Local residents and service members shared in city life and duty
Personal notices list patients at Webber hospital including Robert Brackett and Mrs. Martin. Naval personnel Deborah Wiggin, Pictou, Lagarde, Matteau, Saucier, Lyford, Theise, Brown, and Perrault are serving aboard ships or in bases abroad. Local civilians Adrien Bolduc and families traveled to Lakewood, while Roger Brown spends leave in Biddeford. Army Pvt Harrison Small completed a surfacing machine operator course at Fort Belvoir before overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brackett
Temple Street
Saco
Webber Hospital
Ethel No Staples
Old Orchard c
Trusl
Alexander Martin
Simard Avenue
Biddeford
Webber Hostal
Clifford W. Wiggin
USN
Harry L. Wiggin
Bar Mills
Charles R. Ware
Francis J. Pictou
Aprentice
John Pictou
Western Avenue
Forrest Sherman
Paul A. Lagarde
Prospect Street
Putnam
York County Council
American
Naval Post Graduate School
Monterey
Calif
Neil FE. Lyford
Elsie S. Lyford
Old Orchard Beach
Granite Creek
Ranger
Pacific
Eugene C. Theise
Dorothy Lerman
Rankin
U. S
Mediterranean
Main Street
Jesse Brown
SNR
Roger A Brown
Coast Guard
Newfoundland
Greenland
New Jersey
Boston
Mass
Army
Harrison D. Small
Guy O Small
Kennebunkport
Engineer School
Fort Belvoir
Small
Fort Dix
N. J
Kennebunk High School
Roland W. Perrault,Jr
Cutts Street
Iddeford
Germany
651St Medical Company
Perrault
Europe
St. Louis High School
St. Francis College
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
South Portland Man Dies Suddenly in Saco
Lewis Faulkingham, 46, of South Portland, died yesterday afternoon while returning from highway construction work on Cascade road in Saco. He complained of chest pains and gasped for breath before the truck driver pulled to a Cascade filling station. Dr. David Sheehan pronounced him dead on arrival. county medical examiner Dr. Leopold A. Viger will determine the cause, likely a coronary thrombosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Faulkingham
South Portland
Cascade Road
Saco
Faulkingham
Jin
Cascade
David Sheehan
Leopold A. Viger
Biddeford
Sheehan
Youth Faces Driving Charge After Accident
A 17 year old will be tried for driving to endanger in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice court tomorrow night after an accident at Camp Comfort Avenue and West Grand Avenue. Two policemen reported seeing the youth's car hit a utility pole and four youngsters fled the scene. Three youths later returned to the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Prosecutor Says Jury Should Decide Death Penalty
In Tallahassee the veteran state attorney stated he never seeks the death penalty in capital cases, arguing it is a jury decision. He commented during the trial of four white youths charged with raping a Black coed. an all white jury convicted them, but recommended mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
William D. Hopkins
Card of Thanks for Pa Googins
The Camire and Googins families express gratitude for kindness flowers and remembrances received during the bereavement for Pa Googins. They thank friends relatives and neighbors for cards visits inquiries and daily support during his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Camire
Pa’’ Googins
H. Gertrude Googins
Alvan P. Googins
Danforth M. Googins
Maj James Beech Dies Retired Salvation Army Officer
Maj James W Beech a retired Salvation Army officer died Monday night at a Biddeford hospital. He lived at 7 Lake Avenue Old Orchard Beach aged 77 born in England came to America in 1907 and served in Salvation Army until retirement 12 years ago. He served at Army centers in New Bedford and Lawrence MA Manchester CT Dover NH and other New England posts. Survivors include his widow Sarah Brinkworth Beech six daughters and a son Ralph W Dalzell Passaic NJ. Brigadier John Baggs of Portland will officiate at the 2 pm Thursday service at the Salvation Army chapel Old Orchard Beach. Friends may call at Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco tomorrow. Burial arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Beech
Salvation Army
Biddeford
Lake Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Union Avenue
England
America
New Bedford
Lawrence
Mass
Manchester
Roy Tinker
New London
Dube, Saco Native, Dies Sudden at Work
Paul Ludger Dube 58 of 93 Spring Street Saco died suddenly while at work yesterday afternoon. Born in Fort Kent son of Romain and Flavie Daigler Dube he moved to Biddeford early. He worked 20 years at Saco Lowell shops later at Henri Paul Picard. Survived by wife Aurelia Croteau a son Reginald a daughter Beatrice and several siblings. Friends may call Emond funeral home today and tomorrow 10 am to 10 pm and Thursday prior to funeral at Notre Dame de Lourdes church Saco at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ludger Dube
Spring Street
Saco
Fort Kent
Aurelia Croteau
Reginald
Beatrice Dube
Leona Boudreau
Claremont
N. H
Reoul Nadeau
Emile Verville
Biddeford
Albert J
Albanie
Emond ‘Funeral Home
Notre Dame de ‘Lourdes Church
Alexander Duguay Survivors Named in Biddeford Obituary
Among the survivors of Alexander Duguay are his children Mrs Dolores Briggs Jacqueline Duguay and Richard Duguay all of Lorit Calif his mother Mrs Olivine Duguay and a sister Mrs Madeleine Dutil Funeral services will be held Thursday at 830 am from St Joseph church Biddeford Friends may be at the Sansoucy funeral home 1 Stone street Biddeford tonight and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Duguay
Dolores Briggs
Jacqueline Duguzey
Richard Duguay
Lorit
Calif
Olivine Duguay
Madeleine Dutil
St. Joseph Church
Biddeford
Sansoucy
Stone Street
Sacred Heart League to Honor Paul L. Dube
Members of the Sacred Heart league of Notre Dame de Jourdes church meet at Emond funeral home on Wednesday at 7 a.m. to pay respects to Paul L. Dube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Jourdes
Emond Funeral Home
Paul L.dube
Oldest U S Navy man on active duty is Chief Oliva
Chief Petty Officer Frank D. Oliva age 68 may be the oldest Navy member on active duty. A boilerman on the refrigerator ship USS Graffias he is finishing his 45th year of continuous service. He enlisted in 1914 and reenlisted in 1958 for six more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Navy
Frank D. Oliva
Partly Cloudy Portland Weather Update
Partly cloudy with intermittent light rain or drizzle through Wednesday. No major temperature changes expected. Light variable winds. Temperatures 55 to 60 across zones with mid 40s in some locales. Overnight lows include Caribou 48 Eastport 46 Greenville 43 Old Town 50 Rumford 46 Portland 47 Mt Wash 28 Concord 46 Boston 52 New York 57 Washington 56 Miami 80 Chicago 61 Denver 62 Los Angeles 59 Halifax 48 Montreal 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
Tide Times From June The Highs And Lows
June tide readings show morning and afternoon high and low tides with times for several days. Data includes specific hours and minutes for AM and PM tides, reflecting daily schedule changes.
Saco and Biddeford club schedules gather for week
The Saco Firemen auxiliary meets at 8 Thursday night at the Saco Fire station. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Unity club holds a meeting at Emma Garside’s home on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Biddeford Cub Scouts Pack 309 meet tonight at 7 30 with pastry donations at their first anniversary. The Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit American Legion auxiliary meets Wednesday at the Legion home on Elm Street. Salon 257 Eight and Forty meets Thursday at 2 p m with Mrs Harold Wakefield Cape Porpoise for officer installation and secret pals reveal. Past Presidents Parley Owen Davis post American Legion auxiliary entertained tonight at 8 by Mrs Florence Lewis. The Past Matrons of Annette chapter C E S meet tomorrow at 6 30 at Mrs Clinton Milliken’s Ossipee Lake summer home. Box lunches may be needed for transportation with Mrs Barbara Utman. The Saco Extension cookout was canceled and moved to Tuesday, June 23 at 10 30 a m at Camp Fillis home of Mrs Eleanor Shaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brddeford
Harold ‘Wakefield
Cape Porpoise
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Florence Lewis
Lawn Avenue
Saco
Annette
Clinton Milliken
Ossipee Lake
Barbara Utman
Camp Fillis
Eleanor Shaffer
Air Force Mobile Unit Set Up in Biddeford Street
The US Air Force mobile enlistment unit from Grenier Base Manchester NH parked on Lincoln Street Biddeford and will stay until Thursday. S/Sgt George Nelson reports the unit will distribute educational literature and explain enlistment opportunities. A Civil Air Patrol member from Old Orchard Beach will staff today and tomorrow with Nelson present through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Air Force
Lincoln Street
Biddeford
George Nelson
Air Force
Grenier Air Force Base
Manchester
N. H
Civil Air Patrol
Old Orchard Beach
Nelson
Cape Cod Robbery Suspects in Manhunt
A manhunt centers on two brothers wanted for a Cape Cod supermarket holdup and a Philadelphia police slaying. They are described as young, clean cut, dangerous and capable of killing without warning. They also used the surname Kessler. William Sedgwick, 49, kidnapped by the gunmen in Philadelphia, was released from St Luke's Hospital after nearly 10 days in captivity. Sedgwick will drive home in his own car escorted by Philadelphia officers. The fugitives had ties to Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod and the area, and police warn they know the terrain well and may slip out of the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
St. Luke's Hospital
Sedgwick
Coyles
Otis Afb
Cape. Cod
Sivee
Fall River
Births at Webber hospital highlight several new arrivals
At Webber hospital a series of births is recorded including Diane Marie Pimpare from Biddeford on June 8, James Henderson from Saco on June 9, Anna Marie Laverriere from Biddeford on June 9, William Allen Downs from Kennebunkport on June 9, Marc Ralph Laflamme from Biddeford on June 10, Patricia Ann Smith from Biddeford on June 11, Gregory Alton Graffam from Saco on June 13, Jane Whitworth from Saco on June 13, Grace Lynn Kinney from Lyman on June 14, Ronald Paul Vadnais from Biddeford on June 14, Pamela Karen Gregoire from Saco on June 14, and Timothy Thomas Thibodeau from Auburn California born June 12 to Helen May DeSilva Thibodeau. Grandparents include Patrolman Manuel DeSilva of Biddeford and Jet Thibedeau of Meadow Vista California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovila N. Pimpare
Main Street
Biddeford
Diane Marie
Earl G. Henderson
Franklin Street
Saco
James
Alphonse L. Laverriere
Pool Street
Anna Marie
William A. Downs
Chestnut Street
Kennebunkport
William Allen
Normand R. Laflamme
Bacon Street
Marc Ralph
William L. Smith
Taylor Street
Patricia Ann
Alton L. Graffam
Roebuck Avenue
Gregory Alton
Richard Whitworth
Hill Street
Jane
Harry F. Kinney
Lyman
Grace Lynn
Paul N. Vadnais
Pine Street
Ronald Paul
Donat J. Gregoire
Mechanic Street
Pamela Karen
Joseph Thibodeau
Auburn
Cal
Timothy Thomas
Thibodeau
Helen May DeSilva
Patrolman
Manuel DeSilva
Pool Road
Jet Thibedeau
Meadow Vista
College Girls Entangled In Police Manhunt Near Bourne
Two Green Mountain Junior College students Priscilla Jury and Elizabeth McKay, both 19, were briefly linked to a two brothers pursuit in Middleboro while fleeing a roadblock in a 1955 sedan. Police feared they could be hostages as the Coyles were sought for the Philadelphia patrolman's death. A police chase reached 90 mph on Route 6 before the car slowed near Provincetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleboro
Mass
Green Mountain Junior College
Philadelphia
Priscilla Jury
Wayne
N. J
Elizabeth McKay
Glen Cove
N. Y
John Coyle
William
Bourne
Poultney
Nick Driftwood
Coyle Brothers
Jury
McKay
Provincetown
Coyes
Bid Accented for New Saco Police Cruiser
At a special meeting of the Saco city council last night the bid of the Harry B Center garage, 321 Elm street, Biddeford, for a 1959 Dodge Pursuit police cruiser was accepted. The new cruiser will replace the 1958 Pontiac presently being used by the Saco Police department. The price included the trade-in value on the old car. Other bids were received from Reed Motor company, Saco, Mill City Chevrolet, Biddeford, and Biddeford Motor Sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Harry B. Center
Elm Street
Biddeford
Reed Motor Company
Mill City Chevrolet
Biddeford Motor Sales
Pilot and neighbor flies wife for exploratory surgery
Tom Knight of Riverton Wyoming has flown about 500 mercy errands in 13 years. He piloted a single engine plane from Riverton to Denver on Monday with his wife Winifred on a stretcher behind the pilot seat. The doctor ordered her rushed for exploratory surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver P
Tom Knight
Riverton
Wyo
Denver
Knight
Winifred
Plymouth and Boston. It was nev er found
A fragment mentions Plymouth and Boston with an unresolved note. The readable text suggests a missing item or search outcome tied to those locations, but no clear event, date, or entities beyond place names are established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Boston
Four Lutheran Groups Discuss Possible Union
Hartford report on the 100th annual Synod of the Augustana Lutheran Church details a proposed merger of four Lutheran denominations forming a church with over three million members. Included are Augustana United Lutheran Church in America Suomi Synod and American Evangelical Lutheran Church. The body would become the largest Lutheran grouping in the United States and urges churches to promote disarmament to prevent war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Augustana Lutheran Church
United States
Augustana
United Lutheran Church In America
Suomi Synod
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Panchen Lama Returns to Lhasa After China Stay
Peiping radio reports the Panchen Lama has returned to Lhasa, Tibetan capital, following a three month stay in Communist China. The dispatch notes no further details on conditions upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Lhasa
China
Siege at Charleston Home Of Gunman Endangers Hostage Sister
In Charleston Illinois a besieged gunman Kenneth Eugene Adkins 22 held his half sister Myra Irene Kennedy 30 as police surrounded a white frame house. He demanded Officer Captain Logan Cox be brought to the scene and warned he would shoot anyone who tried to apprehend him. Police chief Smokey Pauley said officers would wait him out with more than 100 state troopers and local police on scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Ill
Kenneth Eugene Adkins
Smokey Pauley
Adkins
Myra Irene Kennedy
Peris
Pauley
Logan Cox
Illinois
US Plane Fire Incident Near Formosa Strait June 1957
A naval training flight off the Formosa Strait was fired upon by Com a planes with no injuries. Separately a rural fire destroyed Llewellyn Randall's farm home and barn in West Gray, with damages estimated at 15,000 to 20,000 dollars. Fire chief Kenneth Sawyer cited an undetermined cause, likely the barn, and two firefighters received smoke inhalation treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace Mee
Formosa Strait
West Gray
Llewellyn Randall
Kenneth Sawyer
Citations Awarded for Brawley Gun Battle Figures
The National Police Officers Assn of Chicago awarded citations for bravery to 29 officers who participated in last month's gun battle at Limerick. Westbrook Police Chief Pierre Harnois, killed during the clash with Gordon Hamlin, was posthumously given a Medal of Valor. State Police Chief Robert Marx presented the awards to officers, including state troopers, Westbrook and Portland police, sheriff's deputies, and game wardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
National Police Officers Assn. of
Chicago
Limerick
Pierr Harnois
Gordon Hamlin
Robert Marx
Portland
Piano Recitals Held In Saco
The June piano and organ recital by Miss Ruth Olive Roberts in Saco featured organists Judith Spiller Stephanie Kontoulakos Sharon Anderson George Bridge Jr and Lawrence Davis with a large list of piano pupils from Lewiston Portland Scarborough Kennebunk Old Orchard Beach Saco Biddeford and Goodwins Mills. The event showcased residents from multiple Maine towns and noted the performers along with auxiliary readings and costumes. The program highlighted Mrs Roberts extensive studies in Europe America and current studies in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Olive Roberts
Saco
Thornton Academy
Judith Spiller
St. David's Episcopal Church
Kennebunk
Stephanie Koutoulakos
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Biddeford
Sharon Anderson
Old Orchard Beach
George R. Bridge, Jr
St. Ann's Episcopal Church
Fortunes Rocks
Lawrence Davis
Saco, Biddeford and Goodwins Mills
Miss Roberts
Europe
America
Great Britain
International Congress of Organists
New York City
Lindsay Kirk
Constance Nein
Alison Witham
James Robert
Carole Spiller
Janet Spruce
David Laboe
Abigail Truman
Eileen Bernard
Mary Lou Robert
Jane Polackwich
Mark Perreault
Margery Harrison
Mary Patrick
Jean Marston
Arland Tate
Joseph Stickney
Constance Turner
Barbara Burnham
Faith Woodman
Linda Trecartin
Laura Stickney
Nancy Bowie
Sheila Caddigan
Nancy Falvey
James Throumoulos
Susan Stickney
Nancy Ross
Evan Mahaney
James Garland
Joyce Travers
Leslie Anderson
Nancy Garland
Kristi Anderson
Stephen Lamb
Ruth MacLean
Thomas Lamb
Theodore Scontras
Samuel Zaitlin
James Geddes
Paul Putney
John Litwin
Elaine Delisle
Madeleine Delislee R. Bridge, Jr
Elizabeth Skillings
Joseph Levasseur
Linda Mazzacane
Stephanie Kontoulakos
Janet Lariviere
TV Superman Dies From Gunshot Wound
Hollywood police report actor George Reeves aged 44 died from a gunshot wound at his Benedict Canyon home. Reeves, famed for television Superman, apparently took his own life after noting few roles were offered due to being typecast. Re runs of the series continue to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
George Reeves
Reeves
Benedict Canyon
Beverly Hills
Prisoner Escapes Denver Inmate Free While Guard Fixes Tire
Louis Vallejos, 26, escaped from the state penitentiary while guard Andrew Kimmich left to repair a tire on a prison car. Vallejos, serving 10 to 20 years for aggravated robbery and 6 to 8 years for manslaughter, had returned to attend his father's funeral at Vallejos' home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
State Penitentiary
Andrew Kimmich
Louis Vallejos
Expert Urges Banks to Manage Family Bills
Dallas advertising executive E. B. Andrews urged banks to handle all a family payments. In The American Banker he proposed two plans: daily pay up to a limit or monthly bill list paid by the bank. He said this could reduce family checks from 25 to 5 or 6 monthly and boost business by cutting bills and deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
E. B. Andrews
American Banker
Andrews
Eight Indicted Over Bomb Plot Tied to Local Mills
Eight men were indicted for conspiring to dynamite a Carolina Power and Light substation transformer feeding the mills, blow the boiler room at the South Henderson mill, and destroy the main office building. The strike began November 17 after the firm demanded removal of an arbitration clause. Mills reopened for limited work February 16 amid sporadic violence as National Guardsmen have guarded the site since May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Carolina Power & Light Co
South Henderson Mill
Maia
Schoolboy missing sparks private services in Newburyport
A freshman boy vanished after leaving a gym on June 9 at a local school. Private committal services were planned in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the elder Spalding’s native city. The Spalding family has suffered a second fatality in four years. Leslie N. Jackman, 56, was shot to death at a summer camp in Kensington, New Hampshire, after offering a ride to a teenager. The suspects fled with his car and were later captured in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Robert S. Curtis, 19, pleaded guilty to first degree murder and serves life. Robert Siteman, 16, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and serves 18 to 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Mass
Spalding
Leslie N. Jackman
Kensington
N. H
Joan
Jackman
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Robert S. Curtis
New Hampshire State Prison
Robert Siteman
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James Beech
Paul L. Dube
The
Unity Club
Emma Garside
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley Junit
Legion
Bidgcford
Algiers
Moscow
Soviet Fleet
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
London
Arctic
Murmansk
Moscow Radio
U.S. Public Health Service
National Safety Council
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Superman
HEAVE
Pearl Harbor
Andrea Maxime
Rambaldi
Paris
Dennett & Craig, Inc. Funeral Home
Saco, Maine
Main St
Maine
A Savings & Loan Institution
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