Tracy Family Visits Tracy Parents in Saco Area
Mr and Mrs Richard Tracy and family from Redwood City California visit his parents Mr and Mrs William Tracy on Coolidge Avenue in Saco Mrs Tracy was formerly Marion Taylor of Saco Mrs Thomas Vining on Old Orchard Road Saco hosted a Den 6 Pack 310 meeting with assistants Thomas Vining den chief and Mrs Conrad Hebert assistant den mother The program featured projects and a social hour with refreshments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Tracy
Redwood City
Calif
Williamy Tracy
Coolidge Avenue
Saco
Tracy
Marion Taylor
Thomas Vining
Old Orchard Road
Den
Conrad Hebert
Mary Sinkinson burial set after church funeral
Mrs Mary Sinkinson will be buried Monday after funeral services at 2 at the Church of St Stephen the Martyr Waterboro Center She died yesterday in a Biddeford hospital A Boston born educator and Scarsdale resident she was active in St James the Less DAR and Scarsdale Woman's club Funeral arrangements are by Carll's Funeral Home Springvale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sinkinson
Church of St. Stephen the Martyr
Waterboro Center
North Waterboro
Scarsdale
N. Y
Biddeford
Boston
Samuel and
Olive (Chadbourne) Mellen
John Howland
Westbrook Academy
Miss Wheelock
Saco Extension to Meet at GAR Hall for Plastic Flowers
The Saco Extension association will meet at Saco GAR hall Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. The topic is Plastic Flowers by Mrs. Janet White of Kittery Point. Dinner will be served by Elsie Lane and her committee. Members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Extension Association
Saco Gar Hall
Janet White
Kittery Poin
Elsie Lane
Church notes sketch Sunday services across Saco area
Various churches announce Sunday evening worship and youth meetings. Bible Baptist in Saco schedules 7 pm service with 6 pm Training Union. Full Gospel Wells hosts 6 30 pm youth service and 7 30 pm worship. First Baptist Old Orchard Beach holds 7 30 pm service. Methodist youth groups meet across South Biddeford, Foss Street, and West Kennebunk. Additional services listed at Lyman Baptist, Goodwins Mills Advent Christian, Pine Point St Jude, and upcoming talks by Reps Ziegler and Rice at local Universalist and Unitarian churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Full Gospel
Wells
First Baptist Church
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Methodist Youth Fellowship of
South Biddeford
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Youth Fellowship of
The
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Albert Ziegler
First Universalist Church
Melrose
Mass
Universalist Churches
Rhode Island
Unitarian Church
School Street
Saco
Lefebvre Osage Biddeford Man Dies At 69
Eugene Lefebvre aged 69 of Biddeford died at a local hospital after a short illness. Born in St Alban P Q he lived at 13 Fall Street for 51 years and worked at Pepperell Manufacturing as a spinning room section hand, holding a 40 year pin. Survived by three sons three sisters five grandchildren two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at St Andre church Monday at 9 am with visitation at Bolduc Funeral Home Saturday and Sunday afternoons and evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Arthur Lefebvre
St. Alban
P. Q
Zephiria and
Clairina (Duke) Lefebvre
Biddeford
Fall Street
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
St. Andre Church
Jessie
Thibeault) Lefebvre
Ernest
Adrien
Roland Lefebvre
Florida Berube
Emma Madore
Fall River
Mass
Regina Crete
Montreal
Bolduc
Alfred Street
John E. Lewis Jr. dies at 77 in Saco after long illness
John Edward Lewis Jr., 77, Saco native and former alderman and street commissioner, died at home on Ferry Road after a long illness. He operated a Camp Ellis grocery for 32 years and worked 48 years for Biddeford-Saco Water. Survived by Grace Bowden Lewis, daughter Mrs. Robert Bayley, son Albert F. Lewis, three grandchildren and nieces. Funeral Monday at 1 30 p.m. at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home with calling hours Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edward Lewis, Jr
Saco
Ferry Road
Camp Ellis
John E
Abbie ‘Seavey’ Lewis
Biddefard-Saco Water Company
Democratic Party
Saco School Street
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Seco
Legislature Approves Budget Shifts and Tax Increases
The legislature cut Gov Reed's $7.5 million spending request to about $6.2 million and funded new services by raising $9.3 million through cigarette liquor and wildlands taxes plus $2 million from existing taxes. A $31 million overrun funds extra appropriations. Earlier, $119 million was set for continuing services, $76 million for highways, and $5 million for capital construction from surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Quiet Biddeford Celebration Includes Family Friends
Biddeford continues page one with a family obituary noting one sister Mrs. Althea Provencher and brothers Edouard Cote of Old Orchard Beach and Leo Cote of Hartford Conn. Rev. Marc Franck of St. Joseph parish acts as spiritual confessor and family friend during the quiet celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Althea Provencher
Summer Street
Biddeford
Edouard Cote
Old Orchard Beach
Leo Cote
Hartford
Conn
Marc Franck
St. Joseph Parish
Card of Thanks for Community Support
A note of gratitude from Jeremiah McSweeney thanks friends neighbors Dr Michael Magadda Mrs Esther Taylor R N Old Orchard Fire and Police Dept Board of Selectmen for kindness cards flowers and support during a recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Magadda
Esther Taylor
R. N
Old Orchard
Funeral services for Majorique Lessard held in Biddeford
Funeral services for Majorique Lessard of 230 Elm Street Biddeford were held at St Joseph church with a high mass of requiem. Rt Rev Eli Hevey and priests Rev Marc Franck and Rev Norman Carrier officiated. Choir from St Joseph sang, with bearers from Union St Jean the Baptist and Knight of Columbus. Burial in St Joseph cemetery with committal prayers by Rev Sylvia Levesque. Out of town relatives listed from Massachusetts and Maine attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majorique Lessard
Elm Street
Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Eli Hevey
Marc Franck
Norman Carrier
Diane Frechette Rousselle
Union St. Jean the Baptist of Benevolence
Aristide Angers
Jean Belair
Rene Roy
Knight of Columbus Council of
Philip Masse
Paul Roy
Paul Letourneau
St. Joseph Cemetery
Sylvia Levesque
Everett Studson
Saugus
Mass
Annie Pettigrew
Funeral services for nine month old Gerard Gregoire
Funeral services for nine month old Gerard Gregoire of 45 Summer Street Biddeford were held Friday afternoon from Emond Funeral Home with Rev. Robert T. Martel officiating. Pallbearer was the godfather. Burial took place in St Joseph Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard Gregoire
Summer Street
Biddeford
Emond
Rober T. Martel
St. Joseph Cemetery
Graduation substitute presents award at Burns School
At the Saco city graduation exercises held in City Hall American Legion Past Commander Arthur Albrecht presented the Owen-Davis post award. He stood in for Cmdr. Myron Campbell whose name appeared on the programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen- Davis Post
American Legion
Burns School
Saco City Hall
Arthur Albrecht
Cmdr
Myron Campbell
Portland chess champion repeats with perfect nine wins
Stanley Elewitch won the Portland chess tournament for the fifth year in a row finishing Friday night with a perfect score of nine wins no losses. W Lawrence Eldridge of Portland took second place with seven wins one loss and a tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Stanley Elewitch
W. Lawrence Eldridge
Fair Portland Sunday Forecast
The Portland area remains clear with a cool night and gentler winds, as Sunday brings sunny skies and a light swarm of activities in the city. Temperatures will be mild, with overnight lows dipping modestly and daytime highs climbing into the pleasant range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Buxton Junior High Graduates Hear Speaker
Buxton Center Junior High held graduation exercises in the Samuel D Hanson High School gym. Atty Edwin Walker urged students to keep asking why and study hard. The program highlighted Civil War themes with speakers on each year 1861 to 1865 and song medleys. Diplomas were presented by James Flynn and Patricia Haley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Walker
Buxton Center
Samuel D. Hanson
Paul Brown
William Force
Linda Morrison
David Foster
Rache Hartford
Karen Short
Sally Smith
Mary Reed
Patricia Haley
Willard Gillette
Kathryn Tibbetts
Norman Walker
Rachel Hartford
Thomas Atkinson
James Flynn
Lila Gannett
Nancy Davis
David Smith
Ella McKenna
Wedge
Donald Smith
Margaret Morrow
Brian Kenney
Patricia Hanley
Pearl Bracket
Eileen Williams
Elaine Baker
Amanda Shephard
Louise Reed
Charles Hutto, Jr
Malcolm Ingalls
Robert Morin
Linda Lester
Kenneth Cody
Naida Murray
Charlotte Robinson
Jean Woodward
Jennifer Short
Linda Bryant
Cecile Gouzie
Suzanne Vachon
Joan Libby
Cheryl Eaton
Jeffery Randall
Paul Holman
Bruce Manuel
James Stone
Nancy Palmer
Czech diplomat Nacvalac says agents offered wealth to defect
The article reports a meeting in Washington where a Czech counsellor Mirek Nacvalac describes being approached by three men with U S badges who promised wealth, travel, a home, cars, and an education for his family if he defected and remained in government service. He claims the meeting ended with the agents expressing frustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Onembassy
Washington
United States
White
Nacvalac
U. N. South
Gripsholm
Tisler
Mirek
Macvalac
U. S
Nacavalac
Sacred Heart Graduates Receive Diplomas in Biddeford
Sacred Heart grammar school class of 1961 graduates were awarded diplomas in a joint ceremony with St. Andre grammar school at the church. Msgr Aime Giguere officiated the mass and delivered the graduation sermon. Parents received special recognition as numerous graduates listed with honors included Richard Lebreque Andre Rheault Donald Girouard and several others. Principal Rev. Brother Floribert thanked supporters including Msgr. Giguere and local societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Grammar School
Biddeford
St. Andre Church
Richard Sayer
Richard Roberge
Donald Croteau
Brother Floribert
Wilfrid Daigneault
Leo Paul Cyr
Richard Bernier
Sac
D Heart Grammar School
St. Andre Grammar School
St. the Church
Msgr
Aime Giguere
Leonard Vigneault
Thomas Vandermeulen
Ray L. Gosselin
Richard Ruel
John Belisle
Roger Marcottie
Richard Lebrecque
Andre Rheault
Donald Girouard
Richard Courtois
Donall Croteau
Ronald Daly
Richard Martel
Arthur Dube
Richard Maurice
Gerald Millette
Richard Robe
Roger Lambert
Albert Gosselin
Normand Souliere
Roger Grenier
Paul Boisvert
Ray N. Goselin
Donald Crepeau
Ronald Desrosiers
Normand Collette
Real Roy
Ronald Fecteau
Joe “Oisine
Andre Goulet
Renald Grenier
Wilfriid Daigneault
Richar Méceau
George Gauthier
Giguere
Robert Marte
Gerard Parent
Marie Annte Lea
St. Andre Convent
Lizzie Reid Celebrates 90th Birthday Open House
The Maine note recalls Mrs. Lizzie Reid marking her 90th birthday with an open house at her daughter’s Wells home. Five generations attended as family members from Wells, Saco, Norway, Gray, Springvale, East Millinocket, and other towns joined in gifts, a corsage of money and flowers, and a decorated birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Reid
John Ducharme
Highpine
Wells
Reid
Marion Ducharme
Bertha Hartford
Sylvia Haskell
Gregory Haskell
Ronald Turner
Nancy ‘Ducharme
Robert Ducharme
Saco
Clarence Hartford
Albert Haskell
East Millinocket
William Meserve
Robert Richardson
Norway
Vernon Gowen
Gray
Ernest Allen
Mildred Emery
Springvale
Howard Eaton
Eddie Andrews
Roy Tibbetts
Frank Hadley
Undine Gillings
Sally Brooks
Pauline Laflamme
Leighton Gowen
Mary Winslow
Clarence Langley
Ella Howes
Rena West
Charles Roberts
Mabel Grant
Earl Ramsdell
Rose Winslow
Jack Yuill
Ida Rozeff
Robert Rozeff
J. A. Yates
Harland Day, Jr
Ralph Hutchins
Dorothy Ackroyd
Ella Gray
Walter Stanford
William Hochberg
Blanche Tibbetts
Alice Tibbetts
Joyce Hutchins
Leo Brisard
Fred Welch
William DeHart
Doris Lakeman
Pat Nightingale
Missionary To Canada Will Be Saco Speaker
Rev. Weldon Clark, newly appointed missionary to French speaking Canada, will speak at Bible Baptist Church Saco city hall Sunday at 7 pm with his wife and son Mark. Clark, a New Brunswick native, taught at New Brunswick Bible Institute and Providence Barrington Bible College and served in France. Morning worship at 10 45 am features Rev. Richard Barker of Dayton, a Gordon Divinity School graduate. Jackson Vail leads Training Union at 6 pm. Rev. John I. Fickett pastors the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Baptist Church
Saco City Hall
Clark
Mark
New Brunswick
Canada
New Brunswick Bible Institute
Providence
Barrington Bible College
Clarks
France
Conservative Baptist Home Mission Society
Richard Barker
Dayton
Barker
Gordon Divinity School
Beverly Farms
Mass
Jackson Vail
John I. Fickett
Biddeford Pool Girl Wins Hartford Civitan Scholarship
Miss Norma H. Schoff of Biddeford Pool has won the Hartford Civitan club Scholarship in Government at the University of Hartford. The award covers half the yearly tuition and aims to foster good citizenship through study of America’s heritage and world affairs. Schoff, a Thornton Academy graduate, plans graduate studies in international relations and will live with her sister’s family during her senior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hartford
Conn
J.G. Russell, Jr
Biddeford Pool
Hertford Civitan Club
Schoff
U of H
Norma H. Schoff
Ray E. Schoff
Harford ‘Conn.' Civitan Club
University of Hartford
Ruthven T. Bidwell
Hartford Civitan Club
America
Thornton
Miss Schoff
U of H School of Arts and Sciences
Boston University
Portland School of Fine and Applied Art
Hartford Art School
Biddeford Man Fined for Shoplifting
Paul Gagne, 32, of 357 Main Street Biddeford, was found guilty of shoplifting by Judge Simon Spill in Biddeford Municipal Court. Gagne received a $50 fine, a 30 day suspended sentence, and two weeks of probation to raise the money for the theft of food from Armand Poirier’s Variety Store on Main Street. In other action, Mrs Therese Armstrong of Biddeford was fined $10 for speeding with Trooper Parris Meclver as the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gagne
Main Street
Biddeford
Simon Spill
Spill
Gagne
Armand Poirier
Green Street
Poirier
Therese Armstrong
Parris Meclver
VFW Convention Opens at Ellsworth with Elections Ahead
Ellsworth hosts the Maine Department Veterans of Foreign Wars annual convention opening with about 260 attendees. The Friday allied group elections named Lionel Doyon of Waterville as commander, James Hill of Skowhegan as senior vice commander, Maurice Roberge of Westbrook as junior vice commander, and Isabel Nilbrick of Augusta as Auxiliary president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Maine Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grand Maine Military Order of the Cootie
VFW
Lionel Doyon
Waterville
James Hill
Skowhegan
Maurice Roberge
Westbrook
Isabel ‘Nilbrick
Augusta
Colby Protests Withdrawal From Waterville Aid
Colby College says it will withdraw from a federal student loan program on June 3 1962 unless a so called disclaimer affidavit is repealed. Livermore Falls chair Reginald H Sturtevant notes trustees delayed withdrawal for a year due to commitments to students now receiving aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
COLBY
Waterville
Colby Col
Reginald H. Sturtevant
Livermore Falls
Laurette Descoteaux Honored at Biddeford Junior High Party
Miss Laurette M. Descoteaux was celebrated at a party for her graduation from Biddeford Junior High School with her mother Mrs. Leo Harriman as hostess. Gifts, a social hour, and special desserts by Miss Doris Harriman followed, with numerous Harriman and Pollock family members in attendance. Unable to attend were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harriman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurette M. Descoteaux
Biddeford Junior High
Leo Harriman
Doris Harriman
Miss Descoteaux
Theresa ‘Child
Portland
Charles Pollock
Ann
L Susan Pollock
Robert Harriman
Mary Ann Harriman
Madelyn J Harriman
iCharles Pollock
Margaret Pollock
Rachel Bournival
Carol Arcand
Peter Harriman
Pledge Collections Mounting Slowly for Area Building No 2
Pledge collections for Area Building Corporation No 2 have reached 8590 with total to date for Saco’s share of an MIBA loan over 45000. Pledge checks should be payable to Area Building Corporation No 2 per Clifford A Purvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area Building Corporation No. 2
Clifford A. Purvis l
Saco
MIBA
Purvis
Rubbish Fire Damages House Trailer in Biddeford
The Biddeford Fire Department says careless smoking started a rubbish fire at 2:45 pm yesterday in a house trailer at 546 Elm Street by P. S. Dubrey. No damage estimate was available. Later, an oil burner blaze at 52 South Street owned by Roger Martel was extinguished before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Elm Street
P. S. Dubrey
Roger Martel
South Street
Discoverer No. 25 Capsule Seeks Four Day Orbit
The Air Force declined to reveal gear inside the 300 pound capsule aboard Discoverer No. 25. Sky spy camera equipment for the Samos satellite system may be aboard, but officials did not confirm. The plan aims for a four day flight if weather and vehicle condition permit. Capsule ejection over Alaska would lead to parachute recovery near Hawaii by cargo planes or, failing that, surface ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Alaska
Hawaii
Maritime labor walkout disrupts ports and crews
Six ships tied up in New York and seven protected in New Orleans signal mounting disruption as unions strike over the right to bargain for crews on American owned ships registered under foreign flags. NMU Mast ers and Pilots Seafarers International Union Marine Engineers and pursers unions total about 93,500 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Union
NMU
PQS
Seafarers International Union
Man 73 Found Dead After Fall In Ellsworth
The body of Carlo Furio, 73, of Ellsworth, was found by a friend who call... The incident prompted an investigation into the fall as authorities traced the sequence leading to the death. Local responders were dispatched and the scene secured as detectives began gathering statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Carlo Furio
Cal
Man Held In $500 Bail For Theft Of Logs
Paul E. Warner age 44 of Pine Point Road Scarborough was arrested by Saco Police Lt. Robert Foran on grand larceny charges. He allegedly stole 1700 feet of pine and spruce logs valued at 150 dollars from Gerard Cassette on Boom Road Saco Thursday afternoon. Bail was set at 500 dollars and Warner was to be arraigned Monday in Saco Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Warner
Pine Point Road
Scarborough
Saco
Robert Foran
Foran
Wagner
Gerard Cassette
Boom Road
Warner
Saco Municipal Court
Boys Injured When Car Hits Horse in West Kennebunk
A 1992 car driven by Mont Smith of Alfred collided with a horse drawn wagon owned by Frank Wilson near the Desper property in West Kennebunk. Smith said sun glare blinded him. Injured were Frank Wilson 14 Kenneth Beck and Gary Boyd all from Kennebunk. The horse was knocked down and injured. The boys were taken to Saco Osteopathic Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Smith
Alfred
Frank Wilson
West Kennebunk
Desper
Smith
Kennebunk
Frank Stevens
Sam Spencer
Frank T. Wilson
Kenneth Beck
Gary Boyd
Kenne’u
Don
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Man Dies After Roof Fall Sheriff Says Rider Fell Thursday
Sheriff Merritt P. Fitch reported Furio appeared to lose balance while fainting and fell from a roof Thursday, dying from a broken neck. The incident underscores a fatal work accident investigation in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt P. Fitch
Furio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bible Baptist Church of
Saco City
7 Training Union
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Foss Street Methodists
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
Saco United Baptist Church
Goodwin Hills
Lyman Baptist Church
St. Jude Church
Pine Point
William Brooks Rice, Ltd
Wellesley Hills
Joint Merger Commission
Universalist Church
Eugene Lefebvre
John Lewis, Jr
June High
Buxton Junior High
Roger Marcotte
Joel Voisine
Roy L. Gosselin
Albert Grondin
Roy N. Gosselin
Richard Marceau
Ronald Grenier
Richard Labrecque
Lee
Sacred Heart
Pease Air Force Base
New Hampshire
Cascade Road
Larry Fiscus
Des Moines
Iawa
James Pert
Maumee
Ohio
Robert Howath
New Kensington
Dirk ‘Verhey
Verhey
David H. Sheehan
Fiscus
John Sands
Weldon Clark
Rev. Weldon Clark
Journal
Righ
New
Maritime
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