Personal notices from Biddeford area roster
Returning home from the Webber hospital Biddeford George Gravel of Saco avenue Old Orchard Beach. Mr and Mrs Kerr Walbridge Ocean Park celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary today. Leaving for Camp Wa Banaki Douglas Hill where she will run canoeing is Margo Johnson Bay View road Saco. Mr and Mrs Edward M Reilly and children Maureen Michael and Marlene Biddeford spend the summer at Goose Rocks cottage. Attending the 28th annual convention of the American Society of Medical Technologists at the Ambassador Hotel Atlantic City NJ is Marc R Beauregard medical technician 297 North Street Saco. Mr and Mrs Stuart Flavin and sons Stuart Jr and David Alt nd street Biddeford vacate Goose Rocks Beach until August. Stuart Jr has begun duties as lifeguard at the summer resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
George Gravel
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Kerr Walbridge
Ocean Park
Camp Wabanaki
Douglas Hill
Margo Johnson
Bay View Road
S.co
Edward M. Reilly
Maureen
Michael
Marlene
Goose Rocks c
American Society of Medical Technologists
Ambassador Hotel
Atlantic City
N. J
Marc R. Beauregard
North Street
Saco
Stuart Flavin
Stuart, Jr
David
Altnd Street
Goose Rocks Beach
Stuart
Retired Saco Teacher Susie Randall Dies at 61
Miss Susie Mary Randall 61 retired Saco schoolteacher died at her Portland home 408 For rest avenue. She taught in Saco for more than 30 years and was born in Limington September 25 1878. Survivors include cousins Forrest Randall Old Orchard Beach and Mrs W D Hobson Portland. Funeral Saturday 130 pm at Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco. Burial Meeting House Hill Hollis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Mary Randall
Saco
Forrest Avenue
Portland
Limington
Benjamin F
Emma Scamman
Randall
ABC Literary Guild of
Forrest Randall
Old Orchard Beach
W. D. Hobson
Benjamin Scamman
LaMont Usher
Hollis
Dennett and Craig
Main Street
Meeting House Hill Cemetery
Local Fraternal and Auxiliary Meetings Set Tonight
Our Lady of Fatima Circle suspends monthly socials through September with the first fall event listed. Biddeford groups including Knights of Columbus Fremont club auxiliary meet at 8 PM in their respective halls. American Legion post Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley hosts 8 PM gathering with refreshments. Saco Firemen auxiliary wraps up year at 8 PM. York County Barracks auxiliary installs officers Sunday July 10 at 7:30 PM at the Fremont club Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Fatima
Isabella
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
York County Barracks
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Church Notes and Friday Services Across Local Churches
Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet Friday at 8 30 p m. Holy Communion will be celebrated in Trinity Episcopal church Friday at 9 30 a m. The Bible club of the Lyman Baptist church Goodwins Mills meets Friday at 7 30 p m at the parsonage. Friday morning services at 8 in Christ Episcopal church. St John Day observances Friday with services at 6 and 7 in Christ church Biddeford. Friday St John Day 8 a m in St David church Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bible Club
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Christ Episcopal Church
Christ Church
Biddeford
St. John Day
St. David Church
Kennebunk
Kishi Faces Week of Protests Over Treaty
Kishi endures a month of nuge demonstrations in Tokyo as factions within his party oppose alignment with either the United States or the Soviet Union and Communist China. The protests halted plans for Eisenhower’s visit but Kishi keeps Parliament intact and resists making the treaty a general election issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Soviet Union
China
Kishi
Eisenhower
Card of Thanks From Valliere and Bouchard Families
The Valliere and Bouchard Families express gratitude to neighbors and friends for flowers, cars, and sympathy during bereavement. Special thanks to blood donors and to all who sent cards during Arthur Hubert’s recent stay at Webber hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valliere
Bouchard
Webber Hospital
Arthur Hubert
Funeral services for Kev. Durmont Clarke held in Manchester
Funeral services will be held Saturday at the First Congregational church in Manchester for Kev. Durmont Clarke D D of Riverdale New York and Prouts Neck Maine a retired Presbyterian minister. He died at 76 after a fatal heart attack yesterday while golfing with a grandson. He vacationed in Vermont. Clarke directed the religious department of the Farmers Federation at Asheville North Carolina from 1927 to 1954 and earlier served as pastor at Lawrenceville New Jersey School for Boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
First Congregational Church
Durmont Clarke
D. D
Riverdale
N. Y
Prouts Neck
Maine
Clarke
Vermont
The
Farmers Federation
Asheville
N.C
Lawrenceville, N. J
Former Dachau guard sentenced for killing man in basket fall
Wolfgang Seuss, 53, former Dachau guard, received life imprisonment in Munich. Court found him used a crane to lift a steel basket with Kurt Riesenfeld seven feet and drop it, then repeat the act until the victim died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Dachau
Wolfgang Seuss
Kurt Riesenfeld
Risenfeld
Speeding Plea Leads to Fine in Old Orchard Beach
Norman Waycott, 19, of 547 Main Street, Saco, was fined $15 by Judge Wesley Mewer at Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice Court yesterday after pleading guilty to speeding on Temple Avenue in Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Waycott
Main Street
Saco
Wesley Mewer
Old Orchard Beach
Humid Portland Weather Outlook with Passing Showers
This afternoon promises partly cloudy conditions with a risk of late showers or thunder in Portland. Winds from the south to southwest at 8 to 12 mph. Tonight will be cloudy and mild with gentle southerly winds. Friday remains warm and humid with showers and scattered thunderstorms, little temperature change. Zone 1 highs near 76, with last night’s lows from Caribou 54 to Miami 81 and other readings across Boston 64 New York 65 Portland 58.
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Potland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rum
Biddeford Firm To Issue Stock
The Biddeford & Saco Water Co proposes to issue up to 1,100 shares of common stock as a dividend to stockholders of record June 10. A public hearing is set for June 28 in Augusta per the Public Utilities Commission. The company has $1,100,000 in outstanding common stock and will distribute one new share for every 10 held with no fractional shares. Stock issued to one company will be sold without profit to buyers seeking full dividend shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Biddeford & Saco Water Co
Public Utilities Commission
K Of C Auxiliary June Social in Biddeford
The Biddeford council Knights of Columbus auxiliary held its June social last night at the K of C hall with Mrs. Doris Lamontagne and committee in charge of hospitality. Winners included Mrs. Helen Picard Mrs. Claire Gosselin Mrs. Poliette Loranger Mrs. Marie Tremblay Mrs. Martha Masse Mrs. Muriel Duprey Mrs. Therese Gonthier Mrs. Theresa Tarr Mrs. Florence Roy Mrs. Rita Lamarre Mrs. Irene Bouffard Mrs. Isabelle Boucher Mrs. Rose Cayer and Miss Francoise Gendron. Special awards went to Mrs. Irene Bouffard and Mrs. Rita Huot. birthday cake to Mrs. Lamontagne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Council
Knights of Columbus, Auxiliary
C. Hall
Doris Lamontagne
Helen Picard
Claire Gosselin
Pauliette Loranger
Marie Tremiblay
Martha Masse
Muriel Duprey
Therese Gonthier
Theresa Tarr
Florence Roy
Rita Lamarre
Irene Bouffard
Isabelle Boucher
Rose Cayer
Francoise Gendron
Rita Huot
Lamontagne
Dorsky Rebuts McIntire On Maine Wage Law Paradise Claim
Dorsky criticized McIntire’s claim that the bill would help any district and cited a Washington County survey showing needs for legislation. He faulted enforcement of Maine’s new minimum wage law and argued summer camps and hotels should be covered. He referenced Miss Marion Martin, labor commissioner, and noted welcome remarks by William Linnell and Jean Gannett Williams at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
beford-Saco
Lewiston
Washington County
McIntire
Dorsky
Maine
William S. Linnell
Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce
Jean Gannett Williams
Guy Gannett Publishing Co
Biddeford Firemen Respond to Grass Fire on Pool Road
Firemen from Biddeford were summoned to a grass fire along Pool road. No damage or injuries were reported, and crews worked to contain the flames as residents looked on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Pool Road
Thirty Sign Course At BHS For Drivers
Thirty students from Biddeford High School signed up for a summer driver training program led by Instructor James Wilkinson. The six week course includes six hours of road work and 30 hours of classroom instruction and will award certificates from the Maine Department of Education. Beginning classes enroll a lengthy list of students. Washington reports the House voted to outlaw payola and quiz show abuses, making them federal crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford High School
James Wilkinson
Maine Department of Education
Conrad Berthiaume
Louis Binette
Rena Binette
Michael Chretien
Rita Corriveau
Robert Cote
Claire Dumont
Norman Gadbois
Rachel Gendron
Richard Lacroix
Priscilla Lauzon
Claire Legare
Donald Lessard
George Lessard
Anastasia Mackell
Joan Marchand
Marguerite Millette
Priscilla Morissette
Richard Paul
Audrey Perreault
Rita Petrin
Richard Parenteau
Muriel Rochefort
Rachel Souliere
Fleurette Tardif
Joan Turcotte
Georgeanna Webb
Darlene Berry
Diane Davis
Maurice Vaillancourt
Alfred Street Cleaners Closing and Parking Lot Planned
Gene's Quality Cleaners on Alfred Street Biddeford will close after 22 years in business. The site at 47 49 51 53 Alfred Street will be razed for a 50 to 55 car lot after equipment sold to U S Hoffman Inc of Boston moves out by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene's Quality Cleaners
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Businss
Joe's
J. Eugene Chretien
The
Journal Today
Chretien
U. S. Hoffman, Inc
Boston
Mass
Gene
Main Street
Acams Street
Man to face Biddeford court on assault charges
Robert B. Smith aged 28 of Old Orchard Beach is due in Biddeford Municipal Court on July 1 to answer assault and battery charges involving State Rep. Jerome G. Plante. He resides on Union Avenue, not Ocean Avenue, as reported Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Smith
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford
Jerome G. Plante
Union A Avenue
Ocean Avenue
Club Projects Advanced by Council Chagnon
Plans for two club projects moved forward at a Council Chagnon meeting in St John hall Biddeford. A pres report covered the Ladies Night and Saturday dance at the club hall and a lawn party set for August 13. Eugene Bertrand and committee received thanks for hall interior work as volunteers aim to finish the project through the summer. The group voted to purchase a 50 star flag. Napoleon L. Roy presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chagnon
Union St. John the Baptist of America
St. John Hall
Biddeford
Eugene Bertrand
Napoleon L. Roy
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Joseph H. Firman
Progress Bulletin
Pomona
Calif
Saco Youth
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America
Hastings
Minn
Outlaws
Payola
Washington
House
New York
Idlewild
Salome Jens
Hollywood
Angel Baby
Orem
Utah
James Christiansen
U.S
Beirut
Camille Chamoun
Tokyo
Castro
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Venezuela
la Paz
Nixon
Caracas
Canal Zone
Lima
San Marino University
Adnan Menderes
Faisal
Abdel Ilah
Nuri Es-Said
Henrik Verwoerd
Korea
Turkey
Alfred Street Cleaners
Council
Chagnon
Delmar” and
Feracci
Bone
Navy
Red
Delmar Debs
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