Car and real estate specials headline at Biddeford shop
Savvy deals on autos include 195 Chev and 53 Merc models with top prices from 195 to 295 dollars. Also offered is a 1954 Chev 2-ton pickup, a 1957 Ford Del Rio ranch wagon, and a 1958 Montclair Merc with full equipment. Real estate listings show a 2 story, 2 apartment building at 2 Ige. Lots with auto oil furnace and 10 weekly rent at 15 950 dollars, and a separate South Street two story home at 9 000 dollars with oil heat and garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
Gonneville
Pool St
Biddeford
Oil Furnace, Inc
Biddeford Municipal Officers to Hold Liquor License Meeting
The City of Biddeford will hold a meeting of its municipal officers on February 1, 1960 at 7:30 P.M. in the Mayor's Office City Building to consider malt liquor license applications for Con's Tavern 302 Main St Attest Raoul Binette City Clerk.
Fremont Club To Hold Public Whist Parties
The Fremont club will sponsor public whist parties each Sunday in February at the hall 82 Alfred Biddeford. Mrs Adrien Lamothe was named general chairman and tickets are in charge of club members. Final plans for a bean supper Saturday night from 5 to 7 were made. Urbain Langevin presided at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Club
Alfred
Biddeford
Adrien Lamothe
Urbain Langevin
Alma Custen
Antonio Daigneault
Alcide Dubois
Donial Dubois
Emile Fecteau
Educational TV, Inc. Sets Annual Meeting
The Educational Television Association of Maine will hold its annual meeting at Colby College Waterville with a 5 p.m. special meeting to discuss bylaw changes and a 6 p.m. dinner in Roberts Union. Augusta organizers supervise arrangements, and Charles Crossland of Orono chairs the nominating committee. Dinner reservations go to William A. Macomber. Reports cover national and state ETV activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Television Association, Inc
Maine
Colby College
Waterville
William A. Richardson
Bangor
Roberts Union
Richard H. Fallon
Marion Cooper
Hayden Anderson
Augusta
Charles Crossland
Orono
William A. Macomber
WAVE Speaker to Address Area High Schools
Miss Inez Rego a U S Navy personnelman will speak to York county high school girls in February at Kennebunk Sanford and St Ignatius high schools. She will discuss WAVES enlistment and hold film showings in Sanford town hall and Saco home of Harold Riddle for residents of Old Orchard Beach Biddeford and Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Rego
U. S. Navy
York County
Dci
Harold Riddle
Navy
Miss Rego
Kennebunk High School
Sanford and
St.Ignatius
Sanford Town Hall
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford
Saco
Riddle
Stockman Avenue
Area Youths Train At Fort Dix For Basic Training
Two area youths, Donald F. E. Buzzell, 18, of Biddeford, and Edward Armstrong, 17, of Saco, are assigned to A company 4th Training Regiment at Ft. Dix N J for eight weeks of basic training. Afterward each will receive a two week leave before further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4Th
Ft. Dix
N. J
Army
Donald FE. Buzzell
Gertrude Buzzell
Hooper Street
Biddeford
Edward Armstrong
Kenneth Armstrong
Ocean Park Road
Saco
TWUA Set Contract Policy at Boston Meeting
In Boston a 300 delegate TWUA session will decide the 1960 contract policy for woolen and related textiles. The conference covers about 100 contracts due for renewal or reopening between April 15 and May 1. Speakers include TWUA president William Pollock and general secretary treasurer John Crupka. J William Belanger will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Textile ‘Workers. Union of America
William Pollock
Philadelphia
TWUA
John Cnupka
East Douglas
J. William Belanger
New England
Government to build Sizewell nuclear power plant
The government announced plans to construct the world’s largest nuclear station at Sizewell on England’s east coast. The Ministry of Power expects completion in 1965 with two reactors delivering about 650 million watts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonron
Ministry of Power
Sizewell
England
Interviews Hectic For TV Launching
AP TV writer Cynthia Lowry reports the promotional blitz for William Bendix as his NBC series Overland Trail debuts. Bendix promotes on rival networks, makes 15 interviews, 16 photos, and attends a press reception while defending his show against Wagon Train comparisons. He notes movement and varying plots to avoid copying Westerns. Variety programs debut, Maurice Chevalier’s one man show may lift the lineup as The Fifth Column and Telephone Hour are listed with cast and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
William Bendix
NBC
Bendix
Trout
Bronco Billy Anderson
CBS
Maurice Chevalier
Heiress Gamble Ordered Not to Contact Man
Justice Gold said Gamble agreed to obey a Wednesday Brooklyn Magistrate's Court order barring contact with Andre Porumbeanu. Her family had brought her to court on a wayward girl charge. a hearing was set for February 26. Gamble asked to see her father. she and Porumbeanu once fled on an oil tanker to Paris, and his wife is willing to divorce to marry Gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Gold
Gamble
Brooklyn
Andre ‘Porumbeanu
Sharpe
Porumbeanu
Benedict
Gambl
Long Island
Paris
Andre
Parish fund drives for school support boost February 8 meeting
St Andre parish pushes a new organization to aid school administration, raise funds for scholarships and graphic aids, and plan a future high school. The group, led by Mrs Lucille Pinette and Roland Gauthier, outlines immediate projects and a long range study on financing a new high school with a parish-wide membership drive and a February 8 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Pinette
Roland Gauthier
Roland Beauchesne
Raoul Petrin
Agnes Delisle
Henry Baillargeon
Henry Ross
Arthur Boissonneault
Robert Larochelle
Leo Lemire
Youth Day Observance at Saco Unitarian Church
The Unitarian Universalist church on School Street in Saco will host Youth Day during Sunday Worship with Liberal Religious Youth members taking part. Michael Cyr opens, Eliza beth Perkins reads, and Richard Beal delivers the sermon The Two Roads, with Bruce Shaffer and Blanche Beal contributing, and ushers Perley Perkins and David Garside assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian-Universalist
Saco Unitarian Church
School Street
Michael Cyr
Elizabeth Perkins
Howard Shaffer
Stephen Cooper
Richard Beal
Bruce Shaffer
Blanche Beal
Perley Perkins
David Garside
Poster Contest Judges Named at St Mary School
Judges for the St Mary School poster contest honoring Catholic Press Month were announced by Miss Elaine White Sodality Council president. Judges include Raymond Kennelly principal Biddeford High School Elizabeth Hoyt and Esther Murphy. Contest closes February 12 with classroom judging on February 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary School
Elaine White
Sodality Council
St. Mary Parish
Raymond Kenneally
Biddeford High School
Elizabeth Hoyt
Esther Murphy
Kennebunk Sewer District Meeting Scheduled
A special meeting of the Kennebunk Sewer District will be held at the Kennebunk Town Hall on Tuesday February 16 at 7 30 p m to discuss revised rates. Officials are negotiating town share with Municipal Officers and will present information to determine an accurate rate revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk Sewer District
Kennebunk
Elmore County Cancels School Lunchrooms Over Jaundice Outbreak
ECLECTIC Ala AP All Elmore County school lunchrooms closed due to infectious hepatitis jaundice outbreak. School Superintendent Ross McQueen reports 62 cases in the county. Lunchrooms closed indefinitely Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eclectic
Ala
Elmore County
Ross McQueen
Gee
Woman reports theft of mailbox in Daytona Beach
Dayton Beach police log shows Officer Tom Paxton responding to a theft complaint from a woman. He was dispatched with a car and Officer Ashley Elliot to gather facts Wednesday night. The woman said her girlfriend took her mailbox and her husband and she wants the mailbox returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
Tom Paxton
Ashley Elliot
Maine teachers to vote on county convention value
The Maine Teachers Association and the State Department of Education plan to poll teachers at the next county sessions to decide if county conventions are worthwhile. The poll will be sent to county association presidents for distribution to teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Maine Teachers Assn
State Department of Education
Sinclair seeks GOP bid for Congress in Second District
Roy A. Sinclair 55 a former Maine House and Senate member announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress from the Second District. He is general manager of C R Cianchette a Pittsfield contractor and would contest the seat now held by Democratic Rep. Frank Coffin of Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Pittsfield
Roy A. Sinclair
Maine
Senate
Sinclair
C.R. Cianchette
Frank M. Coffin
Lewiston
William Chisholm Joins Maine Central Board
William Chisholm president of the Oxford Paper Co. has been elected to the board of directors of the Maine Central Railroad, succeeding his late father Hugh. The appointment adds a new member from a prominent Maine industry to the railroad’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
William Chisholm
The
Oxford Paper Co
Maine Central Railroad
Hugh
Maine Editor Purchases Waldo County Magazine
C Owen Smith former Maine Coast Fisherman editor has purchased a Maine magazine in Waldoboro AP reports. The purchase signals a shift in local publishing with Smith taking the helm at a regional title. Additional terms were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Magazine
Waldoboro
C. Owen Smith
The
Maine Coast Fisherman
Washington Democrats stage star-studded hotel fundraiser
Journal Bureau reports from Washington describe a $100a-head Democratic banquet at the Sheraton Park with 2,648 guests. Harry Truman headlined while hopefuls Kennedy Symington Humphrey Johnson Williams Brown Meyner and Kennedy attacked Nixon and the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther van Wagoner Tufty
Washington
Harry Truman
Mammouth Sheraton Park Hotel
Grant
John Kennedy
GOP
America
Stuart Symington
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
G. Mennen Williams
Pat’’ Brown
Los Angeles
New Jersey
Meyner Imade
Katie Louchheim
Bess Truman
Ike
Like Son Like Father in Maine Outdoors Plan
James Watts an 18 year old Glendale patient was to undergo surgery for a ruptured spinal disc When his father Lory Watts 41 felt back pain and discovered he shared the same condition The father waved to his son as both were taken to operations Both are recovering and intend to rename their magazine Maine Outdoorsman and Conservationist to Outdoors in Maine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
James Watts
Lory Watts
Watts
York County Pharmacists Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
York County Pharmaceutical Association elected officers last night at the Wonderbar steak house Biddeford. Lucien Doyon was chosen president succeeding Albert F. Deshies. First vice president Willis Gowen Kennebunk. second vice president William Doran Jr Biddeford. treasurer Arthur Demers Springvale. secretary Leo Lamothe Biddeford reelected. Rocco Maffei Portland gave guest talk on Better Tomorrow, outlining the modern drug industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Pharmaceutical Association
Wonderbar
Biddeford
Lucien Doyon
Albert F. Deshies
Willis Gowen
Kennebunk
William Doran, Jr
Arthur Demers
Springvale
Reomien
Leo Lamothe
Rocco Maffei
Portland
Lederle Laboratories
Albert I Deshaies
Arthur A. Demers
Harley D. Freeman
Harvey Legere
William A. Doran, Jr
Albert J. Boudreau
Eugene FE. Giroux
Gerard Arbour
Carl Pendleton
Constantine D. Mboria
Robert W. Blanchard
H. Percy Gowen
John Brennan
H. Clifford Ladd
Hosea A. Curtis
Arthur J. Perron
Joseph O. Shaw
John A. Miller
William A. Doran,Sr
Charles D. Richard
Christo G. Tito
Leo V. Lamothe
Key Lessons From Camp David Talks In 1960
A report on Bohlen and Menshikov failing to bridge gaps at Camp David. It notes the U S Soviet pattern of cross purpose, a tougher Soviet stance in early 1960 negotiations, and US pushback signaling limited progress. It cites Khrushchev’s Berlin threats, Geneva talks stagnation, UN pressure, and Soviet missile diplomacy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Bohlen
Bohlen
Menshikov
United States
Camp David
West Berlin
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Berlin
Budapest
Moscow
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Geneva
Soviet Union
United Nations
Central Pacific
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Frogmen to Reconnoiter Thai Coast in SEATO Exercise
Four SEATO members including the United States Australia Britain and Thailand will begin military exercises Saturday. A force of more than 70 frogmen will reconnoiter the Thai coastline as part of the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United States
Australia
Britain
Bob Preston Returns to Hollywood in New Role
AP reports actor Robert Preston returns to Hollywood in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs with Warner Brothers after a celebrated run in Music Man. He recounts hard roles, past rejections, and the shift in perception that led studios to see him beyond heavy parts, amid ongoing competition for the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Robert Preston
Alan Ladd
Warner Brothers
Victor Mature
Columbia
Bob
Broadwa
Harry Cohn
Broadway
Warners
Music Man
Dean
Meredith Willson
Frank Sinatra
Bing Crosby
Martin
Moslems Plea in Algeria Crisis Aims to Stop Violence
In Algiers Moslems appealed to insurgents to avoid actions that could trigger Algeria’s secession from France or end De Gaulle’s Fifth Republic. Rioters blockaded a government building as leaders Ortiz and Lagaillarde rejected calls to cease resistance amid mounting crisis. De Gaulle prepared to address the nation, reiterating no plan to grant Algerians a right to determine their political future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delouvrier
Algeria
France
de Gaulle
Fifth Republic
Algiers
Penl
Forum Hill
Joseph Ortiz
Pierre Lagaillarde
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Biddeford - Saco Journal
Maurice Gilbert
Income Tax Service
Morton Wolfe
P. A. Dial
Fenderson
D. O
Floor Landing Co
Paul St. Saco
R. C. Blow
Blow Bros
Pat
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Grover's Radio & TV
Sales & Service
Dewey Ave
P. O
Foss St
City
Avon Cosmetics
James F. Smith
Cataract Ave
Dover
N. H
Main St
Lorraine Dill
Dial YU
Hill St
Admiral
TV & Frigidaire
Dial WE
Collier’ S
Dial
Round Hill
Renes Greenhouse
Rene Bourque
Wilfrid Morin
Pine St
Gina
Nutie
Saco Junk Co
Water St
Clayton A. Eaton
Smithwheil Rd
Washington Senators
Camilo Pascual
Felix T. Sheltra & Sons
South St
Bath
H. A
Alfred Sr
Th. W
Maple St. Saco
Jefferson St
Beach St
Graham ST
Maine& Water Sts
Apt
Paul E. Sheltra
Jefferson
St. Dial
Furn
Stove
Landing
Ihills Beach
A. ‘Rousseau
Quimby St
Piazza
Furn, Apt
Knotty
Pine
Lights & H. W
Ocean
Gove St. Ing
Vincent Ave
St. Mary’s St. Ing
Cleaves St
Pleasant St
Ing. Sandler Bros
Ing .J. D. Boucher’s Dept
Ing
Clifford St
Bath & Shed
Myer Simensky
Bacon St
H. W
Elee Stove Furn
Birch St
Porter St
Inq
School
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Portsmouth Navy 'Yard
Old Orchard
Freemont Club
Educational Tv, Inc
Fort Dix
Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
Ernest Hemingway
Telephone Hour
Four of Us
Ethen Merman
Beatrice Lillie
Ray Bolger
Benny Goodman
St. Andre
Boucouvalas-Dupu‘s Post
Amvets
Robert F. Kimball
Woodman Avenue
Kimball
Henry Cowgill
Louis Soucy
Oscar Letellier
Hervey Bouchard
Harold Strout
Saco Church
Area Sewer District
Conservationist
Outdoors In
Reds
Bob Preston
Bob Thomas
Glendale Baptist Church
Queens
Stewart Bain
Mill City Chevrolet
Bargainland
Elm St
DeSoto
Bargainland of
Elm Street
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