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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1962
Page
2
Mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon with high near 78. Clear and cool tonight. Sunny and mild Friday with northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Low 52 tonight, high 78 on Friday.
Mrs Lillian Lombard of Pleasant Street Saco is a surgical patient at Webber. Mrs Dorothy Belisle of Maple Street Saco joins the summer staff at Nichols and Company Biddeford. George Ange Thornton Academy faculty member is taking advanced courses at Gorham State Teachers College this season. Hilary Mahaney Jr of Saco is employed in maintenance at Pepperell Manufacturing Biddeford for the summer. Paul Roy Lamothe Avenue Biddeford accepts a summer position at Nichols and Company Store in the sheet and pillow case department. Frank Stevens Harding Street Biddeford is a summer employee at John Roberts Inc and will enter the Air Force in September. Airman McRichard Chretien of Biddeford returns to Keesler AFB Mississippi after furlough with his parents. Miss Marie Loranger Old Orchard Beach dental assistant to Dr. Joseph Kenneally visits London Germany Italy Switzerland and France on a dental conference. Ronald A Gardella son of Mr and Mrs Albert F Gardella 186 May Street Biddeford accepted at Indiana Technical College Fort Wayne starting September 20. Employed for the summer at Nichols and Company Store Biddeford are Mrs Fedora Beaudoin Summer Street Miss Priscilla Beaudoin Sullivan Street Miss June Chadbourne Alfred Street and Miss Rachel Gagne Mason Street.
The Women's Society of Christian Service of School Street Methodist Church Saco will hold its annual sale of cooked foods aprons and fancy work tomorrow starting at 10 am at Miss Eva McCleary’s Casco Avenue Ocean Park home.
The Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will gather Friday at 8 30 p m for a meeting at the church Notely notes indicate the group will discuss plans and activities for the upcoming week.
The court continued the case on page one by defending officers and the Teamsters members, noting restoration to the International may be required. It ordered the lower court to decide if Seymour J. Spelman and Joseph S. McCarthy, counsel for the Teamsters, should be entitled to fees previously denied.
The New York market rose modestly as growth stocks led a slow recovery. The AP 60 average gained 0.60 to 214.40 at noon with industrials up 0.90 and utilities higher, while rails were flat. Key issues like Polaroid and IBM posted notable early gains amid rising short interest.
Irving C. Perkins of Cape Porpoise died Tuesday evening in a local hospital at age 72. Born May 27, 1890 in Greenwich England, he taught in Camden and Auburn schools and held state supervision roles in Maine and Rhode Island. He directed New York State College for Teachers Industrial Arts, advised at the University of Buffalo, and contributed to Redpath Chautauqua Circuits. Funeral 2 PM tomorrow at Cape Porpoise Methodist Church, interment Arundel cemetery, with calling hours at Angell Funeral Home this afternoon and evening.
John L. Johnson 51 of Mousam road Kennebunk died at his home yesterday after a long illness. Born July 23 1910 in South Boston he was a son of John B Johnson and Betty Nilssen Johnson. He leaves Elsa his widow a stepson Arthur J Swenson a daughter Mrs Robert Johnson four sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from Angel Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev Chester Staples officiating. Friends may call this afternoon and evening.
Gertrude F Chase widow of Bert Chase 81 of Kennebunkport died at home last night Born September 7 1880 in Raymond NH daughter of Warren and Hattie Spaulding She attended First Congregational church Kennebunkport Survived by sister Cora Richard with whom she lived Services tomorrow at 2 pm Bibber Memorial chapel Kennebunk Rev Robert Howes officiating Burial Evergreen cemetery Friends may call tonight 7 to 9 at the chapel
Walter J Travers 70 of 12 Travers Street Biddeford died last night after a long illness. A Biddeford native he operated a roofing business 35 years before retiring. Born February 10 1892 son of John and Anastasia Walsh Travers he was a member of St Mary parish. Survived by a son Walter and three brothers Thomas Stephen and John Travers all of Biddeford. Services set for Saturday 9 am at St Mary church with burial in St Mary Cemetery. Friends may call Cosgrove Funeral Home 326 Elm Street Biddeford from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 tomorrow.
Edith Helena Tapley, widow of M Eugene Tapley, of Green Street, dies at Green Street residence. Funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main Street Saco. Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 7 to 3 p.m. at the funeral home.
The AP reports Bowdoin College classics chair Prof Nathan Dane II is slated for a presidential role in Maine briefs. Details on the exact position or institution are not provided in the fragment.
Abraham Spill 83 retired Biddeford businessman died suddenly of a heart attack at his Old Orchard Beach summer cottage. Funeral at Etz Chaim with Rabbi Boris Gottlieb, burial at Mt. Carmel Portland. Survived by widow Ida Spill two sons Louis and Simon Spill four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Memorial week at Carolinda cottage East Surfside Old Orchard Beach.
Mary Ellen Seidel born October 12 1876 in Saco died early today at an Old Orchard Beach convalescent. A Biddeford teacher for 42 years she was Emery school assistant superintendent and later worked for the Biddeford Daily Journal. She belonged to the Children of Mary Society Thursday Club and St Mary church and is survived by nieces nephews and many grand nieces and nephews. Funeral 10 15 Saturday at St Mary church with burial in St Mary cemetery. Visitation today and Friday at Grove Funeral Home Biddeford 2 5 and 7 10 p m.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Benjamin Adams Goodwin from Goodwins Mills Advent Christian church with Rev. Lloyd Osborne officiating. Bearers were David Smith, John Harris, Carleton Waterhouse and Lawrence Brown. Burial was in the Lyman Cemetery.
A Libera service was held at 10 30 am for Lucien Marc Cote age 3 of 415 Pool Road Biddeford at St Andre church conducted by Rev Msgr Aime Giguere. Bearers were Conrad Cote Jean Paul Cote Richard Cote and Richard Lavoie. Prayers were said by Rev Brother Cote the boy's uncle. Burial followed in the family lot at St Joseph cemetery.
Funeral services were held at St Joseph church for Donat Croteau with Rev. Marc Franck celebrating a solemn high mass. Rev Norman Carrier and Rev Syl via Levesque served as deacon and sub deacon, respectively, with Mrs Diana Rousselle leading singing. Bearers from St Vincent de Paul and Sacred Heart League included Joseph Lavoie and others. Burial followed in St Joseph cemetery. out of town attendees included Mrs Alice Hebert and the Deblois and Bertand Hebert families from Quebec and Rumford.
Earl R. Hawkens of Farmington is the new president of the Maine Clerks of Court elected at the annual session to succeed Barnette Elijah of Bangor. Elijah was elected secretary-treasurer with Carrie C. Bragdon of Ellsworth and Ralph H. Ross of Sanford as vice presidents.
The Classical Association of New England has named its new president. The organization includes teachers and others interested in ancient Greece and Rome.
CHICAGO AP Marge Mc Lennon stages a fashion parade of 38 costumes starting with stone age wear and advancing to the future. Her most popular party dress uses stainless steel fabric spun in Germany and sewn with nylon thread. One dress lights with hidden batteries, another titled Cocktails on the Moon, and Astronaut is also featured. The show began with a church project and now offers up to three performances weekly, driven by entertainment rather than profit.
A York Maine fire that destroyed a vacationing Massachusetts family's apartment claimed a fourth victim. Mrs June Thornton 23 and her children Edward 3 Edith 5 and Jean 6 died from burns and smoke inhalation. The family had arrived in York Beach for a two week stay. Investigators pursue the blaze cause.
The JFK committee fights any budget unbalance while Wilbur Mills presses for possible tax cuts with conditions. A withholding tax on interest and dividends may be required, though the Senate timing and permanence of any reform remain uncertain. A temporary cut could precede a broader revenue code overhaul later.
Mrs Curtis says her husband left the drug store at 12 30 pm yesterday after visiting Effingham and Parsonsf eld and planned to fish at two holes before returning home. Merryman notes many small roads in the area as search avenues while Liggett's Deshaies confirms Curtis was healthy and on a usual morning fishing habit.
Governor Reed counters a sharp magazine critique of Maine as bleak arguing the state maintains strength in pulp paper and textiles while new electronics and steel ships technology offer growth. The writer, claiming longevity in Maine, defends natives as capable and asserts education remains competitive with other states.
The weekly market guide lists summer favorites such as pears raspberries blueberries peaches and citrus. It notes plentiful vegetables including lettuce cucumbers greens squash peppers onions and cauliflower and suggests meats for quick meals along with seafood like sea scallops swordfish halibut and haddock with dairy products and desserts for balance.
National Association of Gagwriters officials host humor clinics in New Hampshire and Maine to promote a 10 point program for developing comedians. The piece also notes local oddities from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Cape Ann golf ball thefts by gulls, a Framingham theater curtain ending, a Brookline gentleman’s dessert, Fire Chief Pasetti jokes, and Alma Mills’s barbering career after wrestling fame.
In Saugus Massachusetts Sam MacNeill basketball coach and Miss Hazel Gallant the school nurse were involved in a reported incident. The event details are unclear in the fragment but relate to school staff. Further information is not provided in the readable text.
W Lloyd Walter and Marion E Walker of Ferry Beach Saco purchase the house lot at Glenhaven Circle from Dr Carl M Hass and Lottie Hass. Sale arranged through Max Ruben Real Estate at 285 Main Street Biddeford.
The Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit hosts a production of The Music Man next Monday through Saturday featuring Robert Cosden and Leigh Green. The show includes songs like Lida Rose Till There Was You Marion the Librarian and 76 trombones with a New York cast of singers and dancers. Harold Hill uses a con to swindle a Iowa town while teaching music before falling for Marion the Librarian. Playing through Saturday July.
Jim Kirkwood's best selling novel There Must Be A Pony is adapted for a film starring Myrna Loy and shown as the world premiere.
James Leblun 32 of 1 Center Street Old Orchard Beach was fined 15 dollars in Saco Municipal Court by Judge Hilary Ma haney after pleading guilty to fishing without a license. State Fish and Game Warden Donald Gray brought the charge.
Saco police reported finding a 12 foot Crestliner aluminum boat in the river near the wharf on the Saco side. The craft was discovered upside down and included a motor and paddle.
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