Local residents connected to Biddeford hospitals and travel
Mrs. Arthur Fontaine of 94 South Street Biddeford is a patient at Webber hospital. Mrs. William Sheehan of 37 Bacon Avenue Biddeford has returned home after Webber hospital care. Mrs. Lawrence Wiggin returns to 21 Leon Street Biddeford after Irving W Herrick Sr now in Andover Mass. is undergoing surgery at Palmer House Deaconess Boston. Charles T Pollock of 122 Temple Street Saco comes home after Maine Medical Center Portland surgery. Bernard Neault, son of Mr and Mrs Gerard Neault of 37 Locke Street Saco, a St Bonaventure student, spending Christmas with family. Mr and Mrs Henry Vaillant court and daughters Joan and Frances Biddeford plan to fly from Boston to visit Dr and Mrs Edwin Busch family in Washington DC.
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Arthur Fontaine
South Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
William Sheehan
Beacon Avenue
Lawrence Wiggin
Leon Street
Irving W. Herrick
Saco
Andover
Mass
Palmer House
Deaconess Hospital
Boston
Charles T. Pollock
Temple Street
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Bernard Neault
Gerard Neault
Locke Street
St. Bonaventure University
New York
Henry Vaillancourt
Joan
Frances
Edwin Busch
Washington, D. C
Saco Rebekah Lodge to Meet Saturday Evening
The Saco Rebekah lodge will convene Saturday night at 7 30 in the Odd Fellows hall for a regular meeting with members asked to attend.
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Saco Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Confessions Schedule for Churches in Kennebunk and Wells
The Junior Bandang will meet Saturday at 0 a.m. at the Saco Salvation Army. Confessions are set for Saturday at St Monica Church Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. Also at St Martha Church Kennebunk from 4 to 9 and 8 p.m. and at St Mary Church Wells from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandang Soongsters
Saco Salvation Army
St. Mary Church
Wells
Varnish Will Not Hide Flaws In Woodwork
AP News outlines surface prep before varnish detailing sanding steps stain options and the use of sealers. Advice covers choosing color oil stains vs water stains and ensuring dust free dry rooms with proper drying times between coats. It also notes varnish finish types and application techniques including tipping and precoat sanding. It ends with a gift box candy tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP News
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Remembrance
We express gratitude to neighbors and friends for their kindness during our recent bereavement. Many sent flowers and provided cars. We especially thank Mother Mrs Rose Remillard and Sister Mrs Stella Begin for their support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Remillard
Stella Begin
Lemoine Rites Planned for Kennebunkport Man
Funeral services for Charles W. Lemoine of Kennebunkport will be held Saturday at 12 noon at St. David Episcopal Church Kennebunk. Burial follows in Wells Branch Cemetery. Friends may call tonight from 5 to 8 at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main Street Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemoine
Charles W. Lemoine
Kennebunkport
St. David Episcopal Church
Kennebunk
Wells Branch
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Saco
Funeral services for Mrs Cath erin C Parks
Funeral services for Mrs Cath erin C Parks wife of Emery J H Parks were held yesterday afternoon at the Dennett and Craig funeral home 365 Main Street Saco Rev Dorothy Johnston pastor of North Saco Christian church officiated Bearers were Charles Prior Walter Tapley Leslie Milliken and Raymond Hall Burial was in Buxton Lower Corner cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine C. Parks
Emery J H. Parks
McKenney Road
Saco
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Dorothy Johnston
North Saco
Baby List from Saco and Biddeford Hospitals
Birth announcements record multiple newborns at Saco and Biddeford area hospitals. Daughters and sons named include Diana Jane Laurie Ann Paul Gary Deborah Lynn Darlene Youlande weighing various pounds and ounces with December dates. Families listed with street addresses and parental names in Maine communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton W.lamson, Jr
Pleasant Street
Saco
Diana Jane
Gerard Grenier
Clark Street
Laurie Ann
Raymond C. Beaudoin
Acorn Street
Biddeford
Paul Gary
Roger Paquette
Pool Street
Deborah Lynn
David Townsend
Hill Street
Darlene Youlande
Clifford Mondor
Wakefield Avenue
Paul Emile Gagnon
Forest Street
Kevin Alan
John Walker
Hampton
N. H
Donna Elaine
Richard L. Hubbard
Storer Street
Kennebunk
Edward Allen
Saco Hospital
Russell Nutting
Limerick
Holly Jean
Cecil Benson
East Waterboro
Cecil Asa
Pomerleau Maps Immediate City Charter and Education Plans
Mayor elect Pomerleau outlines priorities for Biddeford including an immediate charter study and long term government form review. He plans committees for swift reform work, an evaluation of the educational system, and scrutiny of the Urban Renewal plan and Industrial Development concepts to boost the local economy amid a Democratic council. He expects few political obstacles and vows full commitment in his mayoral year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomerleau
Purple as political brand in Little Rock county race
County Judge Arch Campbell has adopted purple as official color for county road machinery and public vehicles. His campaign signs are purple posters with no lettering, produced from a special formula every two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock, Ark
Arch Campbell
Portland Weather: Sunny, cold with snow likely Saturday
This afternoon is sunny and cold with a high near 20. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight grows cloudy and not as cold with a low around 5 above. East winds 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph. Saturday will be cloudy with snow and gusty easterly winds 20 to 30 mph. Snow accumulation uncertain but plowable amounts likely. Hazardous driving conditions expected Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Blues Pioneer W C Handy Shaped Memphian Sound
Mary Campbell AP News outlines W C Handy's role in creating The Memphis Blues the first written blues with evidence from Charles Handy. It covers Handy's early life Beale Street studio sales of rights to The Memphis Blues and St Louis Blues, his publishing company, and his influence on American music including dialect usage and Beale Street origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Campbell
Edward Crump
Memphis
Crump
W. C. Handy
Handy
Charles
New Orleans
Charles Handy
St. Louis
Handry Brothers Music Co. Inc
Green Pastures
Riverdale
N.Y
C. Handy Jr
New York City
Beale Street
Beale Street Blues
W.C. Handy
Florence
Ala
Mahara
Minstrels
San Francisco
Georgia
Minstrel Company
South
Ladies of
Mississippi
America
Quaker Church Built by Members in Gate Community
Members of the Friends Church in Gate Oklahoma built a $50,000 house of worship themselves, financing and labor provided locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, Okla
Friends
Quaker
Gate
Office Lids Win Placement In Hats Emphasized
An article discusses employers favoring women who wear hats and gloves, citing Adele Lewis and a Chicago firm newsletter. It recaps reader letters from office workers, including Janet Garner and Kay Miles, praising hats as a career edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Lewis
Petrushka
Gretchen
Janet Garner
Advertising Agency
Kay
Miles
New York
Juanita Hinchee
Williamson
West Virginia
Janet
Hattie i
Juanita
Anna Lucht
St. ‘Louis
Marguerite Boyles
Winston- Salem
Secret conference weighs Hoffa Taft Hartley case
Government attorneys say the Hoffa indictment charges conspiracy to violate the Taft Hartley Act by taking concealed payoffs from Commercial Carriers Inc. to secure labor peace. Test Fleet Corp. allegedly backed by Hoffa and half-owned via Hoffa's maiden name, is claimed to conceal ownership with at least $51,000 in profits cited. The two count indictment carries up to two years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffa
Commercial Carriers, Inc
Test Fleet Corp
Teamisters
Test Fleet
Kentucky Barley Tobacco Seeds Bring Home Straw
In Milton Kentucky APY Maj Roger Poland stationed in England for the U S Air Force grew homesick after six months. Friends mailed him Kentucky barley tobacco seeds and he harvested a yellow leaf crop from his garden. He says it feels like home with no acreage quotas to worry about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton, Ky
Roger Poland
England
U.S. Air Force
Kentucky
Poland
Sunday School Pageant to Be Presented by Saco Church
Sunday School of the First Parish Congregational church of Saco will stage the Christmas pageant Let Us Tell the Story at 3 p.m. in the Parish House auditorium. Nursery through eighth grade participants include Mary and Joseph role players, narrators, sentry angels, Three Kings, and extensive class rosters from Nursery to Eighth Grade.
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First Parish Congregational Church of
Saco
Parish House
Gail Chadbourne
Mary
Howard Hutto
Josep
Nancy Bowie
Margery Harrison
Steven Sanborn
Susan Hunt
Jane Parker
Wayne McKenney
Bruce Wakefield
Paul Trudeau
The
Three Kings
Judy Duross
Bethany Johnson
Carl Lagerstrom
Lisa Mailman
Marie Warner
Ann Whitworth
Jane Whitworth
Cynthia Bryant
Cynthia Buck
Tommy Duross
Cheryl Field
David Field
Cathy Fogg
Steven Fogg
Diana Grant
Jeremy Jasper
Sue Johnson
Susan Kang
George Lagerstrom
Natalie Lennox
Vicki Marceau
David Roberge
Erica Wolfahrt
Jeffrey Perham
Debbie Perham
Roxanne Mullen
Eunice Aufiero
Cathy Bissell
Steven Dupuis
Steven Durois
Pamela Jones
Lance Mailman
Cathy Roberge
Nancy Spulick
Shelly Wolfahrt
Susan McGaffin
Janice Coffin
Penny Harriman
Pamela Hawkins
Penny Jasper
David Lennox
Norman MacLeod
Scott McKenney
David Trudeau
Sue Whittier
Richard Whitworth
Audrey Aufier
Elan Rosell
Nancy McGaffin
Thomas Bryant
Pamela Buck
Samuel Coffin
Joanne Cousens
Judy Crosby
Janet Emerson
Debbie Harriman
Carol Johnson
Lynda Freeman
Lyn Jones
Thomas Otis
David Staples
Arthur Tarbox
Arthur Trecartin
Debbie Trecartin
Cora White
Kurt Rosell
Dean Wolfhrtahrt
Jill Chadbourne
Donna Coburn
Frances Emmons
Deborah Forrester
Cathy MacLeod
Harry Nielson
Chard Stickney
Linda Warner
James Williams
Elsie Pendelton
Diane Bowie
William Bowie
Elaine Coffin
Susan Currier
Pamela Estes
Merrill Harper
Judy Harriman
Janice Hawkins
Virginia Lennox
James MacLeod
Kenneth White
Linda Crosby
Barbara Emmons
Nancy MacLeod
Susan Stickney
Kennedy Macmillan meet on British shift to nuclear deterrent
Nassau reports discuss a British American meeting aimed at replacing Polaris with Skybolt and moving toward a shared Western deterrent. The plan envisions Britain and France gaining independent nuclear capability under a unified U S led defense, while Kennedy seeks congressional support to merge national deterrents into a single defense effort.
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Polaris
Skybolt
Britain
France
Europe
United States
Western Alliance
Kennedy
Congress
Macmillan
Stock market mixed as Christmas weekend nears
On a lethargic afternoon trading session the AP average edged down to 241.5 as industrials slipped and rails and utilities rose slightly. Dow Jones stood at 646.75 after a 1.80 drop with IBM down about three points. Airline stocks fluctuated as Pan American and Trans World Airlines eyed a merger with the Civil Aeronautics Board. Bond markets were firmer while other major steelmakers held steady amid mixed volumes. A culinary aside noted cooks preferring hot water over milk in a puffed omelet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
Britain
America
Lockheed
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Jones & Laughlin
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
IBM
Dow Jones
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Saco Grade School Basketball Set to Begin
Winter program directed by David Kerry of the Saco Recreation Commission opens for 4th to 6th graders on December 24 with 12:30 to 3 sessions during vacation and each Saturday afternoon. Thornton Academy athletic staff will instruct the youngsters as plans for a league at this level unfold.
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David Kerry
Saco Recreations Commission
Thornton Academy Athletic
Marble slabs shape candy cooling in old and modern kitchens
Old-fashioned cooks favored marble slabs for candy as the glaze cools quickly when poured. Modern kitchens still use marble slabs, but they are more common for pastry work than candy making.
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St Monica Church
St. Martha Church
Kennnebunk
Memoriam
Walter Wilcox
Dorothy B. Tarbox
Catherine Parks
Webber
Seattle
Honolulu
Treasury of
George Washington
U.S. Savings Bonds
Treasury Department
Advertising Council
Fremont
Leo Cote
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Gerard Morin
Raoul Morin
George Gagnon
Siimonne Daigneault
Irene Morin
Irene Langevin
Lucienne Bergeron
Romeo Boucher
Santa Claus
Roland Bergeron
Edouard Neault
Ernest Martel
Joseph Peloquin
Royal Chretien
Alcide Dubois
Paul Neault
Joseph Neault
Nassau
Saco Grade School
Sneider’s Gift Pack Dept
Al's
Alfred
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