Personal Briefs From Biddeford and Nearby Towns
Local brief notices report residents returning home from hospitals and on leave, attending events, or traveling. Arthur Maxwell and Davey Harding are back home from Webber hospital, Geneva Richardson resides in Old Orchard Beach after Trull hospital stay, Jeffrey Rutter is a patient in the eatrics section of Webber, and Edward Lemire Jr on 30 day leave at his parents’ home in Old Orchard Beach.
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Arthur Maxwell
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Davey Harding
Middle Street
Saco
Geneva Richardson
West Grand Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Trull Hospital
Jeffrey Rutter
Kenneth Rutter
Summer Street
Eatrics
Webber Pital
Edward Lemire, Jr
Washington Avenue
Lincoln
Priscilla Labbe
Gerard Letellier
Marie Ange Gosselin
Gilberte Faucher
Anna Forcier
Billa Roussin
Harry Horsfield
Graham Street
John Cowgill
Arundel
Dorchester
Mass
N.Y
Didacus Breault
OFM
Gladys A Robinson dies in Boston hospital at 30
Mrs Gladys A Adams Robinson 30 of Dayton died suddenly at a Boston hospital. Born in Dayton to Earl and Elsie Adams she was the wife of Walter H Robinson. Survived by husband son Danai five sisters and two brothers. Funeral Monday at 2 from Shumway funeral home Saco with viewing Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
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Gladys A. Robinson
Dayton
Boston
Earl
Elsie van Dusen Adams
Walter H. Robinson
Danai
Bertha Willey
Seattle
Wash
Marion Hanson
Saco
Dorothy Psickas
Old Orchard Beach
Grace Kozloff
Mildred Smith
Walter Adams
Blue Point
N. Y
Earl Adams
Elsie Adams
Iseveral
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring Street
Funeral
Sunday Youth Meetings Across Coastal Churches
Multiple churches in Old Orchard Beach, Kennebunkport, Saco, and Goodwins Mills announce Sunday activities including Young People meetings, salvation army open air services, evangelistic events, and youth fellowships with times ranging from 5 to 8 p m. Highlights include Faith Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach and Milo Group Advent Christian at Saco avenue.
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Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army Hall
The
Salvation Army
Youth Crusaders of the Faith Tabernacle
Pentecostal Church
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Faith Tabernacle
Youth Fellowship of
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Milo
Sacoavenue
Saco Avenue
Open air service and Knights of Columbus meeting
The army will hold an open air service on Sunday at 3 p.m. The Fourth Degree assembly of the Knights of Columbus will meet Sunday at 1 a.m. at the K C hall on Washington street Biddeford.
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Saco Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
K.C. Hall
Washington Street
Biddeford
Rebekah Lodge Meet Tonight in Saco
Saco Rebekah lodge will meet tonight at 7 30 at the 10 0 F hall in Saco for a regular session with members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Saco
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Pauline Hoctor in Biddeford
Funeral services for Mrs Pauline Hoctor were conducted Friday at 2 p m from Cosgrove funeral home 326 Elm Street Biddeford Rev Francis J Kane of St Mary Church officiated Bearers included Robert Sharkey Roland Allard Eugene Sullivan George Simard Donald Cook and John Conley Burial followed at St Mary Cemetery
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Pauline Hoctor
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
Francis J. Kane
St. Mary Church
Robert Sharkey
Roland Allard
Eugene Sullivan
George Simard
Donald Cook
John Conley
St. Mary Cemetery
Fireside Club Picnic At Barker's Pond
The Fireside club of the School Street Methodist Church in Saco will hold a picnic Sunday at the cottage of Mr and Mrs Ralph Parslow at Barker's pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship Group
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Ralph Parslow
Barker's Pond
Kozlov Ends U S Tour With Pittsburgh Stop
Soviet first deputy premier Frol R. Kozlov wraps up a U S barnstorming tour in Pittsburgh with a stop at U S Steel’s Homestead works and a visit to Shippingport nuclear plant. He cuts time from his stay to rest in New York before leaving for Moscow. A Sunday New York news conference caps the tour. Governor Lawrence attended a private dinner with Chancellor Litchfield and other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Frol_ R. Kozlov
United States
New York
la Guardia
U. S. Steel Corp
Shippingport
Kremlin
Moscow
Kozlov
Edward H. Litchfield
University of Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Fairfield man dies from service station burns
Rodley Sinclair, 38, of Fairfield Center died yesterday from burns suffered in a June 26 service station explosion. He had burns over about fifty percent of his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Waterville
Rodley Sinclair
Fairfield Center
Albion Driver Injured In Pike Turnpike Crash
Clifford Sagner of Albion was treated at Webber Hospital for cuts to head and face after his car left the Maine turnpike in Kennebunk, rolled over, and landed inverted. Trooper Ronald Hall investigated the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Sagner
Albion
Webber Hospital
Maine
Kennebunk
Ronald Hall
Ex Miss Maine Is Wed Today
Ex Miss Maine Linda Fay Leeman marries Dr Charles E Burden in Bath Maine leaving her crown to Linda Mills. The 18 year old beauty queen will be a doctors wife and attend Boston University while Burden begins as an intern at Children’s Hospital in Boston after Harvard Medical School.
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Bath
Linda Fay Leeman
Maine
Linda Mills
Lewiston
Charles E. Burden
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Burden
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Linda
Boston University
Herter Plans Ottawa Stop on Eisenhower Trip to Geneva
Herter, discussing U S Canadian ties with Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Foreign Secretary Green, said the friendship in the coming difficult period will be invaluable. He will depart Ottawa at 6 p m for Geneva with a fueling stop at Harmon Newfoundland and is due in Geneva at 9 a m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herter
Eisenhower
Ottawa
Prrime
John Diefenbaker
Howard Green
Canada
United States
Geneva
Harmon
Newfoundland
TV Set Catches Fire in Saco Home
Firefighters extinguished a television blaze at Herve Thibodeau residence on Broadway road Saco last night with no damage reported. Cause suspected a faulty wire. no injuries noted.
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Saco
Herve Thibodeau
Buxton Road
Ogunquit to Expand Anchorage Project in Josias River
Army Engineers said the Josias River anchorage expansion in Ogunquit Maine will start this fall at a total cost of 30,000. The federal share amounts to 250,000 with Ogunquit covering the rest.
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Anchorage
Boston
Army Engineers
Josias River
Ogunquit
Maine
Dancing With Different Partners Guides Teens
Elinor Williams advises teens that dancing with various partners is acceptable even when steady, and not properly to refuse asks. She emphasizes mingling, that first and last dances should be with your escort, but others are allowed.
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Flinor Williams
Miss Williams
Lems
Elinor Willians
Deer Elinor
Ans
Welcome To The Fold Extending greeting to arrivals
Rich ard Gallant is welcomed as 11 month old son of Mr and Mrs Alexander Gallant of 2 Granite Street Biddeford. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Gallant of Yarmouth and maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Alfred Lavalliere of 92 Granite Street.
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Biddeford-Saco
Michener to Write TV Series Adventures in Paradise
Pulitzer winner James A. Michener will create an adventure drama television series titled Adventures in Paradise. The hour long weekly dramas, to air next September, follow a young American sailing a schooner in the South Seas and along the Asian coast. He notes writing is his craft and predicts limited gains from solely books. He continues Pacific travel for material and writes mornings at his Bucks County home.
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Charles Mercer
NEW York
Rudyard Kipling
James A. Michener
Most
Martin Meeulis
South Seas
South Pacific
Michener
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Paradise
Bucks County
Bank holdup ends in shooting at Eclectic home
Taunton and Barker recount a bank robbery gone awry in Eclectic, 35 miles northeast of Montgomery. After tying hostages, Barker killed Bray at point blank range as the intruder and other robber tried to seize control. Barker claimed fear gave way to anger during the standoff.
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Bray
Barker
Taunton
Hayward
Eclectic
Montgomery
Rededicated 1764 Pownal Court House in Maine history
The Pownal borough Court House dating to 1764 was rededicated yesterday by the chief justices of Maine and Massachusetts supreme courts. The Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Society is overseeing the restoration efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Pownalborough Court House
Maine
Massachusetts
Supreme Courts
Lincoln County
Democrats Meet Bethel Training Conference
Democratic party leaders from 13 eastern states gather at Bethel for a training conference. The seminar on party operations may spawn a nationwide program for party officials.
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Democratas
Bethel
Democratic Party
Parish Fair Supper Held At Old Orchard Beach
A Parish Fair was held yesterday at St Johns-by-the-Sea Parish hall Old Orchard Beach. About 100 people shared supper with volunteers managing kitchen dining room aprons and fancy work table. Leone Jones of Portland won the special award. another public supper is set for Saturday July 25.
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St. Johns-by-the-Sea
St. John Street
Old Orchard Beach
Marie Court
Hazel Hirst
Ann Pennell
Katherine Whitman
John Price
Dora Prue
Maxine Amnette
St. John Guild
Betty Wing
Barbara Flanagan
Donna Prue
Mary McCallum
Helen Day
Anne Lublinsky
Daisy Jackson
Andrew King
Leone Jones
Portland
Tornadoes and Floods Spark Activity Along East Coast
Cindy Is Cindy spawned tornadoes hail storms and floods as it moved toward the coast. Baby tornadoes formed near Portsmouth Virginia Westover on the James River southwest of Richmond and at Nags Head North Carolina. No injuries or major damage reported. The rain relieved parched Southern farms but corn and tobacco crops in the South Atlantic states faced threats before the storm weakened.
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Portsmouth
Westover
James River
Richmond
Nags Heal
N.C
Ocean Resort
South Atlantic
Eight Race Card at Beech Ridge Tonight
The Maine State Stock Car Racing association presents eight races at Scarborough Beech Ridge speedway starting at 8 p m The card includes two heats a semi and a 20 lap feature in both Class A and Class B The bomber class bars stock cars with V8 engines while stocks impose no engine or wheelbase restrictions if rebuilt safely Ralph Cusack of Scarborough flipped his stock at Norway last Sunday but is expected to race tonight George Welch of Ogunquit has dominated A class racing recently and seeks his first year feature win The bomber feature looks wide open with Paul Tardiff Buckey Benson and Dick Woolstenhulme in contention
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Maine State Stock Car Racing Association
Scarborough
Beech Ridge Speedway
Ralph Cusack
Norway
Cusack
George Welch
Ogunquit
Welch
Paul Tardiff
Buckey Benson
Dick Woolstenhulme
Softball League Standings After Week Two of Round Three
Springvale KC leads Rochambeau by one game as Biddeford Softball resumes after a week off. Only two games played this week. Standings show Springvale KC 10 3 1, Rochambeau 7 4 3, Lightning 5 7 5, Le Voltigeur 4 6 6, Green Lantern 3 11 1. Schedule lists games from Monday to Friday featuring Lightning Club, Voltigeur, Springvale KC, Young Democrats, and Green Lantern.
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Springvale KC
Rochambeau
Biddeford
L. Gbl
Rochambeau Club
Young Democrats
Lightning Club
le Voltigeur
Green Lantern
Voltigeur
Worker killed at Bangor ferry slip in Penobscot Bay project
Napoleon P. Parkinson, 47, of Belfast, was crushed when a cement-filled box fell on a barge during construction of a Penobscot Bay ferry slip. He worked for the SeaCe Engineering Co. of Portland.
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Vinalhaven
Napoleon P. Parkenson
Belfast
Penobscot Bay
Parkinson
Seace Engineering Co
Portend
Scratching saves Coons Milwaukee family from raccoons
The Leonard Bielski family moved into a new Milwaukee home and heard squealing from a wall. Bielski cut a hole and pulled out five baby raccoons accidentally sealed inside by builders, ending their strange ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
COONS _ MILWAUKEE
Leonard Bielski
Bielski
Teacher's Pet Earns A At Lynchburg College
Trouper the spaniel, a regular attendee for two years, earned an A in biology at Lynchburg College. The dog showed strong interest in lectures and was described as the top student in seeking specimens on field trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg, Va
LynChburg College
Lumber accident claims Lewiston man at Stevens Tank and Tower
Charles Johannes Hansen aged 26 of Lewiston was fatally injured when a pile of lumber slipped and toppled onto him while a lumber planing crew worked at Stevens Tank and Tower Co. He died from a fractured skull shortly after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Charles _ Johansen
Lewiston
Stevens Tank and Tower Co
American official takes top post in West Berlin
E Allan Lightner Jr of Waterville Maine becomes the top American civilian in West Berlin succeeding Bernard Guller of Lawrence Kansas as assistant chief of the U S Mission. The mission chief remains Major General Barksdale Hamlett.
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Berlin
Allan Lightner, Jr
Waterville
Maine
West Berlin
Bernard Guller
Lawrence, Kans
U.S
Barksdale Hamlett
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Kennebunkport
Goodwins Mills Advent Christian Church
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Doiry
Cecile Lefebvre
Farewel
Beatrice Methot
A.M. P
Pike
Pacific Area
Banker
Guinea Road
Lake Winniwesaukee
N. H
Gerald Lambert
St. Andre Church
Old Orchard
Raymond A. Plante
Lucille B. Plante
Harvey Edward DeVane
Harvey DeVane
Oxnard
Calif
Plante
St. Andre High School
Westbrook Junior College
University of Maine
DeVane
Cheverus High School
U.S. Army
Cindy
America
Hitler
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Jorunn Kristiansen
Oslo
Beech Ridge
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