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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1959

Page

6

Man Of The Week Aetna Finance Co. Manager Helps

The friendly Aetna Finance Co. manager offers quick cash from 25 to 1500 on signature or other plan for vacation or summer expenses. No endorsers required. Fast one visit service. Residents of Biddeford and nearby towns invited to visit 185 Main Street or call AT 3-3659.

Aetna Finance Co Aetna Main Street Biddeford Main Street Life Insurance Seaboard Finance Company of Maine

Organ Concert For Children In Portland City Hall

The summer organ concert series at Portland city hall features a children oriented program by municipal organist John Fay on the Kotz schmar memorial organ. Other artists this week perform at 8 15 p m including Mary Cheyney Nelson Hampton Virginia George L Whitney Portland and Allister Grant Portland. The concerts are free to the public.

Portland City Hall John Fay Kotzschmar Mary Cheyney Nelson Hampton George L. Whitney State Street Congregational Church Portland Allister Grant Immanual Baptist Church

Biddeford-Saco Toastmasters Hold Clambake

The Biddeford and Saco Toastmasters club held a Sunday clambake at the home of Dr and Mrs Leandre Charest Kinney Shores. Attending were Mr and Mrs William Doran Jr Mr and Mrs Robert Cyr Mr and Mrs David Bradford Mr and Mrs Donald Roy Mr and Mrs Edward Caron Dr and Mrs Ralph Laro chelle Dr and Mrs Carl Haas Mr and Mrs Maurice Hebert Mr and Mrs Wilfred Fortier Mr and Mrs George Nicoletes Dr and Mrs Leandre Charest Dr and Mrs J Edward Whelan Mr and Mrs Philip Sneider Mr and Mrs Peter Hellige and Mr and Mrs Ernest Therrien.

Biddeford Saco Leandre Charest Kinney Shores William Doran, Jr Robert Cyr David Bradford Donald Roy Edward Caron Ralph Larochelle

Marche De Partemental annual gathering slate at Portland

The 29th annual Marche De partemental will convene Saturday in Portland for Eight and Forty members and affiliates. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. with a 2 p.m. Maine Marche. luncheon serves at 12:30 p.m. at the Columbia Hotel. York County delegates include Beatrice Wakefield Martha Whitten Kay Ambrose and Gertrude Wood with alternates Alberta Redmond Francis Mullins Elizabeth Vigne Marie Jean Pelletier Francis Lewis Gertrude Rankin Emily Thorner.

Portland Columbia York County Jjune Fredriksen Road Falmouth Maine

Shower for Miss Sylvia Roy Before Aug 22 Wedding

A bridal shower for Miss Sylvia Roy daughter of Mr and Mrs Florian Roy of Biddeford was held recently. She will wed Gerald Guay on August 22. Hosts included Mrs Roy assisted by Mrs Jacqueline Lajeunesse and several Guay family members. A long list of attendees and contributors followed, with many relatives named.

Sylvia Roy Florian Roy Westfield Street Biddeford Gerald Guay Roy Jacqueline Lajeunesse Caroline Jacques Anita Guay Jackie Guay Reinette Guay Claire Guay Rita Ouellette Raoul Guay Francis Perry Raymond Lajeune Jacqueline Goudreau Harold Cyr Pearl Cyr Claaire Tremblay Alfred Dubois Aline Bergeron Lucille Neault Violette Mercier Laura Goudreau Claire Goudreau Anita Beaudoin Simonne Cantara Josephine Vaillancourt Rita Vaillancourt John Rochefort Rachel Dupuis Cecile Campagna Rose Belanger John Haskell Lionel Lambert Pauline Belanger Theode Langevin Marcel Metayer Marcel Paquette Anita Metayer Freddy Corriveau Alexandre Delorge Gerard Belanger Florence Croteau Priscille Vaillancourt Jeanne Guay Mandy Leblanc George Gagnon Pierre Guay Robert Guay Raymond Guay Alder Guay Freddy Guay Narcisse Guay Henry Guay Rita King Pauline Savage Onil Gagne Lucille Gagne Claire Beaudoin Alfred Raymond Rheaume Arthur E. Guay Donald L. Guay Paul Guay Constance Leblanc Denise, Daigle Edgar Valliere Rene Bourque Joseph Turcotte Ralph Lagarde, Jr Conrad Ruel Priscille Beaudoin Pauline Pinard

Wedding Date for Jacquelin Hart May Be Changed

NJ heiress Jacquelin Hart may modify her August 29 wedding date. Spokesman George Gaines, brother of fiancé Stanley Gaines, provided no details. Hart, Colgate Palmolive executive, returned from Chicago where she had vanished, later admitting the hoax amid FBI notes.

George Gaines Newsmen Stanley Gaines Jacqueline Hart Colgate- Palmolive Co Chicago New Jersey FBI Gay Pittsburgh New York Dagmar Anderson Allenville, A

Clinton High School Rebuild Starts After Desegregation

A $662000 construction project has begun to rebuild Clinton High School in Clinton Tennessee after it was dynamited last October due to desegregation. Students have been attending classes at nearby Oak Ridge as work starts under state and local oversight.

Clinton, Tenn Clinton High School Oak Ridge

Children Crtically Hurt In High Falls In New York

Two children, Francine Gibson and Tony Chaz, are listed in critical condition after falls from high floors in New York. Francine, age nine, leaped from a five story window. a tree broke her fall. Her mother cites threatened punishment for stealing dots from neighbors. Tony, three, fell from the building roof onto a grassy plot in the eight story residence.

New York Francine Gibson Tony Chaz

Boat Missing Reported In Saco Yacht Club Area

Saco resident Omer Brouseau reported his 14 foot white craft with a red stripe missing after leaving it tied to a raft near the Yacht club on Wharf Street Friday night. Brouseau, of 136 Lafayette Street, told police the boat had a hole in front for a flag or sail. Patrolman Alberic Martin investigated.

Saco Omer Brouseau Lafayette Street Yacht Club Wharf Street Brouseau Alberic Martin

Pensioner Wallace E. Cloutier Dies in Maine Dispute

Wallace E. Cloutier, 51, a retired police officer, died yesterday from a heart attack. His long disability pension fight began after the Police Commission granted a pension in 1958 for two previous heart attacks, but the Finance Committee blocked payment, and no funds were ever released before his death less than a week after his case reached the Maine Supreme Court.

Lewiston Wallace E. Cloutier Police Commission Finance Committee Maine Supreme Court

Rejects House For A Mouse

HAVANT England Stella Thompson 37 would not move into a large modern house left by her late father choosing to stay with a tame wild mouse named Will in her one room flat. She says the mouse is shy and cannot fend for himself and she cannot leave him.

Havant England Stella Thompson Miss Thompson Will

Mexican tourist boss reports theft at Dallas hotel

Alfonso Garcia Gonzales, head of Mexico's tourist bureau, said a gold money clip containing about $2400 in U S and Mexican currency was stolen from his Statler Hilton suite as he slept. Police opened the case during National Burglary Prevention Week.

Dallas Mexico United States Alfonso Garcia Gonzales U. S Statler-Hilton Dallas Police Department

Biddeford Band To Stage Fifth Concert This Season

The Biddeford Band plans its fifth municipal concert at Memorial Field in Biddeford at 8 pm tomorrow if weather allows a rain date Thursday. A free show may be held Thursday night at the same time and location if stormy. The band will also perform at Old Orchard Beach Wednesday night. A separate report notes Josiah P. Marvel, 63, a noted US Quaker leader, was found dead by his own hand in Reading, Vermont, the cause given as overdose.

Reading Josiah P. Marvel

World War II Quaker founder aided birth clinic in NYC

He organized the World War II Quaker Emergency Service and helped Margaret organize the first birth clinic in New York City. He leaves a widow, sister and brother.

Margaret Or New York City

Kuala Lumpur and Mat taya origin fact note

Kuala Lumpur, capital of Mat taya, is described as meaning Muddy Mouth and sits at the confluence of two rivers. The text notes farmers use ten percent of the nation chemical supplies.

Kuala Lumpur Mattaya

Real estate sales announced by Biddeford broker firm

The Genest Concrete Works of Sanford bought two large gravel pits and about 600 acres on the Alfred road and Kennebunk Pond road in Lyman from Frank D. Chappell and F Carroll Kendrick. Arthur and Annie Kilbraly acquired a shore front cottage and two acres at New Dam Lake in Alfred from Edmund H. DeMar. Pat Soucy of Biddeford bought a large shore front lot at Wadleigh Pond from F Carroll Kendrick for a camp site. A. Lawrence Tripp of Old Orchard Beach purchased a filling station, land, a seven room house and two car garage in Old Orchard Beach. former owners Otis and Mar Randall. Chestina Brown of Dayton bought shore front land at Kennebunk Pond from Arthur L. Roberts of Saco for a camp site. Narcisse J. and Blanche A. Guay of Biddeford purchased land on the shore of Kennebunk Pond from F Carroll Kendrick for a camp site. Henry and Bertha Valliere of Biddeford bought a shore front lot at Wadleigh Pond. David Bradford of Old Orchard Beach bought three shore front lots on Kennebunk Pond in Lyman for a camp site.

Rea Frank D. Chappell Biddeford Genest Concrete Works, Inc Sanford F Carroll Kendrick Alfred Road Kennebunk Pond Lyman Arthur and Annie Kilbraly Kennebunk Edmund H. DeMar Waterboro New Dam Lake Alfred Ae K F. Carroll Patric Soucy Wadleigh Pond F. Carroll Kendrick L Soucy Bradford

Solon Dodd Discharged From Hartford Hospital After Food Poisoning

Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut was released from Hartford hospital Sunday following treatment for food poisoning. He was admitted earlier in the week for examination and observation, and his doctors reported improvement and a normal appetite on discharge.

Solon Hartford, Conn Thomas J. Dodd D-Conn

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