Biddeford Personal News Highlights Summer Vacations
A tide of local residents from Biddeford and nearby towns are spending or starting summer vacations. Notables include Ralph Berry a medical patient at Webber Hospital Elston Ingalls Bar Mills city editor on a month vacation and Mrs Claire Soule Old Orchard Beach returning from a visit in Freedom N H Many families plan cottages at Biddeford Pool Hills Beach Goose Rocks and Hills Beach with residents like the Donovans Emerys Reays and many more opening season homes while others attend events at the Kennebunkport Playhouse and Sisters of Mercy ceremonies.
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Ralph Berry
South Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Elston Ingalls
Bar Mills
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Claire Soule
Atlantic Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Freedom
N. H
Oscar Perrault
Biddeford Pool
Carroll Donovan
Susan
Old Orchard
Elizabeth Northrop
Dawna
Robert
Arkansas
Camde
Oliver Johnson
Bay View
Road
Saco
Langsford
Cape Porpoise
Judy Sudds
Ban-| ‘Or
Marcia Roake
Aurn
Hills Beach
Basil Emery
Herring Avenue
Edward Reay
Richard
Orchard Street
Hills’ Beach
Mary White
Elaine
Arnold Calderwood
Candace
Elm Street
Harry Center
Sumer Colony
Stanley J. Krajewski
Kiki
Stanley
Main Street
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Hazel
Goldie’ Gardner
Goose Rocks Beach
Lowell
Mass
Robert Austin
Goose
David K. Marshall
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Goose Rocks
Hal Carroll
Canterbury School
Connecticut
Hemenway
Atty
Harold Carrol
Kennebunkport Playhouse
Kinney Shore
Frank Carey
Kinney Shores
Sisters of Mercy
St. Joseph Convent
Portland
Virginia Sherwood
Rosemary Reagan
Nancy Hart
Janet Rumery
Helen Rumery
Bernard Colpitts
Mary Richards
Mary Loyton
Maine Republican Centenarian Dies
MANCHESTER Fred W Snow a longtime Maine Republican and political philosopher died at 100 Gov Reed cited him as an inspiration on Snow s 100th birthday He said he never wanted to enter politics and noted that some elect to office when they should not He and his 92 year old wife marked 66 years of marriage in January He is survived by a son Russell of Augusta
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Manchester
Fred W. Snow
Maine
Snow
Gov. Reed
Altough
Russell
Augusta
Fenderson Elected Orchestra Director
Robert Fenderson, 48 Elm Street Seco, was elected to a three year director post of the Portland Symphony Orchestra at a meeting in Portland last night. Fenderson also plays the cello with the Portland Symphony Orchestra.
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Robert Fenderson
Elm Street
Seco
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Portland
Fenderson
Saco City Council Date Is Changed
The Saco City Council meeting is rescheduled to Tuesday night July 5 due to July 4 holiday. City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis announced the change.
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Saco
Saco City
Clifford A. Purvis
Funeral services for Thomas Conley at St Mary Biddeford
Funeral services were held at 9 AM at St Mary church Biddeford for Thomas Conley with a Requiem High Mass celebrated by Rev. Cornelius J. Enright. Organist Elizabeth Seidel and soloist William Cleary performed, with bearers including Maurice Paul and the Connally and Conley families. Burial is planned at Oak Grove cemetery Medford Massachusetts with attendees from Massachusetts and Portland Maine.
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Thomas Conley
St. Mary Church
Biddeford
Cornelius J. Enright
Elizabeth Seidel
William Cleary
Maurice Paul
Edmund Beaudoin
Charles Beaudoin
Edward Beaudoin
Martin Connally
Oak Grove
Medford
Mass
Arthur Souza
Philip Conley
Clement Conley
Lawrence Conley
Robert Conley
Massachusetts
Sabrina Connally
Agnes Connally
Julia Connally
Charles Blaisdell
Thoms Connally
Marion Golding
Portland
Funeral services held for Luigi Aries in Old Orchard Beach
Funeral services for Luigi Aries of Westley Boulevard Old Orchard Beach were held at St. Margaret church with Rev. Edward F. Walsh officiating. Burial followed in St. Mary cemetery. pallbearers included Leslie Wyiman Sr Neilson Mossman William Murphy and Amos McCallum. Out of town mourners from Montreal Montpelier Washington Scituate Boston attended.
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Luigi Aries
Westley Blvd
Old Orchard Beach
St. Margaret Church
Edward F. Walsh
Antonio Boisvert
Leslie S. Wyiman
Neilson Mossman
William R. Murphy
Amos McCallum
St. Mary Cemetery
Armand Landry
Annetta Miglerans
Montreal
P. Q
Romero Beverina
Montpelier
Angelane Capusi
Washington, D. C
Angelina Aries
Scituare
Mass
Thomas Podesta
Rose Marie Podesta
Robert Podesta
Mario. Aries
Josephine Castelnovo
Katherine Morelli
David Morelli
Amelia Aries
Eugene Aries
John Pagli
Boston
Sharp food buyer in Maine jail slashes costs
Elmer Woodside is Cumberland County jail’s chief cook who, as a deputy sheriff and famed bargain hunter, keeps prisoner meals at about 67 cents daily. He explains he uses aggressive buying tricks, such as accepting 16 cent per pound dressed chicken at closing time to avoid waste.
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Portland
Elmer Woodside
Cumberland County
Maine
Woodside
Stock Market Mixed As Holiday Weekend Dawns In New York
New York AP reports a spotty stock market with mixed prices afternoon gains and losses. Bethlehem steel plans to close many operations over the July 4 weekend while steels hold steady after sharp declines earlier in the week. Dow Jones at noon up 1.55 to 639.94. AP 60 up 20.0 to 221.80. rails rise modestly as merger talks continue. Oil shares fall led by Texaco down over one point amid Cuban refinery takeover by Castro government.
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New York
Bethlehem
Steel
Texaco
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Rails
Portiani Weather Outlook With Warm Humidity And Showers
This afternoon partly cloudy warm and humid with scattered showers or thundershowers. South to southwest winds 10 to 30 mph. Tonight clearing becoming fair and cooler with west winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday sunny and warm with lower humidity and west winds 10 to 15 mph. Zone 1 temperatures are in the low to mid 80s this afternoon and mid to upper 50s tonight with regional lows listed for several cities including Caribou Eastport Greenville Old Town Rumford Portland Mt. Washington Concord Boston New York Washington Chicago Denver Los Angeles Montreal.
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Portlaniy
TWUA Drops Wage Clause With Company in Portland
The Textile Workers Union of America will not reopen the wage clause in its contract with Burrowes Corp of Portland. Area director Michael J. Schoojans said the decision followed the firm being placed in receivership by a Maine Supreme Court justice. About 120 workers are on a two week vacation, and officials hope to keep the company operating by vacation’s end.
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Portland
Textile Workers Union of America
Burrowes Corp
Michael J. Schoojans
TWUA
Burrowes Management
Maine Supreme Court
Biddeford Truck Driver Is Fined
Neal J. Belanger of 316 Granite Street Biddeford was fined $15 in Biddeford Municipal Court after pleading guilty to operating a truck over 15000 pounds without red flares or reflectors. He was stopped yesterday on Route 111 in Lyman by State Trooper John C. Pride.
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Neal J. Belanger
Granite Street
Biddeford
Simon Spill
Belanger
Lyman
John C. Pride
US Air Fares Will Increase Tonight
Washington reports that most U.S air fares will rise about 5 percent at midnight as the Civil Aeronautics Board confirms higher rates. All domestic trunk airlines and most local service operators filed for the increase, approved after a June 17 CAB decision. The changes include a 20 percent base rise plus a $1 add on per one way ticket.
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Washington
U.S
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Religious Meetings Schedule in Maine Towns
Local religious groups announce Friday gatherings across Saco Goodwins Mills Kennebunk and surrounding areas. Higher Grade Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet at 8 30 p m Holy Communion at Trinity Episcopal Church at 9 30 a m The Bible club of Lyman Baptist at Goodwins Mills meets 7 30 p m at the parsonage and services are noted at Christ Episcopal St John St David in Kennebunk with morning and evening observances.
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Saco Salvation Army
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bible Club
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Christ Episcopa
Christ Church
Biddeford
St. John Day
St. David Church
Kennebunk
Austrians Carry Week of Prayers and Cold War Tensions
The Catholic League urged members to greet Soviet visitors politely but not warmly as Austria remains neutral. Der Kurier printed a Pasternak poem banned in the USSR. Leaders cautioned Khrushchev would avoid embarrassing Austria’s neutrality during his visit while pressing peaceful coexistence.
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Catholic League
der Kurier
Boris Pasternak
Dr. Zhivago
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Austria
West
Biddeford Educator Heads to National Convention
Raymond Kenneally Biddeford High School principal and York County Teachers Association vice president represents the county at the National Education Association conference in Los Angeles. The program features seminars panels and workshops with education leaders. Kenneally is a University of Maine graduate and parish volunteer married with two children.
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Raymond Kenneally
Biddeford High School
York County Teachers’ Association
National Education Association
Los Angeles
Calif
Kenneally
York County
Biddeford
Geraldine Lamb
South China
University of Maine
Joseph
John
Rugby Street
St. Mary Church
Spry Gram 92 Scales Tree House Above Belgrade
Belgrade report tells of Mattie Kidder age 92 climbing to observe a tree house built by Wayne Briggs and his son Gary, twenty feet high. Briggs called her remarkable as she enjoyed refreshments with her great grandchildren. The feat impressed the family and left Wayne joking at her vitality.
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Belgrade
Wayne Briggs
Mattie Kidder
Waterville
Briggs
Gary
Careful Approach Key In TV Commercials
TV ad research finds mother figures most common yet must avoid drudgery, incompetence, or overpowering dominance.maternal mood ads with peaceful scenes perform best while overemphasized super-woman portrayals fail to sell. Child energy regain plots succeed but avoid overdoing it. schedule previews and current TV tips included.
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New York
Bulletin
Schwerin Research Corp
Schwerin
MEC Income Rises in May for Portland Report
Maine Central Railroad announced May earnings of 76,616 with net income at 52,833. Total revenue fell 1.3 percent while expenses dropped 5.38 percent, reflecting a tighter cost structure in the month.
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MEC
Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Rocket Fails To Orbit In Destructive Test
Discoverer XII launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base failed to reach orbit and destroyed itself during descent. Air Force teams tracked the flaming fall and sought to determine the cause, noting the mission aimed for a polar orbit with 17 orbits before releasing a capsule into Hawaiian waters.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Hawaiian
Parents Night at Beach Church in Old Orchard Beach
Washington Avenue Methodist church hosts Parents Night at Old Orchard Beach on Friday at 7. The two week Bible school session ends with students showcasing crafts and other work under Mrs Gertrude Eastman and Miss Gertrude Thompson overseeing the craft department and program.
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Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Old Orchard Beach
Th Bible School
Gertrude Eastman
Steelworkers push 32 hour week and 60 retirement
Buffalo, N Y The United Steelworkers Union will seek a 32 hour week and retirement at 60 to curb automation’s impact. District director Joseph P Molony says automation has caused steel layoffs as about 25 000 workers are idled nationwide in the current slump.
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Buffalo, N. Y
United Steelworkers Union
Joseph P. Molony
U.S. Studies Nuclear Rocket Programs For Space Ventures
The report outlines months and years of U.S. planning for nuclear rocket projects. It highlights orbital satellites and space stations, interplanetary craft, and a nuclear powered aircraft for airborne alert. It notes risks from launch accidents, safe re entry, and limits on atmospheric fission product buildup.
FAA uses northern New England as base for nationwide airfield survey
Portland report says George Bosari of the FAA airport division announced a national survey of Civil airfields using northern New England as a base. He met with aeronautics officials from Maine New Hampshire and Vermont to begin documenting needs and recommendations for about 3355 airfields nationwide.
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Portland
George Bosari
Federal Aviation Agency
New England
Bosari
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
FAA
Three Vehicles Involved In Saco Intersection Crash
A three car collision at Elm and North streets Saco caused about 300 in damage this morning. William Smith 45 of Montreal stopped at a red light when Gilbert Currier 32 of Biddeford ran the light, hitting Hannaford 62 of Saco, whose truck struck Smith car. No injuries reported. Damages approx 125 to Smith and 125 to Hannaford. Currier's car damage not estimated.
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Elm
North Streets
Saco
William Smith
Montreal
Gilbert A. Currier
State Street
Biddeford
Joseph M. Hannaford
Beach Street
Hannaford
Smith
Currier
Boston and Maine Railroad as an amalgamation
The Boston and Maine Railroad is an amalgamation of 111 separate railroads, forming a large regional network. The note highlights the consolidation that created a single operating entity.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
AAUW Theater Night Draws Near Capacity at Kennebunkport Playhouse
A near capacity audience attended the third annual theater night by the American Association of University Women at the Kennebunkport Playhouse. Proceeds support the Edith K Abbott scholarship given yearly to a York County Senior high school girl planning to attend an accredited college. Scholarship winners were Darlei Shraubman Brenda Freeman and Doris Bergeron.
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American Association of University Women
Kennebunkport Playhouse
Edith K. Abbott
York County
Lloyd Trecarstin
Robert Whittier
William Marston
Willian Kurt
William Kany
Roger Gay
Springvale
Alice Morrison
Adelbert Jakeman
Paul Croxford
Margaret Clark
Bates
Mary Ellen Tripp
June Toulouse
University of Maine
Darlei Shraubman
Brenda Freeman
Doris Bergeron
Colby College
Sanford Coach Tony Bahros Resigns for Rockland High
Tony Bahros, who led Sanford High School to its first untied unbeaten football season last fall, resigns Wednesday to take a coaching post at Rockland High School in Massachusetts. Bahros starred at Waltham High and the University of New Hampshire.
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Sanford
Tony Bahros
Rockland, Mass
Bahros
Waltham, Mass
University of New Hampshire
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