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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1960
Page
2
Mostly cloudy with snow flurries in the northern portions. Variable cloudiness with a chance of few flurries in the south. Tonight will be colder. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies in the north with a few flurries, while the south stays fair but colder.
A hospital thrift shop in charge of Group A with Mrs Fillmore Harris as captain. A special Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary meeting is set for Monday at 7 30 p m in Biddeford city building. The Fourth Degree assembly of Biddeford Council Knights of Columbus meets tomorrow at 11 a m in the K of C hall.
At Full Gospel church Route 9 A Wells services Sunday 6 30 p m and 7 30 p m Youth Fellow ship meets South Biddeford Methodist church holds Sunday 6 30 Youth Fellow ship Foss Street Methodist church meets tomorrow 6 30 Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship Saco United Baptist church Sunday 6 p m Senior High Youth Fellowship Saco United Baptist church tomorrow 6 p m
The ship of the West Kennebunk Methodist church will meet Sunday at 7 30 p m in the church vestry.
An evening service will be held Sunday at 7 30 pm at the Baptist church in Goodwins Mills.
Junior and Senior Bible Youth Fellowship meetings set for Sunday at 6 p m at the Lyman Baptist church.
The Youth Fellowship of the Goodwins Mills Advent Christian Church will meet Sunday at 7. Members are invited to participate in an evening gathering with planned activities and a brief devotional.
Rev Paul Barker sociology professor at Gorham State Teachers College will be guest preacher at the 10 a m worship service Sunday at Saco First Congregational church. A Christmas Eve candlelight service is scheduled for December 24 at 7 30 p m at the church.
Unitarian Universalist churches schedule a 10 30 a m service this Sunday at the Biddeford Universalist Church replacing the usual 11 a m. Pre school children are cared for in the Vestry during worship. There are no church school sessions on December 18 and 25. children in church with parents earn credit toward pins and awards.
The church Christmas tree and a church school program will be held Sunday at 6:30 p m at the Saco Street Methodist church. Afterward, carol singing at the homes of sick and shut ins sponsored by the MYF group. All young people may join in singing followed by refreshments at the church.
The Goodwins Mills Methodist church in Lyman will hold its annual church Christmas tree and program by church school youngsters this Sunday at 4 p.m. at the church. The event will feature carol singing and a film strip titled Christmastide will be shown.
The Fireside club of the Saco School Street Methodist church will omit the regular meets of December 19 with the next meeting scheduled for January 2.
Augusta AP report says Robert R. Washburn 41 a Republican serving as Maine American Legion service officer was named by the governor to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs He would replace Democrat Louis S Dennis of Lewiston and take the post following the appointment decision
Artour Lougee 71 from Limerick died from injuries after his car skidded on ice on Route 26 and hit the Cole Brook Bridge railing. Police reported the crash occurred earlier in the day. Lougee was a longtime banker who had retired.
Mrs. Clayton Jandreau, 34, of St Francis died yesterday when her car slid on an icy road and struck a pulp truck. Two other car passengers and the truck driver Clovis Jandreau, 35, also of St Francis, were injured. no relation to the victim.
Saco firefighters were dispatched to 243 North Street last night to extinguish a chimney fire at the home of Edward LeBlanc. A booster line helped control the flames.
Funeral services for Miss Jessie W. Lunt a retired Biddeford school teacher were conducted Friday afternoon at the Dennett and Craig funeral home in Saco Rev James D Riddle of Foss Street Methodist Biddeford officiated and burial followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
AP TV Radio writer Cynthia Lowry surveys the week of Christmas themed TV. NBC opens with Golden Child opera at 8 30 to 10 p m starring Jerome Hines and Patricia Neway, a Gold Rush setting. Other highlights include Home for Christmas on NBC with Roy Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sounds of Christmas on ABC with Florence Henderson. Mort Sahl guest stars in NBC’s Man in the Middle. NBC also presents White Paper on the sit-in movement and The Coming of Christ in Project 20. Thursday features June Allyson Show with Harpo Marx in Silent Panic from 10 30 to 11 p.m.
Three cars were damaged in a morning crash at Pepperell square in Saco. Mrs Blanche Binette 41 of Saco slowed to turn onto Main street when David Rumery 21 of Biddeford failed to stop on slick pavement and hit her sedan. A third car driven by Lionel Lizotte 11 Middle Street Biddeford rear ended the station wagon. Passenger Jane Lambert 30 of Saco escaped injury. Police Lt Robert Foran and Patrolman Earl Jamieson investigated.
In Elmira and Plainfield families reach out with gifts and prayers for loved ones away. Toney plans church and a family feast in Topeka while Lori and Cathy await news from prison. Mrs McKone hopes for a letter by Christmas as Rody Palm returns home and Patricia Phillips prepares a modest Sacramento dinner.
During the three day Christmas holiday period last year a deadly fire killed 42 people. Emergency crews battled blazes across multiple locations as investigators reviewed the incidents and safety measures.
Clayton F Holland testified that his estranged wife would not let him take his false teeth shirts and four shoes from their home He appeared in court without his teeth The judge called refusing a man his teeth a petty act and ordered $145 monthly support pending the divorce suit Mrs Holland alleges general indignities over anti freeze for the family car.
Rain and sleet with freezing temperatures caused a late evening crash on Alfred Street Biddeford injuring no one and damaging two vehicles. Lionel Boutfard 18 Hillside Avenue Biddeford operated by Lorraine Bouffard 29 stopped for snow removal while Vincent Bass 17 Ferry Road Saco could not stop and collided with Bouffard’s car causing extensive rear damage to both cars. One other minor accident was reported overnight amid bad travel conditions.
William Smith of Nichols and Company announces an elaborate expansion plan for one of Biddeford’s oldest businesses. The project includes extending into adjacent quarters, adding a millinery shop, increasing existing merchandise lines, and installing new display windows and frontage on Main Street starting late January.
A continued report states a plane attached to the old Air Force was flying from Munich to Nordholt, England when it crashed four minutes after leaving Munich Municipal Airport. The Air Force lists 20 aboard, including three crew members: pilot co pilot and engineer.
A UAL DC8 carrying 84 passengers continued flight for 11 miles before crashing in Brooklyn's Park Slope area after an emergency rescue attempt. A TWA plane with 44 aboard, traveling from Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, landed flames on Miller Army Air Field in Staten Island.
In New York the land once farmed by John Thompson in 1799 now bears the Empire State Building, the world’s tallest structure, changing the landscape and local history.
At Webber hospital, multiple area families welcomed new births in December. John Andrew Boissonneault weighed seven pounds fourteen ounces. Fred Garfield Dore seven pounds three ounces. Lucy Anne Bernier seven pounds five ounces. Robert F. E. Cyr nine pounds fourteen ounces. a Beauregard baby six pounds thirteen ounces. and a L Heureux daughter nine pounds nine ounces. Families include Ralph A. Boissonneault Biddeford James F. Dore Kennebunk Robert T. Bernier RFC Kennebunk Charles C. Cyr Biddeford Marcel M. Beauregard Burlington Vermont Paul L Heureux Old Orchard Beach.
Mr and Mrs Harley Wakefield will observe their 50th wedding anniversary quietly tomorrow at their home on Alfred road Biddeford The couple married in a Biddeford Baptist church ceremony Rev Newton officiating The Wakefields daughter Mrs Marion Hood is deceased and they have a granddaughter Elizabeth Hood and four grandsons Several of Mrs Wakefields relatives remain in the area including sisters and brothers in nearby towns She is active in Biddeford Baptist church and community groups prior to retirement paying service in local mills and the York County Childrens Aid Society
Over 170 pupils from Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach attended the Lake Dancing Studio annual Christmas party at Saco City Hall directed by Mrs. Charlotte Lake with assistants Mrs. Charles Clarke and Curtis Tripp. Winners in specialty numbers included Richard Dolby Judith Watson Katherine Grondin Roland Bradbury and others in the droom and spot dance contests. The program featured waltz Mexican hat dance cha cha rhumba Virginia Reel and square dancing. The march opened the event with fifth through seventh graders participating.
A Christmas music program was held yesterday afternoon at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Saco at the Hamilton Memorial building. Guest artist Forest E Perkins of Hebron spoke on organ history and types, performing selections including Christmas and contemporary pieces and singing The Lord's Prayer and Silent Night while accompanying on organ. The event was hosted by Mrs. Kenneth Stackpole with plans for January 6 a talk by William Clark.
Surgeons report in JAMA listing 258 objects removed from a mental patient’s stomach after checkup. Items include 26 keys 39 nail files 3 rosary bead sets 16 religious medals jewelry chains coins and more along with a three pound amorphous metal mass. Patient treated in a Brooklyn hospital by Drs Kane Ginn and Mora Jr amid iron-related anemia.
University of Maine President Lloyd H. Elliott says the institution needs 3 million dollars over the next two years to handle rising enrollments, raise faculty salaries, and fund construction for continued accreditation of the College of Technology. Mrs. Lake and Miss Linda-Lee Lake assisted. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Rumery hosted a dancing party with a bouquet given to Mrs. Lake by the sixth grade class during intermission.
Adah Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held a combined Christmas party and stated meeting at Biddeford Masonic hall. The gathering planned guest invitations for January events, noted an upcoming New Year dance, and announced a January 6 degrees exemplification by Annette chapter in Saco.
The Rev. Dr. James H. Robinson of New York told a Disciples of Christ convention in Louisville that the great frontier of Christian service is in the heart of large cities. He warned that in every city churches either make only a small impact on sin and evil or seek to flee to more favorable surroundings.
James novel The Ambassadors will become a Broadway musical before year end. Rights holder Jim Downey Jr reports Worthington Miner writing the libretto Don Gorman composing the music and Hal Hackady penning the lyrics for the production.
A candlelight Christmas Eve service is scheduled for December 24 at 7 30 p.m. at First Parish Congregational Church Saco with Senior Youth Fellowship members and two choirs. The program includes the Christmas Story read by Youth Fellowship, scripture readings and prayers, “Carols From Around the World,” and candlelighting led by candle bearers and caroleers. Participants include Mary Lou Littlefield Barbara Warren Cathy Roberts David Field Wayne Miller and Stephen Garland.
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