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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1962
Page
2
Mrs Caroline Scott of 26 South Street Biddeford is recorded as a patient at Webber Hospital with no further details provided in the notice.
Saco Rebekah lodge will meet Saturday in Odd Fellows hall at 7 30 p m when Re obligation and Brothers Night will be observed. Past Noble Grands association of Saco Rebekah sores will meet Monday at 8 p m at the home of Mrs Carrie Emery Ferry road Saco. The Delta Alpha club will be entertained Monday at 7 30 p m at home of Mrs Rose Wilcox 6 Union street Biddeford with Mrs Mildred Mcelintire as assisting hostess. Group A led by Mrs Fillmore Harris will run Notre Dame hospital Thrift Shop next week.
The Saco Salvation Army Junior Bandana choir meets Saturday at 9 a.m. A series of confessions runs Saturday at St. Monica St. Kensebunk and St. Martha. Deacons to be installed at Biddeford White Church Sunday during 10:30 a.m. service. White Church groups plan joint meeting Sunday with George D. Love recounting the Grenfell Mission. Deacons Board sets meeting Monday January 15 at 7:15 p.m. Advent Christian church hosts Rev Mrs Lottie Record as guest Sunday at 10:45 a.m. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m.
The Coast Guard reports the icebreaker Eastwind reached Cape Hallett Antarctica with oil and other supplies after battling Six to eight feet of ice and heavy icebergs. The ship carried a Naval detachment New Zealand scouts scientists and newsmen from three nations and delivered 61 bags of Christmas mail and presents. Eastwind will return to Boston at the end of April.
York County Divers association met to plan a dive on January 28. President Carl Danis led the session and gave a talk on diving physics. Prospective members Joseph Saucier Butch Lehoux Gill Pelletier Theodore Poirier and Robert Poirier attended. The club rooms at Voltigeur clubrooms Biddeford host meetings twice monthly.
United Stores Co. also known as Ross Huntress faces six Maine stores in Portland Rumford Lewiston Bangor Pittsfield and Dexter plus locations in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont. Liabilities total 860500 with assets of 274500 after petitioning U.S. District Court for an arrangement with creditors.
Miss Sarah Blanche Vance 77 died early today at Old Orchard Beach where she had lived two years at 42 Washington Ave. Born August 6 1884 in Londonderry Nova Scotia she was daughter of Peter M and Abigail Vance. Survived by brother William P Vance of Old Orchard Beach and several nieces and nephews. Local arrangements by Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco with funeral Monday 2 pm at Dewhirst Funeral Home Methuen and Elmwood Cemetery burial.
Sister St Thomas de Galilee 70 formerly of Biddeford died yesterday at Good Shepherd Convent Quebec Born November 21 1891 in Biddeford daughter of the late Thomas and Jessie Noel Fecteau educated in Biddeford taught at St Joseph school Surviving two sisters Mrs Arthur Neault Saco and Mrs Leo Cyr North Adams one brother Joseph Fecteau Worcester Mass four nieces and three nephews Funeral Mass Monday 9 at the Convent chapel Quebec burial in the cemetery
A Mississippian grandmother Mae Lee Johnson and her granddaughter Gwendolyn Faye were sheltered for two nights in Crossett Arkansas after a snowstorm stranded their Continental Trailways bus. Local residents and businesses provided meals lodging and warmth as drivers and townspeople shared space and hospitality until the bus was ready to proceed.
The text describes a will allocating two eugenics trusts. Sons Kenneth and Kalon would share in one trust based on scores from mental and physical character tests taken with their brides. The other trust funds an educational campaign to promote selective breeding to improve the human race.
In Tampa Florida Zorro a two year old mongrel dog climbs a six foot tree and spends much of the day perched on a limb. Owner Amy Mary Paleveda says the unusual habit began about a year ago and helps the dog keep watch over the yard.
This afternoon in Portland sunshine and warm temps give way to increasing clouds tonight. Snow flurries possible Saturday with colder air and northwest winds. The ad notes snow tires and batteries at Western Auto in Saco and Caribou to Montreal temperature details included.
A dawn fire at the P. S. Dubrey Trucking warehouse on Elm Street Biddeford damaged bags of shoe heels on a rear platform and a canopy and ridge pole. Fire Chief Arthur H. King suspects a cigarette sparked the blaze. No major interior damage reported. building owned by Vito Minimni. Firefighters responded after a dispatcher called at 4 50 and returned after 6 24 for a flare up. Two engines and a tank truck operated with Saco covering at the station.
Principal Russell Noyes announced mid year exams at Wells High School will take place January 17 18 and 19. Students must attend only on exam days and may arrange own transport or stay at school with supervision. Hot lunches available for nonexam students.
The report describes a multi stage propulsion plan using kerosene and liquid oxygen for the first stage, a second stage with live J-2 engines burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen providing about one million pounds of thrust and a third stage with a single J-2 engine producing 200,000 pounds of thrust. Engines are arranged to share fuel from a nonfunctioning unit to extend burn time.
For the first time in 19 years liquor was not a factor in any of Maine's 10 highway fatalities in December. December also marked 1961 as the first month with this distinction, suggesting drivers heeded the campaign against drinking and driving.
Richard Walton 22 pleaded guilty in Biddeford Municipal Court to operating without registration and without a license. Judge Simon Spill ordered 25 fine or 30 days for the license charge and 10 fine or 30 days for the registration charge, with payment due by 3 p.m. Biddeford police reported the offenses occurred on Sullivan Street last night.
House and Senate members criticized President Kennedy’s plan to cut civilian spending to offset higher defense outlays. Democrats called civil rights proposals inadequate while opposing tax cuts. Republicans attacked the plan as preposterous or unconstitutional.
CES Derwood expresses appreciation to assistants over the past year and extends thanks to the new president Mrs. Smith. The mystery package is awarded to Mrs. Calderwood. A play cast rehearsal is set for Monday January 15 at Biddeford Masonic hall ahead of the January 19 Adah chapter meeting. Refreshments are provided by hostesses Mrs. Hazel Beety and Mrs. Marion Dexheimer. The next meeting will be February 8 at Mrs. Elizabeth Tate's Old Orchard Road home with supper at 6:30 p.m. Present were Mrs. Gertrude Davis, Mrs. Gladys Goodwin, Mrs. Edna Stackpole, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Dexheimer, Mrs. Edna Woodman, Mrs. Tate, Mrs. Helen Parks, Mrs. Calderwood, Mrs. Helms, Mrs. Beety and Mrs. Smith.
NE Trade gress and the association praised its work to bolster the state economy and congratulated Bates undefeated TV College Bowl team members who attended as guests of the AIM directors at a luncheon.
The Biddeford Saco American Legion post held a long meeting at the Biddeford City building. Committees discussed plans for events including a March dinner with the auxiliary to mark the 43rd Legion anniversary and initialization ceremonies for all non initiated members at the February York County Council session in Saco.
Sau L. Katz of Newton was named president of the New England Shoe and Leather Association. Other officers include Bernard B. Shapiro of American Girl Shoe Co. Boston as vice president John T. Healy of The Stetson Shoe Co. South Weymouth as vice president Robert E. Wall of Wall Streeter Shoe Co. North Adams as vice president and Sidney Spiegel of Bruce Shoe Co. Biddeford as treasurer.
Mrs Almeria Proulx hosted the January gathering of the Past Presidents Association of the Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary on Alfred Street. Ill members received cards. prizes went to Mrs Laura Dodge and Mrs Beatrice Stone. President Alden Racine announced officer elections for February 1 with the venue to be announced later.
The speaker argued the GOP is out-manned out-organized out-spent and out-worked in most big cities. He noted Republicans won only 14 of 41 cities with populations over 300 000 checked by the committee.
The Madisses of the First Parish Congregational Church Saco vote to sponsor a rummage sale on February 1 at the parish house. Florence Northrop is unit president and Marion Stickney is co chairwoman with installation planned January 25. A social followed with refresh ments.
Treasury agent testified at the federal trial that Saul Glassman of Brookline counted a large stack of money at his desk in the lawyer’s office while discussing a bribery scheme with IRS inspector Charles J. McCaffrey. Prosecution says the payments aimed to derail Bergman tax-evasion proceedings.
A 1962 program on Mental Health for Children will be at Deering High School auditorium in Portland at 8 p m January 23. Dr Louise Bates Ames of the Gesell Institute New Haven Conn will conduct the program. Ames a Portland native and Yale Ph D graduate is co author of several books on Child Development and Mental Health. The event is sponsored by the Southern Maine association for Mental Health led by Rev Earl McKinney of the Universalist church Portland.
Supt Paul Larrabee of Biddeford. has been authorized by the Board of Education to contact the Maine Public Utilities commission regarding hazardous conditions at the two railroad bridges on South Street. The move follows increased traffic due to the new high school and notes the former Biddeford High School and gymnasium is now Biddeford Junior High School and gymnasium.
Beverly Hills restaurant owner Jean Leon says actors Rita Hayworth and Gary Merrill were asked to leave Au Petit Jean Saturday after an actual fight erupted in the cafe, drawing a crowd as patrons watched.
An eight year old Biddeford boy collided with a car on St Mary street yesterday afternoon and broke his right leg. The driver, Rosalie Belanger, 33, of 36 St Mary street, told police the boy darted from behind a parked car. He was taken to Webster hospital with a good condition reported this morning.
Rescue efforts focus on Ramahirca and Huarascucho after a massive slide from Mt Huascaran swamped a 12 foot deep muck field. Officials report 14 settlements destroyed and 7,000 to 9,000 residents affected as bodies surface in Chimbote and the Santa River recedes.
Annual reports were presented by the 1961 officers and committee chairmen. The document lists the names of officers and chairs for care of the sick entertainment committee house and grounds and publicity and notes the presentation of the annual reports.
The ways and means committee holds initial jurisdiction over taxes Social Security and tariffs and has 15 Democrats 10 Republicans. Last year it declined to approve the President's medical care bill under Social Security and he renewed it Thursday. Nine favorable votes were the peak in committee ballots. Mills opposed the health insurance bill last year and Smith led the fight against the school bill with positions unchanged.
After an emergency meeting in City Building, regional Red Cross director Anthony Famiano recommended the Biddeford chapter survive if possible. The group will seek a drive chair to fund continuity while the Saco office handles emergency calls, with several local leaders attending.
The Cub Scouts of Pack 310 met at the First Parish Congregational church for den meetings 1 through 12 with den mothers, assistants, den chiefs, and visitors. Den 3 made armor and helmets, shields in Den 4, coats of armor in Den 3, and molds in dens 9 and 10. Webelos meet Saturday 10 to 11 at Mrs John Whitney's home.
A Biddeford Saco Community Chest meeting appointed a committee to audit 1961 books. President Raymond P. Bonang named Alfred S. Bradford and J. Alan Jasper to each fill posts. Treasurer Wayne B. Hutchins presented a year end report and funds were allocated to member agencies for 1962.
Ray mond F Bouchard 19 of 99 West Cutts Biddeford and John Lambert 25 of 118 Pleasant Saco held without bail on parole violation charges after pleading not guilty at arraignment. Clarence E Goldthwaite 22 and Bradley Fletcher 23 were sent to the Men's Reformatory for parole violation and a 16 year old case was referred to probation. Police Chief Raymond Kerry said investigation continues.
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