Personal Notices From Biddeford and Saco Area
Adrien Bertrand is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Arnold Ballard and family at 32 Lucille St, Saco, attended his brother's funeral in Boston. Ruth Murray of Saco teaches ceramics at YWCA Portland in July. Ruth Guilbault returns home after Maine Medical Center surgery. Phyllis Grondin Granger and Michele visited from Phoenix, Ariz., then left. Bernard Binette, 21 years in USAF, living with wife Margaret at 60 Adams St, Biddeford. Ruth Wibert left to join husband in Augsburg, Germany. Mrs Adams and family returned to Albany after visiting Gannon and Tilton households. Family cookout at Parslow cottage included Gannon, Adams, and Parslow relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrien Bertrand
Water St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Arnold E. Ballard
Lucille St
Saco
Boston
Ruth Murray
Brownstone Studio
Flag Pond Road
Portland
Ruth Guilbault
Clifford St
Maine Medical Center
Phyllis Grondin Granger
Michele
Phoenix
Ariz
Hannah Grondin
S. M
Bernard J. Binette
Margaret
Adams St
Binette
U. S. Air Force
Raymond Wibert
Joan Hurtubise
Augsburg
Germany
Logan Airport
Andrew Binette
June
Beacon Ave
Lawrence Adams
Albany
N.Y
Arthur Gannon
Bradley St
Welcome Tilton
Prospect St
Ralph Parslow
Raymond Gannon
Manuel Paira
East Taunton
Mass
Adams
Gannon
Parslow
Biddeford Legion meeting and Rochambeau Club gathering
Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post at Elm Street and the Rochambeau Club on South Street Biddeford schedule meetings on Thursday at 8 p m. A progress report on the August 15 Boston trip to see the Red Sox will be given. The lobster bake date will be set and committees named. Balloting on new members and reports by officers will be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post
Biddeford
American Legion
Legion
Elm Street
Rochambeau Club
South Street
Boston
Red Sox
Midweek Church Prayer Meetings Listed in Saco and Area
Readable church notices announce midweek prayer meetings at Bible Baptist Church 144 Ferry Road Saco First Baptist Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach and First Assembly of God Church 22 Pleasant Street Saco. All services scheduled for Thursday at 7 30 p m. Details include Bible study sessions and prayer gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Saco
First Baptist Church
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchar Beach
Cod Church
Ahepa
Pleasant Street
Court Rules Road Mixer Tax Goes To Leeds Town
Maine Supreme Court upholds a 1962 tax assessment by Leeds on a Northeastern Paving mixer, ruling manufacturing units are taxed where operations occur. The court states the mixer, used to transform rock and asphalt into concrete, falls under manufacturing and is taxed in Leeds, not Westbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine Supreme Court
High
Leeds
Northeastern Paving Corp
Westbrook
Harold C. Marden
St John Auxiliary Guild Organizing Work Meeting
Old Orchard Beach St John Auxiliary Guild meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Parish House to finalize plans for a Saturday fair and supper. Percival Wardwell formerly town manager now patient at Maine Medical Center Portland. Women’s Society of Christian Service asked to supply home cooked foods for sale at the summer Fair at Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall West Grand Avenue Thursday 2 to 5 p m under President Mrs Mattie Bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
St. John Street
Percival Wardwell
Camden
Old Orchard Beach
Maine Medicalenter
Portland
Womens Society of Christian Service
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
West Grand Avenue
Mattie Bliss
Deaths William Trott of Biddeford
William Trott 72 of 78 South St Biddeford died at home. Born September 12 1892 he was a baggage master for the B and M railroad at Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach for 37 years retiring ten years ago. Survived by widow Hazel Hoyt Trott three stepchildren four brothers and many grandchildren Funeral 1 30 PM Friday from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford Friends may call Thursday 2 4 and 7 9 PM
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Trott
South St
Biddeford
Charles and
Vanelsa Goldthwaite Trott
B&m ‘Railroad
Old Orchard Beach
George
Michigan
Loren
Saco
Carl
Dracut
Mass
Arthur
Laconia
N. H
Den-nett and Craig
Main St
Woodlawn
Mrs. Helen Trask Dies at 80 in Lynn Mass
Mrs Helen L Trask 80 of 71 Birch St Lynn Massachusetts died at a local hospital Tuesday night Daughter of Moses and Ella Hanson Noble member of Royal Neighbors of America and Pythian Sisters Survivors include son Kenneth C Trask of Fitchburg sister Ada Cross Camden brother Robert Noble Sr Biddeford three nephews and three nieces Services Thursday 10 am from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco Interment Mt Hope Cemetery Augusta Friends may call today 2 4 and 7 9 0 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen L. Trask
Birch St
Lynn
Mass
Moses
Ella Hanson Noble
Royal Neighbors of America
Pythian Sisters
Augusta
Kenneth C. Trask
Fitchburg
Ada C. ‘Cross
Camden
Robert Noble Sr
Biddeford
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
Mt. Hopes
Funeral for Leon F Ballard in Boston
Leon F Ballard 58 died July 15 in Boston. Funeral services at MacDonald Funeral Home included a requiem high mass at Church of St. Joseph’s and burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Born February 28 1907 in Readfield Maine he lived in Saco and Boston. He served overseas in World War II. Surviving family includes his former wife Marguerite LaMont a brother Arnold E Ballard and a son Merle L Ballard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leon F. Ballard
MacDonald
Church of St. Joseph's
Mt. Hope
Forest Hill
Jamaica
Ballard
Readfield
Maine
Saco
Marguerite LaMont l
Michigan
Arnold E. Ballard
Merle L. Ballard
Fairfield
Iowa
Funeral services for Mrs Al bina Fortier
Funeral services were held at St. Joseph's Church Machias for Mrs Al bina Fortier who died Sunday. Rev. Louis J. Fortier conducted the high mass of requiem with Rev. St. Pierre and Rev. Marcel Robitaille assisting. Delegations from Ste Anne Sodality Brothers of Christian Instruction and Sisters of the Presentation attended. Burial followed in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Out of town relatives came from Turners Falls Mass Montreal Quebec City and Lewiston among others. A large clergy contingent also attended from many parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albina Fortier
Machias
St. Joseph's Church
Louis J. Fortier
Romeo St
Ste. Anne Sodality
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Sisters of the Presentation
Arthur Lemire
Roger Fecteau
Henri Bourque
Aime Desrosiers
Edgar Cabana
Willie Bisson
Calvary
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Fortier
Sylvia Levenque
Father St. Pierre
Roland ‘Campbell
Peter Campbell
Turners Falls
Mass
Robert Campbell
Ohio
Emile Fortier
S.J
Rock Trudeau
Berithe Trudeau
Lucille Senechal
Montreal
Marcel Trudeau
George Trudeau
Raymond Deschamps
Celine Tanguay
Marcel Legare
Quebec City
Que
Marcel Mathieu
Lillian Laurendeau
Therese Lauren Ideau
Sisters of the Presentation of Mary
Lewiston
Elie Heney Biddeford
Felix Martin
Edward C. O'Leary
Robert White
Old Orchard Beach
Raoul Fecteau
Limerick
Henri Fournelle Saco
Raymond Begin
Portland
Georges Plante
Paul Pare
Lucien MecKeone
Armand Bill
Westbrook
Rene Lavoie
South Berwick
Lucien. Boulay
Alfred
Lionel McKeone
Richmond
Gerard Proulx
Sanford
Paul Jalbert
Scarborough
Gilbert Lachance
Ofm
Bernand Nicknair
Sylvia
JJ. Levesque
Biddeford
Weather Forecast for Portland Tonight and Thursday
Tonight expect clear skies and mild temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s with light variable winds. Thursday brings sunny and warmer conditions with highs near 80 and winds from the southwest 5 to 10 mph becoming onshore at the coast by afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Houses Given Away By Local Entrepreneur
Bath businessman Charles L. Burgess Jr. advertised a modern five room house to be given away with immediate removal. By Tuesday evening the Bath Daily Times reported 100 phone calls pending decisions and a second house to be given away later as Burgess expands his market by purchasing land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Charles L. Burgess Jr
Bath Daily Times
Burgess
the Times
Robot secretary flops at Boston secretaries meet
At the National Secretaries Association 20th annual convention in Boston a robot secretary impresses with dictation and typing but fails at human touches like driving the boss to the garage and speaking with proper industry blips. A human mechanic fixes its nonfunctioning features after its red eyes fail to flash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
National Secretaries Association
Rosemary Nichols
Bedford
Senate panel to study Back Cove for recreation boating
Senator Muskie says the Senate Public Works Committee asked the Army Engineers to study Back Cove in Portland Maine for recreational boating. A congressional appropriation will be needed before the study can be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Army Engineers
Back Cove
Portland
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Maine
Muskie
English Couple To Vacation In Maine
English couple Mr. and Mrs. John Ainscough return to Maine for a second two week stay after a successful two week promotion of Maine apples at their Bacup fruit stand. The Maine Agriculture Department confirms their visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
John Ainscough
Bacup
Maine Agriculture Department
Tent Destroyed by Fire in Saco Tenting Park
Saco firefighters used a booster line yesterday afternoon to quell a blaze that destroyed a tent at Ocean Park Road Saco tenting park operated by David McCallum of Old Orchard Beach. Noel Gallipeau of Granby Quebec was the occupant. Two men with Engine 2 responded to the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Ocean Park
Worthing Improves After Heart Attack at St Andrew's
Boothbay Harbor Worthing, former mayor of Saco, suffered a heart attack two weeks ago while vacationing in Worthing. He is reported improving and will remain at St. Andrew's Hospital for about five more weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinsmore Worthing
St. Andrew's Hospital
Boothbay Harbor
Worthing
Saco
St. Andrew's
Maine Builds 33 New Schools At Cost Of 11.9 Million
Portland report cites School Management Magazine survey showing 33 new Maine schools or additions erected last year at 11,889,000 dollars. The projects expand capacity for 9,070 pupils in 333 classrooms, placing Maine fourth among six New England states in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
School Management Magazine
Maine
New England
Hearing on home improvement salesman registration proposed
The opening hearing of a subcommittee studying a home improvement salesman registration proposal will be held Thursday. Rep Louis Jalbert chairman of the Legislative Research Committee said the panel will meet at 9 a.m. in the State House and hear Attorney General Richard J Dubord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Louis Jalbert
D-Lewis- Iton
Legislative Research Committee
A.m
State House
Richard J. Dubord
Goldberg Responds To The Call Of Duty
Arthur J. Goldberg accepted a new post as United Nations ambassador while leaving the Supreme Court bench. He pledged nonpartisan duty and world peace aims as his wife spoke of mourning Adlai Stevenson and adjusting to the new path. The White House announced his nomination and Senate confirmation is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Virgin Islands
United Nations
Adlai E. Stevenson
Supreme Court
Johnson
Blackhaired
Dorothy
Adlai
Arthur
Goldberg
John F. Kennedy
Goldbergs
St. Thomas
U.N
Stevenson
Senate
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Solicitor General
United States
Patricia Harris
Luxembourg
Eisenhower Begins Two-Week Wisconsin Vacation
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives with his wife in Woodruff to start a two-week Wisconsin vacation. About 400 residents greet them as they reach by private railcar for a stay at Howard Young's estate near a golf course where he plans to write, fish, and relax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minocqua
Wis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Woodruff
New York
Howard Young
Economic Grants Awarded To Maine Under War on Poverty
Grants totaling 2,429,000 have gone to Maine under the Economic Opportunity Program. Gov Reed's office said another 650,000 in Farmers Home Administration loans have been granted and applications totaling 239,782 for other Maine projects are pending under President Johnson's War on Poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Gov
National Guard eyes volunteers for air transport needs in Vietnam buildup
Officials in Washington propose using volunteers to meet rising troop and cargo air transport demands tied to the Vietnam buildup. Atty Gen Katzenbach says organized crime enforcement is gaining momentum and should yield solid results soon. Forecasters predict relief from heavy rains fueling northwest Missouri floods, with five deaths and millions in damage. The Miss Universe contest eve sees false eyelashes selling briskly as over 50 elementary students march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Viet ‘Nam
Washington
B52 Jets Raid Viet Cong Site North of Saigon
Guam based B52 bombers attacked Viet Cong positions in a jungle area 30 miles north west of Saigon in Binh Duong Province. Officials reported heavy Allied casualties last week and ongoing air strikes across South Viet Nam with raids, shelling, and firefights near Bien Hoa and Bu Dop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Binh Duong
Bau Bang
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Bu Dop
1St Division
Bien Hoa
1St
Viet Nam
Johnson Aims to Aid South Vietnam’s Independence
President Johnson frames the Vietnam war as a struggle for South Vietnam’s freedom from Communist domination. He plans large US force increases aimed at bolstering South Vietnamese leadership and self reliance, with decisions to be shaped in meetings after McNamara and Lodge return. A botanical aside notes tomatoes are botanically fruit but sold as vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Viet Nam
U.S
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Saigon
Robert S. McNamara
Henry Cabot Lodge
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Alexei N. Kosygin
Harriman
Kosygin
Harriman-Kosygin
Viet Nam
Neighbors Present Televised Gift To Injured Officer
Local residents raise funds to comfort a policeman wounded on duty then present him with a television bought from pennies saved by supporters. The gesture underscores community support during recovery.
Wrestler Stabbed by Fan After Disqualification in Pasadena
Benjamin Ramirez, known as The Mummy, was stabbed by John W. Jones after a bout with Pedro Morales in Pasadena. Ramirez, 33, received a three inch chest wound and was reported in good condition. Jones, 79, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
John W. Jones
Benjamin
Ramirez
Pedro Morales
Jones
Morales
Beach Police Care For Injured Bird At Station
Beach police shelter an injured pearl gray bird with a long orange beak found on the beach. The bird, likely a tern, is banded with F W Washington D. Chief John Clark will notify the Sea and Shore Fisheries warden. The bird was fed by George Simpson, building custodian, earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
John Clark
Washington, D
Lost Children Division Planned By Youth Corps
A lost child division is set up on the beach by the Neighborhood Youth Corps. William Farrington names June Dubuc to supervise near lifeguard tower six at Staples Street. The program aids French speaking tourists from Canada and operates Sundays to Saturdays with varied hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Neighborhood Youth Corps
William Farrington
Saco-Old Orchard Beach
Plant Rocked By Explosion At Pine State Bi-Products
A boiler explosion at Pine State Bi-Products Co in South Portland blew its cover through a roof but injured none. Plant manager A Levovitz said the blast destroyed the cover and damaged a platform roof above the rendering plant, with operations expected to resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Portland
Pine State Bi-Products Co
A. Levovitz
School Children Parade For Favorite Policeman
More than 50 elementary school children in San Francisco marched 414 miles from Argonne School to the home of policeman Edward Lawson to present a television set bought with pennies. Lawson, 37, recovering from a concussion, was serenaded on his balcony as neighbors helped organize the gift and lemonade served by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
San Francisco
Edward Lawson
Lawson
Golden Gate Park
Argonne School
John Ray
Goodwill Work Explained To Kiwanis Club
Carl V. Pulco executive director of Goodwill Industries of Portland spoke to the Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis Club about local handicapped and disabled work. He showed color films illustrating national efforts, introduced by Donald Jones with President Herbert Bean presiding. Guests included Robert Frazier Jerome Lachance Charles Brabant Andre Charlant and Richard Skillin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Carl V. Pulco
Goodwill Industries of
Portland
Robert Frazier
Acushnet, N. H
Jerome Lachance
Victoriaville Que
Charles Brabant
Montreal
J. Andre Charlant
Richard Skillin
Barre, Vt
Police Capture Belfast Man in Moosehead Lake Area
Belfast suspect Dominic Shirland, 20, was captured early today at a Northeast Carry tenting area by State Police and Fish & Game wardens. He faces larceny and breaking and entering counts linked to two boats and a failed escape from Franklin County Jail during Thanksgiving 1964, with prior warrants in Franklin and Somerset Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Belfast
Moosehead Lake
Dominic Shirland
Northeast
Carry
Fish & Game Department
Shirland
Piscataquis
Franklin County
Franklin
Somerset
Moosehead
Fairfield
Beaver Cove
Death misprint lasts a day as Mrs Heath alive again
Providence AP Mrs. Dwight B. Heath, wife of a Brown University anthropology professor, learned her friends believed she was dead after her raincoat was found with Elizabeth Anderson who died in a Nova Scotia car crash. Investigators later confirmed Heath was alive and showed her identification in Andersons possession, prompting her swift return to the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
Dwight B. Heath
Heath
Brown University
Elizabeth Anderson
Nova Scotia
Swim Class Students Listed at Old Orchard Beach
Neighborhood Youth Corps offers swimming lessons in three daily groups at Old Orchard Beach directed by William Farrington. Groups run 1 p m to 3 p m, 3 p m to 5 p m, and 6 p m to 8 p m with full classes and a daily updating waiting list for upcoming sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Direcor
William Farrington
Ernest Tarbox
Carl Tarbox
Gene Campbell
Darry Northway
Mary Dawn
Sharon Jones
Meg Verrill
Linne Farrington
Linda Sue Bissell
Joan Collins
Chris King
Gerald
Norman Lebrun
Barry Getchell
Debbie Latno
Carol Pillsbury
Farrington
Bat
Oath Taken By James V Day
James V Day of Kennebunk Maine was sworn in for a second four year term as vice chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. The oath was given at a White House ceremony where Chairman Rear Adm John Hariee also took the oath as President Johnson praised the commission for efforts to end freight rate discrimination against American shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James V. Day
Kennebunk
Maine
Federal Maritimes Commission
Day
White House
John Hariee
Commission
Johnson
Fisherman Swept To Death At Pemaquid Rocks
Police say 25 year old Thomas Shurlack of Somerset New Jersey was swept to his death by high seas while fishing from rocks at Pemaquid. An unidentified youth saw him struggle in the breakers but his body was not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pemaquid (Ap
New Jersey
Rocks
Thomas Shurlack
Somerset
N.J
Shurlack
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Helen Trask
HIG
News At
Pummac
Wee
Aven
Powrieo
Herman Hork
George Simpson
Lost Children
Youth Corps
Kiwanis Club
Richard Gortz
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