Personal notices for Biddeford residents and journal project
Joseph Ribaudo of 5 Vine Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Mercy Hospital Portland. Theresa Sullivan formerly of Orchard Street Biddeford and employee of Jordan Marsh Co Miami is working on a new magazine on the Florida Keys By Ways. She has finished a magazine on the Virgin Island By Ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ribaudo
Vine St
Biddeford
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Theresa Sullivan
Orchard Street
Jordan Marsh Co
Miami
Florida Keys
Virgin Island
Notre Dame Auxiliary Thrift Shop Meeting Postponed
The July 5 Notre Dame Auxiliary Thrift Shop Committee meeting is moved to Monday July 12. Thrift Shop closes July 5. Volunteer Group B led by Captain Mrs George Simard covers next week. Biddeford Pool Fire Department opens new station with an open house Saturday 8 PM to midnight. York County Barracks Auxiliary World War I postponed to Aug 2 with Aug 2 meeting in St Johns Hall Biddeford for anniversary celebration.
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Notre Dame Auxiliary
George Simard
Biddeford Pool
York County Barracks
St. John’s Hall
Elm Street
Biddeford
Church Notes Confessions and Services Across Kennebunkport Area
Confessions heard at St Martha's Kennebunkport Saturday 7 to 8 p m. St Monica's Kennebunk Saturday 4 to 5 p m. St Mary's Wells Beach Sunday before 9 a m mass. Junior Band and songs of Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday 10 a m. United Baptist Church Saco Sunday 9 a m worship. Rev Stanley A Bennett to present Right Hand of Christian Fellowship to Rev Herman Lloyd Noyes. Noyes served 1937-1945. interim pastor Kennebunk Baptist Church. Sermon The Constant Thermometer. Holy Communion. Mrs Harley A Scammon Jr soloist. Mrs Mary M Hill organist. Kennebunk Baptist Church interim pastor Rev Herman Neyes sermon Sunday Known to Them in The Breaking of the Bread. Communion following. Mrs Homer Chappell organist. Evensong and Fellowship 7 p m. pastor's sermon The Battle is the Lord's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Baptist Church
Saco
Stanley A. Bennett
Christian Fellowship
Herman Lloyd Noyes
Mary M. Hill
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Herman Neyes
Homer Chappell
Biddeford Plans Comfort Station in City Building
Diamond National Corp is drawing plans for a comfort station to be located in the Biddeford City Building. The council granted consent to the project with actual expense monies to be voted later. Bids are expected to go out on the project shortly.
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Biddeford
Diamond National Corp
Paul Brunelle
Projet
Brunelle
Art Course Added at Thornton Academy for Next School Year
Robert L. Bowie headmaster at Saco Academy announced a part time art course will rejoin the curriculum this coming school year. He seeks an instructor and will discuss the position with qualified candidates. The course previously ran for five to six years.
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Thornton Academy
Robert L. Bowie
Saco Academy
Bowie
Junta rebuffs OAS plan in provisional government talks
The OAS proposed a settlement on June 18 calling for a provisional government then general elections within 81x to nine months. The junta’s initial reply rejected the plan, proposing itself as the basis for a provisional government, a stance unacceptable to the rebels who had agreed to the plan with minor reservations.
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OAS
Junta
Card of Thanks to Notre Dame Hospital Staff
Jerry Fleurant and Mrs. Anna Forcier thank Dr. Charest Fortier nurses relatives and friends for kindness during hospital stays at Notre Dame Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Charest
Dr. Fortier
Notre Dame Hospital
Anna Forcier
Deaths Gerard T. Octeau Biddeford veteran dies at 58
Gerard T. Octeau 58 of 67 Adams St Biddeford died last night at a local hospital He was born March 6 1907 in Biddeford son of Deseree and Delema Lambert Octeau A World War II veteran he worked at Portsmouth Navy Yard until retirement nine years ago He was a member of the Sacred Heart League of St Josephs Church He is survived by his widow Bernadette Octeau one sister Mrs Alice Bouthillette and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held Monday at 830 am from St Josephs Church Friends may call at Sansoucy Funeral Home 1 Stone St Biddeford tonight with hours 2-4 and 7-9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard T. Octeau
Adams St
Biddeford
Deseree and
Delema (Lambert) Octeau
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Sacred Heart League
St. Joseph’s Church
Bernadette Octeau
Alice Bouthillette
Sansoucy
Stone St
Funeral Rites Held for Wilfred Lariviere at St. Andre Church
Funeral services for Wilfred Lariviere of 108 Foss Street Biddeford were held at 9 AM at St. Andre's Church. Rt Rev Msgr Aime Giguere officiated with Rev Germain Bureau and Rev Bernand Nicknair assisting. Bearers included Donald and Leo Fournier Raymond Cloutier and Donald Lariviere. Burial in Ste Theresa section of St Joseph's Cemetery followed with committal prayers by Father Bureau. Out of town relatives listed include the Lariviere and Fournier families from Dover New Hampshire New Britain and Plainville Connecticut Lewiston and Claremont New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Lariviere
Foss St
Biddeford
St. Andre's Church
Aime Giguere
Germain Bureau
Bernand Nicknair
Charles Proulx
Donald
Leo Fournier
Donald Fournier
Paul Fournier
Mary Jakowanko
New Britain
Conn
Plainville
Robert Rapuna
Grace Reynolds
Rhoda Hughes
Charles Moore
Dover
N.H
Medora Vermette
Maurice Daigle
Donald Daigle
Lewiston
Adolphe Aubin
Claremont
Funeral services for Joseph Corriveau in Biddeford
Funeral services for Joseph Corriveau of 102 Alfred Street Biddeford were held this morning at 8 30 at St Joseph Church Rt Rev Msgr Eli Hevey officiated Interment followed at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford with Rev Armand Carrier saying graveside prayers Bearers were Alfred Letourneau Armand Fortin Adrien Delorge and Carlton Pendleton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Corriveau
Alfred St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Eli Hevey
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Armand Carrier
Alfred Letourneau
Armand Fortin
Adrien Delorge
Carlton Pendleton
Birth Announcements From Webber and Saco Osteopathic Hospitals
At Webber Hospital birth notices list Gerard F Desjardins Jr and Robert Howard Mathia sons, Anne Eve Bellavance daughter, Berkeley Mossman III son, Michael Todd Savage son, plus Michael Taylor daughter born June 28 to July 1. At Saco Osteopathic Hospital Wayne Avery announces son Mark Joseph born June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Gerard F. Desjardins
Elm St. Saco
Gerard F. Jr
Robert L. Mathia
Brown St
Kennebunk
Robert Howard
Paul A. Bellavance
High St
Saco
Anne Eve
Berkeley W. Mossman Jr
RFC 1
Berkeley W. Mossman III
Breen R. Savage
Sea Road
Michael Todd
Michael C. Taylor
Lyman
Saco Osteopatic Hospital
Wayne Avery
Hearn Road
Mark Joseph
Lynda Johnson Leaves Durango for Undisclosed Trip
Lynda Bird Johnson daughter of the President and Mrs. Johnson left Durango Colorado with a trailer caravan group after two days in Mesa Verde National Park. The itinerary was not disclosed but she was scheduled to visit Laramie Wyoming on July 4.
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Associated Press
Durango
Colo
Lynda Bird Johnson
Johnson
Mesa Verde National Park
Miss Johnson
Laramie
Wyo
General Clark Steps Down After 11 Years At Citadel
Gen. Mark W. Clark age 69 resigns as president of The Citadel in Charleston after 11 years. He is succeeded by Gen. Hugh Pate Harris who retired in March as commanding general of the U S Continental Army Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S.C
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Korea
Citadel, State Military College
Clark
Hugh Pate Harris
U.S. Continental Army Command
Soviet Cosmonauts to Visit Cuba This Month
Havana Radio reports Soviet cosmonauts Col Pavel Belyayev and Lt Col Alexei Leonov will visit Cuba this month. In Hyde Park New York Mrs Lyndon B Johnson toured the Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site on Thursday amid plans for a presidential library for her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Pavel Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Cuba
Havana
Hyde Park
Lyndon B. Johnson
N.Y
Benjamin Davis
Portland Weather Forecast Shows Clouds and Showers
Tonight in Portland expect fair skies before increasing cloudiness and cooler temps in the 50s. South and southwest winds ease to 5-10 mph. Saturday brings variable clouds with scattered showers and thundershowers and little temperature change.
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Portland
Biddeford Installs Parking Meters Citywide
Biddeford will install 312 parking meters from Duncan Parking Meter Co. New York. One hour limits at a nickel or a dime no extra time. Half hour meters near the U S Post Office on Washington Street with two hour meters on Main Street sections. Payment funded by meter rentals over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Duncan Parking Meter Co
New York
U.S. Post Office
Washington Street
Main Street
Hail to All a Bay Colt Defies Odds After Foaling Injury
Hail to All earned 191 055 by Belmont and Jersey Derby wins this spring and narrowly survived a defective right hind leg after foaling at Ocala Stud in 1962. An aluminum splint by Joe OFarrell saved him, and he recovered to become a champion with earnings past 362 474. Ben Cohen highlights breeding your own horse as key.
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Associated Press
Ocala Stud
Joe Moore
Ocala
Joe O’farrell
Hail To All
Ben Cohen
Ben
Pimlico Race Track
Herman
Ellen
Halcon Farm
Brooklynsville
Hail To Reason
Lexington
Fla
Eddie Yowell
Cohens
Joe O'Farrell
Maryland
O'Farrell
Vowell
Public Auction At Biddeford Homestead Announced
Biddeford City Clerk Paul Brunelle announces a public auction at the Biddeford Homestead to sell furniture and local property. Date for the sale will be announced shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Homestead
Biddeford
Paul Brunelle
Brunelle
Chivalry Has Disappeared in Commons Fall
Harriet Slater, 61, a Labour MP, tripped leaving the House of Commons on Thursday. She fell flat to the floor as lawmakers laughed and none offered help. She remarked that the age of chivalry is stone cold dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harriet Slater
House of Commons
Mrs. Slater
Burner Floods Biddeford Tenement on Washington Street
An overflowed oil burner caused a fire response by Biddeford firefighters to 93 Washington Street yesterday afternoon. No extinguishing agents were used. The two and a half story wooden tenement is owned by Osher Realty Co and occupied by Raymond Lessard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Washington St
Osher Realty Co
Raymond Lessard
Woodsman Spare That Nest Rockford
The Hallstrom School won a stay of execution for a poplar tree after the board of education granted a reprieve to protect a robin and four blue eggs. Gerald Raasch, director of buildings and grounds, said roots threaten the school foundation and the tree was set to be cut.
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Woodsman
Rockford
Til
Hallstrom
Board of Education
Gerald Raasch
Viet Cong attack Soc Trang airfield reported
Viet Cong fire mortars at the Soc Trang air field while US helicopters withdraw without damage. The item notes the incident alongside other world, national, and local news highlights.
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Viet Nam
Soc Trang
Albums as photographer best friends in the home
Photo albums have evolved from messy past methods to easy to use, protective formats with rigid or acetate pages. New layouts allow re arranging without damage, plus pockets for negatives, large pages for portraits, and portable album packs. Mel Holson notes albums protect and display images for sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Holson
Norwalk
Conn
Holson
Fire Alarms in Biddeford Fall in June Calls
Biddeford firefighters made 25 fire alarm calls in June, down from 35 in May per Fire Chief Arthur King. City ambulance crews answered 64 calls in June, up from 56 in May.
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Biddeford
Arthur King
CORE Leader Urges Political Action To Advance Civil Rights
James Farmer told CORE’s annual Durham convention that Ghetto level organization is the vehicle to reach Negro rights. He urged workers to field candidates and back them via political vehicles like the Freedom Democratic movement to gain power and transform unresponsive political units.
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Durham
N.C
James Farmer
Conmee of
Racial Equality
Thursiday
Farmer
CORE
Freedom Democratic Movement
Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi
Democratic Party
Mystery of the Pigeon Point lens history endures
The Pigeon Point Lighthouse in California guards a Civil War era lens with 1,008 glass pieces built by Henry Le Paute in Paris and put in service November 15, 1872. Theories place its origin in Cape Hatteras or Fort Sumter, but Coast Guard historians doubt the Sumter tale while noting the lens has traveled from dangerous shores to San Mateo County.
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Pescadero
Calif
Pigeon Point
Atlantic
Henry le Paute
Paris
San Mateo County
Pacific
California
New England
South Atlantic
San Mateo
US. Navy
Edward Rowe Snow
Ft. Sumter
Charleston
S.C
Coast Guard
Coast
Whale Point
Congress
Truck Sideswipes Tree on Pleasant Street
Police said the incident damaged the van of a truck after it sideswiped a tree on Pleasant Street. Estimated losses exceed 100 dollars. Driver Gerald C. Jordan 24 Auburn claimed he pulled over to make room for an oncoming car.
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Pleasant Street
Snce
Gerald C. Jordan
Auburn
Ford says Republicans will follow national interest in Viet Nam stand
House Republican Leader Gerald Ford argues the party will be guided by the national interest in Viet Nam policy and dismiss partisan considerations. He claims some Democrats would abandon free peoples in Viet Nam and urges the President not to yield.
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Washington
House
Gerald Ford
Viet Nam
Ford
Congress
Johnson Administration
Gerald R. Ford
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Martin
False alarm at Wag on Wheels triggers Old Orchard Beach fire response
A false alarm yesterday sent Old Orchard Beach firefighters to Wag on Wheels Trailer Park on Old Orchard Road, prompting an unnecessary callout with no damage reported.
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Old Orchard Beach
Wagon Wheels
Old Orchard Road
President Sends 50th Anniversary Card to Local Couple
Mr and Mrs Joseph J Salvas Sr of 7 Beacon Ave Biddeford celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary after receiving a greeting card from President Lyndon B Johnson The note from the President and Mrs Johnson extends their best wishes on the milestone anniversary.
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Joseph J. Salvas Sr
Beacon Ave
Biddeford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Strike Idles Maine Roofers and Sheet Metal Workers
The Maine dispute idles about 300 workers in six communities as unions push for a 50 cent wage increase over two years, health and welfare benefits, while contractors offer 25 cents. A mediator aims to bring union and contractor reps together Tuesday to halt the strike.
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Lewiston AP
State Board of Mediators
Maine
David Berent
Lewiston
Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 545
Roofers Union Local 177
David B. Score
Afl-C1o
Score
Boston
Hahnel Bros. Co
Hamilton & Son Inc
Auburn
James A. McBrady
South Portland
Pettengill & Ross Co
Portland
Dolby & Lilly
Berwick
Bangor Roofing & Sheetmetal Co
Bangor
Bankruptcy filings list Portland area earners and assets
In the U S Bankruptcy Court Portland petitions include Everett A Berry a Saco press operator with liabilities 3188 assets 642 wage earners Paul R Desmarais Biddeford machine operator liabilities 4143 assets 259 of which 50 exempt Carolyn J Desmarais Biddeford shoe worker liabilities 3908 assets 224 exempt 50 Urbain R Perrin Jr Saco inspector liabilities 2212 no assets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
U. S. Bankruptcy Court
Everett A. Berry
Saco Press
Paul R. Desmarais
Biddeford Machine
Carolyn J. Desmarais
Biddeford Shoe
Urbain R. Perrin Jr
Saco
Colby College Fund Drive Surpasses Goal by $1 Million
Colby College reports the Ford Foundation challenge fund drive ended at 4,622,850 dollars, topping the 3.7 million dollar goal. The match began in June 1962 when Ford Foundation provided 1.8 million dollars to Colby on a two for one basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Colby College
Ford Foundation
Colby
Bath Iron Works To Launch Frigate
Bath Iron Works Corp planned to launch the 7,900 ton guided missile frigate Biddle today. The ship, fourth named for Revolutionary War Captain Nicholas Biddle, features Rep. William H. Bates as principal speaker at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATH
Bath Iron Works Corp
Biddle
Nicholas Biddle
Continental Navy
William H. Bates
R-Mass
Lost Basset Hound Pup Near Bay View Beach
Black and white Basset Hound puppy missing around Bay View Beach area. Reward offered. Call 934-2561 if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay View Beach
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Mildred Leonard
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