objects saying it mirrors U.S. policy and proposes relations with Red China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
United Nations
U.N
Hayato Ikeda
U.N. S
Socialist
U.S
Red China
Liberal-Democrats
Porter Accused Of Stabbing Physician and Wife
A Nassau County jury charged Theodore Roosevelt Stovall, 28, a department store porter, with first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of Dr. Paul Behrendt, 65, and injuring his wife Dr. Frances Behrendt, 55. Behrendt died at once, his wife is in fair condition. Stovall was arrested near the scene after hours questioning and denied the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
N.Y
Long Island
Theodore Roosevelt Stovall
Paul Behrendt
Frances Behrendt
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Stovall
Behrendt
New York City
Shirley Stovall
Philladelphia
Philadelphia
Teddy Bear
Queens
Guard to Train Augusta Maine Guardsmen Depart Sept 1
Maine's adjutant general says over 2 500 Maine Army National Guardsmen will leave September 1 for two weeks of annual field training at Camp Drum New York Major General Edwin Heywood said the exercises will be among the most important training periods since Korea Governor Reed and staff will visit Camp Drum September 7 and 8 to observe training phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GUARD
Augusta
Maine
Adjutant General
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Nellie M. White
Mainstreet, Saco
Arthur Bryant
Whitinsville
Sonny Randle
Stars Cardinals
Jack & Larry
Alfred and
Ata
Pamela Tiffin
Pamela
Germany
Tides High A. M. P.M. A.M. P
TRE
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Self
Sleepy County
Pres. Kennedy
Cornstalk
E. 60Th St
Madison Ave
Bill Hancock
Dallas
Buenos’ Aires
Argentina
Dean Rusk
David
Delcia Bence
Scarsdale
Young Rusk
Mexico
Berkeley
University of California
ST. John’s
Nildi
Newfoundland
W. J. Keough
Porter
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