Local Personal News Highlights From Biddeford Saco and Portland
Readouts list patients at Maine Medical Center Portland Veterans Administration hospital Boston and Webber hospital for two weeks. plus homecoming plans for Roland Laliberte student in Hyde Park and a Benjamin L. Simpson dies at Biddeford hospital after short illness. Funeral services set for Monday at Shumway Funeral Home with weekend calling hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Edwards
Fortunes Rocks
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Warren Harriman, Jr
Janelie Street
Biddeford
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Boston
Clifford E. Gove
South Street
Webber Hospital
James Black
King Street
Saco
Washington, D. C
Catherine
Benjamin L. Simpson
Vernon Street
Benjamin K
Maude (Taylor) Simpson
Saco Lodge
COF
Saco Yacht Club
United Baptist Church
Helen (Goodale) Simpson
Winnifred Grace
Attleboro
Mass
Barbara Edwards
Goldsborough
North Carolina
Shirley Emerson
Martha Cloutier Saco
Albert L. Simpson
South Portland
Harry L. Taylor
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring Street
Notre Dame hospital Thrift Ss lead Group C next week
Saco Past Noble Grands association meets Monday evening at 8 at the home of Mrs. Marion Kennedy on Old Orchard road in Saco. Mrs. Leo P. Taillon is captain of Group C and in charge of the thrift society activity for Notre Dame hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital Thrift Ss
Leo P. Taillon
Saco
Noble Grands Association
Marion Kennedy
Old Orchard Road
Church Notes Show Local Meetings and Confessions
Religious events across Kennebunk Wells and Biddeford listed include confessions at St Monica St Martha and St Mary churches on Saturday. Unitarian Universalist groups meet June 21 and 20, with a family outing at Ferry Beach on June 25. Local church committees and social events, including a clam bake at Kennebunk Pond homes, are scheduled for upcoming Saturdays and weeknights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Monica Church
Kennebunk
St. Martha Church
St. Mary Church
Wells
Unitarian-Universalist Church
Universalist Church
Universalist Conference
Ferry Beach
Crescent Club
White Church
Biddeford
Kennebunk Pond
Joseph Haley
Charles Leach
Two Cases Heard In Biddeford Court
Richard Williemarie 18 of 168 South Street Biddeford was found guilty and fined 15 dollars in Biddeford municipal court for passing on a curve on Rt 1. Trooper Sherwood Baston cited the incident. Judge Simon Spill presided. An assault complaint against Amable Hubert Jr 66 Water Street Biddeford was continued to June 24 with bail set at 200 dollars. Florence Fogg of Kennebunk signed the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Williemarie
South Street
Biddeford
Grade 1 Honor Roll Named At Bradbury Street School
Miss Alice Sullivan announced the last semester honor roll for Grade 1 at Bradbury Street School listing Jeanne Belanger Deborah Brock Margery Donovan Robert Dube Debra Hussey and Nancy Nolette as honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradbury Street School
Alice — Sullivan
Jeanne, Belanger
Deborah Brock
Margery Donovan
Robert Dube
Debra Hussey
Nancy Nolette
York Red Cross officer on vacation in June
Mrs Charles Tucker executive secretary of the York County chapter American Red Cross will be on vacation June 17 to 26. Her duties will be covered by Mrs Warren Peterson chairwoman of Home Service for the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tucker
York County
American Red Cross
Warren Peterson
Home Service
Kilkelly Fined for Red Light Violation in Saco
George Kilkelly aged 54 of Norwich Connecticut paid a $10 fine in Saco Municipal Court this morning after being charged by Saco police with passing a red light at the Main and Beach streets intersection in Saco Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kilkelly
Norwich
Conn
Saco
Kilkelly
Main
Beach Streets
Speeding Youth Fined in Old Orchard Beach Court
James D. McLaughlin of Portland, aged 18, was fined $25 in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice court for speeding. Trial Justice Wesley M. Mewer found him guilty of 50 mph in a 25 mph zone on East Grand avenue, with State Trooper James Berry as the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. McLaughlin
Portland
Old Orchard Beach
Wesley M. Mewer
Mewer
McLaughlin
East Grand Avenue
James Berry
Card of Thanks from Mrs VY Gilman Fiske
Expression of gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy shown during recent bereavement. Mrs. VY Gilman Fiske extends sincere thanks for support and kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VY. Gilman Fiske
Portland Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
This afternoon fair and warm with west and northwest winds 5 to 15 mph, light onshore breezes near the coast by midafternoon. Tonight fair and not as cold as last night with light variable winds. Saturday fair and warmer with highs in the 65 to 75 range and overnight lows around 34 to 45 across zones. Caribou 39, Eastport 40, Greenville 34, Old Town 35, Rumford 36, Portland 40, Mt. Washington 26, Concord 36, Halifax 45, Montreal 50.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
Funeral rites for Henry Gosselin at St. Andre Church
Services were held for Henry Gosselin of 60 Sullivan Street Biddeford at St. Andre Church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Aime Giguere celebrated a solemn high Mass of requiem, assisted by Rev. Robert T. Martel and Rev. Gerard J. Parent. Burial was in St. Joseph cemetery after committal prayers by Rev. Martel. Out-of-town relatives listed include Champoux Melrose Mass Neault Lynn Mass Gosselin family members from Woonsocket R I and other Quebec and New Hampshire locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gosselin
Sullivan Street
Biddeford
St. Andre Church
Aime Giguere
Robert T. Martel
Gerard J. Parent
Laura Lauren Proulx
Maurice Gosselin
Robert Gosselin
Raymond G. Gosselin
Roland Poirier
Israeli
P. K
Wilde Dupuis
Sylvie Rousseau
Coleraine
P. Q
Leontine Parent
Florida
Philips Drouin
Westbrook
Adrienne Neault
Rochester
N. H
Henri Valliere
Berlin
Businesses At Beach Must File Owner Records
Old Orchard Beach certificates of ownership must be filed by June 20. Town Manager Percival Wardwell announced that any partnership, corporation, or business not operated under the owner’s name must file at the town hall before June 20. A $5 daily penalty applies for nonregistration under state statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Percival Wardwell
Wardwell
Fremont Club Plans Picnic And Tag Days
Fremont club and auxiliary outlined plans for tag days June 23 and 24 and an annual picnic July 23. Final tag day arrangements were set for Biddeford and Saco, with a committee named to handle picnic duties at Biddeford Pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Saco
Emile Leblond
Ernest Martel
Wilfred Simoneau
Albert Lemire
Biddeford Pool
Adrien Lamothe
June
Frederic Thompson
Romeo Boucher
Sunshine Committee
Romeo Forest
Webber Hospital
Donal Dubois
Royal Chretien
Lamathe
Den 6 Pack 310 Saco Holds Outdoor Cookout
Cub scouts from Den 6 Pack 310 of Saco held a cookout yesterday afternoon at the den mother Mrs. Conrad Hebert and den chief Tommy Vining home. A flag ceremony was held outdoors followed by croquet and horseshoe games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den 6
Saco Cub Scouts
Den
Conrad Hebert
Tommy Vining
New Instructor Added To Staff At St. Francis
Dr. Jaques M. Downes of San Francisco was named instructor of history at St. Francis College for 1961 62. He holds AB and MA from UC and a Georgetown PhD, served 1955 59 in State Department, taught at UC, and recently earned an American Philosophical Society grant for research in Chinese American relations. He is married with an infant daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaques M. Downes
San Francisco
Calif
Clarence Laplante
OFM
St. Francis College
Trinidad
American Philosophical Society
Downes
University of California
More Teacher Appointments For Biddeford
Robert C. Gray of Waterbury Conn has been named English teacher at Biddeford High School and will coach debating. Bernard T. Cote of Biddeford is appointed English teacher at the Senior High and will be driver training instructor. Reno L. Roy of Saco becomes guidance director and assistant football coach. Roy holds a University of Maine master's in guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert CC. Gray
Waterbury
Roy
University of Maine
Elks Hold Memorial Rites and Lodge Reports
Elks memorial rites were conducted for James J. McGovern and Leon J. Lamb Sr. at Biddefora-Saco lodge. Exalted Ritter Conrad Fecteau and officers led the ceremony. The meeting covered a donated hearing aid, softball team updates, backstop installation at Ellisfield, trustee reports, and a restoration of supper price to 50 cents. Members sent sympathy cards to the sick and hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. McGovern
Leon J. Lamb
Biddefora-Saco Lodge of Elks
Ritter Conrad Fecteau
Hosea Curtis
Charity Committee
Edward Provencher
Gerald Neault
Elks
Ellisfield
Stephen Polackwich
Edouard H. Cote
Samuel Lublinsky
House
C. Jackson Curit
Two Area Men Are Given Promotions
Rex Thomasson of Biddeford and Robert G. Paradis of Old Orchard Beach were among 19 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employees promoted this week. Thomasson becomes a warehouse man in Shop 52 and Paradis is promoted to accounts maintenance clerk in the comptroller department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Thomasson
Biddeford
Robert G. Paradis
Old Orchard Beach
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Thomasson
Paradis
Comptroller Department
More petty larceny report cites $1260 theft
Mrs. Raymond Simpson of 17 Clark Street Saco reported today that three $420 bills were stolen from a drawer in her bedroom bureau. Police are investigating the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Simpson
Clark Street
Saco
Cubs Present Team Members Named in Roster
Cubs present were Richard Dube Albert Roberts David Tito Marc Hebert Danny Cullinan and Barry Hobbins.
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Cubs
Richard Dube
Albert Roberts
David Tito
Marc Hebert
Danny Cullinan
Barry Hobbins
York County Salon 257 Installs Officers Staff
York County Salon 257 installed new officers last night at the Wallingford Harris post home in Kittery with Kittery partners as hostesses. The election of officers included Mrs. Martha Whitten, Mrs. Kay Ambrose, Mrs. Alberta Redmond, Mrs. Gertrude Wood, Mrs. Frances Mullins, Mrs. Florence Gagne, Mrs. Charline Farnham, Mrs. Gilbert Lavoie, and Mrs. Martha Beaudoin. Gifts were presented by the outgoing chapeau, and chairmen of committees were appointed across child welfare, sanitarium, trophies, scholarships, and other posts. The salon recessed until September 14 for the annual banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Wallingford Harris
Kittery
Gillbert Lavoie
Chapeau
Gertrude Rankin
Saco
Freda Draper
Martha Whitten
Kay Ambrose
Kennebunk
Alberta Red
Florence Lewis
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Colo
Beatrice Wakefield
Cape Porpoise
Wood
Alfie Leech
Juliet Rocray
Farnham
Angie Cote
Emilie Thamer
Partnership
Mullins
Betty McKeon
Biddeford Pool
Ambrose
Gagne
Elizabeth Vigne
Marie Jeanne Pelletier
Biddeford
Sunshine
Beaudoin
Redmond
Cote
Camp Ellis Fire Auxiliary Sets Supper Chairmen Named
Camp Ellis Fire Auxiliary plans an August 1 bean supper with Lemay and Mrs. Ruth Stackpole named chairs of food solicitation. The August 1 event follows a meeting at the fire station led by vice president Lemay. Attendees included Mrs. Flo Fitch and several members as details of treasury, cards, and sunshine baskets were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia: Lemay
Ruth Stackpole
Camp Ellis
Lemay
Judy Gagne
Sunshine
Christobelle Gagnon
Laura Guertin
Lillian Gagnon
Florence Fitch
Lyda Coleman
Coleman
Stackpole
L. Gagnon
Gagne
Laura Robbins
G. Gagnon
Leona Allen
Marjorie Pendleton
Pepperell Plant Closes July 2 For Vacation
Pepperell Manufacturing will close the week of July 2 for its annual vacation. Both the sheeting and blanket divisions and the clerical offices will be shut. Operations resume Monday, July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Xi Omicron To Be Represented At Convention
Plans for Xi Omicron exemplary chapter to attend the New England convention of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority were finalized. A biddeford coffee gathering noted the convention starts at 10 am tomorrow at the Colony Inn Kennebunkport with registrations. Attendees included Mrs. Sawtellle and Mrs. Daly, among others. next meeting set for June 19 in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Beta Sigma Phi
Xi Omicron
Richard Sawtelie
Highland Street
Biddeford
Richard Daly
Elm Street
Colony Inn
Kennebunkport
Alice Acton
Nathan Johnson
Old Orchard Beach
George Ange
Saco
James Nadeau
Philip Scamman
Betty Stansberry
Clifford Berry
Richard Sawtellle
Wasco Chemical Receives Storage Permit in Biddeford
The Wasco Chemical company of Sanford gains a permit from Biddeford City Clerk Ralph Binette to store 10,000 gallons of chemicals at the Boston and Maine Railroad freight yards. The tank will be partially underground with at least 18 inches, and banked over gravel, plus fencing and code-compliant piping and wiring. The site formerly housed California Oil Products, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasco Chemical Company
Sanford
Boston and Maine
Biddeford
Ralph Binette
California Oil Products Company, Inc
Canned Chopped Meat to Join Welfare Stock List
Biddeford welfare overseer Annette Gagne announced that canned chopped meat will be added to the welfare stock next month. The State Department of Health and Welfare said meat will arrive in July in 2431 ounce cans per case, with 1,390 cans to be ordered and distributed at one can per person per month, replacing the current two cans of pork and gravy per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette Gagne
Biddeford
Teen Killer continued from Page One view
The article quotes a teen killer and a statement blaming others for his actions. Cantinflas, the Mexican comedian, is noted as breeding fighting bulls at Rancho La Purisima in Mexico, reflecting a juxtaposition of crime and entertainment figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantinflas
Rancho la Purisima
Mexlico
Logs Stolen From Saco Property
Gerard Cassette reports a large load of logs stolen from his property on Boom Road in Saco while he watched. He says Claude Ayer was hired to haul logs to a saw mill, but Ayer did not hire the truck. The case is under investigation. Cassette did not estimate the logs' value.
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Gerard Cassette
Boom Road
Saco
Cassette
Claude Ayer
Ayer
Saco Democrats To Have Lake Ossipee Outing
The Saco Democratic Social club holds a Sunday combined business meeting and lake outing at Lake Ossipee cottage of Alderman Alcide Deschambeault. It kicks off a summer series with water sports games and refreshments. members may bring guests. rain or shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Democratic Social Club
Lake Ossipee
Alcide Deschambeault
Maine approves compromise budget and tax hikes in final session
Governors and lawmakers wrap up a 24 week session with a $6.2 million budget supplement, tax increases on cigarettes beer and liquor, and a new district court system. Gov Reed notes a shortfall from his full $7.5 million package but calls the result a real accomplishment amid Republican control and divided legislative goals. The report also cites a surge in drug production value from $50 million to $250 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Reed
University of Maine
Wildlands
Maritime Strike Spreads Across U S Ports Threatens Merchant Fleet
The nationwide maritime strike spreads from port to port affecting over 80,000 officers and crewmen and risking paralysis of about 990 ships. President Kennedy's Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg moves to push a settlement as unions seek the right to organize aboard American owned ships flying flags of convenience amid contract expirations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gulf Coast
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Joseph Curran
Big
National Maritime Union
International Longshoremen’s Association
The
Teamsters Union
Union Oil Workers and
Central Labor Puncils
Liberia
Panama
Honduras
Seafarers International Union
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
American Radio Association
Radio Officers Union
Staff Officers Union
American Merchant Marine Institute
Weather Bad For Elephants At South Portland Circus
Changeable summer weather brings cold symptoms to two elephants, Wanda and Tulsa, at a circus in South Portland. The pair show listlessness and leg twitching but have not missed a performance, despite required medicine and discomfort. Wanda, 12, and Tulsa, 10, endure the season's heat and cold while continuing to tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Wanda
Tulsa
Tusa
Lost? Who's Lost in Crowded Crozet Va
In Crozet Virginia a 10 year old boy named Chuck Kent is described as often finding adults difficult to understand. The brief outlines the child’s playful confusion and hints at a local local color scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crozet
Chuck Kent
Lloyd Cochrane Honored Guest At Home Fete
Lloyd C Cochrane a Biddeford Junior High School Class of 196 received a home fete at his South Street Biddeford residence after Commencement exercises. Hosts were Mr and Mrs Jasper Cochrane. The event featured a cake cutting, gift presentation including money folders and cards. Attendees included family and relatives. special display featured a Biddeford High School Science Fair trophy won by Cochrane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C
Mickey) Cochrane
Biddeford
South Street
Jasper Cochrane
Sandra
Stephanie
Scott Adrian Cochrane
Adrian Bolduc
West Palm Beach
Fla
Gerard Godbout
Sally Cochrane
Saco
Madeliene Davenport
Annie ™. Cochrane
Pool Volunteer Firemen Plan For New House
The Biddeford Pool Volunteer Fire Department set August 20 for the annual Lobster festival and discussed excavating for a new fire station. A work detail to clean the grounds was planned for next Thursday evening. Refreshment committee members are Edward Wolfertz, Donald Andrews and Walter Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Pool
Edward Wolf’ertz
Donald Andrews
Walter Alexander
Khrushchev Presses for Disarmament at Vienna Speech
Khrushchev told Soviet people the Vienna meeting offered a first personal contact and exchange of opinion. He said Western nations were not prepared to negotiate disarmament and rejected a promise without a verification system. He reiterated a three member control commission to enforce a nuclear test ban with veto rights for each side. The premier delivered the remarks on Moscow TV, with East Germany and other Soviet bloc channels also broadcasting. Chuck wandered a spring day then found 150 adults were searching for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Khrushchev
Vienna
Geneva
Soviet Union
Moscow
East Germany
Riders Headed for Tampa Bay Area from Charleston
A group of riders left Charleston for the Tampa St. Petersburg region with some departing at daylight and others midmorning. They plan to return north after today’s journey. In Memphis a federal court approved a gradual desegregation plan for tax supported facilities including an amusement park and three golf courses next year. Prince Edward County Va offered closed public schools for a summer remedial program for 1,800 black students, no response yet. In Pensacola black shoppers staged sit ins at three downtown stores. counters closed with no arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Memphis
Pensacola
Fla
Women Escape Injury As Car Clips Guard Rails Near Wells
Two minor accidents occurred yesterday in Wells with no serious injuries and about 200 dollars in damage. A 1958 station wagon, driven by Mrs. Ella Ivers of Quincy Massachusetts with passenger Mrs. Doris Dion, ended up off the road after veering across lanes and down a hill near the Webhannet river after traveling over a thousand miles in three days. In a second incident, a semi truck driven by Howard Chaffee of Falmouth collided with Barbara L. Gay of Springvale as both turned onto Route 109. car damage was about 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Buffalo Hills
Massachusetts
Elmer C. Hutchins
Webhannet
Ella Ivers
Doris Dion
Quincy
Mass
Gerald Smith
Ogunquit
Howard Chaffee
Falmouth
Barbara L. Gay
Springvale
Hutchins
Dentists Told Of Hygienists Course
In Rockland Maine dentists heard Westbrook Junior College president outline the new dental hygienists course to be undertaken next year at the Maine Dental Association's 96th convention. Dr Edward Y Blewett spoke on the second day and Dr Russell I Todd will speak tonight as ADA vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Maine
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
Edward Y. Blewett
Maine Dental Association
Russell I. Todd
American Dental Association
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Benjamin Simpson
Saco Salvation Army
Unitarian
Parish
School Street
Melbourne Means
Biddeford Court
Bradbury Honor
Mrs. Tucker
Scoffer
Speeder
Beach
St. Francis
Pepperell
Wasco Chemical
Saco Democrats
Lloyd Cochrane
Khrush
Derstand
Chuck
Charleston
Isc
Tampa-St.Petersburg
Florida West Coast
Journal
BAR Mills Auction House
Emmons & Reserve Auctioneers
Waverly
Home Waverly
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Scammon's
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