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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1964
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Gilman E Seaver of 47 Promenade Ave Saco attended a Sunday visit to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in conjunction with a scheduled University of Maine field trip.
The York County Fish and Game Auxiliary gathers tonight at 6 30 at the Oak Ledge Motel Saco for a Christmas party. A Council Chagnon meeting is set for 8 tonight at Union St Jean Baptiste Adams Street Biddeford in the club hall. Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post American Legion meets Thursday at 8 pm in the Post home Elm Street Biddeford.
Multiple churches host midweek gatherings on Thursday at 7 30 p m. Bible Baptist church 144 Ferry road Saco First Baptist Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach and First Assembly of God church Saco Ahepa home 22 Pleasant Street host prayer and Bible study sessions all in the same evening.
Sen Barry Goldwater plans to tell Eisenhower and Nixon that the Republican leadership struggle is tearing the party apart. Rep Robert Taft Jr calls for GOP machinery reorganization but not a bid for national chair. Johnson and Wilson agree on urgent NATO consultations on a new nuclear approach. Senate probes to publicly examine Bobby Baker bank records and a witness’s payoff claim. The Moscow Washington hotline sees cultural exchange. Beagle Her dies at the White House drawing hundreds of sympathy letters. UN Congo tensions loom as African nations brace for debate. Cheddi Jagan fails to gain majority. British Guiana eyes anti-Communist government. Indonesia closes USIS in Surabaya. Kosygin calls across-the-board military budget cuts. USSR to host winter parliamentary session with a $550 million cut. Federal judges hear railroads’ bid to block a looming Christmas strike. Berkeley faculty foresee normal campus return on resolved terms.
A morning coffee will be held tomorrow at 9 30 am at 30 Hill Street Saco home of Mrs Rita McIntyre hosted by Ward 5 Republicans. Guests include Harold Waight candidate for mayor and Mrs Gilberte Roy alderman candidate. event open to the public.
We thank friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and sympathy during our bereavement. Special thanks to Biddeford Fire Department and to Mr Romeo Gagne and families for their support and flowers. The family of the late Mrs Donat Collette and Mr and Mrs Robert Bineau and Son express gratitude for cards flowers and help.
York County Barracks Veterans of World War I will meet at 7 30 PM at Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring Street Saco to pay respects to George H. Roussin a member.
Funeral services for Mrs Sophia Morin Harding of 86 Old Orchard Road Saco were held yesterday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco Rev Stanley A Bennett of Saco United Baptist Church officiated and interment was in Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford Bearers were Paul McCallum Paul Basil Paul McCallum Jr and John Fitton
Funeral services for Ralph Dussault of 185 Pleasant St Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church with Rev Henri Fournelle. Interment followed in Calvary section of St Josephs Cemetery. Out of town relatives included U S Navy members in San Francisco and South Carolina and Dussault relatives from Lowell Meriden Woonsocket Nashua and Barre.
Funeral services for Joseph Jeffrey Stirling of 10 Ferry Road Saco were conducted yesterday at First Parish Congregational Church Saco with Rev. Paul K Weimer officiating. Interment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Honorary bearers included four Owen-Davis Post American Legion members and members of Ralph D Caldwell Post American Legion Portland. Active bearers from Saco American Legion Post included Commander Ervin Stevens and Roger Grant among others. The firing squad and bugler were from the Marine Barracks Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery. Ritual services were held Monday night at the funeral home by Owen-Davis Post and Saco Lodge JF and A.M.
Funeral services for Paul Emile Guilbault of 19 Gove Street Biddeford were held at 9 in St. Andre's Church. Rev. Bernard Nicknair led the Mass with church choir and organist Mrs. Laura Proulx. Military honors by a Pease AFB firing detail and village pallbearers accompanied graveside prayers by Rev. Germain Bureau. Attendees included visiting clergy and relatives from Manchester Boston Black Lake Quebec Portsmouth.
Augusta AP reports the State Retirement Board postponed a decision on boosting pension benefits with cost of living increases. The board expressed sympathy but urged presenting the plan to the legislature. The hearing included support from Rep. Peter A. Thaanum, R-Winthrop, leading the delegation.
This afternoon clears and turns cold in Portland with highs in the 20s. North to northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight stays clear and cold with lows mainly from zero to 10 above. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph diminishing to calm. Thursday brings sun and a touch warmer with northwest to northerly winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to southerly late in the day.
In OLD ORCHARD BEACH the Nee Nah Council Degree of Pocahontas met at the American Legion Hall with Mrs. Mary La Branche presiding. A second officer nomination was made, gifts were given to the school lunch program and shut ins, and prizes awarded. Election set for Jan 4 with Pris cilla Bibber planning official visits nearby.
AP reports in Georgetown that Cheddi Jagan's Peoples Progressive Party led with the most votes but did not reach the required majority for the 53 seat National Assembly. With 91 percent of votes counted, Jagan had 103 222, Burnham 87 448, Daguiar 20 846, signaling a possible coalition between Burnham and United Force amid racial tensions and fears of Cuba influence.
The initiatory degree was conferred on Austin Presley at the Atlantic Lodge of Odd Fellows meeting in Old Orchard Beach. Twenty two members attended including Maine Deputy Grand Master Thomas Vining of Saco and district officers Harvey Lessard of Springvale and Robert Kimball of Gorham. Noble Grand Robert Ricker presided. Refreshments followed.
Firemen from Dumont station responded yesterday afternoon to a flooded kitchen range at 34 Ocean Ave. Old Orchard Beach. No equipment was used as excess oil burned freely. two firefighters made the run.
Saco Grange in North Street hall led by Master Fred Bell announces a dues paying supper on January 12 under the home economics committee. York Pomona Grange will meet tomorrow at Elmbrook Grange for a 6:30 p.m. supper preceding a Christmas party. Lawrence Grant reported on the State Grange session in Lewiston. Mrs. Avis Briggs thanked members for Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas gifts for Pine Land Hospital and Training Center in Pownal. Lecturer Mrs. Geraldine Randall presented readings quizzes and stunts with winners Edward Pelletier Ethel Whitten Myra Goodwin Pearl Grant and Mrs Briggs. Mystery awards went to Mrs Grant and Mrs Whitten. Lewis Moore of Pine Land Hospital will speak January 12. Next meeting is December 22 a Christmas party led by Mrs Goodwin Mrs Florence Scammon and Mrs Claire Littlefield.
Damages from a two car collision at the corner of Washington and Jefferson Streets in Biddeford are being tried in York County Superior Court before Justice Charles A. Pomeroy. Plaintiffs Donald F. Leonard and Barbara L. Leonard contend injuries and car damage from the Sept. 21, 1963 crash.
Joseph Henry Germain Republican candidate for councilman Ward 5 Biddeford today announced his withdrawal from the city election. He said in a letter to City Clerk Paul A. Deshaies that he has bought a home in Old Orchard Beach and will move there soon. Plans to find a replacement candidate are under way and Deshaies said an announcement would be made shortly.
Lewiston officials launched an immunization drive after an outbreak of hog cholera at Lewiston City Farm. About three dozen pigs have died, and the farm with 357 pigs was quarantined. The disease is not dangerous to humans.
In Fort Fairfield a pocketbook theft outside Miss Mary Hacker’s home led to the loss of about six dollars and bank keys to the Northern National Bank where she works. A man jumped from behind a tree, knocked her down, and fled with the pocketbook. Police monitored the bank all night. manager Merrill Bull announced the locks would be changed.
Reno L. Roy reports 162 students took College Entrance Examination Board tests at Biddeford High School. York County schools represented include Biddeford St Joseph Kennebunk St. Andre St. Louis and Marie Joseph Academy. Tests include SAT in morning and achievement tests plus a writing sample in afternoon. Remaining test dates listed with Biddeford and Thornton Academy as centers.
Former Lewiston mayor Armand G. Sansoucy announces candidacy for state treasurer as the fourth contender in the Democratic controlled 102nd Legislature. Sansoucy served two terms as mayor and 11 years as city auditor before resigning last September.
A two car collision at a South Portland intersection on December 2 claimed a second life. John G. Jordan, 75, of South Portland died in a Portland hospital from injuries suffered in the crash. Previously killed was Mrs. Richard N. Langevin, 28, of Biddeford. Jordan’s death raised Maine’s highway fatality toll to 184.
Jean L. Lambert, a Saco shoe worker, filed a wage-earner plan in U S District Court. Liabilities are listed at 1219 dollars with assets of 950 dollars, of which 200 dollars is exempt.
Lucille Lortel presents two biographical plays based on Sean O Caseys works at the Greenwich Village Theater de Lys. Proceeds go to the dramatist family. The six week run includes I Knock at the Door and Pictures in the Hallway, continuing Lortels history of O Casey productions.
Slippery conditions on York Hill in Saco yesterday afternoon led to a two-vehicle collision. Cecile T. St Amand, 39, of Biddeford, stopped to enter Gooch Street when Jeanette R. Worden, 41, of Saco, allegedly hit the St Amand car, causing $150 left front damage to Worden's vehicle and $75 to the other car. two passengers in St Amand’s car were uninjured.
Washington reports the Moscow Washington hot line operates 24 7 with five two person military teams at the Pentagon. Hourly tests send random unclassified texts and encyclopedia excerpts to the Kremlin while U S operators note responses and greetings. Gromyko joked that Turgenev notes sparked American interest in Russian literature and the Defense Department said Americans simply observed the exchanges.
Barry Taft urged Republicans to build a continuing party structure with power centers and units shaping policy, not just organizing for presidential campaigns. Burch plans to present his case to 132 committee members and issue a position statement Thursday amid division over leadership and funding concerns.
A Biddeford Democratic lunch at Le Foyer hall featured candidate Edward F. Gaulin and his slate, with talks on recreation facilities and expanding vocational training funded largely by the federal government. In Washington, a presidential commission urged a national push against heart disease, cancer, and stroke, proposing 540 treatment centers and a $3 billion initial five year plan plus smoking control efforts and education.
Saco firemen answered a call from Notre Dame School on Beach Street for a fire in the oven in the school kitchen. Engine 3 with two men responded and no equipment was needed. Earlier, two minor fires required no equipment.
A single car crash on Pool Road Biddeford yesterday caused substantial damage to the vehicle. Carmelo J. Sita, 21, of Norwood New Jersey, skidded on slippery pavement and left the road into a snow bank. No injuries were reported and police investigated the incident.
Biddeford firefighters were summoned at 8 20 to 10 Miller Ave to a furnace backfire filling a three story wooden tenement with smoke. No suppression used. Laura Bergeron owned the building. A second alarm at 5 23 uncovered a cushion fire at 10 Kossuth St in a one and a half story wooden tenement owned by JJ P Henry.
Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason ordered a directed verdict of innocent in a Biddeford Municipal Court hearing. Ralph L. Wedgewood, 22, of Newfield pleaded innocent after State Trooper Gregory E. Spitzer testified. The alleged offense occurred on Route 11 on Nov. 21. Atty. Edward F. Gaulin represented the state.
The Old Orchard Beach Jaycees announced reactivation of the Cub Scout program. Co chairmen Robert Nason and Michael St Ours oversee the project. Questionnaires are being distributed for interested boys aged nine to eleven to join.
After two days of testimony the verdict resumes today with two witnesses on the stand. Richard Lambert a passenger in the Midhland car and Richard Ayotte a passenger in a car near the scene testified in the ongoing hearing.
Portland AP reports light snow across most of Maine with a brief cold front followed by a long warming trend. The U S Weather Bureau expects no significant accumulations and a possible above freezing reading by Friday after noon, potentially the first since December. Overnight lows ranged from zero to 23 across several towns with cooler south tonight.
Biddeford officials report snow removal proceeding well and a motor grader, leased from Chadwick and Baross of Portland under a lease purchase agreement, is expected to be in operation Friday to speed up clearing and reduce weekend snow piles.
Raymond Mercier Sr. president of First Finance Corp announces new offices in Concord Nashua Dover NH and Biddeford after purchasing Local Finance Co. stock. The 16th office in the region joins licenses in six other NH cities with plans for more. A 5 cent per share third dividend will be paid Dec 15 to holders of record Dec 1, 1964.
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