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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1964
Page
2
Scattered showers expected this afternoon with thundershowers late in the day. After clearing tonight it will be cooler with lows in the mid 50s and light northerly winds. Thursday looks sunny and pleasant with highs near 80 and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Small craft warnings posted along the coast.
Mrs Cecilia Salvas of 7 Beacon Ave Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Bernard G Dunton of 74 May St Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Germaine Grant of Pine Street Saco is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Joseph Grenier of Berry Road Saco is a medical patient at Saco Osteopathic Hospital. Patrick Kenneally of 2 Market St Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs Hazel Partridge of Coolidge Avenue Saco is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Mr and Mrs James Wood of St Petersburg Fla are visiting local family and friends. Mr Gerard Beaudoin, son Michael and daughter Lisa Love have returned to Broken Arrow Oklahoma after a two week visit with Mr and Mrs Henri Beaudoin and family of Biddeford.
The Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks meets tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Elks Home on Portland Road in Saco. A memorial service for John Beauchemin will be held and plans announced for a lobster and clam bake. A lunch will follow.
Prayer meeting set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at Bible Baptist Church 144 Ferry Road Saco A prayer and Bible study will be held Thursday at 7 30 p m at First Baptist Church Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach
A prayer meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 7 30 p m at the First Assembly of God church of Saco in the Ahepa home located at 22 Pleasant Street.
Washington AP reports the House will vote Thursday on the revised civil rights bill with expected overwhelming approval. The measure would head to President Johnson for a symbolic July 4 signing. House Rules Committee cleared the 126 page bill 10-5 for floor action after earlier approval of the original version. The bill bans discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and federally aided programs and gives the attorney general power to desegregate schools parks and playgrounds.
Greensburg Kansas built a 109 foot deep hand dug well for trains in 1887 89. When rail lines shifted the site became a tourist draw with 100000 visitors last year viewing the water 84 feet below. The well now anchors a promotional effort cited by the Commerce Department in a guide on profiting from tourism.
Mrs Emma Bell MacFarlane 79 of 43 Middle St Saco widow of Robert MacFarlane died yesterday after a short illness. Born in Kennebunkport Nov 15 1884 she was the daughter of Albert W and Harriet M Welch and a member of the Saco School Street Congregational Church. Surviving are a sister Mrs Minnie J Couch Petersburg Fla a niece Mrs Emma Deennedy Exeter NH and a nephew Francis Welch Kennebunkport. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday at Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring St Saco with interment at Biddeford Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 tomorrow night.
George K Grantham 62 of New County Road Saco died yesterday after a long illness in a Saco hospital. Born June 30 1902 in Saco he was a farmer and lumberman. Surviving widow Edith Buzzell Grantham a brother E Alfred Grantham and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service 2 tomorrow at Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring St Saco with burial in Goodwins Mills Cemetery Lyman. Memorial service by Arion Lodge A F and A M at 8 tonight.
Members of the Fremont Club and Auxiliary will meet at San Embry Funeral Home at 1 Stone St Biddeford at 7 30 tonight to pay respects to Mrs Agnes Nadeau mother of a member.
Funeral services for Agnes Nad eau will be held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco at 8 a.m. Thursday, moved from Sansoucy Funeral Home. The ceremony will be conducted at the church with burial to follow.
Funeral services for Mrs Caroline E Rumery of 12 Summit Street Biddeford were held yesterday at 2 p.m. from Shumway Funeral Home in Saco. Rev Thomas Knox of Christ Episcopal Church Biddeford officiated with interment in Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford.
A solemn high mass for Eugene Hubert of 31 Wood Street, Saco, was celebrated at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church yesterday by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Arthur Dube with Rev. Albert Jalbert as deacon and Rev. Henry Fournelle as sub deacon. Mrs. Eva Carrier was the organist. Burial followed at St. Joseph's Cemetery with graveside prayers by Father Fournelle. Bearers were Raymond Berthiaume, Wilfrid Berthiaume, Ernest Cote, Alfred Cote, Marcel Delorge and Ernest Martel. Out of town attendants included Roland Hubert of Pomona California Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Steward of Dover-Foxcroft Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Berthiaume of Lynn Mass and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berthiaume of Oakland California.
A requiem high mass was celebrated for Miss Mary White of 34 Pike St Biddeford by Rev Maurice Goan from St Marys Church Biddeford with vocalist William Cleary and organist Miss Louise Welch. Interment was in St Marys Cemetery with grave side prayers by Rev Coleman OToole. bearers were Thomas Breen Erin Murphy Leo Mackell John Wynne John Daly and Frederic Allen.
Beach firemen were called at 8:57 am when a fryer unit overheated in the kitchen of the Gables Inn at 160 Bay Ave. The inn is run by Mrs. Laura Fortier. No damage occurred and responders stayed until the fryer cooled.
It is estimated that five percent of the United States wood needs are harvested from tree farms industrial timber lands and other privately owned forestlands.
The community gathers around a famed dug well drawing about one hundred thousand visitors yearly. By selling curios at the site, the town financed a 1,900 square foot Chamber of Commerce building.
Pierre Monteux a French born conductor dies at his Hancock, Maine home after a long illness at age 89. His career spanned the Ballet Russe Paris 1910 and leadership of the Metropolitan Opera and Boston Symphony Orchestra before directing the San Francisco Symphony for 17 years. He led the first Stravinsky Rite of Spring in 1913 and introduced Daphnis and Chloe in 1912 among many achievements. Monteux served as a poilu in World War I and settled in Maine after retiring in 1952. Erich Leinsdorf hailed him as a universal, boundaryless musical force.
Hansie Kilian, Weenen's official snake catcher, uses bare hands and a small knife to capture pythons locally. He works alone, catching quick, four foot specimens to weigh over 100 pounds, sometimes 16 feet long, and rarely kills them, sending most to a snake park.
The Port of New York was described as the world's greatest harbor with an average of about 25,000 ships per year in the second half of the 20th century per the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Welcome to the fold as Ken neth Gerard Marcotte is welcomed by his family at 47 George Street Biddeford with maternal and paternal grandparents named. A daughter Rachel Charlotte to Mr and Mrs Floyd Farrell at Saco Osteopathic Hospital weighing eight pounds five ounces born June 23.
Opponents vow a floor fight as the Senate opens debate on a 564 million pay hike bill covering 1.7 million civil service, postal workers, federal executives, judges, and lawmakers. President Johnson pushes prompt action while Dirksen favors a 10 thousand raise for Congress, though unlikely. Proxmire and Lausche pledge to oppose the one third increase for members of Congress.
Marcel Neault, 44, of 414 Main St Biddeford pleaded guilty in Biddeford Municipal Court to refusing to obey a uniformed police officer. Judge Gerald Nason fined him 35 dollars. A second charge of illegal parking blocking a public way was filed without plea. The offenses occurred June 27 on Main Street. Officer Albert Elwell was the complainant. Other cases included a motor vehicle with an inadequate exhaust system filed without plea and Wesley Tibbetts, 55 Wells, ordered to vacate living quarters after a court appearance for living in a house unfit for human habitation.
The Biddeford-Saco Chamber distributes cards listing summer church services in Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk West Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. All denominations with regular services are listed. Cards distributed to area businesses, executive secretary Clayton Cartmill says.
King halted demonstrations to show goodwill as white segregationist leaders accepted a truce. Holsted Manucy said a Ku Klux Klan rally planned for July 4 was canceled and urged nonviolence during the truce. Judge Nason sought quarters for Tibbetts and his family as press time.
Paul E F Laroche of Biddeford is assigned to S Co of the 2nd Training Regiment for eight weeks of basic training at Fort Divx New Jersey. He will serve active duty six months before transfer to Commonwealth Armory Boston. A St Louis High School graduate, he attended Coyne Technical College Boston.
This reader friendly burst promotes U S Savings Bonds as a smart retirement habit. It suggests buying monthly bonds at 37.50 for 73 years to yield about 50 monthly after retirement, encourages payroll savings and bank purchases, and asserts bonds bolster financial security and national strength now and later.
An investment tip contrasts E bonds preferred for growth with H bonds offering current income. It notes fuller returns over time and suitability by financial goals, urging considering risk tolerance and tax considerations.
Tucson chicken grower Wes ley H. McCartney tried plastic contact lenses on 2000 layers to curb cannibalism. Lenses quieted birds and reduced dust but caused eye infections and a drop in egg production, prompting removal of the lenses. He plans further research with AZ and others while cannibalism resumes.
Robert D. Graham recently completed his term as mayor amid praise calling it the years of enlightenment. During his tenure more than 2900 mercury vapor street lights were installed across a 50 block area.
In Saco Municipal Court this morning, Francis X. Sul Jr., 19, of Old Orchard Beach, had his case continued to July 9 and released on $100 bail pending the hearing on a charge of allegedly contributing to the delinquency of a minor from an incident on June 29. Associ ate Judge William F. Wilson Jr. also handled four traffic cases with guilty pleas and fines.
Police report a Beachside collision yesterday on Beechwood Avenue involving Angel Kalperis of Fairmouth Mass and Victorien Roy of Coaticook Que. Roy’s car sustained $50 left front door damage. Kalperis’s vehicle appeared undamaged. Roy’s wife cited a witness who saw the impact.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH A joint meeting of the school building committee and the town superintending school committee will be held tonight at 7 30 at the high school according to Bernard Furbush. Furbush expects to discuss teaching position applicants with the superintending school committee.
Biddeford firefighters were dispatched twice yesterday. The first call at 2 45 p m was to wash gasoline from 116 Main Street. A second call at 6 38 p m involved a grass fire off Western Avenue on Boston and Maine Railroad property believed set by a passing train.
Alvin Doggie Julian started his basketball coaching career at Albright College in 1928 marking the beginning of his long association with the program.
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