Personal Briefs Patients and visits in Saco and Biddeford
John Whitney of 30 School Street Saco is a medical patient at Saco hospital. Mr and Mrs Harry Horsfield of Graham Street Biddeford visited Sunday with their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs William Lambert of Dorchester Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whitney
School Street
Saco
Saco Hospital
Harry Horsfield
Graham Street
Biddeford
William Lambert
Dorchester
Mass
George Chessman dies at 76 in Kennebunk
George Chessman of Kennebunk, a former Kesslen Shoe company watchman for many years, died Sunday at a local convalescent home. Born in Chicago, he previously worked for Harry Lunde Essex garage before joining Kesslen. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1 30 p m from Angell funeral home with Rev. Robert Cumler officiating. burial in Hope Cemetery. Friends may call tonight at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chessman
Kennebunk
Kesslen Shoe Company
Chicago
Ill
Harry Lunde Essex Garage Company
Kesslen Company
Angell Funeral Home
Dane Street
Robert Cumler
Christ Church
Hope Cemetery
Club Calendar Notes from Saco Meeting Spots
The King Court Order of The Amaranth will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows hall in Saco. A foodless sale is directed by Mrs Virginia Charles. The Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion Auxiliary unit will meet Wednesday evening at the city building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Court
Order of the Amaranth
Odd Fellows Hall
Saco
Virginia Charles
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Church groups schedule youth and prayer meetings
The Girl Guards of the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army meet tomorrow at 6 30 pm. Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army prayer meeting is Tuesday at 7 45 pm. The Village Baptist Church in Kennebunkport hosts an informal youth meet tonight at 8 in the vestry with games devotion and fellowship for senior young people. The Christian Education Committee of the Saco United Baptist Church meets tomorrow at 7 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
The
Village Baptist Church
Spring Street
Kennebunkport
Christian Education Committee
Saco United Baptist Church
Season's Final Band Concert Slated Tuesday
Painchaud's band directed by Ludger Picher performs at City square Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The city co sponsors the event with music supplied by a grant from the Trust Funds of the Recording Industries obtained by Local 408 American Federation of Musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painchaud
Ludger Picher
City Square
The
Recording Industries
Market gains and losses seen in early New York trading
Strength in steel and auto shares lifted a selective advance while overall market activity remained spotty. U S Steel and Ford hit new highs for the year with gains around two points. Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet also rose. General Motors slipped slightly as Chrysler and American Motors edged higher. AP 60-stock average up to 231.30 at noon. Government bonds fell to record lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel
Ford
Steels and Motors
Associated Press
Funeral services set for Jason R. Westerfield in Camden
Jason R. Westerfield former NYSE public relations officer dies at 81 after Camden hospital death Saturday. Services scheduled for today with his family and colleagues recalling a long career in finance communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Jason R. Westerfield
New York Stock Exchange
Camden Hospital
Maine Railroads Report July Losses and Lower Income
Two Maine railroads released July financial figures showing lower results. Bangor and Aroostook reported a loss of 31776 versus a 3939 profit in July 1958, while Maine Central posted a net income of 7550 compared with 10044 the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Bangor
Aroostook
Maine Central
Biddeford Firefighters Report Quiet Weekend
Biddeford firemen had a quiet weekend with no fire calls reported and no ambulance calls received, indicating a lull in emergencies for the department over the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Mrs Euchariste Valliere 69. dies after long illness in Saco
Euchariste Valliere of 76 Temple Street Saco wife of Ernest Valliere dies after a long illness in a local hospital. Born in Canada she was 69 and a founder of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saco. Survivors include her husband a son Leopold two daughters two sisters grandchildren and a great grandson. Funeral at Notre Dame church Saco Wednesday with calling hours at Cote funeral home Reach and James streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euchariste Valliere
Temple Street
Saco
Ernest Valliere
Notre Dame _ de Lourdes Church
Canada
Edward and
Albina (Pelletier) Tremblay
Ste. Anne
Ste. Anne Sodality In Notre Dame Parish, Saco
St. Joseph Church
Biddeford
St. Jean de Baptiste Society
Notre Dame
Fremont Club
Leopold M. Valliere
Portland
Edgar Perron
Gertrude D. Valliere
Joseph Tremblay
Emile Fournier
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Notre Dame Church
Cote Funeral
Reach
James Streets
Ste. Anne Sodality
St. Joseph
Portland Weather Outlook With Clouds and Showers
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with fog and occasional showers or thundershowers today and tonight, continuing into Tuesday. Temperatures remain in the upper 60s to around 60 across all zones, with light easterly winds shifting to southerly by Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Tide table for August and September data
The record lists high and low tides for August and September with listed times in A.M. and P.M. columns. Entries show morning and afternoon low and high tide times, including 9:53 and 10:04 A.M. high tides and 3:46 and 3.53 P.M. low tides in August, plus September times such as 10:36 and 10:48 A.M. high tides and 4:23 and 4:32 P.M. low tides.
Funeral Services Held for Ernest Treadwell 42
Funeral services for Ernest Treadwell of Goodwins Mills and Meriden, Conn., who died after a short illness in Portland. He was a World War II veteran and former Pratt Whitney worker. Survivors include three sisters and a half brother. Burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Treadwell
Goodwins Mills
Portland
Dennett and Craig
Saco
Harris
Hilda
Crawford Treadwell
Limerick
Pratt-Whitney Corporation
Meriden
Conn
Murray Eaton
West Buxton
Gladys Lemire
Old Orchard
Beach
Isabelle Kimball
Elwin Martin
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Alma Lamb announced for Biddeford area
Funeral services for Mrs Alma Lamb of Elm Street Biddeford will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from the Dennett and Craig funeral home 365 Main Street Saco. Friends may call today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm at the same home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Lamb
Elm Street
Biddeford
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Saco
Accidents Reported at Route Four Intersection
Two crashes occurred at the Route Four intersection in Sanford. Leona Sinclair, 47, of 59 Washington Street Biddeford, topped a rise and hit Stephen Adams, 37, of Mousam Road Springvale who had entered Route four from School street. In a second mishap at the same spot Roger Mathieu, 15, of 20 Emerson Street Sanford was thrown from a car driven by his brother Ronald, 18, but survived with no serious injuries as the westbound vehicle swung wide to miss a car from School Street and skidded the opposite way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Sinclair
Washington Street
Biddeford
Sanford
Stephen Adams
Mousam Road
Springvale
Adams
School Street
Roger Mathieu
Emerson Street
Ronald
Saco Wife Beater Is Fined $50
A Saco man Vernon T. Cole 37 was fined 50 dollars in Saco municipal court after a guilty verdict based on his wife Shirley and their daughter testimony. Several other locals faced fines for traffic and registration offenses while Paul Gaudette was ordered to pay support of 15 dollars weekly with a suspended six month jail term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Saco Municipal Court
Vernon T. Cole
Manger
Trailer Park Portland Road
Shirley
Kenneth E. Whitten
Buxton Road
Whitten
Joel C. Feltman
Old Orchard Street
Old Orchard Beach
Philip A. Gould
Portland
Paul Gaudette
Alfred
Hilary Mahaney
Sharks, boat wreck almost sinks three men in bay
In Sausalito an 18 foot motorboat sank with three San Franciscans aboard. Jerry Anolik Fred Manley and Gunnard Mahl abandoned ship but returned when they saw a shark. The creature barked like a sea lion, so they jumped overboard again and waited an hour for a yachtsman to rescue them. They later found a loose hose behind the engine causing the leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sausalsto
Calif
Jerry Anolik
Fred Manley
Gunnard Mahl
Fremont club auxiliary to meet at Cote funeral home
Members of the Fremont club auxiliary will gather at 7 30 tonight at the Cote funeral home on Beach and James streets in Saco to pay respects to Mrs. Ernest Valliere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Club
Cote Funeral Home Beach
James Streets
Saco
Ernest Valliere
Funeral services for Mrs Albertine Durbois held at St. Andre
Funeral services for Mrs Albertine Durbois of Bay View and formerly of Biddeford were held this morning at St. Andre church. A solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev. Raoul Fecteau with deacon Rev. Robert J. Martel and sub deacon Rev. Gerard J. Parent. Choir and organist supported the rites. Villa Muir sisters attended. Bearers included Conrad Binette and John P. Conroy among others. Burial followed in St. Joseph cemetery with grave prayers by Rev. Fecteau. Out of town relatives included Napoleon Durbois of Hartford and George Durbois of Chicago, with multiple Emond and Martel relatives from Maine and Massachusetts attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albertine Durbois
Bay View
Biddeford
St. Andre Church
Raoul Fecteau
Villa Muir
Robert J. Martel
Gerard J. Parent
Laura Lauren Proulx
Conrad Binette
John P. Conroy
Richard LeClair
Reynald Gonneville
Edgar Cabana
William Bisson
St. Joseph Cemetery
Napoleon Durbois
Hartford
Wilfrid Emond
Gilmanton Iron Works
N. H
Napoleon J. Emond
Waterville
Ralph. L. Tully
South Portland
Alexander Grimaldi
Portland
Leo Trepanier
Westford
Mass
Donald Martel
Cecile Martel
Dedham
Thomas Emond
Framingham
Noel Emond
Swampscott
Robert Emond
Funeral services for Mrs Cora E Soule
Funeral services for Mrs Cora E Soule of Old Orchard Beach were held Saturday at 2 p m from Shumway Funeral Home in Saco. Rev Morley K Durost of Biddeford United Baptist Church officiated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora E. Soule
Old Orchard Beach
Shumway Funeral Home
Saco
Morley K. Durost
Biddeford United
Richard Durant Drowning Victim at Five Mile Pond
Naval Lt. Richard E. Durant of Saco a Thornton Academy and Maine Maritime Academy alumnus dies in an accidental drowning at Five Mile Pond near Springfield Massachusetts on a weekend leave from the Underwater Sound Laboratory in New London Conn He disappeared while signaling to friends as he swam toward a raft amid a group of companions Durant 24 son of local police officer and Mrs Durant survived by parents a brother and a sister with military funeral planned in Saco two days of calling hours prior to service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Durant
Saco
Thornton Academy
Maine ‘Maritime Academy
Five Mile Pond
Springfield
Mass
Harry Durant
Lt. Durant
Underwater Sound Laboratory
New London
Durant
Navy
Benjamin Durant
Eleanor Kck
Westbrook
Footbball
Maine Maritimes Academy
Endurance
Long Beach
Calif
Saco United
Beverly Soucy
B. H. Durant
South Windham
Shumway Funeral Home
Springstreet
Western States Club Urges Recognition of Red China
The Western States Conference of Young Democratic Clubs of America urged early recognition of Red China as essential to world disarmament and nuclear control. A resolution will be submitted at the national convention in Toledo, Ohio, this November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Western States
Sight Losing Girl Denied Operation
Charlene Butts, 19, faces a brain tumor risking blindness and early death. Her Oswego, Kansas parents refuse surgery consent. attorney seeks adult declaration for Charlene to decide. A rural Oklahoma healer influenced the family, despite Charlene’s 40 percent sight loss and ongoing blackouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Charlene Butts
Charles Butts
Oswego
Emil C. Anderson, Jr
Miss Butts
Oklahoma
Charlene
Mineralogical Group Trip to Coombs Mine Bowdoin
The August field trip of the Maine Mineralogical and Geolocial society was held yesterday at the Coombs mine Bowdoin led by Miss Marion Banks and Mrs. Francis MacDonald of Saco. Seven car loads of members from Saco Scarborough Portland Fryeburg and New York joined. Minerals noted included green and golden beryl fluorescent and iridescent smokey quartz garnets pyrite arsenal pyrite leucopyrite and column bite. Local participants included Mrs. Lucille Desjardins Maurice Poirier and David Sands with Mrs. MacDonald and Miss Banks. Rocky Brooks of the New York Mineralogical society attended as a guest. The club’s next meeting is September 25 and a field trip on September 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society
Coombs
Bowdoin
Marion Banks
Francis MacDonald
Saco
Scarborough
Portland
Fryeburg
New York
January Bride Engaged From Biddeford to Mass Business Man
Mrs. Claudia Beaudoin of 54 Pierson lane Biddeford announces the engagement of her daughter Claire to Claude Roberts son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Roberts of Hoquiam Washington A January wedding is planned Claire Beaudoin is a secretary for Raytheor Manufacturing in Waltham Massachusetts Roberts is with the Convair division of General Dynamics in Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudia Beaudoin
Pierson Lane
Biddeford
Claire
Claude Roberts
Clarence Roberts
Hoquiam
Wash
Miss Beaudoin
Raytheor Manufacturing Company
Waltham
Mass
Roberts
Convair
General Dynamics Corp
Massachusetts
Badges For Swimmers Now At Red Cross
Biddeford Red Cross announces badge collection for swimmers at the Royal Ambassador pool. Eligible recipients must present certificates to receive badges, with several attendance cards available. To qualify, swimmers completed required strokes and endurance tests including breaststroke 100 yards and 10 minute swim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Red Cross
Ann Dumais
Biddeford
Red Cross
Royal Ambassador Pool
Sing ing star Pat Boone loses babysitter in Iowa marriage
In Harlan Iowa Pat Boone’s former babysitters Judy Plumb 18 Irwin and Jan Mauck 18 Derby Kansas were married on Saturday night Judy previously cared for Boone last summer and again during a Hollywood and New York stay The ceremony linked two families in a brief regional notice with details on the couple and their ties to the singer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Iowa
Pat Boone
Judy Plumb
Irwin
Jan Mauck
Derby
Kan
Judy
Boone
Hollywood
New York
Government aid to dependent children due to illegitimacy
Washington reports the federal government spent over 181 million dollars for aid to dependent children in cases where illegitimacy was the cause of dependency, based on Library of Congress statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service
Where Americans Build Their Homes Today
Census data show two of every three American homes in cities or suburbs with a chart detailing urban rural and farm shares. The total U S households reach 51.3 million, up 7.7 million since 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
New York Jews Seek Khrushchev Meeting on Anti-Semitism
U S Jewish leaders press to arrange talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev aiming to confront reports of anti semitic actions behind the Iron Curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Graduation Honors for Claudette Gagne at Lewiston School
Claudette Gagne of Saco, daughter of Mrs Lucienne Gagne and the late Donat Gagne, graduates Sunday from St Mary Nursing School Lewiston. On September 8 she joins the Webber Hospital nursing staff. Attendees at Lewiston High School graduation include numerous Gagne family members and friends such as Mrs Donat Gagne, Mr and Mrs Adel Belanger, Mr and Mrs Leon Larivierre, and Mrs Albertine Dube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary Nursing School
Lewiston
Claudette Gagne
Lucienne Gagne
Donat Gagne
Hubbard Street
Saco
Miss Gagne
Webber Hospital
Lewiston High School
Aldee Belanger
Leon Larivierre
Albertine Dube
Edward Dubuc
Roland Gagne
Doris Gagne
Robert Gagne
Norman Gagne
Raymond Gagne
Jeannette Gagne
A. A. Berube
Roland Letendre
Paul Corbeil
Edgar Larivierre
Edmond Letendre
Heavy fog halts Port land flights and harbor activity
A dense pea souper shrouded Portland and much of Maine, delaying plane landings, harbor operations, and coastal trips. Northeast Airlines canceled morning flights. Casco Bay Lines halted outlying trips. fishing and lobstering paused. A 112 foot TV tower work halted awaiting clear visibility. weather expected to persist to Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Portland Harbor
Northeast Airlines
Casco Bay Lines
Coast Guard
Boston
Woods Hole
Mass
WGAN
Weather Bureau
Kittery
Fort Kent
Prohibition Ends With Oklahoma Repeal Begin Sale
Oklahoma prepares for legal alcohol sales after 52 years of prohibition ending statehood. On Tuesday at 10 am about 500 package stores will open under new rules set by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Gov Edmondson urges temperance while clubs may still allow private drinking. bootleggers adapt to new prices and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Union
Saco Names New School Leaders in City Committees
Dr Lawler appointed as superintendent replacing retiring leader and holding roles in national and regional education groups. Walter Lamb of the school union praises the choice citing his background. Carleton Robbins named curriculum coordinator while remaining Burns and Young schools principal. Franklin Thompson named assistant at Young School B, a sixth grade instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Red Cross
American Association of School Administrators
New England Association of Superintendents
Massachusetts School Superintendents Association
Worcester County Superintendents Association
Massachusetts Schoolmasters Club
Dr. Lawler
Dale
James
Walter Lamb
School Union
Lawler
Saco
Orchard Beach
Carleton Robbins
Burns and Young Schools
Franklin Thompson
Young School
Thompson
Khrushchev to Bring Family on September U S Visit
Diplomatic sources say Russian Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev will bring his wife and possibly his son on his September visit to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nikita S. Khrushchev
America
Enrollments Rise to Record 46.48 Million Students
Washington reports enrollments in schools and colleges will rise for the fifteenth straight year to a record 46.48 million students this fall. The Office of Education released the estimate over the weekend signaling continuing growth in higher and elementary education nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Education
Brooklyn Patrolman Delivers Baby On Duty
Patrolman Robert Dezendorf Jr. delivered a baby in Brooklyn while on duty Sunday, remaining unruffled. It marked his 40th delivery in 21 years on the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Dezendorf ,Jr
Brooklyn
Ottawa mother seeks renewal after toddler eats bill
An Ottawa Illinois woman asked the Milwaukee Journal to renew her expired subscription. She said her two year old son ate the bill and she did not know how much money to send. The Journal sent another statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
The
Milwaukee Journal
Ottawa
Ill
Siamese Twins Born Dead in Dallas Hospital
In Dallas Texas, a P Siamese twin birth occurred Sunday at Methodist Hospital. The twin girls were born face to face and joined at the breastbone and were pronounced dead. Mother Mrs Harrie, 40, is reported doing well. she and husband Statuel Harris, a Dallas City bus driver, have eight other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Statuel Harris
Methodist Hospital
Harrie
Rare disease ends life of Chambersburg girl in coma
Gloria Miller, 15, of Chambersburg, Pa., died Sunday at Harrisburg State Hospital after a coma of more than three years. Doctors say the rare degenerative disease of the central nervous system has no known cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Gloria Miller
Chamberssburg
Harrisburg State Hospital
Case Against Saco Residents Ordered Filed
Harry F. Crown 28 of Saco and George C. Walker Jr of Biddeford had cases filed in Saco Municipal Court after pleading note to charges of possession of stolen goods. Crown allegedly sold two luggage bags reported stolen from Mrs. John McPharland of East Boston at Old Orchard Beach. Police said Drown named Walker as his accomplice. both have prior larceny sentences. Court ordered they leave the area immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Crown
Stonestreet
Saco
George C. Walker, Jr
Main Street
Biddeford
William F. Wilson, Jr
John McPharland
Boston
Mass
Old Orchard Beach
Crown
Moreau
Ladd Jr. and Patricia Beazley wed after campus courtship
Alan Ladd Jr., 21, son of the actor, married Patricia Ann Beazley, 23, in a church ceremony Sunday. The young actor's agent met his bride while both attended the University of California. The couple honeymoon today amid Hollywood attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Alan Ladd, Jr
Patricia Ann Beazley
University of California
Young Ladd
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Mai
W. J. Provost
Lak. Joncas
William Lamb
Cora Soule
Richard Durant
Cities & Suburbs
Carroll Chatham
Chatham
Dayton
Ohio
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Shumway Funeral Service
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