Local residents share holiday travels and visits
Recap of Biddeford and area residents traveling for holidays. Clergy families, businessmen and students visit relatives in Boston Washington Montreal and New York. Several learn of illnesses recoveries while others return home after festive trips or upcoming nuptials at Old Orchard Beach.
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Henri Bechard
Canada
Florence Hamel
Orchard Street
Biddeford
Boris Gottlieb
New York
Annie D. Lublinsky
Atntic Avenue
Old Orchard Act
Orange
Springfield
Mass
Gaston FE. Auger
St. Peter
Bingham
Pool Street
Madeline Guerin
Washington, D. C
Simon Guerin
Clarence Basford Benton
Sam Deschesne
Clark Street
Atlantic Avenue
Orchard Beach
Notre Dame Hospital
Iddeford
Funeral services for Theophile Danis in Biddeford
Theophile Danis 65 of 10 Maple Street Biddeford died suddenly while shoveling snow. Funeral services set for Thursday at 9 30 a.m. from St Joseph Church. He was a retired railroad worker WWI veteran and member of Council Chagnon Union St Jean Baptiste. Survivors include his brother John B Danis two sisters Mrs Frank Morin and Mrs Joseph Bergeron all of Biddeford and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call Sansoucy Funeral Home tonight from 1 to 10 p m. Wednesday.
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Theophile Danis
Maple Street
Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Danis
John
Henrietta (Letendre) Danis
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
John B. Danis
Frank Morin
Joseph Bergeron
Sansoucy
Stone Street
Wednesay
Card of Thanks from Henrietta M Harris
Henrietta M Harris thanks friends and neighbors for cards gifts and flowers received during a three week stay at Maine Medical Center and shares she is now convalescing at home in Kennebunk wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
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Maine Medical Center
Henrietta M. Harris
Kennebunk
Emile Gendron 89 Biddeford native dies at convalescent home
Emile J. Gendron of Elm Street Biddeford aged 89 died yesterday at a Old Orchard Beach convalescent home. A Canada native he worked for York County Gas and Light until 1935 retirement. Survived by two daughters Mrs Dennis Fontaine Biddeford and Mrs Joseph Dubois Fort Kent and a son Charles Gendron Biddeford. Funeral from St Joseph church Thursday at 8:15 am with calling hours tonight and Wednesday 1 to 10 pm Sansoucy Funeral Home Stone Street Biddeford.
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Emile J. Gendron
Elm Street
Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Sansoucy
Stone Street
Biddeord
Obituary of Bertha Littlefield of Kennebunk
Bertha Blanche Littlefield 80 died last evening at her home 27 Fletcher street Kennebunk. She was born in Wells the daughter of Augustus T and Olive M Young Littlefield. She is survived by two sisters Miss Cora B Littlefield Kennebunk and Mrs Alfred Wells Kennebunkport and Hampton New Hampshire one niece Mrs William McInnes Hampton New Hampshire and several cousins. Thursday at 2 pm from Angell funeral home 9 Dane street Kennebunk. Rev Fred B Holmberg will officiate and burial will be in the family lot Ocean View cemetery Wells.
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Bertha Blanche Littlefield
Fletcher Street
Kennebunk
Wells
Augustus T
Olive M. (Young) Littlefield
Cora B. Littlefield
Alfred Wells
Kennebunkport
Hampton
N. H
William McInnes
Angell Funeral Home
Dane Street
Fred B. Holmberg
Christchurch
Ocean View Cemetery
Widow of William Warner Dies at 89 in Saco Home
William F. Warner 89 died Monday at his daughter's home in Saco. He previously lived in Newtonville Massachusetts and was born in Brooklyn Connecticut. Survived by daughter Mrs. Gilbert B. Harrison, a sister Mrs. Minnie W. Little and three grandchildren. Funeral by Dennett and Craig of Saco forthcoming. donations to private charities suggested.
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William F. Warner
Gilbert B. Harrison
Ferry Road
Saco
Newtonville
Mass
Brooklyn
Conn
Earl and
Mary (Fitch) Warner
Central Congregational Church
Dehousie Lodge of Masons
Newton
Harrison
Minnie W. Little
Fast
Fast Hampton, Conn
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Special Biddeford council meeting and New Year party plan
A special Biddeford council Knights of Columbus New Year eve party committee meeting is set for tonight at 7 30 at the Washington street K of C hall. The Christmas party for Ste Therese council and Union St Jean Baptiste is postponed due to the storm and moved to January 4 at the Wonder Bar Steakhouse with a social hour at 7 p m, banquet at 8 p m, and a gift exchange.
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Biddeford
Ste. Therese
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Wonderbar
Community group meetings in Saco churches schedule Wednesday
The Junior Legion of the Saco Salvation Army meets at 3 30 p m Wednesday. Brownie Troop 14 and Girl Scouts meet at 3 30 p m at the Saco Unified Baptist church. The Christian Science society Hamilton Memorial hosts service at 7 45 p m. Second Congregational Church choirs rehearse at 6 and 7 p m Wednesday.
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Legion of the Saco Salvation Army
Saco United Baptist Church
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco
Second Congregational Church
The Twisted Way on M Squad A Murders Apprehension
Detective Lt Frank Ballinger Lee Marvin searches for a murderer in The Twisted Way on M Squad Friday Jan 1 over Channel 6 at 9 30 p m A witness accuses Jake Busard of killing Sandy Malone is the suspect The girlfriend Tammy Worth denies the charge and later admits lying leading Ballinger and Ray Gargan on a fruitless chase with tragic outcomes.
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Frank Ballinger
Lee Marvin
Ballinger
Jake Busard
Fd Parker
Sandy Malone
Charles Cooper
Malone
Tammy Worth
Joanna Barnes
Ray Gargan
Walter McCoy
Weather notes for Portland snow and wind
Light snow and cold wind forecast this afternoon with cloudy skies and little temperature change tonight and Wednesday. Accumulation 2 to 4 inches is expected with northerly winds 15 to 25 mph and gusts to 35 mph. Gale warnings on the coast with zone 1 temperatures in the 20s and 7 to 36 degree readings at nearby cities.
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Portland
Tide table data shows December high and low readings
December tide records list high and low water times and heights with morning and afternoon values. The figures include 2910.12 and 10.41 to 4.36 in a sequence of A M and P M readings.
Saco Youth Held for January Superior Court
Albert Richard Spaulding, 17, of 113 Temple Street Saco, arraigned in Saco municipal court on breaking and entering charges at Moreau's service station and Jim's Market. Judge Hilary Mahaney found probable cause and set $500 bail per count for the January term of York County Superior Court.
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Albert Richard Spaulding
Temple Street
Saco
Moreau's
Jim's Market
Hilary Mahaney
Spaulding
York County Superior Court
Avalanche Kills 49 in Lowari Pass Caravan
Reports from Karachi say 49 caravan members died in an avalanche at the 10,000 foot Lowari Pass while traveling from Chitral to Peshawar. The procession is described as a large group with casualties confirmed by local authorities.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Lowari
Chitral
Peshawar
Typhoon Harriet Aims at Luzon With 120 MPH Winds
Typhoon Harriet moves toward Luzon with 120 mile per hour winds. The Manila Weather Bureau notes the system is 380 miles east of Luzon and traveling west northwest at 17 miles per hour. Fringe winds expected to hit eastern Luzon by Wednesday morning.
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Manila
Philippines
Harriet
Luzon
Manila Weather Bureau
U S Army Cancels 1960 Post Exchange Ration Books
In Seoul, the U S Army canceled its original 1960 post exchange ration books for military personnel and dependents in Korea after thieves stole 2 050 of them.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S. Army
Korea
Arundel School Opening Delayed to January 11
Superintendent Paul Larrabee announced the Arundel school will open a week later than planned. The start was moved from January 4 to January 11 due to holidays delaying finishing work, with the lost week to be made up in February.
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Arundel
Paul Larrabee
Supt
Larrabee
Jobless Pay Checks Rise in Biddeford Maine
An increase of 27 area people received unemployment compensation this week at the Biddeford office of the Maine Employment Security commission. The total claim load rose to 1,089 from 1,818 a year ago. Ten more claims were exhausted this week, bringing total exhausted since October 1 to 645.
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Biddeford
Maine Employment Security Commission
State Board Seeks Full Education Subsidy for Special Programs
The Maine State Board of Education urges Gov Clauson and lawmakers to request 265000 for full subsidies to special education programs in a special session starting Jan 18. Dr Waren G Hill notes 193 towns are affected and explains current funding covers about 278000 of 363000 needed this year with future gaps of 85000 this year and 178000 next.
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Augusta
State Board of Education
Clauson
Waren G. Hill
Maine
Hill
Eisenhower Named Time Man of the Year for 1959
Time magazine named President Dwight D. Eisenhower Man of the Year for 1959. The editors credited him with dominating the year after his global trips to Europe Asia and Africa and noted he had previously been honored in 1944.
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New York
Time Magazine Today
Eisenhower
Europe
Asia
Africa
Time
Actor Richard Egan's wife gives birth to daughter
Actor Richard Egan and Patricia Hardy welcomed a baby girl weighing 5 pounds 4 ounces. The birth occurred Monday night six weeks early. The couple wed in June 1958.
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Father Hollywood
Richard Egan
Patricia Hardy
American Firms win 30 Million Plant Contract with Soviet Union
A 30 million dollar contract to build a textile plant near Kalinin outside Moscow is awarded to an American combine led by Intertex International. The deal, the largest private US venture with the USSR since World War II, beat a cheaper British bid on credit terms. The plant will house 50 000 spindles and shipments from the United States begin by early 1961.
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Moscow
America
Kalinin
Intertex International Inc
New York City
James Hunter Machine Co
North Adams
Mass
Whitin Machine Works
Whitinsville
the National Drying Machinery Co
Philadelphia
Rodney Hunt Machine Co
Orange
Saul Rosenbaum
Norman Garlington
M. Scheknarev
A Koblov
Lost dog chase ends as girl returns home alone
A 17 year old girl from Southampton England sled town Detroit search for her German Shepherd Jinty ends with her returning to St Thomas with only a leash. Judy Jerren hitchhiked 114 miles to Detroit after the dog bolted from a baggage car and failed to respond to her calls.
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St, Thomas
Ont
Detroit
Judy Jerren
Jinty
Judy
New York
Southhampton
England
Gladys Ferren
New York Central
NYC
Biddeford Couple Marks Silver Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Honorius Gagne of Biddeford observe their silver wedding anniversary today though celebrations are canceled due to Mrs Gagnes illness. They wed January 29 1934 in Sanford and reside in Biddeford with four children Raymond Simonne Paulette Maurice. The family attends St Joseph church and serves in civic and parish activities.
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Honorius Gagne
Biddeford
Frozen body found on ice jam island near Old Town
A 58 year old man, Stephen Bednarcyk of Old Town, was found frozen on a small ice jam island in the Penobscot River near the Penobscot Chemical Fibre Co power station. He had been missing since October 25 when his canoe capsized. Identification awaits autopsy.
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Old Town
Penobscot River
Penobscot
Earthquake Shakes Hollister Causing Light Damage Panic
A rolling earthquake struck Hollister California Monday evening jolting shelves and ornaments and alarming about 6000 residents. No noticeable damage was reported.
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Hollister
Calif
California
Ed Montgomery files $200,000 libel suit in court
AP reports veteran journalist Ed Montgomery filed a libel suit in Superior Court against Fawcett Publications Inc of Greenwich Connecticut seeking 200000 dollars. He alleges Cavalier magazine printed false statements in its April 1959 issue.
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SAN Francisco
Ed Montgomery
Superior Court
Fawcett Publications Inc
Greenwich, Conn
Fawcett
Cavalier
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