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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1964
Page
2
This afternoon mostly cloudy with a slight chance of brief sprinkles. Highs in the mid to upper 70s with northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight cloudy with scattered showers possible by morning and lows around 60. Light to variable winds, east to northeast near the coast. Friday remains cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers and little temperature change.
Lionel Simoneau of 317 Alfred Street Biddeford is listed as a surgical patient at Notre Dame Hospital.
The Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will convene Friday evening at 8 30. The gathering invites participation from members and supporters in the local community.
Philadelphia Mississippi faced the largest manhunt as authorities pursued every lead in the June 21 disappearance of three civil rights workers Michael Schwerner James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. The search covered east central Mississippi with 400 sailors and door to door inquiries in Neshoba and Newton counties.
BAR HARBOR RP Gene ticists report optimistically but cautiously that radiation may not be as big a threat to man's survival as once feared. Seventy six scientists from five nations closed a three day conference at the Jackson Laboratories. They cited long term irradiated mammal experiments showing no obvious changes in weanling mice yet lifetime reproductive effects may occur. Tests covered rats mice chickens and swine.
The Saco Zoning Appeals Board will hear two variance requests on Thursday July 9 at 7 30 pm. Conrad Fecteau seeks to place a real estate office in his Emerson Avenue home 196 Beach Street. The Soucys ask to convert the Hobby Shop on North Avenue Camp Ellis into a lobster pound. Residents may attend and testify. After the hearing the board will decide and notification will follow.
Old Orchard Beach firemen battled a woods and brush fire for nearly an hour yesterday afternoon. Chief Louis Wharff said the blaze was caused by embers from the town dump as three men fought it with a tank truck and 150 feet of 12 inch hose.
Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Nadeau of 22 Hill St. Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church. Rt. Rev. Mser. Arthur Dube officiated a solemn requiem high mass with Rev. Henry Fournelle and Rev. Paul Jalbert assisting. Interment followed at St. Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford with graveside prayers. Bearers named Donald Mondor Bernard Mondor Albert Cabina Albert Lamb Andre Lefebre Reynald Gonnev attended by out of town guests from Westbrook.
Eugene Oregon AP reports Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton warns the Republican Party risks lifeless leadership drawn from a rear view of the future while seeking movable delegates to derail Barry Goldwater’s first ballot. He cites about 80 of 344 delegates needed from 25 states including Oregon’s 18 bound to Rockefeller.
Bernice Vadnais, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alcide Vadnais of Biddeford, hosts a surprise bridal shower and swimming pool party at Mrs Hervey Binnette’s home. Guest list includes many local names and notes she will wed Raymond Paquette on August 8 in Biddeford.
Biddeford inspectors approved sixteen building projects including repairs, enlargements and new structures. Notable items involve Lillian Lambert at 17 Lamothe Ave replacing siding. Allan Borg at Fortunes Rocks erecting a four room ranch on Thorndike Ave. Letellieres at 49 Western Ave planning a six room split level home on Alfred Road. and Fernand Champagne at 100 Granite St building a five room ranch with a garage. Other permits cover garages, porches, storage rooms, and foundation repairs with varied estimated costs.
Beach police reported two crashes near Old Orchard Street and West Grand Avenue. Michael J. Cordice, 20, of South Portland, and Richard Thibodeau, 19, of Lewiston, drove involved. Cordice’s car had no damage while Thibodeau’s right rear fender was damaged about 100 dollars. Leonard E. Jones, 75, of Lisbon Falls, said he cut wheels too sharply while turning into Fort Hill Avenue from Saco Avenue and knocked over a mailbox slightly damaged.
State Rep. Mitchell Cope of Portland says he will introduce a bill at the September special session to recreate the Maine Constitutional Commission to study Senate reapportionment. Gov. Reed and legislative leaders back the move, with a Supreme Court ruling prompting equity based on population. The commission would study the issue and report to the next regular session in January.
The Biddeford Fire Department reports thirty two ambulance calls since the new ambulance began operation on June 4 1964. The vehicle has been in service for several months and serves the Biddeford area.
Wendy Lee Brethauer, daughter of Larry G. Brethauer and wife, welcomed visitors and area residents on behalf of the Biddeford Saco Journal. Brethauer's maternal grandparents are Henry C. Dumas and wife of Saco, and paternal grandmother is Earl C. Brethauer of Bradenton Florida. The mother is Frances Dumas before marriage.
Joseph Haley passed the gavel to Joseph G. Grondin at a Hotel Thacher ceremony marking the start of the new Rotary year. Haley reviewed last year’s activities. Grondin outlined plans. Reports were given by Cartmill and Walker, and Jasper read the latest news. Pettengill delivered a taped message from Rotary International. Nine visiting Rotarians attended as plans were made for a Quebec Winter Carnival film event with Quebec committee guests next week.
Maine forests remain dry with fires restrained by common sense ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. State Forest Service cautions that unusually dry or windy weather could worsen conditions. More than 400 fires have occurred this year, below the 470 typical in dry years. No general woods closures planned, but private timberlands may close during logging. Camping permits required for outdoor fires except at state forests campsites and highway roadside picnic areas. landowner permission needed in organized towns and free permits available in unorganized territory from a forest wardens.
OGUNQUIT The Gallery on Shore Road opens for the summer season displaying sculpture paintings and prints by American and European artists and new talents. Public viewing is daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Featured artists include Aarons Amen Archipenko Baskin Bernstein Chagall Coughlin Dufy Friedlander Gauguin Kandinsky Klee Kollwitz Matisse Miro Peterdi Picasso Renoir Rouault and Weyers.
At United Baptist Church in Saco a 9 am worship service will feature Rev. Stanley A. Bennett preaching on Cheerers from the Bleachers. A Holy Communion will be celebrated with Mrs George A Renell Jr as soloist and Mrs Mary Hill at the organ console. The Laboratory Training School for church school teachers and a Daily Vacation Church School were cancelled.
Judge Chester Cram presided in Municipal Court in Kennebunk as multiple defendants appeared on speeding and traffic charges. Fines ranged from 10 to 50 dollars for offenses including speeding, driving left of center, and unregistered vehicle towing, with several pleas of nolo contendere and one case continued for sentencing.
A series of three traffic accidents occurred in Biddeford yesterday afternoon and evening. Joseph Bisson, 24, suffered bumper and fender damage in a Jefferson and Adams Streets collision after Avalon Rellevance, 63, failed to stop. Slippery Elm Street conditions contributed to a second crash involving Lucille Jacques and Norman Merrow with extensive damage but no injuries. The third incident at South and Elm Streets involved Eugene Bourgault and Robert Romebottom Ville with no reported damages or injuries.
Dale B Soule 31 of 84 Ocean Ave Old Orchard Beach had case continued for hearing until July 10 at his request on a charge of cheating by false pretense. Thomas L Day 17 of Bethel pleaded guilty to failure to display license plates and paid a $10 fine.
Dean Pound born in 1869 graduated in 1888 at age eighteen. In 1910 Harvard summoned him to begin a renowned law professorship. In 1913 he earned Crater professorship, then became Harvard Law School dean in 1916, serving until retirement in 1936.
The text notes Pound becoming Harvard’s first University Professor with a flexible teaching license. It also mentions his 1947 resignation and, at 76, accepting an invitation from Chiang Kai-shek to codify Chinese laws.
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