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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1962
Page
2
Light showers and scattered thundershowers are forecast this afternoon and tonight in Portland with little temperature change. Winds shift from south to east early Wednesday as showers end and clearing begins. Temperatures range from the mid 60s to the low 50s in Zone 1, with gradual cooling later.
George Lambert of 1 Taschereau avenue Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber hospital. Antoinette Desnoyers of Biddeford is a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center Portland. Mrs Bernard Stebbins and children of Washington DC are vacationing with his parents on 6 Summer street Biddeford. Mr and Mrs R J Post and son of Douglas Denver are visiting her parents at 6 Westward lane Saco. Mrs Post is the former Jeanine Wortman. Charles H Walton son of Everett C Walton of 9 Wakefield Avenue Saco is promoted to aviation machinist's mate first class USN with Helicopter Training squad 8 at Ellyson Field Pensacola Fla. Mrs Chris Throumoulos of 41 Graham street Biddeford hosted her daughter Irene Throumoulos a Winchester Mass High School faculty member and Miss Jane Cranny a Harvard Medical School resident assistant. Throumoulos and Cranny were Wellesley graduates in 1959.
Two women’s and fraternal organizations announce meetings for tomorrow evening. Pine Cone Temple Pythian Sisters convene at 7 30 at K of P hall Saco. St Theresa council and St John the Baptist of America plan spring session at 8 p m at St John hall Adams street Biddeford. Knights of Columbus auxiliary to elect officers Wednesday at 8 p m at Washington street hall Biddeford.
The Artisans society will meet tonight at 7 30 at Simard s Furniture store 42 Franklin street Biddeford.
A preliminary Maine report shows no campaign receipts or expenses totaling 455 yet in the campaign ending with the June 18 primary. The Keep Garland in Congress Committee shows 1423 in receipts with several named donors. expenses total 302. Garland battles Tup per in the 1st district GOP primary while Maynard faces Bartlett in the Democratic race. The ETV Association finance panel reports 1583 in contributions with no expenses, backing ratification of the ETV bond issue on primary day.
A government task force spokesman said a warhead could be detonated only on specific signals. The test Monday failed just 100 epochs before detonation, disrupting plans for three or four tests to study effects on the Earth's magnetic field and Van Allen belts. Blasts were planned at 10 day intervals, with delays pushing back subsequent detonations automatically.
European observers view the tariff boosts as mismatched with Kennedy’s push for a liberal U.S. trade policy. Portugal meanwhile seeks a role in the Common Market.
Mitchell Swan former owner and operator of the roller coaster and several concessions at Old Orchard Beach was found dead at his residence 54 Ocean avenue tonight. He was about 62 with one surviving relative an aunt expected to arrive from Ohio tomorrow. Funeral arrangements pending and will be announced by Dennett and Craig Funeral home 365 Main street Saco.
Mrs Elodie Renaud hosted a meeting of the Past Presidents Parley of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit American Legion auxiliary at her Biddeford home. August 30 was set for the annual banquet with location to be announced.
A 1962 sedan sustained about 300 dollars in damage when it skidded into a ditch on Pool road near Biddeford yesterday afternoon. Driver Mrs. M Therese McSweeney of Kennebunk said she applied brakes too hard, the car hitting the left ditch. No injuries were reported.
A prayer meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Advent Christian church on Saco avenue Old Orchard Beach. Christian Science Society Hamilton Memorial at 42 Beach street Saco will hold a service Wednesday evening at 7 45 with reading room open to the public Thursday 2 to 4.
The Weekly Prayer meeting will take place Wednesday at a.m. in the Biddeford United Baptist church.
A Community Bible Study session will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Ogunquit Baptist Church located on Shore Road.
The Christian Science society holds a Wednesday evening gathering at 7 45 PM.
On Wednesday at the Lyman Baptist Church in Goodwins Mills the choir will rehearse at 6 30 p m and a prayer meeting is scheduled for 8 p m with attendance open to members and neighbors alike.
A prayer meeting will be held at Advent Christian Church in Kennebunk Lower Village inviting community members to attend for fellowship and reflection at an unspecified date and time.
A mid-week service is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Full Gospel church Route 9 A just off Route 109 Wells.
A prayer hour is scheduled for Wednesday evening at 7 30 at the Kennebunkport Advent Christian Church.
A prayer and Bible study hour will be held in the vestry of Village Baptist Church in Kennebunkport on Wednesday at 7:30 p m.
The Madisses of the Saco First Parish Congregational church will hold a lobster salad supper in the parish hall Wednesday at 7 PM. Proceeds support parish activities and community programs.
The Beta Sigma class of Biddeford United Baptist church will hold its annual banquet Thursday at 6 30 p m at Cascade lodge in Saco for members and guests.
Representatives of Saco School Street Methodist Church will attend the Eighth Annual meeting of Greater Portland Methodist Men Wednesday at 6 30 p m at Clark Memorial Church Portland. Robert W Brown director of stewardship of the New England Conference will be guest speaker.
The June meeting of the Women s Society of Christian Service at the Saco School Street Methodist church will be held as scheduled. Members are urged to attend for plans and fellowship.
Rabbi Harry Z. Sky of Temple Beth El Portland will be guest speaker at the Biddeford Saco Rotary noon meeting at Hotel Thacher tomorrow. He will be introduced by Leo L. Simensky. Sky is a 1951 JTS ordained rabbi with degrees from Yeshiva University and advanced study in psychology and education. He serves as acting executive director of the Jewish Information Society and writes on Jewish education and pastoral counseling. He has led pul pits in Indiana Massachusetts and Texas and holds memberships in major Jewish groups. The couple has two children Rina eight and Uri Baruch fifteen.
Saco Mayor Dinsmore Worthing sent a summary to Cmdr. D W Woods of the Coast Guard in Boston outlining river marking recommendations. Local boaters yacht club yard and lobstermen favor keeping existing markers with minor changes and adding a red flashing light at the North jetty and two red nun buoys to mark the Camp Ellis sand bar.
Unemployment benefit claims at the Biddeford Maine Employment Security Commission office edged up last week with 765 recipients versus 759 the prior week. In the same week of 1961, 854 drew benefits. Nine people are on the extended benefit program, per office manager Francis M. Coughlin.
Saco City Council authorized an injunction against A R trucking to stop use of Ocean Park road property as a terminal amid a zoning violation case against Francis L. MacDonald. The meeting also covered Thornton Academy bus enrollment, liquor and victualers licenses, land bids, tax and park rules, traffic and parking ordinances, street and sewer plans, and streetcar/equipment purchases.
At St John hall Biddeford the York County Bar racks Veterans of World War I auxiliary outlined convention plans and voted to pay delegates’ registration for the Houston department meeting. Members shared fancy work for a department project and donated a blanket for a fundraising fund. A social will follow each meeting to aid the treasury.
Russell Philbrick, 17, Smutty Lane, Saco, was fined $10 by Associate Judge William F. Wilson Jr in Saco Municipal Court for fishing without a license. State Game Warden Thomas Bryant was the complainant. The cases against Evelyn L. Mitchell and Calixa C. Martel were continued for sentence.
California loses a House seat after the 1960 census reducing delegation from six to five. South Dakota Republicans likely back Sen Francis Case for a third term, with Atty Gen A C Miller as challenger. George McGovern seeks the Democratic Food for Peace nomination unopposed. Idaho’s GOP primary centers on gambling with Vern on Ek Smith supporting legalization while five Democratic rivals oppose it. Gov. Smylie expected to win a third term. Idaho’s Sen. Frank Church unopposed for Democratic nomination. Republicans George V Hansen and John T Hawley vie for the nomination. Montana primary details follow.
Members of the Closed Retreat movement at St. Andre parish held their monthly meeting in the parish hall with Edmond Neault presiding. They announced a men’s retreat on June 15 and a career girls retreat on June 22, with contacts Alcide Boucher, Neault, Mrs. Leon Paul, and Mrs. Edmond Neault for details.
At the Fireside club of the Saco School Street Methodist church in the Cobb home on Ferry road, Waldo Tibbetts spoke on CARE work in Greece and Guatemala after two years in Athens. His mother Mrs. Cobb shared food buying experiences. A July 15 picnic at Barker pond was set, and the next meeting is September 17 with a 6:30 p.m. covered dish supper in the vestry.
Old Orchard Beach councilmen failed to set a date for a special town meeting at the Beach last night. The warrant will include about 12 articles with requests for funds from license fees and a federal sewer refund, plus a $3 weekly firemen raise retroactive to March. Lifeguards named for the summer and other town personnel actions were listed, including resignations and back pay requests.
Columbia University will confer an honorary doctor of laws degree on Bowdoin College President James S. Coles at Columbia's commencement exercises. Coles earned his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia.
Doug Sanders posted the best finishing round of the 1961 PGA Tour by shooting a 62 to cap the Phoenix Open. Sanders rallied in the final round, producing a historic low for the event and powering a strong overall performance.
Battles for nominations surface to challenge incumbent representatives Arnold Olsen, a Democrat, and James F. Battin, a Republican, amid party contests and local campaigns seeking viable rivals.
The Biddeford City Council accepted a Federal offer via the Housing and Home Finance Agency to fund a preliminary sewerage study for the Saco River. The grant not exceed $20 500 covers the study by Whitman and Howard Engineers of Boston with a ten month timeline and a report including plant options and river use potential.
Norway man Adelard C. Davis, 33, was fined 10 dollars by Judge Simon Spill in Biddeford Municipal Court after pleading guilty to passing on a grade while driving a semi trailer on Route 1 in Arundel. The fine was paid. Marcel Gonthier, 33, of 11 Elm Street, Biddeford, faced a charge of allowing a trailer to operate without registration plates. he filed the case without plea, claiming a trailer rental firm employee released the trailer with unknown plate status. State Trooper Hollis G. Dixon was the complainant in both cases.
Bowling on the green, once popular in England and Canada, was restricted by English rulers to keep men practicing archery, reflecting royal concerns over national defense and leisure activities.
A large turnout is forecast for the Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce outing to be held Tuesday June 19 at the Biddeford-Saco Country Club. The 3 p.m. sports program features a hole-in-one tournament and a chicken barbecue dinner is served at 6 15 p m.
Twelve voters registered with the Saco Board of Registration for the June 18 primaries. Names include Jane Burns and Thomas Burns of Ferry Road, Elizabeth Winslow, Arlene Holloway, Charlotte Tetley, Alvin Tetley of Ferry Road, Robert Hoyt, Jeannette Butler of Rumery Street, Rose Remillard and Albert Remillard of School Street, Leola Berry and Leona Berry of Spring Street.
York county Democratic committee meets at St John hall Jefferson street Biddeford Thursday night beginning 7 30 PM Election of a new chairman and county officers will be held Candidates for major and minor office have been asked to attend.
Dillon cites inflation containment as key factor behind recent stock price decline. He notes 1961 saw inflated prices from the belief inflation was near, while the economy accelerates after a mid winter pause. He urges faith in a continuing recovery and cites planned tax credits and liberalized depreciation allowances to boost profits.
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