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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1962

Page

2

Death of Louis Fleurant 73 Biddeford NH

Louis Fleurant 73 of 9 Hill street Biddeford died in a local hospital Friday after a brief illness Born in Berlin New Hampshire July 18 1888 he was a janitor at Emery school before retirement He was a St Andre church communicant and Sacred Heart league member His wife Laura Cyr died 12 years ago He survived by nieces and nephews Calling hours at Emond Funeral home today and Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p m Funeral services from St Andre church Monday at 8 a m

Louis Fleurant Hill Street Biddeford Berlin N.H Louis Joseph Fleurent Emery School St. Andre Church Sacred Heart League Laura Cyr Emond Funeral

Portland Weather Summary

Cloudy conditions persist in Portland tonight with a partly cloudy Sunday. Scattered afternoon thundershowers are possible and temperatures remain nearly steady.

Portland

Local Biddeford Names and Transfers Reported

Miss Mary Frances Murphy transfers from Webber to Trusl Nursing Home. Fire Chief Hormidas Belair at Notre Dame Hospital. Lawrence G Wiggin Jr, aviation ordnanceman USN, left San Diego with Heavy Attack Squadron 4 aboard USS Oriskany. Paulette Boucher to return from Webber Hospital to grandparents home after wrist injury. Family details include addresses in Biddeford and Guin ie Road.

Mary Frances Murphy Main Street Biddeford Webber Hospital Trusl Nursing Home Hormidas Belair Acorn Street Notre Dame Hospital Lawrence G. Wiggin, Jr Aviation Ordnanceman USN Lawrence G. Wiggin Leon Street San Diego Calif Oriskany Paulette Boucher Napoleon Guay State Street Norman Boucher Guinea Road

Evening Services and Fellowship Meetings at Local Churches

A 7 p m Sunday evening service will be held at Advent Christian Church on Route 35 in Kennebunk Lower Village. The church Youth Fellowship meets at 6 15 p m Sunday. Another Sunday 7 p m worship is planned at Advent Christian Church on Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach. The Christ Ambassadors group of the First Church of God meets at 6 30 p m Sunday at the Ahepa Home 22 Pleasant Street Saco.

Advent Christian Church Route 35 Kennebunk Lower Village Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach Christ Ambassadors Group The First Or of God Church Ahepa Leasant Street Saco First Baptist Church Ocean Avenue

Evening Service at First Assembly of God Church

An evening service will be held Sunday at 7 30 p m at the home 22 Pleasant Street Aco by the First Assembly of God church.

First Assembly of God Church Pleasant Street Aco

Kennebunk Free Christian Union Youth Fellowship Schedule

The Youth Fellowship of the Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union society will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. The gathering aims to plan activities and foster community among members.

Youth Fellowship of the Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society

Sunday meeting at Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union

A church service is scheduled for Sunday at :30 at the Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society. The notice confirms a gathering at the local church with no additional program details.

Methodist Youth Fellowship to Meet Sunday at 3 PM

The Methodist Youth Fellowship of West Kennebunk Methodist Church will gather Sunday at 3 p m for its regular meeting.

Methodist Youth Fellowship of the West Kennebunk Methodist Church

Baptist Youth Group to Meet Sunday at Ogunquit Church

The Baptist Youth group of Ogunquit Baptist Church will gather Sunday at 6 p.m. in the church building for an evening meeting.

Junior Beacons meet at Lyman First Baptist Sunday

Junior Beacons for Christ from first to fifth grade will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. at Lyman First Baptist Church in Goodwins Mills. The Junior-Senior Baptist Youth Fellowship of the church will meet at 6:15 p.m. on Sunday.

Junior Beacons For Christ Lyman First Baptist Church Goodwins Mills Baptist

Evening Worship Service at Ly man First Baptist

An evening worship service will be held Sunday at 7 30 in the Ly man First Baptist church Good wins Mills.

Lyman First Baptist Church Goodwins Mills

Bible Baptist Church Saco to Host Evening Services

On Sunday at the Bible Baptist Church of Saco, the training union is set for 6 p m and the evening worship for 7 p m at Saco City hall in Saco.

Bible Baptist Church of Saco Saco City Hall

Sunday Salvation Army services at Old Orchard Beach

Sunday evening services at Salvation Army headquarters 91 Union avenue Old Orchard Beach are held weekly with an open air meeting at 7 p.m. and a Salvation meeting at 7 30 p.m.

Salvation Army Union Avenue Old Orchard Beach Salvation

Young Peoples Service At Fail Gospel Church Sunday

A Young People’s service will be held Sunday at 6 30 p m followed by an evening worship service at 7 30 p m at Fail Gospel church located on Route 9A just off Route 109 Wells Scene notes city church times and location for readers seeking service schedule.

Fail Gospel Church Wells

Evening Worship and Youth Meetings Across Local Churches

Evening worship Sunday at 7 30 p m at First Baptist Ocean Ave Old Orchard Beach. South Biddeford Methodist meets Sunday at 6 30. Foss Street Methodist meets tomorrow at 6 30. Junior High Baptist Youth at Saco United Baptist meets Sunday at 6. Senior High Youth Fellowship at Saco United Baptist meets tomorrow at 6 p m. Goodwins Mills Advent Christian meets Sunday at 7.

Police urge caution as drivers slow in residential areas

The State Police urge motorists to add extreme caution to driving, reduce speed when passing through residential zones, and multiply safety to protect children and ensure peace of mind.

Paying respects to Arthur Henry by Owen-Davis Unit

The Owen-Davis Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will pay respects to Arthur Henry tonight at 8 at the Bolduc Funeral Home located at 291 Alfred Street in Biddeford.

Owen-Davis Unit American Legion Auxiliary Arthur Henry Bolduc Alfred Street Biddeford

Legion Post Plans Evening Wake for Arthur Henry

Members of the Tighe Beau Doin Farley post of the American Legion will meet at Bolduc Funeral Home on 291 Alfred Street Biddeford Sunday night at 7 to pay respects to Arthur Henry.

Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post American Legion Bolduc Alfred Street Biddeford Arthur Henry

Blankets Drying In Oven Ignite Fire At Biddeford Home

A fire erupted last night at 435 Elm Street in Biddeford when blankets left to dry in an oven caught fire. Neighbors alerted firefighters. one fire truck responded and used a booster to control the blaze at the home of Mrs. Lena Parkur.

Elm Street Biddeford Lena Parkur

Eisenhower Critiques Kennedy Defense Space Budget Plan

Former President Eisenhower, speaking before about 3,000 Republicans at a fund raising dinner, urged adherence to guiding principles to sustain ideas while criticizing President Kennedy's defense and space budget proposals as a floundering administration.

Eisenhower Kennedy

Maine Supreme Court Justice Orders Tax Action on Labs

Edward P. Murray of the Maine Supreme Court issues an alternative writ of mandamus giving the state assessor until July 20 to tax two Bar Harbor scientific laboratories or show cause why not. Retired attorney Kendall A. Young argues the Jackson Memorial and Mount Desert Island labs are non profit and tax free under state rules.

Bangor Edward P. Murray Maine Supreme Court Bar Harbor Kendall A. Young Jackson Memorial Mount Desert Island Laboratories

Hard Work Pays Off for Memphis Father of Med Students

Sam Mitchell, 67, a Beale Street elevator operator, spent 40 years pursuing one goal not time or money but education for his children. He funded two medical students, aims for a third, and another daughter trains as a nurse, despite bread and water days and working two jobs to cover about $1,000 yearly per child.

Memphis ,Tenn Sam Mitchell Collge Mitchell Beale Street

Cox to speak on apportionment at York Harbor event

Archibald Cox solicitor general of the United States will address legislative apportionment at the Eastern Regional Conference of the National Association of Attorneys General on June 30 in York Harbor.

Quartet Nabbed After Early Morning Break

Biddeford police booked two men at 5 20 am for breaking entering and larceny and two others as accessories before and after the fact. Suspects were found asleep in a car with six cases of beer from Nappi Distributors. one man returned to the scene to identify a window used to gain entry.

Biddeford Larry Remillard Buckley's Court Wilfred Houle Main Street Gilbert Lavigne Wharf Street Saco Peter Gagne Biddeford Pool Nappi Distributors Nappi Edgar Sevigny Gerald C. Nason Biddeford Municipal Court Capt. Poirier Alphonse Faucher Heniry Labbe

Huntsville Mill Revival Turns Small Town Bold

In Huntsville Alabama a group of 20 citizens mortgaged all they owned to buy and renovate a shuttered Lincoln Mills plant. The 800,000 square foot mill now houses 3,500 workers and tenants including Boeing, IBM and Chrysler with a yearly payroll nearing 24 million. The risky venture transformed the city into a missile and space research hub, attracting the Army and NASA programs and boosting population toward 100,000. The investors paid off debts and now anticipate dividends as SPACO pivots to missile components.

Huntsville Ala U. S Tallulah Bankhead Wernher von Braun Space Flight Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration Army Missile Command Army Guided Missile School Lincoln Mills Alabama Redstone Arsenal Alton D. Elliott Southern Protective Awning Co Brown Engineering Co Chrysler Missile Division International Business Machines Hayes and Parker Aircraft Olin Mathieson Boeing Airplane Co Boeing Elliott The Southern Pertective Awning Co SPACO

Nuns Mark 50th Jubilee in Congregation Service

Sisters Saint Eugenie and Mary Stella mark the Golden Jubilee of their religious profession with fifty years in education. They taught in Quebec Canada and U S locations including Lawrence Methuen Biddeford and Van Buren. A jubilee mass at the Good Shepherd Provincial House will be celebrated with Rev. John J. Barrett as celebrant and Rev. John T. Arsenault delivering the sermon.

Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Eugenie Mary Stella Saint Eugenie Quebec Lawrence Mass Methuen Biddeford van Buren New England St. Joseph High School

Legion Bowlers Win State Championship Trophy

Westbrook Lewiston and Portland Post 22 of Lewiston received the Legion state bowling championship trophy at a banquet. The Eastern division American Legion auxiliary honored Mrs Eugene Sacco Sr of New Jersey as national vice-president. Entertainment included vocal solos by Mrs Carmen Ruell and duets by Mrs Virginia Ford and Mrs Elaine LaPierre with accompanists, plus a reading by Mrs Shirley Doe.

Pace Westbrook Lewiston Portland Legion Eugene Sacco New Jersey American Legion Auxiliary Vesper Hotel Carmen Ruel Biddeford Rachel Martel Virginia Ford Old Orchard Beach Elaine LaPierre Wells Gladys Smith Saco Shirley Doe Ocean Park

Biddeford Baseball School Signups Reach Forty Five

Registration closes today as 45 Biddeford boys enroll in a baseball school directed by Bob Cote at Biddeford Recreation Field May Street. The 9 to 12 year olds total 16 and the 13 to 15 year olds total 29. Sessions start Monday at 10 a.m. for younger players and 11 a.m. for older players with a final chance for late registrants.

Biddeford Bob Cote Biddeford Recreation Field May Street Cote

Boucher Proposes City Clerk and Tax Collector Consolidation

The proposal combines the offices of city clerk and tax collector and sets an annual salary of 7000 dollars for the appointed official. All license fees and money collected would go to the city treasurer. Deputy tax collector and deputy city clerk would remain salaried as now. Building permit fees set at five dollars per thousand, licensing required for general contractors and self employed. Boucher and Angela Grondin have two daughters Linda and Judy.

Deford Boucher Angela Grondin Linda Judy

Burglars Loot Chittyville School Kitchen Goods

AP report states burglars stole 17 pounds of turkey 38 pounds of ground beef and 40 pounds of cheese from Chittyville Elementary School. Principal Ron was not present at the time and no injuries were reported. Police investigation ongoing with no suspects yet identified.

Herrin, Til Chittyville Ron

River study funds approved for Royal River in Yarmouth

Senator Margaret Chase Smith learned funds are allocated for a Royal River navigational study in Yarmouth. Army engineers will set a hearing with town officials to define desired improvements. Browning noted the school lunch program will continue with a revised menu.

Fund For River Study Washington Margaret Chase Smith Maine Royal River Yarmouth Army Engineers Smith Browning

Twins Meet South Portland Merchants In Summer League Showdown

The Biddeford Saco Twins host the Classy South Portland Merchants Sunday at 6 at Alumni Field in a key Ladies Summer League contest. Star players include Dick Grant, Gus Carmichael, and Dave Hanson, with Bryce Roberts joining behind the plate if he arrives in time. Grant seeks his first win after a recent 2-1 setback. Carmichael and the Merchants’ lineup promise a strong challenge.

Wilbur Bernier Biddeford Saco Twins Alumni Field South Portland Merchants Yarmouth Portland Merchants Gus Carmichael South Portland Hanson Twin Cities Dave ‘Hanson Notre Dame Jim ‘Pouravalis Biddeford ‘High Gorham State Teachers College Thornton Academy Phil Curtis South Twins Roberts

Olympia Fruit Leads 20th Century Lanes Week

Olympia Fruit and A. F. Letellier & Son dominated the 20th Century Lanes week with top team totals and high scores. Team total 1,405, team single 508, high triple by N Gadbois 346, high single by R Souliere 140. Crystal Bottling and Doran’s also posted notable figures.

Olympia Fruit A. F. Letellier & Son ST. Andre Chargers N. Boutin

Triple Men and Singles Event Details

The record lists Triple (Men) J Forcier 402. Single Ladies J Grenier 120. Single Men J Forcier 152. The items are described as event results with competitor names and numbers.

J. Forcier J. Grenier

Also Mentioned on This Page

Louis Fleurent Kennebunk Landing Baptist Youth Geen Ogunquit Methodist Youth Fellowship of South Biddeford Methodist Youth Fellowship Foss Street Methodist Church Saco United Baptist Church Youth Fellowship of Thompson Tel Ernest Belisle Center Street Robert P. Gagne Arundel Opera House Kennebunkport Gagne Robert Perrin Albert Cote Marcelle Morin Clement Auger Cochairman Madeliene Davenport Raymond Kenneally Lucien Doyon Huntsville Citizens Transform Mill Albert Paulhus Helen Guillette Anastasoff Ladies Summer League Jinx Tigers Jinx P. Guertin Jinx Ee Tiger's Wildcats Ene F . Pep Twisiters Little Folks League 20Th Century Eee Eeee Strikers Es Beery Eeaeis Jokers Worms St. Joseph Church Robert Cyr Claudette Larochelle
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