Governor's ball draws locals in Augusta gathering
Saco residents Mr and Mrs Willard Stackpole and Mr and Mrs Joseph Moreau attended the Governor's ball in Augusta on Thursday evening. Navyman Clinton Howard RM 3 on USS Pocono in New York spends leave with his parents in Saco. Richard L Howard and son Ricky return to Vergennes Wisconsin after holiday recess with Daniel and Mrs Howard in Saco. Rev Alexis Auger OFM of Edmonton Alberta visits Maine relatives. formerly with Franciscan community on Pool Road. Airman James Gee and wife and daughter Tracy Ann of Port Arthur Texas return from visit with Roger Roberge family in Biddeford. Gee to Hawaii for a three year tour beginning January 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Stackpole
Joseph Moreau
Saco
Augusta
Roger Roberge
Cole Road
Biddeford
Gee
Hawaii
Robert E Smart Dies Suddenly in Saco Garage Owner
Robert E Smart aged 52 died suddenly at his home on Hutchins Street Saco a lifelong resident and proprietor of Smart's Garage for 29 years He also ran a garage in Harrison He was a member of Saco Lodge F and AM Survived by his widow three sons including Sgt Robert E Smart Jr and Lt Ernest A Smart both in service one brother a half brother four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral plans to be announced with viewings at Shumway Funeral Home Saturday 7 to 9 p.m Sunday and Monday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Smart
Hutchins St
Saco
Jin Saco
Ivory S
Carrie D. (Benson) Smart
Comunity
Smart
Harrison
Saco Lodge
F and AM
E and L Club Meeting At School Street Church Saco
The E and L club of the School Street Methodist church Saco will meet Monday night at 7 30 at the home of Mrs LaDora Gannon 48 School Street Saco Assistant hostesses will be Mrs Marjorie Fogg and Mrs Mary Rollins Group D Mrs Marc E Simard conc will have charge of the Dame Thrift Shop next
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E and L
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
LaDora Gannon
School Street
Marjorie
Fogg
Mary Rollins
Marc E. Simard
Dame Thrift Shop
Saco Area Church Notices Include Confession Times and Meetings
The Junior Band and songsters of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday morning. Confessions are set at St Monica Kennebunk 4 to 5 pm and at St Martha Kennebunk 4 to 9 pm. St Mary Wells hears confessions 2:30 to 3:30 pm. Christ Episcopal Biddeford class not meeting. Altar Guild meets 1:30 pm for consecration prep. St David Kennbunk school party 4 pm. Advent Christian Biddeford holds prayer service 7:30 pm. Missionary Society meets Saturday 2 pm at Mrs Ruby Powers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soongsters
Saco Salvation Army
St. Mary Church
Wells
Christ Episcopal Church
Biddeford
Altar Guild
St. David Episcopal Church
Kennbunk
The
Missionary Society of the
Convict Stabs Fellow In Bay State Prison
In Walpole Massachusetts State Prison officials reported a stabbing at the evening meal. William Dickson 27 of Boston was wounded in the side with two stitches. William Winn 38 of Pittsfield, a life prisoner for second degree murder, attacked Dickson with a vegetable knife. motive unknown. Dickson was serving 28 to 37 years for kidnapping and assault with intent to murder, sentenced June 25 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walpole
Mass
Massachusetts
William Dickson
Boston
William Winn
Pittsfield
Dixon
Winn
Dickson
Students Urged To Stay On Sidewalks
Orchard Beach Police Chief John Clark urged students walking to and from school to use sidewalks to reduce traffic accidents. When sidewalks are unavailable, they should walk facing oncoming traffic. those who ignore the rule could be brought into court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard Beach
John Clark
Clark
Bereavement Thanks From Lemieux and Lessard Families
The families of the late Mrs Marie Lemieux and Adelard Lessard express sincere appreciation to friends neighbors and all who sent flowers furnished cars and offered sympathy during their recent bereavement. The message extends thanks from Mrs Adelard Lessard and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Lemieux
Adelard Lessard
Estella Morse 49 Former Buxton Saco Teacher Dies
Estella Morse a 49 year old former Buxton and Saco teacher died yesterday at her niece Mrs. John T Esposito s Portland home after a long illness She was born in Casco December 29 1911 daughter of Frank and Etta Morse She studied at Casco schools Casco High School Edward Little Auburn Gorham State Teachers College and Columbia University She taught 15 years in Buxton and Saco and 15 in Glens Falls New York She was active in teachers groups Eastern Star Methodist church Glens Falls and served as treasurer of Glens Falls Teachers Association Surviving are three brothers a sister three nieces and several cousins Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm at Hall funeral home Casco Entombment in Raymond Village Cemetery, with spring burial at Elmwood Cemetery Otisfield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Morse
Buxton
Saco
John T. Esposito
Portland
Casco
Frank and
Etta
Edwards) Morse
Casco High School
Edward Little High School
Auburn
Gorham State Teachers College
Columbia University
New York City
Glens Falls
N. Y
Washington
Annette Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Methodist
Teachers’ Association
Charles Morse
Dixfield
Leland Morse
Dawson Morse
Buckfield
Mattie Winslow
Hall Funeral
Quaker Ridge
Raymond Village
Elmwood Cemetery
Rayville
Otisfield
Funeral rites for Mrs Marie Martel held in Lewiston
Rev Robert T Martel of S Andre church Biddeford conducted the funeral for his mother Mrs Marie Martel at Holy Family church Lewiston. The committal prayers followed a Requiem high mass at St Peter cemetery with Rev George Cyr as deacon and Rev George Ouelielle as sub deacon. Numerous priests from Biddeford and surrounding towns attended, with delegations from Holy Sacrement Circle St Anne's Sodality and St Andre High School for Girls. Bearers included Roland Dostie Emile Chouinard Edward Chouinard Lucien Marte and Bertrand Emond. Local Biddeford residents Edmund Geault Leon Paul and Mrs Josephat Tardif attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Martel
S’ Andre Church
Biddeford
Marie Martel
Holy Family Church
Lewiston
St. Peter
George Cyr
George Ouelielle
Gerard Parent
Normand Carrier
Isylvia J. Levesque
Bidde
Rosaire
Pelletier
Louis J. Fortier
Holy Sacrement Circle
St. Anne's Sodality
St. Andre High School For Girls
Roland Dostie
Emile
Edward Chouinard
Lucien
Conrad Marte
Bertrand Emond
Edmund &Eault
Leon Paul and
Mirs
Josephat Tardif
Funeral services for Jules Mar coux at St Joseph Church
Funeral services for Jules Marcoux were held at St. Joseph Church with a solemn requiem mass led by Msgr. Elie Hevey. Deacon Rev Normand Carrier and sub-deacon Rev Marc French assisted. Church quartet and organist Mrs Diana Rousselle provided music. Sacred Heart League members acted as bearers. Burial followed at St Joseph cemetery with prayers at the grave by Rev Sylvia Levesque. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs Gene Murphy of Portland and families from Sanberet Springvale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Marcoux
St. Joseph Church
Elie Hevey
Normand Carrier
Marc French
Cchurch Quartet
Diana Rousselle
Sacred Heart League
Albert Lambert
Adelard Mercier
George Trottier
Louis Leroux
Joseph Gagne
Ernest Nolette
St. Joseph Cemetery
Sylvia Levesque
Gene Murphy
Portland
Frank Lemire
Sanberet
Walter Page
John Guertin
Roland Bernard
Springvale
Weather notes for Portland and nearby towns
Portland area forecast with cloudiness and rising temperatures this afternoon. Light snow possible and winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight is partly cloudy and milder with west to southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Saturday should be fair and warmer with highs near 25 to 30. Overnight lows range from Caribou minus 4 to Halifax 17 and Montreál 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Halifax
Montreal
Pease Base Is Surveyed For Missile Site
In Portsmouth New Hampshire surveys begun near Pease Air Force Base for 150 Minuteman ICBM launch sites across Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Underground facilities planned to operate by 1964 with 1300 personnel. Brig Gen Jack J Catton Pease commander said Air Secretary Dudley C Sharp ordered the survey. Minuteman is a three stage solid fuel ICBM with a 6300 mile range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Air Force
Pease Air Force Base
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Jack J. Catton
817Th Air Division
Pease
Dudley C. Sharp
Driver Escapes Injury As Car Rams Into Tree
A Biddeford man, Francis E. Cantara Jr., 20, escaped serious injury after his car skid on Alfred Street and hit a tree. He was examined at Webster Hospital and released. Police investigated with Adelbert Morin and Antonio Gendron. Earlier, Corad Dumont and Donat Boucher collided on Alfred Road, causing damage to both cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Alfred Street
Francis E. Cantara, Jr
Alfred Road
Cantara
Webber Hospital
Damaga
Adelbert Morin
Antonio Gendron
Corad Dumont
Sanford
Donat Boucher
Hill Street
Alfred
Boucher
Dumont
All Saco Council Members Sworn In
City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis announced all members of the Saco Board of Aldermen have received their oath of office. Aldermen Earle W. Emens and Harry A. Warren were unable to attend the inauguration ceremony Sunday night. Emens had already taken his oath prior to Tuesday’s council meeting. Purvis administered the oath at Marty Warren's home due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Clifford A. Purvis
Earle W. Emens
Harry A.warren
Emens
Purvis
Marty Warren
Saco AMVETS Auction Planned and Renewal Drive Begun
Boucouvalas Dupuis post in Saco, AMVETS, hosted a meeting where an auction was urged for the near future. Clinton Fecteau Jr and Cmdr Earl Clappison praised the New Year’s Eve committee and urged renewal of 1960 memberships with help from Fecteau. Rev. E Benjamin Currier gave opening and closing prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boucouvalas-Dupuis
Amvets
Saco
Clinton Fecteau, Jr
Earl Clappison
Fecteau
Cmdr
Clappison
E. Benjamin Currier
Navy crewman killed in Brunswick plane crash
Ronald Bruce Mann, 22, one of nine crewmen, died when a Navy patrol plane ran off the runway and struck a snow bank during landing at Brunswick Naval Air Station. None of the other crew members was injured. Mann was the son of Donald C. and Mrs. Mann of Bucksport. his widow, married last October, is Mrs. Joline Mann of Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BNAS
Brunswick H
Ronald Bruce Mann
Navy
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Donald C. Mann
Pucksport
Joline Mann
Lewiston
Maine Sheriffs Vote to Extend Term Lengths
Augusta Maine The Maine Sheriffs Association met Thursday night to pursue another effort to extend terms of office from two years to a longer period. The group seeks changes to allow longer sheriff terms amid discussions of county administration and public safety leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Sheriffs Association
Bill eyed to lengthen terms for senators and county attorneys
Sheriff John de Winter of Kennebec County said a bill to extend terms has a good chance of passage as state senators and county attorneys push for longer terms, signaling legislative reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John de Winter
Kennebec County
New Doctor to Open Offices in Biddeford
Dr Steven Berger will begin general practice with obstetrics in Biddeford. He has moved from Wingdale, N Y, and will work at Webber and Notre Dame hospitals while maintaining an office at 257 Elm Street. He expects to be ready by mid month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Steven Berger
Wingsdale
N. Y
257
Elm Street
Berger
Webber and
Notre Dame Hospitals
France
Wingdale
Estelle
Eric
Matthew
Saco Cubs Have Pack Meetings
Pack 310 of Saco held Thursday sessions at the First Parish Congregational parish house and den mothers’ homes. Dens 2 through 7 reported activities, including map study of South America, rocket launcher making, moon maps, plaster figure painting, knot tying practice, and poetry discussions. A den mothers and committee meeting was announced for January 13 at 8 p.m. at the parish house. Den 10 canceled due to illness. other dens met with no report to the Cubmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
First Parish Congregational Church
Den
John Whitney
Richard Winchester
Wayne Whitney
Cubs
James Williams
James Riddle
Michael Hart
Richard Normand
Marc Butland
Douglas
Dennis Gaines
South America
Den 3
Donald Pierce
Patrick Pierce
Christopher Allen
Stephen Courtois
Richard LaFortune
Michael Pierce
Donald Paquette
Dennis S
David Roy
Den 4
Harry Smith
Jr den
Gerald Carter
James Wilcox
Stanley Charles
Jerry Carter
Billy Cushing
Stephen Foster
Randy Forrester
Bruce Blow
Kevin Savage
Peter Smith
Den 5
Dorothy Hawkins
Gilbert Hawkins
Charles Anthony
Robert Phillips
Harry Nielson
Dean Wolfahrt
Thomas Rousselle
William Chenard
David Walton
Thomas Vining
Tommy Lambert
Tommy Vining
Roland Huot
Barry Hobbins
Kenneth Lamontagne
Chester Blunt
David Tito
Richard Dube
John Carnavale
Laurence Murphy
Kenneth White
Peter Mourmouras
Roger Melancon
Mark Winslow
Mark Audie
David Loranger
William Donald
Richard Lambert
Cubmaster
Canadian Youth Killed in Maine Road Crash
A Canadian youth, Daniel J. Nicholson, 18, of Reserve, Cape Breton Island, N. S., died when a truck skidded off U S Route 1 and struck a tree, becoming Maine's third highway fatality of 1961. Driver Saturnino Funari, also of Reserve, was trapped three hours in the wreckage before being extricated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Maine
Daniel J. Nicholson
Reserve
Cape Breton Island
N.S
Saturnino Funari
Cranade
Salute To Youth Award Winner Donald L Lessard
Donald L Lessard of St. Louis High School wins the Salute to Youth award for triple distinctions. He holds a New England Boys table tennis championship and chess titles, leads scholastic honors, and serves in student government and activities. He plans to study engineering at Northeastern, Maine, or UNH, works part time in Biddeford, and is active in Boy Scouts and sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeliene Davenport
St. Louis
New England
Boston
Donald L. Lessard
Raoul Lessard
Green Street
Biddeford
Donald
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Eagle
Dirigo
Northeastern
University of Maine
University of New Hampshire
Endicott-Johnson
St. Joseph Church
Legislature has 103 bills in hopper already
AUGUSTA AP The 100th Legislature opened with 103 bills on file and committee appointments complete. Rep Louis Jalbert bills would require editorials to be signed and would amend the Constitution for annual sessions and primary date. Legislature moved filings up 45 days before session. Senate committee changes eased a Democratic protest. Maine to get two congressmen in 1962. redistricting to two districts or at large. Key chairs Named include Lawson Harrs? (names as per text) and Bragdon heading House group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Louis Jalbert
Lewiston
Jalbert
Senate
House
Maine
Washington
Nigeria Expels French Envoy After Atomic Tests
Nigeria orders the French ambassador and staff to leave by Saturday night in protest of France’s third Sahara atomic test. Nigeria also bars French ships and planes and warns of sterner measures. Paris has not yet commented. In Tel Aviv an Arab infiltrator was killed and another wounded in clashes with an Israel patrol near the Lebanese border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagos
Nigeria
France
Sahara
Paris
Tel Aviv
Israel
Israel Army
Radar Officials Call for Better Aircraft Radar Control
New York AP A federal aviation official urged a continuous radar surveillance system from approach to ground in the wake of the Dec 16 United DC8 and TWA Constellation collision that killed 134. He cited radar’s lack of altitude data and current staff limits as obstacles to safer landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Aviation
David Thomas
Federal Aviation Agency
Bureau For Air Traffic Management
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Thomas
LaGuardia
Idlewild Airport
TWA
Idlewild
United
New Firms Grow in Biddeford Saco Industrial Park
Four new firms have moved into the Biddeford Saco Development area, expanding space and staffing. Herman Schneider and John Hartigan lead New Firms, aiming to launch a market product early this year with four current employees and plans to hire as orders rise. Precision Screw Machine Products moved into Building 9A in July, with two full time and two part time staff now, rising to about ten by year end. P. S. Dubrey Trucking expanded to Biddeford with 19 other terminals serving New England and Canada, adding drivers and freight handlers. Northeast Gasses, Inc. opened in the Saco Industrial Park, employing about 20, producing industrial gases, with ground breaking in July. Groundwork and early hires expect these sites to attract further industry to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Schneider
John Hartigan
Biddeford- Saco Development Corporation
Hartigan
Schneider
Development Corporation
Precision Screw Machine Products Company
Ice
Precision
Screw
Maine
New Hampshire
P. S. Dubrey Trucking Company
New England
Biddeford
Vito Minimi, Inc
Dubrey
New York
Canada
Northeast Gasses, Inc
Saco
Hugh Marshall
Hotel Fire Kills and Injures Dozens in SF
Chief Murray reports a late seen fire at a San Francisco hotel where dozens were seriously hurt or killed. Victims trapped in rooms many asphyxiated or burned. two identified victims Ray Gorman and Ed Saylor. Earl Blake coordinated ambulances as survivors waited barefoot in underwear amid extreme cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Ray Gorman
Ed Saylor
Earl Blake
Herbert Isett
San Francisco
Local firms expand in area as older companies linger
Marshall notes new Pepperell Manufacturing and Saco-Lowell shops join others in area growth while aging outlets continue to employ most workers. He cautions not to overlook established firms as the local economy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Saco-Lowell
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Kennebunk
St Martha Church
Advent Christian Church
Chapel Street
Bay State
Jules Marconi
Pease Base
Saco Council
Saco Amvets
Saco Journal
Bradley David ‘Scott
Robert ‘Scott
Saco Reidents
Harry Scot
South Street
Guy Digilio
Sunapeea
Saco Cubs
R—Pittsfield
World Briefs
Saco Firemen’s Auxiliary
Evelyn Grace
Lydia Flood
Madeline Eastman
Irene Leavitt
Shirly Burba
Adele Letellier
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