Navy personnel listed in Air Gun exercise and Caribbean cruise
Ronald C. Smart radarman third class USN, son of Mrs Ruth W Smart of Biddeford lives at 36 Graham Street Biddeford serving aboard USS Topeka in Air Gun exercises off California. Peter P Nicholas seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs James Nicholas of 151 Summer Street leaves Charles ton South Carolina aboard USS Salute for a four month training cruise in the Caribbean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald C. Smart
USN
Ruth W. Smart
Graham Street
Biddeford
Topeka
California
Peter P. Nicholas
James Nicholas
Summer — Street
Charleston
S. C
Caribbean
Public events announced by local groups this week
A public baked bean supper by Senior Girl Scout Troop 21 runs 5 to 7 tonight at Biddeford White Church Crescent street. Ancient Order of Hibernians Division One meets Sunday 8 p m at St John hall Elm and Main. St John Episcopal church Old Orchard Beach holds annual meeting Sunday 7 p.m. in parish hall with refreshments. Biddeford VFW auxiliary meets Monday 7:30 p.m. in City building. Fred S Gurney WRC event at Saco GAR hall cancelled due to York County GOP hall use for a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford White Church
Second Congregational
Crescent Street
Order of Hibernians
St. John Hall
Elm and
Main Streets
St. John Episcopal Church
Old Orchard Beach
Fred S. Gurney Women's Relief Corps
Saco Gar Hall
York County G.O.P
Latin American nations weigh stance on Cuba sanctions
As Monday’s meeting nears, the United States, Colombia, Venezuela and some Central American nations plan to seek OAS sanctions against Fidel Castro. Mexico, Brazil and Argentina oppose measures, citing nonintervention and self determination though fear of domestic unrest is noted. In Uruguay about 200 leftists march 100 miles from Montevideo to Punta del Este opposing Yankee imperialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balk
Fidel Castro
United States
Latin America
Colombia
Venezuela
Organization of American States
Cuba
Castro
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Montevideo
Punta del Este
Dominican coup and counter coup in Dominican Republic
Rodriguez Echavarria installed a military dominated junta Tuesday night. A swift counter coup Thursday led by his own officers restored the council and made the general a prisoner. Rafael Bonnelly warned Balaguer and Rodriguez Echavarria will be submitted to justice if warranted by investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riguez Echavarria
Rodriguez Echavarria
Rafael Bonnelly
Balaguer
Colby College names Ian Robertson editor in chief
Ian I. Robertson, Lane Press assistant to the president, becomes Colby College editor in chief overseeing all college publications. Summit, New Jersey native and 1951 Colby graduate will lead the school’s publishing efforts. The article notes baseball stat lines with Mantle and Maris leading in walks for 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Ian I. Robertson
Lane Press
Burlington, Vt
Colby College
Summit N. J
Colby
Card of Thanks for Flowers and Support After Bereavement
We thank all who sent flowers and cards and offered services during our recent bereavement. Mrs. Alfred Cantara Mr. and Mrs. Rheal Cantara Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gelinas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Cantara
Rheal Cantara
Paul Gelinas
Gratitude for Support After Bereavement
The Labonte family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for their kindness through ecards bouquets flowers car loans and other sympathy expressions during their recent bereavement from Mrs Roger Labonte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Labonte
Deaths Irving Boothby 79 owner of Woodlawn camps
Irving Boothby 79 a Saco native and long time West Scarborough camp owner dies in Daytona Florida while wintering with wife Anna. He graduated Thorn ton academy and served with York county sheriff's department. Survivors include widow a son Donald E Boothby and three grandchildren Donaleen Stephen and Richard. Funeral arrangements in Saco and Daytona are pending details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Boothby
Woodlawn
West
Scarborough
Saco
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Daytona
Fla
Anna
Martin) Boothby
Thornton Academy
York County Sheriff's Department
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Donald E. Boothby
Donaleen
Stephen
Richard Boothby
High and Black Funeral Home
Sach
Dennett & Craig Funeral Home
Funeral services for Sherman E. Plummer scheduled
Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 30 p m from 365 Main street Saco for Sherman E Plummer former Saco and Lynn Massachusetts resident who died in a hospital in St Petersburg Florida Friends may call at Saco Funeral home Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Burial will be in Laurel Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Saco
Sherman E. Plummer
Saco and Lynn, Mass
St. Petersburg
Fla
Saco Funeral Home
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Alphonse Oprie in Biddeford
Funeral services for Alphonse Oprie of Biddeford were held at St. Joseph church with a requiem high mass led by Rev. Normand Carrier. The church choir under Mrs. Diana Rousselle sang, with bearers Adelard Boissonneault Ronald Lizotte William P Sicard and David Hall. Entombment followed at St. Joseph cemetery and burial is planned in Sanford in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Oprie
Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Normand Carrier
Diana Rousselle
Adelard Boissonneault
Ronald Lizotte
William P. Sicard
David Hall
St. Joseph Cemetery
Sanford
Noted Ballad Singer Urges Folk Music Truth at Carnegie Hall
Blond world travel ing balladeer William Clawson says beatniks miss a chance to become real singers and that young people should learn how to sing folk music as it developed. He is booked through 1964 and cites his multilingual repertoire and Sanders influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Clawson
Carnegie Hall
Clawson
Chioan Clawson
Greenwich Village
Mary
Colombo
Sandbury
Sweden
Carl Sandburg
Los Angeles
Sandburg
Fire damages milk truck at Elm and South corner
Biddeford firemen extinguished a fire in a milk truck owned by Cole Farm Dairy at the Elm and South streets corner shortly after 3 40 this morning. Chemicals were used to dampen the flames and no damage estimate was provided. The alarm came from box 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Elm
South Streets
Cole Farm Dairy
Portland Night Weather and Oil Delivery Ad
Clearing and cooler south portions with cloudy north and snow ending by morning. Sunday remains fair and cold with little temperature change. Shapiro's automatic keep-fill heating oil delivery offers 24 hour burner service. Call AT 4-4523.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Shapiro
Youth Fellowship Listings Across Local Churches
A Sunday schedule of youth and worship events across multiple churches in Kennebunk Goodwins Mills Saco Wells Old Orchard Beach and Ogunquit. Groups include Youth Fellowships junior and senior, Bible training unions and evening services with times from 3 to 7 30 p m and a candlelight installation for Saco School Street Methodist church leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
The
Baptist Youth Fellowship of the
Ogunquit
Junior Beacons For Christ
Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Baptist
Fail Gospel
Wells
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Foss Street Methodist Church
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
Saco United Baptist Church
Youth Fellowship of
Advent Christian Church
Methodist Men's Club
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Maine Milk Commission sets Feb hearing on milk prices
Augusta Maine The Maine Milk Commission will open public hearings February 6 to set minimum milk prices in all Maine price control areas. The hearings follow a joint petition from the New England Milk Producers Association Maine Dairymen's Association and Maine Milk Dealers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Milk Commission
Maine
New England Milk Producers Association
Maine Dairymen’s Association
Maine Milk Dealers Association
Fuller Rites Set for Former Maine House Leader
Funeral services are scheduled Sunday for Jesse P. Fuller 60 former Maine House majority leader who represented South Portland from 1951 to 1957. He died Friday at his home after serving as Maine New Hampshire representative of a textbook concern and was named chairman of the Governor's Advisory Committee last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Fuller
South Portland
Jesse P. Fuller
Maine House
Wells Restaurateur Is Arrested Following Raid
Howard B. True, about 55, a Wells restaurant owner, was arrested on a warrant alleging illegal gambling on the Cozy Corner premises on U.S. Route 1 after a Maine State Police raid. Three pinball machines were seized. officers cited undercover work and numerous complaints. True posted $500 bail and faces arraignment in South Berwick next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Maine
U.S. Route 1
Howard B. True
William Hancock
Hanes Gibson
Department
Plo
Gibson
Hancock
W. Paul Quarrington
North Berwick
Yorkshire
Sheriff's Department
Alumni map shows Saco hosts largest Thornton network
The Alum ni office lists 3 157 graduates across 43 states DC and nine foreign countries with 1 277 in Saco and notable counts in Biddeford Old Orchard Beach and Portland. Foreign alumni include Britain West Indies Brazil Burma and Germany. Local notes cover Buxton gym games and coach Jim MccGuffin’s away trip habit plus city bids for fire station units and county political chatter ahead of June primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorton Academy
Academy
District of Columbia
Saco
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Scarborough
Portland
Kennebunks
South Portland
Maine
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Nevada
North Dakota
North Carolna
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsyvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
Virginia
Wyoming
Wisconsinia
Wisconsin
Hawaii
Washington, D.C
Canada
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
British West Indies
Brazil
Burma
Belgium
Turkey
England
Germany
Thornton
Buxton High
Tornton
Saco Armory
Buxton
Jim MccGuffin
Structural Improvements Envisioned In 62 Home
Industrial designers and manufacturers push new materials and structural ideas for homes. Norman Ginsberg of the National Design Center notes improved compensation and visibility of products, with plastic looks, weatherproof materials, and room concepts turning kitchens and family spaces into integrated indoor outdoor environments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Brown
Norman Ginsberg
National Design Center
New York
Jean
Ginsberg
Adah OES Chapter Honors Eastern Star Leaders in Biddeford
Adah chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held Associate Matron and Associate Patron Night in Biddeford with guests from Districts One and Two. The event honored Mr. and Mrs. George W. Rooman and Mrs. Anne R. Horsman among dozens of officers, with notices of future events and a stay at Maine Medical Center for Walter Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Biddeford Masonic Hall
George W. Rooman
Adah
Anne R. Horsman
Portland
Grand Chapter
Maine
Ella R. Fickett
Elizabeth M. Calderwood
Biddeford
Betty Jean Braley
South Portland
Agnes H. Swett
South Berwick
Esther H. Linscott
Kittery
Louise Harpoothan
Agnes Johnson
Jean Arnold
Helen Parks
Bessie Day
Geraldine Doughty
Rena Woodward
Cryscula Emery
Elizabeth Tate
Rooman
Horsman
Harpoothan
George Rooman
Ruth Chapter
Springvale
Walter Alexander
Maine Medical Center
Khrushchev denounces Molotov at 22nd Party Congress
Western diplomats report indecision in Moscow as Khrushchev’s policies face opposition. Molotov’s fate remains uncertain after denouncements and failed reassignment. Dobrynin delays posting to Washington as cultural talks stall. Radio Moscow touts unity while a Moscow district conference emphasizes implementing congress decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Molotov
Moscow
Communist Party
Foreign Ministry
Vienna
Communist Party J
Pravda
Kremlin
Washington
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow Radio
Communist Movement
Radio
Parakeet Saves Woman From Fire in Three-Story Tenement
In Manchester New Hampshire a parakeet woke Mrs. Mary Zucker as flames swept a three story wooden tenement. The owner escaped unharmed and credited the parakeet with saving her life. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Mary Zucker
Plan Studied To Help Poor Man Be President
Washington reports outline a presidential commission study on financing campaign costs for major party nominees. Nine appointees chair Alexander Heard examine funding options from tax relief to government subsidies to ensure candidates aren’t dependent on large special-interest contributions. The analysis includes staff costs transportation advertising and TV time with aims to broaden support while preserving national security interests. Kansas City figures note the Athletics pitching struggles with 4.74 runs per nine innings last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
John Kennedy
Alexander Heard
Graduate School
University of North Carolina
Congress
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Aidan Wins All Seven Races In 1961 Circuit
Mrs Moody Jolley's Aidan, a dominant two year old in 1961, won all seven races before being bought as a yearling for $11,000 by the owner's husband.
Malayan exchange pupil speaks at Saco union meeting
Sinnathamby Muragaso of Malaya, an exchange student at Nasson College, spoke to the Women's Educational and Industrial Union at the Hamilton Memorial building Beach Street Saco. He described his country’s customs history and government and urged US aid to help combat communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinnathamby Muragaso
Malaya
Nassan College
Springvale
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Hamilton Memorial Building
Beach Street
Saco
Carleton Crogan
Great Britain
United States
Nasson
Muragaso
Wiliam Marston
Robert Biggar
Chris Perkins
Stephen Patrick
State Federation
Woman's Club
Washington, D. C
New Hampshire
Theodore Schaffer
Biddeford-Saco
Everett Ladd
Bitter Cold Grips Plains and Southeast Sees Warm Spikes
The bureau issued heavy snow warnings for Kansas and Nebraska as high winds and cold threaten drifting and near blizzard conditions. Sub zero readings hit northern Plains with Phillip and Huron, S D at 23 and Worland Wyo at 20. Freezing rain noted in Tennessee while Southeast fog and drizzle kept temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Miami and Key West reached 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains States
Kansas
Nebraska
Phillip
Huron
S.D
Worland
Wyo
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Wichita Falls
Tex
Florida
Miami
Key West
Congolese Deputy Premier Deposed and Put Under House Arrest
Gizenga, deposed as deputy premier, was flown by U.N. plane from Stanleyville to Leopoldville and lodged at U.N. headquarters as a guarded guest. He faces possible legal action after a parliamentary censure on charges of insurrection. Mutinous Congolese troops in Katanga and Kivu, once loyal to Gizenga, now appear to answer to no one and escape officer control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gizenga
U.N
Leopoldville
Stanleyville
Katanga
Kivu
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
NEW Colby Editor
Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris
Yankees
Clete Boyer
Youth Fellowship of the
Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society
Kennebunk Landing
Bible Baptist Church of
Saco City Hall
Salvation Army
Union Avenue
Salvation
First Baptist Church
Ocean Avenue
Methodist
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Carl Deis, Jr
Saco First Parish Congregational Church
Saco First Parish
Wells Restaurateur
Dick Charles
Police and Fire Commission
North Saco
Camp Ellis Beach
Camp Ellis
Haley's
Stevenson Plumbing Service
Stanley W. Kozloff & Sons
Richard S. Foss & Sons
Miles
Bunting
Oil & Gas
Brown
Kozloff
Foss
Reo
Earl E. Morse, Jr
Howe Fire Apparatus Company
Anderson
Morse
Sace
Samuel Gagnon, Sr
Leo F. Charest
City Committee
Democratic Social Club
Kennebunkport Warriors
Saco Rec
Saco Court
St. Mary
St. Andre Church
Ronald P. McCullough
Claire A. Gagne
Onil R. Gagne
Summer Street
John A. Cunningham
Pine Point
Lee
Adah Oes
Frances Smith
Ways and Means
Freddie Cloutier
Paul H. Tate
Electa
Marshal
Shirley E. Parks
Gladys Goodwin
Ednad Stackpole
Elizabeth Calderwood
Kennebunk
Miniwanca
Union
Lyman
Priscilla
Highpine
Beacon Light
Beulah
Cumberland Mills
Ruth
Longfellow
Garrison Hill
Wiscasset
Covar Stone
Deering
Clover
Pine Tree
Gorham
Annette
Fadette
York
John Williams
Dover
Walnut Creek
Calif
Friendship
Amesbury
Ceptance
Wayne
Beaver
Queen Esther
Charlottsville
Kansas City
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