Community Notices and Memorial Services from Biddeford Area
Local notices list several Biddeford residents in hospitals including Webber and Pine Point Manor. Names include George J McAlevey and Mrs Juanita Goldthwaite with addresses on Elm and Pool Road. A Brigadier Ad die E Shaffer funeral was held in Old Orchard Beach with an Eastern American Scavation Army guard and burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. McAlevey
Elm Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Juanita Goldthwaite
Pool’ Road
Raymond Perrin
James Street
Saco
Mary McDonald
Portland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Pine Point Manor
Scarborough
Anna M. Donahue
Orchard Street
Albert Leclerc
Peabody
Mass
Mary Kearney
Rose Turner
Butler's Department Store
New York
Florence Keaney
Diane Rouselle
Boston
Katherine L. Donahue
Addie E. Shaffer
Salvation Army
SA Corps
John ‘Baggs
Portland
William Malpas
Joseph Scheinfeldt
Maj
Robert Strain
Lloyd Stephen
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Church notes outline Saco area youth and group meetings
Church notes list events for Saco and nearby towns including Lower Grade Cadets Sunbeams Home League and Girl Scout troops. Meetings occur Tuesday afternoon and evening at Saco Salvation Army Lyman Baptist School Street Methodist Old Orchard Beach and United Baptist churches with prep for May Evangelistic services in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
The
Youth Dies in Auburn Crash Leverages Pole Impact
Lewiston youth Donald Hand aged 19 died yesterday when a car crashed into a utility pole in Auburn. The vehicle split in two on impact, making Hand the 52nd highway fatality of the year in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Donald Hand
Lewiston
Hand
Card of Thanks for gifts and cards after hospital stay
Fleur Ange C Lachance acknowledges gratitude to relatives and friends for the gifts and cards received while at Notre Dame Hospital and after returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital
Fleur Ange C. Lachance
Funeral Rites Held for Alberic E Simard at St Joseph Church
Funeral services for Alberic E Simard 89 Western Avenue Biddeford were held at 8 30 this morning at St Joseph Church Rev Leopold Huot celebrated the solemn requiem high Mass with Rev Mark Franck deacon Rev Sylvia Levesque sub deacon and a male quartet singing Mrs Diane Rous selle organist Msgr Elie Hevey in the sanctuary Bearers Adelard Loranger Alfred Drouin Adrien R LeBlond Emile LeBlond Arthur Ruel and Charles Green Burial followed in the St Joseph cemetery Burial prayers at the graveside were by Father Huot Attending from out of town were Mrs Madelein Chenard Worcester Mass Mr and Mrs Joseph Ricardi Providence R I and Rev Leopold Huot Westbrook
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberic E.simard
Western Avenue
Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Leopold Huot
Mark Franck
Sylvia Levesque
Diane Rousselle
Msgr
Elie Hevey
Adelard Loranger
Alfred Drouin
Adrien R. LeBlond
Emile LeBlond
Arthur Ruel
Charles Green
St. Joseph Cemetery
Father Huot
Father Franck
Madelein Chenard
Worcester
Mass
Joseph Ricardi
Providence
R. J
Westbrook
Funeral rites for Wilbrod Morin held at St Joseph Church
Funeral services were conducted for Wilbrod Morin 68 of 95 Alfred Street Biddeford on Saturday at St Joseph Church. Msgr Elie Hevey led the solemn high Mass with Rev Sylvia Levesque deacon and Rev Norman Carrier subdeacon. A male quartet sang and Mrs Dianna Rousselle played the organ. Morin a World War One veteran received military honors from Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post American Legion with a firing squad from Pease Air Force Base. Burial followed at St Joseph cemetery with graveside prayers by Father Levesque. Bearers included Rudolphe Beauchemin Royal Sheltra Raymond Cote Norbert Barabhe Roger Jean and Armand LeHoullier. Families from Massachusetts Connecticut and Texas attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbrod Morin
Alfred Street
Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Elie Hevey
Sylvia Levesque
Norman Carrier
Dianna Rousselle
Morin
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Pease Air Force Base
Willien Johnson
Robert Dugan
Garry Lucquette
Thomas Slatter
Arthur Senecal
Philipp Heery
Gerard Wendle
Ronald Caldwell
Nick Curro
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Oliva Bolduc
Royal Sheltra
Rudolphe Beauchemin
Raymond Cote
Norbert Barabhe
Roger Jean
Armand LeHoullier
Feemly
St. Joseph
Father Levesque
William Cyr
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Roland J. H. Brouillette
Wichita Falls
Tex
Denice Bolles
Joanne Brouillette
Groton
Conn
James Descoteaux
Ison
James, Arundel
Body Retrieved From Ocean Near Westport Island
The body of Stacey Rogers Jr. 25 of Wiscasset was recovered from the ocean near Westport Island. He drowned April 16 when his skiff overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Stacey Rogers Jr
Westport Island
Rogers
Notre Dame Council Meeting At Beach Street Saco
A Notre Dame Council meeting will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Notre Dame school hall Beach street Saco The Trust Hospital Aid plans an all day sewing session Wednesday starting at 10 a m at the Biddeford Universalist church A business meeting is set for 2 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Council
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Notre Dame School
Beach Street
Saco
Trust Hospital Aid
Biddeford
Poitras Property Sold On Alfred Road In Lyman
Samuel G Poitras and Yvonne Poitras sell a nine room colonial home with barn on about 45 acres on Alfred road Lyman to Raymond E Litwinowich and Arlene Litwinowich of Saco for residence. Realtor Nicholas Segatras of Saco brokered the deal. Separately Richard Hazlett and wife purchase Julia Hay house on Summer Street Wells Road Kennebunk for home. Vernon Littlefield handled that sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Road
Lyman
Samuel G
Yvonne Poitras
Raymond E
Arlene Litwinowich
Saco
Litwinowich
Nicholas P. Segatras
Main Street
Richard Hazlett
Wells Road
Kennebunk
Julia Hay
Summer Street
Vernon Littlefield
Major Broadway producers shaping new works for next season
New York stage chiefs Alan Jay Lerner Frederick Loewe and Moss Hart plan three upcoming projects. A comedy titled It Give It Six Months by George II Kaufmann and Leueen Maes Grath, a musical Camelot based on Arthurian tales, and a smaller mystery project are in development for the next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Moss Hart
George II, Kaufmann
Leueen Maes Grath
Camelot
Weather snapshot for Portland area and region
Fair mild conditions prevail this afternoon with less humidity. Expect cooler tonight with diminishing winds. Tuesday brings sun and mild temperatures. gusty northwest winds 15 to 25 mph today easing tonight. Temperatures vary by zone with Portland in the mid 70s and nearby towns from the upper 40s to low 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Miami
Chicago
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Montreal
June Tides Daylight Time Table
Tidal schedule listing high and low tides for days 6 through 8 in daylight time with morning and evening amplitudes. Data shows high tides at 8:46 9:41 10:35 and low tides at 2:34 3:29 4:22 with corresponding P.M. times.
Saco Man Fined For Fishing Without License
John F. Campbell of 151 Main Street Saco was fined 15 dollars by Judge Hilary Mahaney in Saco Municipal Court for fishing in the Saco River without a license. Shirley Northrup of 15 Lincoln Street Saco also paid 15 dollars for the same offense in a separate case brought by state game wardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Campbell
Main Street
Saco
Hilary Mahaney
Saco River
Shirley Northrup
Lincoln Street
Old Orchard Beach Set for Public Hearing on Town Government
A public hearing will be held next Monday at 7 30 PM in the Old Orchard Beach Town Hall. The Board of Selectmen and Town Manager Percival Ward will present the special committee report proposing 12 changes to the town government including five districts a two thirds vote to remove the manager a representative town meeting model and Civil Service personnel rules for the police. The committee chaired by Adelbert M Jakeman Sr included George W Sharey Henry R John David K Marshall Leonard K Gray Jerome A LaPellettier and Donald C Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Board of Selectmen
Percival Wardwell
Police Department
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Sr
George W. Sharey
Henry R. John
David K. Marshall
Leonard K. Gray
Jerome A. LaPelletier
Donald C. Jones
Diefenbaker warns on Soviet tactics at DePauw
Canada’s Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker told about 4,000 at DePauw University to resist Khrushchev style carrot and stick games. He urged NATO leaders to meet soon to bolster defenses and warned against letting emotions override reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
DePauw University
Nikita Khrushchev
DePauw
Blackstock
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Khr
Trap For a Lovely Man Gains Paris Hit Status
The thriller titled Trap For a Lovely Man becomes a Paris hit and awaits an audience verdict here on I Give It Six Months and Camelot. The production draws attention for its acclaimed suspense and strong performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Camelot
Birth Announcements From Local Homes This Spring
To Mr and Mrs Gerard R Bolduc 53 Pike Biddeford a daughter Mary Jane Patricia weight six pounds three ounces To Mr and Mrs George A Harriman Cape Porpoise a daughter Kathy Jean weight eight pounds seven ounces To Mr and Mrs Donald R Malloy 51 Highland Old Orchard Beach a daughter Diana Ruth weight seven pounds eight ounces To Mr and Mrs Robert N Atwell Pine Point Scarborough a son Robert N Jr weight nine pounds three ounces To Mr and Mrs Richard M Pratt West Paris a son Jonathan M weight eight pounds nine ounces Cloutier Stockman Avenue Saco a daughter Laurie Ann weight six pounds fifteen ounces
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard R. Bolduc
Pike Street
Biddeford
Mary Jane Patricia
George A. Harriman
Cape Porpoise
Kathy Jean
Donald R. Malloy
Highland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Diana Ruth
Robert N. Atwell
Pine Point
Scarborough
Robert N. Jr
Richard M. Pratt
West Paris
Jonathan M
Gerard R. Cloutier
Stockman Avenue
Saco
Laurie Ann
Judge Simon Spill Sets Merchant Violation Procedure
Biddeford municipal court Judge Simon Spill instructed police to report ordinance violations by merchants to the city solicitor. If justified and requested, warrants will be issued by the court. The change follows citizen complaints about selling merchandise on sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Spill
Biddeford
Police Department
Petty Larceny Probed by Saco Police
Saco police investigated two petty larceny reports from this weekend. Milton Garnett of West Scarborough said a missing empty chest and 8 or 10 16' 2x4s from Maxwile Junk on Yorkhill. Rey Smith of McKenney Road reported a lawnmower valued at $25 taken from his lawn. Both cases under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Milton Garnett
West Scarborough
Maxwile Junk Company
Yorkhill
Rey Smith
McKenney Road
Fat Causes Fire In Elm Street Home
A fire damaged the kitchen of a single story house at 475 Elm Street Biddeford when hot fat on an electric range ignited. Owner Mrs Noella Lamirande fought the blaze until Tank 1 firefighters arrived. she received medical attention. A later false alarm from box 135 St Louis School Birch Street was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street
Biddeford
Noella Lamirande
Tank 1
Saco Couple Remembers 1910 Wedding at St Mary’s Biddeford
A Biddeford Saco couple celebrated a long marriage dating from 1910 in St Mary’s rectory. Ethel Andrews Clappison, born in England, and husband Clappison of Saco moved to 9 Ferry road. The fete drew many relatives and friends from Biddeford Saco and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary Rectory
Biddeford
Clappison
England
Ethel Andrews
Saco
West Cutts Street
Ferry Road
Saco-Lowell
Raymond
Diamond National Firm
Portland
Arthur
Adjutant General's Department
Portland National Guard
Earl
Saco Post Office
Carol Ann Clappison
South Portland
Joseph E. Clappison
Barbara Rennie
Mary Richards
Anne FE. Dineen
Edward Flynn
Dennis Sheehan
Paul E. Broker
Bradlee Emerson
Camille Bedard
Elizabeth Buckley
Jessie Davis
Robert McConnell
Elsie C. Morris
Norman E. Julia
Annie T. Cote
Mary Augustine
Paul la Branche
Oscar Nadeau
Mildred Shane
Dennis
Mary
Nora Murphy
Ben P. Wood
Bert Lashett
Mamie Gagne
Fred Clark
Ag Joseph Vachon
Chris Linas
Catherine Crowley
Wm. P. Judge
Thomas Butler
William H. Andrews
Sarasota
Fla
Augusta Cash
Bennie Batttistelli
Manchester
N. H
George Linnie
Wyman Hill
Thomas Clappison
Haranson
Charles Cody
Clyde
William Wilson
George Troufield
Pawtucket R.I
Leonard P. Cash
William Curtis
Joseph Parent
Elizabeth Emmons
Robert Murray
William Borden
Eva Hill
Kerwin Twomey
Kenneth Deaning
George Noble
Larry McLaughlin
Wakefield
Mass
Donald Cash
Robert Christian
Haverhill
Gene Clecey
Amesbury
John Otis
Bronx
In. Y
John Flaherty
Fontana
Calif
Lee Boyd
John Whitehurst
Maude Whitehurst
Auburn
Jennie Hill
Lawrence
George Battistelli
Man ‘Chester
James Clappison
Bath
Earl Mailman
Leon Morrissey
Walter Brennan
Rose Maloney
David Hill
Chicago
Ill
Donald Buchanan
Paul Bedard
Kennebunk
Maurice Boland
Arthur St. Pierre
Margaret Hill
Greenville
South Carolina
Margaret Mullen
Old Orchard Beach
William Battistelli
John Baroody
Louis Battistelli
N .H
Dennis Lee
Hampton
Ernest Battistelli
Robert Pickett
Louis Leroux
Japan Plans Ike Visit Emphasizing Imperial Guest Status
Kyodo reports the government will stress that President Eisenhower’s arrival is as a guest of the Emperor, not a personal guest of Prime Minister Kishi, aiming to calm leftist agitation ahead of the visit. The Emperor is viewed as above politics in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kyodo
Kishi
Samuel Grant Kenerson and Jessie Lunt Named in Court Note
Samuel Grant Kenerson and Miss Jessie Lunt are referenced in a preliminary court note alongside Gardiner in an unspecified matter. The fragment indicates a legal proceeding or filing involving these individuals. Further details are unavailable in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenerson
Samuel Grant
Gardiner
Jessie Lunt
DAR Rites Held At Grave Of Saco Member Eva Morgan
Local and visiting DAR officers gathered at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco for a memorial service for Eva B. Morgan a 55 year DAR member who helped win official status for the Star Spangled Banner. The service featured insignia placement a prayer by a visiting officer and readings by state and local regents. Morgan served as local chapter regent state regent and national vice president general and lobbied with Congress to have the anthem recognized as the national song by a 1931 act of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Emery
Forest Hill
Kennebunk
Mary Collins
Grace FitzPatrick
Doris FitzPattrick
Edna Rollins
Ethel Berwick
Helen Mahoney
Harold A. Clark
Harry M. Grover
Leroy F. Hussey
Stanley R. Hurd
Ezra White
Alice Rogers Parsons
America
Ina N. Emery
Margaret Strout
Fort Mary
D.A.R
Hills Beach
Grovers
Carol MacLean
Saco
South Caroline
Tamassee School
Laurel Hill Cemetery
MacLean
Eva FE. Morgan
LLD
DAR
Margery Parsons
John Tarbox
Ambrose EF. B. Floyd
Blanche T. Hatton
Nancy Tarbox
Elizabeth Garland
Dorothy M. Garland
Harold Glidden
Daughters of the American Revolution
Eva B. Morgan
Laurel Hill
Augusta
Evelyn Grover
Gardiner
Beatrice White
Waterville
Alice Parsons
York
Ina Emery
Morgan
Kennebunkport
U. S. Congress
Court Rule Affects Case Against Beach Man 20
Two court actions feature a beach area accident and a manslaughter case. Martin J. Connors of Old Orchard Beach was injured in an automobile crash in Saco and moved from a local hospital to Togus in Maine. William J. Colpitts of South Portland drove the car that struck Connors at Route 1 and Cascade Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin J. Connors
Milliken Mills Road
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Saco Hospital
Veterans Faculty
Togus
Connors
William J. Colpitts
South Portland
Cascade Road
David Sheehan
Oliver Berthiaume
Biddeford
Simon Spill
Ne Supreme Judicial Court
Berthiaume
South Street
Ann Braley
Miss Braley
Atty
Joseph Fr. Harvey
Willard Beaulieu
Main Street
Germaine Beaulieu
Spill
Castro Seeks Ties With Red China Behind Cuba’s Moves
The New York Times reports Fidel Castro’s regime plans to establish diplomatic ties with Peiping before July 26. The shift would split Latin America’s stance against recognizing Peiping and raise U.S. concern as Washington pushes to keep Chinese Communists out of the Western Hemisphere. Khrushchev has accepted Castro’s invitation to visit Cuba amid growing Soviet bloc links alongside unofficial ties with Peiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fidel Castro
Red China
New York Times
Peiping
United States
Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Colby Honors Noted Figures At 139th Commencement
Colby College awarded honorary degrees to Dr. James Bryant Conant Harvard president emeritus and 214 graduates. Others honored included Neil Leonard Francis T P Plimpton M Gerard Piel Paul Farr Russell Willard Cummings Louise Bogan Richard Bennett and Reverend Robert J McCracken. Dellozio won a doctor of music and Herbert Brucker received a doctor of humane letters. Colby President J Seelye Bixler was named an honorary graduate as he retires after 18 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville i
James Bryant Conant
Emertus
Harvard University
Colby College
Conant
Italy
Colby
Neil Leonard
Boston
Francis T. P. Plimpton
New York
M. Gerard Piel
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Robert James McCracken
Riverside Church
New York City
Dello Woio
Herbert Brucker
Hartford Courant
J. Seelye Bixler
Burned in Blaze Belfast
Leroy Bowden, 35, was seriously burned yesterday when a flash fire in his cellar trapped him as he opened the door. Firemen said he was engulfed by flames while his family escaped without injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Leroy Bowden
Bowden
Rising optimism in cooling dispute sparks possible week-end solution
Calm at the talks as temper flares ease and both sides show renewed hope for a resolution by week’s end. Observers note reduced tensions and a possible breakthrough ahead of new negotiations.
Market Upturn Lifts Steels and Motors in Noon Trading
Stocks rise on renewed demand as steels gain 1 to 3 points and motors advance to about 2. Oils rails and chemicals also climb while electronics and missiles show uneven action. Dow hits 631.93 with gains in U S Steel Bethlehem Republic and Chrysler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steels and Motors
Motors
Wall Street
Youngstown Sheet
Lukens
Jones & Langmin
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Chrysler
Ford
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Royal Dutch
Associated Press
Fire at Old Orchard road underpass damages none
Saco firemen responded to a Saturday night car fire in an Old Orchard road underpass. The vehicle owned by John Van Blarcon of Yarmouth sustained no reported damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Old Orchard Road
John van Blarcon
Yarmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brig
Addie Shaffer
Prayer Fellowship
Lyman Baptist Church
Sunbeams of
Leslie Williams
Oakland Avenue
James Johnson
Portland Exposition
School Street Methodists Church
Saco United Baptist Church
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Saco United, Baptist Church
Allstate
Paul R. Rousseau
Eevree
Courany
Albert Gadbois
Geranium
Mfg
Vermont Monumental Works
Elm ST
Tel
Atlantic
W. J. Provost
West Scarbire
Maine
Dial Tuctor
L. RK. Joncas
Old Orchard
Dial
Wellington
Alberic E
Simard
Saco Man
Webber
Saco Police
Rome
Forum
Emery
Togus Hospital
Red
China
James P. Murphy Co
Lewiston, Maine
Rep
Roland Collette
Charles Murphy
Dial Biddeford
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