Saco voters approve new Pepperell Park school plan
In 1960 Saco residents voted 570 to 370 to build an 18 classroom elementary school at Pepperell Park with completion by October 5. The article notes opposition and discusses the need, crowding at Burns School, and possible leasing of space from the Saco United Baptist church. It also reports fire department activity and traffic light plans affecting downtown Saco. It mentions Frederick Erminelli receiving a Danvers police auxiliary badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Pepperell Park
Peprell Park
Lawler
Burns School
Joseph Grondin
Elliot Fink
Raymond Hobbins
Franklin Thompson
Charles Mboria
George Mapes
Ronald Ayotte
Saco United Baptist Church
Frederick L. Erminelli
Locke Street
Danvers
Mass
Erminelli
Automotve
Edwards
Saco-Lowell
Esgaurnae
Iun
Area Jehovahs Witnesses Attend New York Assembly
More than 60 members from the Portland Biddeford and Saco area returned from a week in New York City for the United Worshippers district assembly. Nathan H. Knorr spoke to about 92,900 at a main session on Sunday. The six day gathering at Yankee Stadium featured the baptism of 1,732 new ministers and the release of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Carr noted emphasis on family Bible study and prayer as a deterrent to juvenile delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah's Witnesses
Portland
Biddeford
Saco
New York City
United Worshippers” District Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
Kenneth A. Carr
Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
Nathan H. Knorr
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Carr
Yankee Stadium
New York Beach
Boy Chained to Bed by Parents Arrested in Kansas City
Roy Dean Hall, 12, was found chained to a bed in a one room home. His sister Jeanette Hall, 15, testified the parents chained him for 10 days while the father worked as a fresh hauler and the mother babysat. Roy and Margaret Hall were arrested on return and held for investigation. The children were sent to Jackson County Parental School.
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Kansas City
Roy Dean Hall
Jeanette Hall
Roy
Roy Hall
Margaret
Jackson County
Irish Coffee Arrest Highlights Beverage Code Violation
Daytona Beach officials confirm arrest of restaurant owner Tom Bass for selling Irish coffee beyond license limits which authorize only beer and wine. The incident underscores the risks of mislabeling drinks and misleading customers about alcohol content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
Tom Bass
State Beverage Department
Bass
Seaton Weathered Delays in Stockholm Filming
Stockholm weather and industry strikes caused Seaton and partner William Perlberg to suspend The Pleasure of His Company and delay Counterfeit Traitor. Bad conditions led to two sunless weeks and a six month hiatus before resuming in Hollywood and Stockholm negotiations for Charlie Ruggles and Bill Holden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
George Seaton
Seaton
William Pertberg
Perlberg- Seaton
William Holden
Charlie Ruggles
Charlie
Saints
Hollywood
Bill Holden
Fines Paid In Busy Kennebunk Court Session
Judge David W. Emmons presided last evening in Kennebunk Municipal Court. Defendants from Maine and nearby states faced fines mostly for speeding on the turnpike and driving to endanger, with penalties ranging from 10 to 110 dollars and suspensions noted for one case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
David W. Emmons
Leona G. Townes
David L. Webster
Wells
Roger E. Laflamme
Harry A. Arsone
Roger LeBarge
Arundel
Henry Tameler
Cranston
R. I
Berry C. Crocker
James M. Wesley
Arthur Schofield
Edgewood
James A. Guiner, Jr
Rochelle
N. Y
Bruce P. Thomas
Portland
William FE. Walker
Hollis Center
Robert Stephens
Tampa
Fla
John G. Smith
Kennebunkport
Beach Police Expand For Summer Season at Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach will field an expanded police force for the summer as ten additional regular officers join the Beach Police. Police Chief John Clark announced the total will reach 17 for the tourist season with new staff including Jerome G. Plante Charles H Tibbetts William F. Sullivan Elmer R. Roller Raymond A. Jifun Harold W. Horne Edward Rix Frederick J. Egan Jean Paul Lacroix and Harvey Bunker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
John Clark
Clark
Jerome G. Plante
Charles H Tibbetts
William F. Sullivan
Elmer R. Roller
Raymond A. Jifun
Harold W. Horne
Edward Rix
Frederick J. Egan
Jean Paul Lacroix
Harvey Bunker
Two Are Fined At Saco Court Session
Howard P. Ring 19 of Portland paid a $20 fine for speeding 55 mph in a 40 mph zone on Ocean Park road in Saco during this morning's Saco Municipal court session. Frederick C. Manuel 67 of East Weymouth Massachusetts was fined $10 for passing a red light at Elm and North streets, Saco, with Saco police as complainants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacoon Main Street
Portland Road
Elm Street
Biddeford
Eastman Park
Ach
Beach
Main
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Howard P. Ring
Portland
Ocean Park Road
Saco
Saco Municipal Court
Hilary Mahaney
Frederick C. Manuel
Eest Weymouth
Mass
Elm
North Streets
Firefighters extinguish small blaze at railroad signal shanty
Biddeford firemen answered a call to a Pre in a Boston and Maine Railroad building on Western Avenue last night. They contained and put out a small fire in a signal shanty and adjacent tool shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Boston and Maine
Western Avenue
Hinckley School Chief Resigns for Harmon Hall Move
Dr. Kenneth Lloyd Garrison, Hinckley school president for three and a half years, submitted his resignation May 25. He will become president of Harmon Hall School in York Harbor, Maine, taking residence at Park Cottage with his wife and daughter Diane. Harmon Hall plans innovations in education and expects to start in the 1961 fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Lloyd Garrison
Hinckley
James R. Thomson
Presbyterian Temple
Dallas
Tex
Garrison
Harmon Hall School
York Harbor
Harmon Hall
Maine
Diane
Park Cottage
Twi Golf Twilight league to start second half
The Biddeford Saco twilight golf league begins its second half on Wednesday with 48 players in six eight person teams and eight spares. First week pairings feature Team 1 versus Team 6, Team 2 against Team 5, and Team 3 against Team 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Dr. Polackwich
A. Carr
P. Clark
R. Ganthier
J. McGonigle
D. Webb
G Cole
F. Cote
A. Polackwich
A. Lemieux
J. Hood
E. Boucher
H. Watson
W. Hughes
R. Spears
R. Farley
AK. Sawtelle
Dr. Taillon
D. Polackwich
P. Langelier
D. Leonard
F. Patterson
R. Mitchell
J. Desrochers
H. Jones
K. Whitten
N. Bagley
L. Mitchell
P. Lepage
J. McGrath
R. Chasse
Piano Students In Final Studio Recital At Saco
Piano pupils of Miss Ruth Olive Roberts in Saco held closing studio recitals with the Music Appreciation class endorsing performances of Ritua l Fire Dance and a Lucia di Lammermoor Sextet arrangement. Nancy Ross presented Cielito Lindo and William Skea performed Gershwin’s Rhapsodie in Blue. A talk by Susan Howard on Wilson North Carolina music circles and a report from Ruth MacLean on Seneca South Carolina clubs highlighted the event. The program featured many students and the Charles Way Shannon Music Club was honored for lifelong service to local music. Roberts plans further study aboard on the Queen Mary July 12 with classes resuming in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Olive Roberts
Saco
Stephen Lamb
Wdekalla
Lucia di Lammermoor
Leschetizky
Nancy Ross
Henry Levine
Susan Howard
Biddeford
North Carolina
Wilson
N.C
Ruth MacLean
Seneca
S.C
Eliot MacLean
National Federation of Music Clubs
Jay Sneider
Mary Lou Robert
Susan Wakefield
Thomas Lamb
Judith Saperia
Linda Harris
Peter Scontras
Judith Rowe
Paul Putney
Susan Stickney
Kathleen Kearney
Pauline St.Louis
Karen Hadiars
Donald Bishop
Beethoven
Mozart
Carol Deans
Richard Smith
Susan Perrin
Joseph Levasseur
Theresa Ouelette
Patricia Lamirande
Janet Lariviere
Charles Way Shannon
Charles Shannon
Shannon
First Parish Congregational
Miss Roberts
New York
Salzburg
Austria
Beach surplus food distribution announced in Old Orchard Beach
Surplus food will be given to all eligible residents in Old Orchard Beach on Wednesday from 9 to 11 in the morning and 1 to 3 in the afternoon. The announcement stated eligibility requirements and distribution times for the community aid effort.
Fire department inspects flooded oil burner in Seco home
The Saco Fire Department checked a flooded oil burner at the residence of Li Ouelletty at 57 Storer Street in Seco this morning. No damage was reported.
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Saco
Li Ouelletty
Storer Street
Seco
Water Safety Program Starts in Saco at Royal Ambassador Pool
The Saco Red Cross Water Safety program begins Monday July 3 from 1 to 3 pm at Ocean Park Royal Ambassador pool. Registration for these free classes will be Thursday at the GAR hall 10 to 11:30 am. Minimum age eight, courses for beginners intermediates swimmers junior and senior life saving. Instructors include Mrs. Howard Shaffer Miss Linda Zello and Sidney Griffith. Free buses depart 12:30 pm from Saco fire station. Sponsored by Saco Recreation Committee and the John Locke fund.
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Saco Red Cross
Royal Ambassador Pool
Ocean Park
GAR
Saco
Saco Recreation Committee
John Locke Fund
Saco Fire Station
Howard Shaffer
Linda Zello
Sidney Griffith
VFW Unit Adds Two New Members in Biddeford
Two women joined the Biddeford VFW auxiliary at a gathering in the Biddeford city building. New members are Mrs. May Hebert and Mrs. Rose Anna Labbe. The group donated to Togus Veterans Hospital and planned a shore dinner for next month. Mystery prize went to Mrs. Blanche Small and a special prize to Mrs. Flora Poirier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Kennedy winning congress by James Marlow analysis
President Kennedy shows strength in domestic policy and legislative maneuvering while facing setbacks abroad. A year into his term he has won three major domestic items including housing, minimum wage, and social security improvements, while foreign aid and regulatory reorganizations remain uncertain and contested.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Senate
Cuba
Laos
Richard M. Nixon
Khrushchev
Berlin
Circuit Court of Appeals
House
Federal Communications Commission
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
Frank Safford Wins Three at Bay State Raceway
Frank Safford of Southern Pines North Carolina a driver scored a triple at Bay State Raceway last night. He won with Knight Maplecroft in the second Tipperary in the third and Knight Frost in the eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foxboro
Mass
Frank Safford
Southern Pines
N. C
Bay State Raceway
Knight Maplecroft
Tipperary
Knight Frost
Biddeford High School Class of ’51 Holds Tenth Reunion
The Biddeford High School class of 1951 celebrated its tenth reunion at the House on the Hill in Kennebunkport with a banquet and special awards. telegrams and letters from absent members were read, and numerous couples attended, including Gerard Paquette joined by Joan Bouthillette and many others listed by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford High School
Kennebunk
Port
Gerard Paquette
Joan Bouthillette
Alfred Loignon
Rita Carrier
Robert Crowley
Raymond Mathieu
Nancy Dubuc
Edward Foss
Richard Hill
Robert Monroe
Lillian Hussey
Ivan Lavigne
Paul Martel
Morse Labrecque
Patricia Martin
Donald Fogg
Nancy Minnihan
Eugene Gendron
Claire
Allegash Is Favored For National Park
The National Park Service backs a 60 mile Allagash river recreation area in northwestern Maine covering about 296 500 acres. The plan envisions a publicly owned reservation focused on canoeing hiking and camping with hunting and fishing. Interior Secretary Udall will publish a region report next month and will delay a final recommendation while studying ties to Maine timber interests and nearby hydroelectric projects on the St John River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Park Service
Allagash River
Maine
Conrad L. Wirth
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
St. John River
Philadelphia Holly Mims Defeats Jimmy Remson In Bout
Philadelphia fighter Philadelphia Holly Mims, 161 pounds, fought in Washington and knocked out Jimmy Remson, 161 pounds, from Detroit. The bout ended with Mims securing a decisive knockout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Holly Mims
Washington
Jimmy Remson
Detroit
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Frank Lawler
Arthur Emmons
Emmons
Buxton
Howe Fire Apparatus Company
Indiana
Maine Highway Common
Area Jehovah’s Witnesses At
Beach Police Department
ST. Louis
Insurance Company
St. Louis Baseball
Football Cardinals
Busch Stadium
Baseball Cardinals
St. Louis Browns
James F. Oates
Equitable Life Assurance Society
VFW
By James Marlow
BHS
York County
Maling
Plymouth
Valiant
Alfred Road
Reed Motor Co
Department Stores
American Discount Center
Washington Street
Butler
Main Street
Nichols & Co., Inc
First National Bank
Wellwood’s
Beauty Shop
Youland
Paul
Alfred Street
Matson's, Inc
Murphy’s
Deyon's Pharmacy
Water Street
Tersha
Bacon Street
Franklin Street
Pastime Bowling Center
Liggett’s Drugs
Unity Dress Shop
Percy’s Pharmacy
Alex
Alfred
A. H. Benoit
Fenderson’s Men's
Saco Hardware Pepperell
Lewis Polakewich, Inc
Green's Shoe Store
Delisle’s Yard
Bagley’s Super Markets
Central Theatre
City Theatre
Saco Drive-In
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