Local Briefs Highlight Area Families and Vacations
Mrs. Rebecca Littlefield takes a two week vacation from Saco hospital duties. Kenneth Littlefield and family enjoy a week at Russell camps Mousam Lake. Kevin Donahue visits relatives in Biddeford while staying with his aunt and uncle in New Hampshire. Harvey Plourde enrolls in a fall drafting program after graduating Thornton Academy. Phillip Tibbetts and family return to Dania Florida after a month visiting Cobb relatives in Saco with future travels to Massachusetts and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Littlefield
Saco Hosital
Kenneth Littlefield
Buxton Road
Saco
Mousam Lake
Kevin Donahue
George P. Donahue
Dover
N. H
Raymond D. Couture
Orchard Street
Biddeford
Harvey Plourde
Coolidge Avenue
Industrial Tech
Plourde
Thornton Academy
Phillip E. Tibbetts
Saugus
Mass
Hartford
Ocean Park civic leader Harold A. Osgood dies at 62
Harold A. Osgood 62 husband of Hazel Craft Osgood prominent Ocean Park civic leader died last night in a Biddeford hospital. He born April 24 in Epson New Hampshire served in World War One taught Medford High School retired 1950 and ran a Ocean Park summer restaurant 26 years. He held positions in Mt Herman lodge AF and AM Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis Medford VFW Ocean Park associations and supervised shuffle boards in recent years. Survived by wife one son Donald Hampton Virginia two sisters three nephews and one niece. Funeral Friday 1 pm Dennett Craig funeral home Saco Rev Alexander Henderson First Baptist Medford officiating Burial Laurel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday 7 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold A. Osgood
Hazel
Craft) Osgood
Ocean Park
Winona Avenue
Biddeford
Epson
N. H
Chapin and
Alice (Hanson) Osgood
Medford
Mass
Colby College
Taft's University
Harvard University
University of Caens
France
Medford High School
First Baptist Church
Mt. Herman Lodge
Donald
Hampton
George ‘Skillin
Edith Stevenson
Dennett Craig
Main Street
Saco
Alexander Henderson
Laurel Hill
Evening church services and rehearsals listed
A service of singspiration is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at Wildwood Baptist Chapel Turbots Creek Kennebunkport. The pulpit committee at Hamilton Memorial Saco will be open tomorrow afternoon 2 to 4. Junior Songsters of Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army meet Thursday at 3 30 p m. The Salvation Army Junior and Senior Timbre group meet Thursday at 4 30 p m. Home League of Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army meets Thursday evening at 7 0. Foss Street Methodist church choir rehearses Thursday at 7 30 p m. Prayer and Bible study hour at First Baptist Church Old Orchard Beach Thursday at 7 30 p m. Choir rehearsal at First Baptist Church Old Orchard Beach Thursday at 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildwood Baptist Chapel
Turbots Creek
Kennebunkport
The
Christian Science Iety
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
Foss Street
Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Biddeford Man Fined $25 After Saco Accident
Frederick J. Cantara of 17 Clark Avenue Biddeford pleaded guilty to being intoxicated when he collided with a parked car on Main Street Saco. A passenger was treated and released at Saco Osteopathic Hospital. Damages were estimated at 400 and 600 dollars. The Munro vehicle was unoccupied. The accident was investigated by Capt. Oscar Tardif and Patrolman Benjamin Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Frederick J. Cantara
Clark Avenue
Biddeford
Natilie Munro
St. Laurent
Quebec
Cantara
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Munio
Munig
Oscar Tardif
Benjamin Durant
Saco Police
Card of Thanks for Retirement Support
Mrs. Emile J. Bouthot expresses sincere appreciation to relatives and friends for loaned cars and for expressions of sympathy and kindness received during her recent retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symrand
Emile J. Bouthot
Obituary of Joseph N Seladka 68 Ogunquit resident
Joseph N Seladka 68 husband of Elizabeth Baltius Saladka of Ogunquit and former Lowell Mass grocer died Monday morning at his Highland Avenue home Born in Lithuania he operated a Lowell grocery for many years Survived by wife daughter Eleanor Perkins Ogunquit grandson David Perkins Ogunquit one brother and two sisters in Europe Funeral from St Monica Kennebunk tomorrow at 9 a m officiated by Rev William J Kelly Prayers tonight at Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk 9 Dane Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph N. Saladka
Elizabeth ‘Baltius Saladka
Ogunquit
Lowell
Mass
Highland Avenue
Lithuania
Eleanor G. Perkins
David S. Perkins
Europe
St. Monica Church
Kennebunk
William J. Kelly
Hove
Angell Funeral Home
Dane Street
Funeral Services for Mrs Leda Bouthot
Funeral services were held this morning at 8:39 from Notre Dame de Lourdes Church for Mrs Leda Bouthot. Rev. Albert Charette officiated the high Mass with Rev Maurice Jalbert deacon and Rev George Plante sub deacon. Music by the Notre Dame ladies choir and Eva Carrier on organ. Burial at St Joseph cemetery in the family lot. Pallbearers Fernand Madore Donald Petrin William Crocker Urbain Petrin Jr Richard Choroszy Gerard Neault. Out of town attendee Mrs Arthur Thompson of Waterbury Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leda [Bouthot
Notre Dame de’ Lourdes
Churc
Albert Charette Cel
Maurice Jalbert
George Plante
Ladies Choir of
Notre Dame
Eva Carrier
St Joseph Cemetery
Fernand Madore
Donald Petrin
William Crocker
Urbain Petrin, Jr
Richard Choroszy
Gerard Neault
Arthur Thompson
Waterbury, Conn
Judge Clears Banned Novel Lady Chatterly's Lover
In New York a U S District Court judge ruled the novel not obscene confirming First Amendment protections. The decision blocks further government attempts to ban it by mail and cites safeguarding free speech in literature. In Washington the Army Engineers endorsed a navigation project for Pepperell Cove Maine creating a six foot deep channel and a five acre anchorage up Chauncey Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lady Chatterly
Frederick Bryan
Washington
Army Engineers
Pepperell Cove
Kittery
Maine
Chauncey Creek
Lawyer Appointed in Augusta to Lead Rail Study
Atty. Richard B. Sanborn of Augusta was named to direct a Public Utilities Commission study on petitions from two railroads to drop all passenger service and an allied analysis of the state railroad economy. Sanborn will oversee the detailed Maine railroad passenger operations review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Richard B. Sanborn
Maine
Sanborn
Public Utilities Commission
Sewer ditch collapse buries worker in Ellisville
In Ellisville Missouri a 16 foot sewer ditch collapsed burying 26 year old laborer Edward D Heaston from Pacific Missouri. Two fellow workers escaped. Authorities said about two tons of dirt fell on him. Rescue crews worked an hour to reach Heaston but he died before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellisville
Pacific, Mo
Edward D. Heaston
Heaston
No Fires Reported in Biddeford Overnight
No fires were reported to the Biddeford Fire department last night or this morning. No calls were received for the Biddeford ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Portland Weather Outlook Sees Warm Humid Days Through Thursday
This afternoon brings fair skies with warmth and humidity and light southerly winds. Tonight will be mild with fog after midnight and gentle southerly winds. Thursday sees fog lift in the morning and a return to fair skies with continued heat and humidity. Coastal highs in the mid 80s, inland near 90, overnight lows range from the 50s to the 70s across listed cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
Nantucket
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Denver
Tampa
Los Angeles
Halifax
Tides and times in July charted for high and low periods
July tidal schedule lists high and low tides with morning and evening readings. Times are shown as A M and P M values, including estimates like 2135 to 7.19 and 7.32 with subsequent fractions, indicating daily tide amplitudes and phase shifts.
Six People Escape Injury In Auto Mishap
A two car collision on Ferry road Saco yesterday afternoon left no injuries. Mrs Priscilla Zello 38 of 6 Winter Street Saco was sideswiped by Richard E Fletcher 26 of Ferry read as he reached down to pick up an object. Zello’s car left the road narrowly missing a utility pole. Passengers included daughters Linda 14 Peggy 7 Joanne 12 and Allison Milne 7. Fletcher was alone. Damage estimated at 100 to Zello car. Fletcher’s damage not given. Accident investigated by Sgt Robert Foran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry Road
Saco
Priscilla Zello
Winter Street
Ferry Beach
Richard E. Fletcher
Ferry Read
Zello
Fletcher
Kremlin Orders Said To Target U S Communists
Representative Francis E. Walter, head of the House Un American Activities Committee, stated that the Kremlin has sent orders to U S Communists to intensify training of key revolutionaries in sabotage, subversion, and penetration. He cited James E. Jackson Jr. returning from Moscow and named Hy man Lumer as supervising secret training programs in key centers of the nation. Walter questioned the Jefferson School of Social Science’s successor, the Faculty for Social Science, and claimed Communist agents number about 33 million worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Kremlin
U.S
Water
House Committee On UN
Jackson
United States
Walter
Communist Party
Hyman Lumer
Faculty For Social Science
Jefferson School of Social Science
New York
Subversive Activities Control Board
Faculty of Social Science
Hawaii senator proposes second Statue of Liberty at Honolulu Harbor
AP reports Republican Wilfred C. Tsukiyama, age 62 and a leading Japanese American legislator, suggested building a second Statue of Liberty at the entrance to Honolulu Harbor during a Tuesday political rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
U. S S
Senate
Kenedy Fire Destroys Cleaning Shop Amid Garage Repair
Kenedy firemen pushed a truck missing its radiator from a garage where it was being repaired to battle flames. The blaze destroyed a cleaning shop and threatened two other buildings for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenedy, Tex
Kenedy Volunteer Fire Dept
First State Employee Union Chartered at Pine Land Hospital
AP reports 70 workers at the Land Pine Hospital and Training Center voted to join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes. Thomas McKeague elected local president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pownal
Pineland Hospital and Training Center
American Federation of State
Thomas McKeague
Welcome to the Fold Biddeford Journal birth notices
Welcoming new arrivals in Biddeford area listings include Richard Arthur Neveux six months old son of Mr and Mrs Robert A Neveux of Lowell Massachusetts grand son of Mrs Edward Neveux and Mr and Mrs Arthur J Peloquin both formerly of Biddeford. Also John Kenneth Jr son of Mr and Mrs John K MacLeod born July 18 at Webber hospital eight pounds ten ounces. Gerard M Belisle a son born July 19 four pounds twelve ounces at Webber hospital. Kathleen Anne Farley daughter born July 20 seven pounds one hundred thirty four ounces at Webber hospital. Mark Lawrence Haskell son born July 20 seven pounds one ounce at Webber hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. MacLeod
Sanford Road
Wells
John Kenneth, Jr
Webber Hospital
Gerard M. Belisle
Gertrude Avenue
Biddeford
Ernest R. Farley
Elm Street
Kathleen Anne
Webber Hospitel
Lawrence W. Haskell
Short Street
Old Orchard Feach
Mark Lawrence
Police Find Missing Car In Biddeford
Biddeford police traced a stolen car within minutes after it was reported missing this morning. Fifteen minutes after an officer received the report, a 1950 sedan was found abandoned at Memorial Field, May Street. Police theorized teenagers may have taken the car and abandoned it after reaching May Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Armand Belair
Gerar Sévigny
Alfred A. Guillmette
Memorial Field
May Street
Foresters Accept Three New Members and Plan Hall Repairs
Lafayette Court Catholic Order of Foresters met and voted to repair the outside of the hall while Chief Ranger Paul E. Beaupre was authorized to accept bids and award the work to the lowest bidder. Roger Letarte, Richard Pinette and Robert Fournier were initiated as new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Court Catholic Order of Foresters
Paul E. Beaupre
Roger Letarte
Richard Pinette
Robert Fournier
Regina Faces Hospital Stay After Gun Battle
Regina Regian is in Maine Medical Center in fair condition after a May 14 gun battle in Limerick left him with abdominal and hip wounds. Detective Stephen Regina, 42, of Saco, faces at least a month in hospital, while shooter Gordon Hamlin killed his wife and Westbrook Police Chief Pierre Harnois before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland i
Stephen Regina
Saco
Limerick
Maine Medical Center
Regina
Claude A. Burnett, Jr
Gordon Hamlin
Hamlin
Westbrook
Pierre A. Harnois
Beach Auxiliary Unit Awards At VFW Meeting
The Old Orchard Memorial VFW Auxiliary met at the Post Home Atlantic Avenue with President Ruth Hamilton presiding. A donation to the Cerebral Palsy Fund was approved. Marion Duhamel received a special award, and the Ways and Means Plaque was noted from the Bangor Convention. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Post Home
Atlantic Avenue
Ruth Hamilton
Cerebral Palsy Fund
Bangor
Marion Duhamel
Rita Belair
Lorraine
Juarez Court to Hear Joyce Mathews Divorce Case
Joyce Mathews a former New York showgirl was set to appear in a Juarez court today for divorce from Broadway producer Billy Ose. The case centers on a high profile entertainment figure seeking dissolution of marriage in Mexico's judicial system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juarez
Mexico
Joyce Mathews
New York
Billy Ose
Two Alarm Fire At Wells Destroys Upper Floors
Fire at the home of Frank Stokes in Roxbury near Eldridge corner Wells, Boston area, prompted Hartford fire units to reroute traffic onto U S Route 1 via Wells Beach for about two hours. Firefighters faced ladder limits while tackling flames on the second and third floors and attic. oxygen masks were worn amid heavy smoke. Rain aided operations as flames breached the roof in several spots. most trucks returned by 2 45 am, with a beach crew remaining on duty overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Wells Corner
Ogunquit
Frank Stokes
Roxbury
Mass
Eldridge Corner
Stanley Freeland
U.S
Swimming Class Registration Is Announced
Biddeford Red Cross announces swimming class registration led by Mrs. Anne Dumais with courses at the Royal Ambassador pool Ocean Park from August 3 to 14. Registration hours are Monday 9 to 12 at City Hall or by phone at 2-1242. open to Biddeford Lyman and Dayton residents. Myra VanFleet instructor. sponsors include First National Bank Bell Trust Company and Biddeford Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Ocean Park
Myra VanFleet
Howard Te
First National Bank
Bell Trust Company
Biddeford Savings Bank
Paving Project Planned at Sweetser Home
At the Saco children's home this week a walk improvement project will pave surrounding walks with asphalt to cut dust and mud. Director Linwood Brown notes the work will let children earn money while improving the home. A 150 yard Moody Street stretch to the home is being repaired with graded gravel and a tar mix. Brown adds the deep freeze is filling with vegetables, including 500 pounds of spinach, 50 bushels of peas, and 1000 pounds of beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Linwood Brown
Moody Street
Brown
Saco Police Chief Is Surgical Patient
Saco police chief Raymond Kerry has been admitted to Mercy hospital in Portland as a surgical patient. During his absence Lt Robert Foran and Capt Oscar Tardif will head the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Raymond Kerry
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Robert Foran
Oscar Tardif
Boy's Arm Bruised In Bicycle Collision
A Biddeford youth sustained a bruised right arm after his bicycle collided with a car driven by Mary A Lawton of Somerville Massachusetts at the Elm Street Lincoln Street intersection in Biddeford. Leo Martel of 149 Summer Street was taken to the Webster Hospital for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Mary A. Lawton
Somerville
Mass
Leo Martel
Summer Street
Webber Hospital
Elm
Lincoln Streets
Clerk's Post Open at Ogunquit Post Office
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for substitute clerk at the Ogunquit post office. Pay is $2.00 an hour with increases by service length. Apply by August 11, 1959 to the regional director in Boston. Applicants must reside in or be bona fide patrons of the delivery office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Ogunquit Post Office
First U.S. Civil Service Region
Boston
Mass
Beach Fog Triggers Biddeford Shopping Surge
Summer visitors flocked to Biddeford today as early morning fog at Old Orchard Beach sent tourists on shopping tours. Goose Rocks Beach reported heavy fog earlier. A grey overcast day yesterday also boosted business, while police noted lighter traffic today than yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Goose Rocks Beach
Local Cyclists Earned 1895 Notoriety in Biddeford Club
In 1895 Biddeford Cycle Club, known for winter gear like ice creepers and non-slip adaptable equipment, gained a reputation among traveling cyclists. The road book notes the Biddeford bicycle club as wonderfully enterprising, with a full member list to be printed in the next installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thie
Biddeford
Arca
Also Mentioned on This Page
Simard’s
Franklin
Fenderson
Eve
Elm St
Daly Bros
Alfred Street
Auto & Liability
W. J. Fortier
Agency
Bacon ST
DIAL
Joseph N. Seladka
Leda Bouthot
Journal “Wants
U. S
Foresters
Sweetser Home
Ogunquit PO
Tremont and
Oylston Sts
Boston Common
Parkdio Avaladu
Wiomas
Walsh
Genare Meceger
Otolutes
Hollywood
Federal Furniture
Main ST
Masonic Bldg
Biddeford, ME
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