Social notes from Biddeford area visitors and travelers
Leaving Saturday to live in Orono are Mr and Mrs Ray mond Taylor from Saco Franklin street. Roland Racine of Biddeford is a surgical patient at Portland Osteopathic hospital. Mrs Michael Mariello aunt of Nancy Mariello attended the shower. Mrs Laurette Godbout of Biddeford is at Maine Medical Center Portland. Ovid Demers and daughter Peggy from Los Angeles are visiting his parents in Biddeford for two weeks. Daniel J Gurney returns from Boston, plans to go back in about a week. T/Sgt Alphonse Roy and family from Missouri visit his mother in Biddeford along with Mr and Mrs Simeon Forcier and family. John J Donohoe and family return to Woburn after visiting Ferry Beach. Joan Styles and Robert Cullen visit Mrs Chase in Ferry Beach. Sheila Chase plans a trip to Madison to visit A/2C Philip J Chase and Mrs Chase at Turax Field. Mrs Chase’s sister-in-law and Mrs Chase’s parents from Jefferson Wis also plan time there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Raymond Taylor
Franklin Street
Saco
Roland Racine
Taylor Street
Biddeford
Portland Osteopathic Hospital
Nancy Mariello
Michael Mariello
Laurette Godbout
Main Street
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Ovid Demers
Peggy
Los Angeles
Calif
Ernest J. Demers
Congress Street
Daniel J. Gurney
Seven Seas
Old Orchard Beach
Boston
Fresilda Roy
Freeman Street
Simeon Forcier
Graham Street
Alphonse Z. Roy
Missouri
John J. Donohoe
Woburn
Mass
John J. Chase
Ferry Beach
Joan Styles
Robert
Cullen
Eugene Rattinger
Jefferson, Wis
Chase
James E McKenney Dies Day After Wife
James Earl McKenney 69 of Saco on Portland road died after a lengthy illness. He was a World War I veteran and longtime self employed carpenter. Survived by son Walter E. of Saco step children Floyd Stevens Scarborough Ruth Desrochers Scarborough Bernice Henley Scarborough sister Georgia McCellan Saco 14 grandchildren six great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. from Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring St Saco. calling hours today 2-4 and 7-9. burial Black Point Cemetery Scarborough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Earl McKenney
Portland Road
Saco
Hattie McKenney
Pueblo
Coolo
Charles E
Sophronia (Dudley) McKenney
Scarborough
Walter E
Floyd Stevens
Ruth Desrochers
Bernice Henley
Georgia McCellan
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring Street
Black Point
Antt 4 cLUB WS A NEW The Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post Meeting
The Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post American Legion will meet tomorrow night at 8 at the post home with refreshments after. Biddeford Council Knights of Columbus meet Thursday at 7 pm on Washington Street. A special meeting for male members of Le Voltigeur Snowshoe Club is tonight at 7 30 at the clubrooms Elm and South Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post
American Legion
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus
Washington Street
le Voltigeur Snowshoe Club
Elm and
South Streets
Portland Custom House Tenants Challenge Oliver Report
U S Custom House tenants dispute Rep James C Oliver Maine says the 90 building on Commercial St is old infested with rats and germs lacking elevators and modern facilities GSA survey indicates need for new federal construction in Portland Assistant Collector Nelson Russell calls it well located but the building is faulty according to Oliver Blake defends its charm and value for shipping interests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
U.S
Custom House
James C. Oliver
Maine
Oliver
General Services Administration
Nelson Russell
Leslie A Blake
GSA
Funeral Mass for Mrs. Margaret Hale at St Mary Church
A requiem high Mass was celebrated yesterday at 9 by Rev Corne lius J Enright for Mrs. Margaret Hale. William Cleary was the vocalist with Miss Elizabeth Seidel. burial followed at St Mary cemetery with prayers by Rev Mesirie Goan. Bearers were Roland Allard Robert Allard Roger Bean Armand Lavallee Paul Hooper and Norman Turmelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary Church
Cornelius J. Enright
Margaret Hale
William Cleary
Elizabeth Seidel
St. Mary Cemetery
Mésirie Goan
Roland Allard
Robert Allard
Roger Bean
Armand Lavallee
Paul Hooper
Norman Turmelle
Lightning Strikes Hit Augusta Area Fan Out Damages
Five storms within 15 miles of Augusta knocked out power lines and flooded streets. Readfield Depot reports hail cover as the state endures a dry spell since month start. thunderstorms rain often runs off quickly, offering little relief to parched lawns and gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paz
Augusta
Readfield Depot
Alphonse Cote 67 dies after long illness in Biddeford
Alphonse Cote 67 of 24 Cutts Street Biddeford died last night at a local hospital He was born in St Norbert Canada and survived by wife Florence Tetreault Cote a daughter Mrs Robert Bertrand of Biddeford four brothers Henry Adelard Willie Hormidas and two sisters Mrs Reina Boucher and Miss Bertha Cote He was a World War II veteran and a tool maker at Saco Lowell Shops for 40 years retiring in 1958 He belonged to St Joseph parish Sacred Heart League Catholic Order of Foresters and the Union of St John Baptist He played for Saco Lowell and Pepperell ball teams Funeral 9 am Friday from St Joseph Church Friends may call Sansoucy Funeral Home tonight after 7 and tomorrow 2 4 and 7 10 pm Prayers 8 am Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Cote
Cuttsestreet
Biddeford
St. Norbert
Can
Cote
Florence (Tetreault) Cote
Robert Bertrand
Henry
Adelard
Willie
Victoriaville
P. Q
Hormidas
Asbestos
Reina Boucher
Saco
Bertha Cote
Hartford
Conn
Saco-Lowell
St. Joseph Parish
Sacred Heart League
Catholic Order of Foresters
Union of St. John Baptist
Pepperell
St. Joseph Church
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Summer visitor Henry McFadden dies suddenly in Maine
Henry L. McFadden 60 a Lowell native and longtime gardener at Lowell Technical Institute died suddenly last night while visiting Old Orchard Beach. Survived by his widow funeral arrangements in Lowell and local services handled by Dennet & Craig 365 Main Street Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. McFadden
Old Orchard Beach
Lowell
Mass
Bryan
Mary ‘Lynch’ McFadden
Rumford Street
Lowell Technical Institute
Dennet
Craig
Main Street
Saco
Telegraphist Mary Giddings, 73, dies after service at Biddeford station
Mary S Giddings 73 a retired Boston and Maine telegrapher died suddenly yesterday afternoon at a local hospital She lived in Saco and Ferry Beach widow of Charles F E Giddings born Castle Rock Washington daughter of Merrill and Orrville Stimpson She worked between Old Orchard Beach and Boston retiring in 1946 Funeral services Thursday at 2 PM from Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco with viewing tonight 7 to 9 Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Giddings
Boston and Maine Railroad
Biddeford
Saco
Ferry Beach
Charles FE. Giddings
Castle Rock
Wash
Merrill
Orrville
B &M Railroad
Old Orchard Beach
Boston
Second Congregational Church
Elizabeth H. Giddings
Thornton Academy
Dennett and Craig
Main Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Arthur C Mathieu in Dover NH
Funeral services for Arthur C Mathieu of 4 Maplewood avenue Dover were held at St. Andre church with a solemn high Mass of requiem. Burial followed in St. Joseph cemetery. Out of town relatives attending included Norman Mathieu Richard Drake and others from Bangor Rockland Portland Newburyport and Sanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C Mathieu
Maplewood Avenue
Dover
N. H
St. Andre Church
Aime Giguere
Robert T. Martel
Gerard J. Parent
Laura Lauren Proulx
Louis Anastasoff
Alex Anastasoff
George Anastasoff
Albert C. Lambert
Raoul Rossignol
Albert Fournier
St. Joseph
Parent
Arthur C. Mathieu
Norman Mathieu
Richard Drake
Donald Mathieu
Bangor
Edward Manceau
Cynthia Manceau
Rockland
Leon Morin
Portland
George Mathieu
Brooklyn
Alice Shevenell
Robert Mathieu
Newburyport
Mass
Sanford
Weather outlook: partly cloudy with showers possible
The forecast shows party cloudy skies with warm humid conditions this afternoon and a chance of late afternoon thundershowers. Tonight cooler with showers or thundershowers, and Thursday fair with cooler conditions. Highs in the upper 80s, lows 50s to 60s, and scattered overnight temperatures across major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Boston
New York
Miami
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
Viewing the Democratic Convention Deluge On TV
Los Angeles observers note the second convention session tested viewers endurance as six hours of coverage stretched into a long night. Networks aired early to cover Kennedy Johnson clash with little color TV and focused on Johnson Kennedy nuances and Stevenson mob scenes while platform film clips tried to pace the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Biltmore Ballroom
Stevenson
White collar dominance in civilian wages rises in 1950s
Statistics show white collar workers now earn 63 percent of all civilian wages, with income rising 60 percent during the 1950s. Blue collar share falls from 40.9 to 37 percent due to fewer workers, even as blue collar wages climbed about 29 percent. Data from the Institute of Life Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Institute of Life Insurance
Biddeford Men Charged With Attempted Break
Two Biddeford men face charges of attempted breaking and entering at Beauchegne's Market 169 Pool Street. Joseph N. Gagnon 23 was arrested at the scene after a 4 50 a m call. Lionel Cote 25 was later arrested at 33 George Street. No theft reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Beauchegne
Pool Street
Joseph N. Gagnon
Amherst Street
C. Edward Blais
George Friary
Fred Guillmette
Lionel Cote
George Street
Edgar Sevigny
Phillip Poirier
Robert Labelle
Public Responds to Plight of Sleeping Sisters
Sympathy pours in from the public for Vincent N Frantantonio and his wife as their daughters Bernadette aged three and Venita aged five remain in a mysterious slumber. Doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital expect a diagnosis by week’s end and the family appeals for any possible help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleve
Sleeping Beauty
Vincent N. Frantantonio
Bernadette
Venita
Mount Sinai Hospital
Frantantonio
Auto Truck Collision Causes Minor Damage in Saco
Saco police report an estimated 300 damage from a two vehicle crash at Spring and Mechanic streets. J Alan Jasper 40 of 43 Scammun Street Saco and William A Parker 23 of 29 Central Street Saco were involved. Parker northbound said something fell from his truck behind him and he did not see the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring
Mechanic Streets
Saco
J. Alan Jasper
Scammun Street
Mechanic, Street
William A. Parker
Central Street
Parker
Mechanic Street
Footwear Truck Fails To Clear Saco Underpass
A truck owned by Allied Hampshire Foot Wear struck the Front street underpass in Saco and sustained extensive damage news reports say. The driver was Herve L. Boucher 18 of 11 School street Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Allied Hampshire Foot Wear
Front Street
Herve L. Boucher
School Street
Biddeford
Mass Murder on Clarke Estate Stuns Newark
Police recount the Jan 26 killings at Dr Francis Clarke estate. An unknown intruder tied up four people including Clarke’s 57-year-old wife, her companion, a maid, and a Newark cab driver, then shot through the temple with a pistol before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Clarke
Clarke
Newark
Kennebunkport Girl Attends FHA Conclave in Washington
Miss Marcia Lee Dunn of Kennebunkport is among 800 teenage delegates at the 1960 Future Homemakers of America national meeting held this week at the Statler Hilton Washington D C. She is an eighteen year old senior at Kennebunk High School and the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Dunn of Beach Street.
Saco Thieves Take Picnic Baskets From Storefront
Saco police reported two picnic baskets and a beach chair missing from in front of the First National store on Main Street yesterday afternoon. The items were placed at 8 30 a m and found missing at noon. Six cases of cigarettes were stolen from the store last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
Main Street
Saco
Congo Mutiny Sends White Flight Deepening Across Congo
Belgian officials report first forceful clash with mutinous Congolese troops after mutiny kills 12 Europeans and drives 15 000 whites from southern towns. Hostages taken at Thysville. Leopoldville airlift resumes as US, Belgian, Dutch and Italian planes evacuate foreigners and refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gansner van der Meersch
August de Schrijver
Congo
Brussels
Thysville
Camp Hardy
Conco
Luluabourg
Leopoldville
Sabena
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Air Force
Globemaster
U.S
Summer Stock Jazz Debuts in Maine At Cumston Hall
Maine Jazz Festival opens July 25 at Cumston Hall Monmouth produced by Joel Carroll with Paul Knopf leading a sextet. The two week program features Jazz Omnibus and Jazz 1984 and aims to breathe space into jazz. If successful, the festival could become an annual event with an off Broadway winter follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
W. S. Gilbert
Old Cumston Hall
America
Feecing G &S Company
American Savoyards
Maine
Joel Carroll
New York City
Paul Knopf
Carroll
Paul
Knopf
Bobbie Brown
Jack Somma
Jim Olin
Lennie Nedzella
Mark Weinstein
New York
Saco Priesthood Trust Fund Founded for Future Clergy
The Rev. Maurice B. Boland Trust Fund starts at Most Holy Trinity parish Saco to educate future priests. It is a perpetual fund managed by future pastors and Canal National Bank of Saco, accumulating for 10 years or until a target is met. Donations from parishioners and bequests welcomed. Father Boland funds it from his own salary sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice B. Boland
Most Holy Trinity Parish
Saco
Father Boland
Most Holy Trinity Church
Canal National Bank of
Beach Chief Warns of Fire Hazards in Dry Conditions
Old Orchard Beach Fire Chief Louis Wharff warned residents and visitors about high fire dangers from a prolonged lack of rain. He noted extremely dry ground and reported firefighters responded four times yesterday to control a four acre brush fire earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Louis Wharff
Wharff
Memorial Day Observed At Pet Cemetery
The fifth annual Animal Memorial Day will be observed at Pet Haven animal cemetery on Lincoln road Saco with a 2 to 4 p m gathering. People travel from New England to share stories and memories of their pets as owners congregate without a formal service. Pet Haven houses over 200 dogs cats rabbits birds a duck and goldfish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet Haven Animal Cemetery
Lincoln Road
Saco
New England
Pet Haven
Kennedy Seek 1st Or 2nd Ballot Nomination In Missouri
Missouri Governor Blair introduces Senator Symington as Kennedy trail remains 70 to 80 votes short of 761 needed for nomination. Stevenson makes surprise on floor drawing cheers while Kennedy backers discuss Johnson for vice president and potential second place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Blair Jr
Missouri
Stevenson
Illinois
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Johnson
Senate
Bronx
Six month old Timothy Buzzell dies in crib strangling
Mrs Horace Buzzell of Springfield Mass says she found her six month old son Timothy Buzzell dead after checking on him ten minutes after tucking him in. The family was visiting relatives in Lewiston when the tragedy occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Horace Buzzell
Springfield
Mass
Litttle
Timothy Buzzell
Recess Appointments To Four Made By President
President Eisenhower, amid foggy Narragansett Bay, issued four recess appointments to government posts before Congress’ break. Harold P. Taylor and Robert A. Bicks will head civil rights and antitrust units in the Justice Department, Paul A. Sweeney joins the Federal Power Commission, and Charles H. King joins the Federal Communications Commission. A. M. Woodruff Jr. was named to the National Capital Planning Commission as chairman. Foster and Norton join the Commission terms, with Norton reappointed for six years. The Senate will reconvene August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
White House
Newport Country Club
Narragansett Bay
Congress
Senate
Harold P. Taylor
Justice Department
Robert A. Bicks
Department
Paul A. Sweeney
Federal Power Commission
Charles H. King
Federal
A. M. Woodruff, Jr
School of Government
George Washington
National Capital Planning Commission
Woolf
Harland Bartholomew
William C .Foster
Washington
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
John A. Remon
C. McKim Norton
Commission
Princeton
N. J
Spry 79-Year-Old Sailor Returns to Naval Duty
Gilbert M. Mitchell of Newburyport Massachusetts returns to duty at the Augusta Naval and Marine Reserve Training Center as a 79 year old reserve inspector and boiler repairer. He served in the Spanish American War World War I II the Korean War and in merchant marine expeditions including a Byrd Antarctic voyage. His son J G Mitchell is a Navy lieutenant aboard the carrier Hornet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Gilbert M. Mitchell
Newburyport
Mass
Cmdr
Dale 0
van Orden
Mitchell
Navy
Byrd
Antartica
Murmansk
Pacific
Atlantic
J. G
Auburn Man Stricken At Motel Pool
Sawyer Swain 24 of 410 Center St Auburn Maine collapsed last night at a motel pool in Albany New York and was listed in critical condition at Albany Hospital. A motel spokesman said Swain had been swimming, sat on the pool edge and toppled backward onto the cement coping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Sawyer Swain
Center St
Auburn
Maine
Albany Hospital
Tom Sawiver
Swain
NE Convention Topics At Kiwanis Club Dinner
Secretary Martin J. Rielly read correspondence about the northeast Kiwanis convention to be held in Bretton Woods New Hampshire in September. Delegates will be appointed next meeting and members were urged to attend Church Day at the Cathedral of the Pines. Judge Simon Spill chaired the meeting and introduced speaker Albert F Deshaies. Visitors came from Lewiston Auburn and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Kiwanis
Bretton Woods
N. H
Martin J. Rielly
Saco- Biddeford Kiwanis Club
Ray Bonang
Cathedral of the Pines
New Hampshire
Simon Spill
Albert F. Deshaies
Lewiston-Auburn Club
Connecticut
Saco Teacher Miss OLeary Resigns to Marry in August
Bangor born Miss Charlotte OLeary resigns as third grade teacher at Bonython School Saco. She plans to marry in August. The Saco school committee discusses new office facilities and moving the superintendent's office to the current courtroom after the new court room is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Charlotte O’leary
Bangor
Bonython School
O'Leary
Biddeford Firemen Contain Woods Brush Blaze
Biddeford firemen battled a woods and brush fire on land owned by Mrs Mary Stevens at 338 West Street last night. The blaze burned for over an hour before firefighters brought it under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
West Street
Mary Stevens
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James E. McKenney
Rap Oliver
W. J. Fortier
Bacon Street
Henry McFadden
Arthur Mathieu
Rhode Island
By Bob Thomas
Kennebunkport
Saco Priesthood Trust
Beach
Pet Cemetery
Baby
Oslo
Norway
Wisconsin
United States
Robert Benchley
Spry Young Sailor
Alfred Street
Dial
Able Footwear
Biddeford’s
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