Biddeford Personal Notices From Webber Hospital
Roger P Roy of 11 Myrtle Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Rita Bineau of 70 Washington Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs George Perkins of 43 Foss Street Biddeford has returned home from Webber Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger P. Roy
Myrtle St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Rita Bineau
Washington St
George Perkins
Foss St
Biddeford Groups Meet Tonight At K of C Hall
Luke E Hart Council Knights of Columbus Biddeford will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the K of C Hall Washington Street Biddeford Merton Ira Staples Post AMVETS Auxiliary will meet tonight at 7 30 at the post home Alfred Street Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke E. Hart
Merton Ira Staples
Amvets
Post
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Saco Salvation Army cadet meeting set Friday
Higher Grade Corp cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8:30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
New York stocks rise on gains in industrials and rails
Selected gains by industrials and rails pushed the market higher in early trading. The Associated Press average edged up to 310.6 as industrials and rails rose while building materials and retail shares fell. Dow Jones average gained about 107 points to 828.08 as several names including Du Pont, American Airlines, IBM, and Polaroid posted modest advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Telephone
Carysler
General Motors
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Texas Gulf
Korvelle
Lukens Steel
du Pont
Air Reduction
American Airlines
IBM
Polaroid
American Stock Exchange
U.S
U S proposes threepoint plan for nuclear inspections
At Geneva the United States unveiled a threepoint plan for verification without intrusion if a weapons fissile material cutoff is agreed. Wil liam C. Foster led the presentation at the 17nation disarmament conference, stressing inspections would cover U-235 separation plants reactors and chemical separation plants with no stockpile or weapon deployment details revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
U.S
William C. Foster
Johnson
Soviet Union
Britain
Foster
Former Ogunquit Chief Dies At 66
Ogunquit former police chief Christian Larsen of Brookline Mass died at age 66 at the Veterans Administration hospital in Jamaica Plain Mass. He led Ogunquit police for over four years and retired in 1963 for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogunquit
Christian Larsen
Brookline
Mass
Veterans Administration Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Larsen
Abducted Child Case Narrows In South Carolina
Mr and Mrs Wulf of Charleston Heights South Carolina faced a family crisis when their baby was abducted from their home while six other children aged 2 to 15 stayed with grandmother and 17 year old Lillian Converse. Margaret Bjorklund’s sister reportedly took the infant during Lillian's absence. Lillian later told authorities she searched for her sister and the baby all day Tuesday before alerting police at about 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wulf
Charleston Heights
S.C
Lillian Converse
Margaret
Bjorklund
Lillian
Not So Bad After All in Buffalo Ham Complaint
Buffalo butcher Stanley Slawinski recounts a customer complaint about a ham not weighing 80. He asked her to return with the bone, and she came in with the bone to show what happened to the meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Stanley Slawinski
Slawinski
Deaths Rudolph Payheur 59 Biddeford carpenter
Rudolph Payheur 59 of 390 West St Biddeford died suddenly at home. Born August 17 1904 in Biddeford son of Joseph and Melina Drouin Payheur he worked as a carpenter retired eight years ago and was a St Andre Church communicant. Survived by widow Lucienne Marcotte Payheur one son Robert and five daughters all of Biddeford two sisters and two brothers along with 16 grandchildren. Funeral from St Andrews Church Saturday at 8 am with calling hours at Bolduc Funeral Home 291 Alfred St Biddeford tomorrow and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Raoul Payheur
West St
Biddeford
Joseph and
Melina Drouin Payheur
Canada
St. Andre Church
Lucienne Marcotte Payheur
Robert Payheur
Marie Jeanne Lamontagne
Bolduc
Alfred St
Allie W Morrill 75 Fortunes Rocks Dies in Biddeford Hospital
Allie W Morrill 75 of Fortunes Rocks died this morning at a Biddeford hospital. Born in Biddeford June 11 1889 he was a farmer most of his life until retirement. Survived by sister Mrs Vester L Evans Fortunes Rocks brother Lewis W Morrill North Rochester NH and two nieces. Services Saturday at 1 30 from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie Wilbur Morrill
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Orn
Alex and
Mary (Goochey) Morrill
Vester L. Evans
Lewis W Morrill
North Rochester
N.H
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Woodlawn Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. George Baker observed in Saco
Funeral services were held for Mrs. George Baker of 5 Jordan St Saco at Most Holy Trinity Church. Rev Maurice Boland presided a requiem high mass with Miss Louise Welch as organist and soloist and Miss Molly Welch as second soloist. Interment followed at Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford with Rev Arthur LaPierre saying prayers at the grave. Bearers were Charles Murphy Joseph Macomber Philip Sanborn and Robert Petit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baker
Jor Idan St
Saco
Most Holy ‘Trinity Church
Maurice Boland
Louise Welch
Molly Welch
Woodlawn
Biddeford
Arthur LaPierre
Charles Murphy
Joseph Macomber
Philip Sanborn
Robert Petit
Saco Hears Two Appeals on Zoning Variances
Saco zoning appeals board will hold two hearings tonight. At 7:30 p m Dinsmore Worthing seeks a variance for a grocery and variety store at Cove and Main Avenue Camp Ellis, transferable to buyers Ray mond Lane. At 8 p m Fred Pipinias seeks a variance to establish a marina on Ferry Road land owned by the Joshua Smith estate and Theodore Dyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Zoning Appeals Board
Dinsmore Worthing
Cove and
Main Avenue
Camp Ellis
Raymond Lane
Beach St
Fred Pipinias
Bay Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Ferry Road
Joshua Smith
Theodore Dyer
Romance Takes Flight to 20 Years of Married Life
Ann Waldner of St. Paul met Lt. Phillip N. Currier during World War II while she trained in B17 bomber flights as a WASP instructor in Columbus. They married two months after meeting and have two sons. Currier became a major and now flies a jet aerial refueling plane from Griffiss AFB New York. The couple has traveled across North America in their own plane and she is eager to fly a military jet again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Ann Waldner
St. Paul
Griffis Air Force Base
N.Y
North America
Currier
Wetzel Named Public Relations Director at Nas san College
NAMED DIRECTOR SPRINGVALE AP Nas san College selects Mrs Helen B Wetzel of South Hadley Massachusetts as director of public relations. She has served the past year as assistant news director at Mount Holyoke College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springvale
Nassan College
Helen B. Wetzel
South Hadley
Mass
Wetzel
Mount Holyoke College
Moonshiner Arrested After Atomic Test Traces Whiskey Route
Samples from soil at the bottom of a tractor trailer seized in New York contained 2418 gallons of moonshine. An Atlanta Georgia moonshiner was arrested after atomic analysis linked illicit whiskey shipments from Georgia to New York. Soil around a Georgia still supported the origin theory, with Justice Department officials sending samples for activation analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Georgia
U.S
Commerce Clearing House
Justice Department
Atomic Research Institute
Maryland
Portland Coastal Light Winds Forecast
Small craft warnings along the coast this afternoon with mostly sunny cooler conditions. Temperatures reach the mid to upper 70s as northwest winds 10 to 20 mph ease tonight with low 40s to 50. Friday brings fair weather and rising high cloudiness with little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Lowes
Biddeford Priest Assigned To Peru Mission
Rev. Regis Couture O F M son of Mrs Yvonne Couture of Biddeford has been assigned to a Peru mission. He will study Spanish at the Cruzpato center in Lima then serve five years in the Apostolic Vicariate of St Joseph in the Amazon under Laramase Laberge. Couture recently led novices at the Franciscan Novitate in Sherbrooke and taught Latin and Greek at St Francis College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regis Couture
Yvonne Couture
Main Street
Biddeford
Lima
Peru
Father Couture
Cruzpotambo
Place of the Cross
Latin America
Cardinal Cushing
Apostolic Vicariat of
St. Joseph
Amazon
Apostolic Vicariat
Laramase Laberge
Franciscan Noviate
Sherbrooke
Que
St. Francis College
Welcome To The Fold New Births And Names In Biddeford Area
Welcome to the fold as residents learn of new births linked to Biddeford Saco Journal circles. Listings include Anthony Douglas Collins of Old Orchard Beach, with family details, and multiple newborn announcements from Biddeford and surrounding towns with dates in June.
Shot Shocks Tenants in London Kentucky
Basil Poynter calmed his wife and another customer after a .303 rifle discharged while a customer inspected it. The bullet hit the ceiling. no injuries. Upstairs residents found a half dollar sized hole in the floor and a bullet in a mattress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Basil Poynter
Milk Prices To Rise On July 1 In Maine
The Maine Milk Commission announced on Wednesday a rise starting July 1 of 66 cents per hundredweight to producers and 1 cent a quart at retail. The increase reflects a seasonal adjustment in the pricing formula and a seasonal reduction in surplus milk used for dairy by products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Maine Milk Commission
Case Dismissed by Biddeford Judge
Robert E. Hevey of Kennebunkport faced an alleged charge of leaving the scene after an automobile mishap on Bacon Street. The Biddeford Municipal Court dismissed the case today before Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason due to lack of evidence. attorney Joseph Harvey represented Hevey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Hevey
Kennebunkport
Bacon Street
Atty
Joseph Harvey
Hevey
Biddeford
Gerald C. Nason
Chimpanzees in East Africa Use Leaves as Napkins
An observer reports chimpanzees in East Africa wiping sticky hands after meals with leaves, noting use of foliage as improvised napkins. The observation highlights toollike leaf use in wild chimp behavior and daily cleaning practices observed in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Africa
Tips For Teens By ELINOR WILLIAMS
Dear Elinor answers teen dating concerns with cautionary guidance on premarital sex. The columnist urges girls 13 to 15 to avoid heavy necking, explains reputational harm, and warns about pregnancy VD and loss of self-respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Williams
Elinor
Alaskans Learn From Earthquake Disaster Adjusts For Future
Saco police logged three mishaps including two-car crash on Beach Street and Lawn Avenue. William Contravas, 68, faced court for driving with inadequate brakes. Laudium Compagna, 46, backed into the other car. Damage totals ranged around 70 to 76 dollars. In Old Orchard Beach a skid on Ocean Park Road damaged a car rear end. A Bradley Street collision caused minor damage to one vehicle. no injuries reported. The piece then profiles Pauline Sharrock of Anchorage, wife of the mayor, who recounts communal resilience after the quake and urges long range planning for water, sewage and building codes. She notes civil defense gaps and praises community courage amid disaster.
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Beach Street
Lawn Avenue
Saco
William G. Contravas
Lawn Ave
Saco Municipal Court
William F. Wilson Jr
Laudium Compagna
Cleaves St
Biddeford
Compagna
Contrares
Wayne T. Davis
Grove Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Ocean Park Road
Cumberland Avenue
Davis
Spring
Bradley Streets
Pauline J. Martin
Foss St
William Baker
Bradley St
Bradley Street
Baker
Associated Press
Pauline Sharrock
Anchorage
Alaska
George
National Water Institute
Sharrocks
New York City
No Fire Discovered Following Saco Call
Saco firemen were dispatched at 6 15 p m last night to a woods fire on the New County Road but found no blaze upon arrival. Assistant Fire Chief Arthur Oldread said they are watching the area for a possible root struck tree ignited by lightning, noting fires can surface days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
New County
Arthur Oldread
Oldread
Shakespeare Birth and Death Details in Stratford
A fragment notes William Shakespeare born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and dying there, though the year of death is incomplete. The item preserves the core biographical claim with missing date details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shakespeare
Stratford-upon-Avon
Enaiend
Licenses at Beach Denied by Council
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Anna Vouras application for a victualer inn keeper and dancing license at the Seven Seas Hotel was refused at a town council special meeting. Vote 4 to 3 with abstention counted as affirmative. Charles Peckham abstained citing two questions in one motion. Charles J. Anderson faced prior denial for Tide Inn across the street. Sixth denial for Tide Inn this year. Executive session followed with police and fire officials to discuss department authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Anna Vouras
Seven Seas
David McCallum
Charles J. Anderson
Tide Inn
William Mullen
Charles Peckham
Peckham
John Trull
Donald Jones
Paul Sicard
Donald Shorey
Police and Fire Commission
Portland Paul R La vigne Files Wage Earners Plan
Paul R La vigne of Saco filed a wage earners plan in the U S Bankruptcy Court yesterday. The debtor listed debts of 868 dollars and assets of 90 dollars with 50 dollars claimed exempt in the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Paul R. Lavigne
Saco, Cutter
U. S. District Court
Dre
Three Accidents Marred Biddeford Storm Evenings
Three accidents occurred during a Biddeford storm with no injuries reported. Con rad Binette, 57, had $161 damage to a parked car after Robert E. Hevey, 39, struck it on Bacon Street. Charles Ferrante, 29, Portland, brushed a traffic light post at Pool and Hill Streets. John F. Chenard, 26, was rear ended by Arlene B. Kimball, 36, whose car skidded on a slippery road at Main and Elm Streets, damaging Chenard's trunk and rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Conrad Binette
Pool Road
Bacon Street
Robert E. Hevey
Kennebunkport
Charles Ferrante
Portland
Pool and
Hill Streets
Ferrante
John F. Chenard
Main St
Main
Elm Streets
Chenard
Arlene B. Kimball
Old Limerick Road
Bidderford
Biddeford School Committee Approves Summer Office Hours
The Biddeford School Committee set summer hours for the superintendent of schools office from July 13 to August 14, open daily 9 AM to noon and 1 to 4 PM. They accepted Virginia Peters resignation from Biddeford High School to teach at Deering High School in Portland next year. Albert Beaudoin and Francis Cantara were hired as teachers. Cantara, 24, hails from Belfast and is a St Dunstan College graduate with a BA in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Schools
Biddeford
Virginia Peters
Biddeford High School
Deering High School
Portland
Albert Beaudoin
Francis Cantara
Cantara
Belfast
St. Dunstan College
Charlestown
P.E.I
Canada
Paciulli Case Continued To July 6
Alfred Anthony J Paciulli 38 of Saco pleaded no contest to two indictments of cheating by false pretenses tied to a bogus Saco shopping center development. The case was continued to July 6 by Judge Armand A. Dufresne Jr. He pleaded innocent to a third indictment alleging he obtained $3,000 from Roland L P Ruel by falsely claiming to act for Reliable Construction Co. Bail remained at $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred — Anthony J Paciulli
Saco
York County
Armand A. Dufresne Jr
Paciulli
Dufresne
J. Anthony
Roland L.P. Ruel
South St
Biddeford
Reliable Construction Co
First American Gasoline Auto Built by Duryea Brothers
Charles and Frank Duryea built the first gasoline powered automobile in 1893 marking a milestone in motor vehicle history. The brothers advanced early US automotive design, contributing to the growth of the American auto industry and transformative transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles and
Frank Duryea
Regional distributor seeks local steel structures dealer
Regional distributor of pre engineered steel structures plans a local dealership with a firm or individual to provide alert sales coverage across public, commercial and industrial construction in the area. No investment required beyond energy and application. Knowledge of building field preferred. Biddeford Saco Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee Aon
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U. S
Rudolph R. Payheur
Allie W. Morrill
Regis Couture Anastasoff Photo
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Tour
Jean Claude Pelletier
Bradbury St
Carol Marie
Raymond Nadeau
Ray St
Guy Ernest
Robert Perrin
Highland St
Joannah
Raymond Roy
Pike St
Norman Raymond
Raymond Marcotte
Guinea Road
Ans
Hong Kong
Victoria Park
Peak
Causeway Bay
Saco Police
George Sharrock
Sharrock
General Electric Co
Cayadutta Electric Railroad
Gloversville
Ponemah Mills
Taftville
Conn
Union Pacific Railroad
Biddeford-Saco
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