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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1962

Page

2

Arthur Sewall II dies at 64 in Bath Memorial Hospital

Arthur Sewall II former vice president of the Bath National Bank and a Bath Iron Shipbuilding and Todd Shipbuilding executive died Sunday at Memorial Hospital. He was 64. At World War II start he became assistant to William S. Newell at Todd Bath Iron Shipbuilding. He later partnered in McClare & Co. Survivors include his widow Anne a son and three daughters. Funeral plans were incomplete.

Bath (Ap Arthur Sewall Bath National Bank New York Memorial Hospital William S. Newell Todd- Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp South Portland Shipbuilding Corp McClare & Co Anne

Portland Weather Outlook This Afternoon To Tuesday

Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of brief showers this afternoon mostly over river valleys. Westerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight fair and cooler with winds 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday sunny with pleasant temperatures and 5 to 15 mph winds. Highs mid to upper 70s and lows around the low 50s.

Portland

Local Personal Notices From Biddeford And Old Orchard Beach

Mrs Edward Berube of 107 Main Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center Ortland Those attending the American Legion Auxiliary convention at Old Orchard Beach from the Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit were Mrs Nellie Petit Mrs Carmen Ruel Mrs Yvonne Bergeron Mrs Nellie White Mrs Ida Noyes and Mrs Elodie Renaud

Edward Berube Main Street Biddeford Maine Medical Center Ortland American Legion Auxiliary Old Orchard Beach Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Nellie Petit Carmen Ruel Yvonne Bergeron Nellie White Ida Noyes Elodie Renaud

Veterans group meeting and club hall gathering noted

A Biddeford Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary meeting is set for tonight at 7 30 in the City building. Council Chagnon Street Jean Baptist will meet Wednesday at 3 p m in the club hall.

Biddeford Veterans of Foreign War Council Chagnon St. Jean Baptiste

Church Notes Tue services and meetings listed

Holy Communion at Christ Episcopal Biddeford Tuesday 6 AM. Prayer meeting at Full Gospel Wells Tuesday 7 30 PM. Home League of Saco Salvation Army meets Tuesday 7 30 PM. School Street Methodist trustees hold monthly meeting vestry Tuesday 7 PM. Unitarian Universalist executive committee meets Parish House Saco Tuesday 7 30 PM.

Christ Episcopal Church Biddeford Full Gospel Route 9-A Wells Saco Salvation Army School Street Methodist Church The Unitarian-Universalist Church Saco

Market falls sharply as stock averages slide at noon

New York stocks dropped in heavy noon trading. The Associated Press average fell 2.10 to 200.40 as industrials, rails, and utilities slid. Ford, GM, Chrysler eased little. Texaco and Du Pont lost about 2 points. Some names rose or held, with IBM modestly down and Xerox up. Prices on bonds also declined.

Associated Press Ford Cleveland Chrysler Texaco du Pont Union Carbide Allied Chemical Sears Roebuck Goodrich Liggett & Myers Lorillard IBM Johns-Manville Xerox Polaroid Litton Industries Radio Corp Eastman Kodak International Telephone American Stock Exchange U.S

Biddeford Mayoral Accountability Case Examined

Trial continues over alleged defrauding of Saco Brick Co and Lucien Bourque in Biddeford. Deschambault accused of unauthorized city pipe sale to biddeford, amounting to 607.23. Indictments for clerk Binette relation to high school project involve 4669.95. Lawyer Smith questions civil nature and proper terminology of false pretenses claims.

Bault Biddeford Saco Brick Company Philip Sanborn Bernard Avenue Deschambault Smith Binette Lucien M. Bourque Bourque Prick Company

Walden Hanson Named Vassalboro Town Manager

Walden W. Hanson aged 62, former Bradford longtime board of selectmen chairman and ex-legislator, has been named town manager of Vassalboro. He succeeds Francis Munsey, who left to take a similar post in Winthrop.

Vassalboro Walden W. Hanson Board of Selectmen Bradford Francis Munsey Winthrop

Rosamand Cheney Miss Rosamand Cheney dies in Kennebunk home

Rosamand E Cheney age 60 dies at a Kennebunk convalescent facility. She is survived by three sisters Mrs Raymond Welch Mrs Flora Crown and Mrs Lena Topley and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services tomorrow at 1 30 pm at Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev Milford G Butterfield officiating. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call this afternoon and evening.

Rosamand E. Cheney Kennebunk James F Mary ‘Emmons’ Cheney Raymond Welch Flora Crown Lena Topley Augusta Angell Funeral Home Dane Street Milford G. Butterfield Advent Christian Church Kennebunk Lower Village Evergreen Cemetery

Funeral Services for Harriet Miles of Branford Conn

Funeral services were held Saturday morning for Mrs Harriet Miles of Branford Conn from Shumway Funeral Home in Saco. Rev Harry Aufiero of First Parish Congregational Church officiated. Bearers were Harry Wiswell Alvin Brent Francis Lamontagne and Antonio Lamontagne. Burial was in Laurel Hill cemetery Saco.

Harriette Northrop’ Miles Branford

Funeral for Louis Fleurent of Biddeford at St. Andre

Funeral services for Louis Joseph Fleurent of 9 Hill Street Biddeford held at St. Andre church. Rt Rev Msgr Aime Giguere celebrated high Mass of requiem assisted by Rev Edmund Hache and Rev Bernand Nicknair. Beavers from Sacred Heart League attended. burial in St. Joseph cemetery with committal prayers by Msgr Giguere.

Louis Joseph Fleurent Hill Street Biddeford St. Andre Church Aime Giguere Edmund Hache Bernand Nicknair St. Andre Laura Proulx Beavers Sacred Heart League Fleurent Joseph Lefebvre Henri Bourque Rosario Goulet Alfred Soulard Henri Gobeil Henri Neault St. Joseph Msgr Giguere

Funeral rites for Arthur Henry 74 Biddeford resident

Funeral services were held for Arthur Henry age 74 of 133 Pike Street extension Biddeford at St Andre church. Rev Edmond Hache led the requiem high mass with Rev Arthur St Pierre deacon and Rev Bernand Nicknail sub deacon. A male quartet and organist Mrs Laura Proulx provided music. Military honors acknowledged Henry as a World War I veteran. Active and honorary bearers included members of the American Legion and VFW, with a firing squad from Pease Air Force Base rendering a volley and Arnold Ballard on bugle.

Arthur Henry Pike Street Biddeford St. Andre Church Edmond Hache Arthur St. Pierre Bernand Nicknail Laura Proulx Henry Royal Sheltra Joseph Hanusek The American Legion Pease Air Force Base James Moats Dwight S. Hawley William Sledge John DaGraca Daniel S. Boone James E. Hurst Joseph McIntyre Jerry E. Ford Stephen FE. Williams Arnold Ballard Nicknair Painch Ludger Picher Napoleon Norman Warren Libby Arthur Lambert Joseph Verrier William Gaudette Adelard Gendron John Arnold Oscar Lauzer Luciana Lauzer Wilder Maurice Ellyson Danville Que Roger Willie Laflotte Izette Laflotte Disneli Que Jean Real Fontaine Chrisean Fontaine Vanney Fontaine Josee Fontaine Garthby Jacqueline Poirier Thedford Mine Rita Paquin Cambridge Mass Napoleon Boisvert Therese Boisvert George Turcotte Portland Henrye O’connor Chicago

Five Day Forecast for Northern New England and Island

U S Weather Bureau outlook for Massachusetts and New England shows temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal over Tuesday to Saturday. Cooler conditions Tuesday and Wednesday, warmer Thursday and Friday, then possibly cooler again Saturday. Rainfall expected to total over half an inch, with showers and thunderstorms likely around Saturday.

U. S. Weather Bureau New England Massachusetts E Island

Ford Workers End 18 Day Shop Shutdown At Ford

Ford Motor Co resumes production after United Auto Workers Local 4 members approve a settlement ending a local strike at the Walton Hills stamping plant. About 39,000 workers nationwide return by midnight with 2,800 more starting today. assembly lines to restart midweek. The accord covers production standards health and safety and an estimated 70,000 for engineering changes.

Cleveland Ford Motor Co United Auto Workers Local 4 Afl-Cio Walton Hille Ford Walton Hills

German Ship Collides With Fishing Vessel East of Nantucket

The Coast Guard reported a German motor vessel the Lincer tor from Bremen collided with a fishing craft about 120 miles east of Nantucket. The German ship reported no damage or injuries while the fisherman Mary Landry from New Bedford said there was damage and some flooding but no casualties. Coast Guard planes from Salem and the cutter General Greene were dispatched. helicopters stood by at Otis Air Force Base and Quonset. No weather reports were available.

Boston Coast Guard Nantucket Lincertor Bremen Mary Landry New Bedford Salem General Greene Otis Air Force Base Quonset, R. I., Coast Guard

Elderly Couple Killed in Portland Traffic Crash

A car driven by Barbara Ann Bailey veered off the Eastern Promenade Sunday, killing Lester Hill aged 80 and Bertha Hill aged 73. Bailey, the Hills' grandniece, escaped serious injury and was en route to her father's birthday party. The crash raises Maine’s annual highway fatality toll to 75.

Portland Maine Lester Hill Bertha Barbara Ann Bailey Miss Bailey

Reed at GOP meet Washington

Gov. John H. Reed of Maine will join 11 other Republican governors at the All Republican conference organizing meeting on June 30. The gathering will be held at the Gettysburg farm home of former President Dwight Eisenhower in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

Why Mosquitoes Age Might Reveal Human Aging Clues

Louisville scientist Dr. Calvin A. Lang studies mosquito biochemistry to explain human aging. He questions why some burn out by 35 while others stay spry at 80, noting mosquitoes’ short, sharply divided developmental periods and rapid growth and aging.

Louisville, Ky Calvin A. Lang University of Louisville Lang

Rhode Island Wedding Unites McKinney and Upham in Newport

Miss Joanne Louise McKinney and Louis James Upham Jr. wed at St. Joseph church in Newport with Rev. Edward Johnson presiding. The bride wore peau de soie with batiste neckline and a bouquet of cymbidium orchids. Attendants included Barbara M. Silvia and Marilyn Washburn. Best man was Robert C. Upham. ushers were Ronald P. McKinney and Paul R. Willis. A breakfast at Hotel Viking followed a wedding trip to Quebec. couple reside at 27 Livingston Place, Middletown.

Joanne Louise McKinney Edgar F. McKinney Newport R. L Louis James Upham, Jr USN Louis J. Upham Augusta St. Joseph Church R. I Edward D. Johnson Barbara M. Silvia Marilyn Washburn Diane Jackson Robert C. Upham Ronald P. McKinney Paul R. Willis Viking

Ole Miss Football Announces Five Night Games Schedule

The University of Mississippi will host five night games next fall with two in Memphis, two in Jackson Mississippi, and one in Baton Rouge Louisiana.

University of Mississippi Memphis Jackson Miss Baton Rouge

Auxiliary Ends Season With Annual Outing

Biddeford Knights of Columbus auxiliary wrapped up the season with a day at Mrs. Yvonne LaBlond’s Bonney Eagle Lake. Hosts included Mrs. Paulette Loranger and others. barbecue catered by Adrien and Ted LeBlond. games, swimming, and prizes won by several members. entertainment provided by Mrs. Jacqueline Goulet, Mrs. Nadeau, and Mrs. Gonthier. Next meeting September 19 and installation September 22 with Rita Lamarre chairing assisted by Pauline Neault Garnache and Yvonne LeBlond.

Biddeford Knights of Columbus Yvonne LaBlond Bonney Eagle Lake Paulette Loranger Blanche Neault Alfreda LaBlond Adrien Ted LeBlond Jeanne Constance Suzanne LeBlond Simond Lapointe Yvette Nadeau Martha Neault Theresa Gonthier Jacqueline Goulet Nadeau Gonthier Rita Lamarre Pauline Neault Pauline Garnache Yvonne LeBlond

Canadians Speak Corrupted French in Joual Debate

Montreal writer Andre Turenne aims to separate good from bad French in Quebec by cataloging Joual usage. His Petit Dictionnaire de Joual au Francais highlights translations from English that corrupt French, noting examples like un noix versus un ecrou and farine d’avoine versus fleur d’avoine, and critiques Americanisms such as hot dog a vapeur.

Montreal Canada Quebec Andre Turenne Petit Dictionnaire de Joual Au Turenne Academie Francaise Steame

Rusk Begins Conference With British Officials

Rome report: Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti face a Rome bigamy trial after a 22 month inquiry. Loren 27 and Ponti 46 could face 1 to 5 years. In London, Dean Rusk met Lord Home as Western powers pressed for renewed Berlin talks and a coordinated stance toward Moscow. Notes to Moscow urged a Berlin settlement and discuss Quemoy Matsu from Fukien to China. Rusk also discussed Red China’s military buildup and India’s Mig fighter plans with allies.

Rome Sophia Loren Carlo Ponti Ponti Miss Loren Giulio Franco Ciudad Juarez Mexico Italy London U.S Dean Rusk Lord Home Europe Asia Africa Soviet Union Berlin Moscow U.S.S.R Rusk Konrad Adenauer Bonn Washington Lords Home Fukien Quemoy Matsu Chiang Kai-shek Formosa Kennedy Chiang India America North Atlantic

Domestic Property Transfers Across Maine Coastline

The 4th istreet Biddeford Pool house formerly owned by Edwin and Mrs Perreault sold to Gordon and Mrs Davis of Sao Paulo Brazil. The nine room two bath residence with a one car garage will serve as a summer home for the Davises. The sale was handled by Marshall K Berry Fortunes Rocks. Joseph and Patricia LePouloue, formerly of Massachusetts, bought the Lina avenue ranch house in Saco from Robert J and Lina Therrien. LePouloue, linked to Lynnflex Industries in Saco, will reside there permanently. The deal was arranged through Max Ruben’s Biddeford office at 285 Main Street.

4Th Istreet Biddeford Pool Edwin Perreault Biddeford Gordon D. Davis Sao Paulo Brazil Davis Marshall K. Berry Fortunes Rocks Joseph Patricia LePouloue Massachusetts Lina Avenue Saco Robert J Lina Therrien LePouloue Lynnflex Industries Max Ruben Main Street

Ballot mixup in Lewiston recount method questioned

Towns Lewiston see unofficial reversal of results in a ballot inspection. MacDonald notes a mixup in Auburn state senator votes with two write ins appearing to meet the 403 minimum, but official returns show failure. Clyde F E Goodey Auburn on ballot and nominated. Roger A Stearns and Frank L Leavitt of Auburn reportedly exceeded the write-in minimum, yet not shown officially. Official recount may follow Couture-Dumas recount if Republicans seek it. Androscoggin County usually elects only Democrats to the Senate.

Lewiston MacDonald Auburn Clyde FE. Goodey Roger A. Stearns Frank L. Leavitt Androscoggin County Senate

Paulette Drouin Gratitude Shower Honors Bride to Be

Miss Paulette Drouin was guest of honor at a bridal shower ahead of her July 14 wedding to Norman LeMore. Hostess Florence Drouin led a buffet lunch as gifts were presented. A long list of attendees and contributors, including Mrs. Lorraine Auger and Mrs. Fernand Guay, filled the reception with well wishes for the couple.

Paulette Drouin Norman LeMore Florence Drouin Lorraine Auger Henry Gailant Paul Letellier Fernand Guay Lionel Pelletier Carol Guilette Dora Paquette Roland Hamel Mary Draggins Irene Jalbert Is Charland Madeleine St. Ours Audrey Perreault Pauline Drouin Gabrielle Jacques Dolores Boudreau Aurore Menard Germaine Pelletier Irene Laflamme Pauline Brochu Jack Fournier Alma Drouin Maurice Crepeau Armand Hamel Florence Cote Rose Drouin Alice Drouin Celina Deprey Agnes Bouchard Evelyn Bois Jo-Ann Pelletier Annette Addorio Jeanette Letourneau Catherine Murphy Annette Dubois Benjamin Krasko Theresa Chevalier Marcelle Moreau Paul Labonte Diane Paquette Angeline Chretien Gertrude Lapierre Jeanette St. Ours Jeanette Mondar Doris Tremblay Flossie Currier Pauline Martel

Maine Delegation Returns From Lions Club Convention

A large Maine group travels home from the Lions Club International convention where Curtiss D. Lovill of Gardiner. Maine, was installed as president. Gov. John H. Reed addressed the gathering and the Sabres of Portland won first prize in the drum and bugle competition.

Nice France Maine Curtiss D. Lovill Gardiner Lovill John H. Reed The Sabres Portland

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