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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1961
Page
3
Torben K Andersen of South Portland has been named executive vice president of the Maine Truck Owners Association. He will remain general manager, a role he assumed last July, as the organization continues to speak for a large segment of Maine’s trucking industry.
At a large town meeting more than 350 residents rejected a proposal to rezone a York Street segment from residential to commercial amid fears a State Liquor Commission store could occupy the area. The 154 to 116 vote followed earlier hearings and opposition from residents including Albert W. Emmons and Frederick Perkins Jr. The discussion noted existing commercial activity nearby and potential traffic impacts on a local school, with the liquor store location argued to be better on Route One and in the business district.
Ocean Park association will present its annual informal recital at 8 p.m. in The Temple on Wednesday as part of July Chautauqua Week. Organist F. Stewart Shuster and pianist Berneice F. Libby lead with soprano Marjorie Shuster assisting. Free public program highlights include Westminster trained Shuster and Libby, longtime Ocean Park music department member.
Shirley Ann Gilblair and Norman Clayton Chaloux wed at St. Monica Church Kennebunk with Rev. William J. Kelly officiating. Attendants included Joan Grassi and bridesmaids Carol Gilblair and Sherry Ann Grassi. The couple, residents of Wells and Kennebunk, plan a New England honeymoon and reside on Old Post Road in Wells.
Goose Rocks Beach junior program started with a doll carriage parade from Biddeford Road to Judge's Corner in front of Allen's By The Sea hotel. Roy Quinn directed activities with judges Peter Barrett Mrs Randolph Gerrish and Mrs Lloyd Clark awarding prizes to Caroline Burnham and the Steele twins Helen Elizabeth and Carol Jeanne.
Robert W. Johnson of Belfast won a two year contract as superintendent of School Union Two serving Wells Ogunquit and North Berwick. A Bowdoin College graduate with a Maine education master’s degree, he replaces Melville H. Johnson and will begin duties July 17 in Wells alongside a career in School Administrative District Three. The selection came from joint committees of Wells and North Berwick after competing with twelve applicants. Johnson is 51, married with a son at Columbia University.
Kennebunk girls shined at Miller's Mountain Lodge Livermore winning placements across divisions. Ann Winston placed third in advanced twirling, Sandra Dickinson fifth. Phyllis Matthews third in intermediate. Sheila Campbell second in beginners. Dickinson also fifth in junior starring. Winston and Campbell earned second in senior duet.
The certificate of registration of a car should always be carried on the person of the operator or kept in an easily accessible place in or about the vehicle.
The Maine Guernsey Cattle club will hold its annual Field Day at Cole Farm Dairy River road Biddeford tomorrow. A cow judging contest will be held with club members observing. The Maine Dairy Princess is expected to attend. A chicken barbecue under Waldo Chick's direction will be served at noon.
The Ladies Benevolent Society of the Wells Second Congregational church will hold its annual fair on Saturday July 15 starting at 10 a.m. on the lawn in front of the vestry north of the church. Committees include Mrs. Virginia Jones Miss Mabel Davis for food table aprons and fancy work Mrs. Lottie Foss and Mrs Beatrice Spiller candy table Miss Elizabeth Hinds white elephant table and Mrs Florence Hotte toys. General chairman and publicity in charge is Mrs Hilda Hamlyn.
Charles Chitlum, 77, left Virginia and wrote to a Roanoke banker asking for sassafras roots to be sent to Omaha, Neb. He said he needed them as a spring tonic for tea.
Five cases heard in Kennebunk Municipal Court last night involved speeding and stop sign violations. James Eastwood of Engelwood New Jersey was fined $15 and had a 10 day license suspension. Frank Severance of Cape Porpoise faced a suspended $10 fine for passing a stop sign. Terry Crown of Kennebunkport paid a $20 fine for speeding. Walter Eliot of Westwood Massachusetts was fined $10 for passing an intersection. Dennis Neyland of Westwood Massachusetts was fined $10 for stopping sign violation.
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