Visiting Judy Dowe and others in Biddeford personals
Visiting Joan Woodman in Biddeford is Judy Dowe of Gardiner. Mrs Alfred Souliere remains a surgical patient at Notre Dame hospital. Adrien Bolduc and party from West Palm Beach arrived for six weeks with relatives in Biddeford and Goose Rocks. Lt Wescott M Merrow of Seaview Kennebunkport promoted to Captain after a 15 day tour at Pease AFB. Michael Reilly, son of Mr and Mrs Edward M Reilly, left for Melrose Mass for the est of Howard and Nancy Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Woodman
Graham Street
Biddeford
Judy Dowe
Gardiner
Alfred Souliere
Hill Street
Notre Dame Hospital
Adrien Bolduc
West Palm Beach
Fla
Goose Rocks
Wescott M. Merrow
Seaview House
Kennebunkport
Merrow
Pease Afb
Portsmouth
N. Fl
Michael Reilly
Edward M. Reilly
Goose Rocks Beach
Melrose
Mass
Howard
Nancy Whitehead
Philip Whitehead
Longtime Boston Transit employee Thomas J. Conley dies at 31 Quimby
Thomas J. Conley 31 Quimby street Biddeford died last night after a long illness. Born in Portland December 11 1883 he was husband of Helene Hurtubise and father to four sons and a daughter with several stepchildren. He worked 42 years for the Boston Transit company retiring 13 years ago and moved to Biddeford. He belonged to St Mary church Biddeford and the Amalgamated Association Street and Electric Railroad Employees of America. He is survived by his widow a daughter four sons three stepchildren and many grandchildren and nieces. Services set for Thursday at St Mary church with calling hours today and tomorrow at Cote funeral home. The body will be sent to Medford Mass for burial Friday at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Conley
Quimby Street
Biddeford
Portland
Joseph
Margaret Conley
Helene Hurturbise
Conley
Boston Transit Company
St. Mary Church
Amalgamated Association
Cote Funeral Home
Beach Street
Saco
Fatima Circle Cancels Summer Socials Tonight
Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella have canceled all summer socials, including the June gathering tonight, due to unspecified reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Church notes schedule midweek services in Maine towns
On Wednesday a series of midweek church activities are listed. Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills holds choir at 6 30 pm and prayer at 8 pm. Advent Christian Kennebunk Lower Village sets prayer at 7 30 pm. First Baptist Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach hosts prayer and Bible study at 7 30 pm. Village Baptist Kennebunkport vestry hosts prayer and Bible study at 7 30 pm. Hamilton Memorial Christian Science Saco at 42 Beach Street offers service at 7 45 pm with reading room open Thursday 2 to 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
First Baptist Church
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunkport
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco
Holiday Road Toll Predicted Around 370
The National Safety Council projects about 370 traffic deaths over the Fourth of July weekend and about 13,000 disabling injuries during the three day period starting Friday evening. With 73 million vehicles on the road, an estimated 7.2 billion miles will be traveled. The council urged safe driving: don’t drink and drive, don’t drive drowsy, and stay focused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Local Woman To Mark 92nd Birthday In Biddeford
Celebrating her 92nd birthday tomorrow is Mrs. Gedeon Boutin of 364 Main Street Biddeford. Mrs Boutin has four children Alfred George Mabel and Melore all of Biddeford, ten grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gedeon Boutin
Main Street
Biddeford
Biddeford Curbs To Be Repainted This Week
Crosswalks and curbs in Biddeford will be repainted this week. Police Chief Edgar Sevigny says most curbs have already been repainted. Night work on Main Street crosswalks will occur when traffic is lighter, with side street crosswalks painted during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Main Street
Coal Mine Blast Kills Two at Six Bells Colliery
A blast at Six Bells colliery in Abertillery Wales killed at least two workers and trapped 40 to 50 others underground. Rescue teams raced to the diggings as emergency crews worked to locate the missing two men while the mine, employing 1398 underground and 258 surface workers, faced a rapid response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abertillery
Wales
Six Bells
Saco Boy Escapes Injury In Mishap
A six year old boy was treated at Webber hospital after being struck by an automobile in Saco. Patrick Gagnon of 11 Market street ran between parked cars into the path of Walter J Nelson of 22 Maple street. The boy was released from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Saco
Patrick Gagnon
Market Street
Walter J. Nelson
Maple Street
Oil burner fire at Hoffman Street cottage in Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach fire department was called yesterday for an oil burner fire at a cottage on Hoffman Street with no damage reported. In a separate call firefighters responded to a flash fire outside the town dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Hoffman Street
Italian-born bricklayer dies after monthlong illness in Old Orchard Beach
Luigi Aries 82 of 12 Wesley Boulevard Old Orchard Beach died in a local hospital after a monthlong illness. Born in Milano Italy April 17 1878 he settled in Old Orchard Beach 43 years ago. Survived by widow Amelia Podesta and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Emond and Conroy Funeral home today and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p m. Funeral at St Margaret church 9 a m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Ares
Wesley Boulevard
Old Orchard Beach
Milano
Italy
Antonio and
Pedroni
Angela) Aries
Old Orchard
St. Margaret Church
Amelia Podesta
Emond and Conroy
Adelaide Road
Missing Plane Lands in McAdam New Brunswick
A private four place Cessna reported missing near Moosehead Lake was found safely in McAdam New Brunswick. Pilot John Chariton sovich of Akron Ohio and passenger Geogory Marchinski also of Akron were aboard. They were en route from Ohio to Greenville and had about 15 minutes of fuel when they issued the last radio message observed by Edward Ketcham over Calais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Moosehead Lake
McAdam
N. B
Federal Aviation Agency
John Charitonsovich
Akron
Ohio
Esman
Geogory Marchinski
Ohio City
Greenville
Edward Ketcham
Calais
FAA
Area Unemployment Drops Again in Local Area
Francis Coughlin, director of the local Maine Employment Security office, reports a decline in unemployment benefits recipients from 621 to 590 last week. This compares with 1,100 on the same date in 1958 and 2,517 in 1959, marking a two year drop of 1,927 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frencis Coughlin
Maine Employment Security Commission
Coughlin
Ingemar Johansson Says Next Fight Will Be His Last
Ingemar Johansson, the former heavyweight champion, told newsmen in Copenhagen that his forthcoming bout would be his absolutely last fight. He said the decision would stand even if he loses his third match with Floyd Patterson, whom he was dethroned by in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
New York
Johansson
Jap Students Demonstration Fizzles in Tokyo
A planned 30,000 student protest against the U S Japan security treaty and Premier Nobusuke Kishi’s conservative party drew only 200 at the Parliament building. The weak turnout signals calmer tempers since the treaty took effect June 22 and Kishi pledged to resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.s.japan
Portland man fined for speeding in Old Orchard Beach
Paul Richards, 24, appeared in Ole Orchard Beach Trial Justice Court before Trial Justice Wesley Mewer and pleaded guilty to driving 50 mph in a 23 mph zone on East Grand Avenue, receiving a $15 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ole Orchard Beach
Wesley Mewer
East Grand Avenue
Paul Richards
Weather Update for Portland and Nearby Cities
This afternoon will be sunny and hot with highs in the mid to upper 80s and west to southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight remains mostly fair and mild with gentle variable winds and lows upper 50s to low 60s. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies, continued heat and humidity, and scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Overnight lows include Caribou 56, Eastport 50, Portland 56, Mt. Washington 45, Boston 69, New York 68, Chicago 69, Denver 57, Los Angeles 59, Halifax 56, Montreal 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
Sunrise and sunset times for late June days
The data lists daylight times for June 28 to 30 with sunrise around 2:14 and 2:38 and 3:39, and sunset around 8:40 to 10:16 with morning and evening periods noted.
Marriage Intentions Filed in Saco Clerk Office
Marriage intentions list four couples with location details including Carl Melvin Peterson of West Scarborough and Judith Audrey Appleby of North Saco. Robert Emilie Precourt of Berry Road Saco and Fay Janice Goodwin of Springvale. Willie Eugene Breton of 3 Grayson Street Biddeford and Antoinette Langlois of 16 Green Street Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Carl Melvin Peterson
West Scarborough
Judith Audrey Appleby
North Saco
Robert Emilie Precourt
Berry Road
Fay Janice Goodwin
Springvale
Willie Eugene Breton
Grayson Street
Biddeford
Antoinette Langlois
Green Street
Red Soldier Cut Seen As Economic Boost for Soviet Union
Moscow dispatch says 1,200,000 Red Army troops slated for demobilization. First releases head to construction sites factories and state and collective farms, signaling an aim to provide labor for the Soviet economy. The move is viewed in the West as strengthening economic manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Russia Today
Finch Carole Sweating Out Jury Selection
LOS ANGELES AP Carole Tregoff 23 trim and tanned and Dr R Bernard Finch 42 pale and paunchy face another murder jury trial. The second trial opened in the Hall of Justice with 16 spectators while hundreds filled the old courthouse for the first trial which ended with a hung jury on whether they killed the doctor’s wife Barbara Jean 36 last July. Twenty two jurors were questioned Monday ten dismissed for beliefs about capital punishment. Finch’s attorney passed three for cause. Tregoff at liberty on bond wore a powder blue dress. the doctor arrived with jailhouse pallor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Carole Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Barbara Jean
Finen
Grant B. Cooper
Five Bodies On Mountain Rescue After Crash Near Bangor
A helicopter arrived soon after dawn to remove the five bodies after they were brought down from about the 700-foot level of the 1,200-foot high mountain. Rescue and inspection teams had to trek up rugged, wooded terrain as vehicles could not navigate the slope. Maj. William Cook and Maj. W. D. Burnham from Plattsburgh were among early arrivals. Dow Air Force Base sent about 40 rescue personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force Base
Bangor
William Cook
W. D. Burnham
Plattsburgh
Dow Air Force Base
Chamber Elects New City Officials In Saco
The chamber selects a slate of city leaders including W. Bagley, Stuart V. Flavin, Richard F. E. Moore, Bernard Osher, William A. Soule, Wayne B. Hutchins, Maurice R. Matson, Roy MacNaughton, Horace S. S. Nichols, Paul Casavant, Maurice C. E. K. Roux, and Mayor Charles R. Cor of Saco alongside Clayton W. Cartmill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man W. Bagley
Stuart V. Flavin
Richard FE. Moore
Bernard Osher
William A. Soule
Wayne B. Hutchins
Maurice R Matson
Roy MacNaughton
Horace S&s. Nichols
Paul Casavant
Maurice C. EK. Roux
Charles R. Cor
Saco
Clayton W. Cartimill
Tragic 6 month old falls from Bangor window
A six month old girl, Valerie Jane Freeman of Hampden, died after rolling from a third story window while sleeping beside her bed. Police said her parents, Mr and Mrs Gerald Freeman, were visiting friends in Bangor at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Valerie Jane Freeman
Hampden
Gerald Freeman
Marriage and the Strange Household Riddle
A cryptic aphorism from Bierce contemplates a household under a master and mistress with two slaves, totaling two, revealing a paradoxical social joke about marriage and ownership in a juried, period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bierce
Daughter Born to S/Sgt and Mrs Lee Hersey
To The Fold informs of a daughter Lynne Marie born June 23 at the Army Base in Woodbridge Virginia. The infant weighs eight pounds and Lorraine Glaude of Woodbridge is the mother. Grandparents are Henry and Mary Glaude of Saco and Loring and Mrs Hersey of Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hersey
Lorraine Glaude
Woodbridge
Lynne Marie
Hersey
U.S. Army
Henry Glaude
Hill Street
Saco
Loring Hersey
Quinby Street
Biddeford
Cigarette Sales May Set Record
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department projects cigarette production to reach 500 billion units by June 30, up 4 percent from last year. Growth driven by more women smokers higher incomes and larger adult population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Bangor Voters Reject High School Bond
Bangor voters rejected a 3.5 million bond for a new high school on outer Broadway by 2,805 to 2,032, with a total turnout of 4,837, arguing the cost too high after estimating 4.25 million total. Cumberland approved a separate measure 123 to 79 for a high school with 200,000 in funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Broadway
Cumberland
Stock Market Sees Mixed Trading On Merger Hopes And Dow Slide
Early trading showed a generally lower market with moderate activity and mixed results. Key moves included Baltimore and Ohio rising about 4 points then trimming gains, New York Central up fractionally on merger news, and Chesapeake and Ohio showing a similar pattern amid merger talks. Dow average stood at 641.02, off 1.47, while the AP 60 slipped 0.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baltimore
Ohio
New York Central
Chesapeake and Ohio
Minnesota Mining
Revere Camera
Jones & Laughlin
American Smelting
Santa Fe
General Electric
Radio Corp
DuPont
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Typhoon Olive Veering East Over South China Sea
Typhoon Olive veered east while crossing the South China Sea as Hong Kong hoped for spared damage. The storm cut across northern Philippines, leaving 104 dead, over 500 missing and more than 600,000 homeless, amid Hong Kong’s recent Mary disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Olive
South China Sea
Royal Observatory
Philippines
Flag to Travel by Plane Liner to Hawaii Ceremony
A ceremonial flag will travel from a commercial jet liner to San Francisco then on a subsequent jet to Hawaii. An Air Force color guard will receive the flag and present it to a representative of Gov. Quinn after the flag is raised in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hawaii
Air Force
Gov. Quinn
Honolulu
Maine dairy price rise set two cents to 26 cents a quart
The Maine Milk Commission announces a two cent milk price increase to 26 cents a quart starting Friday as a seasonal industry pattern to boost production in lean supply periods. Cream prices remain unchanged with regional variations noted in Bangor central Maine and Aroostook County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Milk Commission
Bangor
Maine
Aroostook County
Budget meeting of Biddeford Saco Chest committee
The Budget committee of the Biddeford Saco Community Chest meets this afternoon at the York Savings and Loan association. Chairman Melbourne F. Means presides. Members include William Rawlinson C Millard Neal Mrs R Pierpont Jordan and H David Walley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Community Chest
York Savings and Loan Association
Melbourne
F. Means
William Rawlinson
C. Millard Neal
R. Pierpont Jordan
H. David Walley
Ex Biddeford Boy Earns High Honor In Scouting
Paul Wilfrid Ross, formerly of Biddeford, received the Ad Altare Dei award in Miami Florida, the highest Catholic Boy Scout honor. He moved to Florida four years ago from Dupont Avenue Biddeford and is now in Hollywood’s seventh grade. Ross is a Life Scout with 23 merit badges and works on the personal fitness badge toward Eagle. He is Troop 138 member sponsored by Hollywood Elks and serves as altar boy and choir member at the Church of the Little Flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wilfrid Ross
Miami
Fla
Norman H. Ross
Hollywood
Wilfrid Simoneau
Harding Street
Edward Ross
Westland Avenue
Biddeford
Florida
Dupont Avenue
St. Joseph Grammar School
West Palm Beach
Key West
Coleman F. Carroll
St. Mary
Ross
Scouting
The
Hollywood Elks
Church of the Little Flower
Marriage This Is A Thing You Must Give Your Whole Mind To
A compact maxim on marriage citing Ibsen that highlights the need for full dedication and mental commitment to the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibsen
Coffin proposes Atlantic regionalism to ease area ills
U S Maine Democrat Frank Coffin told the Maritime Provinces Board of Trade that an Atlantic regional concept may help economic ills. He urged premiers and governors from Atlantic provinces and northern New England to meet next year to discuss tourism, resources, industry, power, trade and transportation. He favors a nonbinding conference to weigh pros and cons and a private foundation study. He cited the Pacific Northwest Model as a successful example of shared problem solving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Frank M. Coffin
Maine
Atlantic
New England
Coffin
Maritime Provinces Board of Trade
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Goose Rocks Fair Committees Listed for Annual Event
July 9 selected for Goose Rocks Fair sponsored by the Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. Proceeds benefit the land and building fund for a new firehouse on Wildwood Avenue from William Prescott purchases. Han sen's field hosts the opening at 10 30 am with lunch and a 5 30 pm chicken barbecue supper supervised by Waldo Chick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Fessenden
Wildwood Avenue
William Prescott
Hansen's Field
Waldo Chick
Nelson Willey
Richard Gunn
David Young
Roger Pierce
Warren B. Calley
C. R. Butts
Frank
Prisoner Walks Out During Dentist Visit
Roscoe Boatwright, 35, a prisoner serving six years for forgery, slipped out the back door of a Tampa dentist office while a guard waited in front. He entered to have an adjustment on his false teeth, left when the dentist stepped away, taking potential profit from the escape opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Roscoe Boatwright
Boatwright
Maine Funeral Directors Elect New Association Officers
Maine Funeral Directors elect Philip S. Annis of Dover-Foxcroft as president at its convention closing. Installed by Fred Sprague, district governor, the slate includes Raoul L. Pinette of Lewiston as vice president, John F Farnham of Newport as secretary, and John W. Hay of Westbrook as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Philip S. Annis
Dover-Foxcroft
Maine Funeral Directors Assn
Annis
Fred Sprague
National Association
Maine
Raoul L. Pinette
Lewiston
John Ff. Farnham
Newport
John W. Hay
Westbrook
Ex-PUC Official Dies in Augusta at 81
Frank J. McArdie 81, former Maine Public Utilities Commission official and railroad auditor, died yesterday in a Augusta hospital. Native of Prince Edward Island, he led the PUC Rates and Schedules Department for 27 years before retiring in 1942. Survived by his wife Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PUC
Augusta
Frank J. McArdie
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Prince Edward Island
McArdie
Louise
Kennebunk Girl Struck By Car Injures Youth at Home
Christine Genthner nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Genthner of Lower Brown street Kennebunk suffered injuries to her left ankle and elbow when struck by a car driven by Mrs Virginia Bragitarno of 49 Brown street near the Genthner home. She was riding a bicycle at the time. Kennebunk Police Chief Stevens investigated the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Genthner
Paul Genthner
Brown Street
Kennebunk
Virginia Bragitarno
Genthner
Stevens
Art Workshop Registration Day Set at New Art Center
Potters and artists may join pottery painting or drawing classes at the New Art Center 4 Dane Street Kennebunk. Official registration day set forull 1. Peggy Bacon directs painting class and Sally Johnson leads pottery at the Ceramic College Alfred NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Art Center
Dane Street
Kennebunk
Ull 1
Peggy Bacon
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Sally Johnson
The
Ceramic College
Alfred, N. Y
Coffin backs joint council for New England and Maritime Provinces
Frank M. Coffin of Maine proposed forming a four member North Atlantic Economic Council with northern New England states and the Maritime Provinces. He argued that constructive regionalism would enable exchange of information on farming fishing electric power tourism and regional trade to promote common opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Coffin
Maine
New England
Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces Board of Trade
Fat Causes Fire At Biddeford Home
Biddeford firefighters were called to the home of Edward Rocray at 18 Vincent Avenue yesterday for a fire caused by burning fat. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Edward Rocray
Vincent Avenue
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High Street
Medford
Oak Grove
Saco Boy
Luigi Aries
Moosehead
Ingemars
Finch
Carole
Chamber
Atlantic Area
Fair Ground
Maine Funeral Directors Elect
Janet
Raymond Street
J. Houde
Carey Bros. Jewelers
Dennett & Craig, Inc
Saco, Maine
Eford
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