Christmas Parties Across Saco Planned by Local Groups
The Owen-Davis Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary hosts a Christmas party at 8 tonight at the post home on Beach Street with post members as guests. Notre Dame Council will hold a party for its children at 2 p m tomorrow in the Notre Dame School Hall. The York County Fish and Game Auxiliary meets Monday at 5 p m for a Christmas party at Natalie Kerns home on Weymouth Street. Gifts of $1 will be exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen-Davis Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Post
Beach Street
Saco
Children of Notre Dame Council
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Notre Dame
York County Fish and Game Auxiliary
Natalie Kerns
Weymoth Street
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Paul Cobb
Ferry Road
Hibernian
Elm Street
Biddeford
Woman Struck By Automobile In Biddeford
A Biddeford woman, Norma Nicholson, 36 South St, was struck by a car on South Street and treated at Webber Hospital with minor injuries after she walked into the vehicle between parked cars. The driver, Donald L. Couture, 21, said slippery streets prevented him from avoiding contact. Two other local incidents involved cars sliding on snow, one hitting a pole on Clifford Street and another rear ending a vehicle at Main and Water Streets. A passenger, Neil Curley, 22, was treated for a head injury after a car skidded into a house on Pool Street. Amendeo Amendola, 39, said his car skidded off the road into Philemon Camire’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George N. Harry
Clifford St
Biddeford
Clifford Street
Main and
Water Streets
Joseph G. Larose
Alfred St
Raymond Leo Jacques
Sanford
Jacques
Neil Curley
St. Francis College
Notre Dame Hospital
Pool Street
Amendeo Amendola
Fortunes Rocks
Philemon Camire
Bolivian crisis and NATO prep dominate global briefings
Bolivian miners general mobilization follows Paz Estenssoro rejection of Lechin offer to resign in exchange for freeing jailed Communist leaders. hostages including four Americans to be released unharmed if troops withdraw. Western ministers hold preliminaries ahead of NATO talks since Kennedy’s assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paz Estenssoro
Lechin
Kennedy
Irish-born Eugene McCarthy dies at 87 in Saco
Eugene McCarthy 87 of 9 James St Saco died last evening at Old Orchard Beach Convalescent Home. Born July 10 1875 in Schull Ireland he was a son of Charles and Hannah McCarthy. Survived by daughter Mary, brother John, sister Hannah all in Ireland and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday 9 am from Most Holy Trinity Church Saco with burial in St Marys Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford today and tomorrow 2-4 and 7-9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene McCarthy
James St
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Schull
Cork
Ireland
Charles
Hannah (Burke) McCarthy
Most Holy Trinity Parish
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Biddeford
York Manufacturing Co
Mary McCarthy
John McCarthy
Hannah McCarthy
County Cork
Most Holy Trinity Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Free Parking For Christmas Shoppers Only in Biddeford
Biddeford police and merchants urge shoppers to use metered-free parking only during the Christmas period and request downtown motorists avoid all-day parking on Main Street. Officials say the policy, intended to aid downtown business, is for shoppers and shippers and not for long-term parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Merchants Committee
Biddelford
Saco Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Clayton Cartmill
Merchant Committee
Arundel Community Club to Host Holiday Party and Meeting
The Arundel Community Club will hold a combined business meeting and Christmas party at 7 30 p m Monday in the Consolidated School. Fifty cent gifts will be exchanged at the party and officials announced members may pay dues at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arundel
Card of Thanks for Dr Viger and Notre Dame Hospital staff
Lorenzo Laverriere thanks Dr Viger and Notre Dame Hospital nurses and all who sent cards and gifts during his illness. Selma and Paul Pare extend sincere thanks to friends and relatives who helped ease their sorrow in the loss of Joseph A Pare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viger
Notre Dame _ Hospital
Lorenzo Laverriere
Joseph A. Pare
Arundel Uses Surplus To Cover School Overdraft
Arundel will cover a 1500 overdraft in the current school year by transferring unappropriated surplus after a special town meeting. Superintendent Raymond A. Kenneally cited higher tuition at Thornton Academy Saco and Kennebunk High School as the main cause. The selectmen were also authorized to bid for the removal of a small shed on the old Alfred Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arundel
Raymond A. Kenneally
Thornton Academy
Saco
Kennebunk
Alfred Road
Kidnap Case Details and Wallet of Loot Unfolds
FBI reports tie three men to a missing ransom balance of two hundred forty thousand dollars. Amsler, a professional boxer, arrested in Culver City after midnight with $168,927 recovered from his apartment. Keenan and Irwin also have prior records including burglary, theft, assault, desertion, and drunken offenses across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsler
Culver City
FBI
Hoover
Keenan
Innocent Finding in Sanford Drunken Driving Case
Henry F. Gregoire aged 32 of Sanford was found not guilty of drunken driving after entering an innocent plea before Trial Justice Wesley M. Mewer in Trial Justice Court yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Henry F. Gregoire
Sanford
Wesley M. Mewer
Trial Justice Court
Much Colder Portland Weather Tonight and Sunday
A cold Portland forecast shows a cloudy sky with snow flurries in the north portion and mostly fair skies in the south. Continued frigid conditions expected tonight and Sunday with lows 8 to 18 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Fair South
Youth Group Meetings and Church Services Across Biddeford and Nearby
Community youth groups from Biddeford United Church of Christ meet Sunday evenings with Junior at 5 PM and Senior at 6 30 PM in the vestry. Area churches list Sunday services at multiple venues including Advent Christian, Faith Tabernacle, First Assembly of God, Bible Baptist, and various Methodist and Baptist churches. Notable notes include joint junior and senior United Church Youth gathering and Parish Visitation events at Saco School Street Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church
Bidldeford
Christ Ambassadors Group
First Assembly of God Church
Ahepa
Pleasant Street
Saco
Junior Beacons For Christ
Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Fellowship of the Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship of
South Biddeford
Methodist Youth Fellowship
The
Foss Street Methodist Church
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
Saco United Baptist Church
Saco School Street
Commission On Stewardship and
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Biddeford United 'Church of Christ
Ali
Sanford Legion Post Host To County Council
Sanford Legion Post hosts York County Council American Legion meeting with County Commander Royal Sheltra presiding. Reports cover membership and educational programs, with talks by vice commanders and Maurice Parisien on National Commander candidacy. Auxiliary joined for refreshments. next meeting set for Jan 11 at Alfred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Department of Maine
National Child Welfare Department
Jane
Alfred
County Council
Alice Bitomski
Kittery
Jessie Knight
Limerick
Alice Allen
South Berwick
Gertrude Wood
Beryl] Hill
Charlene Farnham
Saco
Alfie Leach
Kennebunk
Carmen Ruel
Lizzie Tremblay
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Settlement Reached In Auto Damages Case
A York County Superior Court jury settled a $20,000 auto damage suit arising from a collision on Main Street Biddeford April 20. Plaintiffs Raynald Camire and Mrs. Geraldine Bouchard sought damages including $193 for her car. Joseph Bouchard claimed $10,000 for medical bills and lost earnings with a $100 award for their daughter Deborah. Earlier, four plaintiffs from West Peabody Mass. obtained $1,693.59 to $713.59 against Biddeford defendants in related claims totaling $24,685.55. The settlement amount was not docketed beyond Deborah’s $100 expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
York County
Main Street
Biddeford
Raynald 4
Camire
Geraldine Bouchard
Bouchard
Joseph
Sylvia Handleman
West Peabody
Mass
Edwin W. Roberts
Laura Goudreau
Zide
Roberts
Goudreau
Handleman
First Flag Honor Mentioned in 1777 Ranger Voyage
Compiled brief notes recall that the Stars and Stripes were first flown aboard the Ranger under John Paul Jones at Portsmouth on July 4, 1777. The piece also lists local church activities, meetings, and Christmas events in Biddeford, Saco, and surrounding areas, including class schedules and a charity gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N.H
Ranger
John Paul Jones
Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop Heads Up
Group A member Mrs Fillmore Harris Captain will oversee the thrift shop operations next week at Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore Harris
Notre Dame Hospital
Church Directory of Southern Maine Towns
Directory lists numerous churches in Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Kennebunkport Kennebunk Wells and Wells Beach with pastors and weekly Mass or service times Confessions noted for several parishes and additional church affiliations including First Parish Second Parish and Unitarian Universalist services alongside Congregational and Baptist churches.
Episcopal Church Schedules Across Seacoast Area
The periodical lists weekly services for Christ Church Cres cent Biddeford Trinity Saco St David Kennebunk York Harbor St John Old Orchard Beach and Portland area churches. It notes rectors T S Knox and Harold A Hopkins and outlines Holy Communion morning prayer church school and nursery care with service times across Sundays and special monthly variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
Crescent
South Street
Biddeford
T. S. Knox
Trinity Church
Saco
Trinity Episcopal Church
Main
Cleveland Street
St. David (Episcopal) Church
Portland Road
Kennebunk
Harold A. Hopkins
York Harbor
St. John Episcopal Church
St John Street
Old Orchard Beach
Harold McElwain
Local Church Listings in Biddeford and Saco
Directory style notice listing multiple churches in Biddeford and nearby towns with service times pastors and locations. United Thwen ot Christ Trinity and several denominations including St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity First Universalist United Baptist Advent Christian and Foss Street Methodist noted with worship times Sunday schools and monthly Holy Communion details.
Church Services in Goodwins Mills and Nearby
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church in Lyman led by Rev Norman J Langmaid holds Sunday worship and sermon at 930 am with church school at 1030 am for all ages. Advent Christian church led by Rev Mathew Farnum offers morning worship at 10 am Sunday school at 11, evening service at 8, Youth Fellowship at 7 pm. Lyman Baptist Church in Goodwins Mills, Rev Sidney F Whitehouse, offers Sunday school at 945 am and morning worship at 11 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Ogunquit Church Services Saturday Morning Worship
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev John W Dow holds morning worship at 11 am. Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road with Rev Thomas R Merrill offers Sunday worship at 9 30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovcunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
John W. Dow
Ogunquit Methodist Church
Thomas R. Merrill
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church Service at Cape
Rev Russell J. Peppe leads morning worship at 10 45 at Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape with a 10 45 start and morning service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church
Cape
Russell J. Peppe
House of worship services in Kennebunk area Sunday
Advent Christian church on Route 35 in Kennebunk Lower Village offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 00 a m with a nursery for small children available during both hours. First Unitarian Church hosts morning worship and church school at 11 00 a m led by Dr Harold Scott. Christ Church lists morning services at 9 30 and 11 00 a m with pastors Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer. Kennebunk Baptist Church on Main Street holds Sunday worship at 11 00 a m and 7 00 p m led by Chester M Staples. Christian Science Society at 25 Summer Street offers Sunday school at 11 00 a m and morning service at 11 00 a m. West Kennebunk Methodist Church, led by Rev Alfred H Ives, preaches at 9 00 a m with Sunday school at 10 00 a m. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society with Mrs Gracie Ames as pastor lists Sunday school at 10 00 a m and a Sunday morning worship service at the listed time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Parish Congregational Church
Main and
Beach Streets
Saco
Paul K. Weimer
United Baptist Church
Cross Streets
Stanley A. Bennett
Second Parish Unitarian Church
School Street
Unitarian Universalist Association
Edmund W. Beal
Pleasantsstreet
S. P. Bova
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Carli J. Grathwohl
North Saco
Crescen
Bilefort
David E. Wigey
Demetrios
Adems
C. Joseph Ingraham
First Universalist Church
City Square
Unitarian-Universalist Association
Unitarian - Universalist
Unitarian-Universalist Church
Unitarian Church
Pepperell Park
Jefferson Street
Jasper M. Beane
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Lottie Record
Foss Street Methodist Church
Foss and
Pool Streets
Biddeford
Kennebunk Lower Village
Milford G. Butterfield
First Parish
Harold Scott
Christ Church
Frederic Holmberg
Robert B. Culmer
Kennebunk
Main Street
Chester M. Staples
Christian Science Society
Summer Street
West Kennebunk
Guilmette Featured on Calender with School Bus Scene
Guilmette, a longtime police officer loved by school children, is pictured on the 1963 safety calendar issued by the Biddeford Police Department. The calendar shows him with a patrol boy and watching children board a school bus on Washington Street. Local businessmen underwrote the calendar costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Alfred Guilmette
Police Department
Guilmette
Washington Street
December Circle Meeting Times at Biddeford UCC Church
The Circles of the Women's Fellowship at United Church of Christ Congregational Biddeford announce December meetings. Circle A led by Mrs Claude Faulkner meets Tuesday at 1 p.m. for a luncheon at Mrs J B Stride's home in Saco. Circle C co leaders Mrs Joseph A Haley and Mrs Earle Atwood meet Tuesday for a 12 noon luncheon at Mrs Harold J Staples' home in Saco. Circle D led by Mrs Alfred T Wilcox has a 12 45 p.m. luncheon Tuesday in Fellowship Hall at the church. Circle B co leaders Mrs Alfred Bradford and Miss Leah Robie meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Royal N Sheltra's home in Biddeford. All Circles urged to donate canned goods to the Biddeford Public Health Nursing Association for distribution to needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of Christ
Congregational
Biddeford
Circle A
Claude Faulkner
J. B. Stride
Saco
Circle C
Joseph A. Haley
Earle Atwood
Coleaders
Harold J. Staples
Circle D
Alfred T. Wilcox
Fellowship Hall
Circle B
Alfred Bradford
Leah Robie
Royal
Church Services and Sunday Schedules Listed
Multiple faith congregations in town announce Sunday services and Sunday school times. Methodist Church on Washington Avenue with Rev Gilbert W Sirotti at 11 am. Advent Christian on Saco s avenue with Rev Phylis E Adams at 11 am and 9:45 am Sunday school. First Baptist on Ocean Avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston, Sunday school then worship at 1:30 and 2:45 pm. Faith Tabernacle at Atlantic Avenue and Third Street with Rev Russell K Per at 9:45 am Sunday school, 11:30 am junior church, morning worship. Salvation Army at Union Avenue led by Capt and Mrs Gordon Clark Jr with 9:45 am Sunday school, 11 am holiness meeting, 7:30 pm salvation meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Russell K
The
Salvation Army
Union Avenue
Gordon Clark Jr
Salvation
Meetinghouse and North Congregational Worship Times
The Buxton Tory Hill meetinghouse at Buxton Lower Corner and the North Congregational church announce morning worship led by Rev. David W Smith. Services scheduled at 11 o clock and 9 30 in the morning respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tory Hill
Buxton Lower Corner
Old Peabody Pew Church
David W Smith
North Congregational Church
Congregational and Freewill Churches Share Sunday Schedules
Churches along Route 1 and Route 9A in Wells list Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. with Sunday School at 10:30, and additional services at Wells Beach and Highpine in Sanford road areas. Wells Moody Church of the Nazarene offers 10 a.m. Sunday school and worship, plus 7:30 p.m. evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fail Gospel Church
Wells
Congregational Church of
U. S
John N. Simpson
Mile Road
Wells Beach
Lyle Nicholson
Highpine Baptist Church
Sanford Road
Wayne A Porter
Nelson Kimball
Village and Congregational Churches Schedule
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring with Rev George P Urban as pastor offers a church school for all ages at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 with supervised nursery and children's church. First Congregational on North Street and Arundel Road with Rev Robert M Howes, pastor, and South Congregational on Temple Street with Rev Robert M Owes, pastors, hold morning worship at 9 and 11 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village
Birth announcements at Webber Hospital list newborns
At Webber Hospital the Paquette, Staples, Narsiss, and Monder families welcome newborns. Gil Allan Paquette weighs nine pounds two ounces born December ten. Trampas Jay Staples weighs eight pounds. Catherine Margaret Narsiss weighs eight pounds six ounces. Monica Monder’s baby weighs nine pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Gerard A. Paquette
Granite St
Biddeford
Gil Allan
Laurence F. Staples
Pool Road
Trampas Jay
John W. Narsiss
Charles Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Catherine Margaret
Robert J. Monder
Glenwood Ave
Saco
Three Kittery Residents Not Hurt In Mishap
In Kennebunk a snowbound mishap left three Kittery residents unharmed after their car crashed into an Atlas Co trailer truck. Driver Priscilla Rogers 21 of Cutts Road Kittery and passengers Lynda Wilson 21 and John Remick 18 escaped injury as slippery roads prevented timely stopping near Mapes Garden Center on Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Kittery
Rogers
Lynda Wilson
John Remick
Special Session Called By Reed In Maine Legislature
Augusta AP Members of the 101st Legislature are reconvening Jan 6 in a special session called by Governor Reed. He plans to veto the Brown Bill on unemployment eligibility while steering actions on reapportionment welfare funds Employment Security Act revisions and mining promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Reed
Maine House
Denison Mines Ltd
Toronto
Blue Hill
School Needs For Beach Discussed
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The school building committee of Old Orchard Beach High School met at Town Hall Friday evening. Chairman Joseph Mokarse and committee members discussed plans to present to architects for consideration. They aim to obtain cost estimates acceptable to townspeople to relieve overcrowded conditions. Plans to meet with architects next Friday Dec 20 at 7 30 p m at the Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach High School
Joseph Mokarse
Committe
Blues Singer Nah Washington Found Dead in Detroit
Detroit police report blues singer Dinah Washington, 37, wife of Lions star Dick Lane, found unconscious at home by her husband and pronounced dead by a doctor. No immediate cause given. Washington had just returned from a West Coast tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dinah Washington
Detroit Lions
Night Train) Lane
Miss Washington
Holiday Party Set By Saco Extension
The Saco Extension Association will hold a Christmas party and planning session at 9 30 a m on December 17 in the G A R Hall Saco Plans for the year will be discussed and a gift exchange will take place followed by a Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Extension
Saco Extension Association
G. A. R. Hall
Saco
Pine Tree Humane Society Meeting Notice
The Pine Tree Humane Society will meet at the Saco and Biddeford Savings Institution on Main Street in Saco. The gathering is scheduled for Wednesday at 2 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
Pine Tree Humane Society
Saco and Biddeford
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Memoriam
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Gordon Hubbard
Marion Bedard
Irwin
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Maine
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California
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Advent ‘Christian Church
First Assembly of God
Youth Fellowship
Saco Avenue
Youth Fellowship of the
Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society
Kennebunk Landing
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship J
Ogunquit
Youth Fellowship of
Sanford Legion Post
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Board of Christian Education
Church Directory
St. Joseph's Church
Elie Hevey
St. Andre’s Church
Bacon Street
Aime Giguere
St. Mary’s Church
St Mary Street
Cornelius Enright
P. R
Saco Notre Dame de Lourdes
Arthur J. Dube
Most Holy Trinity
Maurice Boland
St. Margaret’s Church
Edward C. O'Leary
Royal Parent
Kennebunkport St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
William J. Kelly
John Munroe
Kennebunk St. Monica’s Church
Armand P. Lamontagne
Winter St. Ext
Claire Linda Lamontagne
Francois A. Gagne
Alfred Gagne
Cleaves St
Miss Lamontagne
Reny Bros. Printers, Inc
Gagne
Biddeford High School
Plus School of Business
Biddeford Plastics
Smith Street
Guilmette Is Featured
Calender
Buxton
A. Petit
Vld
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Faith Chapel
Kennebunk Inn
Kinmond
Goodyear Tires
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