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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1961
Page
3
Weather bulletin reports cloudy and cold conditions in Portland with intermittent light snow this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday remains mostly cloudy and cold as north to northeast winds reach 20 to 30 mph along the coast and 10 to 20 mph inland. Snow accumulation expected 3 to 5 inches with temperatures in the low 20s to upper teens. gale warnings posted along the coast.
Reports show Mrs. Winfred A Bliss seriously ill at Ocean avenue Old Orchard Beach and others: Mrs Joseph Potvin in Webber hospital Biddeford. Mrs Richard McGarey returned home to Maryland after visiting Saco. Legion auxiliary meeting set for Tuesday in Saco. Gerrish family back from Florida. several medical, travel, and military updates across Biddeford, Saco, and Old Orchard Beach including honors from President Kennedy and attendance at national events.
Rev. Hervey Huot 49 died at his Cleveland home Friday. Born May 25, 1911 in Biddeford to Joseph and Coinne Brulotte Huot he attended St. Andre School and Montreal Seminary. Ordained 1937 he served as pastor of the Pasquel church in Cleveland at death. Survived by five brothers Acelard Adelbert Emile Rene Biddeford and Ronald Bridgeport Conn one sister Mrs Blanche Carey Glendale Cal and several nieces and nephews.
A Lafeyette court Catholic Order of Foresters meeting is set for 7 30 p m at Forester hall Emery street Biddeford. Biddeford post VFW meets at 7 30 in City building. Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit American Legion auxiliary gathers at 8 at Mrs Marion Clark Poop road. St Joseph Alumnae convenes Wednesday at 7 20 p m at St Josephs High School Biddeford.
Saco Police and Dog Officer Frank Benson investigate a dead dog found on Cumberland Avenue with a bullet wound and evidence it was run over. The case remains under investigation.
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and sympathy during our bereavement and for final tributes and car assists. Mrs Robert Smart and family Mr and Mrs Walter Smart and family.
Antoinette Couture 69 wife of Omer Couture of 25 Main street Biddeford died at Pine Point Convalescent Home after a long illness. Born in Quebec November 19 1891 she was a Tremblay. A St Joseph church parishioner and VFW auxiliary member she is survived by her husband three brothers Jules Tremblay Norbert Emile Tremblay and three sisters Louise Anna Thibeault Celina M Agnew and C Praline Tremblay. Friends may call at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford today until 10 p.m. Funeral from St Joseph church Tuesday at 8 30 a.m.
Mrs. Georgia H. Woodford a widow of Edward G. Woodford and Saco native died this morning at her 43 Middle Street residence. She was daughter of Theodore and Martha Hamblin, educated in Saco schools, lived in Portland after marriage, returned 15 years ago to Saco, and was a member of School Street Methodist Church. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring Street Saco. viewing Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. Burial Evergreen Cemetery Portland.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie McIntire Hooper a retired Biddeford school teacher were held Saturday at Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco Reverend H Lewis Cutler of Second Congregational church Biddeford officiated with interment at Greenwood cemetery Bearers included Alfred Bradford Alfred Wilcox Melbourne Means and Leairence Staples
Funeral services for Robert L Townsend of Millikins Mills Road Old Orchard Beach were held this morning at St Margaret church. Rev Armand Landry celebrated the requiem high Mass with church choir and organist Mrs Antonio Boisveri. Entombment followed at Greenwood cemetery Biddeford with burial planned in Springtime at St Marys cemetery.
Funeral services for George Frechette of 16 Pike Street Biddeford were held at St. Andre church with a solemn high mass of requiem. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Anie Giguere officiated assisted by Deacon Robert T. Martel and Subdeacon Rev. Gerard J. Par em. Burial followed at St. Joseph’s Cemetery with grave prayers by Rev. Gerard J. Parent. Out of town relatives attended from Meriden Connecticut New Britain Connecticut Waterbury Connecticut and St. Paul Chester P Q.
Funeral services for Noel J Beaulieu of 17 Summer Street Biddeford were held Saturday morning at St Joseph church. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev Earl Bealieu with Rev Sylvia Levesque as deacon and Rev Norman Cerrier as subdeacon. The male quartet from St Joseph church sang with organist Mrs Diana Frechette Rousselle. Attending clergy included Rt Rev Msgr Eli Hevey and several priests. Bearers were Gerard Vigneault Paul Vigneault Roland Lemay Alfred Gagnon Armand Trottier and Gerard Gagnon. Burial was in St Joseph cemetery with committal prayers by Rev Earl Beau.
Readable fragment lists January tidal times across days with amplitudes and windows. Exact pairs show high and low tides in morning and evening blocks, including early and late shifts.
Miss Mildred Peabody reading supervisor at Gorham State Teachers College will speak at the Saco PTA meeting tomorrow at 8 at Burns School Saco. She will present a remedial reading program and show colored slides. A Portland Book Co display with an author will discuss books with parents. Members are asked to bring a new or used book to aid the school library. Refreshments by the hospitality committee.
City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis announced 44 residents now join Saco’s Tax Payment Club. Eligible 1961 taxes can be paid in monthly installments with a 1 percent discount on final payment after full payment of 1960 taxes. The city has collected $1,915.73 under the plan, deposited in a local bank to earn interest until use.
Portland reports Maine taxpayers face a $347.87 million share of President Eisenhower's $8.9 billion budget, based on a Maine Chamber of Commerce estimate that the state pays .43 percent of all federal taxes. The rate matches last year, but Maine's cost rises nearly $5 million due to a $1.1 billion budget increase.
Lester Austin new Reed Motors owner in Saco is appointed General Motors Community relations chairman for the Biddeford Saco area. He will move to Glen Haven circle and coordinate GM educational materials and presentations. He can work with clubs schools and local groups to use GM material in development programs.
The Maine Association of Municipal Court Judges and Recorders recommended judges in municipal courts wear robes to raise standards. In a letter to Judge Hilary Mahaney secretary-treasurer L Smith Dunnock stated robes would be optional but encouraged.
The Father Justinien Circle and Biddeford Columbian Squires hosted the first Family Communion Breakfast at the K of C hall in Washington-Sunday 8 to 10. Guests included Brother Damien, Paul Leblond, and Philip Masse. Squires announced the Missile project completion and awarded a prize to Mrs. Aurise Carrier.
Peter and Anes Giannarakos of Lowell Massachusetts sued York Mutual Insurance of Maine for 3200 dollars claiming Camp Filis in Saco was damaged by wind on December 29 1960. The insurer argued only tides caused destruction and wind damage was not covered. The case was dismissed with prejudice after a court conference and the plaintiff dropped the charges.
In Formosa Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang secured 746 of 929 seats on city and county councils. Separately in Mexico City a ground crew strike forced Eastern Air Lines to cancel all flights as workers seek 20 30 percent raises. airline offers 5 percent. In Indonesia the USSR agreed to build two atomic reactors. Belgium sees mass strikes end after 28 days but clashes injure two demonstrators in Liege region. Warsaw unloads 50 1 cases of priceless treasures from Canada. Algeria rebel government in exile invites UN help for self determination vote. otherwise negotiations with France. In Germany ex General von dem Bach-Zelewski goes on trial over Nazi era killings.
Two youths, Clarence Rodney aged 11 and Clarence Welch aged 8, were rescued from a floating ice cake on the Saco River near the Garland Manufacturing company building on Water street. Lt. Robert Foran of the Saco Police Department pulled them to shore with a riverbank pole after a motorist reported the distress.
Dr. Roy Fairfield a former Bates College instructor and Saco native edits a new paperback titled The Federalist Papers to be released by Doubleday. The volume compiles the most significant half of the 85 papers urging New York voters to ratify the U S Constitution.
Old Orchard Beach Fire Chief Louis Wharff urged residents to verify addresses after a misreported fire sent firefighters to 6 Third Street, only to find a flooded oil stove fire at 27 Linden Street. No damage occurred, but the wrong address could have delayed a real blaze elsewhere.
Trouble continues as Baluba attacked trains. Moroccan troops reach the relief train, swedes provide covering fire, and UN Command declines to remove Raj Dayal after a demand by Congo Foreign Minister Justin Bomboko. Bomboko accuses Dayal of bias toward Lumumba factions.
A week of committee hearings covers Inland Fisheries and Game changes after public input. Bills include reinstating a bear bounty in select townships, six day moose season, easing clam size rules, and school construction aid for towns with 700 plus students. Also proposed are tax exemptions for manufacturing equipment, liquor container deposits, billboard bans, and malt liquor license renewal oversight.
Parishioners of Christ the King Church in South Kingstown are asked to give ten percent of income as a modern revival of tithing. A Providence diocese spokesman says the church may be Rhode Island’s first to adopt the practice. Pastor Rev. J. Leo Lyons says the funds will help pay a debt on the two year old church serving about 135 families and 100 to 150 URI students.
Paul Proulx of St Louis High School has been accepted at Amherst College with a financial grant for the Class of 1965. He plans to major in English and pursue teaching, after being the top National Merit scorer at his school. Proulx is also noted for Boy Scouts accomplishments and Biddeford Civil Defense work.
Biddeford man Leon D. Elie, 47, was fined $19 in Biddeford Municipal Court after pleading guilty to allowing his part German shepherd to chase a deer. State police and Fish and Game testified. A second case saw 16 year old James Neithercut fined $10 for no vehicle inspection sticker, suspended.
The Biddeford city council will meet tonight at 8 to draw up the city budget for the year.
Joseph A. Bouvier, ticket chairman for the Democratic Victory dance and dinner, says tickets for the Biddeford event Saturday night are still available. Tickets can be reserved by calling his home. The dinner starts at 6:15 followed by a dance with music provided.
The incoming president will not submit a full budget this year but will advocate piecemeal changes to Eisenhower's budget. A gradual economic recovery is expected to lift economy to record levels by year end, while Kennedy tempers enthusiasm for new and expanded programs ahead of the new frontier.
New York trading sees mixed sentiment as gold mining shares rise after government order restricting U S citizens from holding gold abroad. AP average up .20 at noon, industrials higher, rails lower, utilities up. Bullion in London declines as overall market faces resistance after weeks of gains.
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