Personal notices from Biddeford area military and hospital patients
Dean Romprey of 139 Foss Street Biddeford is a patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital Togus Monique Boissonneault of 23 Pine Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital Mr and Mrs John Merrill of 10 Summit Street Biddeford have been called to Winthrop Massachusetts by the death of his mother Ellen Merrill Marine Private Robert W Jandreau son of Mr and Mrs George Burns of 17 Free Street Saco is scheduled to graduate June 4 from recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina Gerald M Cordeau aviation boatswain's mate first class USN son of Maurie R Cordeau of 130 Cleaves Street Biddeford visited Subic Bay in the Philippines aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Midway operating in the Far East with the Seventh Fleet Roger A MacDonald 19 son of Horace W MacDonald Route 1 Alewive Road Bruce C Pilse 20 son of Homer A Pilse of 7 Pine Street and John L Welch 19 son of Fred L Welch of 67 Brown Street all of Kennebunk completed basic training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Romprey
Foss St
Biddeford
Veterans Administration Hospital
Togus
Monique Boissonneault
Pine St
Webber Hospital
John Merrill
Summit St
Winthrop
Mass
Ellen Merrill
Marine Pvt
Robert W. Jandreau
George Burns
Free
Roger A. MacDonald
Horace W. MacDonald
Route 1
Alewive Rd
Bruce C. Pilse
Homer A. Pilse
John L. Welch
Fred L Welch
Brown St
Kennebunk
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
III
Local veterans and civic groups schedule meetings in Biddeford
US Squadron 26 Sons of the American Legion meets at 7 pm at Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley American Legion home Elm Street Biddeford. Officers elected Wednesday at 8 pm for Biddeford Knights of Columbus Auxiliary at K of C Hall Washington Street Biddeford. Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Unit American Legion Auxiliary meets 8 pm tomorrow in Biddeford City Building with officer installation. King Court Order of the Amaranth meets 7 39 pm at Odd Fellows Hall Saco with refreshments. Biddeford Post Veterans of Foreign Wars meets 7 30 pm tonight in Biddeford City Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of the American Legion
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley American Legion
Elm Street
Biddford
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Washington Street
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Biddeford City
King Court
Order of the Amaranth
Odd Fellows Hall
Saco
Biddeford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Evening church activities and choir rehearsals listed
A list of midweek services and choir rehearsals at churches in Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Saco Wells Kennebunkport and Ogunquit including United Church of Christ Biddeford Faith Tabernacle and Village Baptist Church plans with times from 7 30 p m and 8 30 p m and study hours and prayer meetings for Advent Christian Christian Science Full Gospel and Ogunquit Baptist communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Faith Tabernacle
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunkport
Fellowship Degree Worked By Masons
The Fellowcraft Degree was worked last night under the direction of Senior Warden Alllen Sukalas during a meeting of Dunlap Lodge F and A M in Biddeford Masonic Hall on Main Street. About 20 persons attended and refreshments were served under Junior Warden Walter Alexander. The next meeting was announced for the first Monday in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alllen Sukalas
Dunlap Lodge F and A. M
Biddeford Masonic Hall
Main Street
Walter Alexander
Paint Shop Razed By Early Morning Fire in Portland
PORTLAND AP Fire destroyed Anthoine the Painter Co. shop in an early morning blaze marked by exploding paint and gasoline. Fire Chief Carl P. Johnson said cause not determined immediately. Loss estimated at 9500 dollars, including three trucks and the wooden building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Former Principal Of St Louis High Dies In Canada
Brother Ephrem Pierre Morin 79, former principal of St Louis High School Biddeford Maine, died yesterday at the Brothers of Christian Instruction motherhouse in La Prairie Canada. He led the Biddeford school 1931 to 1937 initiating its secondary education program and later served as treasurer of Notre Dame Institute Alfred Maine. Funeral 9:30 am Thursday at St Joseph's Biddeford with burial in Alfred Maine. visiting 7 to 10 pm tomorrow at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburgh
N. Y
St. Louis
Treasuer
Notre Dame Institute
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Alfred
Maine
Alfred Institute
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
Brothers
Sansoucy
Stone St
Council Chagnon to attend memorial in Biddeford
Members of Council Chagnon Union St. Jean Baptiste will meet at Adams Street Biddeford hall at 7 tonight to pay respects to Gedeon Moisan a member. Prayers will follow at Boldue Funeral Home 291 Alfred St Biddeford at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Biddeford
Hall
Gedeon Moisan
Boldue Funeral Home
Alfred St
Death Takes Henry D Provencal of Lawrence Mass
Henry D Provencal 71 of Lawrence Massachusetts died early Monday morning after a long illness. He lived with his daughter Mrs Robert St Onge in Lawrence and was born in Biddeford son of Fabien and Olive Cote Provencal. He was retired nine years from Pepperell Mfg Co and was a communicant of St. Annes Church in Lawrence. Survivors include three sons Leo Paul Robert and Edgar Provencal. four daughters Mrs Robert St Onge Mrs Roger Belair Mrs Guy Hevey and Mrs Raymond Ouellette. fifteen grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 8:30 am at St Josephs Church. Friends may call at Bolduc Funeral Home Biddeford Tuesday and Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 pm and prior to the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Provencal
Pepperell Mfg. Co
St. Anne's Church
Lawrence
Leo Paul Provencal
Saco
Robert Provencal
Biddeford
Edgar Provencal
Mass
Robert St. Onge
Roger Belair
Hills ‘Beach
Guy Hevey
Kittery
Raymond ‘Ouellette
Hills Beach
Arthur Provencal
Fred Provencal
Aime Provencal
St. Joseph's Church
Bol- Iduc
Alfred St
Maine Student Named Commander of Midshipmen
Ronald M. Bancroft of Cape Elizabeth Maine, a third year honor student at the U S Naval Academy, is named commander of the academy s 4000 man brigade Bancroft was valedictorian of his 1961 Cape Elizabeth High School class and held multiple captaincies and NHS presidency in school athletics and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Ronald M. Bancroft
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
U.S. Naval Academy
Bancroft
Cape Elizabeth High School
Laundromat Blaze Damages Clothes in Saco Fire
Saco firemen answered yesterday morning to a fire at 43 Elm St. Laundromat caused by an overloaded clothes dryer. The flames burned the clothes. no further damage reported. Firefighters deployed 100 feet of booster hose to extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Elm S&t
Trucks Hauled Out After Firefighters Fight Blaze
A shop with seven trucks inside was damaged by fire but firefighters managed to remove four trucks with only minor damage. The incident left the remaining vehicles and the building under assessment for further risk. No injuries were reported.
Portland Weather Outlook With Showers Possible
Forecast calls for variable clouds this afternoon and night with little temperature change. Highs in the 60s, lows in the 40s, light variable winds. Wednesday mostly cloudy with potential showers and scattered brief showers possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
World War I Veterans Name State Delegates
York County Barracks members named delegates to the state convention in Bangor on June 12. Seated were Wilfred Frechette, Joseph Neault, Ralph Smith, Rudolph Vanasse, Arthur Gagne, Francis Simard, Raymond L. King, Thomas Mc Garrity, John Flood, Walter Reardon, Fred Simard, Oliver Lariviere. alternates listed. Meeting in Biddeford drew 75 members. discussions covered field day, Memorial Day marker project, and 1965 convention in Biddeford. Lunch served. local barracks is the second largest in the state with 149 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
York County
Main
Elm Streets
Biddeford
Wilfred Frechette
Joseph Neault
Ralph Smith
Rudolph Vanasse
Arthur Gagne
Francis Simard
Raymond L. King
Thomas McGarrity
John Flood
Walter Reardon
Fred Simard
Oliver Lariviere
Arnold Ballard
Timothy Dinan
Conrad Fortier
John Gleason
James Feeney
Gerald Small
John Boutin
Adrien Poissant
Arthur Lambert
James Hoe Or
Alfred Cote
Joseph Hanusek
Gagne
McGarrity
Napoleon Frechette
Fred Cote
Vanasse
York County Barracks
William P. Shapleigh
Cumberland County
Portland
Shapleigh
Peary Terrace
South Portland
Reardon
Nichols In Line For National Committee
Augusta AP Former Republican State Chairman David A. Nichols of Lincolnville is in line to become Maine s new GOP national committee man. The 46 year old attorney, who stepped down as head of the state party recently, was nominated Monday at a meeting of Maine s national convention delegation to succeed Bradford Hutchins of Waterville, who did not seek re election after 10 years in the est. Nichols and Miss Thelma Mitchell of Houston, who was renominated as national committeewoman, will be formally elected at the national convention in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
David A. Nichols
Lincolnville
Maine
Bradford Hutchins
Waterville
Nichols
Thelma Mitchell
Houston
San Francisco
River Dragging Underway For Missing Man Nelson
In GREENBUSH AP dispatch says draggin operations are under way in the Penobscot River to locate Earl Nelson 26 of Old Town missing since Sunday presumed drowned. Nelson left Old Town for Hemlock Island late Saturday. His boat was found adrift with a hole near the bow. Nelson is the son of John Nelson Indian representative to the Maine Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbush
Penobscot River
Earl Nelson
Old Town
Nelson
Hemlock Island
John Nelson
Maine
Nursing visits total 4842 list of attending staff
The Nursing (Continued from Page One) report shows 4842 visits by the nursing staff. Attendees include Dr. and Mrs. O'Sullivan, Dr. Roger J. P. Robert, Carleton Davis, Deshaies, Rielly, Mrs. William Deans, Mrs. Carey, Mrs. Hawes, Miss Florence Hamel, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Barrett, Miss Mary Caddigan, Mrs. Kathleen Schaffer, Mrs. Norman Reilly, Mrs. Rose Thompson, Mrs. Alphonse Cote, Miss Eleanor Mogan, Mrs. David Shaw, Mrs. Bruce Wilson, Miss Murphy, Mrs. Gladys Walker, R. N., Mrs. Ellen Leary, R. N., and Mrs. Anne Cote, R. N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’sullivan
Roger J. P. Robert
Carleton Davis
Deshaies
Rielly
William Deans
Carey
Hawes
Florence Hamel
John E. Barrett
Mary Caddigan
Kathleen Schaffer
Norman Reilly
Rose Thompson
Alphonse Cote
Eleanor Mogan
David Shaw
Bruce Wilson
Murphy
Gladys Walker
R. N
Ellen Leary
Anne Cote
Grass Fire Extinguished at Elm Street Lot in Biddeford
Biddeford firefighters put out a grass fire at 479 Elm Street yesterday at 6 15 p m. The land is owned by Norman Pate. Fire department reports the cause as burning without a permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm S&t
Biddeford
Norman Pate
Wells Resident Guilty Of Drunken Driving
Alfred Joseph R. Daigle of Wells was found guilty of drunken driving after 50 minutes of jury deliberation in York County Superior Court. Sentence was continued day to day by Justice Armand A. Dufresne. Daigle had appealed the lower court decision. Joseph L. Ashby had his case not pressed amid a deer transport dispute. The assistant county attorney said evidence did not warrant a conviction. Civil matters were expected to be heard later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred — Joseph R. Daigle
Wells
York County
Armand A. Dufresne
Daigle
Joseph L. Ashby
Ashby
Ladies Night Set by County Realtors York County Event
York County Board of Realtors schedules a combined Ladies Night with its June meeting on Tuesday June 9 at the Atlantis Hotel Kennebunk Beach near Webhanet Golf Club. Golf from 2 p.m. Social hour 6 p.m. Dinner follows. Board meeting 5 p.m. Harold Sykes collects dinner reservations by June 8. Ralph G. Wood to be inducted as Realtor member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Board of Realtors
Atlantis
Kennebunk Beach
Webhan. Net Golf Club
Theotel
Board of Directors
Harold Sykes
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Ralph G. Wood
Flaming mattress removed from rooming house fire
In Old Orchard Beach a flaming mattress was removed from a rooming house owned by Caroline Vakas at 6 Imperial Street after residents thought they had put out the fire. Fire Chief Louis Wharff said smoking in bed caused the blaze. Engine 2 with five firefighters used a booster to extinguish it, confining the fire to the second floor with some smoke damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Caroline Vakas
Imperial St
Louis Wharff
Rockefeller and Goldwater Clash Over Republican Future
In New York and Washington the GOP presidential contest heated as Rockefeller defended a constructive alternative to the Democratic administration while Goldwater attacked Rockefeller’s rhetoric and positioned for broader support. Milton Eisenhower indicated he would not back Rockefeller, and Rep. Miller tied a Goldwater win to stronger delegate prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Goldwater
Arizona
Rockefeller
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
William E. Miller
Huddle Continued From Case One Charts US Stance
The analysis notes that pro Communist insurgents are being shown that the United States means business. It recalls limited pressures in Thailand in 1962 with temporary success and considers options for increased U S military activity in Southeast Asia such as jet reconnaissance over North Vietnam or a carrier task force near North Vietnamese shores within view from the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Thailand
U.S
Southeast Asia
North Viet Nam
North Vietnamese
Shastri Chosen to Lead Congress Government Amid Division
Party President Kumayaswami Kamara placed Lal Bahadur Shastri’s name before Congress members after a leaders poll favored the former home minister and Nehru ally since his stroke in January. Shastri, a moderate socialist and anti Communist, was seen as a unifying choice for conservative and leftist wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kumayaswami Kamara
Shastri
Congress
Nehru
Lumber Strikes Car on Ocean Park Road
A piece of lumber flew from a truck driven by William R. Murphy 25 of Portland Road Old Orchard Beach and struck the windshield of James E. Herman 31 of 43 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach yesterday on Ocean Park Road Saco causing $100 damage to the windshield with no damage to the truck reported by police
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Park
Saco
William R. Murphy
Portland Road
Old Orchard Beach
James E. Herman
Union Ave
Herman
Biddeford Saco Chamber Outing Date Set for June 22
The 12th annual Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce outing will be at Biddeford Saco Country Club on June 22 with a 3 p.m. start for members and guests under Roy MacNaughton and Harry M Wooster. A hole in one contest and a chicken barbecue at 6 15 will be among attractions. Harvey Lamontagne Jr. is in charge of golf events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford. Saco
Donald C. Doyle
Albert P. Deshaies
Roy MacNaughton
Lawrence J. Lamb
Richard Beote Carier Grabach
Joseph A. Haley
Roland Henaire
Roger Sherman
Maurice C. E. Roux
Harry M Wooster
John E. Barrett
Harvey Lamontagne Jr
William Langevin
Arthur J. Peloquin
Raymond P. Bonang
Albert V. Cote
Rights floor debate nears cloture amid bill revisions
Floor manager says votes for cloture likely but close as revisions to last week’s Mansfield and Dirksen bill are sought. Hickenlooper criticizes several sections, remains uncommitted while restive senators push to end marathon debate after 67 days since Memorial Day weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Dirksen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Lown
Hickenlooper
Senate
Council Chooses Chevrolet Challenger for City Vehicle
The council and fire commissioners favored a Chevrolet Challenger after bids from Superior Coach and White Buick ranged from 6,983 to 11,229. A light dump truck from Reed Motor Co. at 3,122 was approved amid opposition to other bids. Several motions were voted down or amended as council actions proceeded including valua tion prints and easement authorizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
Boucher
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Biddeford and Saco Water Co
City Assessors Office
Pepperell
Reed Motor Co
GMC
Buick Co
Bergeron
Ernest Fontaine
Raoul Labranche
Western Avenue
Committee
Biddeford
Saco
Arundel
Everett Norre
Painchand
Granite Street
Henry Camire
William Paul Sicard
Alfred St
Fire Department
Arthur Burnham
Edmond Larouche
Olive Hertrais Collins
John M
Ludivine Rochefort
Delta Alpha Club Plans Scrapbooks And Initiation
The Delta Alpha Club met at Miss Ethel Roberts’s home in Saco with Mrs. Dorothy Tarbox assisting. They planned scrapbooks for Pineland Hospital and Training Center and voted in a new member with initiation at the next meeting. A June 15 supper at Mrs. Mae Hurrell’s Kinney Shores was set with Mrs. Ethel Pence and Mrs. Geraldine Hutchins assisting. Twelve members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Alpha Club
Ethel Roberts
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Dorothy Tarbox
Pineland Hospital
Pownal
Alice Hurd
Mae Hurrell
Kinney Shores
Ethel Pence
Geraldine Hutchins
Registration Dates Announced At Beach
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The board of registration will be in open session to register new voters on June 10, 11 and 12 with hours 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. daily. additional hours 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Those changing names or residences must register, and enrollment in a political party is required to vote in the June 15 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Esther Crowley
Rail stocks slip as market moves unevenly lower
New York shares drifted down in midday trading as rail leaders pared gains after news the Justice Department objects to the Penn Central merger talks. The AP 60 average fell 1.3 to 304.5, with industrials and rails down while IBM rebounded over 4 points. Comsat drew strong demand on its IPO before settling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Justice Department
Associated Press
Wall Street
Communications Satellite Corp
Woolworth
American Airlines
Polaroid
Control
IBM
Xerox
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Johnson lists brief remarks on Vietnam Cuba and economy
President Johnson declined to discuss Southeast Asia until Honolulu talks wrap up. He denied plans to widen the Vietnam war, noted continued aerial surveillance of Cuba, and said Kennedy’s Senate bid is for New York voters to decide. He praised tax cuts, forecast 1964 output near 623 billion and no inflation, and cited a improving balance of payments with a five month deficit of 500 to 600 million annually, aided by Soviet gold sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Johnson
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
United States
Cuba
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Ae Lee
Congress
Harvard Enrollee Named in Boston General Surgery Course
Among 19 physicians enrolled for a postgraduate general surgery course at Massachusetts General Hospital underCourses for Graduates Harvard Medical School is Dr. Eugene P Wolfahrt 24 Hall Ave Saco Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Eugene P. Wolfahrt
Hall Ave
Saco
Maine
Goldwater Confident He Can Win California
AP analysis notes Goldwater, buoyed by a New Hampshire setback and Oregon result, argues he will win California’s 86 delegates. He claims strong support despite Lodge backing Rockefeller and Eisenhower’s cautious statements stirring party dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwater
California
DeShon Honored At Ogunquit Surprise Party
Harry A. DeShon principal of Wells Junior High School received a farewell surprise party at the summer cottage of Mrs. Albine Watson in Ogunquit. He resigns to teach history at Cape Elizabeth. Guests included Mr and Mrs Baston Bois Johnson Ellis and others, with a desk set presented and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Harry A. DeShon
Wells Junior High School
Cape Elizabeth
Albine Watson
Ocean Street
Ogunquit
DeShon
Richard Baston
David Bois
Raymond Johnson
Robert Ellis
George Spiller
Douglas Lee
George Langille
Watson
Jeanne LeBranche Gifted Bridal Shower Guests List
Miss Jeanne LaBranche of Biddeford was guest of honor at a surprise bridal shower honoring her upcoming June 20 marriage to Arthur Lessard Jr. Louise Rousselle presented a purse of money. Numerous relatives and friends attended or were invited, including Mrs. Florence LeBranche and Mrs. Diane Rousselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne LaBranche
Biddeford
Arthur Lessard Jr
Louise Rousselle
Florence LeBranche
Diane Rousselle
Georgiana Girouard
Laurette Girouard
Gabrielle Lessard
Cecile Coulombe
Alma Lacroix
Mary LaBranche
Delcia_ LaBranche
Laura Delisle
Aline Valliere
Eva Bourque
Theresa Armstrong
Florida la Branche
Georgiana Champoux
Patricia Gregoire
Marie Letournelle
Alfreda Perrin
Claire Cote
Aline Cote
Lawrence Frechette
Germaine Boucher
James Nadeau
Wilfred Frechette
Jacqueline Nadeau
Jeanne Beaupre
Priscilla Charbonneau
Andre Tardif
Gerald Dutil
Aurore Dutil
Claire Lessard
Rita Petrin
Simonne Bouthet
Lorraine Picard
Priscilla Beaupre
Priscilla Corriveau
Annette Lemelin
Odelie Lemelin
Mi‘genne Dutil
Claudette Lavigne
Annette Gagne
Marguerite Lavigne
Joanne Lavigne
Claire McCullough
Roland Beauchesne
Murielle Desrosiers
Delia Lepine
Jeannette Gervais
Edmond Ne
Jeannette St. Ours
Simonne Gauthier
Suzanne Lacroix
Claudette Fournier
Antoinette Emond
Pauline Beauchesne
Hazel Sevigny
Bernice Pyrez
Priscille Grenier
Rachel LaBranche
Patricia Barton
Marie LaBranche
Rose LaBranche
Monique Boissoneault
Louise Beauchesne
Also Mentioned on This Page
United Church of Christ
Advent Christian Church
Chapel Street
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Kennebunk Lower Village
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Full Gospel
Route 9
Masons
Brother Ephrem Morin
St. Louis High
Canada
Midshipmen
National Committee
River
County Realtors
Council
By James Marlow
Washington
Barry Goldwater
New Hampshire
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
Lodge
Lodge T
Dwight D. Eisenhowser
Jeanne LeBranche
Biddeford & Saco Gas CO
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