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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1959
Page
3
Camp Drum in New York draws multiple local service members for two week National Guard training with the 103rd Armored Cavalry. Several families from Kennebunk report visits, vacations, and family events including birthdays and anniversaries amid travel to naval stations and regional camps.
Local brief items note a Maine Boston Terrier club election to an executive board, Old Orchard Beach tax rise, residents visiting relatives in New Jersey and Ohio, and guests visiting Biddeford and surrounding towns. Several officials resign, and regional figures travel to events in Boston, Trenton, Montreal, and Detroit.
A family dinner at the High street home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wesley Leech honored their daughter Judith Lovett with cake cut by the guest of honor. Attendees included Bruce Lovett and members of the Leech family along with Betty Ann Gary and Craig. The note mentions the father and uncle of Duke Ellington serving as butlers at the White Mouse.
Nancy Hubert daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Hubert of Kennebunk married William Hubbard son of Mr and Mrs William Hubbard of Wells in a double ring ceremony at Christchurch Kennebunk conducted by Rev Omas Martin. The bride wore a full length white lace gown with a French illusion veil and carried white gladioli. The reception followed at the Webhannet Clubhouse with about 100 guests. The couple will reside at 34 Brown Street after a Niagara Falls wedding trip and the bride is employed at Kesslen Shoe. the groom at Parsons Lumber Mill York.
Painchand's band will play three free concerts at Old Orchard Beach this month and next. Sponsored by the National Musicians Performance Trust Fund and the town, the events occur Wednesdays July 15 July 29 and August 12 in front of the Saco and Biddeford Savings institution on Old Orchard Street. Soloist Roland Gauthier will sing Star Spangled Banner O Canada and When Irish Eyes Are Smiling at this week's show. Concerts start at 7 30 P M.
The season's leaders across leagues include Aaron Milwaukee with 365 at bats and 120 hits, Pinson Cincinnati with 69 runs and 7 triples, Banks Chicago with 82 RBIs and 24 home runs, Mays San Francisco with 67 runs and 16 steals, and Mathews Milwaukee with 26 homers. Pitching leaders show Face Pittsburgh with 14 wins and 0 losses, Mizell St. Louis 103 strikeouts, Drysdale Los Angeles 140 strikeouts, and S Jones San Francisco 117. In the AL Kuenn Detroit and Williams Kansas City share 24 doubles, with Killebrew Washington leading in RBIs at 75 and Colavito Cleveland with 28 homers. The piece notes piggyback railroad service beginning trials in 1952 between Wichita and Kansas City.
Saira Turner Jr son of Blaine Turner Sr of Biddeford is among 35 students in the Nasson fourth annual summer session at Nasson College. He joins 325 coeducational students in the program, pursuing a balanced liberal arts education with professional career training.
The Mousam Saddle and Harness club held its annual gymkhana and horse show at Bun Nell's Acres, Kennebunk, with about 600 attendees. Rochester horses led by Jack Murphy and Peggy Hussey won top awards as 25 events featured games on horseback, including clover leaf, pole bending, coke race, and bareback competition.
The Arundel Opera Theatre in Kennebunkport presents Most Happy Fella for the first time in Maine July 15 to 18 after Broadway and road tour runs. Darlene Hurst stars as Rosabella with Wesley Boynton as Tony, Marilyne Mason as Cleo, and Susan Blumer as The Most Happy Fella sister. Curtain is 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday Friday and Saturday, with a 3 p.m. matinee Thursday.
The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries committee approved Congressman James C. Oliver’s bill to raise retired pay for former Lighthouse Service members. The Maine Democrat says the plan costs about 12000 dollars yearly, affecting 655 people now and 250 later, and it moves toward a formal floor vote. Oliver spoke amid hearings on obscene mail matter and efforts with 29 colleagues to push the Depressed Area bill through Congress.
Police investigate three break ins at Old Orchard Beach Friday. Seacrest Gift Shop Melmar's clothing store and Palace Food store in the Palace block were entered. Thieves took 110 dollars from the gift shop and about 6 dollars in change from the clothing store. The food store reported no theft. Entry gained by forcing a side door.
Memorial services were held at Saturday evening's meeting of the Saco Rebekah lodge for Mrs. Jackalena Pearce a past president of the Rebekah association for Maine and Mrs. Charlotte Ramsdell a past member of the Saco lodge. It was reported that Mrs. Helen Dow had been transferred to the Memorial Rehabilitation center Bath where she is a patient. The lodge sent flowers to Mrs. Mildred Harris a race patient at a local hospital.
FBI agents continue the Boston case as investigators tie two men to a panel truck abandoned near a Chelsea picnic site. A 19 year old companion with dark hair and pale skin is described as small and frail. Auburn bus driver Arthur Bennett testified he dropped the pair near Chelsea Thursday night. The truck was found at a Biddeford garage, and police traced the men to a Portland hotel room rented for a week. A room receipt led to photos and a record on Brown from Boston authorities.
State Police reported a cottage break at Raymond Pond early this week with a loot including a television set silverware vacuum cleaner coasters clothing and a suitcase. A panel truck stolen in Maryland contained a outboard motor a New Hampshire license plate and two bottles of whiskey. Couture remains listed as fair at Maine Medical Center after a bullet wound was surgically closed Friday. He is slowly regaining leg use while Lt. Hancock says an all points bulletin was issued to the Eastern seaboard and investigators await further developments.
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