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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1959
Page
2
Cloudy conditions continue with a little warmer nighttime and Sunday readings. Expect gradual warming trends into the weekend with modest temperatures across the Portland area.
Birth notices report Gerard Edmond Metayer born December 24 at 7 lb 13 oz to Mr. and Mrs. George Metayer of Saco 29 Thornton Avenue. A second son Thomas Andrew Gliserman born December 21 at Jewish General Hospital Montreal to Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gliserman formerly Erla Lank of Montreal. Maternal grandparents listed as Mr. and Mrs. David Lank of Kennebunk.
Mrs Archie Barrett of Old Orchard Beach is a patient at Saco Osteopathic hospital. Ivory Tarbox of 125 Lincoln Street Saco is at Webber hospital. Irene Gilpatrick returns home Sunday from a holiday visit in Manchester NH and works as an industrial nurse at Pepperell Manufacturing. Mr and Mrs Paul Libby and family of South Carolina visit Biddeford Saco relatives. former Saco residents now in the south with the Saco Lowell shops. Mr and Mrs Kendall Adams of Vermont visit Gordon Phillips and William DeCourcey in Kennebunk and Thomaston. Adams is the former Lena DeCourcey, Wells school teacher.
W. Cameron Forbes, 89, longtime diplomat and businessman, died in Boston after years of poor health. His career spanned four administrations with posts in the Philippines, Haiti, and Japan, including ambassador to Japan from 1930 to 1932. He was a Harvard overseer and MIT corporation member.
Church notes report Sunday gatherings for youth groups at South Biddeford Foss Street School Street and Saco United Baptist churches with 6 to 7:30 pm start times. Also mentions a White church vacationing members reception and a Kennebunk St Davids pageant with 4 pm event and an Episcopal Young Churchmen party.
A 16 man Soviet expedition reached the American research base at the South Pole after a 1680 mile trek across Antarctica. They traveled in tractor sleds from Mirny Observatory and reported all hands in good condition and equipment sound. Details on reception and stay were not provided.
Peru's government ordered relief flights to the Cangallo area after a deadly quake. Fragmentary reports put seven dead and 37 injured in Pomabamba, with 254 homes destroyed, while Mollebamba and Huantapuquio were also affected. Communications were poor, leaving exact timing and epicenter unclear.
Charles M. Sparks of Boston University hosts a College Night for juniors and seniors at Peoples Methodist church South Portland. Four speakers include John Bell a Boston University student and School Street Methodist church member.
Paul W. Thayer 66 former Newton Mass resident and World War I veteran died suddenly at his Kennebunk home on Storer Street. He opened Kennebunk Laundry and is survived by his wife Jessie, a daughter Mrs Walter A Moulton of Portsmouth, two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services Sunday at 1:30 PM from Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev. Ernest A. Gauthier officiating. Interment in Bellows Falls Vermont.
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude C Bickford of Goodwins Mills were conducted Thursday at the Goodwins Mills Baptist Church. The Dennett and Craig funeral home of Saco arranged the service with Rev Lester Holmes and Rev Robert Vance Jr officiating and burial in Ro cemetery Biddeford.
Oscar Allard, 60, of Berks, died in a cabin fire near Route 16 in Manchester while staying at a Christmas campsite. Fire crews found his charred body amid the ruins after the blaze.
President Eisenhower drove to Gettysburg for a brief Christmas visit with his grandchildren. He left the White House at 8 15 am and planned to return for lunch. The grandchildren are ages 10, 9, 8, and 4, staying with their parents at the Gettysburg home near the President’s farm.
A profile of Clarence Hathaway a deaf blind child in March 1955 recounts his mixed life between a bright nursery school world and his parents constrained by loss. Clarence attends five days weekly from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with about 300 peers learns to express beyond yes or no using signs and gestures. He communicates through tactile signs with his parents writes in palms and uses Braille and a typewriter. His parents Mrs and Mr Hathaway face permanent blindness and deafness but find joy in Clarence who colors, sings, plays, and learns to tell time with signals from touch.
Rutland Vermont an elderly woman died of burns suffered yesterday when she attempted to light an oil space heater Mrs Ida Worton in her late 70s suffered burns over 59 per cent of her body
Saco firefighters used booster lines to extinguish two chimney fires over the holiday. The first occurred at Harley A. Scammon Jr.s home on Simpson Road and the second at Philip Lariviere’s home on Shadagee Road. No damage was reported from either blaze.
New York smokers bought a record 456 billion cigarettes in 1959 according to Printer's Ink. Harry M. Wootten, tobacco industry consultant, estimates U S consumption rose 4.5 percent from 436 billion last year. Per capita use for ages 15+ climbed to 188 packs, up over 2 percent from 1958 and 15 percent since ten years earlier.
Robert Forrest a Middlebury Union High School senior played Simon Stimson in Our Town as the school show opened brief tragedy struck when his mother died at Porter Hospital hours before curtain. He performed despite the loss, keeping the Broadway like stride.
Seven people avoided serious injury in a two car crash at the Buxton and Jenkins roads intersection in Saco yesterday afternoon. Catherine A. Wade 56 of Portland failed to yield on entering from Jenkins road causing a rear end collision with Donald E. Feeney 17 of Saco. Wade and her passengers Lance Wade 21 and Lance Wade Jr 9 months sustained minor injuries treated at Saco hospital. Evangeline Wade 21 Robert Wade 30 and David Wade 6 escaped harm. Catherine Wade 90 day learner permit holder faced potential charges in municipal court. Feeney car total loss Wade car about 450 damage.
New patients at Mount Carmel Hospital for Alcoholics are taken directly to a lounge called Duffy's Tavern. The space features blinking neon signs and serves drinks described as straight medicine, reflecting the satirical portrayal of treatment practices.
A Christmas day in Biddeford saw three injuries from separate mishaps. A five year old boy Albert Allie fell from a car driven by Rene A. Allie. two more crashes on Bacon and Hill streets injured James Gerard and Joseph Lavigne’s passengers, with Lambert and Camire vehicles sustaining minor damage. A hit and run left Conrad Brunet's car damaged and the offender unidentified. Four additional minor accidents were later investigated.
Nina Zazulin a 35 year old Ukrainian born Russian refugee runs a Brooklyn grocery luncheonette. On Christmas Eve she refuses to take payments from police officers and other customers insisting there is no charge. She says this is her way of thanking the United States for asylum and friendship since arriving seven years ago.
Mrs. Charles R. Clark testified that Floyd E. Hargrove, a truck driver and family friend, was her eight month lover and not involved in the Christmas Eve shooting that killed her husband Charles R. Clark. Hargrove, 34, was held without bond. Clark, 35, died in their Mentor home.
Area soldiers in September 1959 began or will begin specialized courses in radio and carrier repair at Fort Gordon Georgia Fort Monmouth New Jersey and Fort Hood Texas after basic training or holiday leave. trainees include Pvt Raoul C Perrin Pvt Claude P Nadeau Pvt Thomas J Murphy Pvt Leo Paul Pinard Pvt James A Hayes Pvt Roger R Boissonnette Pfe Jeannette Pelletier and Pfe Gloria Gobeil with assignments to signals centers Air Defense Command and Fort Devens among others.
Soldiers from Fort Benning Georgia and Fort Williams participate in a local recruiting office event. M/Set. Bisaillon assists by serving cookies and punch while U S Army personnel greet visitors and coordinate operations.
Pope John XXIII opened yearend audiences to receive greetings from diplomats to the Vatican. About 50 ambassadors and ministers were expected, including envoys from Austria Lebanon Panama Dominican Republic and Paraguay. He observed a brief Christmas service, listened to records, and decorations were arranged in his apartment for the season.
West German officials pledge swift action against anti Semitism after two men were seized for painting swastikas and the words Germans we demand Jews get out on a Cologne synagogue wall. Authorities say the suspects are neo Nazi Reich party members Arnold Strunk and Paul Josef Schoenen both 25. A separate vandalism targeted a Nazi victims memorial with black paint. Rewards are offered for clues as Colonge and state officials promise a rigid public investigation to uncover political links.
Army tanks patrolled Kandahar streets after rioting. Demonstrators burned a theater and three shops while plans to free 400 prison inmates were reported. Kandahar, Afghanistan's second city, lies 285 miles southwest of Kabul.
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