Local residents listed as hospital patients and travelers
Mrs. Bernice Wiggin of 21 Leon Street Biddeford is a patient at Webber Hospital. Water Harmon of 260 Temple Avenue Old Orchard Beach is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Mr and Mrs Ervin Jalbert of Cascade Road Old Orchard Beach will attend the Quebec Winter Carnival at Quebec City this weekend with the Chamber of Commerce group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Wiggin
Leon St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Water Harmon
Temple Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Ervin Jalbert
Cascade Road
Quebec City
Chamber of Commerce
Deaths Charles V. Lahey 69 Biddeford native
Charles V. Lahey 69 of 14 Cottage St Biddeford died in a local hospital yesterday. Born in New Brunswick Canada on July 20 1894 he was a general foundry foreman at the Saco Lowell Shops Biddeford for over 35 years retiring recently. Survived by widow Hazel and five daughters and several grandchildren. Private funeral at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home with Greenwood Cemetery interment in spring. Friends may call today. Portland weather note follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. Lahey
Cottage St
Biddeford
New Brunswick
Canada
George and
Rose
Scott) Lahey
Saco
York County Fish and Game Auxiliary Meeting Notice
The York County Fish and Game Auxiliary will meet Monday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Eleanor Kennedy Old Orchard Road Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Fish and Game Auxiliary
Eleanor Kennedy
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Adah Chapter OES to Meet in Biddeford Hall
Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Biddeford will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow in Biddeford Masonic Hall where officers of Annette Chapter OBS Saco will exemplify the degrees of the order
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Biddeford
Biddeford Masonic Hall
Annette Chapter
OBS
Saco
Eastern Star Meet Tonight at Masonic Hall Saco
Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star holds a 7:30 pm meeting at Masonic Hall in Saco. Mrs Lawrence Bowie chairs refreshments and Mrs Theodore Potter chairs entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Saco
Lawrence Bowie
Theodore Potter
Church Notes Higher Grade Cadets Meet Friday Evening
Higher Grade Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 pm. Fireside Club of the Saco School Street Methodist Church serves a fried clam supper Friday from 5 to 7 pm at the church vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Saco Zoning Case Hearing Is Postponed
A Superior Court hearing on the Trudeau vs Saco Zoning Board appeal was continued to the May term by Justice Abraham M. Rudman after a morning session. The case involves an occupancy permit for a private club at 561 Main St and a barn remodel in a limited business zone. Witnesses for the city appeared, including Mayor J Edward Whelan and Alderman Harold P Waight, with former building inspector Rene Allie also testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Paul A. Trudeau
Saco
Rudman
Trudeau
Main St
Rene Allie
Clarence F. Holt
Ancil B. Clay
Leon R. Knight
Simmons
Byron Dolby
Superior Court
J. Edward Whelan
Harold P. Waight
Court House
Allie
Claim figures rise from last year in Maine data
The Biddeford Maine Employment Security Commission reports last week claims at 798 up from 760 a year ago. The preceding week shows 785 claims versus 751 the prior year same week. Currently 154 individuals have exhausted their benefit payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine Employment Security Commission
Card of Thanks for prayers and kindness at hospital
Mrs. Auguste Bernier expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for prayers gifts cards and flowers during hospital stay and to doctors nuns and nurses for care We also thank friends neighbors and relatives for kindness tributes and sympathy after bereavement from Mrs Donat Collette and family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital
Auguste Bernier
Donat Collette
St Joseph’s Biddeford Sodality to Pray for Mrs Lamothe
The St Anne Sodality of St Joseph’s Church Biddeford will meet tonight at Sansoucy Funeral Home 1 Stone St Biddeford at 7 30 to say prayers for Mrs Rose Lamothe a member of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anne Sodality of
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone St
Rose Lamothe
Funeral for Mrs Phoebe Martin in Biddeford
Funeral services for Mrs Phoebe Martin of 9 Pine St Biddeford were held at St Josephs Church with a solemn Requiem High Mass. Rev Marc Franck officiated assisted by Deacon Rev Normand Carrier and Subdeacon Rev Sylvie Levesque. Organist Mrs Diana Rouselle directed singing. Burial followed at St Josephs Cemetery with graveside prayers by Father Carrier. Members of the Owen-Davis Post American Legion Saco attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Martin
Pine St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Marc Franck
Normand Carrier
Sylvie Levesque
Diana Rouselle
Beavers
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Saco
Joseph Stirling
Hartley Bridges
Henry Blanhette
Ernest Gould
Rodney Hooper
Samuel Rankin
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Carrier
Funeral services for Mrs Fannie E Bedard
Funeral services for Mrs Fannie E Bedard of 252 Kennebunk Road Arundel were held at St Josephs Church Biddeford with Rev Marc Franck officiating the requiem high mass. Organ music by Mrs Diana Rousselle and singing directed by her. Bearers were Roland Bolduc Philip Bedard Donald Dupuis Richard Flemmand Robert Bedard and Rene Bedard. Graveside prayers by Rev Normand Carrier and burial at St Josephs Cemetery Biddeford. Out of town attendees included Mrs Dorothy Bedard Auburn Mr and Mrs Marius Giroux Mrs Alma Bourassa Providence R I Ovide Island and Richard Flemmand Attleboro Mass and Mr and Mrs Wilde Gagne Providence R I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie E. Bedard
Kennebunk Road
Arundel
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
Marc Franck
Diana Rousselle
Roland Bolduc
Philip Bedard
Donald Dupuis
Richard Flemmand
Robert Bedard
Rene Bedard
Normand Carrier
Beach Budget Board Furthers Warrant Study
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The seventh meeting of the budget committee was held last night at Old Orchard Beach High School. Henry John presided with 38 members present as they reviewed article 160 seeking 350 750.91 for schools. No final decision, and the council, school committee, and budget members moved to another room to continue. Articles approved included selling town property acquired by tax process and issuing quitclaims. Indefinite postponements included Wolfe tax rebate, band uniforms balance, and $1,000 for the music department. Trull urged reconsideration of postponements on police funding and hiring an additional patrolman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach High School
Henry John
Samuel Wolfe
John E. Trull
District 4
Two Biddeford Students Earn National Merit Certificates
Two Biddeford students Maurice H. Dumas of St. Louis High School and Melvyn Simensky of Biddeford High School won National Merit Certificates. About 13,000 seniors nationwide reach this stage, with finalists to be named later and 1,600 expected to receive scholarships. Winners will be notified around March 20 and announced April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maurice H. Dumas
St. Louis High School
Melvin Simensky
Biddeford High School
Brother Albert
Paul M. Stebbins
Simensky
Tea Committee For Prayer Day Listed
The tea committee for the World Day of Prayer on February 14 at School Street Methodist Church Saco includes Mrs Harold Strombom as chairman with Mrs Lawrence Jordan Jr Mrs Oliver Stevens and Mrs Donald Moore. Local churches are asked to ring bells for five minutes at noon February 14 to center prayer for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Harold Strombom
Lawrence Jordan Jr
Oliver Stevens
Donald Moore
Future Teachers Propose Food Sale at Biddeford High
Members of the Future Teachers of America at Biddeford High School discussed fundraising projects during yesterday's meeting and proposed a food sale. Frances Barrett read the minutes of the previous meeting and noted new information on club pins will be released later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Teachers of America
Biddeford High School
Frances Barrett
Firefighters Extinguish Car Blaze on Main Street
Biddeford firemen responded to an automobile fire near the McArthur Library on Main Street shortly before 10 AM. Engine 5 used a CO2 booster to extinguish a small blaze under the hood wiring. Vehicle owner William Babb of 11 Summer Street Biddeford, former Old Orchard Beach resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Main Street
McArthur Library
William Babb
Summer St
Old Orchard Beach
Hoffa trial jurors and Partin recall 1962 case
A jury in Hoffa's 1962 Nashville trial ended with a hung jury. Partin, who once served a reformatory term at age 17 that cost him citizenship, says his citizenship has since been restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Ones
Hoffa
Nashville
Partin
Tax Bill Extends 7 Percent Credit to Utilities
Senate rejects amendments limiting 7 percent investment credit for utilities. The measure allows 7 percent credit for new machinery and equipment for natural gas pipelines, railroads, trucking, shipping, and bus lines, while electric gas water telephone and telegraph firms receive 3 percent. Vote margins: 46-42 and 48-43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace One
Senate
Interim Pastor Named for Saco and Biddeford Churches
Rev. L Gordon Adamson, retired Unitarian Universalist minister living at Fortunes Rocks Biddeford, to serve as interim pastor for the Unitarian and Universalist churches of Saco and Biddeford until a permanent replacement is found. He previously led Brunswick Universalist Church and served in Kingston Massachusetts and Lebanon New Hampshire. Born in Hornsea England he served in the Canadian Army Ambulance Corps in World War II and holds an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Meadville Theological School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Gordon Adamson
Fortune’s Rocks
Biddeford
Saco
Edmund W. Beal
Adamson
Universalist Church
Brunswick
Kingston
Mass
Lebanon
N.H
Hornsea
Yorkshire
England
Canada
Canadian Army Ambulance Corps
Margaret Lukens
Meadville
Alan C. Borg
Pleasantville
N.Y
Robert E. Reidy
Middleton Springs
Edwin A. Jamback
Woodsville
University of Chicago
Meadville Theosogical School
Thacher Hotel Corp Awarded 1267 Dollars in Maine Ruling
Portland AP Mardelle Economes must pay Thacher Hotel Inc of Biddeford 1267 dollars after Maine Supreme Court upholds her contract with the hotel as legal. She claimed the contract ill suited liquor sales since the hotel lacked a public dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Mardelle
Economes
Thacher Hotel, Inc
Biddeford
Maine
Youth Fined In Biddeford Court
Arthur A. Couture Jr. age 19 of 9 Summer Street Biddeford pleaded guilty in Biddeford Municipal Court to driving with no license and was fined 10 dollars by Associate Judge Gerald Nason. The offense occurred on Main Street Biddeford. A 16 year old boy was sent to the State Training School for Boys in South Portland for an indefinite term on a larceny charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur A. Couture Jr
Summer St
Biddeford
Gerald Nason
Main Street
Nason
South Portland
Missing hikers found near Mt Jefferson hut in New Hampshire
Four student hikers were spotted near an ice covered mountain hut at Edmonds Col on Mt Jefferson. A ground party and a Dow Air Force Base helicopter were dispatched after a four day hike left them missing. The search, hampered by snow and gale winds, ended with Craig Fournier and three companions located and brought to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Fournier
Tonawanda
N.Y
U.S. Forestry Service
Edmonds Col
Mt. Jefferson
Shirley Mann
Laconia
Kenneth Sutherland
William Hastings
Eaton, N.H
State Conservation
Dow Air Force Base
Maine
Judge Rules Grondin Rights Not Abridged
PORTLAND AP Supreme Court Justice Walter M. Tapley Jr. criticized using officers as interpreters but ruled Real Grondin of Paris had not been denied rights at arraignment. Grondin, charged with statutory rape, claimed no qualified interpreter, no understanding of charges, and no legal counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Supreme Court
Walter M. Tapley Jr
Tapley
Real Grondin
Paris
Rumford
Grondin
Saco WSCS session reports detailed plans and honors
At the Saco School Street Methodist Church session of the Woman's Society of Christian Service, officers reported on activities including 50 calls by the sunshine committee, world day of prayer events, youth rally participation, and an upcoming public supper. The meeting featured plans for March 1 church conference, a Colby College mission, and an April 30 host date for the Portland WSCS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Saco School Street Methodist Church
LaDora Gannon
Ethel Ballard
Stephanie Butler
Wilma Griffith
Gannon
Ella Luman
Ethel Cobb
Mabel Fairfield
Mildred Harris
Frances Lewis
Mary Fairfield
Sunshine Committee
Kitty Morse
Margaret Moore
Biddeford
Griffith
Virginia Strombom
Napagem
Betty Stevens
United Sttes
Mexico
Lester Boobar
Parslow
Bessie Dawley
Roberta Jordan
Stevens
W.S.C.S
Maude Tuttle
Linnette Martin
Althea Carson
Mary Rollins
Days Planned By Squadron 26 Tag Days Event
Tag days set for February 20 21 and 22 to raise funds for Squadron 26 uniforms. Sons of the American Legion meeting at Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley and Elm Street Biddeford approved the drive and Memorial Day parade participation. Squadron commander Aime Angers led a group including Guy Godbout Luc Angers Marc Angers Roc Angers Steven Tillson Richard Tillson and others with advisers Aristide Angers and Robert LaBelle present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squadron 26
Sons of the American Legion
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
Aime Angers
Guy
John Godbout
Luc
Marc
Roc Angers
Steven
Richard
LaBelle
Raymond
Ronald Tillson
Eric
Marc Sheltra
Aristide Angers
Robert LaBelle
Biddeford Council To Meet Monday
The Biddeford City Council will hold a special meeting at 7 p m on Monday February 10 in the council chambers. City Clerk Paul A Deshaies said the purpose is to consider fewer project bond issue bids submitted to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Paul A. Deshaies
Tag Days To Aid Biddeford Heart Fund Drive
Tag days to support the Biddeford Heart Fund drive will run all day tomorrow and Saturday. Paul Walker, special events chairman, said the Biddeford High School Key Club will run the activities and Walker serves as Kiwanis counselor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Paul Walker
Webber Hospital Auxiliary hears chief surgeon talk
The Webber Hospital Auxiliary met at the nurses home with plans for events including a Silver Coffee Brunch Feb 15 at Mrs Barrett's home in Biddeford for St Mary's Assumption Sodality and the New England Hospital Assembly March 23 at the Statler Hilton in Boston. Dr William F Mahaney, chief of surgery, spoke on the Surgical Service's progress, nursing coverage, shorter stays, and future expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
John Barrett
Cherry ‘Lane
Biddeford
Assumption Sodality
St. Mary’s Church
New England Hospital
Statler - Hilton
Boston
Clayton E. Freeman
Prospect St
Saco
Gerald C. Leary
Robert Warner
William F. Mahaney
Webber
Webber Hospital Surgical Service
Doris Barth
Mahaney
John Hartigan
Charles Greene
William Hooper
Frederick Smail
Card Party Held By Service Club in Biddeford Saco Area
A Valentine dessert bridge hosted by the Biddeford and Saco Community Service Club drew twenty five tables at the First Universalist Church vestry. Prizes went to Mrs. Albert Wentworth Mrs. Ruth Cote and Mrs. Mary Hussey. An all day sewing session is planned March 11 at the church with many members listed as attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Saco
First Universalist Church
Albert Wentworth
Ruth Cote
Mary Hussey
Daughters of Ruth
First Universalist
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Tarbox
Main Street
John Barrett
Cherry Lane
Ted Schaffer
Universalist Church
Martha Goldthwaite
Adolphe Hurrell
Helen Daly
Ruthford Wilcox
Margaret Linscott
Walter Hutchins
John G. Dickerson
Alta Curtis
Marion Clark
Dorothy Atkinson
Helen Johnston
Katherine Deering
Ethel Ballard
Christine MclIntosh
Florence Gray
Helen Anderson
Sarah Thompson
Annie Phillips
Donald L. Fraser
Linnette Martin
Theresa D. LaFountain
Ben Wood
Charles Patrick
Thea Dennett
Ella Luman
Anne Gonneville
Juliette Poulin
Elizabeth Garland
Gertrude Pease
Alma Lacroix
Beaulah MacDonald
John Boland
William O'Sullivan
Charles Green
Maurice Ross
Patrick Murphy
Mary A. Murphy
Maude L. Brown
Frank Carew
Basil Emery
Mildred Shane
Edgar Cobb
Carl Dennett
Harry L. Smith
Edith Crowley
Ruby M. Packard
Paul McIntire
Lawrence Cranshaw
Ernest Woodworth
Wayne B. Hutchins
Agnes Gagnon
Anne Lublinsky
Helen Atkinson
Paul Chadbourne
Paul Cobb
Harry Gowen
Avis Briggs
Felix Sheltra
Margaret Fearon
Leona Thompson
Fillmore Harris
Albert Ouellette
Marshall K. Berry
Clyde Dutton
Stephen White
Edwin K. Weymouth
Helen Dean
Clinton Underwood
Lillian Sansoucy
James Wheeler
Ralph Goldthwaithe
Stephen Ryan
Wilfred E. Grenier
Charles Merrill
Walter Stebbins
Carroll Carter
Clarence FE. Holt
Edith Halasz
William Judge
Gene Palmer
Louise Gaffney
William Trott
Ludwine N. Heroux
Charlotte
Names of ladies listed in county PETitions column
A sequence of names appears in the county section including Whitehurst Antoinette Wagner Naomi Bean Jeanne Vire Helen Fitz gibbons Teresa County Emma Kearney Anna M Donahue Nellie Murphy Sharon Crowley Leon Haines Marion Lowell Arthur Plante
Biddeford Democrats Name Delegates To Convention
Biddeford Democrats held a caucus in the Municipal Court room naming 74 delegates and 74 alternates to the state convention in Bangor May 15-16. Leonard Drapeau chaired, Alcide Gagne was secretary, and a Feb. 26 meeting was set to organize transport and accommodations. Election clerks for six wards and lists of elected delegates and alternates were announced with many local names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Bangor
Leonard Drapeau
Drapeau
Alcide Gagne
Hazel Noble
Helen DeSilva
Ellen D. Lauzier
Nancy R. Mathieu
Lena Grenier
Lena B. Fecteau
Arline Fleurant
Pauline B. Chenard
Laurianne C. Grover
Florence Cote
Marguerite Cote
Leda Hajdwusz
Muriel M. Gagne
Gertrude Pontbriant
Demonstrations Presented For Sigma Deltas
Miss Iona Tate led a sketching demonstration and an exhibition of wood, clay and soap carving at a Sigma Delta Class meeting in Biddeford First Universalist Church hosted by Mrs. Arnold Tate on Cottage Avenue. Mrs. Evelyn Emerson conducted the worship service and read an article on the Chinese New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iona Tate
Sigma Delta
Biddeford
Dorothy Tarbox
Edna Woodman
Nancy Coover
Bernice Davis
Evelyn Emerson
Jeannette
Rosemary
Eleanor Davis
Biddeford High Cancels Women’s Phys Ed Class II
Paul M. Stebbins principal announces that the women’s physical education class for tonight is cancelled while all other classes remain on schedule at Biddeford High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Stebbins
Biddeford High School
Stebbins
Herrick Files Bankruptcy Petition in Portland
Donald A. Herrick a Saco laborer has filed a bankruptcy petition in U S District Court listing debts of 3780 and assets of 200 claimed exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Donald A. Herrick
Saco Laborer
U. S. District Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Fannie Bedard
Beach Budget Board
Tea Committee
Rev. Adamson
Thacher Hotel Corporation
Rick Goodrich
Gorham
WSCS
Heart Fund
Service Club
Leo Charest
Leon Grover
Richard E. Moore
Patrick Clair
Arthur Desrochers
Ophilda Chabot
Oscar Caouette
Alex Anastasoff
William Doran Sr
Atty. Robert Cyr
Norma Lavigne
Robert Lavigne
Edward F. Gaulin
Maurice Labrecque
Leo R. Lemire
J. Frederick Warner
Emile Fecteau
Roger Fecteau
Richard Mondor
Anne Marie Dutremble
Napoleon Verrier
Paul Laflamme
Lionel Neault
Theodore Caouette
M. Antoinette Deschambault
Milton Mouzas
Antonio Mariello
Atty
Marcel Viger
Cora L. Merryman
Samuel Cohen
Lucien Devon
Romeo Sevigny
Armand Duquette
Joseph Zaitlin
Theresa Connolly
Roland L. L'Heureux
Philip Beaudette
Albert Merryman
Leo P. Bedard
Thomas LeBlanc
Wilfred Cote
Aimable Hubert
Raoul Petrin
Leo Cantara
Bartholomew Murphy
Rene Roy
Archille Croteau
Joseph Plamondon
Carmen Caron
Edward Lane
Raoul Labrancade
Henry Camire
Victor Guertin
Royal Larose
Urbain Langevin
Charles M. Gallagher
Geraldine Poisson
Jean Louis Belair
Alphonse J. Remillard
Arthur Brunelle
Vito Mininni
Robert Belair
John Cleary
Arthur Pratt
Antonio Jacques
Zoel Duguay
Leo A. Marchand
Oscar Peloquin
Ernest Theroux
Omer Nadeau
Rene Cote
Bert Cantara
Margaret Cote
Emile Leblond, Jr
Victor Sfnerant, Jr
Gerard R. le Fs
Robert M. Farley
Eleanor Co Kson
Paul Deschambault
Rooal Lessard
Ernest Fontaine
Henry B. Hevey
Pauline C. Bor v
Alfred DesRoberts
Robert Jobida
Arthur J. Wesset
Albert Chretien
Esdras Gon “T
Leonard A. Drapeau
Lie On Dutremble
H. Clifford Berry
Lionel Croteau
Conrad Moisen
Lionel Fecteau
Rudolph Bergeron
Gilbert Boucher
Napoleon Nadeau
Richard Dutremble
Esdras Goulet
Roland IL Heureux
Simon Spill
Joseph A. Bouvier
William Donahue
Lloyd LaFountain Jr
Leon C. Grover
Robert Cyr
Edward F. Gosselin
Rita N. Davies
Benjamin Hall
Aine Auger
Charles Nadeau
Joseph W. Lepine
Raoul Binette
Plato Truman
Alfred Lamontagne
Alfred Letellier
Conrad T. Fortier
Sigma Deltas
Big 2
Sneider’s Discount Grocery
Smith St
Saco-Lowell
Shumway Funeral Service, Inc
Spring Street
Saco, Meine
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