Personal notices and local hospital stays listed
A collection of short notices reports Roland P Tousignant age 104 at Webber hospital Biddeford along with several other locals in and near Saco Biddeford and Sanford visiting or attending events. Includes hospitalizations for Mrs Harold Norton and Jeanette Sussman, a funeral attendance for Ralph Edgecomb, a luncheon for Kennebunkport Olympian club, and Arthur Boucher funeral services. Weather outlook for Portland notes sun and mild conditions with colder periods and regional temps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland P. Tousignant
May Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Harold Norton
Pleasant Street
Saco
William Labonte
Highland Street
Jeanette Sussman
Harold Sussman
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Edmund S. Muskie
Sanford
Charlotte Lake
Maurice Arsenautt
Susan Cadorette
Harvard Street
Brideford
Dillon
S. C
Arthur J. Cadorette
Marie Jeanne Pelletier
Union Street
Miami
Fla
St. Petersburg
Charles R. Cote
Andrew J. Fournier
Alcide Deschambeault
Donald McCone
Ralph V. Edgecomb
Dennett and Craig
Alma Kittredge
William Riley
Ways and Means
Kennebunk School Board Meeting Delayed Until Monday
Kennebunk Superintending School Committee postpones tonight's session to Monday at 7 30 p m in the superintendent of schools office at the Junior High. York County Salon 257 Fight and Forty holds its Christmas party tonight at 8 at Beatrice Wakefield's Cape Porpoise home. Adah chapter Order of the Eastern Star hosts a Christmas party tomorrow at 7 30 p m in Biddeford Masonic hall with entertainment by Old Orchard Beach Assembly Rainbow Girls and refreshments by Mrs Dorothy Peck and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk Superintending
Superintendent of Schools
York County
Chapeau
Beatrice Wakefield
Cape Porpoise
Adah Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Biddeford Masonic Hall
Old Orchard Beach Assembly
Order of Rainbow Girls
Dorothy Peck
Church Notes and Holiday Services in Saco Area
Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet Friday at 8 30 p m Holy Communion to be celebrated in Trinity Episcopal church Friday at 9 30 a m Christ Episcopal church holds services Friday morning at 8 A Christmas party for the Saco United Baptist church school Junior department is set for Saturday 2 to 4 p m in the church vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
Trinity Episcopal Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Saco United
Emmons Buy House at 12 Goodale Avenue in Saco
mmr Leavitt Emmons and Esther M Emmons of Saco have purchased the frame dwelling private garage and land at 12 Goodale avenue from Richard L Googins through the local real estate office of King Woodman. The couple will use the property as their residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavitt Emmons
Esther M. Emmons
Saco
King Woodman
Richard L. Googins
Goodale Avenue
Emmons
PUC weighs Maine rail passenger service cut
The Public Utilities Commission may decide before February 6 whether to allow Maine railroads to discontinue passenger service. Rates Chief William Fernald notes Feb. 6 is the postal shift to Metro fast mail. About 200 hearings were held November 25 on petitions by Maine Central and Bangor & Aroostook to abolish passenger service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PUC
Augusta
Public Utilities Commission
Maine
Rates & Affic
William B. Fernald
Post Office Department
Metro
Maine Central
Bangor & Aroostook
Conductor Maranzoni Dies at 80 in Milan
Roberto Maranzoni a famed conductor who led the 1918 world premiere in New York of Puccini s Trittico died Sunday in Milan at age 80. He conducted the three short operas in their first performance. The obituary notes his influential career and ties to Italian opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
Roberto Maranzoni
New York
Puccini
Card of Thanks for Christmas Season Gracious Gratitude
Belated thanks to friends for cards gifts flowers and kindnesses while in hospital last winter. Special gratitude to Dr Mahaney Dr Wolfahrt Nurses and Webber staff and to blood donors who helped Reg and me enjoy the Christmas season together. May God bless you. Ethel L Hatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaney
Wolfahrt
The
Webber
Reg
Funeral services held for Nathan A. Lowell in Biddeford
Funeral services for Nathan A. Lowell of Newtown Road Biddeford were conducted Tuesday at 1 30 p m at the Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco Rev Morley Durest of the Biddeford United Baptist church officiated burial was in Greenwood cemetery Bearers included Lester Curtis Roger Bertrand Walter and Wilfrid Crepeau
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Soucher
Pool Street
Biddeord
St. Andre Church
Aime Jiguere
Robin T. Martel
Serah J. Parent
Laura Lauzen Proulx
Union St. John of Baptist
Arthur Lemire
Ernest Valliere
Nathan A. Lowell
Newtown Road
Biddeford
Dennett and Craig
Saco
Morley Durest
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Lester Curtis
Roger Bertrand
Walter
Wilfrid Crepeau
Knight David L. Knight dies at Augusta age 22
David L. Knight dies Sunday in Augusta. Born February 1, 1930 in Biddeford, he was the son of Norman and Marjorie Maxwell Knight. There are no known survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togus
David L. Knight
Augusta
Biddeford
Norman
Marjorie Maxwell Knight
Funeral services for Mrs Lilla Belle Littlefield 92
Funeral services for Mrs Lilla Belle Littlefield age 92 who died Monday at her home in the Moody section of Wells were held yesterday afternoon at 1 from the Roger K Lucas funeral home in York. She was born in Newburyport Massachusetts the daughter of Thomas and Myra Collins Colby. She is survived by husband Henry B Littlefield Moody one daughter Mrs Harold Chacbourne Wells two sons Harold B Littlefield Santa Fe NM and George FE Littlefield Hampden Conn three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilla Belle Littlefield
Moody
Wells
Roger K. Lucas
York
Littlefield
Newburyport
Mass
Thomas
Myra Collins Colby
Henry B. Littlefield
Harold Chacbourne
Harold B. Littlefield
Sante Fe
N. M
George FE
Hampden, Conn
Order Of Eagles Kiddies Party Slated For Saturday
The Biddeford Saco Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles announces a Kiddies Party this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Birch Street hall in Biddeford with Santa Claus Roland Berube handing out gifts donated by parents. A Christmas tree is donated by Raymond Roy, and a benefit dance later that day raises funds for needy Christmas baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Aerie, Fraterne! Order of Eagles
Birch Street
Biddeford
The
Aerie
Santa Claus
Roland Berube
Raymond Roy
Adrien Belanger
William Hevey
Ralph Nason
Joseph Dalphee
John Perrin
Roland Roy
Christine Sullivan
Glenn A. Yarborough
Market mixed as stocks edge higher on aluminum gains
New York stock activity shows a small initial rise fading into an irregular session. Aluminum stocks advanced on price increases and a labor agreement, while steel, copper, rubber and tobacco sectors posted small declines. Major firms like Alcoa and Kaiser rose slightly, amid mixed results across chemicals, electronics, and autos. The Dow average stood higher at noon, with utilities and rails steady and bonds largely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Motors
Chrysler
Firestone
American Machine & Foundry
Collins Radio
Reynolds Metals
Kaiser Aluminum
Alcoa
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
Studebaker-Packard
Associated Press
U.S
Italian conductor Maranzoni dies at home near Milan
Born in Bari, he came to the United States before World War I and in 1917 succeeded Arturo Toscanini as leading conductor of Italian opera at New York's Metropolitan. He returned to Italy in 1947 and lived in retirement thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Bari
Maranzoni
United States
Arturo Toscanini
New York
Metropolitan
Italy
Birth announcements from Biddeford Saco Journal
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists numerous newborns with parents and addresses. Notable entries include Richard Marc Grant, eight months, at Grant road Saco. Gregory Tarbox at 42 Cookman Avenue Old Orchard Beach. Jennifer Joan Smith at 7 Pleasant View Drive Saco. Robert C Chretien at 17 Lafayette Street Biddeford. Denise Claire Credit at 15 Taylor Street Biddeford. Roger Arthur Boutin at 88 West Cutts Street Biddeford. Denise Claire Credit’s former name Claire Auger. and multiple other births with dates in December and hospitals including Notre Dame and Webber Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aie
George G. Sylvestre
U. S. Air Force
Japan
Romeo Sylvestre
Round Hill Street
Biddeford
A. Hanson
Stockman Avenue
Mark Allen
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Hanson
Kathlee Plummer
Ernest Tarbox
Cookman Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Gregory
Notre Dame Hospital
James Duranceau
Highland Street
Dorothy Tarbox
Cedar Avenue
Webber Hospital
Ronald M. Scammon
Middle Street
Saco
Laurie Pounds
James FE. Smith
Pleasant View Drive
Jennifer Joan
Robert J. Chretien
Lafayette Street
Robert C. Hinkle
USN
Short Street
Robert C., Jr
Real Credit
Taylor Street
Riddeford
Denise Claire
Credit
Claire Auger
Joseph Chouinard
Oak Street
Rachel Lorette
Wallace W. Smith
Rossroad
Kennebunk
Wallace W., Jr
Chadbourne FE. Brown
Town Street
Kennebunkport
David Marion
Gerard FE. Boutin
West Cutts Street
Roger Arthur
Richard P. Corriveau
Edward Drive
Holyoke
Mass
Committees Named For AAUW College Coffee
The AAUW local branch will host its Christmas Coffee Tuesday from 3 to 5 at Mrs. Robert L. Bowie’s home in Saco. About eighty York County College girls are invited. Invitation chair Harry Lapirow, aided by Willard Mosher and Stephen E. Patrick Jr. of Saco, along with several others, arrange members and hostesses. Preparations include presiding hostesses Mahlon C. Rowe and Richard Dotter, with Ada Bonney and Gilbert D. Harrison Jr. serving on site, while Irene Throumoulos and William A Kany Jr. plan punch service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
Robert L. Bowie
Main Street
Saco
York County College
A. Os
Germaine Bergeron
Biddeford
Richard Dotter
Springvale
Ada Helmbreck
York
Carl Landry
Hollis Center
Kenneth G. Burr
Kennebunk
Mahlon C. Rowe
Ada Bonney
Gilbert D. Harrison, Jr
Irene Throumoulos
William A Kany, Jr
Punch
Thomas F Moore
George D. Love
Bowie
CMP income down August a share Maine Power Co report
The Central Maine Power Co. reports net income of 6,572,556 for the 12 months ended Nov 30 equal to 1.67 a share, down from 6,676,829 or 1.60 a share in the prior 12 months. November net was 633,163 vs 562,619 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CMP
The
Centra
Maine Power Co
Reed
Khrushchev Sends Tito Greetings for Yugosalvia Day
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent President Tito greetings on Yugoslavia’s national holiday last month, but Tito took nearly three weeks to reply. The exchange was published in Moscow newspapers today with no explanation for the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Tito
Yugoslavia
Saco Ballot Boxes On File For Year
The ballot boxes for the Saco elections were opened at Saco City Hall and ballots placed in individual wooden boxes for each ward. Ballots will be stored at City Hall for a year per state law. No recount requests have been made in any of the seven wards, City Clerk Albert Cabana said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Saco City Hall
Albert Cabana
Cabana
Four Saco Youths Put On Probation
Four Saco juveniles were placed on probation for one year by Judge Hilary Mahaney in Saco Municipal Court. Police charged the quartet with breaking and entering the home of Russell Robbins Sr. on Portland Road. officers recovered several items including fountain pens and a clock. Robbins had left Saco for the winter, leaving the house empty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Hilary Mahaney
Russell Robbins
Portland Road
Robbins
Kenneth Lovejoy
Kennebunk
Albion M. Benton
Portland
Damage Set At $150 In Saco Car Mishap
Delia M. Jones, 65, of RFD 1 Saco escaped injury when her car left McKenney road and plunged into a ditch while driving toward Saco. Police report estimated vehicle damage at $150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Delia M. Jones
McKenney Road
Cab drivers must be paid minimum wage in Augusta
The Attorney General's Department ruled that taxicab drivers are not exempt from the minimum wage law and must be paid at least $1 an hour. Cab owners argued tips and supervision affect hours worked, but the AG opinion rejects an exemption. The ruling followed a request from Labor & Industry Commissioner Marion E. Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Attorney General’s Department
Attorney General
Labor & Industry
Marion E. Martin
Cinderella Lost Slipper In Sagebrush
NBC Star Time presents a cowtown version of Cinderella with James Stewart and George Gobel as leads. The plot twists with a peddler as Prince Charming and a rejected Fairy Godmother add tongue in cheek humor. NBC plans next year include Poe adaptations and a new musical variety show Be Our Guest amid advertising shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cindy
NBC
Finian
Wyatt Earp
James Stewart
George Gobel
Prince Charming
Lonesome
George
CBS
Lucy
Danny
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
American Women Defy Sheltered Iran Life Claims
Dorothy Roe reports on mixed reactions to Iran ambassador Hamzavi's praise of a sheltered life for Iranian women. American women, including a Connecticut homemaker and Chicago grandmother, defend voting, work, and independence, while noting diverse views across the country. The piece cites voices from San Francisco and others reacting to the remark and to related TV show topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Roe
Abdol Hossein Hamzavi
United Nations
Hamden
Conn
Connecticut
San Francisco
Chicago
Castine Youth Athletes Honored at Academy Awards
Castine Maine Maritime Academy held an athletic award banquet for the 1959 football and basketball teams. Dr. Rome Rankin of the University of Maine spoke on athletics in college programs. Football letters went to team manager John Haramis of Saco and football numerals to Garnett Colpitts of Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castine
Maine Maritime Academy
Rome Rankin
University of Maine
Dave Wiggin
Tom Morse
John Haramis
Saco
Garnett Colpitts
Biddeford
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Arthur Boucher
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
New Orleans
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
Ethel L. Hatch
Nathan Lowell
Lilla Littlefield
Order of Eagles
A.M. P
Richard Marc Grant
Benjamin Grant
Grant Road
Fabiola Beaudoin
Earl Grant
Bremerton
Wash
Aauw College
Biddeford-Saco
Light Oxford
Pat Boone Cardigan
Cory
Raglan
Pat Boone Orlon
Akenscf
Cynthia Lowry
George de Witt
Bac
Simard’s
Franklin Street
Lord Jeff
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