Local Personal News From Biddeford and Saco Area
Surgical patient John L Houle at Webber hospital and patient Emily Tomlinson at Webber hospital are listed. Dale E Stone has completed recruit training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. William Lane family returns to Bay Shore after holidays with Lane and Hill families. Leighton Cheney heads to Baldwinville Mass for new child treatment center role. Irene Throumoulos visits family for Christmas then teaches in Winchester and will travel to Huntington New York for New Year with Papoulis relatives.
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John L. Houle
Memorial Drive
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Emily Tomlinson
Thornton Avenue
Saco
Webber
Dale E. Stone
Charles L. Stone
Elmwood Drive
Great Lakes
Ill
William Lane
Joseph
Jeffrey
Bay Shore
Long Island
N. Y
Ethelyne Lane
Harold Hill
Main Street
Leighton Cheney
Sepstier Chiren
Moody Street
Baldwinville
Mass
Cheney
Irene Throumoulos
Chris Throumoulos
Graham Street
A. L. Papoulis
Huntington
Throumoulos
Winchester
Youth Fellowships Meet This Sunday at Local Churches
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of West Kennebunk Methodist Church will meet Sunday at 3 p.m. The Baptist Youth Fellowship of Ogunquit Baptist Church will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. at the church.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Junior Beacons Meet at Lyman First Baptist Church
Junior Beacons for Christ in grades one through five will meet Sunday at six p m at the Lyman First Baptist church in Goodwins Mills The church youth fellowship for Junior and Senior Baptists will gather at six fifteen p m on Sunday in the same venue
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Junior Beacons For Christ
Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Baptist
Evening worship service at Ly man First Baptist
An evening worship service will be held Sunday at 7 30 in the Ly man First Baptist Church Goodwins Mills local faith gathering with a planned communal observance.
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Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Training union and worship at Bible Baptist Church
A training union will be held Sunday at 6 p m followed by evening worship at 7 p m at Bible Baptist Church of Saco located in Saco City hall. The schedule outlines a two part service with evening worship to follow the training session.
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Bible Baptist Church of
Saco
Saco City Hall
Sunday Salvation Army services at Old Orchard Beach
Sunday evening services at the Salvation Army headquarters 91 Union avenue Old Orchard Beach include an open air meeting at 7 p m and a Salvation meeting at 7 30 p m each week.
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Salvation Army
Union Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation
Young People's Service at Fail Gospel Church
At Fail Gospel church on Route 9A near Route 109 Wells a Young People's service is planned for Sunday at 6 30 p m followed by an evening worship service at 7 50 p m Local notices describe two services in one evening at the same church with start times and location.
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Fail Gospel
Rute 9A
Wells
Evening Worship Service at First Baptist Church
There will be an evening worship service Sunday at 7 30 p m at the First Baptist church Ocean avenue Old Orchard Beach.
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First Baptist Church
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Methodist church groups set meeting times
The Ship of South Biddeford Methodist church will meet Sunday at 6 30 and the Ship of the Foss Street Methodist church will meet tomorrow at 6 30.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
The
Foss Street Methodist Church
Youth Fellowship Meetings at Saco United Baptist
The Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Saco United Baptist church will meet Sunday at 6pm. The Senior High Youth Fellowship of the Saco United Baptist church will meet tomorrow at 6.
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Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
The
Saco United Baptist Church
Youth Fellowship Meeting At Goodwins Mills Church
The Youth Fellowship of the Goodwins Mills Advent Christian church will meet Sunday at 7. Members are invited to attend and participate in an evening program and light refreshments.
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Youth Fellowship of
The
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Reverend Lottie Record to Speak at Advent Christian Service
Rev Lottie Record of Eliot will be guest speaker at the 10 45 morning worship Sunday at the Advent Christian church at Hill and Chapel streets Biddeford Sunday school classes meet at 10 a m
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Lottie Record
Eliot
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Biddeford
Student Recognition Day Observed at Saco Church
Student Recognition Day will be observed at the 11 a.m. worship service tomorrow at the School Street Methodist Church in Saco. The MYF and their counselors will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. at the same church.
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School Street Methodist Church
Saco
MYF
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Holy Communion Service Tuesday at Christ Church Biddeford
A Holy Communion service will be celebrated Tuesday at 6 am at Christ Episcopal Church in Biddeford. The quiet, early morning observance invites parishioners and local residents to join in spiritual reflection.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Biddeford
Daughters of Ruth Meet at Biddeford Church Parlor
The Daughters of Ruth will meet Tuesday at 2 30 p m in the Biddeford First Universalist church parlors. Mrs Albert Wentworth and Mrs John Dickerson will be hostesses.
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Daughters of
Ruth
Biddeford First Universalist Church
Albert Wentworth
John Dickerson
United States plans atmospheric nuclear tests base
US officials say a joint task force is forming to conduct atmospheric bursts pending Kennedy approval. A November 2 presidential statement urged preparation for possible above ground tests. Arrangements with Britain reportedly include Christmas Island as a testing base while Russia ends the moratorium and the US proceeds with small underground shots avoiding atmospheric debris.
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Pentagon
Kennedy
United States
Harold Macmillan
Christmas Island
Pacific
Russia
AEC
Deaths In Fire Claim Davis Couple At Augusta
An elderly man Albert H. Davis and his wife perished in a two story wooden home blaze. A nurse Mrs Frank Malone was rescued and later reported in good condition at an Augusta hospital. Firemen pulled the Davis woman from a first floor bedroom. she died minutes later. The husband was found in a first floor bedroom.
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Wayne
Albert H. Davis
Frank Malone
Augusta
Donald Chase
Davis
Riding Club to vote on new members at January meeting
The Saco Valley Riding and Driving club held a special meeting at Byron Hill's home in Saco with 18 members and 2 guests. Fourteen applications were entered for a vote at the January 19 meeting. Meetings discussed Cumberland County Riding club visit, a covered-dish fundraiser, and a January 13 party with horse movies, plus a hospital patient update and social hour.
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Saco Valley
Cumberland County Riding Club
Saco
West Yarmouth
Lucien Landry
Dayton
Earl Smith
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Lillian Hubert
Margaret Chamberlain
Evelyn Stackpole
Beau- Beau
Wesley Seaward
Avowed Foe Of Communism Takes Office
Diosdado Macapagal was sworn in as the Philippines president at Luneta Manila pledging to fight corruption and communism. He said the nation faces moral degeneration and promised to curb graft while to the world he would help in the struggle against communism and raise the republic’s prestige.
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Manila
Diosdado Macapagal
Philippines
Macapagal
Carlos P. Garcia
Luneta
Manila Bay
Saco Case Is Uncontested
The York county Superior court issued a consent decree against A and R Trucking of Middlebury Vermont in the case brought after Saco officials upheld a building inspector’s decision to stop the company from operating at Martha Cloutier’s service station. The case did not go before the Saco Zoning Appeals board.
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A & R Trucking Company
Middlebury
York County
Philip E. Graves
Saco
Martha Cloutier
Saco Zoning Appeals Board
Ulbricht Claims West German Firms Targeted East Germany
Ulbricht charged West German concerns deliberately recruited his specialists to hinder East German economic construction. He argued German fascism and monopoly capital aligned with Soviet interests in securing itself from German militarist attack, and that the Soviet army presence prevented actions by class enemies.
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Soviet Union
Ulbricht
Germany
Flooded oil burner prompts Saco fire call
Saco firefighters responded yesterday afternoon to a flooded oil burner at the home of Robert Brownlee 41 Dyer Street. No damage was reported.
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Saco
Robert Brownlee
Dyer Street
iSaco
Weather Ahead for Portland Snow Flurries Likely
The forecast calls for generally fair weather in Portland with a south part partly cloudy and scattered snow flurries in the north, continuing cold tonight and Sunday. A local ad notes Snow tire weather at Western Auto in Saco, offering snow tires, chains, and batteries in popular sizes.
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Portland
Western Auto
Saco
Ady
Tides data for December and January readings
December tides show high and low values across four daily readings with times in AM and PM. January tides list two days with a morning and evening high and low, including corresponding times.
Estate Bequest Leaves All To United States
OGALLA NebAP A lonely bachelor farmer bequeathed an estate worth 250000 to 300000 to the federal government. Esley H Sproat 64 died alone in an unheated farmhouse and was found under 13 blankets. Executor George Mastings said Sproat rejected gifts to relatives churches and colleges saying I am grateful to my country. The will left everything to the United States. Sproat held 136000 in government bonds and six quarter sections of wheat land amid a dispute with relatives after his parents death.
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Ogalla
Neb
Esley H. Sproat
George Mastings
Grant
Sproat
United States of America
Hastings
Sportsmen Warned To Renew Licenses
AUGUSTA Maine sports men were reminded by the Fish and Game Department Friday that their 1961 licenses run out with the old year. The department said it issued 185000 hunting licenses and 221000 fishing licenses during the year and that some may want to be rabbit hunting or ice fishing next week. A 1962 license is required for duck shooting beyond the outer harbor limits, which remains legal until Jan 4 though the federal duck stamp is valid through June 30.
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Augusta
Maine
Fish and Game Department
Tipplers may be sold after midnight on a Monday
Tipplers may be sold at any time but on a Monday release, with 1962 licensees allowed to sell legally between midnight and 2 a.m. and again during regular hours the following day. State offices will observe Monday as a holiday, closing Friday night through Tuesday morning except for essential services such as law enforcement and patient or inmate care.
Medical students rely on working wives for support
More than half of the senior medical students at the State University of Iowa depend on the major portion of their financial backing from their wives who work.
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Iowa City
Iowa
The
State University of Iowa
Hospital Christmas Ball a Swell Well Attended Event
About 600 danced at the 27th annual Webber Hospital auxiliary Christmas ball in the Saco Armory. Syd Lerman orchestra played Yuletide music in a red and white cabaret setting with evergreen decor and two life size snowmen greeting guests. Grand March led by Dr. Roger J. P. Robert and Mrs. Robert, with committee members handling invitations, tickets, advertising, and refreshments.
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Syd Lerman
Webber Hospital -Auxiliary
Saco Armory
Twin
Carleton Robbins
Roger J. P. Robert
Robert
Howard Shaffer
Robert Hunt
Thornton Academy
Rockette Club
Saco
Wade Burnham
Robert Spears
Gene Palmer
Paul Chadbourne
Carleton Davis
Clarence Tarr
Stephen Polackwich
Joseph Haley
Horace Nichols
Carl Haas
Hall
Russell Maise
Charles Gregory
Old Orchard Beach
E. E. McPherres
Kennebunk
Joseph Truman
Leo Shevenell
Biddeford
Nicholas Scont
Rochester And Columbia Vie In Title Final
Rochester and Columbia clash for the Down East basketball classic title after Rochester beat Colby 88 86 and New Hampshire 96 75 to reach the final. Columbia defeated Bowdoin 57 53 and Maine 73 57 to reach the final, with Colby Coast Guard in the consolation.
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Bangor
Rochester
Columbia
Lions
Yellowjackets
Colby
New Hampshire
Bowdoin
Maine
Coast Guard Academy
Bates
Ioni Hampshire
Gas Price Increase Provokes State and Federal Action
U S Sens Pastore and Pell urged a Justice Department probe into a drastic price rise. Rhode Island AFL-CIO pressed Gov Notte to use executive power to halt the increase and called for a congressional investigation.
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Pace
U. S
John O. Pastore
D-R. I
Claiborne Pell
Justice Department
Rhode Island
Afl-Cio
John A. Notte, Jr
De Gaulle Eyes North Africa Peace After War
De Gaulle says France will cooperate with an independent Algerian state once fighting ends, provided France’s essential interests are protected. He envisions fertile relations with North Africa and notes secret talks with rebel representatives to prepare a settlement.
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Tunis
de Gaulle
France
North Africa
Civil service mindset warned by scholar in Galesburg
Prof. Eugene E. Jennings of Michigan State University warned a Galesburg audience that American institutions including business unions churches schools and government are cultivating a civil service mentality. He said society is becoming bureaucratic with great men subordinated to efficient men and the executive type dethroning the leader.
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Galesburg
Ill
Eugene E. Jennings
Michigan State University
Anger rises in Portugal over US and Britain ties
In Lisbon anger grows at Portugal's alliance with Britain and uneasy ties with the United States. Voters may expect Salazar to sever links with London when addressing the National Assembly. anti-British demonstrations and posters mark the week as government media criticizes US and UK in Goa and Angola debates.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Portual
United States
Antonio Salazar
Britain
National Assembly
London
United Nations
U.N
Angola
U.S
Azores
Windsor
Diario Popular
Brazil
Spain
Goa
Scientist Warns Against Early Genetic Control
In an interview at the 128th AAAS meeting a scientist warned that advancing genetic editing could threaten human freedom. He cited Nazi sterilization experiments and cited NIH work on decoding cellular genetic code as part of the context.
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Hitler
American Association For the Advancement of Science
National Institutes of Health
Tshombe Calls For Meeting Of Assembly
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe orders the National Assembly to convene January 3 in Elisabethville to consider the Kitona pact with Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula. The assembly, seen as Tshombe’s rubber stamp, may ratify, reject, or stall the agreement as opposition deputies remain distant.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
Tshombe
Kitona
Negro Campaigns For Congress Seat
Robert L. T. Smith, 59, the first Black congressional candidate in Mississippi since Reconstruction, urged registration and voting in a campaign alongside opposition to Rep. John Bell Williams in the June primaries. A retired postal worker and father of 11, Smith called for education and per capita income improvements. The Mississippi boycott and campaign efforts were highlighted on local television.
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Jackson
Miss
Congress
Robert L. T. Smith
Smith
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Citizens View Husson Bangor Campus Move Feasibility
A Camden citizens group visited Husson College in Bangor to discuss relocating the college to Camden. No commitments were made by either side.
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Citizens View
Husson Bangor
Camden
Husson College
West Berlin stand cements U S resolve in Berlin crisis
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the American Historical Association that the West is determined to defend its vital interests in West Berlin at whatever cost. He warned the Soviets must not harbor dangerous illusions and urged unity in Western Europe while noting gaps in solving colonial issues. Rusk cited Communist gains in Laos Viet Nam the Congo and Cuba and said the U S is heightening focus on this new political military aggression though many issues remain unfinished.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
Rusk
Berlin
American Historical Association
Kennedy
Western
Europe
United States
East
Laos
Comunist Pathet Lao
Viet Nam
Congo
Cuba
Knicks Upset Celtics In Madison Square Garden
The Knickerbockers defeated the Celtics 110 to 100 at Madison Square Garden, handing Boston only its fifth loss in 33 games and their first defeat to an Eastern Division opponent. Other NBA results included Warriors over Lakers 123-118, Pistons over Royals 131-116, and Hawks over Packers 120-105.
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Associated Press
Boston Celtics
Knickerbockers
Celtics
Madison Square Garden
Knicks
Philadelphia Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers
Hershey
Detroit Pistons
Cincinnati Royals
St. Louis Hawks
Chicago Packers
East German border guard seeks asylum in West Berlin
Police report a fully armed East German border guard fled to West Berlin at the Heinrich Heine Strasse checkpoint seeking asylum. The incident comes as about 300 Vopos from East Germany have fled west since August 13 when the Berlin border was sealed, intensifying tensions at the crossing points.
Russian tourists choose to stay in USSR per Tass report
Tass identified the couple as Galina Vasko and Danilo Dan ke. The Soviet news agency did not disclose their U S residence details but noted the woman had lived in America for 22 years and said they would remain in the Soviet Union rather than return.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Tass
Galina Vasko
Fervale
Danilo Danke
America
Bishops Call for Action on Encyclical Principles
In Arequipa Peru Archbishop Leonar do Rodriguez Ballon urges Catholics to enact the liberal principles from Pope John XXXIII's social encyclical. Costa Rican Bishop Juan Solis Fernandez advocates similar action in Costa Rica.
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Arequipa
Peru
Leonardo Rodriguez Ballon
John XXXIII
Juan Solis Fernandez
Senior Life Saving Classes Scheduled
A senior life saving class begins at the Portland Boys club in Portland on Wednesday January 10 from 7 30 to 10 30 p m. The class is free to local residents meeting minimum requirements of age 16 and above 11th grade. Preliminary course requirements include a standing front dive swim 440 yards dive to six feet tread water float for one minute and swim underwater for 10 feet. A water safety instructors course will follow this course on February.
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Portland Boys Club
Portland
Property sales in Saco involve two transfers
The St. Amands sold 5 Willow Ave to Darrell and Darrell Peters of Pine Point for residence, brokered by Nicholas P. Scontras of Saco. Separately, 85 High Street in Saco sold by Leonora L. Brown of Belmont Mass to Ovide F. Poisson and spouse for occupancy, via Alice J. Davidson agency.
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Willow Avenue
Saco
Gilbert St. Amand
Darrell J. Peters
Pine Point
Peters
Nicholas P. Scontras
Main Street
High Street
Leonora L. Brown
Belmont
Mass
Ovide F. Poisson
Alice J. Davidson
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