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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1960

Page

2

Local Personal News From Biddeford and Nearby Areas

Local society notices report residents at Webber hospital and Notre Dame hospital, including Mrs Aime Auger and Mrs Eugene Vaillancourt both surgical patients, Miss Jessie Lunt medical patient, Joseph Havey returning home, and Mrs Emile Cole's home arrival after medical care. Also mentions Philip Adams visiting Maine, the Desrosiers family wedding travels, Lisica on leave to train as a chef, and December 10 tag day efforts by Beta Sigma Phi students. Funeral services for Mrs Maude Ella Sawyer held at Bibber Memorial Chapel with Eastern Star and Past Matrons attendance. burial at Ocean View cemetery.

Aime Auger Pool Road Biddeford Webber Hospital Jessie Lunt Old Orchard Beach Joseph }Avey Main Street Eugene J. Vaillancourt Prospect Street Emile Cole Seaview Avenue Notre Dame Hospital Philip F. Adams University of Maine Arents Welcome James Lisica USMC Alexander Lisica Bradley Street Saco Lisica Parris Island S. C St. Andre St. Joseph Pi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Biddeford High School Thornton Academy Maude Ella Sawyer Wells Marjory Fernald Adah Violet Rand Ruth Priscilla Galencia Esther Jeannine Goodale Martha Hazel Keirstead Electa Mabel Keene Roger Bragdon Donald Tilton Albert Ronco Theodore Schiavoni Ocean View Cemetery

Fremont club meeting postponed to Saturday at 8 p m

The Fremont club and auxiliary schedule moved from tonight to Saturday at 8 p m at the hall on Alfred street Biddeford. The United Spanish War Veterans auxiliary Department of Maine will meet Sunday at 2 p m at Dania hall Cumberland avenue Portland. Llewellyn Powers USWV auxiliary Biddeford meeting Sunday postponed to a later date.

Fremont Club and Auxiliary Alfred Street Biddeford United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary Department of Miine Dania Hall Cumberland Avenue Portland Llewellyn Powers Uswv

Church notes highlight Friday meetings and events

Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet Friday at 8:30 p m. Holy Communion at Trinity Episcopal church Friday 9:30 a m. Lyman Baptist Bible club meets Friday 7:30 p m at the parsonage. Annual Christmas fair by E and L club at Saco Methodist church Friday 3 p m. Casserole supper served Friday Saturday Sunday at First Parish Unitarian Portland. Liberal Religious Youth Maine fall rally attended by Biddeford Saco Universalist Unitarian LR Y representatives. Master Mason night and Adah chapter Order of the Eastern Star meet Friday 7:30 p m at Biddeford Masonic hall. refreshments afterward.

Saco Salvation Army Bible Club Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills E and L Club Saco School Street Methodist Church First Parish Unitarian Church Portland Maine Biddeford-Saco Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Biddeford Masonic Hall Ruth Hutchins

Airborne jaywalkers caution pilots in Ashland area

The monthly bulletin of the State Division of Aviation warns pilots in Ashland to watch for parachute jumpers on Saturdays and Sundays as people increasingly use airspace. The note underscores growing pedestrian activity near flight paths.

Columbus Ohio State Division of Aviation Ashland Watcr

Card of Thanks for Kindness and Bereavement

Hormidas Jalbert and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Drouin express gratitude for visits gifts cards and wishes during illness bereavement and sickness. They thank those who offered flowers tributes and sympathy and extend sincere appreciation to Notre Dame Hospital staff and supporters.

Notre Dame Hospital Hormidas Jalbert Joseph Drouin

Biddeford Contractor Fined for Overloaded Trucks

Biddeford contractor Jean P. Cote, 41, pleaded guilty in Biddeford Municipal Court to causing four truck drivers to operate overloaded gravel haulers. Cote, of 45 Proctor Road, was fined 65 total with 15 for three trucks between 4 000 and 5 500 pounds and 20 for one truck over 10 000 pounds. State police were complainants. fines paid. Bail set at 300 for co defendants Slowik and Nadeau whose cases continued next Wednesday.

Biddeford Jean P. Cote Proctor Road Cote Simon Spill Katherine T. Slowik Dearborn Avenue Norman Nadeau Boothby Road Kennebunk Defense Council Nadeau Slowik Hollis Dixon Dixon

Leather Gifts Top Men’s Christmas Picks Across Luggage

Leather Items Are Top Gifts with a wide range of masculine leather luggage. Luxury sets include over-nighter and 26-inch cases plus add-ons like a club bag. Carry-ons suit frequent flyers while attache cases offer portable desk options. Wallets belts and belts complete the gift array, with initials or heraldic buckles.

Leather Industries of America

BAA Reorganized Into Bangor and Aroostook Corp

The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad becomes a subsidiary of a holding company under a stockholders approved plan. Each share of the railroad is exchanged for two shares of the new Bangor and Aroostook Corp. The new firm may issue 2,000,000 common shares at $1 par and will list on the New York Stock Exchange.

BAA Bangor Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bangor and Aroostook Corp New York Stock Exchange

Coast Guard to Move Fuel Tanks by Barge and Air

Coast Guard plans a second attempt to move five 3,000 gallon fuel tanks to Mount Desert Rock. Tanks will be ferried by barge and a helicopter will place them ashore. A prior helicopter run from Southwest Harbor failed when high winds caused a tank to break loose and fall into the sea.

Southwest Harbor Coast Guard Lonely Mt. Desert Rock Rock

Weather summary for ports and towns with cold temps

Regional forecast shows fair to partly cloudy skies with a chance of light snow flurries. Windy and colder today with west to northwest winds 15 to 25 mph, tonight fair and colder with 5 to 15 mph winds. Friday looks fair and warmer in the afternoon with high temperatures inland around the 30s. Overnight lows range from the teens to the low 30s across Caribou Eastport Greenville Old Town Rumford Portland Mt Wash Cord Halifax Montreal.

Genewally Caribou Eastport Greenville Old Town

Famous Ballet Dancer Features Portland Concert

Jan Veen internationally known dancer choreographer brings his group to the Portland Symphony Orchestra concert at Portland City Hall on Sunday at 3. Reuben Gregorian conducts Han del concertos and Beethoven overture. The program includes Saint Saens Danse Macabre Johann Strauss I Wine Women and Song Adam The Skaters and Gluck Ballet Suite No 1. The show repeats Monday at 8 in Lewiston High School Auditorium with AFM support. Musicians from Biddeford include Patter son Cloutier Gendr on Huot and Fenderson. Tickets in Portland Sundays box office.

Jan Veen Portland Portland City Hall Reuben Gregorian Handel Beethoven Saint Saens Johann Strauss I A. Adam Meyerbeer Gluck Lewiston High School American Federation of Musicians Recording Fund Edward Dargis Kennebunk Fred Patterson Alfred Cloutier James Gendron Adelard Huot Biddeford Robert Fenderson Saco

Christmas Kisses Overhead At Door

A festive front door decoration idea highlights a gilded cage arrangement with holly, mistletoe, and seasonal blooms. Suggested displays include frosted greens, bells, baskets of blooms, or a Santa figure to welcome guests with warmth and hospitality.

Kennedy Statement and Governors Return From South America

Kennedy concluded his remarks as Willems stated readiness to serve the United States wherever needed. Willicens returned Monday from a tour of Argentina and Brazil with several other governors.

Kennedy Willems United States Willicens Argentina Brazil

Welcome newcomers and new arrivals in Biddeford and Kennebunkport

Welcome messages note six month old Susan Charette of Biddeford and list newborns at Webber Hospital. Crisy Lane Gordon born Nov 25 in Kennebunk, Jo-Aona Leach born Nov 25 in Kennebunkport, Ronnie Bruce Applebee born Nov 28 in Saco. Grandparents listed for each family.

Biddeford-Saco Webber Hospital William Gordon Cat Mousam Read Kennebunk Cristy Lane Nelson Leach Kennebunkport Jo-Aona Clay Applebee School Street Saco Ronnie Bruce

TV fencers fake fights on screen says Maximilian Schell

TV fencing is staged for camera, says Maximilian Schell who plays D Artagnan in CBS Two part Musketeers. Real life fencing uses smaller motions and leaves combatants open. Schell notes his Vienna acting family and growing Hollywood reputation.

Cynthia Lowry NEW York ( AP Gorgeous George Maximilian Schell D'Artagnan Schell Maria Europe Hollywood Editha Nordberg Maximilian

Mill Perkins Fights Way To Her New Role

Hollywood story of Millie Perkins returning to film work after years of inactivity. She recalls shouting at executives to gain release from her contract and describes how her insistence led to a new role opposite Elvis Presley in Wild in the Country after a suspended period and a scheduled but canceled Soviet junket.

Mill. Perkins Hollywood Millie Perkins Anne Frank Elvis Presley Millie Diary of Europe 20Th Century-Fox Dean Soviet Union Presley

Officer Chitwood Delayed Class for Car Theft Arrest

Los Angeles police officer E. A. Chitwood arrived late to an auto theft institute class at Los Angeles City College because he arrested the driver of a stolen car. The incident delayed his lesson and highlighted active policing intersecting with training.

Los Angeles E. A. Chitwood Los Angeles City College

Maine Supreme Court rules state districts constitutional

The Maine Supreme Court dismissed appeals by 14 petitioners from Brooks and Monroe challenging their towns’ inclusion in School Administrative District No 3. The court previously ruled similarly against District No 9, stating the Legislature acted within constitutional powers to establish the districts.

Portland Maine Supreme Court Brooks Monroe Supreme Court

Warming Trays as Gifts in Hostess Ideas

Warming trays and serving carts with warming units operated electrically are suggested as gifts for the hostess, and in American motion pictures and television.

Weekend Food Market Guide Promises Value and Variety

A Friday field guide urges shoppers to compare prices for fresh, frozen and canned produce after Thanksgiving. It highlights broccoli, green beans, cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes, squashes and turnips as affordable. It notes Navel oranges from California and Florida juice oranges, apples, grapes, bananas and cranberries as good buys, with lamb as a weekend change from poultry and smoked shoulders and beef liver remaining economical. Eggs, milk, cottage cheese and Cheddar stay steady. frozen fish offers best value. Some fresh haddock and sea scallops may appear by weekend in local markets.

California Florida

Victim Of Fall Is Taken To Portland

Emile Grimard aged 82 of Prospect Street Biddeford was injured in a fall on icy steps at his home Tuesday. He was moved from York Harbor Hospital by Biddeford fire department ambulance to Maine Osteopathic Hospital in Portland yesterday afternoon by Wells Beach ambulance. He reportedly sustained a broken shoulder a possible spinal injury and a nose bruise per X rays.

Emile Grimard Prospect Street Biddeford York Harbor Hospital Maine Osteopathic Hospital Portland Portland Hospital Wells Beach Grimard Adah Star

Sardine Pack Closes Season in Maine

The sardine canning season in Maine ended Wednesday with a total of 1 975 000 cases, up from 1 750 000 cases last year. Officials value the pack at about 18 million dollars, reflecting market prospects and quality.

Augusta Maine

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Maude Sawyer C.uei EWS Trinity Episcopal Church DON & Bob's Tv, Inc Hill St City Dial Donald Beaudoin Robert Lapierre Simard’s Furniture Discount Furniture Central Fire Saco Electric Shop J. W. Neithercut & Sons Storer Street Electrical Contractors Santa Claus Presen St. Francis College St. Francis Guild Andre Menard Patricia Lachance Guild William A. Sutton Alfred Berard Jean Paul Boucher Normand Boissonneault Jeannette Lachance al Corey Orchestra of Waterville Weekly Food Market Guide Swans Island Sherman W. Joyce Joyce Alfred Desroberts Bidde Ford Tion Rudolph Bergeron Warner Bert Bert's Bert” Thompson
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