Personal notices from Biddeford and nearby towns
Local social notes list residents visiting returning home from hospitals and vacations. Grace Roberge and Gertrude Ayotte are among those mentioned, along with Adelard Loranger a patient at Notre Dame hospital. Families from Biddeford Old Orchard Beach and Goose Rocks Beach host guests and plan summers at cottages and inns. Several local officials and workers, including State Senator Armand Dute and union director Michael Schoonjans, travel to Los Angeles for the Democratic convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Grace Roberge
North Street
Saco
Gertrude Ayotte
Elm Street
Biddeford
Webber
F. Lewis
Belton
Robert V. Donoghue
Milton
Biddeford Road
Goose Rocks Beach
John Atwood
John, Jr
Lynn
Sacramento
Calif
Farle Atwood
Alfred Street
Robert Duquette
Ralph Duquette
Adams Street
Notre Dame Hospital
Charles Sherman
Highland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Fountain Avenue
Oldrchard Beach
Leo A. Cote
Hartford
Conn
Delia Hotte
Kossuth Street
Cote
Armand Dutte
Michael J. Schoonjans
Textile Workers Union of America
Afl-Cio
Los Angeles
Maine
Reilly Bakery
Mainstreet
Norman J
Edward M. Reilly
Norman J. Reilly
New York
Haverhill
Edward J. Reilly
Emile Amnotte
Bangor
Yvonne Amnotte
Arundel
Amnotte
Saco-Lowell
Eastern Fine, Paper and Pulp
Standard Packaging Corp
South
Brewer and
Lincoln
Card of Thanks from Leona Hebert for flowers and cards
Mrs Leona Hebert expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for the beautiful flowers and cards sent during her stay at Webber Danniial muspitea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Danniial
Arthur Mathieu Rites Held In Biddeford And Dover
Arthur C Mathieu 57 of Dover formerly of Biddeford died suddenly Saturday night at Grandy Kent pond. Requiem high mass from St Andre church Biddeford at 9 am Wednesday. He worked as a track foreman for Boston and Maine Railroad and was a St Charles Dover parishioner. Survived by widow Edwina Croteau two sons Donald and Norman a daughter Lorraine Drake two grandchildren three brothers and three sisters and several nieces and nephews. Visitation at Emond funeral home today and tomorrow with burial at St Joseph cemetery Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emond
Hill Street
Biddeford
Arthur C. Mathieu
Maplewood Avenue
Dover
N. H
Granny Kent Pond
St. Andre Church
Arthur
Emma ‘Lambert Mathieu
Boston and Maine Railroad
St Charles Catholic Church
Edwina Croteau
Donald
Bangor
Norman
Lorraine Drake
Alfred
Paul
George
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bernadette Manseau
Rockland
Wilfred
Louisville
Josephine Staab
Orlando
Flo
Emond Funeral
St. Joseph Cemetery
Margaret Hale 82 Biddeford resident dies in Saco home
Margaret Ann Whitely Hale, 82, of 114 South Street Biddeford, a retired Pepperell Manufacturing employee, died Saturday in a Saco convalescent home. Born July 5 1878 in County Tyrone Ireland she came to the United States as a child and was a member of St Mary parish. She leaves two sisters Mrs Arthur Allard Biddeford and Mrs Nellie Ledoux Saskatchewan Canada and a brother William Simpson Biddeford. Prayers from Cosgrove Funeral Home Tuesday at 8 a m followed by a 9 a m High Mass at St Mary church. Friends may call today 2-5 p m and 7-10 p m. Burial in St Mary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Margaret Ann Whitely Hale
South Street
Biddeford
Saco
William
Catherine ‘Sharkey
Whitely
County Tyrone
Ireland
St. Mary Parish
Arthur Allard
Nellie Ledoux
Saskatchewan
Annie McNally Ward Dies in Springfield Mass
Mrs Annie McNally Ward died at her home in Springfield Massachusetts yesterday after being the widow of Dr David A McNally of Springfield She was born February 3 1873 in Biddeford daughter of the late Thomas and Honora Cullinan Survivors include two nieces Dr Catherine K Cullinan Chicago Illinois and Mrs Richard Ford Jamaica Plain Massachusetts Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 am from Holy Name Church Springfield Friends may call at Harvey Funeral Home 494 Belmont Avenue Springfield tonight and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Annie (Cullinan) McNally
Springfield
Mass
Biddeford
David A. McNally
Thomas and
Honora Cullinan
St. Mary Church
Massachusetts
Catherine K. Cullinan
Chicago
Richard Ford
Jamaica Plain
Holy Name Church
Harvey Funeral Home
Belmont Avenue
Marriage Intentions Filed in Saco Clerk Office
Marriage intentions on file list Donald Francis Tracy of Coolidge Avenue Saco and Constance Priscilla Boisvert of 29 State Street Biddeford. The notice records a pending union between the two residents as recorded by city authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco City
Donald Francis Tracy
Coolidge Avenue
Saco
Constance Priscilla Boisvert
State Street
Biddeford
Lyman Baptist church notes and local engagements
The Prayer Fellowship at Lyman Baptist meets Tuesday at 9 30 a m at the parsonage. A Cottage Prayer session runs tonight 8 to 9 at Mr and Mrs Leslie Williams 1 Oakland avenue Old Orchard Beach for Evangelistic services May 15 to 19 with Rev James Johnson at the Portland Exposition building. The Home League of the Saco Salvation Army meets Tuesday at 730 p m. Al phee Lambert of Biddeford and Muriel Lambert will wed, engagement announced with William Piper of Leominster Mass. No wedding date set. A St Andre Parents Friends and Teachers gathering is planned tonight at 7 with parish officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prayer Fellowship
Lyman Baptist Church
Leslie Williams
Oakland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
James Johnson
Portland Exposition Building
Alphee Lambert
Lafayette Street
Biddeford
Muriel
William Piper
Lancaster Street
Leominster
Mass
Miss Lambert
Biddeford High School
Hannaford Brothers
Portland
Piper
Pasco Printing Company
St. Andre
Portland Area Weather Outlook with Warm Humid Trend
This afternoon will be mostly fair and warm with high in the mid 80s and a chance of a late thunderstorm. Tonight remains partly cloudy with little temperature change and light variable winds. Tuesday stays warm and humid with possible showers and cooler risks by week’s end. extended five day outlook favors above normal temperatures in northern New England with minimal rainfall mainly in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Reds Report U S Plane Shot Down
London reports the Soviet Union says it shot down a missing American plane over the Barents Sea on July 1, with the two survivors picked up. The B47 reconnaissance craft violated air space, per a new Soviet note to the U S Embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Soviet Union
Barents Sea
Moscow Radio
U. S
Norway
U. S. Air Force
England
Britain
Our Lady of Victory Circle Resumes September Meetings
Biddeford AMVETS to hold a special meeting tonight at 8 PM at So Hall on Alfred Street Biddeford. The event calls members to gather and discuss upcoming programs and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Victory Circle
Biddeford Amvets
So Hall
Alfred Street
Bidde-ford
Suggestions pay off for NY workers in 1958
Suggestions on company walls yielded over 13 million dollars in ideas for plant improvements and efficiency in 1958, per Steelways, the American Iron and Steel Institute publication. Among 1.7 million ideas, about 25 percent were accepted, with 968 steel industry ideas saving producers more than 872000 dollars annually in production costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steelways
American Iron and Steel Institute
Two Area Students Attend FHA National Conclave
Two Maine high school students, Elaine Corliss of Old Orchard and Allegra Bunson of Thornton Academy, will attend the FHA national convention at the Sheridan in Washington. Corliss assists on the convention roll call and Bunson will perform with the all-state chorus. The Maine delegation includes 11 representatives. delegates traveled from Portland with family support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Washington
D. C
Covention
Elaine Corliss
Old Orchard High School
Allegra Bunson
Thornton Academy
Saco
Miss Corliss
Miss Eunson
Maine
Portland
Old Orchard
Robert Corliss
Eunson
Alesha Curran
Charles Street
Beaten Candidate Files Petition For State Listing
Beaten Second District candidate Roger P. Dube of Auburn filed petitions to list on the November ballot as a True Democrat. If 963 valid signatures are found, a three way race may form with John C. Donovan and Stanley R. Tupper. Donovan beat Dube in June by 11,837 to 3,703.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Roger P. Dube
Auburn
Dube
John C. Donovan
Lewiston
Stanley R. Tupper
Farmingdale
Donovan
Methodists Pastor Urges Open Mind in Election
Rev James R Riddle of Foss Street and South Biddeford Methodist churches in Biddeford urged voters to judge candidates by moral, intellectual, and political preparation, not by religion. He cautioned Catholics and Protestants to avoid voting solely for faith and stressed the sermon was not an endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Riddle
Mr. Riddle
Foss Street
Biddeford
United States
Riddle
Fire crews hold lines at Maine woods fires near Ellsworth and Manset
Firefighters battled blazes across Ellsworth Manset and Mount Desert Island, with 125 volunteers and fire engines aiding containment. A Route 1-A burn in Ellsworth covered 15 acres, while another Mansell fire on Mount Desert Island blackened about 12 acres and prompted park area patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Manset
Route 1-A
Mansel i
Mount Desert Island
Acadia National Park
Bay State Girl Weds Roy N Rallis at St John Church
Miss Christine Briggs Brokline Mass daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Briggs Wainwright Circle East South Portland and Roy Nicholas Rallis Needham Mass son of Mrs Ethel Rallis Old Orchard Beach and Alexander Rallis Vero Beach Fla were married at St John the Evangelist Thornton Heights Rev John Ryan officiated organist Miss Marie Jordan attended by Mrs John C O Connell Jr as matron of honor and bridesmaids Brenda and Marcia Briggs Joan Klepacz and Marjorie Platine Best man John C O Connell Ushers Lee Hillson Frank Hopkins and John Briggs The couple will reside in Newton Mass and work at Honeywell in Minneapolis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John, the Evangelist
Thornton Heights
Christine Briggs
Brokline
Mass
John E. Briggs
Wainwright Circle East
South Portland
Roy Nicholas Rallis
Needham
Ethel Rallis
Old Orchard Beach
Alexander Rallis
Vero Beach
Fla
John Ryan
Marie Jordan
John C.o'connell, Jr
Tewksbury
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance
Roxbury Mass
Derry Technical Institute
Chicago
Engineering and Research Center Data Processing Division
Minneapolis Honeywell
Newton
Tot Escapes Injuries When Hit By Truck
A two year old Saco boy, Carl Strombom, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Strombom of 98 Franklin Street, was playing in a driveway Saturday when a baking delivery truck backed into him. He was treated at Saco Osteopathic Hospital for head injuries and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Carl Strombom
Harold Strombom
Franklin Street
Carl
David Sheehan
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Brooklyn Girl Released From Local Hospital
Marie Antoinette La Piccolo, three percent of Brooklyn, N Y, was released from Notre Dame hospital this morning after bruises from being struck by a car driven by Alphonse A Valcourt of 340 Main Street Biddeford. Valcourt took the child to the hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Antoinette la Piccolo
Brooklyn
N. Y
Notre Dame Hospital
Alphonse A. Valcourt
Main Street
Biddeford
Fortunes Rocks
Valcourt
Congo Turmoil Spreads as Belgian Troops Restore Some Order
In Elisabethville and Stanleyville unrest escalates as Belgian forces quell mutinous Congolese troops. Premier Lumumba and President Kasavubu flee toward safety while refugees flood into camps. A U S Globemaster ferries evacuees from Salisbury to Katanga. Dysentery and crowded camps mark the refugee crisis.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Lower Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Luluabourg
Stanleyville
Leopoldville
Congo
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Lumumba
Yanga
French Congo
Brazzaville
Congo River
Europe
Anniversary Party for Mr and Mrs Carlton Crogan
A Biddeford lawn party celebrated the Crogans 25th wedding anniversary. The event at Mrs Robertson’s home featured a three tier cake with 25 silver dollars, hosted by daughter Miss Joan Crogan. Married July 9, 1935, the couple include Esther Chasse Crogan and engineer husband who plays in a local band and teaches music at home. Guests listed include Anita Bon Pat Chasse Rose Myers and many Chasse Desrosiers and Atkinson family members from Maine and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Crogan
Robertson
Westmore Avenue
Biddeford
Joan Crogan
Philip Chasse
Arthur Leigh
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Crogan
Esther Chasse
Saco-Lowell
Edward Myers
Norwood
Mass
Scott
Julie
Anita
Rosters Announced For Biddeford Hoop League
The Biddeford summer hoop season opens with rosters released for the Senior and Junior Leagues. Pepsi-Cola and McKenney & Heard provide sponsors as teams feature players including Chenard Perreault Oakes Goodwin Dansereau Stevens and Bissell in the senior group while Garon Lariviere Dodge Wilkinson Gobeil and Chenard headline the junior lineup. The event marks a community basketball showcase at Memorial Field with games starting at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Field
May Street
Biddeford
iGeorge Wells
Pepsi-Cola
McKenney & Heard
White Star
Paul Chenard
John Perreault
William Oakes
Norman Ruel
Earl Goodwin
David Dansereau
Dedication of Maine Conservation Center Hall to Lillian Waterhouse
Maine Conservation Education School will dedicate a new recreation hall and class building on Thursday honoring Mrs. Lillian Rogers Waterhouse of Portland, the donor of the Christo pher Lake estate. Gov Reed will deliver the dedication address at the ceremony for the center providing conservation courses for Maine teachers each summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Conservation Education School
Lillian Rogers Waterhouse
Portland
Christopher Lake
Mixed stock market on Congo tensions boosts space defense shares
New York stocks opened mixed as space age defense shares rose amid ongoing global tensions. Copper prices climbed on Congo unrest while steels showed mixed signals and rails oils utilities and chemicals drifted. Dow off 1.55 to 645.36. AP average down 0.2 to 223.40. Corporate bonds irregular. U S government bonds unchanged to slightly lower.
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New York
Congo
Dow Jones
Associated Press
U. S
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Leroy Mitchell
Scammon Street
Bryce Bartlett
Lawrence, Mass
Neil Serpico
Harding Street
Boston University
Muriel G. Ayers
Mechanicalls
Clifford E. Gove
Roseann Perrault
Oscar Perrault
Biddeford Pool
St. Joseph College
Windham
Tel. and
Tel, Company
Jefferson Street
Dorothy Perrault
Regis College
Muspitea
Leona Hebert
Memoriam
Emile Bouthot
St. Joseph's Church
Marie-Anne Bouthot
Cecile Lefebvre
Beatrice Methot
Vermont Monumental Works
Elm ST
Atlantic
W. J. Provost
West Scarboro
Dial
L. R. Joncas
Wellington
Arthur Mathieu
Margaret Hale
Annie McNally
Saco Salvation Army
Reds
Biddeford-Saco
Ezra James Briggs
Arthur D. Dolloff
Topsham
Sagadahoc
J. Horace McClure
Bath
Peoples Party
Myron FE. Woods
Brooks
Woods
Murry L. Hendsbee
Madison
Ruth-Ann Maxwell
Jay
Ralph FE. Mosher Sr
Bay State
Roy N. Rallis
Tot
Mr. and
Mrs
Biddeford Hoop League
Ike
Herter
White House
Eisenhower
Cuba
U.S
Congress
James P. Murphy Co., Inc
Lewiston, Maine
Rep
Roland Collette
Charles Murphy
Sanford
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