Local Personal Notices From Biddeford and Nearby Towns
Several residents are listed as hospital patients and recent travelers. Mrs. Irene Turcotte of 406 Main Street Biddeford and Mrs. Amy Armitage of Lafayette Street Saco are at Webber hospital recovering from surgical procedures. Mrs. Blanche Murphy of 7 Chadwick Place Biddeford also undergoes surgery at Webber hospital. Joseph L. LaBrecque of 2 Emery Street Biddeford is convalescing after medical treatment at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Miss Lucille Frechette has returned to St Johnsbury Vermont after a week visiting her aunt Mrs Eugene Labbe of Biddeford. Mrs. Richard Kerry formerly of Biddeford, now Lynn Massachusetts, has joined Essex Trust Company in Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Turcotte
Main Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Amy Armitage
Lafayette Street
Saco
Blanche Murphy
Chadwick Place
Joseph L. LaBrecque
Emery Street
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Lucille Frechette
Montreal accountant Roy T Scafe dies at Ocean Park
Roy T Scafe 60 a Montreal accountant and longtime Ocean Park summer visitor died suddenly yesterday afternoon at Ocean Park. Born January 29 1900 in Saulte Ste Marie he was the son of Robert J Scafe and Marion Lambert Scafe. Survived by widow Catherine Russell Scafe son Robert J and daughter Helen M all of Montreal. Body being taken to Montreal by Dennett and Craig funeral service for rites and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Thomas Scafe
Montreal
Que
Ocean Park
Saulte Ste. Marie
Canada
Robert J
Marion Lambert Scafe
Catherine (Russell) Scafe
Helen M
P. Q
Dennnett
Craig
Saco
Joint meeting rescheduled for Old Orchard Beach post home
A joint meeting of the Old Orchard Beach Veterans of Foreign Wars post and auxiliary, initially for Sunday at 8 p m, is moved to 3 30 p m at the post home on Atlantic Avenue Old Orchard Beach. The Notre Dame Thrift shop will operate next week under Mrs Illmore Harris as captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary
Post
Atlantic Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Notre Dame Thrift Shop
Illmore Harris
Church Notes Confessions and meetings across coastal Maine
The Junior Band and leaders of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 10 a.m. Confessions are scheduled at St. Monica Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. and at St. Martha Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. Mary Wells hosts confessions Saturday 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. All Saints Ogunquit hosts 4 to 5 p.m. Confessions. Delbert Campbell of West Buxton pastors Full Gospel Assembly in Biddeford Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Advent Christian meetinghouse Hill and Chapel streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
St. Monica Church
Kennebunk
St. Mary Church
Wells
All Saints Church
Ogunquit
Full Gospel
Biddeford
Delbert Campbell
The
Baptist Church
West Buxton
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Advent Christian Meetinghouse
Congo Cabinet Demands Fast Belgian Evacuation
Congo ministers meet under Deputy Premier Gizenga and draft demands for Dag Hammarskjold. They press for rapid withdrawal of Belgian troops from Katanga and two military bases, seeking swift action by the U N secretary general amid the Congo crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas’ Dillon
Lumumba
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Leopoldville
Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Hammeeskjold
Ketanga
Belgium
Stock Market Rally Forges Ahead on Reduced Volume
New York AP stock market rally persists into a second session with lighter volume. The Associated Press average for 60 stocks at noon rises to 214.30 as steels, autos, chemicals and growth shares lead gains. Dow Jones average gains 3.70 to 609.37. Corporate bonds up slightly as government bonds rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
W. US
Biddeford Saco park road work advances with gas supply
Lucien Bourque of Biddeford has begun extending the road into the park at a cost of 4852 dollars. The Water company plans to lay about 2000 feet more of 12 inch mains into the park. An official cautions that building in the park could open the door for more industries to consider the Biddeford Saco area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Bourque
Biddeford
Biddeford- Saco
Card of Thanks to Notre Dame Hospital Staff
Aline Metayer expresses gratitude to the nuns, doctor, nurses, and personnel, and to friends and relatives for cards, gifts, and flowers received during her stay at Notre Dame Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital
Aline Metayer
Emile Jannelle Scarborough contractor and WWII veteran dies
Emile Jannelle 63 of Scar borough died yesterday at home after a sudden illness. Born in Biddeford he served six years in Panama and France during World War I. A builder with his father he was active in Masons Knights of Pythias and American Legion. Survived by wife Mabel Nielson son Neal Armard Jannelle brother Scarborough and a stepmother living in Florida. Funeral 3 pm Saturday at Hay and Peabody Portland with burial at Black Point Cemetery Scarborough. Masonic service Friday 7:30 pm at Hay and Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile E. Jannelle
Scarborough
Biddeford
Lnte
Francois and
Vitaline Tardiff Jannelle
Prouts Neck
Panama
France
F. X. Jannelle
Sarasota
Fla
T Tree
Hay and Peabody Funeral
Congress Street
Portland
Black Point
Hay and Peabody
Portand
Larceny Reports Hit Saco Police
Saco police field several petty larceny complaints. Dr Alvin Aaron of 21 Cutts Avenue reports 100 Indian head pennies stolen after returning from a vacation. the cellar door was forced. A second theft at Dean's Gift Shop on Portland Road saw $12 in costume jewelry stolen during store hours. Both cases under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Alvin Aaron
Cutts Avenue
Dean
Portland Road
Dorothy Dean
Flyers Appeal Fine In York County Court
Walter Kozloff of Saco appealed a $100 fine or 60 day sentence for allegedly endangering by flying an airplane. George Lawlor of Saco led the complaint. Kozloff posted $200 bail. Also appealing were Joseph Beauchesne of Sanford and the cases involved DUI fines and bail. James McDonnell of Bangor paid a $15 fine for passing on the right. Gerard Petit of Biddeford pleaded guilty to stopping at a stop sign and was fined $10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Kozloff
Heathroad
Saco
York County Superior Court
Hilary Mahaney
Kozloff
George Lawlor
Joseph D. Beauchesne
Sanford
Beauchesne
James Francis McDonnell
Bangor
McDonnell
Gerard J. B. Petit
Free Street
Biddeford
Petit
Masons Walk Off Job at Navy Radio Station Site
About 40 members of the Masons Union yesterday walked off the job at the Navy radio station construction project over contract terms. They demand a 50 cent per hour wage increase from the present rate of 3.50, while other unions’ threatened walkout did not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons Union
Navy Radio Station
Masons
Cloudy tides forecast for July high and low tides
July tide chart shows daytime highs around 3.10 and 3.39 PM with subsequent low tides near 9.22 and 10.07 PM. Additional high tides listed at 4.27 and 5.19 PM with lows around 10.58 PM. details include amplitudes and crest times for marine planning.
Rivers named in Wind River Canyon debate
In Thermopolis Wyoming two authorities disagree on where the Wind River becomes the Big Horn River. The Wyoming State Engineer's office names the confluence near Riverton as the birth place of the Big Horn, so that river flows through the Wind River Canyon. The U.S. Geological Survey says the Wind River continues through the canyon and becomes the Big Horn at its mouth.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Wyoming
Wind River Canyon
Big Horn River
Wyoming State Engineer's Office
Riverton
U. S. ‘Geological Survey
Twenty Below Is Warm For Colorado Town
Fraser Colorado sits at 8568 feet near the Continental Divide with 300 residents who joke about the cold. The town records subzero stretches and occasional 85 degree summers while locals note 25 to 26 above readings on rare days and Eisenhower vacation spots nearby.
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Fraser
Colo
Colorado
Ders
Mercury
Rockies
Arizona
Chuck Clayton
Clesyton
Eisenhower
Ed Johnson
Fra‘zer
Denver
Mercury Atlas 1 Launch Fails as Capsule Lost After Flight
Capsule abort system could have saved an astronaut if aboard Mercury Atlas 1. Gilruth noted no chance of finding capsule afloat after launch in rain. Atlas aimed 110 miles up and 1,500 miles downrange. radio contact lost 65 seconds post launch. Some data pending before confirmation of results. An Antigua landing possibility discussed. Also, Hastings, one of four councilors fined for fishing laws, backed by Oxford County GOP for county attorney race after offering to withdraw.
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Robert Gilruth
Project Mercury
Atlas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape
West Indies
Antigua
Mexico
David R. Hastings
Fryeburg
Oxford County Republican Committee
Hastings
Biddeford Teen Wins Salute to Youth Award in Opera Path
A 16 year old Biddeford High student known as Peter Allen and Peter Bryce wins the Salute to Youth. He earns an Arundel Opera Theatre scholarship this summer to study music and stagecraft. He sings with two church choirs, leads in operetta roles, and has appeared at civic events and school functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeliene Davenport
Biddeford
Arundel Opera Theatre
Peter Allen
Peter Bryce
Clifton Allen
West Street
Arundel Theatre
Maine
Saco Lodge of Masons
Christ Episcopal Church
Second Congregational Church
Central Theatre
Horace Killam
Allen
Wesley Boynton
Morse Haithwaite
Arundel
Kennebunkport
Andover
Mass
Supt
Leo Cyr
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Ralph
Iceland
U. S. Navy
George
Washington, D. C
Cousens
Arundel Opera
TV Station Transfer to Bates College in Augusta
The Federal Communications Commission approved Pine Tree Telecasting Corp transfer of its Augusta educational TV permit to Bates College. Bates plans a noncommercial outlet but officials say it will take about a year to begin broadcasting.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Pine Tree Telecasting Corp
Bates College
Augusta
Bates
Maine sees surge in visitors to the state parks
State Parks Director Lawrence Stuart reported that more than 100000 tourists visited Maine last month, double the June 1958 figure. Attendance is up 70 percent for the season compared with last year, reflecting growing enthusiasm for picnicking and camping across Maine.
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Augusta
Lawrence Stuart
Maine
Stuart
Foreign Education Ideas Studied For Comparison
EAST GREENBUSH N Y Armed with dictionaries a group translating German and Dutch education outlines to compare what children learn elsewhere formed the Citizens Alliance for Good Schools of the East Greenbush Central School District. Volunteers have translated a 30 page German curriculum and Dutch science exams and hope to add French Greek Czech and Scandinavian papers. Bliss says the effort pushes the Office of Education and State Department in the right direction. Meanwhile Milwaukee Braves ushers strike saw Birdie Tebbetts supervise the Independence Day bill of fare against Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Greenbush
N. Y
Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
Rickover
Congress
U. S. Office of Education
John A. Bliss
Citizens Alliance For Good Schools
East Greenbush’ Central School
Marvin Swartz
Bliss
Office of Education
State Department
Milwaukee Braves
Birdie Tebbetts
Pittsburgh
Scientists Seek New Laws Of Life In Yale Research
Yale biophysicist Dr. Ernest C. Pollard leads a team testing old theories for living systems to uncover new laws of life. They study tiny bacteria called PPLO, DNA duplication, gene shifting, and cosmic ray radiation effects on human cells to explain how living matter operates and possibly benefit health and longevity. The work aims to reveal inconsistencies in current science and push theories toward broader biological laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Haven, Conn
Nature
Ernest C. Pollard
Yale University
Pollard
Yale Group
Harold Morowitz
Reginald Dearing
Youth Killed As Negro Gangs Clash In Chicago
Chicago record of a West Side confrontation between Egyptian Cobras and Vice Lords youth gangs resulting in 16 year old Richard Parks killed and Sammy Mitchell injured by gunfire. Police seized suspects including Robert Lewis 15 with a .22 rifle as part of a broader sweep tied to rapes and robberies in Lincoln Park. Separate incidents report a drowning scare of an eight month old girl in Old Orchard Beach and a white crowd clashing with Negroes at a South Side pool with no serious injuries.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Richard Parks
Sammy Mitchell
Robert Lewis
Lewis
Parks
Cobras
Vandaleers
Randallism and a Gop tug of war in Hollywood and Temple
In Hollywood Tony Randall deflects praise calling himself an actor who can do comedy and insists humor is part of acting. He quips about New York living with skyline views and quick five minute strolls to anywhere in the city. In Temple Dr John C Donovan running for Congress says Goldwater and Rockefeller pull the party in opposite directions, but the GOP stays inert while history warns a still nation falls behind.
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Hollywood
Tony Randall
New York
Central Park
Cee
Temple
John C. Donovan
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Lewiston Democrat
Barbecue and Dancing At Saco Party
Barbecue followed by dancing last night at the home of Miss Paula Langelier at 7 Lockestreet Saco. Guests included Ann Kerry Steve Garland Kathi Daly Marl Black Carol Denton Charles Belanger Barbara Christian Wayne Stewart Lynne Mitchell Tony Carnevale Elaine Zaitlin John Bright Kristie Anderson George Peacock Joyce Peck Stephen Dowd Lilly LaRouche Butch Bridges Lucille Angers Mike Petit John Twomey Paul Moore. The guests of honor were Miss Paula Langelier and Jane Silcox with chaperons Mrs Paul Langelier Mrs Roland Horne and Miss Bonnie Parisien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paula Langelier
Lockestreet
Saco
Ann Kerry
Steve Garland
Kathi Daly
Marl Black
Carol Denton
Charles Belanger
Barbara Christian
Wayne Stewart
Lynne Mitchell
Tony Carnevale
Elaine Zaitlin
John Bright
Kristie Anderson
George Peacock
Joyce Peck
Stephen Dowd
Lilly LaRouche
Butch Bridges
Lucille Angers
Mike Petit
John Twomey
Paul Moore
Jane Silcox
Paul Langelier
Roland Horne
Bonunie Parisien
Camera Fans Learn to Read Negatives for Better Prints
Summer advice urges camera fans to study negatives alongside prints, avoiding haste with first prints from commercial processors. Readers should judge exposure, border cuts, centering, and paper contrast to ensure balanced enlargements, using burning and dodging to recover dense and thin areas for richer tones.
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Roy T. Scafe
St. Martha Church
Katanga
Emile Jannelle
Saco Police
Flyer
By Alton Blakeslef
Sorah Monk
Larry Monk
Old Orchard Street
Michael, Magandda
John Clark
Maurice Ross
GOP
By Irving Desfor
Uy News
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