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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1963
Page
2
Partly cloudy and pleasant in Portland today with highs near 80. Tonight mild with mid to upper 50s. Winds light northeast. Saturday remains partly cloudy and cooler with a few possible afternoon showers and highs in the 70s. Northeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph.
Rev. Sr. Marie Suzanne De Rome, daughter of Mr and Mrs Grenier, 150 Guinea Biddeford, has returned to Chicopee Falls Mass after a brief stay with her parents. Jo Ann Marielle of 49 Union St Biddeford leaves by jet from Logan for two week trip to Fairbanks Alaska to visit her brother in law sister and niece. Lu cien D Guay Gunnery Sgt and family visiting Biddeford relatives en route from Camp Lejeune to Washington DC and Quantico Va. Norman Grenier and wife Long Beach Calif depart for New York after two weeks with Grenier parents at 150 Guinea Road Iddeford. They will fly to Long Beach Sunday.
The Junior Bandana group of the Saco Salvation Army meets Saturday at 0 a.m. Confessions are heard at St Monica Church Keasebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. at St Martha Church Keresebunk from 4 to 9 and 7 to 8 p.m. Mary Church Wells Saturday from 2 30 to 3 30 p.m.
The Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce announces a new Maine sales tax schedule effective July 1 raising the rate from three to four percent. The schedule details tax for fractional dollars and the step up to $5.11, then four cents per dollar plus the schedule for larger amounts. The Merchants' Committee distributes the schedule to local businesses.
Old Orchard Beach Police Chief John H. Clark announced nine temporary officers will join the regular force for the summer. The new appointees are Paul Tibbetts Harold W Horne Fernand A Cote Lawrence Lund Leslie Wyman Hugh Phillips Thomas Smith E Emerson Cummings and Robert Ross. All are residents of Old Orchard Beach.
The article notes ten constitutional amendments passed this year including removing the governor's power to send National Guard troops beyond state lines and clarifying procedures for settling disputes in governor elections. It also covers the legislature's authority to decide and revising vacancy filling procedures for the governor.
A quiet New York trading session saw oils, motors, and sugars post small advances while the market slowd. The AP average rose 4 points to 270.8 at noon with industrials up 8, rails up 2, and utilities down 0.1, as Dow stood at 706.41 after a cautious, mixed session across major indexes.
Expresses heartfelt thanks to friends neighbors and relatives and delegations for aid and sympathy during recent sorrow.
Harry C Hull former superintendent in Rockport from 1918 to 1925 and in Saco from 1925 to 1953 died at West Palm Beach Florida He was 86 and had lived there ten years He is survived by his widow Helen The funeral will be held Thursday in Lewiston.
Mildred P Laxton 71 wife of John R Laxton died at her Wells home after nine years in the community. Born January 23 1892 in Swampscott Massachusetts she was the daughter of William H Proctor and Merena Eldridge. Survived by her widower a daughter Mrs Jean Wiggin of Eliot and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held today at Hayes Funeral Home in North Berwick, with burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Eliot.
John R Stevens 74 died Wednesday at his North Berwick Road home Wells born August 2 1888 in Wells son of George C and Laura Thompson Stevens a farmer. Survived by widow Evelyn Clark Stevens Wells six sons four daughters four brothers and two sisters plus 24 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. from Hayes Funeral Home North Berwick with Rev Thomas R Merrill Ogunquit Methodist Church officiating Burial Ocean View Cemetery Wells
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The State Supreme Court ruled the town must issue liquor and entertainment licenses for Tide Inn and The Barn. Town Council will hear a report from Atty. William F. Donahue and consider additional business licenses and routine matters at Monday night’s meeting.
Saco Police Chief Raymond Kerry announced two lifeguards appointed by the Police and Fire Commission for the season. Howard Shaffer, a University of Maine sophomore, and Shamus Daly, a UM graduate, both Ferry Beach residents with Senior Life Saving Certificates, will patrol from Camp Ellis to Kinney Shores. An outboard motor boat stationed at Bay View complements beach safety equipment.
A Biddeford woman Fannie Gollaros aged 38 was treated at Webber Hospital and released after colliding with a parked car owned by George H. Simard on Main Street in Biddeford last night. Simard, 50, of 40 Clifford Street was also involved and treated. Damage estimates were not provided.
York County Salon 257 installs officers for the 1963 64 season at Cape Porpoise home of Mrs Brice Wakefield Mrs Alberta Redmond newly elected chapeau heads committees on child welfare TB Seals nurses scholarships trophies and awards sunshine publicity and other posts Reports outline chairmen activities and a hospital TB program transfer plans for Kittery partners and a March Portland meeting An annual banquet is set for September 19 at The Captain Cape Porpoise
Mrs. Gwendolyn Beach takes a week off from Kennebunk Town Manager duties. Kennebunk Savings Bank hours change for summer through September 6 with weekday 9 am to 2 pm and Saturday 9 am to noon, Friday evenings suspended. HM-2 William E. Culler and family return to Newport R.I. after Osippee Lake visit. relatives gathered at Ossippee Lake include Miss Lois Wentworth and Carol Webber. Sherry Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Jones, undergoes tonsillectomy at Webber Hospital. Star Club to sponsor Christmas-In-July bazaar at Washington Park July 10-11 at 10 am with tables featuring snacks and garden items.
Six churches from Portland and Saco join for an open air service at the Ferry Beach Park grove in Saco Sunday at 11 with Rev. H Blair Whitney of Messiah All Souls Church delivering the sermon. If rain, service moves to Rowland Hall auditorium. A post service picnic, swimming, and games follow for families of all ages.
Ogunquit Methodist Church begins a summer worship arrangement with Sunday Holy Communion and meditation from 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Rev. Thomas R. Merrill leads the meditation and first morning service at 9:30. An 11 a.m. service features a guest preacher each week, starting June 30 with Rev. William A. Chamberlain, formerly Ogunquit Church pastor and now Maine Methodist Conference executive secretary.
Town Manager Leon F. Jones announced OLD ORCHARD BEACH will sponsor a fireworks display at 9:30 the night before the Fourth. A professional company will set up on the beach and use aerial displays only.
Andrews said the plan limits dives to five for crew rest while overhaul readiness is assessed. Two Russian vessels, RT 255 and Kuprin, neared the Trieste during dives as Fort Snelling signaled with lights and flags. The Kuprin, from Murmansk, stayed briefly then departed southeast.
Meetings of the Webber Lefebvre Post and American Legion are suspended during the summer months. York County Council Posts and Auxiliaries will meet July 12 at the Post Home, with Kennebunk post and auxiliary hosting the group.
Thomas G. Peterson, son of Mrs. Nicholas Peterson of Biddeford, has earned an M A in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University. He also received the John Gilman Fellowship to study philology and literature toward a Ph D, will teach scientific German, and study in Germany at the University of Munich this summer under a West German government grant. A 1958 Biddeford High School graduate, he earned a 1962 B A from the University of Maine, studied at Johns Hopkins on Woodrow Wilson and Hopkins awards, and belongs to the Goethe Society and Delta Phi Alpha.
Boston AP. Massachusetts Parking Authority manager Herman Carp testifies his hands were tied as the MPA awarded a 9.6 million garage contract. He says former chairman George Brady pushed a 344,468 consulting contract to Mazzillo & Tizian. Co-defendants Monahan Kiernan face conspiracy and larceny charges as trial enters its 23rd day.
Red Chinese leaders back their North Vietnamese and North Korean allies as Khrushchev seeks new European endorsements at Berlin. Western officials fear renewed German peace treaty demands, though East Berlin slogans avoid hints of a revival. The placards praise German Soviet friendship and Nikita Khrushchev as a great friend and world peace helper.
The President was guest of honor at a Dublin banquet hosted by Eamon de Valera and Sean Lemass. Kennedy then flies to Britain for a 24 hour visit with Harold Macmillan. Discussions reportedly cover nuclear test ban talks and NATO defense projects, including the nuclear fleet.
A fire at the Campground section destroyed one four room cottage owned by Salvation Army Maj. John Strain of Camden and damaged another owned by Mrs. Faith Ayers of San Francisco. Firefighters confined the blaze with no injuries reported. Origin suspected as matches by children. Loss estimate unavailable.
Biddeford children will have Red Cross water safety lessons July 8 for two weeks at Ocean Park Royal Ambassador pool. Registration at Biddeford City Hall July 1 2 and 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. Courses include junior and senior life saving and adult swimming with free instruction funded by 1963 fund drives and Elks and unions donations.
Grand Knight Edmund Neault reported on the state convention in Portland outlining the budget and resolutions. Letters were sent to radio stations to broadcast the pledge of allegiance on July 4. The house committee was dissolved and a new one formed with the Grand Knight as chair and nine members. The committee will meet in July to set house rules. A form letter to congress on making October 12 a legal holiday was approved. Field day is planned for early August and July August will have one business meeting per month. Hooper Street fire victims aid extended to August 1.
Biddeford transmission firm Gerard Roy doing business as Biddeford Transmission Co paid a $10 fine in Biddeford Municipal Court after pleading guilty to releasing a motor vehicle without proper inspection. Ralph J. Mercier pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle with inadequate brakes and was fined $15. Assoc Judge Gerald C. Nason imposed the penalties with state trooper Hollis G. Dixon as complainant in both cases. In a separate matter Joseph W. Boulet pleaded guilty to using a stop sign and paid a $15 fine. The case against Fannie Gollaros was continued. she was released on $200 personal recognizance. Biddeford Police were complainants in these cases.
Biddeford firemen were dispatched to a false alarm at Webber Hospital around 12:58 a.m. today with no injuries reported and units returning to quarters after inspection.
Biddeford Police recovered a 1953 model car stolen in Kennebunk last night. The vehicle owned by Arlon Wentworth of Kennebunk was found abandoned deep in Clifford Park.
The attorney general agreed to a concession that very small business places might be excluded from the ban and left free to discriminate. Determining where the ban begins and ends will be one of the thorniest problems of 1963.
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