Personal notices from Biddeford Old Orchard Beach area
Local briefs list residents and visitors including Gordon Allgrove and Eden Jane at Trull hospital and Fred Sands at Webber hospital. Mentions of travel to California for Lydia Roy, Rose Parade in Pasadena, and holidays with families in Biddeford Saco and Portland. Army Pvt Milford Dube completes topo graphic surveying course at Fort Belvoir after basic at Fort Benning. former St Louis High graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Raymond Matteau
Portland
Matteau
Annabelle Cleary
Albert Roy
Ferry Beach
Saco
California
Lydia Roy
Pasadena
Calif
Frank Harriman
Mason Street
Edward C. Paquette
Dover
N. H
Jean Paul Paquin
New York City
Roseanna Paquin
Ross R. Milliken
Union Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Beach
Biddeford-Saco Water Company
Webber Hospital
Rita Ouellette
Greenville
S. C
Ernest Ouellette
Wakefield Avenue
Hilda
Eleanor McNally
Massachusetts
Atty
Daniel Crowley
Elm Street
Fred B. Sands
Washington Avenue
Webber
Edward Wilson
Donald
Bay Street
Boston Gardens
Roland Bolduc
Karl Sebesta
St. Paul
Milford G. Dube
Gerard A. Dube
Hill Street
Engineer School
Fort Belvoir
Dube
Army
Fort Benning
St. Louis High School
Young Baby Patricia Palardis Dies at Biddeford Home
Patricia Palardis three month old daughter of Richard and Lorraine St Onge Palardis of 170 Elm Street Biddeford died at home on Wednesday. Prayers were said Thursday at St Joseph church by Rev Sylvia Levesque and burial followed at St Joseph cemetery. Cote funeral home Beach Street Saco led arrangements. Survivors include her parents maternal grandmother Mrs Jeannette St Onge Saco and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ralph Palardis Norwich Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Marie Palardis
Richard
Lorraine
St. Onge) Palaridis
Elm
Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Sylvia Levesque
St. Joseph Cemetery
Cote
Beach Street
Saco
Jeannette St. Onge
Sparents
Ralph Pallardis
Norwich
Conn
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Meet Sunday
A meeting of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Biddeford K of C hall on Washington street. Delta Alpha club meets Monday at 7 p.m. with Mrs. Ethel Pence on Vernon Street Saco. refreshments served and cancer dressings made after the business session. Llewellyn Powers Spanish American War auxiliary meets Sunday January 3 at 2 p.m. in Biddeford City Building courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Deep Assembly
Knights of Coumbus
Biddeford K. of C. Hall
Washington Street
Delta Alpha Club
Ethel Pence
Vernon Street
Saco
Mae Hurrell
Llewellyn] Powers
Gendron, 56, Dies at Home in Saco
Ivan Gendron of 83 Pleasant Street Saco died Thursday. He was born in Biddeford son of George and Marie Gendron a Notre Dame de Lourdes parishioner and Pain chand’s band member. Survived by Rose Eva Perreault widow a daughter and son George I Gendron. Funeral Monday 8 am from Notre Dame Lourdes. Friends may call Cote Funeral Home today and tomorrow 9 am to 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Gendron
Pleasant Street
Saco
Biddeford
George and
Marie (Belainger) Gendron
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
St John Baptist of Notre Dame Parish
Painchand
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Rose Eva Perreault
Reynald Langevin
Edward Richard Edward Richard Dies in Mystic Conn after Illness
Edward Richard 61 formerly of Biddeford died at his Mystic Connecticut home after an extended illness. Born January 30 in Biddeford he worked at Saco Lowell shops and later Groton Navy Yard. Survived by widow Nellie Legako daughter Mrs. Martin Cyr five sisters two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends may visit Emond funeral home today and Sunday. funeral plans to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Richard
Biddeford
Mystic
Conn
John and
Albertine (Ricard) Richard
Saco-Lowell
Groton Navy Yard
Nellie Legako
Martin Cyr
Dover
N. H
Yvonne Willett
Hartford
Albert H Wilson obituary notes Saco Wilton life span
Albert Harold Wilson of Wilton formerly of Saco died yesterday at Farmington born January 30, 1891 in Napa California son of Rev and Mrs Albert H Wilson he worked as a machinist at Diamond Match Biddeford life resident of Saco 35 years moved to Wilton retirement survived by widow Genevieve Tremblay a son Albert H Wilson Sudbury mass a stepson Frank Tremblay Brunswick a stepdaughter Mrs Grant Rose Riverside Conn funeral Sunday 2 p m Edwards funeral home burial Laurel Hill Saco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Harold Wilson
Wilton
Saco
Farmington
Nappa
Calif
Albert H. Wilson
Hartford
Genevieve Tremblay
Sudbury
Mass
Frank Tremblay
Brunswick
Grant Rose
Riverside
Conn
Edwards
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Portland Weather Admits Snow Likely in Southwest Zone
Cloudy and not very cold tonight with a chance of snow in the southwest portion. Snow Sunday is likely and may change to rain by late in the day in the southwest portion.
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Portland
Death Notice of Harry G. Boston Wells Resident
Harry G. Boston 78 of Wells died yesterday at a York hospital after a long illness. He was born in York, son of Joseph and Cynthia Kent Boston. Survived by wife Jennie Boston of Wells, three daughters Dorothy Brown Laura Ross Annie Ricker all of Wells, brother Ray H. Boston Old Orchard Beach, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from Wells Second Congregational church with Rev. Lewis A. Chase officiating. Burial in Ocean View cemetery Wells. Friends may call Sunday at Bibber Memorial chapel Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Boston
Wells
York
Joseph
Cynthia Kent
Boston
Jennie
Dorothy M. Brown
Laura S. Ross
Annie K. Ricker
Ray H. Boston
Old Orchard Beach
Wells Second Congregational Church
Lewis A. Chase
Wells First
Ocean View Cemetery
Bibber
William F. Warner Rites Held in Saco Funeral
Funeral services for William F. Warner, a Saco resident, were held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Dennett and Craig funeral home in Saco. Rev. Birger Johnson of the First Parish Congregational Church officiated. Burial followed in Newton Center Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Warner
Saco
Dennett and Craig
Birger Johnson
First Parish Congregational Church
Newton Cemetery
Newton Center
Mass
Funeral services for Theophile Danis held at St Joseph
Funeral services for Theophile Danis were held at 9 30 a m Thursday from St Joseph church A solemn requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev Sylvia Levesque with Rev Marc Franck deacon and Rev Norman Carrier subdeacon Singing by the St Joseph choir Mrs Diana Rousselle at the organ Bearers were Ernest Valliere Arthur Lemire Valmore Ruel Wil fred Lepine Lucien Morin and Paul Danis all members of Council Chagnon Union St Jean Baptiste of which Danis was a member Burial was in the family lot at St Joseph cemetery with prayer at the grave by Father Levesque Attending from out of town were Mr and Mrs Alfred Faucher Leominster Mass Mr and Mrs Eddie Boureau and daughter Willa Wana Pa and Mr and Mrs Lucien Morin Manchester MN H
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophile Danis
St. Joseph Church
Sylvia Levesque
Marc Franck
Norman Carrier
St. Joseph Choir
Diana Rousselle
Ernest Valliere
Arthur Lemire
Valmore Ruel
Wilfred Lepine
Lucien Morin
Paul Danis
Council
Funeral for Emile J. Gendron at St. Joseph Church
Funeral services for Emile J. Gendron were held Thursday at 815 am from St. Joseph church. A requiem high mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Elie Hevey with singing by the Sacred Heart League. The bearers were Albert Ouellette Louis Le Roux Francois Nadeau Joseph Gagne George Trottier Alcide Angers. Burial followed in the family lot at St. Joseph cemetery with prayers at the grave by Rev. Marc Franck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile J. Gendron
St. Joseph Church
Elie Hevey
St. Joseph
Diana Rousselle
Sacred Heart League of
Youth Fellowships Meet Across Saco Area Churches
The Methodist Youth Fellowship groups at South Biddeford and School Street churches schedule Sunday meetings at 6 30 and 6 p m respectively. Saco United Baptist youth groups plan Sunday and tomorrow sessions at 6 p m. West Kennebunk and Goodwins Mills Advent Christian church youths set meetings in vestries and homes, with Holy Communion observed at 11 a m Sunday at School Street Methodist. The Fireside club meets Monday 7 30 p m at 82 Forest Street for business and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship of
South Biddeford
Methodist Youth Fellowship
The
Foss Street Methodist Church
School Street Methodist Church
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
Saco United Baptist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Youth Fellowship of
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Saco
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Edward Dawley
Forest Street
Auxiliary Called Old Town Over Police Dismissals
Auxiliary police were summoned on New Year's Eve after Police Sergeant Carroll Higgins was dismissed Thursday and three regular officers resigned in protest. Higgins was fired for failure to meet his obligations while the three said he hadn’t been given a chance to clean up his job before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
Carroll Higgins
Higgins
Obituary: Eugenie Potvin 95 Widow of Charles Potvin
Eugenie Potvin age 95 widow of Charles Potvin died Friday afternoon at her son Ovide Potvin’s home in Old Orchard Beach. Born in Vermont she moved to Biddeford early in life and was a communicant of St Margaret’s church. She leaves five sons Arthur Alfred Ovide Leo Raymond two daughters and many grandchildren great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements at 72 Hill Street Biddeford with services at St Margaret church Old Orchard Beach Monday at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie Dion Potvin
Charles Potvin
Ovide Potvin
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Vermont
Biddeford
St Margaret's Church
Benny
New Orleans
Arthur
Ovide
Leo
Monte Bello
Cal
Funeral services for Raoul Roy at St Mary Church
Funeral services for Raoul Roy were held Saturday morning at 9 from St Mary church. A solemn Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev Francis Kane with Rev Maurice Goan as deacon and Rev Cornelius Enright as sub deacon. Burial followed at St Joseph cemetery with prayers at the grave by Father Goan. Out of town attendees included Mrs Richard Cousens of London England Paul Hoctor of Boston and Raymond Hoctor and Robert Hoctor of Hartford along with Rene Jollette of Exeter and Mr and Mrs Roland Cote and family of Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raoul Roy
St. Mary Church
Francis Kane
Maurice Goan
Cornelius Enright
Louise Welch
Albani Parenteau
Emile Ouellette
George Lamontagne
Hertel Marcoux
Arthur Blais
Lionel Lajoie
St. Joseph Cemetery
Father Goan
Richard Cousens
London
England
Paul Hoctor
Boston
Mass
Raymond Hoc ‘Tor
Robert Hoctor
Hartford
Conn
Rene Jollette
Exeter
N. H
Roland Cote
Hartford, Conn
Our Lady of Fatima Circle to honor Ivan Gendron
Members of Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella will meet tomorrow at 7 15 PM at Cote funeral home in Saco to pay respects to Ivan Gendron husband of a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Fatima
Daughters of Isabella
Cote Funeral Home
Saco
Ivan Gendron
Twin births mark New Year in Maine towns
In Waterville Maine a couple welcomed a second set of twins two girls born one minute apart signaling a double celebration. Their first twins are two years old and boys. In Bar Harbor Mrs Clifford Colson of Gouldsboro gave birth to twin boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Maine
Gerald Languet
Bar Harbor
Clifford Colson
Gouldsboro
Cote outlines plans for new school and city center
Mayor Cote sketches a multi project agenda including a new school with a referendum next December, converting the Locke school into a teen age center, and using funds for a recreation center. He envisions tearing down the current police station, moving offices to the teen center, and boosting area development with industrial park jobs. He warns on Camp Ellis storms and road improvements, pledges budget discipline, and appoints committees and officials for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cote
Grondin
Locke School
Saco
Saco Tanning Corporation
Saco-Allied Footwear
Lunder
Edwards
Saco-Lowell
York Hill
Memorial Service Set For Maine Governor Clauson
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 12 noon at St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Biddeford for the late Gov Clinton A Clauson who died in his sleep at the executive mansion in Augusta. The service will be attended by municipal officials and the congregation with Rev Kalamaras and church trustees announcing the news. The note also references a separate discussion on delinquency caused by home environments presented by William Hughes at a Biddeford Universalist church meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton A. Clauson
Maine
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Biddeford
Sam Kalamaras
Augusta
Clauson
Saco
St. Demetrios
William Hughes
Boys Training Center
South Portland
Biddeford First Universalist Church Vestry
Hughes
York County
Robert Cote
Biddeford High School
Theodore Schaffer
Elton O. Feeney
Hosea Curtis
Schaffer
Wayne Hutchins
Clement Deschambault
George Dudley
Archie Draggins
Alcide Gonneville
Samuel Lublinsky
Stephen White
Harry Gowen
Edward Reilly
New Year's Eve Dance Staged by Biddeford Saco Elks Club
About 100 couples attended the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks annual New Year’s Eve party at the Portland road home in Saco. Decorations set a holiday mood, Crai peau’s orchestra provided music, and at midnight Paul Deschambault played the Baby New Year. Albert Deshaies chaired the entertainment and Harold Marr led the luncheon committee for the lobster salad served after the circle ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Albert Deshaies
Harold Marr
Icy Roads Cause Of Two Saco Holiday Mishaps
Two New Year holiday wrecks in Saco on Seaside avenue and Beach street left no injuries. Roger H Huot, 20, of Biddeford, skidded on ice and hit Elton Clough, 68, of Falmouth. passengers Rachel Blais, 17, and Jenny Clough, 64, escaped harm. Both vehicles suffered about $150 damage. On Beach street, Benjamin Hall, 41, of Biddeford, stopped for traffic. Gerard R Gagnon, 21, of Saco, could not stop and struck Hall’s rear, with damage around $40. No injuries reported.
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Saco
Seaside Avenue
Beach Street
Roger H .Huot
Pierson
Biddeford
Elton Clough
Falmouth
Rachel Blais
Cherry Lane
Jenny Clough
Clough
Benjamin Hall
Elms Street
Gerard R. Gagnon
Hall
Gagnon Auto
Engaged: Estelle Guerin to Peter Coryea in Biddeford
Mrs. J. 8. Guerin of 154 Pool Street Biddeford announces the engagement of her daughter Estelle to Peter Coryea son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Coryea Waterbury Vermont Miss Guerin is a graduate of St. Andre High School and works at Metropolitan Life Insurance Coryea a graduate of St. Johnsbury Trade School is a machinist in Fort Wayne Indiana and attends Acme Technical Institute for tool and die engineering a summer wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Hanscom
Kennebunkport
Janet Darlene
Richard G. Roy
Willie Roy
Biddeford
Miss Hanscom
Earl Hanscom
Kennebunk High School
Chester D. Crain, Jr
Kennebunk
Roy
Brown
Esso
J. 8. Guerin
Pool Street
Estelle
Peter Coryea
Francis Coryea
Waterbury
Guerin
St. Andre High School
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Coryea
St. Johnsbury
Fort Wayne
Ind
Acme Technical Institute
Biddeford Man Injured In New Year Auto Crash
A 24 year old Biddeford man Ronald Bernier was hospitalized with severe head lacerations after a New Year’s Eve crash in Sanford. The other driver Richard I G Drouin also of Biddeford and on leave from the Navy was uninjured. Drouin’s car collided with a vehicle driven by Rev. Gerard Proulx a teacher at St Ignatius high school on Hospital Hill. The impact tore down a utility pole and snapped a guy wire. Both cars were demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Sanford
Ronald Bernier
Henrietta D. Goodall Hospital
Richard IG. Drouin
Shome
Navy
Drouin
Gerard Proulx
St. Ignatius High School
Hospital Hill
Seven Babies Born in Arundel and Nearby Towns
Fernand and Mrs. Girard welcome a seven pounds eleven ounce boy at 6 35 am with Fernand and Mrs. Girard of Old Alfred road Arundel as parents and Emile Girard and Rosario Demers as grandparents. Jennifer Ann Lebarge weighs seven pounds one quarter ounce and was born at 9 34 am to George and Elaine Lebarge of Kennebunk with Ronald Boothby and George Lebarge as grandparents. Richard Normand Labbe arrives at 9 35 am weighing nine pounds four ounces, son of Conrad and unnamed mother of Seco, with Edmund Bedard and Ernest Labbe as grandparents. Steven William Cote checks in at 12 30 pm weighing seven and a half pounds, son of Raymond and residing at 64 Storer street Saco, with Leroy Brackett and Willie Cote as grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernand Girard
Old Alfred Road
Arundel
Emile Girard
South Street
Biddeford
Rosario Demers
Carver Street
Jennifer Ann Lebarge
George :. Lebarge
Storer Street
Kennebunk
Ronald Boothby
George I
Lebarge
Elaine Lebarge
Floria
Richard Normand Labbe
Conrad Labbe
Beach Street
Seco
Edmund Bedard
Middle Street
Saco
Ernest Labbe
Alfred Road
Steven William Cote
Webber
Raymond Cote
Leroy Brackett
Willie Cote
Pool Street
Saco School Weekly Menu Returns to Lunch Line
Monday frankfurts with roll and vegetable soup peaches milk. Tuesday American chop suey with whole wheat bread and butter jello milk. Wednesday beef stew and vegetables raisin bread and butter apple milk. Thursday sliced balogna green beans potato chips apricots milk rye bread and butter. Friday clam chowder saltines peanut butter sandwich ?? apple sauce milk.
Blaze Destroys Kiln and Lumber at Woodman Plant
Investigators probe the cause of an 18000 dollar fire that leveled a large drying kiln and about 30000 board feet of hard lumber at the C. Woodman company plant yesterday. Local fire crews battled the blaze through the night, with extensive damage reported to the manufacturing facility and inventory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer
C. Woodman Company
Highway Fatality Marks Maine's 1960 Start
A 34 year old service station operator, Lester A. Martin, died when his oil truck crashed off Route 103 into the Piscataqua River bay near Eliot. He operated a local service station and was Maine's first highway fatality of 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittery
Maine
Piscataqua River
Lester A. Martin
Eliot
Softening potato skins for a tender bake
To make baked potato skins soft, rub each potato with a small amount of butter or margarine before placing them in the oven. This extra step helps keep the flesh tender and flavorful as they bake in the heat.
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Gordon Allgrove
Eden Jane
Trull Hospital
Lorenzo Lavallee
Bonenfant
Keene
Patricia Palardis
Cnunil NS
Eugenie Potvin
St. Andre Church
Richard Charity
Charity
Rita Gagne
Gustave Gagne
King Street
New London
Anastasoff
North Street
Camp Ellis
Surf Street
Harry A. Warren
Georges Plante
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Birger T. Johnson
First Parish Congregationalist
Leona Petit
Edward Hamner
Louise Sanborn
Eleanor Shaffer
Ella McKenney
Kathryn Guptill
Carl Mansur
Deschambeault
Rowe
Warren
Kenneally
Harvey and Soucy
Emens
Soucy
Harvey
Dr. Kenneally
Fast Company
Air Force
New Republic
Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
N.C
Greek Church States Service
Frank Tripp
Mr. Iceberg
Ed Carson
Joe
America
Little Joe
Iceberg
Lodge of Elks
Saco School Menu
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