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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1962
Page
2
A Portland forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions with developing showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Showers end late tonight, then skies slowly clear by Wednesday with little temperature change tonight and a slight warmup Wednesday. Winds from the south 10 mph with gusts in storms, then northwest 10-15 mph early Wednesday. Zone 1 temperatures range from 72 to 60 degrees.
Brian Doyle son of Mr and Mrs Elwood Doyle 226 Fer 1 read Saco is a surgical patient at Notre Dame hospital. Minnie Kimball 63 Storer St Saco transferred from Saco hospital to Tierney Nursing home. Henry Audet 11 Amherst St Biddeford back home after Webber hospital. Mrs Emma Mercier 20 Bay St Biddeford surgical patient at Maine Medical Center Portland. Mrs Rose Fournier Hills Beach on two week vacation from Notre Dame hospital. Ethel Wakefield and Blanche Glaude Boom Rd Saco returned home after visiting relatives at Square Pond Shapleigh. Ernest R Sargent seaman apprentice USN son of Marion Sargent Buxton Rd Saco serving aboard USS Valley Forge in Western Pacific. Pvt Robert P Richardson son of Mr and Mrs John W Richardson Saco completed rocket operation course at Fort Sill OK after basic at Fort Gordon GA.
A special meeting of the Saco Taxpayers Protective association will convene Wednesday at 7 45 PM in the city hall court room to discuss local fiscal matters and governance.
A prayer service will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Advent Christian church Route 35 Kennebunk Lower Village with parishioners invited to attend for worship and reflection.
A prayer meeting will be held on Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Advent Christian church on Saco avenue in Old Orchard Beach.
Christian Science Society at Hamilton Memorial 42 Beach Street Saco will hold a Wednesday evening service at 7 45 and its reading room will be open Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 for the public.
A Community Bible Study will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road with attendees encouraged to join for an evening of discussion and reflection.
The Christian Science society meets Wednesday at 7 45 p m at Lyman Baptist church Goodwins Mills choir rehearsal at 650 p m and prayer meeting at 8 p m A midweek service at 730 p m at Full Gospel church Route 9 A just off Route 109 Wells scheduled to proceed across the Wells area.
Anard Bible study hour will be held in the vestry of Village Baptist Church in Kennebunkport on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The event invites all members to participate in a focused session.
A rehearsal for combined choirs of Foss Street Methodist Church is set for Wednesday evening at 7 30 at the church.
In Saco Municipal Court Roger A. MacDonald of Kennebunk had a 10 day license suspension and $20 fine for illegal possession and transportation of intoxicating beverages. Raymond T. Ingalls Jr. of Kennebunk pleaded guilty to illegal possession and was fined $2. Gerald N. Nunan and James H. Seavey of Cape Porpoise were each fined $20 after guilty pleas to illegal possession. State liquor inspectors lodged the complaints. One intoxication case was heard by Judge Hilary Mahaney.
Card notices express thanks from Donat Collette and from the family of Keith Brown for kindness shown during illness and bereavement. Harriet E. Henderson and family extend appreciation for thoughtful acts and floral tributes offered during the recent bereavement.
Funeral services for 68 year old Anna Roberge of 271 Alfred Street Biddeford killed in a Friday Danvers Massachusetts auto crash were held at St Joseph church. Msgr Elie Hevey celebrated the requiem high mass with Rev Sylvio Levesque and Rev Marc Franck as deacons. A male quartet sang and Diana Rousselle played organ. Bearers included Alberte Caron Joseph Loranger George Souliere John Bergeron Raymond Boucher and Willie Normand. Burial was in the family lot at St Joseph cemetery with committal prayers by Msgr Hevey. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs Bernard Shevenell Waltham and Mr and Mrs John McNamara Randolph.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon from the Dennett and Craig Funeral home for Mrs Suzanne Anthony widow of former mayor Charles S Anthony of Saco. Rev Edmund Beal of the Unitarian Universalist church officiated. Burial was in Buxton Lower Corner Cemetery.
Funeral services were held at St. Joseph church this morning for George F. Martin of 17 Vines Avenue Biddeford. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated with a male quartet and an organist. Bearers were Elks members from Biddeford and Saco. Interment followed in St. Joseph cemetery with committal prayers. Out of town relatives attended from Cambridge Massachusetts and Old Orchard Beach.
A Biddeford woman, Dorothy Perrin, 33, proprietor of Jo-Ann clothing store at 191 Main Street, was treated and released from Webber Hospital after a sliding display window shattered and slashed her foot. She was transported by Biddeford police in a cruiser, aided by officers Alfred Guilmette and Ralph Hubert.
Miss Lor raine Pothier engages to Philippe Paquet Jr as announced by her father Albert Pothier of Biddeford Maine. Paquet is son of Mr and Mrs Philippe Paquet Sr both of Biddeford. Miss Pothier works as a legal secretary in Biddeford and Paquet is a University of Maine graduate employed by Millett Rittenhouse and Dresser. An October wedding is planned.
Five people died in highway wrecks across the state. In West Rockport a head on collision killed two women, Marguerite Evans aged 73 from Philadelphia and Helen E Plummer 51 wife of Lawrence Plummer, with him in serious condition. At Brunswick Roy Etheridge 73 of Portland and Ethel Reed 71 of Waldoboro died when a Route 95 crash drove Reed’s car into an embankment. Earlier Diane Fabello 17 of North Bridgton died from injuries from a Bridgton crash treated in a Portland hospital.
NASA will provide a Mercury capsule exhibit at the Union Maine Fair August 21 to 25 after a request by Senator Margaret Chase Smith. The exhibit aims to inspire interest in space while highlighting the role of the space program in national achievement.
Goose Rocks Beach association hosts an August 8 flower and art show at the Community House with Gardens Theme At The Beach. Open 2 5 and 7 9 p.m. Co chairs are Mrs. Lloyd K. Clark and Mrs. Randolph W. Corrish. Several classes and chairmen listed for arrangements, teenage entries, miniatures, holiday pieces, and horticulture. Judges to be announced next week by co chairs.
A driving to endanger charge against Willie Huot of Saco was not pressed in Biddeford Municipal court due to lack of prosecution. The case stemmed from a Saturday night collision in Biddeford on Water Street involving Leo Menard Sr.’s 1957 panel truck and Urbain Menard’s 1961 pickup. A 15-year-old from Biddeford was admonished by Judge Simon Spill in a juvenile session for an Old Orchard Beach offense and released.
A Baltimore suburb weekly editor Richard Byrd dismissed a tip about an unoccupied truck rolling downhill and smashing into his house. The tipster revealed the home belonged to Byrd, who remained unfazed, saying such incidents occur in the newspaper business.
Yorkshie terrier Vinnie, belonging to Mayor Robert F Wagner, bit a painter retouching Gracie Mansion in the basement drawing blood. Authorities removed the dog to an animal shelter for rabies tests while the mayor and his family were abroad.
Notices announce births for Linda Marie Deyo Judith Lynn Brown Kathleen Etina Donald Francis Jr Barbara Ann Kevin Scott with weights ranging from five pounds two ounces to six pounds fifteen ounces and birth dates in July. Families include Deyo Brown Collins Tracy Kahn and Girard in Saco Old Orchard Beach and Springvale.
Lubec officials say the August 15 dedication for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Bridge will stay set though President Kennedy may still attend. Chairman Sumner T. Pike of the dedication committee noted the president’s Maine coast cruise next week makes Aug 13 unlikely but Aug 15 possible. Eleanor Roosevelt and Gov Reed are expected, with the USS John Paul Jones in harbor and an Air Force band from Westover set to perform.
Augusta reports three veteran Maine State Police officers retire after 20 years on the force. Stephen R. Conant of Norway, Otis Labree of Houston, and Wilfred M. Tufts of Kingfield completed two decades in July. Conant served as safety officer and patrol supervisor. Labree, born in Old Town, has been a detective since 1955 and was named police officer of the month last March. Tufts spent most of his career in Troop C, patrolling the Kingfield area.
CHICAGO The National Safety Council reports that traffic fatalities in the first half of 1962 rose to an all time high and may reach 40,000 for the year if the trend continues. Through midyear 18,120 persons were killed, up 1,210 from 16,910 in the same period last year, a 7 percent rise though overall traffic rose 5 percent.
In eastern Algeria Mohammed Boudiaf, rival of Ahmed Ben Bella, was arrested by Wilaya No 1 guerrillas while visiting M'sila. The capture endangers reconciliation efforts as Berber factions in Kabylie and Bou idiaf's supporters react, prompting calls for peace talks in Algiers to avert chaos.
Morse accuses Mansfield of denying his right to explain objections to an unanimous consent request. Mansfield counters by reading last week's record and defending his stance. Morse declares disbelief in the majority leader as Albert Gore, Jr. takes over the fili buster role and resumes speaking against the bill.
Florida's Lake Okeechobee spans 730 square miles, ranking as the second largest natural freshwater lake entirely in the United States, with Lake Michigan listed as first.
Five area men stood bound over to York county Superior court after probable cause was found by Judge Chester D. Cram in Kennebunk Municipal Court. John Chick pleaded innocent to multiple breaking and entering charges and larceny. Carl P. Ross and Ernest J. Rousselle pleaded guilty to related offenses. Edgar Moore and Wallace B. Tarbox also pleaded guilty to break in charges. Bail set at 4000 for Chick, 3000 for Ross, and 1000 each for Tarbox and Moore, with Rousselle committed in lieu of bail. Charles A. Clarke pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was fined 10.
Maine teachers meet at Presque Isle August 2 to 4 for the annual Maine Teachers association conference on the Aroostook State Teachers College campus. About 130 teachers have registered to discuss educational philosophy, social promotion, extracurriculars, diplomas, and the profession’s policing, with delegates returning questionnaires to gauge Maine teaching goals. Local leaders, NEA officials, and area teachers from Saco and Kennebunk attend, including Lindon E. Christie presiding and John Sullivan and John H. Starie participating.
A rockhound roundup will be held this weekend at Stony Brook Park South Paris sponsored by the Maine Mineralogical and Geogical society Mine owners are cooperating with the Mineral society by blasting mine areas and quarries the day before the event so that many varied specimens will be available At the camp site Saturday evening a camp fire and singing will be furnished by a group of boys from South Paris.
Federal notices report shortages of corn and soybeans at Forest Grain & Supply Co in Forest Ohio Edison Morrow Supply Co in Edison Ohio Wall North Grain Co in Wall Iowa with about 115 000 4 888 and 17 866 bushels respectively Iowa City Feed & Grain Service Inc and Farmers Elevator Co Mason City Iowa suspended as ineligible for storage of government grain Adolph Welsh doing business as Pawnee Elevator Pawnee Ill faces similar case Shortages found but restitution made. department continuing investigation.
Three divorces granted by Justice Leonard F. Williams in the York County Superior Court become final after a 30 day appeal. Cases include Anita Lewis versus Walter Lewis and others for cruel treatment with child custody and support orders. plus several other divorces with custody and support provisions and one contested alimony case.
St Andre School announces August Open House to showcase renovated facilities. Volunteers are installing 330 movable desks in seven classrooms at a cost of 12000 dollars, with new storage, wall cases, drapes, and tiled floors. Open House will feature renovations and a patio center for nuns, with parish leaders coordinating tours.
Reports from Colombia indicate at least 20 dead and 200 injured after a strong earthquake struck central and western regions. Hardest hit were Pereira and Manizales with many homes destroyed and hundreds left homeless as aid crews and armed forces move the injured to hospitals.
The Communication Facilities Administration approved an interest free loan of 2150 dollars to Bridgton Maine to plan a sewage system and sewerage treatment facilities.
Maine sales and use tax revenue for June, derived from May sales, rose 2 percent from June 1961 levels, while May revenue, based on April sales, showed a 1.34 percent gain. The largest component, in-state taxes, totaled $2,060,408 versus $2,035,304 a year earlier, up 1.2 percent.
Biddeford repaid 200000 in tax anticipation loan funds, bringing this year’s total to 300000 after an earlier 100000 payment. The city borrowed 550000 at year start and has 250000 remaining, said Treasurer Richard E. Moore.
Edwin P. Hobbs began college in 1931 and after 31 years and five schools, including Central YMCA College in Chicago and Delta State Teachers College, finally earned a BA from the University of Tulsa. He paused for WWII service and work, plans a long vacation from textbooks.
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