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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1962
Page
2
Small craft warnings stay posted along the coast as this afternoon brings considerable cloudiness and scattered light showers. Winds west 10 to 20 mph, dropping to 5 to 15 mph tonight as skies clear and it becomes cooler. Saturday features some clouds but mostly sunny and warmer with temperatures from 68 to 72 and 45 to 50.
Miss Rose Comi of Quincy Massachusetts vacationing with aunt Miss Florence Hamel on Orchard Street in Biddeford. Mrs Yvonne Morissette of Auburn visiting her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Roland Morissette on Pool Road Biddeford. Biddeford youths employed in summer roles at Nichols and Company Store include Miss Jeannine Girouard Adams Street Mrs Madeline Goodwin Main Street and Miss Suzanne Roy Pool Road. all Biddeford, plus Miss Nicole Taillon Beach Street Saco. Mrs Norman Reilly and Miss Eleanor Mogan of Biddeford left for Barre and Button Bay Vermont where they will visit Mrs Reillys daughter Miss Mary Reilly the sole local deb ate to the International Girl at Roundup at Button Bay.
The Evangeline Rebekah lodge will hold an afternoon outing tomorrow starting at 4 30 at the home of Mrs. Ethel Ballard.
The Junior Bandana songs team of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. Confessions will be heard at St Monica church in Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Confessions will be heard at St Martha church in Kennebunkport on Saturday from 4 to 9 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Confessions will be heard at St Mary church Wells Saturday from 2:30 to 3:30 p m The church school of the School street Methodist church Saco will hold a picnic Sunday at the summer cottage of Mr and Mrs Ralph Parslow Barker pond
A three year old girl Colleen Allen escaped serious injury after being struck by a car on Washington avenue Old Orchard Beach. Bryant W Bagley 29 Portland avenue Old Orchard Beach was the driver and the child was taken to Webber hospital with bruises and scratches. Police said the car passed over the child and Bagley said she stepped into the street from the right side. he was traveling about 10 mph.
New York AP The stock market opened quiet with the Associated Press average holding at 215.20 as major steel names weakened on Bethlehem’s dividend shortfall. U S Steel and other steelmakers eased while Ford and Chrysler nudged higher. Dow at 580.99 up 1.38, S P 500 at 56.82 up .05. Bonds mixed amid Treasury financing news.
In New Harp Montague County two skunk farms run by Walter Poteet and John Anderson form a local industry. Poteet with 14 years in the trade and Anderson 10 explain demand for deodorized skunks, especially for pets, and note shipments to California and England. They hunt together then split catches, expanding to pens and volunteer collectors as the trade expands.
Albin Godard of Salem New Hampshire died suddenly en route to Lawrence General Hospital. Born in Biddeford on March 27 1911 he worked 25 years at Saco Lowell then Raytheon Andover MA as machinist. Survived by widow Mary Jane Paris Godard a son Richard a brother Armand and two sisters. Funeral at St Joseph church Biddeford with calling hours at Bolduc Funeral Home Biddeford.
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma F. Boynton were conducted yesterday at Bennett and Craig Funeral Home on Main Street in Saco. Rev. Stanley Bennett of the Saco United Baptist Church officiated with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn.
Graveside prayers were conducted yesterday for four year old Richard Henry Dumcont son of Mr and Mrs Henry Dumont of 11 Hobson Lane Saco with Rev Arthur St Pierre of Most Holy Trinity church Saco officiating Burial was in Laurel Hill cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Huston were held this morning at Most Holy Trinity church in Saco. A requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev Maurice Boland. Bearers included Robert Brousseau Ernest Brousseau Norman Brousseau and Tonie Boucher. Burial followed in St Mary cemetery with committal prayers.
Augusta AP Gov Reed and the Executive Council will hear the pardon petition of Eleanor I Curtis of Camden who was fined 15 dollars last October for driving with an inadequate muffler. Curtis seeks a pardon to equip a detective agency with firearms. The council will also hear a mutation petition for Allen of Freeport, convicted of rape in 1960 with an unusual no v 10 year sentence. Allen argues he has already served sufficient punishment.
Police report a collision at Spring and Dyer streets in Saco involving Marielle Butland 37 of Buxton road and Edmund Aube 35 of 14 Dyer Street. Butland's westbound car in heavy rain hit Aube's southbound vehicle, Aube could not see Butland due to rain. Damages were estimated at $117.86 for Butland and $80 for Aube.
C. A. Wilson, a Democrat seeking Jersey County Schools superintendent reelection, says he faced dogs and a gobbler during door to door campaigning. He notes the incidents were non partisan, with two dogs owned by Democrats and one by a Republican, and he avoided lingering to learn the gobbler’s owner.
Washington AP reports identification of the rubella virus by Drs. John L. Sever and Gilbert M. Schiff, in a joint project with the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. The virus was isolated from 82 percent of tested military recruits and children across regions, and when cultivated it caused rubella.
The text notes that continued claims against General Electric will allow both sides to focus on their main goal, delivering outstanding value to the nation’s electricity users. The fragment suggests ongoing litigation or settlements influence the pace of ensuring reliable electrical service for consumers.
The 1894 discovery of CVC by Dr. Theodore Curtius, once a laboratory curiosity, found a practical use in 1962 when Arthur Danielson of U S Rubber Co developed a strong adhesive combining CVC with plastic resin. This bond enhances tire tread ply adhesion, resisting centrifugal forces at high speeds and improving rubber properties. The moral: don’t dismiss seemingly useless discoveries.
In Nairobi, Kenyan women embrace the Uhuru dress meaning freedom from tradition. Mrs. Perez Ang Award Ang’awa promotes the wax prints from Holland, worn at social events, with no stitching and held by ribbons. The dress signals a fresh African identity.
Birth notices from Biddeford Saco and surrounding towns list multiple newborns with dates July 18 to July 26. Entries include parents names and addresses in Biddeford Saco Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach, with weights and birthplaces at Saco Hospital and other locations.
The Department of Economic Development says Maine's second quarter 1962 industrial expansion could create 1,840 new jobs. Indian Head Plywood Corp. plans 800 jobs at Presque Isle mills, the largest new industry location. American Cyanamid Co. in Sanford could add 120 jobs, the biggest expansion by an existing company.
Pepperell Manufacturing directors declare a 75 cents per share regular quarterly dividend and a year end extra dividend of $1 per share. Payable August 15 to stockholders of record August 8, 1962. For year ended June 30, 1962 sales were $101,875,000 and net income $3,090,000 or $6.36 per share.
A Saco man, Roland J. Mercier, 35, of 53 Storer Street, was fined $100 after a Biddeford Municipal Court DUI conviction and appealed to York County Superior Court. Judge Simon Spill ordered the fine or 90 days in jail. Also, James L. Sanborn, 21, Bath, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and paid $50, with Sanborn later convicted in Saco Municipal Court of DUI and fined $100. Robert Provencal, 40, of 534 Elm Street, Biddeford, paid $10 for operating an unregistered motor vehicle.
Governor Reed urged Maine Aeronautics Director Scott K. Higgins to attend Senate Commerce Committee hearings in Washington Monday. The Cotton bill would let the Civil Aeronautics Board treat local feeder services separately from trunk lines for subsidies. Reed said the measure would aid northern New England’s airline needs and expand loans for aircraft parts to trunk line carriers for local service. Higgins will be joined by New Hampshire and Vermont aeronautics directors in backing the bill.
The Saco city council held the second reading of no parking ordinances for Pepperell Square after 12 p m and near Main and Elim streets in front of the Dyer library. A gutter and curbing job on James Street will be installed when refinishing. The contract totals 1838 dollars and 20 cents for 2626 feet at 70 cents per foot. Myrtis Peterson resigned as overseer of the poor. The meeting lasted about 30 minutes.
Paul L. Durgin of Gray will appear on the November ballot as an Independent Republican candidate for Cumberland County sheriff. The State Election Division said he submitted well over 600 signatures to enter the race. Durgin, the chief civil deputy, entered after incumbent Sheriff Allen H. Jones lost the Republican nomination to Elmer F. Hoyt.
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