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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1959
Page
3
Kennebunk and nearby towns host a string of visitors and travels. Families including the Cashens Rogers Reagans Lindsey Hamilton and Staples, with relatives from Maine Massachusetts Connecticut and New Jersey, are noted at homes along Wells Beach Summer Street Storer Street and Landing. Military involvement includes Capt J Frank Harrison in Marine reserve training.
The Kennebunkport Historical Society will hold weekly open houses with an exhibit and tea every Wednesday at 2 p.m. from July 8 to September 2 at headquarters on North Street. The Kenneth Roberts exhibit repeats July 29 and the flower show occurs August 12 with other events to follow.
North Lebanon Lenny Parsons a Providence Bible college student will preach at North Lebanon church. Rev and Mrs Lee Carter and family Rachel Jonathan and Mary will visit their son David and family and daughter Miriam in Chicago. Rev Carter will have three Sundays vacation. Rev and Mrs Frank Harper had their last service and left for a short visit in Boston before going to Colebrook NH for another Crusade for Christ. Mr and Mrs Stuart Grant have been entertaining friends from Milford Ohio Mr and Mrs Richard Bain son Bobby and daughter Gail. Mrs Charlotte Bumford had a visit from her sister Mrs Ellen Green Bolivar NY. Mrs Green has been visiting her mother Mrs Pansy Wallingford and her brother Howard Wallingford and his family Mrs Marilyn Colby Emmons with her husband James and sons Basil and Dean came from Dayton to attend the Sunday school picnic at Fernald shore. Miss Alice Ackroyd entertained her sister Miss Mabel Ackroyd. Boston recently Mr and Mrs Clarence Randall had a visit from their grandson Norman Randall of Proctorville VI. Invitations have been received to the wedding of Miss Mary Grant to Clint Lindsey in the Scottsdale Baptist church in Tempe AZ. She graduated from high school in June and is the daughter of Mrs Marion Grant.
The Goose Rocks Group will screen color travel films tomorrow at 8 in the Community House at the summer resort. The program covers Thailand, Bali, Tahiti, the Fijis, Samoa, Hawaii, the Philippines, New Zealand and Australia with additional stops in Hong Kong, Japan and Alaska. Tickets at the door. Mrs A Jack Burnham in charge.
Old Orchard Beach reports a summer schedule at St Johns-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church with 8 am Holy Communion and 11:15 am Holy Eucharist and sermon each Sunday through Labor Day. Rev Harold McElwain may be assisted by visiting priests. Sunday school is closed for the season. Annual parish fair set for Friday 3 pm at the parish house on St John Street.
The W. S. C. S. will hold their annual strawberry festival at the church vestry on Thursday July 9 from 5 30 to 7 30 p m. Mr and Mrs Gerald Conger and family of Columbus Ohio are guests of her parents Mr and Mrs John MacDonald. Mr and Mrs Fred Lizette and family of Fayette Conn were recent guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Cyr.
Old Orchard Beach lifeguards meeting with Acting Town Manager Jerome Daly at the town hall last night to press for higher pay. Lifeguards working 56 hours weekly earn $40 and warned they may seek other jobs if rates stay unchanged.
Thirty three girls and boys from Kennebunk earned swimming certificates at the close of a water safety course sponsored by the Kennebunk Red Cross with Rotary club aid. One hundred twenty children enrolled, instructor Mrs Frederick W Perkins Jr. program chairman Elliot Green thanked the Kewel family for use of their pool at Idlease motel where the course was held. Certificates were awarded to Christine Cibelli, Sissy Clark, Donald Delisle, Joan Dixon, Judith Dickinson, Sherry Dresser, Janet Forst, Fay Edgerton, Sandra Harvey, Alice Jewell, Cecile Mathieu, Steven Michaels, Paul West, Kathleen Edgerton, Lorraine Gray, John Martel, Bruce Hill, Linda Boston, Diane Potenzo, Dawn Stevens, Marilyn Pitman, Pamela Brown, Carlene Mathieu, Ann Winston, Wayne Berry, Seth Emmons, Ronald Collins, David Cram, Billy Garcy, Catt Austin, Judith Nadeau, ey Vail and Martha Wentworth.
Chicago reports 520 weekend deaths from Friday 6 p m to Sunday midnight 520 including 276 traffic deaths and 179 drownings. The traffic toll came in 74 below the National Safety Council estimate and compared with 31 highway deaths during Memorial Day weekend.
The Biddeford Saco chapter of Disabled American Veterans announces the Forget-Me-Not drive at Old Orchard Beach this weekend with Scout groups asked to meet at Biddeford City building at 1 PM. Three new members Leopoldo J Dion John B Morin and Arthur C Therrien join, plus life member Clifford Coombs. July 17 18 in Kittery and July 31 August 1 in Biddeford Saco under Armand Mercier with Robert Libby presiding.
A pre nuptial shower for Miss Patricia Labbe of Biddeford was hosted at Forest ers hall by Mrs Wilfrid Hebert and Mrs Joseph Letellier. Miss Labbe will wed Gerard Letellier July 18 at St Joseph church. Extensive guest list includes numerous Biddeford residents and relatives. attendance and contributions noted.
At Kennebunkport Playhouse from July 13 to 18, Joan Fontaine stars in the gay comedy Hilary directed by Jerome Kilty with a cast including Philip Bourneuf Peter Forster Ronald Long and Francis Compton Also Faye Emerson opens July 13 at Ogunquit Playhouse in Biography directed by Behrman with a starry cast and production team plus other notable stage and screen luminaries involved in the summer season
Jo-Ann Therrien Elise Boucher Pauline Picher Rose Witis Goulet and Rita Boisson Neault are listed in a civic or notice context. The fragment references multiple individuals likely connected to a local event or acknowledgment. Further specifics are not provided in the readable text.
A bridal shower for Miss Rita Ouellette of 502 Elm Street was hosted by her mother Mrs. Ouellette at Forrester Hall Emery Street Biddeford. The event celebrated her forthcoming July 18 marriage to Raymond Guignard of 444 Ferry Road Saco. A buffet lunch, music by Delisle sisters and Monique Blais, and guest signatory lists highlighted the gathering with many relatives and friends in attendance.
The Cole agency reports sales by parties including Mr and Mrs G Warren Cochrane Jr Reading Mass who bought the David Wydd property on Lower Brown Street Kennebunk about 209 acres with plans for a new house Edward Cote of Kennebunkport purchased the Clara Miller property on Route 1 Wells consisting of a house a barn and cabins
The Associated Press reports a deadly two day Independence Day period with at least 60 fatalities from boating accidents nationwide. A cabin cruiser and an automobile ferry collision off Muskegon Michigan killed six aboard the cruiser. four of eight aboard a home rede motor boat drowned in Erie Lake near Corinth New York. Several other incidents claimed multiple lives.
Gov Rockefeller will gauge congressional support for a compulsory buildup of nuclear bomb shelters in New York State. A Rockefeller task force proposed homeowners construct shelters to guard against radioactive fallout, with costs estimated at 150 to 500 dollars depending on self or professional build. The governor and state defense council endorsed the plan in principle, with legislative action required to implement.
Gardiner city council confirmed Police Lt William F MacDonald as commissioner of public safety replacing Clyde V Mac Master who was recently named deputy U S Marshal.
MEDIA Pennsylvania widow Ida C Bretherick must return 47563 of her late husband judge Arthur Brethericks retirement funds after a clerical error led to an overpayment of 108165 following his death last September. The state seeks recovery of the six month overpayment with the attorney generals office action.
Governor Earl K. Long returned to Baton Rouge seeking to reclaim the capital after a five week setback as a mental case. He grew weaker, fell asleep during a aides conference, and was examined by Dr. Charles Watkins who traveled from New Orleans. He planned a mid afternoon press conference if his condition allowed.
Frank H. Coombs 27 of Thomaston Conn formerly Sanford was fined the minimum 100 by Judge Simon Spill in Biddeford Municipal Court. Police charged him with driving on the wrong side of Alfred Street as evidence showed a 2.16 blood alcohol level. Coombs pleaded guilty saying he and his wife were on vacation and he was returning to Sanford from Old Orchard Beach when stopped.
A shift in newsroom dynamics is urged as the APME urges chiefs to treat women by merit. Portland hosts Kotzschmar Memorial Organ concerts starting tonight with municipal organist Fay at the console and guest artists July 8 to 10. Free programs, including children's activities, draw visitors to the famed instrument.
Roy Swofford U S Marine recruiter spoke to the Saco Bradford Kiwanis at Wonderbar steak house. He showed Marine recruit training films and reminded members of the Kiwanis auction set for July 31 at Pepperell hall. Directors will meet tonight at 7 30 with Dr L P Taillon leading singing and Martin Reilly giving the invocation.
New York State Public Health council requires businesses in 57 counties outside New York City to place warning notices on plastic bags after August 1. The rule excludes New York City, where the City Health Department regulates bag warnings locally.
Rowley Mass Donald Hart suffered a total loss of 3000 chickens when a blaze consumed his poultry house. He estimated the value at about 7000 dollars, with firefighting efforts preventing damage to nearby structures.
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