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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1963

Page

2

Notre Dame Hospital List of Local Medical Patients

Norman Allie at Notre Dame hospital joins list of medical patients. Mrs. Ovide Moreau and John Patterson also listed as medical patients at Notre Dame. Alfred Grenier Ernest Magnan and others are noted as medical patients with several Biddeford addresses. Mrs Dora Belanger, Mrs Emile Drouin and Mrs Emelie Masse travel or receive care, while Miss Cecilia OBrien and Mrs Patrick Cleary are among patients. Vogue Beauty Shop proprietor Mrs Raimard returns from Massachusetts cosmetologists convention in Boston.

Norman Allie Hill Street Notre Dame Hospital Ovide Moreau South Street Biddeford John Patterson Vincent Avenue Alfred Grenier Cleaves Street Ernest Magnan Pierson’s Lane Emile Drouin Elm Street Emelie Masse Orchard Street Dora Belanger Bernard's Millinery New York Patrick Cleary School Street Old Orchard Beach Robertine Henri Pike Street Edgar Dallaire Green Street Cecilia O'Brien Villa Muir Bay View Saco Joseph A. Mininni Wilson Street Biddefort Aaph

Mid-week Prayer and Choir Rehearsals In Saco Area

Mid week prayer meeting set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at Bible Baptist church 144 Ferry road Saco The Saco School Street Methodist youth choir meets Thursday at 315 pm at the church The senior choir rehearsal also Thursday at 730 pm at the Saco School Street Methodist church A prayer and Bible study is scheduled Thursday at 730 pm at the First Baptist church Ocean avenue Old Orchard Beach Holy Communion at 8 am Thursday at Episcopal church Bibde or Prayer meeting Thursday 730 pm at First Assembly of God church Saco Ahepa home 22 Pleasant street

Bible Baptist Church Ferry Road Saco Saco School Street Methodist Church First Baptist Church Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach Sa Episcopal Church First Assembly of God Church of Ahepa Pleasant Street

New Agency Proposed to Oversee Boat Registration

The Senate backed a bill by Sen. Joseph B. Campbell to create the Bureau of Watercraft Registration and Safety. It would register boats over 10 horsepower on coastal and inland waters and suspend licenses for unsafe operation. Fees would fund the bureau, while enforcement would shift from Fish and Game to the new agency.

Augusta Senate Ating Registration and Safety Administration Bureau of Watercraft Registration and Safety Commissioners of Inla Fisheries and Game and Joseph B. Campbell Walter Fish and Game Department

Daly To Return As Moderator On What's My Line

New York AP report says John Daly will resume as moderator of the television panel show What's My Line after signing a new contract with CBS. Daly had threatened to quit but reached terms with the network last Friday.

New York Columbia Broadcasting System John Dey Daly

Card of Thanks for Archille Soulard Loss

We express sincere thanks to clergy of St. Andre Parish Dr L P Viger staff of the Trust Nursing Home for kindness also League of Sacred Heart of St Andre relatives friends and neighbors who sent tributes and offered cars during our bereavement in the loss of our brother Archille Soulard Mrs Remi Bolduc Ernest Soulard Alfred Soulard Ena Soulard

St. Andre Parish L. P. Viger Trusl League of Sacred Heart of St

Thanks to Dr. Roger Robert and Dr. Wolfahrt at Webber Hospital

Mr. Joseph Poulin expresses gratitude to doctors nurses and staff who cared for him during his stay at Webber Hospital and thanks relatives and friends for cards and gifts received.

Roger Robert Wolfahrt The Webber Hospital

Deaths Mrs Gertrude H Seavey 44 Cape Porpoise

Mrs Gertrude H Seavey 44 former Cape Porpoise resident died early today at Boothbay Harbor after a brief illness. Born Kennebunkport May 1 1878 she was the daughter of Robert and Eliza Hutches and widow of Edwin D Seavey. Survived by daughter Mrs Marsdin Richardson and one grandchild. Funeral Saturday 2 pm at Cape Porpoise Methodist church. Interment Arundel cemetery. Friends may call Bibbe Memorial chapel Kennebunk Friday 2-4 and 7-9 pm.

Gertrude H. Seavey Cape Pompoise Boothbay Harbor Kennebunkport Robert and Eliza (Phillips) Hutchins Edwin D. Seavey Cape Porpoise Marsdin Richardson Cape Porpoise Methodist Church Russell Peppe Henry Mergert Arundel Cemetery Bibbe

Death Notice for Mrs Alice Nunns of South Portland

Mrs Alice Nunns 84 resident of South Portland for 14 years formerly of Kennebunk died this morning in a Portland hospital widow of ur Nunns Born August 16 1878 in Bradford England daughter of Edward and Mary Bennett member of the former Kennebunk Methodist church Survived by one daughter Mrs A A Milligan Funeral from Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk 9 Dane Street Saturday at 1 30 PM Burial in Hope Cemetery Kennebunk Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday evening and Friday afternoon and evening

Alice Nunns South Portland Kennebunk Portland Ur Nunns Bradford England Edward Mary Bennett Kennebunk Methodist Church A. A. Milligan South Port Angell Funeral Home Dane Street Hope Cemetery

Longtime Canal Zone veteran Charles Jackson dies at 79

Charles Jackson 79 of 279 Elm Street Biddeford died last night after a long illness. Born June 15 1883 in Mineral Ridge Ohio he served 72 years in the 1S Army during the Panama Canal project. He lived in Oberlin Ohio 1920 to 1962 retiring from Oberlin College in 1952. Survived by widow Ruth two children and several relatives. Funeral Friday at 2 30 p m Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford with burial Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call today and tomorrow 2 4 and 7 10 p m.

Charles Roy Jackson Elm Street Biddeford Mineral Ridge Ohio Abraham Fincham Lucinda (Smith) Jackson Panama Canal Canal Zone Oberlin Oberlin College First Congregational Church Second Congregational Ruth Jackson M. P. Houle Martin Warren Jackson Jacksonville Beach Fla Eugene Jackson Richmond Harry Jackson Port Orange Cosgrove Funeral Home Km Street Greenwood Cemtery

Three Feared Dead In Illinois Mine Blaze

In Benton Illinois the Orient No 5 mine of Freeman Coal Co sparked a deadly blaze. Three miners were missing and presumed dead while four others were hospitalized from smoke inhalation as 24 rescue workers battled a spreading fire near the mine’s lower tunnel. The mine employs about 250 people in the 7900 population city.

Benton Illinois Freeman Coal Co Orient No. 5 Eal Y

Cow Still Has Place In Society

CRONO AP reports Dr. Bruce Poulton of the University of Maine says man made milk will not displace American dairy cows soon. He notes limited lab space prevents producing milk to match 18 million cows. British researchers produced lab milk from pea pods and greens, but economic viability remains doubtful.

Crono Bruce Poulton University of Maine Vegetarian Research Center Hertfordshire

Weather Update for Portland Area

Cloudy with a touch of light snow this afternoon and tonight. Warmer skies then a colder Thursday with maximum near 30 to 35 in the Eastport area and minimums 10 to 15 above zero. Winds southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to northwest up to 15 mph tonight and Thursday.

Portland Eastport Thursay

January Tides Schedule

Tide timings listed for January on January 30 and 31 show high and low waters. Morning and evening values appear, with 2:15 and 2:28 a.m. high tides and 8:21 and 8:51 p.m. low tides on the 30th, and 3:08 and 3:36 a.m. high tides with 9:19 and 9:45 p.m. low tides on the 31st.

Coast Guard Auxiliary To Conduct Public Instruction Course

The United States Coast Guard auxiliary will run an eight lesson standard public instruction course in basic seamanship and safe boating starting at 7 30 p m on Thursday February 7 at the Grange hall Wells The course covers knots splices aids to navigation charts compasses rules of the road and safe motor boat operation with no registration fee though a small charge may be made for lesson material.

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Grange Hall Wells

Youth Innocent of Endanger Charge

Allan L. Hayward aged 18 of 11 School Street Saco was found innocent of a driving to endanger charge in Saco Municipal Court Judge Hilary Mahoney presiding. Huff of Saco testified Hayward refused to let him pass while both cars moved on Portland road. Hayward claimed Huff followed too closely.

Allan L. Hayward School Street Saco Hilary Mahaney Hayward James ‘Huff Portland Huff

Biddeford School Board Sets Evening Meeting

Biddeford's Board of Education will meet in Raymond Kenneally's City Hall office at 7 30 tonight. Sealed bids for school heating contracts will be opened and read. The committee will discuss needed repairs to school buildings, and the meeting is declared open to the public.

Biddeford Board of Education Raymond Kenneally Kenneally

Jewelry Fashions Shown At Beach in Old Orchard Beach

Mrs. Mary Marsiff and Mrs. June Holt modeled jewelry at a fashion show held at Mrs. Marsiff home 33 Charles Avenue Old Orchard Beach. Door prize went to Mrs. Katherine Drakoulakas. Luncheon followed with many attendees including Norma Roberge Dorothy Lamb Mary McVicar Gertrude Warren and others.

Mary Marsiff June Holt Patricia Ingham Georgia Irene Drakoulakas Stephenie Bede Koutoulakas Ebin Ones

Mothers (Continued From Page One) Names List

A long list of women and several captains is presented, naming many relatives and Mrs. leaders. The fragment includes numerous surnames such as Dion Desrosiers Beaudoin Perkins Boisard Beaulieu Beaulieu Labbe Dearborn Wilson Mariello Begin Brochu Williams Duranceau York Handlen Clopper Caouette Armstrong Hodge Ryan Petit Vachon Poirier Camire DesRoberts Rossignol Beaudoin Letellier Roy Newman and others.

Lemire Ann Dion Lucien Desrosiers Conrad Boissard Florence Emond Donald Beaudoin Elizabeth Perkins Doris Boisard Robert Beaulieu Suzan Beaulieu Henry Labbe Donald Dearborn Bruce Wilson Michael Mariello Patricia Begin Fernando Brochu Ken Williams Margargaret

Power lake proposal faces opposition from conservation groups

The plan for a 60 mile long power lake three times Moosehead Lake size would flood Allagash. Recreational and conservation interests along with timberland owners say it would ruin a national wilderness area.

Moosehead Lake

Forces Joined To Aid Fire Victims In Kennebunk

A fire left the Ralph Brown family homeless on Ma ufre road. Community groups raise funds aims to reach 2500 dollars with over 1000 pledged and a 200 dollar check from Wells. Labor and a work party will restore the site while bake sale and dessert coffee fundraisers support the relief effort.

Ralph Brown Maufre Road Kennebunk Mousam Lodge of Odd Fellows Brown Webber - LeFebvre Post American Legion Post

Biddeford Police Report Two Uninjured Car Crashes

Biddeford police reported no injuries in two separate city crashes. A 1962 two door sedan driven by Oscar J. Grondin collided with a 1959 sedan operated by Kenneth Pike at Lincoln and Elm streets. A 1958 sedan driven by Roger I B Cote collided with a late model sedan driven by Theresa C Forrester on Elm street.

Biddeford Oscar J. Grondin Kenneth Pike High Street Lincoln Elm l Streets Grondin Pike Lincoln Street Roger I B. Cote Elm Street Theresa C. Forrester Arundel

Rockefeller Attacks Kennedy on Cuba Policy

Gov. Nelson Rockefeller sharply criticized the Kennedy administration's public information policies claiming the public deserves the full truth about Cuba. He warned the approach risks panic and called it fundamentally wrong. He also criticized the halt of underground nuclear tests and a perceived weakening of U.S. treaty positions.

Albany N.Y Nelson A. Rockefeller Kennedy Cuba New York State Publishers Association Rockefeller Soviet Union U.S Walter J. Mahoney Senate Washington Mahoney Ple

Bill Would Issue ID Cards For Liquor Purchase

Augusta Maine Senate Bill would allow residents aged 21 to 25 to apply for official identification cards from the Liquor Commission. The card would show name date of birth and a photo to verify age for liquor purchases amid widespread forged documents.

Bill Augusta Liquor Commission Senate Loren E. Kimball Northeast Harbor Commission Maine Kimball

Arundel Family Left Homeless After Major Fire

A six room bungalow on Old Proctor Road in Arundel was destroyed by a fire that started in the kitchen. Orton Inniss 45 Ruth Inniss 47 and children Roland 12 Ruben 13 with Clarence Wormwood 20 lost all belongings. Firemen from Arundel aided by Biddeford units were called at 5 20 pm and returned by 7 54 pm. The loss exceeds 10000 with jewelry and antiques uninsured. no injuries reported.

Proctor Road Arundel Orton Inniss Ruth Roland Ruben Inniss Clarence Wormwood Inniss Biddeford

Training Course For Girl Scout Leaders Stated

Gorgeana Council announces regional leader training for all registered adults. Courses run February to March in Kennebunk Biddeford Kittery and Sanford with named trainers guiding sessions across four age levels Brownie Junior Cadette and Senior.

Gorgeana Girl Scout Council Inc Kennebunk Biddeford Kittery Sanford Frederick Perkins Chester Buckland Christ Edward Wolfertz William Pepperell Dan's Star Market Shapleigh Road Robert Weaver Leo Cain Buckland Wolfertz

State to Accept Final Gift From Ex Gov Baxter

The Maine House joined the Senate in approving a bill to accept from former Gov. Percival P. Baxter of Portland a final gift of 7764 acres for Baxter State Park. Over 52 years Baxter gave more than 200000 acres, including Mt Katahdin and Mackworth Island, plus over 1 million in cash to the park and the State School for the Deaf. The latest parcel ends an “interesting incident” in Maine history, with leaders calling it the beginning of a large park program for Maine and the nation. The measure awaits final passage in both chambers.

Augusta House Senate Toler Fercival P. Baxter Portland Baxter State Park Bradford S. Wellman R Rangor Baxter Mt. Katahdin Mackworth Island Falmouth State School For the Deaf Wellman Maine

McNamara pushes antimissile drive and Army expansion

Secretary McNamara urged a 246 million authorization to advance the Nike-X antimissile system and a total 450 million for antimissile R and D. He argued for increased Army permanent personnel by 15 000 to form provisional units and new air assault divisions with about 460 helicopters and aircraft. The plan includes greater Army aircraft procurement to boost mobility for the new units.

McNamara Pentagon

Unemployment Compensation Change Proposed in Maine

A Maine special committee recommends a new unemployment benefit formula for the 101st Legislature. It would raise maximum weekly benefits from 34 to 40 dollars and minimum from 9 to 10 dollars. To fund the change, remove one employer-contributor merit class until the Employment Security Fund hits 30 million and set a 3.7 percent top rate for negative-balance employers, up from 2.7 percent.

Augusta Maine

Ohio Governor May Rule On Doctor's Parole

The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission heard a bid to commute Dr. Samuel Sheppard’s second degree murder sentence to manslaughter with possible early parole. Bailey argued for parole citing medical experiments and services. Sheppard teaches in prison and maintains innocence. A German fiancée introduced at the hearing raised questions about her status.

Columbus Ohio Samuel H. Sheppard James A. Rhodes Rhodes Bay Village Marilyn Sheppard Ariane Tebbenjohans Dusseldorf West Germany Maury C. Koblentz F. Lee Bailey Boston Mass Marion Correctional Institution

Meredith plc weighs stance amid global position debate

A Meredith plc representative stated he weighed this against his own personal position while discussing company strategy, reflecting on how personal views align with corporate direction across markets.

PLC

Classified advertising benefits at low rate contract

Commercial Advertisers invites readers to call AT 8 3625 to learn about advantageous classified ads options and a low rate contract.

Cie Hy

Kiwanis Club Hears Drug Store Manager

Albert F. Deshaies manager of Liggett's Drug store spoke to the Saco and Biddeford Kiwanis Club at the Wonder Bar Steak House on hazards of children accessing medicines. Raymonde Bonang introduced him and Ernest Titus of Allied Hampshire Footwear and American Mutual Insurance attended as guests.

Albert F. Deshaies Liggett's Saco Biddeford Kiwanis Wonder Raymonde Bonang U.S. Immigration Department Bonang Ernest Titus Allied Hampshire Footwear Corporation American Mutual Insurance Company William Langevin Old Orchard Beach Paul Casavant

Brownies of Troop 31 Work On Projects

Brownies of Troop 31 met Tuesday at St Mary hall Biddeford two members absent dues collected and recorded. Girls progressed on piggy bank project under Priscilla Girard and Linda Lavigne refreshments by Yvonne Binette and Priscilla Girard next week Christine Robert and Patricia Bon provide refreshments Taps sung in Friendship Circle to end meeting attendees include Beverly Sparkwich Cathy Lynes Charlene Danis Christine Robert Elizabeth Girard Janice Gradone June Gagon Janine Rossignol Kathleen Miniutti Linda Lavigne Laura Anne Miniani Maureen Couture Nancy Banker Nancy Eon Pamela McKee Patricia Eon Paulette McIntyre Priscilla Girard Suzanne Gagne Yvonne Binette and leaders Mrs Arlene Libby Mrs Gertrude Rossignol

St. Mary Hall Biddeford Priscilla Girard Linda Lavigne Yvonne Binette Christine Robert Patricia Bon Taps Beverly Sparkowich Cathy Lynes Charlene Danis Elizabeth Girard Janice Gradone June Gagon Janine Rossignol Kathleen Miniutti Laura- Anne Miniani Maureen Couture Nancy Banker Nancy Eon Pamela McKee Patricia Eon Paulette McIntyre Suzanne Gagne Arlene Libby Gertrude Rossignol

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