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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1964
Page
2
Mrs Ethelyn Lane of 301 Main Street Saco is listed as a patient at Webber Hospital authorities report no further details available at this time
Pine Cone Temple Pythian Sisters meet 7 30 Wednesday night at Pepperell Square and Main Saco Notre Dame Council Union St Jean Baptiste Saco meets 7 30 tonight at Notre Dame School hall Beach Street Saco Biddeford Public Schools Activities Association meets 7 30 tonight at Biddeford High School King Court Amaranth combines officer election with Christmas party at 7 30 tonight at Odd Fellows Hall Main Street Saco Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 2 meets 8 30 tonight in Mason Street hall Biddeford Biddeford Post Veterans of Foreign Wars meets tonight at 7 30 in Biddeford city building York County Salon 598 Fight and Forty meets Saturday Dec 5 at 8 pm at the home of Mrs Alber G LaPierre Wells Officials ask clothing for National Jewish Hospital Denver and inexpensive gifts for a Christmas party.
Church notes list midweek religious activities across Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Wells and Kennebunkport including Mass at St Monica’s Biddeford Adventist prayer service Ogunquit Bible study Lyman Baptists Christmas party Biddeford United Baptist tree gift drive and White Gift program with Gail Ryerson as guest from Keuka College Keuka NY.
Police search for robbers who forced open a safe at M C Locke's Distributing Co Inc in Fort Fairfield and fled with 1800 dollars. The break was discovered Monday morning and officers say they ignored items totaling 14 in coins left in the safe.
We thank relatives friends and neighbors who sent cards flowers and furnished cars and volunteered sympathy during our recent bereavement. The family of the late Donat Caouette expresses gratitude for expressions of sympathy in the loss of our sister Ethel Wakefield. Brother and Sisters.
Mrs Eugenie Gagne of 141 Elm Street Biddeford died suddenly at home. Born March 26 1905 in St Samuel Quebec she was daughter of Celestide and Leocardis Dallaire and a Ste Anne Sodality member at St Joseph Church Biddeford. Surviving Romeo Gagne widower three sons Roger Bertrand Raymond three grandchildren two sisters Melina Nolette Alice St Onge and two brothers Antonio Henri Dallaire Funeral from St Josephs Church Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Friends may call Sansoucy Funeral Home today and tomorrow 2-4 and 7-10 p.m.
Funeral services for Raymond Grenier aged 70 of Pool Street Biddeford were held at St Andre Church with a solemn Requiem High Mass. Rev Bernand Nicknair officiated with deacon Rev Arthur St Pierre and subdeacon Rev Germain Bureau. Church choir sang under Charles Proulx direction with Mrs Laura Proulx at organ. Bearers included Arthur Lemire Joseph Viger Joseph Coriveau Fraternal Order of Eagles and City of Biddeford employees Robert Cote Ronald Lizotte Gerard Bertrand. Burial was at St Joseph Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Nicknair. Attendees from out of town included Mr and Mrs Robert Carr and John Carr Lawrence and Mrs Norman Racine and Diane Racine Brockton Mass.
Funeral services were held at St Joseph's Church Biddeford for Loren zo D Laverriere with a solemn high mass celebrated by Rt Rev Msgr Elie Hevey assisted by Rev Sylvia Levesque and Rev Normand Carrier. Burial followed in St Joseph's Cemetery.
Coastal gale warnings persist along the coast as Indianapolis weather notes show a cloudy windy afternoon with light snow east of Brunswick. North to northwest winds reach 25 to 35 mph with gusts higher, temperatures in 20s. Tonight remains very cold with light snow east of Brunswick tapering to flurries by midnight, winds easing to 15 to 30 mph. Lows reach 10 to 15. Wednesday turns fair to partly sunny but remains very cold.
Seaboard tide data lists high and low water times for December with four daily columns of amplitudes and moments. Times given include morning and evening high and low tides, with apparent footnotes and fractional values.
Testimony began in York County Superior Court as Claude H. Faulkner sues Mrs. Eleanor Caddigan for 2031.50 alleging payment for plumbing materials for a home project and a lien after D. J. Caddigan’s death. The case features bank testimony and witness Lillian Faulkner as the plaintiff’s wife.
In Brussels AP reports West Germany proposed lowering wheat price from 3.20 to 2.99 per bushel starting July 1967 if the Common Market pays 525 million dollars to its farmers over three years as compensation. Ministers from six nations debated grain price alignment and called the proposal costly and inconclusive. France urged progress and threatened action if prices diverge.
Augusta city council accepted the resignation of City Manager Julian W. Deshaies citing ill health. Lewiston native Deshaies had served as city manager since 1959 after previously leading Gardiner.
Viet Nam coverage notes pressure on Prime Minister Tran Van Huong from dissidents students and Buddhists as the United States maintains over 20,000 military advisers and about 500 million dollars yearly in aid. Officials review whether to increase support or change strategy amid fears of broadening the war and possible counteraction from North Vietnam backed by China. The Soviet Union warns it will not stay indifferent and may assist its ally.
Latin America's coffee trees produce 72 percent of the world supply and trace back to a single tree planted on Martinique in 1723 by a French infantry captain.
Market officials push for policy alignment ahead of Geneva negotiations on cutting agricultural tariffs in the Kennedy Round. Delegates stress compatibility of farm subsidies, market access, and export credits as essential preconditions for progress in the tariff reduction negotiations.
Reports of upcoming events were presented at the St. Andre’s Parents Friends and Teachers Association meeting in Biddeford parish hall. A spaghetti supper was planned with ticket refunds to help the chef. New volunteers were listed for supper and a whist party was announced for Saturday. A New Year’s Eve dance was approved with Mrs Yvette Loranger as chairwoman.
Biddeford High School won a chess scrimmage playoff at Thornton Academy, sweeping all games. Read names include Bruce Wakefield Donald Beal Michael McAlevey Daniel Sanborn Charles Anthony Gordon Littlefield David Wakefield for Biddeford. Thornton players Richard Madore Ronald Thompson Ralph Madore Bruce Swanson Dennis Letellier Richard Lemire. Advisors were Roland Perrault for Thornton and Gilman Seaver for Biddeford.
In Saco Municipal Court Joel R. Croteau 26 of Biddeford pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was fined $10. Judge William F. Wilson Jr ordered license renewal. John G. Wormwood 27 of Saco pleaded guilty to passing a stop sign and was fined $10, with the judge suspending the fine.
Portland City Manager Graham W. Watt presented a record budget of 8,157,843 dollars to the City Council. The plan adds 5.4 percent to city spending over last year and includes no new services or programs. A separate school budget is pending completion.
A two alarm blaze in two rowhouses in eastern Baltimore killed seven children and left others evacuated. Firefighters brought the fire under control and the injured were admitted to two hospitals.
Washington AP A Maine congressman asks Defense Secretary McNamara to send a survey team to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery to reexamine a 10 year closure order. The request was filed Monday by Rep Stanley R Tupper Republican Maine.
In Augusta AP reporting on the 1st Congressional District recount, GOP challenges focus on Edgar ballots tied to straight-ticket votes. Attorney Ernest Goodspeed Jr. says most of the 77 disputed ballots favor Stanley R. Tupper, who trails Democrat Kennet M. Curtis by 203 votes. Over 191,000 ballots were cast. Waldo and Sagadahoc counties are under review as final outcomes hinge on potential changes before the U.S. House decides in January.
Birth notices from Webber and Saco hospitals list multiple families welcoming sons and daughters. Shawn David Pro vencal, Scott David Bunting, James Hiers Whitworth, Lisa Paul, Debra Jeanne Lariviere, and others born between Nov 24 and Nov 30. Names include families from Biddeford, Kennebunkport, Saco, Biddeford, and Portland with weights ranging 3 pounds 10 ounces to 9 pounds 14 ounces.
Secretary of Labor Wirtz resumes efforts to bridge a gap between three shop craft unions and the railroad industry over a proposed three year contract. The dispute centers on money as unions seek about three cents an hour more per year than the 27 cent hourly increase offered. If talks fail a nationwide rail strike remains a threat, though unions postponed the deadline last week. The unions I A M I B E W and Sheet Metal Workers want roughly one cent more per hour per year than the offer.
Gov Reed will meet with Republican legislators at 7 p m in the Blaine House for the third in a series of GOP unity meetings. He has already met with county committee officials and state party leaders from both districts as part of reviving the party after Democrats won broad gains in the November elections. A recount is underway for the 1st Congressional District race.
The Pastime club at Cumberland league home lanes rolled 1,628 to Monument Square Portland's 1,553 securing all eight points. Top scorers were Gerry Bissonette 348 and Leo Beaulieu 343 for Pastime while Joe Orfaly 339 and Bob Harriman 334 led Monument Square.
Saco Police Chief Raymond Kerry released a November traffic mishap report listing 30 accidents. Sixteen were reportable, 14 non, with seven personal injury incidents injuring 12 people and two pedestrian-involved injuries. Main Street saw 10 crashes, Buxton Road five, Elm three, and several other streets one or two incidents. Major causes included failure to yield, poor judgment, following too closely, liquor, excessive speed, inattention, mechanical defects, and deer in the road.
A Saco dump truck and a car collided on Ross Road at 10 a.m. The truck driver Zeb Corriveau, 74, of 187 Pleasant Street Saco allegedly backed into a car stopped behind it. Damages to the car driven by Donald J. Palmitessa, 34, of 48 Bradbury Street Biddeford estimated at 100 dollars. No damage to the truck was reported.
The November monthly report from the Saco Fire Department shows 42 fires. Equipment used included 6,250 feet of 24 inch hose, 2,400 feet of 11% inch hose and 516 feet of ladders. Also used were one CO2 unit, one portable pump and two Indian engines.
Evelyn M. Cook, 40, of 32 Elm St., Biddeford, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle against regulations and was fined 10 dollars with 5 suspended in Biddeford Municipal Court. Walter L. Clark Jr., 27, of 46 Union St., Biddeford, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor and was fined 110 dollars with a two year license suspension for the incident on Foss Street on Nov 25. An assault charge against Ralph Dubuc, 53, of 633 Elm St., Biddeford, was ordered filed with accord and satisfaction. complainant was Doria Dubuc, offense dated Nov 28.
Windy night causes Central Maine Power line to break and start a grass fire on Ferry Road. Two firefighters using booster line extinguished the blaze. Power was cut in Seaside Avenue and Ferry Road for nearly two hours. An additional alarm at 12 07 reported a small brush fire on Stockman Avenue with booster line deployed.
Narcotics agents watched Phillip Weinshenker 20 cultivate a roof garden of 395 marijuana plants in the utility room baskets. He pleaded guilty and received a $1000 fine and three years probation in Criminal Court on Monday.
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