Local Society News From Biddeford and Nearby
Mrs. Mary O Rourke returns home after hospital stay at Webber hospital. Mrs. Ronald Labonte remains a patient at Webber hospital. Mrs. Leticia Caouette treated at Mercy hospital Ortland for surgery. Alcide Deschambeault of Saco, alderman, is receiving medical care at Webber hospital. Mrs. Marie Neveux visits from California. Miss Anne Hebert Orchard street, Winnie Hebert Elm street, Edweed Hebert South street. Laurette Blackington returns home from two week vacation through New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut New York and New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O'Rourke
Foss Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Ronald Labonte
Bradbury Street
Leticia Caouette
High Street
Mercy
Marie Neveux
California
Anne Hebert
Orchard Street
Winnie Hebert
Elm Street
Edweed Hebert
South Street
Laurette Blackington
Middle Street
Saco
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Biddeford Man Charles Marabian Dies After Illness
Charles Marabian 75 a retired Saco Lowell employee and Biddeford resident died yesterday after a short illness in a local hospital. Born in Turkey August 2 1885 he was the son of Mr and Mrs Peter Marabian. He worked in the molding department before retiring 14 years ago and was a communicant of Christ Episcopal Church where services will be held Saturday. Survivors include a daughter Lucille Georgacarakos and two grandsons of Biddeford. Funeral services are at 10 am Saturday from the Episcopal church with arrangements by Sansoucy Funeral Home Stone Street Biddeford, where friends may call prior to the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Marabian
Saco-Lowell
Westland Avenue
Biddeford
Turkey
Peter Marabian
Christ Episcopal Church
Lucille Georgacarakos
Episcopal Church
Sansoucy
Cadet Meeting and Bible Club Gather Friday Evening
Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 p m. The Bible club of the Lyman Baptist church Goodwins Mills will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at the parsonage.
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Saco Salvation Army
Bible Club
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Stock Market Mixed In Early Trading Across Sectors
In New York the stock market opened irregularly with slow trading. The AP index stood at 241.80, unchanged, as industrials and rails fluctuated and several sectors showed only fractional gains or losses. Dow at 681.70, down nearly one point. bonds and exchanges showed mixed results.
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New York
Associated Press
DuPont
Zenith
Douglas Aircraft
MGM
Ford
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
American Telephone
Phelps Dodge
General Electric
General Motors
Jersey Standard
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dow Jones
Wasco Strikers Seek Pay Hike At Wasco Chemical
Union workers of Wasco Chemical Co went on strike today after an all night bargaining session. Local 515 of the Sheet Metal Workers reported the company offered a 5 cent an hour raise vs the union demand of 20 cents. About 250 of 300 employees are represented. Other disputes include seniority union shop overtime and vacation terms. Wasco joined American Cyanamid on May 1. company spokesmen had no immediate comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasco
the American Cyanamid Co
Plugged Sewer Pipe Erupts In City Square
A plugged sewer pipe caused a flood along Adams street by City Hall in Biddeford this morning. Harry M. Wooster of the Biddeford and Saco Water Co says the sewer tile plugged up and forced waste through joints to the surface. The clog loosened after about an hour and flooding subsided. Patrolman Ed ward Gilbert noticed the fountain near 9 45. Water department officials investigated and city hall service was shut for about 30 minutes.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Harry M. Wooster
Biddeford and Saco Water Co
Edward Gilbert
Gilbert
Water Department
Car damages at Saco intersection
A two car crash at Beach and Main streets in Saco yesterday afternoon caused about $80 damage to Miss Barbara Staples of Princeton New Jersey when her car was hit by Mrs Clementine Day of Montreal who was traveling east on Main Street. Mrs Day’s vehicle damage not estimated.
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Beach and
Main Streets
Saco
Clementine Day
Montreal
Main Street
Barbara F. Staples
Princeton
N. J
Beach Street
Funeral rites held for Ernest Lemieux at St Joseph Biddeford
Funeral services were held this morning from St Joseph church Biddeford for Ernest Lemieux with Rev Gerard Comtois officiating at the requiem high mass. The church choir sang and Mrs Diana Rousselle played the organ. Bearers were Rene Gobeil Raymond Tremblay Thomas McGarrity and Roger Boisvert. Burial followed in the family lot in St Joseph cemetery with prayers at the grave by Rev Fr Comtois and Rev Fr Doyon. Out of town attendees included Larry Shea of Lowell Mass and Rev Fr Comtois from Manchester N H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph Church
Biddeford
Ernest Lemieux
Gerard Comtois
Manchester
N. H
Diana Rousselle
Rene Gobeil
Raymond Tremblay
Thomas McGarrity
Roger Boisvert
St. Joseph Cemetery
Fr. Comtois
Doyon
Larry Shea
Lowell
Mass
Comtois
Biddeford workers burned in gas explosion on Green Street
Three Biddeford men were injured when a gas can exploded while refueling a backhoe on Green Street. William Howard and Richard Dow suffered first and second degree burns and were reported fairly comfortable at Webber Hospital. Anthony Frenette was treated for finger and arm wounds and released. Fire officials blamed careless gas handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Green Street
Webber Hospital
William Howard
Hill Street
Richard Dow
Birch Street
Anthony G. Frenette
Marcel Avenue
Frenette
Howard
Howard's Landscaping, Inc
Don
Central Maine Power Company
Fire Department At Beach Plans Beauty Parade
The Old Orchard Beach Fire department schedules a parade of beauty from Adelaide road to the Palace ballroom tomorrow night at 7. Firemen sponsor the Miss World Maine Pageant with contestants riding in open air cars, escorted by the Sabres of Portland.
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Old Orchard Beach
Adelaide Road
Palace Ballroom
Maine
Balroom
Sabres of
Portland
Locks Too Good Batavia Police Locks Replaced
In Batavia New York police headquarters the cell door locks were so effective they needed replacement. It took an hour and a half to chisel off a lock to release a traffic violator.
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Batavia
N. Y
Portland Weather Update Humid With Showers
Humid Portland forecast this afternoon cloudy with possible thundershowers. Winds light to variable. Tonight showers end then gradual clearing. Warm humid conditions continue into Friday with light variable winds. Coastal zone temps near 70s. overnight lows listed for several locations including Caribou 56 Eastport 49 Portland 59 and Montreal 65.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
Biddeford Pool Church Announces Summer Sunday Worship
Biddeford Pool Union church schedules Sunday activities with a 9 45 a m church school and an 11 a m service led by Rev. Stanley A Bennett of the United Baptist church Saco. Sermon title A Man in Chains Is Talking to You and organist Mrs Shirley E Parks will play. Services run through summer ending September 3. The church remains non denominational.
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Union Church
Biddeford Pool
Stanley A. Bennett
United Baptist Church
Saco
Shirley E. Parks
Banquet Plans By Owen-Davis Auxiliary
Plans were laid for an annual banquet by the Owen-Davis Unit American Legion Auxiliary. The informal meeting at Mrs Florence Gagne s cottage on Ossipee Lake set August 16 as the banquet date with a cookout led by chairman Angie Cote. The event will be at Nobles Biddeford Pool with members meeting at the legion home at 6 PM. Attending were Mrs Germaine Grant Mrs Ledia Flood Mrs Florence Lewis Mrs Lida Hajdusz Mrs Florence Gagne Mrs Cecile Hebert Mrs Elizabeth Leoncinni Mrs Doris Taylor Mrs Helen Blanchette Mrs Priscilla Hooper Mrs Anne Simpson Mrs Muriel Forest and Mrs Angie Cote.
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Owen- Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Florence Gagne
Ossipee Lake
Angie Cote
Nobles
Biddeford Pool
Legion
Germaine Grant
Ledia Flood
Florence Lewis
Lida Hajdus
Babies Born to Families in New England Area
List of newborns with birthdates and weights from several families. John David Blow July 14 seven pounds fourteen ounces. Diane Marie Prevost July 15 seven pounds three ounces. Steven Douglas Boutet July 15 five pounds twelve ounces. Winthrop Sheedy Gray July 16 six pounds two ounces. Dorothy Stroumbas July 17 five pounds thirteen ounces. Ronald Ronald Kimball July 18 eight pounds one ounce. James Vaughn Dixon July 18 seven pounds nine ounces. Jeffry Dean Simpson July 15 seven pounds three ounces. Michael Gibson Philbrook July 10 eight pounds eight ounces. Includes parental and grandparent details.
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T Webber Hospital
Richard C. Blow
Smithwheel Road
Old Orchard Beach
John David
Gerard A. Prevost
State Street
Biddeford
Diane Marie
Ronald A. Boutet
Union Street
Saco
Steven Douglas
Boutet
Barbara Lord
Eugene R. Gray
Brockton
Mass
Winthrop Sheedy
Peter A. Stroumbas
Washington Avenue
Dorothy
Ronald Kimball
Storer Street
Kennebunk
Ronald
Hollis Dixon
Elm Street
James Vaughn
Claude L Simpson
Rancho Cordova
Calif
Jeffry Dean
Edmund C. Burke
West Kennebunk
Renarto Tommisini
Sacramento
Malcolm Philbrook, Jr
Sandra Gibson
Dexter Avenue
Auburn
Michael Gibson
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Malcolm Philbrook
George Gibson
Levesque property in Biddeford undergoes renovations
Exterior work on 182 Elm Street Siddeford is nearing completion while interior decorating begins for 18 dwelling units. Dr Georges Levesque owner with Albert Cote as business manager reports past redecorations at 3 Jefferson Street Drapeau building are similar.
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Levesque
Elm Street
Siddeford
Albert Cote
Georges Levesque
Cote
Drapeau
Jefferson Street
Biddeford
Dr. Levesque
Elmtreet
Drapeau Building
Cole
Record Number Enrolled In UM Summer Session
Orono and Portland campuses report a summer session enrollment record of about 2,546 students. The six week term runs at both sites with 1,395 in Orono and 110 in Portland for the second six week session, while the first three week session enrolled 651 at Orono and 3% at Portland. The season ends August 18 with commencement. Participants include undergraduates seeking rapid completion of requirements and teachers pursuing professional development at the University of Maine.
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Orono
University of Maine
Portland
York County
Alfred
Majorie D. Roberts
Biddeford
Claude E. Belanger
Joan C. Duranceau
Helen T. Guignard
Norman A. Martin
Marie de-Ste
Joseph
Marie Helene de-Ste-Croix
Marie Joseph
Old Orchard Beach
Gordon S. Curry
Saco
Deborah A. Love
Richard M. Sanborn
Lawrence A. Turner
Victim of Electric Shock Hospitalized in Kennebunkport
Frank Morris, 31, of Kennebunkport, is reported in good condition at Webber Hospital after nearly electrocuting himself on a ladder while hanging a banner across Dock Square. The banner advertised a Legion dance, and proceeds from the event will be donated to Morris, a father of three, per American Legion Post commander Andrew J. O’Neal.
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Frank Morris
Kennebunkport
Webber Hospital
Morris
Dock Square
Legion
Andrew J. O'Neal
Kennebunkport Memorial
American Legion
Boy Held On Arson Charge in Oakland Fire
A 17 year old boy, Calvin A. Lewis, pleaded guilty in Augusta Municipal Court after admitting he started a fire that destroyed his mother’s home in Oakland. He is held on a 3000 dollar bond for Superior Court action. Oakland Police Chief Halton A. Grant testified to the admission following a dispute with his mother.
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Augusta
Oakland
Calvin A. Lewis
Halton A. Grant
Tunis Crisis Escalates as French Forces Press Around Bizerte
Radio Tunis reported low level French air strikes from carrier Arromanches supported by cruisers Col bert Bouvet and Chevalier Paal as armored cars and tanks pressed Tunisian barricades. The Tunisian president said 24 Tunisians were killed in clashes while Paris reported 2 French soldiers dead and 20 wounded. Bourguiba announced a Tunisian representative would go to New York to file a complaint to the UN Security Council amid a push for a council meeting on the matter.
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Radio
Tunis
Arromanches
Colbert
Bouvet
Chevalier Paal
France
Paris
Spuin
Bizerte
Bourguiba
New York
U.N. Security Council
Judge Sentences Moody for Horrific Cow Killing
Portland AP reports Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Leonard F. Williams sentenced Wayne E. Moody 23 of Brunswick to 11 months in Cumberland County jail after Moody pleaded guilty to maliciously killing a cow owned by Donald Pulsifer of Harpswell. The county attorney said the cow endured torture and horrific mutilation.
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Portland
Leonard F. Williams
Wayne E. Moody
Brunswick
Cumberland County
Moody
Donald Pulsifer
Harpswell
Arthur Chapman Jr
Woman Fined For Passing On A Curve
Mrs. Nettie E. Deane, 61, Ferry road, Saco, paid a $10 fine in Saco Municipal court for passing on a curve on Seaside avenue. Judge Hilary Mahaney continued for sentence the case of Donne L. Davis, 35, in a speeding matter on Main street. Laco police were complainants in both cases. at press time the judge was hearing testimony in an assault and battery case.
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Nettie E. Deane
Ferry Road
Saco
Seaside Avenue
Hilary Mahaney
Donne L. Davis
RFD
Biddeford
Main Street
Laco
St John Society Officials Meet In Biddeford
State and local officers from Maine and Massachusetts gathered in Biddeford for the Maine State Council of St John the Baptist society quarterly meeting. Attendees from Portland Lewiston Sanford Brunswick Westbrook Waterville Saco Rumford Leominster Mass with host unit members welcomed all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Council of St. John the Baptist ‘Society
Biddeford
Council Chagnon
Counci Ste. Theresa
Portland
Lewiston
Sanford
Brunswick
Westbrook
Waterville
Saco
Rumford
Leominster
Mass
Ste. Theresa
Ma <E State Council
J. Henri Goguen
Miss
Francois Doiron
Congress seeks quotas to curb textile imports and wage gaps
McIntire urged country by country and commodity by commodity quotas or a general duty equal to the difference between foreign and domestic labor costs. He argued imports depress U.S. wages by replacing expensive domestic labor with cheaper foreign labor via subsidized cotton exports and cheaper foreign manufacturing.
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McIntire
United States
Anti Pollution Bill Is Signed Into Law
President Kennedy signed a new anti pollution bill boosting federal funds to 570 million dollars for sewage treatment plants and other river and lake remediation programs. The act strengthens federal enforcement and expands the government's reach in enforcing cleanup measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Good denies charges on final hours of 109th Legislature
House Speaker Vinal G. Good of Sebago says confusion never prevailed in the closing hours of the 109th Legislature in the House. He rebutted remarks by Edward C. Schlick who claimed the GOP dominated body did a shoddy job and caused chaos at the end.
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Monmouth
Vinal G. Good
R—Sebago
Good
Edward C. Schlick
Schlick
Lewiston
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