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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1963

Page

2

Church Notes Prayer Meetings in Saco and Nearby Towns

Mid week prayer sessions set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at Bible Baptist Church 144 Ferry Road Saco A prayer and Bible study follows at 7 50 p m Thursday at First Baptist Church Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach Prayer meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday at First Assembly of Cod Church of Saco Ahepa Home 22 Pleasant Street

Bible Baptist Church Ferry Road Saco First Baptist Church Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach Cod Church Ahepa Pleasant Street

Relief From Heat Wave Is On The Way

Heat wave ends as cool dry air moves into six New England states from the northwest. Highs reach the 70s to low 80s with low humidity and a cool night in the 40s. July 4 forecast stays sunny with similar temperatures. Inland readings may exceed 100 degrees. drought persists in eastern Massachusetts. Local highs include Providence 89, Hartford 97, Concord 97, Burlington 96, Portland 90.

Boston New Massachusetts Logan International Airport Weather Bureau Providence R. I Hartford

Cockpit of Chequinn Corp Licenses Rehearsed at May Hearing

May hearings continued with counsel for Chequinn Corp and town attorney present. Judge issued a supplemental finding that Old Orchard Beach councilors had no credible admissible evidence on the bad moral character of Chequinn officers or their families when considering The Barn at an April meeting for victualers liquor and entertainment license.

Chequinn Corp Tapley Old Orchard Beach The

Aerial Fireworks and Holiday Festivities At Old Orchard Beach

Old Orchard Beach town manager Leon F. Jones says the resort is loaded with vacationers for the Fourth and the week. Aerial fireworks display at 9 30 tonight will light up a beach front area run by professionals. Police Chief John H. Clark leads an expanded summer force for patrol and traffic. Ocean Park holds a holiday parade led by Painchand's Band of Biddeford with a temple bell ringing at 2 p.m. as part of National Bell Ringing Day. Voting machines were installed in Waterville as the fifth Maine city to adopt them, with 21 machines bought for 37000 dollars. other cities include Norway Augusta Rockland and Portland. A New York Couture Group head, Larry Aldrich, explains petite dress labeling under the name Young Elegants to help clerks guide diminutive customers.

Leon F. Jones Old Orchard Beach John H. Clark Ocean Park Painchand Band Biddeford Temple Temple Avenue Larry Aldrich New York Couture Group

Death notice for Clayton Kingsbury funeral hours

Friends may pay respects to Clayton Kingsbury at Shumway Funeral Home today from 7 to 9 p m and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m. The notice confirms his passing and viewing times.

Clayton Kingsbury Shumway Funeral Home

Funeral for John Sellers, Biddeford grocer, held in Saco

Funeral services for John Sellers, retired Biddeford grocer, were held yesterday at 1 30 p m at the Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco with Rev Joseph Ingraham officiating. Interment followed in Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford. Bearers were Roy Werenchuk Jean Thibault Harry Belanger Jr and Richard Townsend.

John Sellers Biddeford Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Main St Saco Joseph Ingraham Foss Street Methodist Church Woodlawn Roy Wermenchuk Jean Thibault Harry Belanger Jr Richard Townsend

Babysitter Is Style Letter For Youngsters

New York fashion profile on Ruth Combs, a Hendersonville designer shaping children’s wear. She rejects adult style imitations, favors functional, roomy dresses with middy collars and flaring skirts to suit active kids. Combs built her business with partner Daisy Sample, overcoming early skepticism.

New York Ruth Combs Paris Ruth Hendersonville N.C Daisy Sampleland Traphagen Daisy

Portland Weather Summary

This afternoon mostly sunny with cooler temperatures and less humidity. Highs in the low 80s to upper 70s with westerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight fair and considerably cooler with lows mid 40s to low 50s and light variable winds. Thursday mostly sunny and cooler with much less humidity highs in the 70s.

Portland

Great Imposter Is Sentenced On Fraud Charge

Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., famed as The Great Imposter, received a suspended one year jail term and a $1,000 fine after pleading no contest to a mail fraud charge. He used the alias Jefferson Baird Thorne to obtain a teaching job at a Winchendon high school in 1958. Demara has posed as a Canadian Navy doctor, a Trappist monk, a college professor, and a deputy warden in prior masquerades.

Los Angeles Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr Defaud Demara Jefferson Baird Thorne Winchendon Mass Demara Huntsville, Tex, State Penitentiary

Biddeford Man Bound Over To Superior Court

Elmer C. Elliott, 26, of 18 Congress St Biddeford, held on 1500 bail in Saco Municipal Court after probable cause was found on a rape charge by a 17 year old Saco mother. Elliott pleaded innocent, alleged incident in Saco on June 25, case carried from June 27, bound over to September term in Alfred. Bound over while police attempt to raise bail.

Elmer C. Elliott Congress St Biddeford Saco Hause Hilary Mahaney Elliott Lloyd la Fountain Charles W.smith Mahaney Alfred

Soviet Cold War Case Names John and Jane Doe

The FBI alleges Soviet military intelligence used aliases for U S civilians to relay information on U S military and Navy sites and logistics. Named Russians Aleksei Galkin and Petr Maslennikov fled to Russia in May. The complaint ties a Roman Catholic priest and a Connecticut housewife to the suspected scheme while noting the couple's true identities reportedly remain unclear. A printing error in a related story forced a defender to alter an image, and Ruth and Daisy are described as expanding a wholesale operation into nationwide fashion channels.»

John and Jane Doe Robert Keistutis Baltch Joy Ann Garber Joy Ann Baltch FBI Connecticut Balth U.N Aleksei Galkin Petr Egorovich Maslennikov Russia Ows United States

Births in Maine Area Aboard. list of newborns

To Mr and Mrs John W Davis Stone Street Saco a son Daniel James weighing nine pounds eight ounces June 26. To Mr and Mrs Dorrance Clark 15 Pleasant St Kennebunk a son William John weighing nine pounds 12 ounces June 28 to Mr and Mrs John Merrill Arundel a son Wade Allen weighing seven pounds two and one half ounces June 28. To Mr and Mrs Leslie Hansen 38 Charles Ave Old Orchard Beach a son Mark Leslie weighing seven pounds one ounce June 28. To Mr and Mrs Lawrence Honey 9 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach a daughter Ellen Cecilia weighing six pounds 12 ounces June 28. To Mr and Mrs Richard Frechette Pine Point Scarborough a daughter Nancy Marie weighing ten pounds June 29. To Airman First Class and Mrs Daniel Rohleder Machias a son Mark Alan weighing seven pounds three ounces June 29. To Mr and Mrs Louis Dupras 100 Summer St Biddeford a daughter Cindy Ann weighing six pounds 15 ounces June 30. To Mr and Mrs Fred B Collins 14 Highland Ave Old Orchard Beach a son Anthony Douglas weighing ten pounds 12 ounces July 1. To Mr and Mrs Paul E Lambert 8A Pinette Ave Biddeford a son weighing six pounds 15 ounces July 2. To Mr and Mrs Roland E Regis 19 Mason St Biddeford a son weighing eight pounds seven and one half ounces July. To Mr and Mrs John Childress 421 Alfred Read Biddeford a son Steven Mark weighing eight pounds seven and one half ounces July 2.

John Merrill Arundel Wade Allen Leslie Hansen Charles Ave Old Orchard Beach Mark Leslie Lawrence Honey Union Ave Ellen Cecilia Richard Frechette Pine Point Scarborough Nancy Marie Daniel Rohleder Machias Mark Alan Louis Dupras Summer St Biddeford Cindy Ann Fred &B. Collins Highland Ave Anthony Douglas Paul E. Lambert Pinette Ave Roland E. Regis Mason St

Assistant Gets His Baptism Assistant Gets His Baptism

Middletown New York AP reports Walter Richardson was sworn in as assistant fire chief and faced a blaze on his first night. Lightning struck the fire house Tuesday night and Richardson used a extinguisher to douse a small fire that damaged the box alarm system.

Middletown

Fire Threatens Los Angeles Zoo

A 200acre brush fire licked within 25 yards of Griffith Park Zoo enclosures containing lions tigers and cougars before firefighters contained it on Tuesday. No animals were harmed and authorities praised the rapid response.

Los Angeles Zoo Los Angeles Griffith Park Zoo

Oils Rally As Market Rebounds On Broad Stock Upturn

New York stocks climbed in active trading with oils and several airlines showing strength as the market continued its recovery from the prior session. The Associated Press index rose 1.0 to 272.6 as Industrials gained, Dow Jones near 713.23 at noon. Texaco Universal Oil and airlines led advances.

NEW York Associated Press Texaco Universal Oil Products Jersey Standard Royal Dutch Pan American World Airways National Airlines IBM Olaroid Xerox Dow Jones American Stock Exchange

Khrushchev links test ban with nonaggression pact idea

The West and Soviet leaders clash over a combined offer. Khrushchev calls for a major step beyond a test ban, proposing a nonaggression pact between NATO and Warsaw Pact blocs. Washington analysts doubt clarity on whether the two issues must be settled together. Objections focus on East Germany and on-site inspections versus moratorium proposals.

Soviet Union Khrushchev NATO Washington East Germany Moscow Kremlin Red China

Your Journal Classified Ad Reach Reaches Vast Audience

Local notice highlights a classified ads section claimed to reach over 30,090 readers daily, emphasizing strong circulation and broad exposure for advertisers seeking high visibility in a community newspaper.

Your Journal

Partial Ban on Campfires in Maine Amid Drought

In Augusta a partial ban on campfires was ordered by Forest Commissioner Austin H. Wilkins. All campfire permits were canceled and state fire wardens told not to issue new ones. Five major timber landowners in northern Maine will control access to their lands. Campfires remain allowed at 385 Forest Service camp sites. If conditions worsen a full ban on campfires smoking and fishing could follow. Rainfall remains minimal with six weeks dry and no forecast relief.

Augusta State Forest Service Austin H. Wilkins Wilkins Maine Forest Service U.S. Geological Survey Gordon S. Hayes

Weather note hints at cooler temperatures with rain

A brief forecast line states temperatures will stay well below average if rainfall remains low. It warns rainfall must be much higher than normal to raise temperatures or affect conditions.

State Police Mobilize For Fourth Holiday Patrols

State Police and other agencies mobilize to deploy nearly full strength on highway patrol for the Fourth of July holiday and the ensuing weekend. Gov Reed and State Police Chief Robert Marx warn of greatly increased highway travel and urge drivers to exercise extreme caution to offset higher accident risk.

Augusta Reed Robert Marx

Bathing Suits Stolen From Laundry Lines In Saco

Two women, Mrs. Helen Bissonette of 12 Rumery Street and Mrs. Robert Hoyt of 14 Rumery Street, reported bathing suits stolen from their clothes lines likely Monday night. Police note several similar thefts in the past week as they investigate the cases.

Saco Helen Bissonette Rumery St Robert Hoyt Key

Worker Hospitalized After Beam Strike In Maine

AP reports Donald MacDonald of Farmingdale is hospitalized with a head injury after a car struck a steel beam he was unloading from a railroad car. Seven other workers and three car occupants sustained minor injuries in the incident on Tuesday.

Gardiner Donald MacDonald Farmingdale

Shipboard masseur highlights male relaxation and hydrotherapy

On the liner Bremen shipboard masseur John Brandt notes rising health interest among men as they seek exercise and weight loss during voyages. He describes a hydrotherapy underwater massage method, while contrasting women’s greater tendency to exercise and relaxed vacation pacing.

John Brandt Europe Brandt Bremen

Portland Man Fined Fifty At Beach

John G. Davis, 55, of Portland, was fined 50 for leaving the scene of an accident without identifying himself in the local trial justice court. He pled guilty to the charge by local police. A second case, John A. Hayes, 53, of Old Orchard Beach, charged with petty larceny, was dismissed for lack of prosecution.

Old Orchard Beach John G. Davis Portland Wesley Mewer John A. Hayes Melvin Ave Theresa Hayes Atlantic Ave

Elders Debate at Lakeside Church Sparks Title Change Talk

In a Lakeside Presbyterian Church couples class at Lakeside Park Ky discussion focused on whether women may serve as church elders. One man quipped that if women ever serve as elders the title might need to change from elders to youngsters a playful remark reflecting the era.

Lakeside Park, Ky Lakeside Presbyterian Church

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