Local Social Notes From Maine and Connecticut Posts
Miss Ruth Proctor of Iddeford is a medical patient at Saco Osteopathic Hospital. Mrs Ralph Simard of Vogue Beauty Shop Saco has returned from cosmetologist convention in Boston. Mrs George Dubey and daughter Kathy Ann of North Branford and Mr and Mrs Paul Guay of Southington have returned home after attending the wedding of Miss Rachel Guay and Andrew Clouier in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Proctor
Main St
Iddeford
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Ralph Simard
Vogue Beauty Shop
Rachel Guay
Andrew Clouier
Biddeford
Church Choirs and Prayer Meetings Schedule
The Youth Choir of Saco School Street Methodist Church rehearses Thursday at 3 15 p m at the church. The Senior Choir meets Thursday at 7 30 p m. Mid week prayer meets at 7 30 p m Thursday at Bible Baptist Church 144 Terry Road Saco. A prayer and Bible study at First Baptist Church Yeean Avenue Old Orchard Beach at 7 30 p m Thursday. Prayer meeting at First Assembly of God Church Saco Ahepa Home Pleasant Street at 7 30 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Bible Baptist Church
Erry Road
Saco
First Baptist Church
Yeean Avenue
Old Orchard Seach
Cod Church
Ahepa
Pleasant Street
Air Force seeks word on missing jet trainer in East Germany
The U S Air Force asks Communist authorities for information about a missing jet trainer with three officers aboard in East Germany. Nationalist China stays silent on the Red China France impasse. The Senate probes into Robert G Baker intensify amid Republican pressure. Atlanta faces racial tensions as protesters target segregated public facilities. Steel industry recovery gains momentum boosting the economy. A nationwide drive to curb cigarette smoking expands across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press International
U.S
East Germany
China
Washington
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Atlanta
Biddeford School Omits Faye MelInnis From Grade 4 Honor Roll
The Grade 4 honor roll at Washington Street School Biddeford is missing the name Faye MelInnis. Officials did not disclose reasons for the omission or the criteria used for inclusion.
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Faye MelInnis
Washington Street
Biddeford
Canary Falls From Sky Finds New Home With Man
A canary fell from the sky and landed in Louisville where Bob Westmeier kept the bird after discovering it unclaimed. He warmed it up and later decided to provide the bird a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Bob Westmeiers
Westmeier
Card of Thanks to Friends and Relatives
Eva D. Cantara thanks friends and relatives for beautiful cards and flowers sent during her stay at Maine Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Medical Center
Eva D. Cantara
Deaths Hormidas Belair 68 Biddeford
Hormidas Belair 68 of 35 Harding St Biddeford died at the hospital after a long illness Born January 9 1896 in Biddeford he served over 25 years in the Biddeford Fire Dept including ten as assistant fire chief He was active in several local organizations and church Survivors include his widow two sons a daughter two brothers a sister and two grandchildren Funeral services will be held Saturday at St Josephs Church with calling hours at Bolduc Funeral Home Thursday and Friday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hormidas Belair
Harding St
Biddeford
E Hospital
Delnis
Josephine (Larochelle) Blair
Rose Gagnon
St. Joseph's Church
Boldue Funeral Home
Alfred St
Edna Devoid of Milton 67 dies in Rhode Island hospital
Mrs Edna Devoid widow of Clarence Devoid 67 of Milton dies in a Rhode Island hospital Tuesday She is daughter of Donald M and Eliza Whitten She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Milton She is survived by son Donald Whitten of Kennebunk and five grandchildren Funeral services at Angell Funeral Home 9 Dane St Friday at 1 30 Rev Charles Staples will officiate Entombment Arun del Cemetery Kennebunkport Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday and Thursday evenings and afternoons
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Kennebunk
Edna Devoid
Clarence Devoid
Milton
Rhode Island
Donald M
Eliza
Thyng) Whitten
American Legion Auxiliary
Donald Whitten
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Charles Staples
Minus- Kennebunk Baptist Church
Arundel Cemetery
Kennebunkport
Mrs. Aurelie Patry 94 Dies. Biddeford Resident
Mrs. Aurelie Patry aged 94 of 44 Foss Street Biddeford died in a local hospital after a long illness. Born November 25 1869 in Arthabaska ville Quebec she had lived in Biddeford 77 years. She belonged to St Andre's Church St Anne's Sodality and Union Saint Jean Baptiste. Survived by two daughters Leonelle and Sr Marie Bertrand two sons Gerard and Bertrand and several grandchildren and nieces. Visitation at Emond Funeral Home tonight and Thursday Friday. Funeral at St Andre's Church Saturday at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelie Patry
Foss St
Biddeford
Arthabaskaville
Que
Pierre and
Esther Hale Lambert
St. Andre’s Church
St. Anne’s Sodality
Union Ist. Jean Baptiste
the Good Shepherd
Presentation of Mary
Rivier College
Hudson
N.H
Normand Patry
Bucksport
Emond Funeral
St. Andre's Church
Ja.m
Choir members hold prayer vigil for Hormidas Belair
St Josephs Choirs meet Thursday at 7 30 pm at Bolduc Funeral Home 291 Alfred St Biddeford to offer prayers for Hormidas Belair the father of a member and honor his memory.
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St. Joseph's
Bolduc
Alfred St
Biddeford
Hormidas Belair
Irregularly Lower Stock Market Amid Moderately Active Trading
New York shares moved unevenly lower in moderate turnover with profits taken in speculative and blue chip issues. Cigarette stocks rose on dividend news from American Tobacco while U S Steel and other majors fell. rails gained slightly and airlines dropped. The AP 60 average slipped to 291.7 with industrials down and a Dow off 2.92 at 784.86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Tobacco
U.S. Steel
Wall
Maine Highway Safety Warning on Eye Movement Behind Wheel
The Maine Highway Safety Committee urges drivers to keep their eyes moving to avoid a fixed gaze and potential danger while behind the wheel. This road safety tip stresses alert scanning of the road and surroundings to prevent distraction and improve reaction time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Portland Weather Summary For The Afternoon
This afternoon sunny with maximum temperatures in the mid twenties. Winds northwest 15 to 20 mph. Tonight cool and increasing cloudiness with minimum temperatures in the low teens. Winds southwest 5 to 15 mph. Thursday mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Winds southwest 15 to 20 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
January Tides High Low Times Listed
Tide table lists daily high and low water times for January with morning and evening slots. Entries for January 29 to 31 show specified AM and PM times for high and low tides.
Biddeford Students Receive Polio Vaccine
The second in a series of oral polio vaccines for Biddeford public and parochial school students was completed yesterday with 514 students receiving the vaccine. The first dose was given in November under Dr. M. P. Houle, with nursing staff from the Biddeford Public Health Nursing Association and support from the Community Chest. The vaccine was supplied by the City of Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
M. P. Houle
Dog Licenses Available in Biddeford
Biddeford city clerk Paul Deshaies announced dog licenses are now ready at the city clerk’s office. He urged owners to obtain licenses early.
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Biddeford
Paul Deshaies
Deshaies
Saturn 1 Launch Advances U S Rocket Power Ambitions
Saturn 1 lifts from Cape Kennedy on a 475 ton fuel burn and 164 foot frame, first stage shutdown as planned with second stage firing. Radar interference delayed countdown, ship offshore caused the issue, Ranger 6 prep continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hugh Dryden
Space Agency
United States
Soviet Union
Daughters Born to Mills and John N Family
A daughter Su san Ann Mills was born January 16 in Peterboro Indiana weighing eight pounds six ounces. Grandparents include Earl and Mrs. Arundel Walker and Howard and Mrs. Mills. Great grandmother is Mrs Nellie York Hillsboro. A daughter Laurie Jean to Rev and Mrs John N Simpson on January 28 at York Hospital weighing ten pounds seven ounces.
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Robert Mills
Hillsboro
N. H
Susan Ann
Peterboro
N. Ir
John N
Simpson
Post Road
Wells
Laurie Jean
York Hospital
Chimney Fire Damages Wall at 22-Story Home
A chimney fire damaged the wall around the flue at the 22 story residence of Charles Casey on Buxton Road last night. Saco fire responded at 19 33 with ladder truck and two men using eighty five feet of booster hose. Firemen returned to the station at 10 10. A marsupial is a pouched animal.
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Charles Casey
Buxton Road
Saco
Supplies Delivered for Saco Fallout Shelter Program
The first shipment of shelter documentation equipment and rations for 73 people over two weeks arrived at the National Guard Armory on Franklin Street Saco from Kittery Navy Shipyard via P S Dubrey Trucking. Additional shelters in Saco to be supplied later as Civil Defense Chief Holt urges planning.
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National Guard Armory
Franklin Street
Saco
P. S. Dubrey Trucking Co
Upper Elm Street
Biddeford
Kittery Navy Shipyard
Defense General Ply Center
Richmond
Clarence Jolt
Saco C.D
Civil Defense Headquarters
Holt
Water Supplies In York County Discussed At Meeting
Hugh Marshall of Biddeford reports on groundwater resources at a University of Maine extension meeting. Attendees from Kennebunk Sanford and Alfred discussed a York County survey under the Area Redevelopment Act and plans to protect drinking water across the Saco Mousam and Kennebunk watershed.
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Springvale
Hugh Marshall
Biddeford
University of Maine
Department of Agriculture
Kennebunk
Sanford
Alfred
Area Redevelopment Act
York County
Saco
Mousam
Marshall
Kittery
Eliot
South Berwick
Biddeford Saco
Bridal Shower for Claire Souliere in Biddeford
A large Biddeford bridal shower honors Claire Souliere of 14 Lauriers Street with Ronald Labbe of Acorn Street as guests gather at Green Lantern Hall. Dames Rochambeau members provide a mock wedding while many attendees assist with singing, skits, and refreshments. hostesses and a long guest list are noted.
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Claire Souliere
Lauriers St
Biddeford
Ronald Labbe
Acorn Street
Green Lantern Hall
Green Street
Wsa
Dames Rochambeau
Rita Regis
Rita Bellerose
Theresa Janelle
Paul Boutot
Robert Landry
Cecile Salvas
Jeanne Lasante
Jeannette Comber
Regis
Janelle
Paulette Boisjoly
Theresa Labreque
Beatrice Gregoire
Jeannette Couture
Fernande Laverriere
Annette Gregoire
Alphe_ Gregoire
Florence Labbe
Mignonne Lamb
Richard Laverriere
Jean Lamb
Sonia Pare
Archille Boucher
David Vir
John Gregoire
Jeannette Ruel
Rita Labbe
Rachel Tremblay
Ruth Parisien
Therese Dagesse
Stella Roy
Ruth Lemelin
Claire Lehoux
Ralph Crochetiere
Ernest Simoneau
Roland Pothier
Ronald Laverriere
Rachel Souliere
Irene Arel
Laurette Pelletier
Aline Boucher
Emma Laroche
Connie L'Heureux
Anita Poirier
Rachel
Lucile Provost
Eva Beaudoin
Almoza_ Souliere
Nancy Pelletier
Priscilla Jalbert
Priscilla Camire
Sue Lavoie
Pauline Poirier
Rachel Dagesse
Sylvaine Roy
Raymond Phillips
Emma Roy
Rachel Ouellette
Alice Chabot
Fernande
Rachel Dee
Noella L'Heureux
Irene Gonneville
Francis Cantara
Maurice Dion
Willie Gregoire
Marie Drouin
Marie Boutin
Yvonne Couture
Alfred Goudreau
Donald Collard
Leon Grover
Phylis Laver
French Models Say Yes To Dates But Disappear
Atty. Roger Elliot pressed for a Tide Inn victualers license at Old Orchard Beach council. Nearby, Mrs. Claire Soule sought town reimbursement over Cedar Avenue storm drain damage. Kiwanis received July parking-meter funds and police staffing was debated as budget figures and contracts were set. Billie Gould, an American in Paris, details Paris fashion models and leather shows contrasting US and French practices.
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Old Orchard Beach
Tide Inn
Atty
Roger Elliot
Richard Gabriel
Claire Soule
Atlantic Avenue
Cedar Avenue
Maine Association of Letter Carriers
Highway Department
Saco-Biddeford Savings Institution
Saco
Star Print Co
Venuebunk
Royal Ambassador Camp
Ocean Park
Quebec
Police Department
Leon Jones
Associated Press
Paris
Ior
Billie Gould
Billie
Europe
Boston
Bos‘tonian
Ted Kennedy
U.S
Desiner
Roger Vivier
Jance
Texas
Kennebunk candidates file nomination papers for town offices
Linwood Nedeau begins a bid for selectman against Francis Dow. Nedeau is a World War II Marine veteran, Atlas Transportation employee, and active in local groups. Also named were Norman Stevens for assessor, Colin Mitchell for assessor, Julius Dean for selectman, George Emery, William West, Eben Cook, H Willis Day Jr., Marvin Budd, Walter A. Lawrence, and John N. Balch for town offices.
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Kennebunk
Linwood Nedeau
Francis Dow
Eastside
Atlas Transportation
Masonic Lodge
Charlotte Swett
Norman Stevens
December price rise in groceries housing and transport
A yearend review notes higher costs across the board in December with vegetable prices up due to Southern crop damage and sugar prices up nearly 3 percent. Housing costs rose 0.3 percent and public transit and gasoline prices also climbed, while the spokesman warned food prices may rise further in January.
Puppeteer Chapin Known for White House Show Arrested
Jerry Chapin is a 38 year old Miami polio victim and puppeteer who tours with his wife and once performed at the White House for Caroline Kennedy. He has one arrest on his record for speeding in his wheelchair during a hurricane, using a home made sail.
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Miami
Jerry Chapin
White House
Caroline Kennedy
Chapin
Saco Officers Attend Six Civil Defense Classes in Alfred
Three Saco Police Officers Charles Desper Jr Raymond Binette and Richard Nason attend a series of six instruction classes arranged by Raymond F Reando York County civil defense and public safety director at civilian defense headquarters in Alfred The courses cover note taking report writing criminal law arrest techniques riot control motor law and testifying in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Charles Desper Jr
Raymond Binette
Richard Nason
Raymond F. Reando
York County Civil Defense and Public Safety
Civilian Defense
Alfred
Veterans Honored With Long Air Force Careers
Soviet veterans and their spouses recall service in WWII and the Korean War. The record notes 63 missions in the China Burma India theater and 50 missions in Korea. Lorraine logged about 80 missions in Korea and served in Germany for 18 months. Millard joined the Air Force in 1948 and served since 1951.
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Lorraine
Korea
Germany
Air Force
Millard
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Edward Gagnon
North Avenue
Camp Ellis
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Arthur J. Dube
Eva Carrier
Raymond Gagnon
Thomas Dube
Armand Gagnon
Alfred Coulombe
Romeo Goudreau
Wilfrid Louc
Calvary
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Msgr
Dube
Arnold Bullis
Quincy
Mass
Andrew Cote
Westfield
Eliot Emerson
Lynda
Gray
Saul Hebert
Dixfield
Emilienne Dubreuil
Laurier St
St. Joseph’s Church
Sylvio Levesque
Normand Carrier
Marc Franck
Diana Rousselle
Alberte Caron
William Normand
Josephel Plourde
Raymond Boucher
Lionel Fecteau
Norman Boudreau
Father Levesque
Edouard Roy
Gail Roy
Woonsocket
R. I
Leon Roy
Gertrude Roy
Lucille Roy
Blackstone
Mrs
Saturn
Russia
Moon
Saco Armory
Sydney
Unicef
Orissa
Beach Council
Marie Reine Giguire
Alice Rheault
Gene Turgeon
Joan St. Ours
Rachel Boivert
Rita King
Richard Lattere
Rachel Delorge
Saco Police
Soviets
Men Shoes
Boston Shoe Store
Freeman—Pedwin
White Star Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Prospect & Porter Sts
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