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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1962
Page
2
A fair and warmer pattern develops this afternoon and tonight into Saturday. Winds remain westerly at 5 to 15 mph with afternoon sea breezes along the coast. Temperatures reach mid 80s in the warmest inland zones and mid 50s in cooler locales.
Multiple local notices report patients at Webber Hospital in Biddeford and Saco. Names include Mrs Olina Dube 35 Franklin St Saco and Victor Williams 158 Alfred St Biddeford as medical patients. Roger Lamontagne 39 Washington Ave Saco as a surgical patient. Felicia Michniewich 25 Wentworth St Biddeford listed as a patient. Gerald R Smith son of Mrs Lucille G Roberge 4 Hill St Biddeford has completed recruit training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Roland E Laliberte a student at Eymard Seminary Hyde Park NY is home for summer vacation. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Thurston and Miss Rachel Thurston of North Saco returned from Tappan NY where they attended the funeral of their sister-in-law Mrs Virgil Thurston.
Group C led by Mrs Augustine Albert will manage the Notre Dame thrift shop next week. The arrangement places the captain and her team in charge of operations and sales during the upcoming period. The details emphasize volunteer leadership and community service.
The Junior Band and choirs of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday morning. Confessions are scheduled at St Monica Kennibunk from 4 to 5 pm. St Martha Kennsbunkport offers sessions 4 to 6 and 7 to 8 pm. St Mary Wells lists confession hours 2:30 to 3:30 pm.
New York stocks swung from a brief uptick to a broad retreat as heavy afternoon trading pushed the AP 60-stock average down 0.30 to 208.30 at noon. Dow stood at 560.74, down 2.26, with blue chips losing and rails and utilities uneven amid mixed bond activity.
Saco assessors report valuation exemptions for veterans totaling 437,930 this year under state law. Exemptions apply to pensioned or disabled veterans over 62, widows, and minor children on real estate. There are 154 veterans' applications and 139 poll tax exemptions. Blind persons receive 10.59 of valuation exemption.
Wells High School distributed scholastic and athletic awards at a morning assembly. Academic honors included 94 percent averages and letters to students across English, science, history, and languages, with individual recognitions by subjects and DAR awards. Sports letters and stars honored basketball, track, and cheerleading squads, plus a pole vault trophy for Southwestern Maine.
An awards assembly at Wells Junior High in the elementary school auditorium honored students and teams. Glee club, band, cheerleading, and sports recipients were announced by coaches and staff led by principal Russell Noyes and assistant Harry DeShon. Scholastic honors, DAR Good Citizenship, perfect attendance, and multiple letter awards highlighted the event with numerous named students.
A federal program pays about $23 million in dividends to Korean War era veterans holding RS term life policies. To receive funds, policyholders must convert RS policies to W type permanent or low cost term before September 14, 1963, with about $100 average payout and ongoing cost benefits.
Mrs Vera B Milliken 74 longtime Kennebunkport resident died at a Portland hospital she was born August 16 1887 daughter of Charles and Lizzie Stone widow of Ethan Milliken a First Congregational church member and Farmington State Normal School graduate she taught in Kennebunkport and elsewhere survived by a daughter Mrs Charles Day Funeral Sunday 2 pm Bibber Memorial chapel Kennebunk interment at Arundel cemetery minister Rev George Urban of Kennebunkport Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Roland Oscar Pruneau Sr. aged 59 will be held Monday at 9 AM from St. Andre church. Friends may call at Bolduc Funeral Home 291 Alfred Street Biddeford today Saturday and Sunday 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 10 PM and prior to the service.
A Flag Day ceremony and open house in Biddeford at the Burnham home featured Den 2 and Den 8 Cub Scouts with the flag raised by Carleton Burnham Robert Pierce and Wade Goldthwait. Leaders, guests, and families attended as prayers, salutes, and songs accompanied by safety films and races.
A special town meeting is set for tonight at Old Orchard Beach High School at 7 30 to act on a 13 article warrant. A public hearing follows Monday on creating an urban renewal authority. Funds requested include 1500 925 transfers to the contingent fund and 1000 for the assessor office with 500 for maps. Street light requests cover Smith Wheel road North street and a Ninth street culvert plus 935 for a Saco avenue drain. Firemen get a 3 weekly retroactive raise totaling 774. 3600 seeks reimbursement for resurfacing the square at Old Orchard street.
Alfred Barrett of Woburn Massachusetts was announced by Headmaster Robert Bowie as the new English teacher for Thornton Academy. Barrett, a Cornell AB and Boston University MA graduate, has taught at Bentley College and held earlier posts at the Carteret School for Boys in New Jersey.
House members paid tribute to late Rep. Charles P. Nelson of Maine after Rep. Stanley R. Tupper informed the chamber of Nelsons death in Augusta last Friday. Tupper called Nelson a genial scholarly man with a dry wit and warm personality.
The Old Orchard Beach Chamber of Commerce endorsed creating an urban renewal authority citing the need to plan long term for the town’s future. Sidney Sclare and William J. Mullen urged timely passage of the referendum, arguing it would address slums, blight, and urban development with coordinated private and public resources.
Maine State Police urge motorists to avoid the fatal five speeding improper passing following too closely and failure to yield. They note driver errors waste fuel wear tires and raise costs, arguing safe speeds save lives and money.
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