Local Brevities From Biddeford and Surroundings
Personal notices list residents and visitors from Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach. Highlights include Mrs Francis Thompson medical patient at Trust Hospital, the Morel family touring Canada, Sheehan family returning from Cape Cod, and Raymond Martin resuming duties at Reillys bakery. Several residents plan trips to Maine lakes, York, Cape Porpoise, and Mt Agamenticus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Thompson
London Road
Saco
the Trust Hospital
Ovila Morel
Green Street
Biddeford
Canada
Joseph Paul Sheehan
Guinea Road
Cape Cod
Raymond Martin
Market Street
Reilly's Bakery
James Fiore
Goose Rocks Beach
King's Highway
Harry Twomey
Elm Street
A. J. Benoit and Company
York
Jerry Foley
Pauline
Hartford
Luke Desrosier
St. Agatha
George H. Boutin
Maine Medical Center
Graham Street
Raymond Warner
Mt. Pleasant Street
Bhima Sturtevant
Union Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Pownalborough
Ureston
Roland Gagne
Main Street
Pine Point
Gagne
T. J. Murphy Fur Company
Theresa Bergeron
David
Diane
Raymond
Enfield
Marcel Cloutier
Hills Beach
St. Francis College High School
Calvin Coolidge College
Boston
Bert Ducharme
Norman Ducharme
France
Ducharme
George Cloutier
Ronald Grimard
Manchester
N. H
Gladys Buck
Nellie Gilman
Mark Sweeney
Mar., Jr
Susan
Reading
Mass
Ludger Picher
Tibbetts Street
Chamberlain
Club Calendar Notes at Notre Dame Hospital Thrift Shop
Ground with Mrs. William Roussin, captain, will oversee Notre Dame hospital Thrift Shop next week. The Past Presidents Parley of the Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley post American Legion auxiliary meets Monday at 8 pm at Mrs. Ellen Kelleher's home on Memorial Drive in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Roussin
Notre Dame Hospital
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Ellen Kelleher
Memorial Drive
Biddeford
Church events and confessions listed for Saturday
In The Churches Junior Band practice will be at 10 at the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army hall. Confessions will be heard at St. Mary church Wells on Saturday from 2 30 to 3 30 p m. Concessions will be heard at All Saints church Ogunquit on Saturday from 4 to B p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army Hall
St. Martha Church
Kennebunkport
St. Monice Church
Kennebunk
St. Mary Church
Wells
All Saints Church
Ogunquit
Carrie McCollouch of Kennebunkport dies in Florida
Carrie A McCollouch 9 percent of Kennebunkport died yesterday at a convalescent home in Lakeland Florida after a lengthy illness. She was one of the town s oldest residents and widow of George McCollouch. Survivors include several cousins. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM from Village Baptist Church Kennebunkport with Rev Urban officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery Kennebunk Landing. Friends may call at Bibber Memorial chapel 67 Summer Street Kennebunk Saturday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie A. McCollouch
Kennebunkport
Lakeland
Fla
George McCollouch
David Littlefield Clark
Village Baptist Church
Agnes D Maguire Dies After Long Illness At Lewiston Home
Agnes D Maguire 62 formerly of Old Orchard Beach died Thursday at Marcotte Home Lewiston after a year of failing health. Born Sept 19 1896 in Lawrence Mass she is survived by a niece Agnes F Turrise of Arlington Va She was a St Patrick Lewiston parish member Funeral from Breen Lawrence Mass with requiem Mass at Immaculate Conception in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes D. Maguire
Old Orchard Beach
Marcotte
Lewiston
Miss Maguire
Lawrence
Mass
John and
Bridget ‘Clifford Maguire
St. Patrick’s Parish
Agnes F. Turrise
Arlington, Va
Breen Funeral Home
Tremont Street
Immaculate Conception Catholic
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Mary Andrews 70
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Andrews aged 70 formerly of Biddeford and a Boston resident were held at 9 this morning at St Mary Church with Rev Francis Kane presiding. William Cleary sang and Miss Elizabeth Seidel played the organ. Pallbearers included Richard Leavit Albert Leavitt Raymond Lariviere and Lawrence Davis. Burial followed in St Mary cemetery with Rev Cornelius Enright offering prayers from the siloeside. Attendees from out of town included Theo Andrews Clinton Leavitt Mrs Raymond Lariviere Miss Marie Leavitt and others from Kennebunk Sharon Mass Everett Mass Dedham Mass and Fitchburg Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Andrews
Boston
Biddeford
St. Mary Church
Francis Kane Cete
Wiliam Cleary
Elizabeth Seidel
Richard Leavit
Albert Leavitt
Raymond Lariviere
Lawrence Davis
St. Mary Cemetery
Cornelius Enright
Theo Andrews
Clinton Leavitt
Marie Leavitt
Kennebunk
Jayde Andrews
Sharon
Mass
William Lenci
Everett
Edward Andrews
Dedham
Robert Andrews
Fitchburg
Ashland man dies in house fire after earlier rescue
In Ashland Kentucky Thomas Casey aged 75 perished when a Thursday house fire trapped him inside after a neighbor tried to pull him free. The doomed man had been carried from a blaze 27 years earlier. Insects have no lungs. They breath through tubes running through their bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Thomas Casey
Weather patchy though warm for Portland pigs contest
Cloudy but warm in Portland with a humid afternoon followed by fair cooler tonight. Saturday should be fair with cooler conditions and lighter winds. West to southwest winds 10 to 15 mph this afternoon, then becoming gentle and variable tonight. Zone 1 temperatures from mid to upper 60s and mid to upper 50s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Missile Cutback Will Amount To Over A Billion
Washington AP The Pentagon plans a cutback of about 2.0 billion dollars in Army and Air Force antiaircraft missiles over several years. Nike Zeus gains 137 million, Nike Hercules and Bomarc face large reductions, SAGE centers trimmed with two not built, radar gear reduced by 180 million as part of a master defense plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Maurice H. Stans
Stans
Senates
Army
Bomarc
Air Force
SAGE
Friend Will Help Bury Blind Man
William A Heath a 78-year-old Ham pden native who lived a troubled life died Wednesday and left no known relatives. He was blind from childhood and deaf since 25 years, with a heart attack 15 years later. Portland newspaper seller for 30 years. Cumberland casket maker K E Thames offered to provide the best coffin. Gray authorized burial expenses and the state will pay $150 toward funeral costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Gray
Biddeford Saco Country Club Women Hold Meeting
The Biddeford Saco Country Club women gathered at the clubhouse last night. They announced signups for the club championship from Saturday to July and that the second round of the Women’s Twice League will begin on Thursday. Attendees included Mrs. Marion Hanson, Mrs. Marie Brousseau, Mrs. Alicia Thurlow, Mrs. Ruth Wooster, Mrs. Jo Gelbke, and several Misses including Florence Driscoll, Justine Harvey, Jane Murphy, Viola Viahakos, Evelyn Kimball, Doris Nadeau, Jackie Sevigny, Lorraine Poissant, Arlene Adjutant, Pearla Tapley, Leona Driscoll, Jeanette Dehetre, and Minnie Mourmouros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Hanson
Marie’ Brousseau
Alicia Thurlow
Ruth Wooster
Jo Gelbke
Florence Driscoll
Justine Harvey
Jane Murphy
Viola Viahakos
Evelyn Kimball
Doris Nadeau
Jackie Sevigny
Lorraine Poissant
Arlene Adjutant
Pearla Tapley
Leona Driscoll
Jeanette Dehetre
Minnie Mourmouros
Robbers Shoot Husband and Loot Montreal Couple
A light blue panel truck with Maryland plates robs Mr Couture and his wife in Old Orchard Beach. He is shot and rushed to Webber Hospital Biddeford for treatment of shock. The couple, married seven years with no children, had planned to return to Canada. Police set roadblocks. witnesses describe two men, ages about 45 and 18, fleeing toward Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couture
Old Orchard Beach
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Ernest Murphy
Herbert J. Hopkins
Normand Carrier
St. Joseph Church
Cumberland
York County
J. Albert Merryman
Coutures
Montreal
Hampton Beach
N. H
Maryland
Ross Road
Cascade Road
Canada
Pool Road
Saco
Montreal drug bust nets two men on trafficking charges
In Montreal two men, Giuseppe Cotroni and Rene Robert, were held without bail on narcotics trafficking charges after police seized drugs valued about a light million dollars from the underworld market. They entered no plea at arraignment on Thursday. Each charge carries a maximum 14 year sentence and unspecified lashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Giuseppe
Pepi) Cotroni
Rene
Bob) Robert
Stock Market Mixed As Gains Flash On Selected Issues
New York traders saw a dull session with gains limited to a few stocks while the AP 60 average slipped 30 cents to 223.70 at noon. Buying shifted to speculative secondaries as steel, motors, drugs and chemicals rose, while rubbers, airlines and utilities fell. Government bonds edged higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Steel
Ford
Republic Steel
Western Union
Johns Manville
Square D
Sewering
Union Oil
California
Goodyear
Goodrich
Caterpillar
United Aircraft
Kenpi du Pont
Illinois Central
New York Central
Texaco
Lorillard
Reynolds Tobacco
Associated Press
Monkey snatches police officer’s glasses in Grand Rapids
Policeman William Ryke bent to read a cage sign when a pet shop monkey snatched his eyeglasses from his nose. He chased the animal but the thief escaped with the spectacles. The incident occurred at a Grand Rapids shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
William Ryke
Ryke
Births in Richport and surrounding towns
Birth notices list daughters and sons born in early July at Notre Dame and Webber hospitals. Recipients include Mrs. Irene Thibodeau St Amand of Biddeford, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh MacDonald of Saco, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Martel of Biddeford, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chabot of Biddeford, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ketcham of Kennebunk. births include weights and dates from July 4 to July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey St. Amand
Bownell Street
Richport
Notre Dame Hospital
St. Amand
Irene Thibodeau
Oak Street
Biddeford
Hugh MacDonald
Bradley Street
Saco
Webber Hospital
Raymond J. Martel
Westland Avenue
David John
Paul Chabot
Dupont Avenue
Jack S. Ketcham
Alewive Road
Kennebunk
Peter Woolsey
Biddeford Firemen Prevent Garage Fire At Potvin Home
Playing children are believed to have started a garage fire at the home of Joseph Potvin on Pike Street yesterday afternoon. Fire Chief Arthur King said the Biddeford Fire Department was called at 2 p.m. Firemen moved a car from the garage to safety and extinguished the fire with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Potvin
Pike Street
Arthur King
Biddeford
Saco Firemen Quell Fire At City Dump
Saco firemen were called to the city dump this morning when the dump fire got out of control. Two engines were dispatched and the blaze was brought under control soon after arrival. Crews will remain on scene all day due to risk of reignition.
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Saco
Missing Canadian yacht Temptress sparks sea search
The 35 foot Temptress out of Chester Nova Scotia vanished on its first voyage with four or more aboard near Seal Island thirty miles from Yarmouth en route to Marblehead. Skipper Alan G. Mitchell and crew Peter Stevens Paul Connors and Bernard Hamlon were aboard. A Canadian Air Force plane and the Navy frigate Lanark joined the search as rescue crews scoured the area for the new ocean racing cruising sloop built last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N.S
Chester
Fersons
Alan G. Mitchell
Peter L. Stevens
Paul Connors
Bernard Hamlon
Emery Stevens
Seal Island
Yarmouth
Marblehead
Stevens
Lanark
Long Leaves Baton Rouge For West Tour Amid Health Uncertainty
Gov. Long, 63, left his Winnfield farm in bed clothes with no teeth, en route to Fort Worth after a brief Winnfield stop. State police escorted him as aides signaled a possible Aug. 4 or 10 legislative session. doctors give mixed readings on his illness while the trip expands to include Arizona, California and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
West
Winnfield
Shreveport
Fort Worth
Tex
Long
Baton Rouge
Krotz Springs
Frank Diesel
Ken Lane
WLCS
Diesel
Lane
B. B. Tayburn
Bogalusa
J. J. Artell
Red River
Atchafalaya
Rayburn
Mexico
Canada
Austin
Tucson
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Death Valley
Portland
Seattle
Dakotas
St. Louis
Lloyd Teekell
Congress
Teekel
A. A. Fredericks
Robert Heath
Tulane University
Fredericks
Heath
Michigan Student Talks at Pomona Grange Meeting
Miss dna Abel of Cedar Springs Michigan exchanged visits with Miss Elaine Scamman of Seco Maine. The York Pomona Grange met at Bar Mills with plans for a square dance and bake crochet contest. Membership rose to 1,247 and 73 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dna Abel
Cedar Springs
Mich
Grange
Michigan
York Pomona Grange
Saco River
Bar Mills
Abel
Elaine Scamman
Seco
Saco Juvenile Grange
John Foley
Harry Willis
Eliot
York County
Frank Higgins
Rock Haven
Newfield
Pomona
Old Corner
Waterboro
Maine
Maynard Dolloff
Acton Fair
Bryants Pond
General Grant
Anne Murray
Saco River Grange
Ernestine Keyes
Pleasant Dale Grange
Joseph Goodness
Stewart Grant
South
Portland
Lorenzo Roberts
Margaret Rogers
State Grange
Hollis
Rise In Traffic Deaths Likely
CHICAGO AP The National Safety Council warns of a rising toll with an expected 39,800 deaths this year, 2,800 more than 1958, as traffic fatalities rise 5 percent in the first five months. Howard Pyle calls for immediate measures including stronger law enforcement, hazard removal, harsher penalties, license suspensions for repeat violators, tougher drunk driving enforcement, and expanded public safety education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Howard Pyle
App
Grand jury may probe Biddeford dice game holdup
York County officials and Biddeford police deny reports of a $14,000 dice game robbery. District Attorney Marcel Viger says he believes who was at the game and where held, but no one will talk. Federal authorities may join, with possible machinegun elements and a reporter summoned to testify. Several prominent Portland businessmen reportedly participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Marcel R. Viger
York County
Viger
United States
Dry weather hurts dairy pastures across regions
Dry weather is harming dairy pastures and some crops in the West Coast and Middle Atlantic States, while southern pastures are described as generally excellent and northern pastures rated as good. The weather pattern affects crop prospects and livestock feeds across multiple regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Coast
Middle Atlantic States
Deb orced Kerr DivorcesBartley in Santa Monica
Actress Deborah Kerr and British television producer Tony Bartley are divorced in Santa Monica California. Kerr accuses Bartley of upbraiding her and using unkind language during their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Deborah Kerr
Tony Bartley
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Winifred W. Roberts
Bertha (Davis) Roberts
Dennett-Craig Funeral Home
Laurel Hill
Carrie McCollouch
Albert B. Sabin
University of Cincinnati
Sabin
Biddeford-Saco
Gov. Long
William S. Stone
U.S. Air Force
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Helen Lescher Bessole
George Reeves
Toni Mannix
Reeves
Superman
Kae Rae Dirlam
Oklawaha
Lass
Shreve Huggins
Florida
Don
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A Savings & Loan Institution
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