Personal News From Biddeford and Nearby
Roland Gagne of Hills Beach is a patient at Notre Dame hospital. Ovila Hurtubise of Biddeford is receiving medical treatment at Webber. Mrs Vita Gerardi, widow of Dr Joseph P Gerardi of Saco, has died in New York. Vital Beaulieu of Saco was transferred to Webber hospital after a recent shock. Ronald Howard, son of Mr and Mrs Prescott Howard of Biddeford, is home for Christmas from Fostoria Ohio. Edward Simensky, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Simensky of Biddeford, is home for Christmas from the University of Pennsylvania. Miss Beryl Howard, returning from Carnegie Institute Boston for holidays, is Biddeford. Miss Connie Hebert of Biddeford and Miss Lucille Guertin of Biddeford are on vacation from a Portland Comptometer school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Gagne
Hills Beach
Notre Dame Hospital
Ovila Hurtubise
Bacon Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Vita Gerardi
Joseph P. Gerardi
Orchard Joe
Saco
New York
Vital Beaulieu
Beach Street
Ronald Howard
Prescott Howard
Orchard Street
Fostoria
Ohio
Edward Simensky
Leo Simensky
May Street
University of Pennsylvania
Carnegie Institute
Boston
Beryl Howard
Connie Hebert
Roland Hebert
St. Mary Street
Lucille Guertin
Ernest Guertin
Main Street
Comptometer School
Portland
Panarasist Dead Leaves Biddeford Greek Community
George C Panaras 71 of 32 Alfred Street Biddeford died yesterday after a long illness at a local hospital. Born in Viahaha Greece to Chris and Jennie Panaras he worked at the Saco Lowell shops until retirement. Survived by unknown relatives, prayers Saturday at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford then mass at St Demetrios Greek Orthodox. Weather: mostly fair cold with light snow tonight and Saturday. temps from Caribou -1 to Miami 50 with daily city readings in Portland 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Panaras
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Viahaha
Geece
Chris
Jennie‘Kotalias Panaras
Saco- Lowell
Sansoucy
Stone Street
St. Demetrios
Adams Street
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
Washington
Miami
Detroit
Denver
Halifax
Montreal
White River
Ont
Los Angeles
Church Notes Highlights Saturday Confessions and Guest Sermon
The Junior Band of the Saco Salvation Army meets Saturday at 10 a.m. Confessions are heard at St Monica in Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. at St Martha in Kennebunk from 4 to 9 and 8 p.m. at St Mary in Wells from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. A Christmas guest preacher at First Parish Congregational, Saco, will be Rev Paul Barker, sociology professor at Gordean State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soongsters
Saco Salvation Army
St Monica Church
Kennebunk
St. Martha Church
St. Mary Church
Wells
First Parish Congregational Church
Saco
Paul Barker
Gordean State Teachers College
Prayer and Praise Service at Advent Christian Church
A prayer and praise service will be held at 7 30 tonight in the vestry of the Advent Christian church at the corner of Hill and Chapel streets in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Biddeford
Tug Crewmen Aid Engineer Aboard Pine Ridge
NORFOLK Va AP Four crewmen from a commercial tug joined engineer John Richart aboard the stern section of the broken Pine Ridge today as a destroyer transported the remaining 28 survivors toward Norfolk. Richart, 36, of Wilmington Del, stayed aboard to protect salvage rights. Coast Guard ships and planes resumed search for eight crewmen still missing, including master Clark Snyder 14 of Havertown Pa. Survivors aboard the Conway were lifted from the stern by Valley Forge helicopters. The Pine Ridge was torn apart Wednesday 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras NC, the Atlantic graveyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
John Richart
Richart
Wilmington
Del
Coast Guard
Pine Ridge
Clark Snyder
Havertown
Keystone Shipping Co
Philadelphia
Conway
Valley Forge
John Daly Marries Virginia Wyren in San Francisco
Broadcaster John Daly and Virginia Wyren wed in a candlelit ceremony at a San Francisco church before about 200 guests inside and nearly 2,000 outside. Chief Justice Earl Warren gave away Wyren, Daly, 46, wed for the second time, with Daly admitting jitters before the altar. The couple then flew to Hawaii for their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Daly
Virginia Wyren
United States
Hawaii
ABC News
Death Notice for Lloyd Turner of Kennebunk
Lloyd Turner, 48, of 4 Friends Street Kennebunk died this morning at home. He worked six years for the Kennebunk Water District. Born in Patrick's Springs Virginia, he was the son of Benjamin and Verda Turner. Survived by his widow Dorothy Hilton Turner of Kennebunk, a daughter Maureen of Kennebunk, his parents, and two brothers Jack and Carl Turner of Martinsville Virginia. Funeral arrangements by Angell Funeral Home 9 Dane Street Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Turner
Friendsreet
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Water District
Patrick's Springs
Benjamin
Verda Turner
Dorothy Hilton Turner
Maureen
Benjamin Turner
Patrick’s Springs
Jack
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou ise Cote held at St Joseph
Funeral services for Mrs Lou ise Cote were held this morning at 8 30 from St Joseph church A solemn requiem high mass was celebrated by Msgr Elie Hevey with Rev Marc Franck deacon and Rev Normand Carrier sub deacon Singing by a male quartet with Mrs Diana Rousselle at the organ Bearers were Roland Hevey Fred Kelley Roland Gagne Ovide Beaudoin Adelard Mercier and George Trottier Burial was in the family lot at St Joseph cemetery with Father Carrier saying prayers at the grave
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cote
St. Joseph Church
Elie Hevey
Marc Franck
Normand Carrier
Diana Rousselle
Roland Hevey
Fred Kelley
Roland Gagne
Ovide Beaudoin
Adelard Mercier
George Trottier
St. Joseph Cemetery
Father Carrier
Funeral services held for Mrs Ida M Richards
Funeral services for Mrs Ida M Richards were held yesterday afternoon from the Sansoucy funeral home on Stone Street in Biddeford. Rev James D Riddle of Foss Street Methodist church officiated with burial in Woodlawn cemetery family lot. Out of town attendee Maurice Richards from Winooski Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Richards
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone Street
Biddeford
James D. Riddle
Foss Street Methodist Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Maurice Richards
Winooski
Infant Dies in Biddeford Hospital
Christopher Jay Twomey died this morning at a local hospital in Biddeford. Born February 22 1960 in Biddeford he was the 10 month old son of Mr and Mrs David C Bourassa Twomey of 148 Granite Street. Survived by brother Stephen maternal grandparents Gil bert Bourassa paternal grandparents a J Twomey all of Biddeford. Funeral 2 30 pm Saturday Cosgrove Funeral Home 326 Elm Street Biddeford with entombment at Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Jay Twomey
David
Catherine Bourassa Twomey
Granite Street
Biddeford
Stephen
Gilbert Bourassa
A J. Twomey
Biddecra
Cosgrove Funeral Home
326
Elm Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Haunted House Body Found in New Bedford
In Crapo Street, New Bedford, police found Edward Lamiello, 58, dead in an attic. The Medical Examiner ruled an eight month death by self inflicted hanging. His widow and teenage daughter lived two doors away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Crapo Street
Edward Lamielle
Stanley J. Koczera
Christmas Showning Only City Activity
All was calm in Biddeford as shoppers hurried to finish last minute holiday details. One minor accident was reported to police by noon and no municipal court session occurred. Firemen had no calls and ambulance logs showed two entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Stock Market Ends 1960 With Mixed Prices
New York trading before Christmas weekend was moderately active with the AP average at noon unchanged at 218.9 as market leaders showed narrow gains and losses. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.48 to 613.79 while corporate and U.S. government bonds improved. markets awaited the four day delivery deal to be settled within the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
U.S
Inaugural Cake Made by Nonunion Shop in Quincy
A union official in Quincy Massachusetts objects to the 550 pound inaugural cake for President-elect Kennedy being baked at Ernest J Montilio’s shop, a nonunion bakery. Kenneth McLellan, organizer for the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union, says an organizing effort will target the shop. Montilio was chosen by the inauguration committee to donate the decorated cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Kenneth McLellan
American Bakery & Confectionery Workers Union
McLellan
Ernest J. Montilio
Girl Scouts At Saco Sing Yule Carols
Girl Scouts in Saco braved the cold after a storm delay to sing Christmas carols at Beane Nursing Home Saco Os teopath ic hospital and Ward well home on Middle street. They returned to Saco Second Parish Unitarian church hall for cookies hot chocolate and circle games. The 1960 activities closed with the “Johnny Appleseed Grace.” Participants included Carole Cushman Deborah Brown Diana Hunt Lee Ann Leavitt Daphne Contraras Candace Pamela Pendleton Donna Devona Cathy Colpitts Pee Kinne Pamela Buck Lindsey Kirk Virginia Randall Nancy Bowie Carolyn Lord Susan Hunt Jane Limb Bethany Hanson Dorene Bedard Jane Parker and chaperones Miss Barbara Hoop er Mrs Rebecca Cushman Mrs Ruby Brown Mrs Myra Van Flett Mrs Helen Bowie Mrs Patricia Hunt Mrs Louise Harrison Mrs Marie Lunetta and Mrs Eleanor Shaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Beane
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Wardwell
Middle Street
Saco Second Parish Unitarian Church
Johnny Appleseed Grace
Carole Cushman
Deborah Brown
Diana Hunt
Lee Ann Leavitt
Daphne Contraras
Candace
Pamela Pendleton
Donna Devona
Cathy Colpitts
Pee Kinne
Pamela Buck
Lindsey Kirk
Virginia Randall
Nancy Bowie
Carolyn Lord
Susan Hunt
Jane Limb
Bethany Hanson
Dorene Bedard
Jane Parker
Chaperones
Barbara Hooper
Rebecca Cushman
Ruby Brown
Myra van Flett
Helen Bowie
Patricia Hunt
Louise Harrison
Marie Lunetta
Eleanor Shaffer
Moe Radovich Coaches Wyoming Freshmen Team
Former Wyoming basketball star Moe Radovich, who played eight years ago, now coaches the Cowboys freshman squad. The article notes his return to coaching duties and his plans for developing young players for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George ‘Moe) Radovich
Wyoming
Cowboy
Box Labels Hide Santa Gifts Aboard Navy Ship
In Seattle the Staten Island icebreaker captain Cmdr W L Larson sent crew families early Christmas shopping hints. Boxes labeled electronic equipment and machine parts conceal presents stored aboard. A work party will soon break out the gifts and place them under a tree, but secrecy remains strict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Santa Claus
Cmdr
W. L. Larson
Staten Island
Antarctic
Santo Larson
Numerous births listed for Kennebunkport to Somerville area
A long birth notice records multiple newborns across Maine and New Jersey. Names include Susan Mary LeBlanc and Joyce Frances Berry with December weights from seven to eight pounds, plus twins Joanne Ruth and Judith Rose Letellier. Grandparents named for several families. hospital noted at Notre Dame Hospital for one birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Bryant
Kennebunkport
Arthur F. LeBlanc
Kennebunk
Susan Mary
James H. Berry
Buxton Road
Saco
Joyce Frances
Edward R. Vuneman
Charles Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Donala L. Downs
Seavey's Street
Pine Point
Scarborough
Hugh OD. Curtis
Alewive Road
Kanebunk
Kerry Dean
Gerald A. Snyder
Hill Street
Biddeford
Ruth Ellen
Ronald R. Goulet
Lower Village Road
Walter M. Woodward
Waterboro
Doreen Pimeta
Arundel
William J. Chase
Irving Street
Eugene Allen
Richard S. Daniels
RFD
Biddefort
Ham Operator Spreads Christmas Joy in Hospitals
In Boston, 24-year-old ham radio operator David Anderson uses spare time to relay Christmas messages from patients in a Boston hospital to friends and family far away. He visits wards at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital to collect and transmit greetings, aided by a doctor interpreter for a Mexican child and including messages from a couple of twin girls awaiting a transplant. Anderson’s motive stems from his own family losses in youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
David Anderson
Anderson
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Gonzalo Fernandez
Mexico City
Manitoba
Canada
John Colby
Galion
Ohio
Ted
New Haven
Conn
David
McDonald Keeps USW Presidency After Nomination Shortfall
Pittsburgh report states Donald D. Rarick failed to secure enough nominations to run for international president of the United Steelworkers Union. Incumbent David J. McDonald, 58, will be renominated and likely reappointed after securing 2,136 nominations from 2,900 locals. Rarick, 42, White Oak, Pa., led a reform faction and received about 2 nominations. McDonald defeated Rarick 404,172 to 223,516 in the last election. Rarick heads Local 2227 at U S Steel Irvin Works McKeesport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Donald DC
Rarick
USW
David J. McDonald
White Oak
McDonald
United States
Canada
Associated Press
Irvin Works
U. S. Steel Corp
McKeesport
Organization For
Jansen Named President of Presbyterian Men's Council
Vernor FR Jansen a Mobile Alabama attorney has been chosen to lead the incoming president of the Presbyterian Men's Council a southern Presbyterian organization with more than two hundred thousand members He will serve through 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Presbyterian Men's Council
Southern Presbyterian
Vernor FR. Jansen
Mobile
Ala
One May Ask Why Complain?
Marshill police chief Alfred W. Dyer Jr notes only three calls in the past month all speeding complaints. He wonders if nothing is happening or if officers are not there when incidents occur.
Fire Auxiliary At Camp Ellis Helps Charity
The Camp Ellis firemen auxiliary voted to donate to Pineland hospital and training center in Pownal after a report by Mrs. Mabel Cloudman. President Florence Fitch spoke on a Christmas dinner basket for a needy family, and a social hour with a Christmas tree followed a buffet luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineland Hospital
Pownal
Mabel Cloudman
Camp Ellis
Florence Fitch
Christobel Gagnon
Arlene Gregoire
North Carolina
Theresa Bullis
Massachusetts
Winifred Sutherland
Florida
Euphemia Ladd
Saco
Blanche Shorey
Dorothy Abbott
Cynthia Leimay
Ruth Stackpole
Mary Pendleton
Theresa Pendleton
Laurette McAlevey
Elsie Colson
Laura Robbins
Pauline Clegg
Elsie Russell
Alice Eastman
Vienna Goudreau
Gretta Gagne
Lillian Gagnon
Lyda Colmer
Marjorie Pendleton
Cynthia Lemay
Fitch
Israel Atom Program Easing Fears Amid Peace Pledge
US fears of Israel’s nuclear aims ease with Ben Gurion and Harman pledges that a Negev reactor will be used for peaceful science. Washington says it will press for all developing atomic energy to remain peaceful, despite plutonium concerns. Newport tale follows Stephen Bloom, a five year old saved by a six hour delicate brain operation, after a rabbit ear antenna injury. He recovers, walks, and talks once more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Israel
Jerusalem
Middle East
State Department
David Ben-Gurion
Avraham Harman
Negev
United States
Stephen
Women Regain Ground In Hollywood After War
The Associated Press reports a shift in Hollywood as female stars move back into top positions once dominated by male legends. With aging leading men gone, actresses like Elizabeth Taylor Doris Day Marilyn Monroe Susan Hayward Deborah Kerr Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn are rising, potentially turning Hollywood into a woman’s world as profits and fame tilt toward female stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Tyrone Power
Errol Flynn
Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra
Doris Day
Marilyn Monroe
Susan Hayward
Debvie Reynolds
Deborah Kerr
Shirley MacLaine
Audrey Hepburn
Storekeeper Fakes Robbery To Cover Embezzlement
Washington police accuse James Bailey 28 of embezzling 13000 from the State Department Recreational Association and staging a phony robbery to hide the crime. Bailey admitted the tale after officers said he hit himself with a knife and sustained a minor head bump with no injury. He spent five months’ loot on clothes and entertainment for State Department workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Visit Is Postponed Following Accident
ARUNDEL AP Hartley P Greenleaf of Meriden Connecticut changed his mind about a Maine holiday visit seconds after he accidentally changed lanes on the Maine Turnpike. He dozed at the wheel, lost control as the car bounced off high snow and landed in the opposite lane. He was uninjured and drove away.
Court orders release of funds to New Orleans school employees
Following a U.S. District Court order on Wednesday, paychecks for employees at William Frantz and McDonough No 1 integrated schools in New Orleans are to be released. Banks were forced to free about 728000 in board funds, and 200000 held in escrow from taxes must be turned over. Contempt cited for three state officials heightens anger as lawmakers drop action to restore salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. District Court
Redmond
Integrated William. Frantz and McDonough
Jimmie H. Davis
Twin Sister Gives Kidney Gift to Twin Brother? (Kidney Gift)
A 12 year old Canadian girl Lena Nightingale plans to donate one of her kidneys to her twin Johanna to save her life. Supreme Court Justice Arthur E Whittemore approved the petition for the transplant at Peter Brigham Hospital under Massachusetts law. The operation is set for after Christmas with the mother Agnes Nightingale citing potential emotional impact if surgery is not performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lena Nightingale
Johanna Nightingale
Supreme Court
Arthur ‘E. Whittemore
Lena
Massachusetts
Peter Ben Brigham Hospital
Agnes Wynegaarden Nightingale
Johanna
Conflicting Testimony In Constellation Fire Inquiry
A Naval court of inquiry heard conflicting testimony on who spilled diesel fuel leading to the Constellation fire at the Navy Yard. The disaster killed 49 civilian workers and shut the carrier under construction. Fork lift operator Les Roy Davis testified he was away from his truck about 15 to 20 minutes when the spill may have occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Naval Court of Inquiry
Constellation
Navy Yard
Aoe
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
R. K. James
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Les Roy Davis
Brooklyn
Children escape bus crash in Raleigh spillover
Thirty youngsters escaped a collision between a school bus and a car in Raleigh North Carolina. They boarded another bus but it skidded and toppled into a ditch. Two children sustained minor cuts and bruises from the second crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charmed
Raleigh
N. C
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George Panaras
Memoriam
Oliver Bergeron, SR
Mrs
Bernard Saucier
Mrs. Louise Cote
Ida Richards
Christopher Twomey
Michael Dmytrenko
Federal Reserve Bank
New York City
Dmytrenko
THE
Webber
Jerome M. Bolduc
Willett Street
Ludger Croteau
Main © Street
Aimee Bolduc
Amherst Street
Raymond G. Bolduc
Claude Michael
William Harris
Rocky Hill
N. J
Rhoda Kimball
Abbie F. Hatch
Somerville
Elizabeth M. Brady
Wildwood
Pte
Newport
R.I
Stephen Bloom
New England
John D. Bloom
Newport Hospital
Boston Children’s Medical Center
John Shillito Jr
New Orleans
Albert
Geranium Garden
Alfred Road
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