Local Personal Notices From Saco and Biddeford Area
Mrs Carleton Sanborn 41 Old Orchard road Saco and Leo Simensky May street Biddeford are patients at Webber hospital. Mrs Max Bellevue Forest avenue Old Orchard Beach has returned from a Bermuda cruise. Mrs Aurore Descoteaux 422 Elm Biddeford is a surgical patient at Mercy hospital Portland. Alfred E Desmarais 21 Lincoln Saco has returned home from Webber hospital. Mr and Mrs Peter Kakas Elm Biddeford left for Palm Beach Fla. Air Donald W McIver returned to Lowry AFB Denver Calif. Mr and Mrs Louis A Dion and son Dino returned to St George de Beauce Quebec. Ross R Milliken 59 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach is at Tierney Convalescent Home. Mr and Mrs Joseph St Onge Saco left for a three month California vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton Sanborn
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Webber Hospital
Leo Simensky
May Street
Biddeford
Max Bellevue
Forest Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Bermuda
Aurore Descoteaux
Elm Street
Mercy
Peter Kakas
Palm Beach
Fla
Donald W. McIver
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Calif
Bernard McIver
North Street
Louis A. Dion
Dino
St. George de Beauce
Quebec
Adolphe Gagnon
Ross R. Milliken
Union Avenue
Biddeford and Saco Water Company
Tierney Convalescent Home
Joseph St. Onge
California
Conrad St. Onge
Realto
Exilda Carrier
Nelson Atwood Funeral Services Scheduled in Philadelphia
Funeral services for Nelson Atwood husband of Catherine Reynolds Atwood will be held Thursday at 1 p m from the Raymond Hancock funeral home 1924 West Cayuga Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Atwood formerly resided with Mrs Reynolds in St Albans and earlier in this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hancock
West Cayuga Street
Philadelphia
Nelson Atwood
Catherine
Reynolds) Atwood
North 19Th Street
Atwood
St. Albans
Church notices from Saco groups meet Wednesday
The Junior Legion of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Wednesday at 3 30 p m Brownie Troop 14 convenes at Saco United Baptist church at 3 30 p m The Girl Scouts gather tomorrow at 3 30 at the Saco United Baptist church The Christian Science society Hamilton Memorial 42 Beach Street Saco will hold a service Wednesday evening at 7 45
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion of the Saco Salvation Army
Saco United Baptist Church
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco
Choir Rehearsals Scheduled at Second Congregational Church
The junior choir and the senior choir of the Second Congregational Church will rehearse on Wednesday at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Church
World Brotherhood meeting to hear Andre Trocme in Biddeford
The Mary M artha circle of Saco United Baptist church and the Biddeford Saco Council of Churches invite members to a World Brotherhood meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Biddeford First Universalist church. Andre Trocme of Paris will speak. A discussion follows and refreshments are served by the Women's Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Brotherhood
Biddeford-Saco Council of Churches
Biddeford First Universalist Church
Andre Trocme
Paris
France
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Algeria
Council
Ladies Aid Society to Meet at Mrs Linwood Thomas Home
The Ladies Aid Society of the South Biddeford Methodist church will meet Wednesday noon at the home of Mrs Linwood Thomas on Guinea road in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the
South Biddeford
Biddeford church women's society to meet at Morse home
The Women's Missionary Society of the Biddeford United Baptist Church will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ruth Morse on Main Street in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of the
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Ruth Morse
Main Street
Saco
Troome to speak on Helping Refugees at Biddeford event
Andre Troome will address the Brotherhood committee of the Biddeford Saco council of churches on Helping Refugees. The meeting is Wednesday night at 7 30 in the Universalist church vestry at City square Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Troome
Brotherhood Committee
Biddeford-Saco
Bates College’s oldest alumna dies at 101 in Brooklyn
Emma Clarke Rand, the oldest living Bates College graduate, died at 101 in Brooklyn where she had lived since 1917. The Lewis ton native graduated from Bates in 1881 and later married mathematics professor John Holmes Rand who died in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bates College
Lewiston
Maine
Emma Clarke Rand
Brooklyn
Bates
John Holmes Rand
Woodsman Killed in Train Collision at Crossing
Theodule Bosse a 70 year old woodsman from St. Joseph New Brunswick was killed yesterday when his automobile was struck by a Bangor and Aroostook freight train at a crossing in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodule Bosse
St. Joseph
N. B
Bangor and
Aroostook
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Isabelle Lachance St. Ours
I extend sincere thanks to blood donors and to all who sent flowers cards and gifts during my hospital stay. Mrs. Isabelle Lachance St. Ours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Lachance
St. Ours
Solemn Requiem Held for Rev Albert Charette in Saco
His Excellency Daniel Feeney presided at a solemn requiem for Rev Albert Charette pastor of Notre Dame de Lourdes Saco. A long list of clergy from Maine and nearby regions assisted as deacon subdeacon and acolytes. The body was taken to Grand Isle for burial with Biddeford Knights of Columbus honor guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Charette
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Daniel J. Feeney
Portland
Msgr
Elie Hevey
D. D
St. Joseph Church
Biddeford
Felix Marttin
St. Croix Church
Lewiston
Josephat
Most Holy Trinity
Bugia
Normand Carrier
Sylvia Levesque
St. Joseph
Mitre
Rene Lavoie
South Berwick
Gremial
Edward C. O'Leary
Georges Plante
Edouard Nadeau
V. F
Sanford
Emmanuel Grondin
Winslow
Antonio Gosselin
Waterville
Robert R. Lavoie
Louis J. Fortier
Origene Guillet
Vassalboro
Herri Carrier
Raymond Begnn
Romeo St. Pierre
George Goudreau
Francis A. MecGuillicuddy
Leo Bourque
Lisbon
Gaston E. Auger
Bingham
Albert Berard
Bradley
John Curran
Berwick
Arthur Dube
Yarmouth
F. J. Carpentier
Res
Armand Chabot
Paul Roberge
Alfred
Edward Walsh
Old Orchard Beach
Roger J. Ouellette
Jourdain Lehouillier
Sackville
N. B
Gilbert Dube
Old Town
Robert Blanchet
P. M
Brunswick
James Daly
Cornelius Enright
Maurice Boland
Leo J. White
Limerick
William J. Kelly
Kennebunk
Rosario Ouellette
Raymond M. Burgess
O. P
Clement Thibodeau
Springvale
Rudolph J. Leveille
Joel Bouchard
Henri St. Amand
Sheridan
Georges KK. Cyr
Mexico
Armand F Cyr
Raymond Courchesne
Auburn
Alphonse Lachapelle
Fast Brewster
Mass
John J. Barrett
South Portland
Robert FE. Lee
Rumford
Raymond Auger
Kittery
Germain H. Bureau
Paul M. Pare
Ovid Tanguay
Grand Isle
Knights of Columbus
Bishop Feeney
Funeral services for Arthur W. Burnham in Saco
Funeral services for Arthur W. Burnham of Pine Point were held Monday at 2 p m from Shumway funeral home 35 Spring Street Saco Rev John Cranson Jr pastor of Blue Point Christian church officiated Bearers were David Pearson Harry Pearson Aros Sturgeon Michael Salveira Edward Collins and Howard Skillings Burial was in the family lot at Laurel Hill cemetery Saco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Burnham
Pine Point
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring Street
Saco
John Cranston, Jr
Blue Point
Funeral services for Mrs Marie Guay at St Anne church Biddeford
Funeral services for Mrs Marie Cleophe Guay who died Sunday after a long illness will be held Thursday at 9 am from St Anne church Biddeford. Friends attend and condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Cleophe Guay
St. Andre Church
Biddeford
Friends
Weather Forecast for Portland and Northeast US
Portland area expects sunny and warmer this afternoon before falllike cold tonight with increasing cloudiness. Wednesday brings more clouds and little temperature change, then freezing rain and sleet late evening or at night with NW winds 10 to 20 mph diminishing tonight. Overnight lows range from Caribou 3 to Miami 67, Denver 297 appears erroneous, Boston 15, New York 17, Portland 0 in Maine region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
College Leader Is Speaker At Council Meeting
Dr. Arthur G. Coons president of Occidental College told the Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities that Christian faith freedom and devotion align with scholarship. He warned secular colleges risk undermining faith and learning if religion and knowledge are seen as incompatible urging Catholic educators to reflect on why few Catholics reach top scientific and public roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Arthur G. Coons
Occidental College
Los Angeles
Calif
The
Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities
Coons
Local Legion and Daughters of Isabella Meet In Maine
Owen-Davis unit American Legion auxiliary to meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Legion home Beach street Saco Our Lady of Fatima circle Daughters of Isabella to meet tonight at 8 in St John hall Adams street Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen-Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion Home
Beach Street
Saco
Our Lady of Fatima
Daughters of Isabella
St. John Hall
Adams Street
Biddeford
Council Chagnon Meeting in Biddeford Hall
A meeting of Council Chagnon, St. John Baptist, is set for Wednesday at 8 p m at the Adams Street hall in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chagnon
St. John Baptist
Adams Street
Biddeford
Manchester Fire Razes Four Story Storefront Building
A general alarm blaze in Manchester destroys a four story commercial building in the business district. Two adjoining structures suffer smoke and water damage as firefighters use a rescue boat in the basement to remove stock. No injuries. several residents evacuated. About $300,000 to $400,000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N.H
Elm Street
YMCA
Clerk Pleads Innocent To Whipping Count
BERKELEY Calif AP Ilona Sasse 37 a German shoe clerk plans to plead innocent Wednesday to battery in the dog leash whipping of her daughter Ursula Wecel 17 The charge was reduced from child beating She is free on 1050 bail The mother says Ursula disobeys and cannot hold a job while Ursula says I don t like my mother The case follows a family history including Breslau bombing and Red Cross aid to reunite the family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
Ilona Sasse
Ursula Wecel
Sasse
Ursula
Meeting of Past Matrons in Annette Chapter Eastern Star
A Past Matrons association gathering of Annette chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, sets a Wednesday 7 30 p m meeting at the home of Mrs Ruby Hannaford on Beach street in Saco. Hostesses will be Mrs Charlotte Crown and Mrs Lillian Allen assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Ruby Hannaford
Beach Street
Saco
Charlotte Crown
Lillian Allen
Brubeck Declines Segregation with Integrated Tour
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck will not drop Negro bassist Eugene Wright for a Southern tour, risking about $40,000 in bookings. He cut planned shows from 25 to 10 after universities learned his quartet is integrated, saying cancellations reflect officials’ attitudes, not student sentiment. Notable acceptances included University of Jacksonville, Vanderbilt, and Sewanee. cancellations affected Ole Miss, Millsaps, Memphis State, Southwestern Louisiana, Southeastern Louisiana College, and Georgia Tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dave Brubeck
San Francisco Chronicle
Eugene Wright
Brubeck
University of Jacksonville
Fla
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
University of the South
Sewanee
Southeastern Louisiana College
Hammond, la
Georgia Institute of Technology At
Atlanta
Fire crews douse hot ashes at Saco home on Lincoln Street
Saco firefighters used a booster line to extinguish hot ashes at the residence of Vena Gregoire 125 Lincoln Street late last night. No injuries or fire alarms were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Vena Gregoire
Lincoln Street
Funeral home listings at Boldue Bidceford address
May call at Boldue funeral home located at 201 Alfred street Bidceford today and tomorrow from 10 a m to 10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boldue Funeral Home
Alfred Street
Bidceford
Jobless Pay Checks Decrease In Area
Area residents receiving unemployment compensation dropped to 1,005 in the past week, announced by Francis Coughlin, manager of the Biddeford Maine Employment office. A year ago the total was 1,957. Exhaustions for the week were 28, bringing since October 1, 1959 to 701.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Coughlin
Biddeford
Maine Employment Commission
Police Continue Probe Of Blaze In Maine Home
Augusta AP investigators pressed the fire murder probe after a Kent Hills housewife died. The victim Bernice Lothrop, 44, was identified by her dentist from bridgework. Her husband Paul Lothrop, 44, aided by police through four lie detector tests and full cooperation. The house burned Sunday as Lothrop returned from beaver trapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Kents Hill
Paul Lothrop
State Adjutant General's Department
J. Edward Marks
Lothrop
Jon Lund
Aziz town test siren drew volunteers who forgot the drill
At noon Monday the town fire siren sounded and 16 volunteers rushed to respond but returned home after realizing it was only a siren test. The incident highlighted a forgotten drill among responders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Aziz
Church Bishop Invites Rabbis Into Pulpits
Boston based Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord urged 12 New England district superintendents to invite rabbis to speak in Methodist pulpits on Sunday January 31. He also proposed three minute lay talks on race relations February 14 urging support for Negro higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
John Wesley Lord
Methodist Church
Lord
Vermont
High School Students Aid Salvation Army Campaign Work
Biddeford High School and Thornton Academy students volunteer at the Salvation Army Campaign headquarters at 114 Main Street. Major James Geddes commends the turnout, noting the mountain of typing duties is rapidly shrinking due to the students’ excellent work. Helpers include Santa Ziminski, Sandra Cormier Alegra Bunson, Rose Marie Cote, Elizabeth Steinke, Joyce Geddes, Janice Stay, Paulette Tardif, and Sheila Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford High
Thornton Academy
Salvation Army
Main Street
Biddeford
James Geddes
Santa Ziminski
Sandra Cormier
Alegra Bunson
Rose-Marie Cote
Elizabeth Steinke
Joyce Geddes
Janice Stay
Paulette Tardif
Sheila Chase
Dry Dock Planned for Portland by Walsh Construction
SOUTH PORTLAND plans for a multi million dollar dry dock in East Yard of the former shipyards were revealed by Walsh Construction Co. Project manager Ar Imour A Kirby said the 1230 by 200 foot facility would handle ships over 1000 feet long drawing 35 feet of water and cost more than 10 million dollars. It would be the only large ship repair area between Boston and Quebec while the yard also runs a wartime scrapping operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Portland
Walsh Construction Co
Ar Imour A. Kirby
Walsh Engineering Division
Kirby
Boston
Quebec
Test At Home Can Determine Birth Chances
Dr. Joseph Doyle describes a three minute home fertility test using a glass device and a color changing fertility tape. The tape turns pink to blue when the egg is fertilizable, indicating timing for intercourse. Doyle estimates the method costs about four cents and advises 48 hour abstinence to prevent pregnancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Joseph Doyle
Boston
International Fertility Assn
Doyle
Plans Set for January 18 Supper by Saco LOOF Lodge
Saco LOOF lodge members met in the lodge hall to finalize plans for a January 18 supper at 6 30 p m Grand Warden George Godfrey of Winthrop spoke as guest and the business session was led by Noble Grand Carleton Brock Refreshments were served by Daniel Davis and committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Loof Lodge
George Godfrey
Winthrop
Hairdressers Cite Winners At State Cosmetology Meet
Students from Armand's Beauty Academy in Saco took first and second in the student hair styling contest at the Maine State Cosmetologist Association meeting held at the Hotel Elmwood in Waterville. Participants from beauty schools across the state competed. Alma Bergeron of Sanford won a trophy with second place awarded to Rene Letourneau of Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand's Beauty Academy
Saco
Maine State Cosmetologist Association
Hotel Elmwood
Waterville
Siace
Alma Bergeron
Sanford
Rene Letourneau
Biddeford
Girl Injured After Running Into Saco Car
A seven year old girl from Saco was treated for a hip injury after running into a car on Market Street. The car, driven by Lucianna P. Levesque, collided with the child as a trailer truck passed southbound. In a second incident, Patricia Steinke struck a City of Saco street department truck on Beach Street. no injuries to truck occupants. Truck damage was $50 and Steinke’s car $432.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Judy Crowns
Market Street
Webber Hospital
Lucianna P. Levesque
Boom Road
Steinke
Augusta Teachers Bypass Proposed Salary Increases
Augusta boards the annual salary review by postponing proposed raises, thanking teachers for restraint amid tough city finances. Dr. Lorrimer Schmidt notes the plan would have raised starting salaries to about 3,450 and maximums to 5,600 after one year, exceeding budget expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Board of Education
Lorrimer M. Schmidt
Schmidt
Pourers and servers listed for St Mary Hall meeting
The joint sodality gathering at St Mary parish hall tonight at 8 features guest speaker Dr William B O Sullivan on Diabetes. Hospitality chief Mrs Norman Reilly announced a long list of pourers servers and assistants including Mrs 0 Royal Sharkey Miss Eleanor Morgan and many others with Miss Donna Coleman Kay Donahue and Miss Marilyn Couture handling china duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary Parish Hall
William B. O'Sullivan
Norman Reilly
Royal Sharkey
Eleanor Mogan
Charles Cartier
Howard Giles
Alfred Benoit
Fred Greenwood
Harold Carroll
Leo Joncas
Frank Carey
John Barrett
Stuart Flavin
Fern Cadorette
George Simms
George Friary
Jesse Davis
Roy MacNaughton
Margaret Renouf
Doris Sevigny
Elaine White
Donna Coleman
Kay Donahue
Marilyn Couture
O’sullivan
Sharkey
The
Assumption Socality
Boston
Harvard University
Arrests Mounting In Anti Jewish Issues
The Associated Press reports rising arrests in a worldwide anti Jewish incidents wave now in its 20th day. West Germany leaders warn of consequences and urge action while police in Britain Italy and elsewhere report vandalism and arrests. A U N probe is urged by Maurice Perlzweig of the World Jewish Congress to study anti Semitism and minority protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
West Germany
Cologne
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
West Berlin
Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
East Germany
Britain
Florence
Italy
Foggia
Maurice L. Perlzweig
World Jewish Congress
Deschambault To Be Honored At Victory Ball
The third annual Victory ball honoring Biddeford Mayor Clem ent H. Deschambault will be on January 30 at St John’s hall Jefferson Street. Democratic Social club sponsors with Mike Drapeau’s orchestra. Officers include treasurer Joseph Bouvier general chairman Daniel P Cantara co chairs Annette Gagne Anthony Mariello reception Raoul Binette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Clement H. Deschambault
St. John’s Hall
Jefferson Street
Democratic Social Club
Mike Drapeau
Joseph Bouvier
Daniel P. Cantara
Annette Gagne
Anthony Mariello
Raoul Binette
Staples Post Renewals Ahead Of Last Year
First Vice Commander Paul Potvin reported renewals are ahead of last year at the Merton Iran Staples post AMVETS meeting in Biddeford. Efforts aim to exceed last year’s membership by February 1. The entertainment committee announced regular music by the Four Sharps and will honor the Vacationland Drum and Bugle Corps. wives and former corps members attend. The cribbage tournament was praised as very successful, with council and department leaders present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Potvin
Merton Iran Staples Post
Amvets
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Four Sharps
York County Council
Rene Huot
Wallace Bragdon
Armand Levesque
Major Lessard, Jr
Robert Cormier
Math Teacher Denies Affair With Student
Dr Basil Warner a 46 year old math teacher testifies in Hudson County court denying sexual relations with a 14 year old student at Dickinson High School. He claims 108 alleged occasions never happened as he was away or busy. Warner suspended faces 15 charges over alleged intimacies with a minor dating from January 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N.J
Basil Warner
Warner
Dickinson High School
Hudson County
Paul J. Duffy
Fined in Old Orchard Beach Driving Without License
Carl E. Canalis 25 of Scarborough was fined 15 dollars by Judge Wesley M. Mewer in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice Court for driving with out a license. Old Orchard Beach police were complainants in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Canalis
Scarborough
Wesley M. Mewer
Old Orchard Beach
Brown in daylight robbery case hunted across country
Brown, 34, involved in a daylight robbery, paralyzed by a gunshot in the spine while Chenette also faced NH prison parole terms. Brown surrendered peacefully in Cincinnati and said he felt hunted. Authorities plan no extradition action. if indicted, he may be moved to Alfred for Superior Court, else await May term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
Couture
Portland
York County
Brown
New Hampshire
New Hampshire State
Chenette
Cincinnati
Saco
Hilary Mahaney
Mahaney
Alfred
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Mary-Martha
Allstate
Paul R. Rousseau
Arthur Burnham
Negro
St. Mary Hall
Associated Press
Deschambault
Staples Post
Dennett & Craig, Inc
Saco, Maine
York
Main
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