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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1965
Page
2
Robert M. Blais of 4 Graham Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Adelard J Lachance of 478 Main Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center Portland.
The Webber Hospital Nurses Alumni banquet occurs Dec 9 at 6 30 p m at Glen Mor Restaurant Kennebunk with 1 gifts exchange. Our Lady of Victory Circle meets Sunday at 2 p m at Fremont Club Hall Biddeford. Delta Alpha Club Christmas party is 7 30 p m Monday at John Tarbox home Main Street.
Confessions will be heard at St Martha's Church Kennebunkport Saturday 7 to 8 p m Confessions at St Mary's Church Wells Beach Sunday before the 9 a m mass The Junior Band and Songsters of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 10 a m
A nominating committee for Camp Ellis Volunteer Firemen’s Auxiliary was chosen at a meeting at the fire station. Members named: Mrs Christine Peterson chairwoman Mrs Joanne Larochelle Mrs Theresa Pendleton Mrs Lillian Gagnon and Mrs Ruth Stackpole.
Augusta AP George H Chick Deputy Agricultural Commissioner of Monmouth will retire December 23 after 38 years of full time state service He has been deputy commissioner and marketing chief since 1947 His career began in 1917 as a Senate page and included part time work 1924 27 with the Agriculture Department He will stay involved with Chick Orchards Inc a family apple growing and dairy business
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will ship 200 reindeer from Nunivak Island to three Eskimos with grazing rights on Hagemeister Island in Bristol Bay. If the herd prospers, the loan will be repaid in reindeer.
The family of the late Charles Mistos thanks friends relatives neighbors and local groups including Saco Lowell Shops Saco officials Elks Lodge Recreation Commission Little League Thornton Academy classmates and clergy for kindness after their loss. Memorial gifts flowers visits and cards are gratefully received. God bless you all.
Douglas Irving Pate 56 of Lincoln Street Saco died at a Biddeford hospital. Born February 6 1909 in Biddeford son of Thomas and Christie Pate he graduated Thornton Academy in 1928. He worked for Saco Dairy Co later ran a dairy business and since 1941 at Saco Lowell Shops. Survived by widow Gladys Priscilla Gilbert three sons Robert D Kenneth W a daughter one brother and nine grandchildren. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco with Laurel Hill Cemetery burial. Visitation Saturday 7-9 p.m Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Edward B. Littlefield 80 of 7 Depot Street Kennebunk died this morning in a Biddeford hospital. Born October 2 1885 he retired in 1955 from the Boston and Maine Railroad after 50 years as an engineer. He attended Christ Church and belonged to York Lodge A F and A M and was a charter member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Survived by his widow two daughters five grandchildren five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Private funeral Sunday at 1 30 p m Angell Funeral Home with Rev Fred Holmberg officiating and interment at Hope Cemetery. There are no calling hours.
Michel Jude St. Ours 24 of 32 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach died in a Portland hospital after a long illness. Born Oct 21 1941 in Biddeford he was the son of Albert and Isabelle Lachance St. Ours. He were active in St. Margaret's Church Ste. Marguerite Council Union St. Jean Baptiste and Old Orchard Beach Jaycees. He is survived by his mother two aunts and a brother Robert P. St. Ours serving in the Merchant Marine aboard the S S U S Tourist in Vietnam. Requiem high mass at St. Margaret's Church Monday 9 a m with burial at St. Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call at Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m.
Members of Ste Marguerite Council Union St. Jean Baptiste will meet Sunday at 7 30 p m at the Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home 36 Portland Ave to recite the rosary for Michel St Ours.
Members of Saco Lodge LOOF meet Sunday at 7 p.m. at Home 365 Main St Saco to conduct a memorial service for Douglas I Pate.
Johnson outlines use of the 1965 education act and Title 1 funds totaling 53 375 95 to create a supplementary education center with an art center museum small theater health services and enriched academic programs. He lists acts to be considered including the National Defense Education Act and the Economic Opportunity Act to boost community growth.
Tonight in Portland expect cloudy skies with rain and mild air. Lows around 40 with southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Saturday brings mainly cloudy skies with occasional rain or showers ending in the morning. Temperatures hold steady with south to southwest winds 15 to 25 mph shifting to the west.
Fourteen new members joined the Rochambeau Club at the South Street hall in Biddeford during last night's meeting. Names include Benny Petreno, Ronald Compagne, William Poisson, Edgar Grenier, Jean Paul Lamontagne, Clement Fortier, Norman Racine, Eugene Lemelin, George Goulet, John W. Cronin, James B. Lamb, Edgar D. White, Roger Noble, and Raymond Foran Sr. The group approved donations to the York County Tuberculosis and Health Association and the National March of Dimes Foundation and discussed New Year’s Eve party plans with The Sultans providing music.
Cumberland County District Attorney Earl J. Wahl concludes after a 21 day European study that pornography is not a serious local issue. He warns printed material here is as bad as anywhere, noting the danger lies mainly in the written word. The study was prepared for the American Bar Association's criminal law section.
Lions District Governor George Ellis of Portland and members from Carmel Valley and Falmouth attended the Old Orchard Beach Lions Club meeting. A special town meeting will occur Monday night at 7 30 in Town Hall to consider a town manager and council changes and financing proposals including a 75000 loan for high school work and transfers for police headquarters and riot control needs.
District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of Maine West Charles M. Gallagher visited the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks on Portland Road Saco with a large entourage. He delivered a message from Grand Exalted Ruler R Leonard Bush and led a major initiations class.
A Viet Cong air assault left eight aboard missing after a helicopter mission north of Saigon. A Skyraider from the carrier Bon Homme Richard was shot down near Dong Hoi, with the pilot listed as missing. The Enterprise sent 118 planes, dropping 102 tons on Viet Cong targets while reporting 60 structures destroyed and 65 damaged. A minor Marine clash near Da Nang produced no casualties.
Ward 8 committee members joined Ward 3 Republicans after the official opening of Republican headquarters on Main Street. Mayoralty candidate Philip E Graves and school committee candidate Bryce G Milne spoke city-wide while Ward 3 aldermanic candidate Harold P Waight focused on ward issues.
El Paso era power leaders reply to regional blackout fears saying outages like those in the Northeast unlikely here. Mayor Judson Williams cites assurances from utilities a week earlier. El Paso with about 350 000 residents faced only minor looting and burglaries amid the disruption.
The Family Life Community Committee at the High School Library considered forming a Youth Center. Speakers from town government and the high school, including Principal Jerome Le Pelletier and town manager Leon Jones, backed the project. A December 7 meeting at Town Hall will plan housing and grant prospects with 260 student surveys returned.
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned spacecraft toward the moon for a fourth time this year with Luna 8, a 3421.5 pound craft, aiming for a soft lunar landing. Tass reported a test of the soft landing system but gave no launch details, signaling possible new techniques while U S cosmonauts target Gemini 7 orbit.
Small Fry Nursery School four year olds toured radio station WIDE led by general manager J Alan Jasper. Several staff and children accompanied by teachers and assistants were present. Off duty officers patrolled downtown areas as elevators stalled and power failures disrupted evening activities at 8 02 p m. Flights to El Paso International Airport remained unaffected by etherpelics lpower.
Adelia M. Hoyt, blind Iowa native and director of the Library of Congress Braille transcription section, celebrates her 100th birthday. She trained over 2,000 transcribers, started Braille work for WWI veterans, and organized chapters nationwide while living in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Auguste Roy observed the 25th anniversary with a gathering at Mrs. Roy’s sister’s home in Sanford hosted by their daughters Miss Priscilla Roy and Miss Jeanne Roy. Relatives from Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire and Saco attended a buffet lunch and roses gift.
The Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary met in the Biddeford hospital cafeteria with 30 members. Co chairmen were announced for the Valentine tea and the toy committee chairwoman for the Toy Fair at Notre Dame Thrift Shop.
John Birch Society official William Evans told a Maine audience that impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren will be among early Congress bills. He argued Warren’s votes favor communists and dodged questions about Republican leaders like Barry Goldwater distancing the Birch Society.
The Advent candle lighting will occur during the 10:30 a.m. service at Saco United Baptist Church on Sunday December 5 Peggy Bird from the Sunday Church School will light the first candle Rev Stanley A Bennett the pastor will deliver the second Advent sermon on Bethlehem with the topic The Goal of the First Christmas Rush The senior choir directed by Lawrence Woodward will sing the anthem No Candle Was There And No Fire by Liza Lehmann with Mrs Mary M Hill at the organ.
Kenneth Day of South Harrison appealed a trespass conviction in Bridgton District Court after being fined 50 dollars. Mrs. Yonda Reid testified Day entered her son's land despite posted no hunting signs and removed a deer he claimed had jumped onto the property. Judge Mark L. Barrett found Day trespassed but noted the deer belonged to Day and cited prior warnings.
Biddeford Saco area scouts of Troop 309 collect bottles from now until Dec 11 to raise funds for equipment and tents. Donations accepted by contact Leo Desrosiers at 57 Water St Biddeford. Only bottles needed.
Biddeford firefighters answered 28 calls in November up from 26 in October, reported Fire Chief Arthur King. City ambulance crews logged 45 November calls versus 38 in October, King said.
The Wilkinses remained near their son who has faced two Alabama trials on state charges linked to Mrs Liuzzo’s death. One trial ended in a mistrial and the other yielded an acquittal. The federal indictment carries up to 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
A grease fire in an oven caused a blaze last night at a four story wooden tenement owned by Albert Beaulieu on 20 Cutts St Biddeford. Biddeford firefighters stood by as the flames burned out. the apartment was occupied by Florence Poirier.
Nasson College in Springvale held groundbreaking ceremonies for a new 750000 dollar science building. The 33000 square foot facility will house classrooms faculty offices research labs and service areas as the college marks a major expansion.
Saco firefighters used a booster line to extinguish flames in an overstuffed chair at the Leo H. Lambert residence 68 Storer Street. Crews answered the call at 11 58 p m last night.
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