Personal notices from Kennebunk and Biddeford area
Mrs Bertha M Dyer of High street Kennebunk is a surgical patient at Webber hospital Alcide Perreault of Clark avenue Biddeford is a patient at Maine Medical Center Portland Patrolman Adelbert Morin Jr of Biddeford Police department is receiving medical treatment at Notre Dame hospital Mr and Mrs Wilfred J Fortier of Bacon street Biddeford are attending a tax seminar at Waterville sponsored by the Association of Public Anenelinks of Maine Speaker tonight will be John E O'Donnell chief of the auditing division Internal Revenue Service Augusta
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Bertha M. Dyer
High Street
Kennebunk
Webber Hospital
Alcide Perreault
Clark Avenue
Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Adelbert Morin, Jr
Notre Dame Hospital
Wilfred J. Fortier
Bacon Street
Waterville
Association of Public , Anenelinks of
Maine
John E. O'Donnell
Internal Revenue Service
Augusta
Saco Rebekah Lodge Meets for Christmas Party
Saco Rebekah lodge will meet Saturday at 7 30 p m in Saco Odd Fellows hall for the annual Christmas party under Mrs Lucy Durgin vice grand Gifts will be exchanged Chaplains night observed tonight at 7 30 by Adah chapter Order of the Eastern Star in Biddeford Masonic hall with chaplains from neighboring chapters as guests Sons of Union Veterans meet Saturday evening in Biddeford City building preceded by a pot luck supper at 6 30 p m
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Saco Rebekah Lodge
Saco Odd Fellows Hall
Lucy Durgin
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Biddeford Masonic Hall
Sons of Union Veterans
Biddeford City
Church Notes Highlight Local Events And Confessions
The Junior Bandana slangs ters of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 10 a.m. Confessions are heard at St. Monica Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. and at St. Martha Kennebunkport from 4 to 7 and 8 p.m. Mary Wells hosts Saturday confessions 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Ogunquit Methodist hosts Sub District Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Sunday school classes meet at 3 p.m. for a Christmas pageant reharsal. Confirmation class meets at 5:30 p.m. in the parish house. A joint meeting of Christian and Senior Pilgrim Fellowships is Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in the parish house with sacred music and devotions by Barrington College students.
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Saco Salvation Army
St. Monica Church
Kennebunk
St. Mary Church
Wells
Ogunquit Methodist Church
Shore Road
York County
Saco First Parish
First Parish Congregational Church
Saco
Saco First Parish Congregational Church
Barrington College
Barrington
R. I
Jones Proposes Boat Ramp for Saco Riverside Access
Democratic mayoral hopeful Frank M. Bud Jones says Saco should build a $200 boat ramp on the Saco River to lure five to six hundred boats yearly from the lakes region. He spoke at Ward Four on erosion and police coverage and at Ward Five about natural resources and economic benefits.
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Frank M
Bud” Jones
Saco
Camp Ellis
Jones
Richard Libby
Ronald Ayotte
Alcide Deschambeault
Center Ushers In Christmas Season Lighting Tree
New York Rockefeller Center lights a 67 foot Maine evergreen with 7000 clear bulbs and 5000 gold aluminum ornaments in the plaza between 49th and 50th Streets. The official tree lighting Thursday night featured Christmas music by the 100 member West Point cadet glee club.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
49Th
50Th Streets
West Point Cadet Glee Club
Card of Thanks to Medical Staff and Friends
Sincere thanks to Dr. Charest and Dr. Fortier, nuns and nurses for their good care, also to friends and neighbors for the beautiful cards, flowers and gifts received during my stay at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs. Clara Plourde.
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Dr. Charest
Dr. Fortier
Notre Dame Hospital
Clara Plourde
Death of Mrs Annie Belle Burnham 65 Fortunes Rocks widow of A R Burnham
Mrs Annie Belle Burnham aged 65 of Fortunes Rocks died suddenly at her home. Born July 24, 1897, she was the daughter of Alvin W. and Mary Stevens. Survived by sister Mary Wilcox Bangor brother Walter Stevens Saco a niece and grand-nieces. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco with Rev Norman Langmaid officiating. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call Friday 7 to 9 at the funeral home.
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Annie Belle Burnham
Fortunes Rocks
Arthur R. Burnham
Alvin W
Mary (Sinnott) Stevens
Oak Ridge
Fosse Street
Mary Wilcox
Bangor
Walter Stevens
Saco
John Tarbox
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Norman J. Langmaid
Saco School Street
Gale Warnings Over Portland Coast Loom In
A weather bulletin notes cloudy windy and colder conditions along the coast. Expect scattered light rain or snow showers with temperatures in the upper 30s and southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts. Tonight remains windy and chilly with snow flurries mainly at higher elevations.
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Portland
Funeral services held for Melvin John Littlefield
Melvin John Littlefield a Thornton academy senior of Bay View road Saco died recently funeral services were at Dennett and Craig Funeral home Saco with Rev Harry A Rufiero officiating burial followed at Mount Auburn Auburn a large delegation of Thornton academy students attended bearers included Vincent Littlefield Laurence Littlefield David Rumery Robert Hurrell Clinton Reed and William Fleming
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Melvin John Littlefield
Thornton Academy
Bay View Road
Saco
Dennett and Craig
iMain Street
Harry A.rufiero
Saco First Parish
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Auburn
Thornton, Academy
Vincent Littlefield
Laurence Littlefield
David Rumery
Robert Hurrell
Clinton Reed
William Fleming
Thomas Winston Elected Chairman of School Union No. 7
Thomas Winston was elected chairman of School Union No. 7 at Old Orchard Beach High School. Benjamin Downs was elected secretary. The union, representing Old Orchard Beach and Saco public schools, approved actions including distributing Dr. Frank Lawler’s report, proposing a joint meeting with Biddeford for a vocational high school feasibility, and raises for two staff members. A parent survey on a potential summer school was authorized, with results to be analyzed for the joint board. The union also voted to dissolve the dietitian position and avoid a part time summer hire in the superintendent’s office.
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Thomas Winston
Old Orchard Beach Jand Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Benjamin Downs
Frank Law Jer
Biddeford
Charlotte Potter
Dora Deans
Louis DeAngelis
Lawler
Pearl Prosser
Old Orchard Beach High School
Frank Lawler
Mary Smith
Vera Warner
Snowstorm Dumps Heavy Snow Across Several States
The storm dumped up to 14 inches in western New York and Ohio, with 5 to 12 inch totals in multiple cities. About 1,600 Cleveland homes lost power as lines toppled, crews cleared roads overnight, and snow extended to Tennessee, West Virginia, Michigan, and Indiana with varying depths.
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Olean
New York
Ohio
Geauga County
Youngstown
Cleveland
Tennessee
Newfound Gap
Smokies
Elkins
W.va
Michigan
Indiana
MaineStorm Relents After Heavy Rain And Winds
Officials in the Kennebunkport area report 3.79 inches of rain since Wednesday with gusty, cold conditions expected today. US Weather Bureau forecaster Charles Chibka notes that if this rainfall had fallen as dry snow it could have reached 32 inches, and several towns faced power outages during the storm.
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Page One
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Wells Water District
Charles Chibka
US Weather Bureau
Portland
Chibka
Maine
Falmouth
Cumberland
Yarmouth J
Rumford
Physicians To Meet At Sanford On Saturday
Maine Chapter of the American Academy of General Practice holds a scientific session at the Sanford Town Club. Registration starts 9 30 a m. Dr Carl E Richards chairs the program and announces four hours of Category 1 credit. Six physicians will speak on obstetrical procedures skin rashes shoulder pain and depressions with a psychiatry focus. Wives attend a separate morning program.
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Maine
American, Academy O
Sanford Town Club
Sanford
Carl E. Richards
Academy
Dr. Richards
Alfred
Leon R. Jefferson
Carl M. Haas
Biddeford
Donald P. Cole
Portland
George Hammond
Department of Orthopedic
Lahey Clinic
Boston
Jackson M. Thomas
Tufts University School For Medicine
Dr Stickney Will Case Heard In York County Court
A hearing on the repeal of the disallowance of Dr. Laura Black Stickney’s will begins at York County Superior Court in Alfred. Judge Abraham M. Rudman faces the case, with executor T. A. Fitanides testifying, represented by William P. Donahue. Mrs. Cleary, the decedent’s daughter, is represented by Charles W. Smith.
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Laura Black Stickney
York County Superior Court
Alfred
Joan Cleary
Biddeford
Stickney
Saco
John B. Roberts
Sanford
Abraham M. Rudman
Supreme Court of Probate
Atty
T. A. Fitanides
William P. Donahue
Cleary
Dr. Stickney
Charles W. Smith
Kennebunk
Christmas program for Saco United Baptist youngsters
The church hosts a Christmas program tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the vestry for cradle roll nursery and junior-primary groups supervised by Mrs. Dwight Sawyer and Mrs. Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr. The First and Second Grades Primary department program follows in the primary room directed by Mrs. Herman Clark with assistants Miss Emma Lougee Mrs. Drost an Twomey Mrs. Lewville Huntress Mrs. Ralph Randall and Mrs. Waveland King.
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Saco United Baptist Church
Dwight Sawyer
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Jr
Herman Clark
Emma Lougee
Drostan, Twomey
Lewville Huntress
Ralph Randall
Waveland King
Kennedy visits Offutt to view Project Rover site
President Kennedy tours Offutt Air Force Base for a two hour stay to inspect Project Rover scientists at Los Alamos and test sites near Las Vegas New Mexico and Ney. He would also inspect subterranean SAC command rooms including the red phone to issue direct orders before nuclear strikes.
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Kennedy
Project Rover
Los Alamos
N.M
Las Vegas
Ney
Offutt
SAC
Pope John XXIII Surfaces for Council Mass Amid Illness
Pope John XXIII left his apartment for the first time in ten days to attend a Vatican Ecumenical Council session and Mass. Vatican officials said his participation in weekend ceremonies would be limited due to illness, with a brief canonization ceremony planned for three new saints Pierre Julien Eymard, Antonio Maria Pucci, and Francesco Maria de Camporosso.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican Ecumenical Council
St. Peter's
Vatican
Pierre’ Julien Eymard
Antonio Maria Pucci
Francesco Maria de Camporosso
Eymard
Fremont Club elects officers for year in Biddeford
Fremont club members select Adrien Lamothe Wilfrid Simoneau Alcide Dubois Leslie Duprey Paul Nadeau and Jean Paul Rheaume for upcoming year at Alfred Street Hall Biddeford. Auxiliary picks Annette Dubois Simonne Daigneault Rose L amothe Angela Peloquin Muriel Duprey Jeannette Garon.
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Alfred Street
Biddeford
Fremont Club
Adrien Lamothe
Wilfrid Simoneau
Alcide Dubois
Leslie Duprey
Paul Nadeau
Jean Paul Rheaume
Annette Dubois
Simonne Daigneault
Rose Lamothe
Angela Peloquin
Muriel Duprey
Jeannette Garon
George Gagnon
Raoul Morin
Gerard Morin
Roderique Bergeron
Antonio Daigneault
Joseph Peloquin
Albert Allie
Henry Bouchard
Gedeon Bergeron
Roderigue Bergeron
Royal ‘Chretien
George Gag
Patrick Guerrette
Lionel Garon
Drien Lamothe
Ernest Martel
Paul Neault
Leo Nolette
Wilfred Simoneau
Natalie Lemire
Emilie Ouellette
Emile Fecteau
Romeo Forest
Maine Stores Adopt Sunday Closing Law After Court Ruling
Portland AP report notes LaVerdiere's Drug Store of Waterville and Arlan's of Portland will close on Sundays with exemptions for multi department operations. Zayre's also plans to close Sundays but seeks changes to the local option exemption while Maine stores comply with the state supreme court decision on constitutionality.
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Portland
Maine
State Supreme Court
LaVerdiere’s ‘Drug Store
Waterville
Arlan’s
LaVerdiere’s
Arlan's
William Portman
Zayre's
Zayre
Oil burner floods home in Saco
Firemen were called to 18 Irving Street Saco yesterday to handle a flooded oil burner at William Murphy residence. No damage was reported.
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Saco
William Murphy
Irving Street
Des Moines Wife Threatens to Smoke to Spur Quit
A Des Moines woman warned her husband she would start smoking if he did not quit. He quit soon after, choosing to stop smoking rather than endure the threat.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines
Lambert Statements Refuted By Binette
Biddeford City Clerk Ralph Binette charged candidate Albert C. Lambert with false statements and releasing figures to curry voter support before a party workers meeting. Binette claimed the former mayor, twice defeated by the Deschambault administration, tried to cover up non-voting taxpayers’ injustices with talk of adjustments and corporate taxes and noted the 1957 valuation increase followed his orders. He invited voters to view 1956 figures and the 1957 rise in the assessors' office.
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Biddeford
Ralph Binette
Albert C. Lambert
Deschambault
Binette
Soviet Antiaircraft Installations in Cuba Reportedly Dismantling
U S experts estimate about two dozen Soviet anti aircraft missile sites with 20 to 25 mile surface to air ranges. Washington seeks dismantling though no reports of actual removal. Several hundred Soviet troops seen aboard ships leaving Cuba. Large scale withdrawal could ease Kremlin hold and reduce clash risk if U S moves against Cuba. Kennedy opposes a no invasion pledge without effective international inspection.
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U.S
Washington
Cuba
Kremlin
United States
Kennedy
Soviet Union
New York
Khrushchev
Old Orchard Beach Civic group picks staff and officers
Mrs Adelbert M Jakeman Sr was elected president of the Old Orchard Beach Women's Civic group at a meeting held in Beach High School cafeteria. Other officers named include Mrs Leonard Gray vice president Mrs Florence Benson secretary Mrs Edith Gallant treasurer and Mrs Muriel Gooch historian. Committee chairs named for 1963 include Mrs Leonard Gray program chair Mrs Elizabeth Garland refreshments chair and Mrs Mildred Leonard Town Hall chair. Dorothy Garland appointed to write the annual town warrant article and present to town councillors. A tree will be purchased for spring planting and a gift sent to past president Mrs Harry Cummings who is homebound. Reports covered flower boxes Halfway circle and benches. program featured an illustrated talk on Christmas decorations. Presiding was Mrs Lawrence Borges who thanked attendees amid a stormy night. Refreshments served by Elizabeth Garland Florence Benson and Mildred Leonard.
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Adelbert M. Jakeman
Old Orchard Beach
Beach High School
Leonard Gray
Florence Benson
Edith Gallant
Muriel Gooch
Elizabeth Garland
Mildred Leonard
Town Hall
Gertrude Leonard
Adrienne Binette
Effie Ross
Dorothy Garland
Civic Group
Harry Cummings
Cummings
Sumner Johnson
Lawrence Borges
Baby born in car during storm on Arundel to Saco trip
Mr and Mrs Philip Blanchette and Mrs Florence Inniss welcomed a baby boy weighing seven pounds eight ounces born in the family car en route to Saco Osteopathic Hospital during a torrential rainstorm. Grandmother acted as midwife until hospital handoff. Both mother and child are doing well. The family resides in Arundel with siblings Susan five Julie two and half siblings Albert fifteen Paul sixteen. Grandmother Inniss is Kennebunkport correspondent. Grandfather Inniss is police chief.
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Philip Blanchette
Florence Inniss
Arundel
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Virginia Shuffleburg Inniss Blanchette
Saco Hospital
Richard Pfeiffer
Susan
Julie Blanchette
Albert Hersom
Paul Hersom
Inniss
Kennebunkport
the Journal
Army Recruiting Station Opens in Biddeford Saco Area
A U S Army Recruiting Station opened at 135 Main Street with a 10 am ribbon cutting and open house. Captain John R. McGrath cited increased activity in the Biddeford Saco area and the move to a two man station. The dedication coincides with the 21st anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
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U. S. Army
Main Street
John R. McGrath
Biddeford-Saco
McGrath
Pearl Harbor
Supreme Court Hears Biddeford Mayor and Clerk Appeal
The Maine Supreme Court heard arguments on whether indictments against Biddeford Mayor Clement H. Deschambault and City Clerk Roaul J. Binette should be dismissed. Prosecutors allege three counts of cheating by false pretenses tied to contract actions and campaign donations. The court took the case under advisement. prior indictments include a high school contract and donations to the Democratic party. An October larceny case against Binette ended in a hung jury and was continued. Deschambault faces related bribery charges not yet tried.
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Augusta
Maine Supreme Court
Biddeford
Clement H. Deschambaut
Roaul J. Binette
Eir
Charles W. Smith
Kennebunk
York County
Deschambault
Binette
Law Court
Superior Court
William S. Silsby
Grand
Saco
Saco Mayor Okays City Share for Bus Paint Costs
Worthing of Saco states the city moral obligation to reimburse Biddeford & Saco Bus Co for extra costs of painting four school buses the traditional yellow. he notes no formal city vote on the issue and cites citizen meetings and a prolonged debate between the school committee and the city council. He defends fiscal responsibility since January 1962 and asserts his focus on serving the community.
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Dinsmore Worthing
Saco
Biddeford & Saco
Worthing
State Highway Safety Committee
Saco School Committee
Stride
Biddeford & Saco Bus Company
Citi
Expansion ceremony marked by city leader’s praise
Mayor Clement H. Deschambault attended the ceremony and expressed pleasure at the expansion program, underscoring the city’s commitment to growth and future prosperity.
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Clement H. Deschambault
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St. Martha Church
Kenmebunkport
Annie B. Burnham
Loudy
Melvin Littlefield
School Union
Dr. Stickney Will Case
JFK
Biddeford First
Family Service
Arnold Calderwood
Girl Scouts
Maurice Hebert
Carey
Community Service
Maine State Federation Unicef
Red Cross
Carlyle Atkinson
Thomas Paraday
Edward Carp
Simon Spill
Ralph Goldthwaite
Joseph Audie
Richard Foss
George Harpoothan
Gertrude Farwell
Lloyd Trecartin
Glen Authier
Chris Johnson
Lambert
Women’s Civic Group
At Beach
Supreme Court
Boucher & Associates
Grondin
Camp
Wondabar Steak & Seafood House
Washington Street
Biddeford Call
Robert C. Cartier
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