Local Social Notes From Biddeford and Scarborough
Medical patients at Webber Hospital include Clyde Cluff 47 Ferry Road Saco Delina Hebert Amherst Street Biddeford and Edward R Winslow 6 Mountain Road Biddeford Airman 2e Joseph Robert Forcier is home on a 30 day furlough son of Mr and Mrs Simeon Forcier 78 Graham Street Biddeford Insurers Women of Southern Maine met at Pinedale Restaurant Scarborough with Phyllis Johnson Edna Mahoney Ruby Packard and Donalda Brady Attending were from Biddeford and Saco Octave Martel of Biddeford and Edward Lemire of Old Orchard Beach have returned from a three week vacation in Miami and Washington D C The Lemires visited their daughter and son in law Fred Clark Jr Greensboro NC and Lawrence Leone Southboro MA
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Cluff
Ferry Road
Saco
Webber Hospital
Delina Hebert
Amherst Street
Biddeford
Edward R. Winslow
Mountain Road
Joseph Robert Forcier
Simeon Forcier
Graham St
Res
Insurance Women
Southern Maine
Pinedale Restaurant
Scarborough
Phyllis Johnson
Edna Mahoney
Ruby Packard
Donalda Brady
Octave Martel
Summer Street
Edward Lemire
Old Salt Road
Old Orchard Beach
Miami
Fla
Washington, D. C
Lemires
Fred Clark Jr
Greenboro
N. C
Lawrence D. Leone
Southboro
Mass
Adah Chapter to Elect Officers at Eastern Star Meeting
The annual meeting and election of officers for Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will be Friday at 7 30 p m at Masonic Hall Main Street Biddeford. The dinner scheduled before the meeting is cancelled and refreshments will be served after the session under co chairmanship of Misses Jessie and Elizabeth Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah
Chapter Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Main Street
Biddeford
Jessie
Elizabeth Anderson
Holy Communion Services Set in Local Churches
Holy Communion to be celebrated at Trinity Church Saco Friday at 9 30 a m and at Christ Church Biddeford at 5 15 p m. Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet Friday at 8 30 p m. Unitarian Universalist Youth Choir rehearses Friday afternoons after school in the Saco Universalist parish house for Easter music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Saco
Christ Church
Biddeford
Saco Salvation Army
Unitarian - Universalist Church
Saco Unitarian
Ritualistic services for Elks member Henry Girard
The Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow at Cosgrove Funeral Home 326 Elm Street Biddeford to conduct ritualistic services for Henry J Girard a lodge member.
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Biddeford-Saco
Beach Officials Plan Meeting With State Assessor
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Leon Jones town manager said Ernest H Johnson state assessor will meet tomorrow night at 7 in the High School gym with the town council assessors and town meeting members Interested citizens may attend Jones said
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Old Orchard Beach
Leon Jones
Ernest H. Johnson
Jones
Biddeford Fire Crews Respond To Three Blazes
Biddeford firefighters were called out three times yesterday. A laundromat fire at 313 Elm Street started when a dryer ignited timber and was controlled with CO2. The building, owned by Edward Connors and occupied by Willis Wasson, sustained minimal damage. A second blaze at 7 Grant Street resulted from an overflowed oil burner and was extinguished about 4 pm in a three story wooden building owned by Jere Carroll and occupied by Patricia Gregoire. Firefighters also quelled a Washington Street car fire caused by a cigarette, driven by Frank Johnson, using a booster line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Elm St
Edward Connors
Willis Wasson
Grant St
Jere Carroll
Patricia Gregoire
Washington Street
Frank Johnson
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
We express sincere thanks to relatives clergy Le Foyer Club friends neighbors for floral spiritual bouquets loan of cars those who drove and all expressions of sympathy during our bereavement. Mr and Mrs Euclid Chaloult er and Mrs Armand Lasante Mr and Mrs Owen Weddle Mr and Mrs Antonio Ouellette
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Foyer Club
Euclid Chaloulter
Armand Lasante
Owen Weddle
Antonio Ouellette
Funeral Rites Held for Theodule Gagne at St. Andre's
Funeral services for Theodule Gagne of 22 Pool St Biddeford were held at St. Andre's Church with a solemn high mass of requiem offered by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Aime Giguere. Assistants included Rev. Bernard Nicknair and Rev. Edmund Hache. The St. Andre's Choir performed under Charles Proulx. bearers were Alexis Gagne Francois Gagne Roger Goulet Norman Gagne Guy Gagne Andre Gagne Lucien Huot and Robert Gagne. Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Nicknair. Out-of-town mourners came from Somerville Mass St. Isidore Quebec St. Gilles Quebec Quebec City Connecticut Concord NH and Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodule Gagne
Pool St
Biddeford
St. Andre's Church
Aime Giguere
Bernard Nicknair
Edmund Hache
St. Andre's Choir
Charles Proulx
Laura Proulx
Alexis Gagne
Archille Gagne
Louis Gagne
St. Isidore
Que
Gerard Boutin
Arsene Montmigny
Helaire Begin
Arthur Gagne
Alphonse Gagne
Donat Baron
St. Gilles
Jacques Roy
Ernest Roy
Quebec
Raymond Emard
Leonard Ruel
Connecticut
Adrien Dussault
Concord
N.H
Clara LePage
Auburn
Funeral services held for Mrs. Bertha Goodwin at Biddeford Pool
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Goodwin, a longtime Biddeford Pool resident, were held yesterday at the Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco with Rev. David Wigley officiating. Interment followed in Biddeford Pool Cemetery. Bearers were Arthur Wheeler, Paul Tate, George Rooman, Llewellyn Crowley, Lester Orcutt, and Arnold Calderwood. Ritualistic services were conducted Tuesday evening by Adah Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Biddeford, at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Goodwin
Biddeford Pool
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
David Wigley
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Arthur Wheeler
Paul Tate
George Rooman
Llewellyn Crowley
Lester Orcutt
Arnold Calderwood
Funeral for Edgar Dallaire Held at St. Joseph’s Church
Funeral services were held for Edgar Dallaire of 51 Green Street Biddeford at St. Joseph’s Church. Msgr. Elie Hevey celebrated the requiem high mass with Rev. Norman Carrier as deacon and Rev. Svylvie Levesque as sub-deacon. A male quartet sang and Mrs. Diana Rousselle was organist. Bearers included Richard Dubuc and Andre Dallaire. An out-of-town group attended from St. Bernard Quebec and Hartford Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Dallaire
Green St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Elie Hevey
Norman Carrier
Svylvie Levesque
Diana Rousselle
Brother Albert
St. Louis High School
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Richard Dubuc
Robert Collard
Noel Valliere
Andre Dallaire
Antonio Dallaire
Raymond Gagne
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Msgr
Hevey
Joseph Rheaume
Arthur Rheaume
Benoit Rheaume
Leodore Rheaume
St. Bernard, Que
Antonio Carrier
Tornadoes kill 11 in six Southern states
National roundup reports tornadoes and violent weather killing 11 and wounding about 40 across six Southern states. District attorney to present motion picture of Lee Harvey Oswald's slaying in Jack Ruby murder trial. Agreement on Cyprus peace force leadership and Turkish siege developments noted. Cuba fires over 1,000 workers at Guantanamo. McNamara holds news conference on all jet project secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Johnson
Guantanamo Naval Base
Ruby bought money order before Oswald shooting, witness testifies
Western Union supervisor Doyle Lane testified Ruby purchased a $25 money order moments before the shooting. Belli argued Ruby walked out calmly and was not in a hurry to leave the Western Union office. He suggested grief over President Kennedy's death could mask epilepsy symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Lane
Western Union
Ruby
Oswald
Belli
Kennedy
Portland Weather Outlook With Gale Warnings
This afternoon gale warnings posted along the coast. Rainy and mild with southerly winds 15 to 30 mph and gusts. Highs in the 40s to low 50s. Tonight rain ends then becomes partly cloudy and colder with westerly winds 15 to 36 mph. Lows in the 30s. Friday partly cloudy windy and colder.
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Portland
Saco-Lowell to Sign 50 Million M-60 Gun Contract
Saco-Lowell New England Division Maremont Corp will sign a 50 million contract for 13 000 M 60 machine guns at the Edwards plant in Saco. Col John M Goodwin and Col C H Johnson are to attend. The pact sustains 850 jobs for one year and adds 10 000 ground weapons and 3 000 helicopter mounts.
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Saco-Lowell
New England
Maremont Corp
Edwards
Saco
John M. Goodwin
Boston
C. H. Johnson
Rock Island Iill. Arsenal
Army
Edmund S. Muskie
Washington
The Lenten Story Includes Gethsemane Prayer Scene
The account recalls Jesus leaving the upper room with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane. He asks Peter James and John to stay and watch as He prays in deep sorrow, asking God to let the cup pass if possible but submitting to His will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Gethsemani
Peter
James
John
Matthew
Peculiar Campaign Conducted Welcome To The Fold
The Biddeford-Saco Journal notes welcome events for newcomers led by Susan Barbara Hanson. Birth announcements from Biddeford, Old Orchard Beach, West Kennebunk, Hyannis, and Gardner list newborns, weights, dates, and parental details.
River Dredging Group Discusses Harbor Questions
A six part questionnaire from the U S Army Corps of Engineers was discussed by the Saco River Dredging Committee in Saco Maine chaired by Capt Donald W Moore. The panel mapped topics on improvements navigation landing facilities harbor use storm damage and funding. four more meetings planned ahead of a public hearing set for May 14 with several attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Waltham Mass
Saco River
Donald W. Moore
Saco
Saco City Hall
Edward Langlois
Maine Port Authority
George Taylor
The
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission
Frederick Warner
Marcel Beaudoin
Phillip E. Graves
Raymond Gagnon
Eldred Goulet
Biddeford Court Cases Continued In Municipal Court
John P Gallina a St Francis College student charged with driving the wrong way on a one way street in Biddeford had his case continued by Associate Judge Gerald Nason. Stephen G Leonard 25 of Old Orchard Beach had case continued for sentencing after being charged with taking an automobile without the owner's consent. Leonard was turned over to county sheriffs for parole violation. Norman Dugay 23 of Winslow was bound over to the May term of Superior Court after pleading guilty to concealing mortgaged property. Complainant was Paul H Lauzon of Pauls Motor Sales Biddeford.
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John P. Gallina
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Gerald Nason
Ees Street
Old Orchard Beach
Stephen G. Leonard
Eighth St
Leonard
Nason
Kennebunk
Norman Dugay
Cushman Road
Winslow
Paul H. Lauzon
Paul's Motor Sales
Dugay
Hoffa Convicted In Nashville Jury Rig Case Stuns Nation
James R. Hoffa president of the Teamsters faces a possible 10 year prison term and $10,000 fine after a Nashville jury found him guilty of attempting to influence a 1962 jury. Co-defendants Nicholas J. Tweel and Allen Dorfman received smaller bonds. Hoffa vows appeal as Kennedy hails jury’s decision.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Dist
Frank Wilson
Teamsters Union
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Washington
The
Teamsters
King
Nashville
Nicholas J. Tweel
Huntington
W.va
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Detroit
Dave Beck
Wilson
Larry Campbell
Thomas E. Parks
Ewing King
Nashville Teamsters
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Campbell
Detroit Parks
Airman Bowley Reassigned for Tech Training at Lowry AFB
Airman Stephen J. Bowley a UA 8S Air Force munitions specialist assigned to Lowry AFB Colorado for technical training. He is the son of Mrs Dorothy M Bowley of Kennebunk Maine. Bowley graduated Kennebunk High School in 1960 and completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas.
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Lowry Afb
Colo
Air Force
Stephen J. Bowley
Dorothy M. Bowley
Alewive, Road
Kennebunk
Bowley
Lackland Afb
Tex
Kennebunk High School
Contract Talks Begin Between Union and Pepperell Officials
Union and Pepperell representatives opened negotiations on a new contract at Pepperell premises. The union demanded a package equaling 10 percent covering wages and fringe benefits. Next session set for March 25 at 10 a.m. in Biddeford with additional union member Rachel Krasko present.
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Pepperell
Victor Canzano
William Pollock
Michael Schoonjans
Denis Blais
Lewiston Joint Board
Bernard Brady
Henry Throslow
Newe
Pepperel! O the
Sian
Biddeford
Rachel Krasko
Maine Tourism Boost Seen From World Fair Visit
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce heard travel chief Robert Elliot predict a 10 percent rise in Maine summer business due to the New York World's Fair. He cited Canadian entries and Casco Bay Line reservations as evidence, with Miss Maine, Miss Photography, and the state Blueberry Queen staffing the Maine installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Maine
Robert Eliot
Department of Economic Development
Kennebunk - Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Biddeford Saco and Wells
Elliot
New England
Photography
Elliott
Casco Bay Line
U.S. Travel Service Agency
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Bowdoin Museum Director Resigns After 25 Years
Prof. Philip C. Beam to retire July 1 as Bowdoin College Museum of Art director after a 25 year tenure. Named in 1939 he became the nation’s youngest museum director at 28. Retirement announced Wednesday.
Church Social Circle names officer state officers re elected
State officers were re elected and others newly elected during last night's postponed annual meeting of the Social Circle of the Saco Second Parish Unitarian Church in Saco. President Miss Lillian Chapin and Vice President Miss Katharine Deering were re elected. Treasurer Mrs Inez Twambley also kept her post. Secretary Miss Arlene Burnham was elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Second Parish
School Street
Saco
Lillian Chapin
Katharine Deering
Inez Twambley
Arlene Burnham
Miss Deering
Twambley
Howard Shaft R
Louise Harrison
Leavitt Emmons
Norma McAuley
Roy Goodwin
Donal Nason
Nason Snow
Biddeford
Deering
Goodwin
Luella Goodwin
Emmons
Nason
Snow
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Sven Edfors
Journal Classified Ad Reaches Vast Reader Reach
A local classified ad campaign claims distribution to over 30,000 readers, highlighting broad exposure for listings. The note emphasizes reach and readership impact for advertisers seeking visibility in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Your Journal
York County Sealed bids for addition to York County Court House
York County Maine invites separate sealed bids for General Construction of an addition to the York County Court House in Alfred Maine. Bids due by 2 00 P M EST March 18 1964 at the county offices. Information for bidders and drawings available March 2 1964 for 50 dollars per set with refunds to bidders. The county may waive informalities or reject all bids and requires 10 percent bid security. Two commissioners sign the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County OF
York
State OF Maine
York County Court House
Alfred
Maine
York County
Wadsworth & Boston
Congress
Portland
County of York
State of
John G. Smith
Lucien A. Dutremble
Roger E. Walker
Two Car Collision Damages Vehicles Near Elm Street
Police report a two car crash at Elm and Lincoln near the railroad underpass in Biddeford around 10 30 this morning. Drivers Henry B Chabot 37 of 12 Dupont Ave Biddeford and William H Gaffney 34 of Biddeford Pool were involved. no injuries or damages reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm
Lincoln Streets
Henry B. Chabot
Dupont Ave
Biddeford
William H. Gaffney
Biddeford Pool
Chabot
Gaffney
Elm Street
Flooded furnace call at 2 Beach Street
Fire crews responded to a flooded furnace at the home of Paul Benoit at 2 Beach Street in Old Orchard Beach. No equipment was needed and there was no damage to the residence. Firefighters returned to the station at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Paul Benoit
Beach St
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