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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1959

Page

8

Hills Beach Ranch House for Immediate Sale

Ocean side Hills Beach property five rooms with breezeway and garage. Owner out of state must sell at once. Also listed are a 10.0 bungalow on Saco Ave with six rooms bath sunporch basement and oil heat, and Ross Road great round eight rooms bath partial basement on twenty acres land.

Simeon J. Grenier Alfred St Portland Road Saco Hills Beach Ocean Main Street Breezeway & Garage Ocean Ave Beach Bath Saco Ave Ross Rd

Public Hearing on liquor permit at Kennebunkport hotel

The Kennebunkport Selectmen set a public hearing for June 18 1959 at 2 00 pm at the town office. The hearing concerns Ronald A Baker doing business as The Glen Haven Hotel seeking a permit to sell spirituous and vinous liquors.

Ronald A. Baker Glen Haven Kennebunkport Arthur F. Lombard M. Abbott Pendergast Elmont E. Tyndale

Kennebunkport approves liquor permit hearing for The Old Fort Inn

On a petition by Maurice N. Sherman D B A The Old Fort Inn the Kennebunkport Selectmen set Thursday June 18 1959 at 1 30 PM EDT at their office for a hearing on the permit to sell spirituous and vinous liquors. Elmont S Tyndale.

Maurice N. Sherman Old Fort Inn Kennebunkport Arthur F. Lombard M. Abbott Pendergast Elmont S. Tyndale

Mass Resident Fined in Saco Court for Speeding

Bruce B Collins 23 of Waltham Mass paid a $20 fine this morning in Saco Municipal Court after state police charged him with 80 mph in a 70 mph zone on the Maine Turnpike. Recorder William F Wilson Jr fined Franklin G Parks 2 of Portland $15 for speeding 35 mph in a 25 mph zone on Elm Street.

Bruce B. Collins Waltham Mass Maine Saco Collins William F. Wilson, Jr Franklin G. Parks Portland Elm Street Parks

Stassen Proposes Transit Job Cure for Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA AP Harold Stassen running on the Republican ticket promises to ease the city's unemployment by stopping transportation subsidies for jobless residents who seek work elsewhere. He would repatriate those coming to Philadelphia if elected, drawing criticism from City Council President James H. J. Tate who calls Stassen a migratory worker himself.

Philadelphia Harold Stasen James H. J. Tate Minnesota Stassen

U Of M Housing Bill Fails To Clear House

AUGUSTA AP A $10 million bond issue for University of Maine housing failed to clear the Maine House in a two thirds vote. The measure, backed at $12 million by the Senate and $8.195 million originally, was rejected 78 to 44 and then 76 to 53 in roll call. Rep. John Knight urged withholding action pending a possible reconsideration.

Augusta University of Maine House Senate John Knight Rockland

Biddeford High Club Gift To Teacher Honors Latin Program

Members of the Biddeford High School Junior Classical League presented Mrs. Elton O Feeney of Old Orchard Beach with a gift in appreciation of her work with the league and the class. Feeney has substituted for Mrs Conrad Coady since March 9. The club includes second year Latin students with John Perreault as president and John Doran as secretary treasurer, plus Paul Chenard Darlene Berry Bernard Colpitts Diane Davis Lynn Carp Sharon Sneider Deborah Allen Linda Wakefield Linda Spill Joan Dishard and Donna Coleman.

Biddeford High School Elton O. Feeney Old Orchard Beach Deborah Allen Linda Wakefield Linda Spill Joan Dishard Donna Coleman

Clothes Reported Stolen In Saco

Mrs Daniel Booth Jr of 45 Common Street Saco reported thieves took a nightgown and two pairs of panties from her clothesline last night. Mrs Boothby told police she found the garments missing this morning and Saco police are investigating the theft.

Daniel Boothby, Jr Common Street Saco Boothby

Af Academy Romance Suffers Tragic Ending

Two diverse items are mixed: appointing C M Ehrhardt to director of management services at Saco Lowell shops signals staffing policy, while in Durango Colorado a first class Air Force Academy graduate's teenage wife Barbara Ann Barnwell, 18, dies in a car crash. Her husband Lt Lee Barnwell, 23, survived injured but determined to care for her.

C. M. Ehrhardt Saco-Lowell Thomas J. Ault Ehrhardt Long Manufacturing Borg-Warner Muncie Gear Works Farm Easy Products The Waring Corporation Breyer Ice Cream Company Muncie Ind Boston Durango Colo Air Force Academy Colorado City Barbara Ann Barnwell Denver Lee Barnwell Greenville S. C Herbert Luoma Barbara O.K Luoma Mercy Hospital Bee Barnwell Nea Colorado Springs Academy Marriet Hussein of Jordan U.S Hussein Chicago

Nursing Class Scheduled At Old Orchard Beach

Old Orchard Beach Red Cross unit announces a home nursing class starting Monday at the Old Orchard Town Hall auditorium. Sessions run Monday and Wednesday 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with instructor Mrs. Avis Stevenson R N assisted by Mrs. Lillian Frost. Registration remains open for residents of Old Orchard and Ocean Park. call Mrs Stevenson in Ocean Park.

Old Orchard Beach Red Cross Old Orchard Town Hall Avis Stevenson R. N Lillian Frost Orchards Ocean Park Stevenson

Port Legion Auxiliary Unit Ends Season

The Kennebunkport Memorial unit of the American Legion Auxiliary held its final meeting of the season at the post home on Maine Street. Plans include delegates and alternates to attend the Department of Maine convention, final committee reports, and a September 9 restart of meetings. The state convention is set for June 25 to 28 at Bangor, with the annual unit history by Mrs Mildred Cornealy and Poppy Day sales supporting child welfare and rehabilitation funds led by Mrs Elsie Perry.

Department of Maine Kennebunkport Memorial Unit American Legion Auxiliary Maine Street Bangor Mildred Cornealy Elsie Perry

Churchmen Ceirinuet on Parochial Education Costs

Church leaders urge that Roman Catholic Church and parents seeking specific religious schooling should not bear full costs now, citing traditional methods and expenses. The council states transporting parochial pupils violates the principle of separation of church and state.

Ceirinuet Page One

Biddeford KC Honors and Donations Mark Council Year

District Deputy Leo Lesparance praised the council for yearly activities and awarded Maurice Lamarrre a plaque for sectional playoff victory. Arthur Lambert and Roland Leclerc thanked the council for blood donations to ill relatives. The women’s auxiliary reported buying chinaware for the council.

Leo Lesparance Maurice Lammarre Arthur Lambert Roland Leclerc

Whistling George Alpert Takes Side on Ban Issue

Whistling George Alpert appears to align with the prochim faction though no order to lift the ban has been issued. He remarks that in a drab world and the railroad atmosphere of today, a little whistling does no harm.

George Alpert Alpert

Ice thieves in Royal Oak coldly ignore cash box findings

In Royal Oak Michigan police report an ice vending machine theft where suspects broke into a service station but left the cash box and eleven twenty pound bags of crushed ice unread. Detectives seek leads as officers describe the break in as nonconfrontational and routine.

Royal Oak, Mich Royal Oak

Painting Contractors Bid Notice for Saco Maine Schools

Bids will be received until 12 00 noon DST on June 19 at the Superintendent of Schools City Hall Saco Maine for outside painting of several schools Specifications may be secured at the Superintendent of Schools office The Superintending School Committee reserves the right to refuse any and all bids c J Cutts Secretary

Superintendent of Schools City Hall Saco Maine C. J. Cutts

Chinaware Delivery Expected Next Week

Grand Knight Fern Picard presided at a small ceremony as chinaware shipment was announced for delivery next week. The event noted organizational planning and community involvement surrounding the handover.

Fern Picard

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