Inauguration of Gorham State Teachers College President
Dr Frank Lawler and Mrs Charlotte Potter attended the inauguration of Kenneth T H Brooks as president of Gorham State Teachers College. Miss Vivienne Hill, formerly of Saco, died in Westbury New York and funeral services were held in Saco with burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Frank Lawler
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Charlotte Potter
Maine State Secretary's Association
Kenneth T. H. Brooks
Gorham State Teachers College
December meetings set for York County groups and club events
The York County council and American Legion groups plan Friday 8 p m gatherings at the Thomas W. Cole post San ford with an auxiliary Christmas gift exchange and refreshments. Navy recruiter Harold Riddle will speak at 6 p m tomorrow at the Alfred Men’s club, showing a film on Lebanon 1958. Knights of Columbus auxiliary in Biddeford meet tonight at 8 to prepare Christmas baskets and welfare donations.
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York County Council
American Legion
Thomas W. Cole
Sanford
Harold Riddle
DCI
Navy
Alfred Men's Club
Brown-Emmons American Legion
Alfred
Lebanon
Roger Walker
Biddeford
Church Notes and Parish Gifts Drive in Saco
The Christ Episcopal wardens meet Thursday at 7 30 PM. Madisses of Saco First Parish Congregational seek gifts for Augusta State Hospital patients at the meeting tomorrow evening. A 6 30 PM covered dish Christmas party is planned at the parish house. Firefighters were called to a waste paper basket fire at Judge Hilary Mahaney’s home on Cleveland Street at 12 25 AM. no extinguishing tools were used.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Madisses
Saco First Parish Congregational Church
Augusta State Hospital
Church Parish House
Saco
Hilary Mahaney
Cleveland Street
Card of Thanks for Kind Words and Condolences
We express sincere thanks to relatives and friends for their comfort masses prayers and floral offerings in our bereavement. Mrs George E Gendron and family.
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George E. Gendron
Commital Services Held for Mrs. Amelia F. Donahue at Laurel Hill
Services were held at 10 this morning at Laurel Hill cemetery in Saco for Mrs. Amelia F. Donahue mother of Mrs. For et Curtis of Tucson Arizona and former Saco resident. Rev. Thomas Knox of Trinity Episcopal Church officiated with arrangements by Dennett and Craig funeral home of Saco.
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Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Saco
Vivienne Hill
Westbury
S. 1
Norman Langmaid
School Street Methodist Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Amelia F. Donahue
Foret Curtis
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas Knox
Trinity Episcopal Church
Funeral services for Edward I H Reny in Biddeford
Funeral services will be held Friday at 4 p.m. from St Mary church for Edward I H Reny a prominent civic leader who died suddenly at his Orchard Street home in Biddeford. Rites include a requiem high Mass and graveside prayers at St Mary cemetery under Cosgrove Funeral Home. Friends may call today and tomorrow at 326 Elm Street Biddeford from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.
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Edward i H. Reny
Orchard Street
Biddeford
St. Mary Church
St. Mrecy
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm. Street
Death of 52month-Old Son in Biddeford Home
Mark Stephen Sylvestre died at home 80 Birch Street Biddeford born June 20 1960 in Biddeford He is survived by his parents Gerard and Yvette Sylvestre maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Parent paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Marcel Sylvestre all of Biddeford Prayers will be said at Bolduc funeral home 29 Alfred Street Biddeford Thursday at 1 30 Friends may call at the funeral home this evening after 7 and before the service tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Stephen Sylvestre
Gerard
Yvette
Sylvestre
Birch Street
Biddeford
Albert Parent
Marcel Sylvestre
Bolduc
Alfred Street
Funeral Rites Held For Alfred St. Ours At St. Joseph Church
Alfred St. Ours oversaw 32 years with Biddeford Saco Water Co. as funeral rites from St. Joseph church were led by Msgr. Elie Hevey with Rev. Levesque and Rev. Franck assisting. Burial followed at St. Joseph cemetery.
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Alfred ST. Ours
St. Joseph Church
Elie Hevey
Sylvia Levesque
Marc Franck
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph High School
Beavers
Biddeford-Saco Water Company
St. Ours
Adelard Mercier
Raymond Sevigny
John Lombard
Richard Binette
Clovis Martin
Amedee Emond
St. Joseph Cemetery
Fr. Levesque
Rita Mason
Michele Mason
Hollywood
Calif
Gerald St. Ours
Portsmouth
Marcel Trottier
Regina Lepinay
Louise Laroche
Charles EF. Lepinay
Arthabaska
Quebec
Rene Trottier
Victoriaville
Arthur Trottier
Juliette Poisson
St. Norbert
Sanford Man Fined In Two Saco Traffic Cases
James C. McCarn, 30, of Sanford, was fined a total of 20 for two traffic charges by Judge Hilary Mahaney in Saco municipal court. Police were the complainants in both cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. McCarn
Sanford
Hilary Mahaney
Saco Municipal Court
McCarn
Saco Police
Sheila Murdock Feted At Kennebunk Bridal Shower
A surprise bridal shower for Sheila Murdock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wentworth, Wells Beach, was hosted at the Kennebunk Beach home of Mrs. Robert Mewier Sr. in anticipation of her December 17 marriage to Raymond Brearey Sr. Guests from multiple towns attended, with co hosts and a cake crafted by Elwyn Smilie.
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Kennebunk Beach
Robert Mewier
Sheila Murdock
Robert Wentworth
Wells Beach
Raymond Brearey
Raymond Brearely
Kennebunk
Marier
Elwyn Smilie
Alfred Mathieu
Mervin Budd
L. Pitt Warren
Frederick Shields
Everett Cluff
Robert Marier, Jr
F. LD. McKeon
Floyd Bull
Peter D'Ascanio
Dorothy Warren
Robert
Robert Porell
Westbrook
Annette Wentworth
Wells
Edward Travis
Clarissa Farrar
Nellie Belmore
Della Brearey
Pauline Goulet
Sanford
George Brearey
York
Verne Bodwell
Timothy Mahrt
Kenneth Jones
Elliot Freeman
Kenneth Ritchie
Peter E. Powell
James Garner
Robert Ahern
Portland Weather Update Turns Colder With Light Snow Flurries
Partly cloudy and colder this afternoon with a chance of light snow flurries over higher elevations. Tonight and Thursday remain mostly cloudy and much colder with northwest winds 15 to 25 mph diminishing to 5 to 15 mph. Record temperatures list Caribou Eastport Greenville Old Town Portland Rumford Mt Wach Hal if ax Montreal.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wach
Halifax
Montreal
Connie Stevens Faces Girl Problem Roles in New Films
Hollywood AP By Bob Thomas Connie Stevens, Brooklyn born TV star and singer, rises as a teen idol with two upcoming films. In Parrish she plays a bad girl with a pregnancy problem. in Susan Slade she is a good girl in trouble, facing scandal and the effort to keep her baby.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Connie Stevens
Brooklyn
Connie
Cricket Blake
Juke Box
Kookie
Parrish
Troy Donahue
Susan Slade
Dorothy McGuire
Luca
Warner Bros
Church denies PM sugar bribe charge amid bomb blasts in Havana
A pastoral letter from church leaders angrily denies the prime minister's accusation that priests took bribes from a sugar company. The report notes several bombs exploded in Havana's residential districts as security concerns rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Public Nursing Group Holds Christmas Smorgasbord
Biddeford Public Health Nursing committee hosted a Christmas smorgasbord at the Girl Scout hall Pool Street. Nursing staff and assistants served hot and cold dishes and handled silverware and napkins. A corsage-pinning ceremony, gift exchange, slides, and a doll display for needy children accompanied the event.
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Biddeford
Murphy
Alphonse Cote
Charles Drapeau
O'Sullivan
Rose Thompson
Shaw
Mary Caddigan
Florence Hamel
Devenport
Carey
Joncas
Mogan
Reilly
Bruce Wilson
Deans
Walker
O'Leary
Cote
Girl Scout Hall
Wage Law Test Case Appealed in Maine Supreme Court
Don ald L. Swendson, a Westbrook firefighter paid 68 dollars for a 72 hour week, is the subject of a test case on whether firemen must receive the state minimum wage. The Westbrook Municipal Court ruled the city violated the law on February 18 and the city appealed to the Maine Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Supreme Court
Westbrook
High Court
Donald L. Swendson
Banner Optimism Amid Unimpressive Start for Season
J Chalmers OBrien of Carson Pirie Scott predicts a good season despite a slow start and rising temperatures. Sears Roebuck reports momentum in snapping up sales and expects December records to be surpassed. Detroit sees improved weather in early December but sales fall seven to eight percent versus last year.
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J. Chalmers O'Brien
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Detroit
Night Bombings Signal Rising Anti Castro Campaign
The night’s attacks mark intensified antigovernment activity as part of mounting opposition to the Castro regime, with bombings among the clearest signs of growing dissent.
Notre Dame Thrift Shop tops five thousand this year
December hospital auxiliary meeting reports 5000 earned by thrift shop so far this year and 1000 donation days to date. Sewing committee logged 70 hours finishing 470 pieces while toy project collected many sales. A tenth anniversary event opens February 12 with White Mass at St Andre church and guest speaker Rev Paul Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital
Eloi Lacroix
Paul Emile Petit
Elphege Paradis
John Conroy
Madeleine Davenport
Sister Annunciata
Harold Carroll
Alfred Paul
John Barrett
St. Andre Church
Carroll
Paul V. Harrington
Archdiocese of Boston
Yvonne Bibeau
Old i . J Irs
Alfred
Orchard Beach
al ‘Paul
Fred Knight
Auguste Roche‘eau
Maurice Huot
Snowy Owls May Invade U S Coast
Arctic snowy owls, about two feet long, have been spotted as far south as Long Island. The National Audubon Society says they likely undertake a four year exodus, are harmless, and protected in New England and New York. They hunt by day, feeding on rats and mice.
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New York
United States
Arctic
Long Island
National Audubon Society
New England
Man Dies in Fire at 200-Year-Old Farmhouse
AP reports in Minot that 75-year-old Jacob Simion died in a blaze that gutted his two century old farm home. Simion was found behind a door where he collapsed while trying to reach safety as fire officials say the fire began near a wood stove.
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Minot
Jacob Simion
Simion
Live Music Survives Network Restrictions With DIY Broadcasts
A toiletries sponsor and Met Opera defy network rules by creating a temporary nationwide network of 110 stations to air live Saturday concerts. The tactic mirrors earlier efforts when sponsors funded live programs despite limited clearing.
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New York
Gasoline Company
Metropolitan Opera
CBS
Voters Consider $45,000 Sewage Plant Bond for Bear Brook
The proposal would issue serial bonds to fund a Bear Brook sewage treatment plant with annual payments of 4500 over ten years plus interest. Taxes would be levied each year to cover principal and interest until the debt is paid, tying the project to the town’s usable life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearbrook
Sewa
Bear Brook
Tax Revenues Rise Nearly Ten Percent in September
Maine tax authorities report state sales and use tax receipts for September at 2,576,511 dollars, up 232,481 from September 1959, indicating a near ten percent increase in revenue year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Bureau of Taxation
Pi Chapter Plans Tag Day for Hospital Benefit
Pi chapter Beta Sigma Phi held a Biddeford meeting to organize a Saturday tag day to aid St Andre Home and Hospital. Girls from three Biddeford high schools and Thornton Academy will help. They also pledged home made fudge donations to the Red Cross for Augusta State Hospital and set a December 13 Christmas party at Mrs J A Servais in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andre
Pi Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Roland Rioux
Granite Street
Biddeford
Thornton Academy
Sorority
Red Cross
Augusta State Hospital
J.A. Servais
Summer Street
Saco
Dancing Dotty Ferragamo Avoids Jail For Disturbing Peace
Cambridge Massachusetts dancer Ferragamo 34 faced a 90 day jail term in district court for disturbing the peace by ballet in a bikini with hi fi blasting. An all male jury in superior court convicted again but Judge Sullivan fined her ten dollars. New Jersey ranks as the most densely populated state with 800.2 people per square mile per the 1960 census. Alaska is the least dense with one person per 24 square miles.
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Cambridge
Mass
New Jersey
Alaska
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Ernest N. Roberge
Buxton Road
United Air Lines
Cheyenne
Wyo
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School of Nursing
Maine Medical Center
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Biddeford, Maine
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