Local Acknowledgments Highlight Community Figures
Wilfrid Morin of Pine Street Saco remains for observation at Webber Hospital. Elphege Paradis of Biddeford is a patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Roland J Vertefeuille USN airman apprentice finished nine-week Aviation Machinist's Mate Reciprocating Engine School at NAS Memphis. Mrs. Robert Noble and Mrs. John Authier attended the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs convention at Poland Spring Hotel June 4 and 5. Town Manager Leon F Jones of Old Orchard Beach returned from a Maine Municipal Association meeting at the Samoset Hotel Rockland. David M Sawyer, formerly of Saco, earned Eagle Scout from Troop 52 Methuen Mass, while a freshman at Woodbury High School Salem N H, active in band and Student Council.
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Wilfrid Morin
Pine Street
Saco
Webber Hospital
Elphege Paradis
Westmore Ave
Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Roland J. Vertefeuille
USN
George J. Vertefeuille
Pleasant St
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Noble
John Authier
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Poland Spring
Leon F. Jones
Old Orchard Beach
Samoset Hotel
Rockland
Maine Municipal Association
David M. Sawyer
Theodore Are
Salem
N. H
Methuey
Mass
Woodbury High School
Deaths Pierre Robin 66 Biddeford resident dies
Pierre Robin 66 of Washington Street Biddeford died at a local hospital after a long illness born March 3 1877 to Alexandre and Exrilda Guilbeault Robin he was a St Joseph’s Church communicant and retired from the Saco Lowell Shops Survived by brother Charles Robin Hartford Conn and several nieces and nephews Funeral from St Joseph’s Church Saturday at 8 30 a m Friends may call Soucy Funeral Home Biddeford today and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p m
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Pierre Robin
Washington Street
Biddeford
Alexandre
Exrilda Guilbeault Robin
St. Joseph's Church
Saco-Lowell
Charles Robin
Hartford
San‘soucy Funeral Home
Stone St. Biddeford
Tomorow
Prayers Planned For Mrs. Alice Provencher
Members of Conseil Ste. The rese and Union St. Jean Baptiste will meet at 7 tonight at Bolduc Funeral Home 291 Alfred Street Biddeford to say prayers for Mrs. Alice Provencher a member of the local conseil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conseil Ste. Therese
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Bolduc
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Alice Provencher
Conseil
Ste Ann Sodality Members Meet At Biddeford Funeral Home
Members of Ste Ann Sodality of St Josephs Church meet at Bolduc Funeral Home 291 Alfred St Biddeford to recite the rosary for late member Mrs Alice Provencher at 7 30 tonight.
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Ste. Ann Sodality
St. Joseph's Church
Bolduc
Alfred St
Biddeford
Alice Provencher
Elks Lodge and AMVETS Auxiliary Meet in Biddeford Saco Area
Members of the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks hold a business meeting tonight at home on Portland Road Saco with a chicken supper at 6 30 p.m. The Merton Ira Staples Post AMVETS Auxiliary meet at the Poe Home Alfred Street Biddeford. The Grange plans a rummage sale Saturday at the GAR hall Saco from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Items may be left Friday evening 6 to 9 p.m.
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Biddeford
Saco
Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets Auxiliary
Poe
Alfred Street
Bidde
Church Notes Higher Grade Cadets Meet Friday
Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 p m in the church chapel to discuss duties, plans, and upcoming community service events. Members are urged to attend and bring ideas for youth outreach and volunteer participation.
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Saco Salvation Army
Saco Police Deploy Summer Uniforms
Saco police officers wore navy blue serge trousers and light blue short sleeve poplin shirts without neckties. The blue serge coat is banned for summer except cooler days, a plan approved by the Police and Fire Commission. This marks the first summer with short sleeve shirts allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Police
Raymond Kerry
Police and Fire Commission
Wells ALBEO G. LAPIERRE car wash aids Wells High School team
A fund raising car wash for the Wells High School baseball team's Fenway Park trip will be held Saturday June 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Coggeshall's Amoco Station Wells and Hutchins Garage Ogunquit. Mrs Albeo G LaPierre Wells state membership chairman of the Maine American Legion Auxiliary installed new officers of the Quint Cheney Unit of North Berwick and the Sullivan Nowell Unit of South Berwick in joint ceremonies at the North Berwick Post Home Wednesday evening, assisted by Mrs Arthur H Tufts past president of the Wells Unit as sergeant at arms, with a supper preceding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells High
Fenway Park
Boston
Coggeshall
Amoco
Wells
Hutchins
Ogunquit
Albeo G. LaPierre
Maine American Legion Auxiliary
Quint-Cheney
Beach council to hold special meeting Friday
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Town Manager Leon F Jones announced a special Friday evening session to revisit license applications for seven novelty stores denied at Monday's meeting. The Chequinn Corporation and Tide Inn faced related liquor and entertainment permit disputes with court options looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Leon F. Jones
William J. Mullen
William P. Dona
Chequinn Corporation
State Flags To Be Half-Staffed
Augusta AP Gov Reed orders national and state flags on state buildings lowered to half mast Friday to honor the late Pope John XXIII. The ceremony aligns with Roman Catholic observances statewide as mourning for a major spiritual leader of the century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Reed
John XXIII
Weld Murder Case Continued In Juvenile Hearing
Weld 12 year old boy charged with murder had case continued for a week by Judge Benjamin Butler. Ten state witnesses testified as the closed hearing resumed after a month delay for a psychiatric report from Pineland Hospital. The youth admitted stabbing and killing Wendell Bowie seven in Weld on April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Weld
Benjamin Butler
Pineland Hospital and Training Center
Wendell Bowie
Franklin County
Dwight Lander
Amendments Grow For Maine Sales Tax Bill Showdown
In Augusta the House moves toward a second showdown on the Reed administration sales tax increase as new amendments appear. A Turner proposal would tax 3 percent on advertising revenue to fund education subsidies. Pease offers a different ad tax to fund the general state account. The Albair bill would raise the sales tax rate from 3 to 4 percent, estimating 182 million in new revenue over two years. The measure, already approved 74-71 on its first House outing, faces late debate with amendments pending.
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Augusta
Reed
Memrs
House
Benjamin A. Turner
Rauburn
Nue
Alan C. Pease
Wiscasset
Pease
Sam A.R. Albair
Caribou
Portland Weather Outlook With Showers Possible
This afternoon mostly fair hot and humid with a chance of brief showers or a thundershower late in the day. Highs 82 to 88. West to southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight clearing and cooler with lows 50 to 55 and winds variable then northerly. Friday fair cooler and less humid.
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Portland
WSCS of Foss Street Church Sets Installation
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Foss Street Methodist Church Biddeford plans an installation of officers during the Sunday morning service June 16 led by Rev. C Joseph Ingraham. A previous meeting at Mrs Sylvia Searle's home covered last nights banquet planning and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshview
Scarborough
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Foss Street Methodist Church
Biddeford
Sylvia Searle
Ferry Road
Saco
Louise Merryman
Anne Spencer
Beatrice Kalee
Searle
Meredith
Gregg Searle
Kaleel
Sunshine
Merryman
Lewiston
C. Joseph Ingraham
Ada Howard
Leona Ross
Marion Hutchins
Marion Spoffard
Virginia Henderson
Ida Michie
Blanche Johnson
Gladys Goodwin
Emma Merrill
Marguerite
Melntire
Cathleen Pate
George Nielson
Gordon Smith
Gladys Schwartz
Frances Michie
Maude Moore
Louis Merryman
Emma
Bernice Wiggin
Theresa Chasse
Esther Marr
County AL Officers Will Be Installed
The York County Council American Legion and Auxiliary will install officers in a ceremony Friday June 7 at 8 p.m. at the Sullivan Nowell Post Home in South Berwick led by County Commander-elect Biddeford Merlon Kingsley and staff. Appointments include Joseph L. Forest as county adjutant and Richard M. Doe as publicity officer. Legionnaires and Auxiliary will meet separately then join for a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County Council
American Legion
Sullivan - Nowell
South Berwick
Royal N. Sheltra
Biddeford
Merlon Kingsley
Strong
Department of Maine
Sheltra
Joseph L. Forest
Webber - Lefebvre
Kennebunk
Richard M. Doe
C. Fayette Staples
Old Orchard Beach
Bibber Elected By Funeral Directors
Richard Bibber of Bibber Memorial Chapel in Kennebunk is named a new director of the Maine Association of the National Funeral Directors. Other officers include Sidney Graves of Presque Isle as president Royal Roderick of Lewiston as vice president Edward Fredette of Waterville as vice president Joseph LaBeau of Crono as secretary and John Hay of Westbrook as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Richard Bibber
Saco Street Committee Plans Friday Meetings on North Street
Mayor J Edward Whelan said the streets committee will meet every Friday morning with Street Commissioner Herbert Kerns to coordinate city improvement plans. North Street will receive first repair attention this year and preliminary work has started. committee members include Aldermen Bryce Milne Gerard Cassette Chandler Boutet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Whelan
Saco
Committee On
Herbert Kerns
North Street
Bryce, Milne
Gerard Cassette
Chandler Boutet
Taxpayers Try To Break IRS Box In Tax Form
In Shelby North Carolina an IRS spokesman notes many people ignore the instruction not to write in the upper right corner of income tax forms. He recalls one common reaction is I’ll write any darn place I please.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby, N. C
Internal Revenue Service
Shelby
Chamber of Commerce
Saco Mayor Seeks State Grant For Sewage Plant
Saco Mayor said he spoke with the Joint House and Senate Appropriations Committee in Augusta about a $600,000 state grant for a $2.3 million sewer and treatment plant project to curb Saco River pollution. No decision on the grant’s inclusion in the supplemental budget was reached. Raeburn MacDonald, water engineer, joined the mayor at the committee. project would use 80 percent state and federal funds if started this year under Accelerated Public Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Whelan
Saco
Augusta
Joint
House and
Senate Appropriations Committee
Whelan
House
Senate
Raeburn MacDonald
Water Improvement Commission
Saco River
Fed
Insect Control Begins in Old Orchard Beach Parks
Town Manager Leon F Jones announces a summer insect battle using a new insecticide around town parks playgrounds and picnic sites. Two compact power sprayers weighing 60 pounds each have been purchased and mounted on street department trucks. Use of the equipment has already started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Leon F. Jones
Area Catholic Grads Attend 11 Oclock Mass Kennebunkport
Area Catholic graduates from St Martha's Kennebunkport St Monica's Kennebunk St Mary's Wells and All Saints Ogunquit will join the 11 oclock Mass at St Monica's Church in Kennebunk for communion Then they will have breakfast for graduates and parents at the Howard Johnson Restaurant in Wells Rev Joseph T Alves director of the Catholic Family Counseling Board of the Archdiocese of Boston will address the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martha’s Parish
Kennebunkport
St. Monica’s
Kennebunk
St. Mary's, Wells
All Saints, Ogunquit
St. Monica’s Church
Howard Johnson
Wells
Joseph T. Alves
Catholic Family Counselling Board
Archdiocese of Boston
Three Local Men Are UMP Graduates
Paul Francis Caron of Biddeford Howard Cook Jones of Saco and Wendell Bruce Lund of Saco earned Bachelor of Science in business administration at the University of Maine seniors commencement on the Portland Campus last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Francis Caron
Biddeford
Howard Cook Jones
Wendell Bruce Lund
Saco
University of Maine
Portland
McDowell Wins Admission After Court Fight
Meredith reports that leaders failed to push for total integration as McDowell won admission to the university in a court battle after the State Board of Institutions of Higher Learning rejected his enrollment due to potential unrest. District Judge Sidney Mize in Biloxi issued an injunction barring interference with his admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell
Theniversity
State Board of Institutions of Higher Learning
Sidney Mize
Biloxi
Saco Boatmen Complain Of Oil Slick On Crafts
Boat owners at the Saco Yacht Club report an oil sludge coating the waterline of tied boats near the Front Street clubhouse. The Coast Guard in Biddeford Pool confirmed complaints and said it would seek the source with Portland headquarters to trace the material floating in the river. One owner noted the oily film stained a fresh paint job on his vessel.
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Saco Yacht Club
Front St
Coast Guard
Biddeford Pool
Portland
Biddeford Man Hospitalized After Woods Crash
Elphege J. Paradis a 78 year old resident of 48 Westmore Ave Biddeford was hurt when his pickup left the South Waterboro road struck a rocky ledge and veered into trees. He remains in fair condition at a Port and hospital with a brain hemorrhage and one sided paralysis.
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Biddeford
Lyman
Portand
Elphege J. Paradis
Westmore Ave
South Waterboro
Paradis
Pontiff John XXIII and his ecumenical council drive unity
The 1959 plan to convoke an ecumenical council marks Pope John XXIII's bold push for Christian unity. He expands cardinal ranks, includes diverse races, and draws audiences of up to 250000 weekly. He greets visitors from across the world, earning Eternal City devotion.
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John
Aggior
Namento
Khrushchev
Rada
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Soviet Union
the Eternal City
Pope John
the Pope
Papa Giovanni
Pope Little
Annual Reports From TBF Unit Officials
The Tighe-Beau doin-Farley Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary met at the Post Home in Biddeford. Mrs Nellie Petit presided as reports by Mrs Ida Noyes secretary Miss Germaine Lariviere treasurer and Mrs Carmen Ruel Poppy Day chairwoman. Lizzie Klay Sunshine chair reported sympathy and get well cards sent. The charter was awarded to chaplain Mrs Tremblay for deceased Past President Eva Croteau. Birthday March honored Mrs Carmen Ruel. next meeting set for June 19. Prayers opened and closed by Mrs Tremblay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
Nellie Petit
Ida Noyes
Germaine Lariviere
Carmen Ruel
Lizzie Klay
Sunshine
Tremblay
Eva Croteau
Tremylay
Majorettes Named At Old Orchard Beach High School
Majorette tryouts were held at the Old Orchard Beach High School gym for eighth through junior grades. Chosen are head majorette Charleen Hebert band leader Ruth St. Germain and new majorettes Carol Skillin Judy Coburn Joyce Croteau Karen Cooper Linda Emmons. Returning majorettes include Beverly Southwick Francene Boucher Pauline Cyr Lois Timmins and Sherry Gillis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach High School
Charleen Hebert
Ruth St. Germain
Carol Skillin
Judy Coburn
Joyce Croteau
Karen Cooper
Linda Emmons
Beverly Southwick
Francene Boucher
Pauline Cyr
Lois Timmins
Sherry Gillis
Kennedy Addresses Segregation and Education Gap
Kennedy criticized American education, noting over 23 million adults have under eight years of schooling and more than 8 million never reached the fifth grade. He contrasted North de facto segregation with South formal segregation while on a Pacific Navy cruise where sailors hoped to rebound from two missile failures in presidential demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace
North
South
Kennedy
Pacific
Navy
Refrigerator motor overheats sparking Biddeford alarm
Biddeford crews from Engines 3 and 5 were summoned at 5 p.m. when an electric motor in a refrigerator overheated in the apartment of 48 Graham Street resident Ralph Prejean. Recall was issued at 5:13 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Ralph Prejean
Graham St
Biddeford KC Auxiliary Elects New Officers Slate
The Biddeford Council Knights of Columbus Auxiliary elected a new officer slate led by Martha Masse as president and Isabelle Boucher as vice president. New members Vivianne Marcotte and Marie Ange Labreque joined, with reports on past month activities and plans for a July 21 picnic at Swan Pond Lyman for paid members only. Transportation signups at Washington Street Hall at 11 a.m. Upcoming installation by Muriel Duprey on September 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus Auxiliary
Niew
Martha Masse
Isabelle Boucher
Dolores Dudley
Rita Leblond
Teresa Gaudette
Jeanne Gadbois
Pauline Nolette
Martha Neault
Vivianne Marcotte
Marie Ange Labreque
iSwan Pond
Lyman
Washington Street Hall
Warrants Issued For Unlicensed Dogs
Brunswick selectmen signed a warrant ordering the dog officer to collect overdue fees or seize the unlicensed dogs. About 130 dogs in town are unlicensed and Maine law requires towns to pay the state for each listed dog. If collection fails, the town’s dog-license account will run at a deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Maine
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AMP
A.M. P.M
WSCS
Foss Street
County
Bibber
Biddeford Jaycees
Denise Martel
Elizabeth Boucher
Linda
Lowell
Allan Griffin
Jaycees Safety Committee
Denise Garon
Christine Robert
Arthur Willey
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Sacos
UMP
Pontiff
TBF
OOB High School
Emmanuel College
Jeanne Marie Perrault
Oscar W. Perrault
South St
Perrault
Modern Language Society
The
Athletic Association
Young Democrats Club
Glee Club
Biddeford KC
Thy Millette
Gloria St. Pierre
Claire Carrier
Paulette Lor Lange
Muriel Duprey
Simone
Paulette Cantara
Sneider’s Grocery Center
West Street
Miracle
RATH
Peck
Shumway Funeral Edition Service, Inc
Saco, Meine
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