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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1963
Page
2
Partly cloudy in Portland with a light freeze tonight and a chance of snow flurries in the northern area. Sunday will bring considerable cloudiness with scattered snow flurries mainly in the north, and a somewhat warmer high. Low tonight 5 to 15.
Armand Metayer of 312 Alfred Street Biddeford is admitted as a surgical patient at Webber hospital. Newman McDonald of 42 Orchard Street Biddeford is listed as a medical patient.
Justice Pomeroy in York County Superior Court sustains the will of Joseph D. Boucher Old Orchard Beach and approves the July 1 1961 instrument. Appellants listed along with executors and attorneys, will testimony from witnesses, and related probate actions are noted.
Los Angeles AP reports Superior Court ordered actress June Allyson to receive $4,000 monthly as a family allowance for six months or until final inventory of the Dick Powell estate is completed. Executor A Morgan Maree Jr. filed the request noting Allyson lacks funds to support herself and their children. The estate is valued at about $2.5 million, all bequeathed to the widow and Powell's four children.
The Saco Parent-Teacher Association observes Founders Day at a Tuesday 8 p.m. meeting in the C. K. Burns school. Guest speaker Carleton Robbins curriculum coordinator for Saco public schools will attend and refreshments are provided by Sweetser school mothers during the social hour.
The Peppere Foreman's club will meet Tuesday evening in the Foremen's club room not at Wonderbar steak house as previously reported. Dinner precedes the business meeting. State Police urge clearing snow and ice from all car windows for clear vision to see danger and avoid accidents.
Marie Ange Pinard 51 of Stockman avenue Saco died yesterday after a short illness at a local hospital. She was born in Canada daughter of Joseph and Marie Laliberte and worked for Allied Shoe Co. Surviving: widower Henry Pinard eight sons two daughters two brothers four sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday at Notre Dame de Lourdes church Saco with calling hours at Cote Funeral Home today and Sunday.
Mrs Cournoyer formerly Doris Perrin died suddenly at her Webster Massachusetts home. She had lived in Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach before moving to Webster five years ago. Survived by widower five brothers and one sister with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for Monday morning in Webster.
February tides show morning and evening highs and lows with specific times. The table lists two sessions per day, indicating morning and afternoon windows for high and low tides, including 9th and 10th day markers.
An array of Sunday evening services across First Assembly of God Saco Bible Baptist and Advent Christian churches including 7 30 p m at First Assembly of God 22 Pleasant St Saco 7 p m at Advent Christian Old Orchard Beach and 7 30 p m at Biddeford United Baptist Also Youth Fellowship meetings at multiple churches and a non sectarian Gospel service at Odd Fellows Main St Saco with public access.
Maude M Ashcroft 79 of North Weymouth Mass died last night in a Biddeford nursing home. Born in Manchester England February 28 1883 she was daughter of James and Jemima Chadwick and member of the Congr egational church Quincy Point. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Arthur Eastwood Biddeford Mrs John Lyons North Weymouth two sons Charles and Arthur Ashcroft both of Massachusetts a brother Arthur Chadwick England nine grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral conducted Monday at 2 p m from the Sweeney Funeral Home Quincy with burial at Blue Hill Cemetery Braintree Local arrangements are being handled by Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco
The Baptist Youth Fellowship of Ogunquit Baptist hosts a 6 p m gathering at the church. Junior Beacons for Christ meet at 6 p m in Lyman First Baptist Goodwins Mills. Additional youth fellowships meet at 6 15 p m and 7 30 p m at various churches including Lyman First Baptist and First Baptist Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach. Evening services and rallies occur at Salvation Army Old Orchard Bach and Saco area churches, with multiple churches listing 6 to 7 30 p m sessions and 7 30 p m worship. The calendar also notes classes and rallies at Goodwins Mills Advent Christian, Biddeford Second Congregational vestries, White church Biddeford, and Saco United Baptist. Nominating committee and official board meetings are scheduled for February and 1963 64 terms.
Members of Ste Anne of Notre Dame de Lourdes church in Saco will meet tonight at 6 at Cote Funeral Home at Beach and James streets to say prayers for Mrs Marie Ange Pinard.
In Louisville the Kentucky Unemployment Compensation Commission sifted through job applications and found one with a terse reply to why the applicant left a prior job. The note read Done all the work indicating a claim of complete effort.
The Newschart compares U S and international tax systems, noting the United States in 1960 drew about 83 percent of total revenues from income taxes, the highest share among the nations analyzed. It explains capital taxes include property, estate, inheritance and gift taxes, while consumption taxes comprise all other levies, with data from First National City Bank.
Birth announcements from Biddeford Saco Journal list new daughters and sons at several area homes. Notables include Trina Marie Kalex, Cindy Lou Bridges, Mark Anthony Boisse, Susan Valerie Cluff, Thomas John Holz em, Marie Shirley Smith, Mary Ellen Cote, Donald Roger Lauzon, Rose Mary Haskell, George William Coughlin Jr., and Sharon Dorothy McGarry born in hospitals at Webber Notre Dame and Saco. Grandparents noted from Biddeford Kennebunk South Portland Fletcher Street and Hartford Connecticut.
The article notes that dictator Trujillo was assassinated in May 1961 and that R. Paul Englander, a 76 year old New York lawyer, is named in two counts of an indictment for conspiring with Cassini to violate the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act. Each alleged violation carries up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Cassini runs Martial & Co. a Park Avenue PR firm in New York and has hired Louis Nizer as attorney. Cassini writes a breezy Jet Set column for the New York Journal American and the piece is syndicated by Hearst to over 50 newspapers.
Patricia objected to a dictionary definition of Negro stating there are no black people. In Saco street Methodist church youth rally runs 6 to 8 p m Sunday at Saco United Baptist church. KK and L club meets 7 30 p m Monday at Mary Rollins home. Explorers group cancels Sunday 4 p m session due to illness of speaker Rev John Papandrew from Portsmouth NH.
The Textile Workers Union of America mobilizes against a Maine right to work law. Michael Schoonjans mails a pamphlet from the National Council for Industrial Peace with quotes from Jewish Catholic and Protestant leaders. The letter urges members to read the pamphlet and prepare for a costly campaign to defend labor rights.
Burns School in Saco hosted a Valentine dance and talent show for eighth graders in the cafeteria. Performers included Susan Stickney, David Charles, Wendy Nadler, Peggy Dumont, Jimmy Chute, John Underwood, Diana Galipau, Beth Bonang, June Allen, and Bruce Wakefield. Chaperones were eighth grade teachers, with Mrs. Phyllis Borden as general chair.
Saco excise tax intake trails last year by 1695.64 with 16709.25 collected since January 1 versus 18404.89 in 1962. Taxpayers face March 1 deadline and car owners must present their pull tax. city hall hours are 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
The engagement of Judith Ann McNabb and Second Lt. Lawrence Scott Gardner is announced by her parents of Saco Maine. McNabb a Jackson College Tufts University alumna Travelli scholar Dean's list member of Alethea sorority Gardner a University of Maine graduate Phi Gamma Delta member attends Army Helicopter School Camp Walters Texas. A June wedding is planned.
Final arrangements for a Valentine card party to be held Sunday at 7 30 p m in St Mary hall. Sponsored by the Children of Mary Sodality, Miss Mary Brady presides. Prizes by Elaine White, decorations by Mary Lou Judge, and a list of assistants includes Doris Sevigny Katherine Donahue Marilyn Couture Peggy Couture. Servers named for the social hour follow. Charles Gallagher to serve as master of ceremonies.
In Newport Tennessee the moonshine capital of the world sees state and federal agents move into the hill country after moonshiners fire on two Revenue Department agents. Sixty agents raid 40 stills, pour out 12,500 gallons of mash, and eight bullet holes mar an ATU car, breaking the hills code of non violence between moonshiners and revenuers.
Congress President Kennedy has sent eight messages with more to come outlining the administration’s priorities. The dispatches set forth policy directions across several committees and signal ongoing Congress engagement with current events.
The President outlines a two year program for the 88th Congress. If Congress adopts only half the administration’s premises this year, it could be in session when snow falls next winter.
In Hastings Minnesota a Dakota County District Court case involving Billy a window peeping goat and Queenie a dog with a nervous stomach was settled out of court. Travis Sparkman filed the suit claiming the neighbor’s goat peeped through a window spooking Queenie who charged through the house knocking over furniture plants lamps and a television. Sommers agreed to pay 300 to settle.
Under Dr. Franz Newtony of St. Francis college a survey measures the college's economic impact on Biddeford Saco. Students and faculty will supply data via a two step process now under way. Step one examines student consumer spending across fourteen categories. Step two analyzes effects on land values rents and the local economy.
Plans for a Mother-Daughter banquet were discussed at a St Andre PFTA meeting in the parish hall. Committee chairs named include Dorothy Cyr publicity Constance Casavant decorations Carol Vadnais refreshments and Carol St Ours serving March 17 was chosen as the event date A nominating committee was formed to select a slate of officers.
A joint meeting of Cub Scout Pack 305 Boy Scout Troop 305 and Explorer Post 305 at the Scout hall on Mason Street outlined Boy Scout Week plans. Attendees include Scoutmaster John Hill and leaders from Troop One Building Association with events such as church services, a Sunday breakfast, a Father and Son supper, a Blue and Gold banquet, and a leaders meeting set for February 12.
The defense moved to strike MacInnes' testimony as the trial continued in Yarmouth, but Judge Gignoux denied the objection, allowing the record to stand.
Dorothy Cyr, Claire Guertin, Claire Vadnais and Shirley Grover were named. Reports were given by Noella Boutin and Constance Casavant, secretary and treasurer, with Patricia Gagne serving as president. The session opened and closed with prayer.
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