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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1961
Page
3
Medical and legal notes from Biddeford and Saco report William Trott and Bernadette Courtois undergoing surgeries at local hospitals. Atty Albert W. Cookson appeared before Augusta lawmakers. Obituary notices for Mrs. Juliette P. Cote and Mrs. Delima E. Gagne include service details and bereaved family.
The Past Matrons association of Annette chapter Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7 30 this evening at the home of Mrs Marion Dow Stacy street Saco. Mrs Ella Luman will assist as hostess
The Junior choir of the Unitarian Universalist churches will start rehearsals for Easter music on Thursday at 6 30 p m at the Unitarian parish house in Saco.
New York pundit discusses the ongoing Candid Camera prank spree and the public’s patient humor. Allen Funt and his team push ethical limits as viewers examine reactions, while other network offerings like Perry Como and Private Eye Private Eye provide competing entertainment choices for the evening.
McIntire of Maine announces acceptance to invite President John F. Kennedy to attend a July frontier celebration organized by the towns of St. Stephen New Brunswick and Calais Maine. The event aims to foster cross border community ties and regional pride.
Jacob Zulauf of Cheyenne was fined 100 dollars and had his license suspended for 30 days after a driving conviction. He appealed to district court, which upheld the penalty and added 30 days in jail and a further license suspension for a year.
Suburban Red Bank White Oak toted up its court citations for 1960 and found that one of the 126 persons cited in November was charged with unlawfully permitting 4 cows to graze uncontrolled.
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Albee 75 widow of George W Albee who died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Limerick were held Monday at the Free Baptist church with Rev Gordon Dehaas officiating. Born January 9 1886 in Sugar Brook New Brunswick she was a former Biddeford resident and a Limerick Grange member. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Bessie Clough and Mrs Robert Heffernan of Biddeford a son Stephen of Presque Isle eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Interment will be in Goodwins Mills in the springtime.
Funeral services for Dr George F E Boynton retired dentist of 1 Tioga avenue Ocean Park were held yesterday at 10 from the Bennett and Craig funeral home 65 Main Street Saco Rev oe A Bennett pastor of the Saco United Kantist church officiated Entombment was in Oak Hill cemetery Auburn with burial to take place in the springtime
Ribicoff warned enrollments in public elementary and secondary schools will rise from 36 million in 1959-60 to 44 million in 1968-69, needing 437000 more instructional staff and 600000 new classrooms. Expenditures rose from 6.5 to 16.5 billion dollars, and federal aid is urged as state and local taxes surge while federal debt grows slowly by comparison.
Advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment for immediate pile relief. Claims fast cooling astringent formula provides joyful relief with 40 years of use. Mentions druggists price 55 cents or 85 cent applicator tube. Money back guarantee.
Cloudy and cold through the afternoon with snow moving in early evening. Snow likely to mix with sleet and freezing rain overnight along the coast. Thursday brings rain sleet and snow ending by morning with partial clearing in the afternoon. Gale warnings on the coast. winds shift from east to northeast to west and northwest. Record low temperatures include Caribou 6 and Portland 22.
Castine Maine Maritime Academy students will gain practical experience through atomic energy propulsion courses. Rear Adm. George J. King announced an atomic reactor installation to simulate shipboard nuclear propulsion, paired with a reactor simulator and power plant simulator by September 1. The setup, fueled with uranium, will be housed in the academy’s new engineering building and supplement theory with hands on work.
Biddeford Board of Assessors will open their office from 9 am to 5 pm from April 1 to 10 for all residents liable to taxation. Owners must report polls and all real and personal property with details on nature, location and value. Changes in property distribution must be reported. failure to comply bars tax abatement unless proof of inability to apply exists. Assessors: Arthur Brunelle chief, Car F Sheltra, Ordpilda A Chabot. Blank schedules available at the office.
In Saco municipal court Judge Hilary F. Mahaney fined two violators this morning. Philip W. Frenette, 19, of Biddeford, paid 15 dollars for driving an unregistered vehicle. Harriet C. Gerry, 43, of Limerick, was fined 15 dollars for passing a red light.
TWUA debate continues on page one with calls to end cotton price differentials, remove wool tariffs, pay production subsidies to sheep-raisers, and impose import quotas on textiles and garments, reflecting pressure on the textile industry and cross-cutting policy remedies.
The PUC endorsed alternate routes for trucking between Fairfield and Augusta and U S Route 201 and Route 95 between Augusta and Portland. It said present schedules between Waterbine Augusta Lewiston and Portland would face no interference.
Activities in Biddeford last night and this morning were routine and quiet. No accidents or disturbances were reported to police and no municipal court session was held. Firemen were called only once to clean up spilled gas from a truck on Alfred Street this morning. No ambulance runs were made.
Mrs. Freda Bazley 34 of Winthrop was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of her 21 month old daughter Diana. Superior Court Justice Thomas F. Delehanty directed an innocent verdict after the state failed to prove willful neglect. Diana died January 14. doctors cited malnutrition.
Sylvester M. Case of Lubec Maine was killed Tuesday when a tank he rode broke through a wooden bridge at Camp Picket Virginia and overturned. Case lived in Beltsville Maryland with his wife and 6 year old son. His father Otis Case lives in Lubec.
At a meeting of the Owen-Davis Post American Legion in Saco Beach Street post home a $100 bond was purchased in the Saco Industrial drive and a $5 donation to the United Cerebral Palsy association was voted. The post agreed to sponsor a Little League team and honored adjutant Arthur Albecht who resigned for business reasons.
At Saco Hospital announcements list Tammy Lee Chadbourne and Sandy Marie Chadbourne born March 4 to Mr and Mrs Floyd Chadbourne of North Berwick weighing 4 pounds 15 ounces and 5 pounds 9 ounces. Kevin John Larkin born February 26 to Mr and Mrs John Larkin of Saco weighing 7 pounds. Cynthia Louise Angell born February 17 to Lt and Mrs Richard Angell at Naval Hospital Monterey California weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Leonard Angell of Kennebunk and Mr and Mrs Louis L Mann of Bakersfield California.
A pacifist group says a member will attempt to board the Polaris submarine Abraham Lincoln during its commissioning at Portsmouth Naval Base on Saturday. The group will also picket Pease Air Force Base and stage two civil disobedience acts, initiating a 340 mile peace march to the United Nations in New York. Participants include Arthur Harvey of Raymond New Hampshire and Ed Guerard of New York. Security will be tightened as officials anticipate approach by small boats in the base area. The ceremony is set for 3 p.m. with tide inflow expected.
A committee has been named for the rummage sale sponsored by the Unitarian Women's Alliance. The sale will be held Saturday March 18 from 9 a m to 2 p m at the Saco Unitarian church parish house on School street. Lillian Chapin is chairman with members Mrs George Harrison Mrs Edmund Beal Mrs Charles Anthony Mrs Howard Shaffer Miss Katharine Deering Mrs Leon Libby Mrs Leavitt Emmons and Mrs Frank Twambley in charge of arrangements.
A large snowstorm moved east from the Rockies, dumping up to six inches in Nebraska and Wyoming and spreading into Colorado and Iowa. Nebraska reports two highway deaths, while several tornadoes caused damage in Mississippi and Texas, with injuries and property losses across Alabama, Mississippi, and Cullman.
A Swedish freighter Parramatta crew including 18 non-Swedish members strike at Pier 41 San Francisco over raw fish diet and captain’s discipline. Sailors demand less raw food more hot meals towels and soap, while captain cites poor cleanliness and revokes privileges. The ship docked from Oregon to load lumber and general freight.
New York stocks drift lower in heavy trading as most major issues fall slightly with some named names posting gains against the trend. The Dow Jones average dips 1.75 to 665.39 while the AP 60 slips 0.60 to 238.50, with mixed results across chemicals copper steel and autos.
Film star Elizabeth Taylor, 29, battling double pneumonia in London, is vastly improved according to Dr. Victor Ratner. Attending doctors report her condition as it remains serious while her husband Eddie Fisher leaves the London Clinic with a hopeful mood.
Paris young Eric Peugeot was seized last April by two Frenchmen Raymond Rolland and Pierre Marie Larcher who faced kidnapping charges after confessing. A Danish beauty queen and two others were charged with complicity. The boy was released after a $100,000 ransom was paid by his father. Police also detained Mitsouko the Eurasian stripper briefly.
Biddeford police installed a new cash box and receipt machine at the station. The duplicating device prints two copies from the original, with one kept at the station and the other in the chief's office. The box opens by a top button. Purchased from Wilson Jones Grayline Business Machines of Illinois yesterday afternoon.
Visitors welcomed by King Court Order of Amaranth at the 100F hall in Saco. 75 members attended as guests from Pineland, Gorham, and Royalty courts of Portland. Grand Royal Patron James Littlejohn Jr spoke on the Grand Court meeting in Lewiston March 31 and April 1.
Maine senators split on Charles Meriwether nomination to lead the Export-Import Bank. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith voted to send Meriwether back to committee while Sen. Edmund S. Muskie joined the majority to reject the motion. Markets were little moved in quiet dealing.
Nantucket Mass residents voted at a special town meeting to allow George Rezendes a policeman to be one inch shorter than mainland standards. The legislature approved the short cop bill after Gov Volpe signed it, enabling Rezendes and others to join the Nantucket Police Department amid a town budget of about 1 million dollars and stable tax rate.
HALLOWELL The town observes the 103rd birthday of its oldest resident Mrs Eliza beth Day in a nursing home. Despite age she remains in good health, reads without glasses and jokes about her true age. Widowed, she was married to Everett K Day founder of the E K Day clothing store in Rumford.
Richard E. Tremblay, Prudential agent at 260 Main Street Biddeford, spoke to the St. Louis high school senior class this afternoon on life insurance. A question and answer period followed the address.
Officials of St Francis College announced the deadline for National Defense Education Act student aid applications as Friday March 24. They noted last year the area received extra funds and hope for similar consideration this year. Under the National Defense Student Loan program students may borrow up to 5000 dollars through the college with a maximum of 1000 per year, repayable over ten years after study.
The Roy al Oaks chapter of Trans Atlantic Brides and Parents association voted donations to the Heart fund and the Red Cross at a meeting last night hosted by Mrs Muriel Lamarre. Mrs Diane Moreau was appointed treasurer to fill an unexpired term. The next meeting on April 4 will be at Mrs Margaret Chasse Biddeford with a bring and buy sale.
Stanley J. Leen, president of the State Chamber of Commerce, urged Bangor directors to reject negative attitudes about Maine and its economy. He cited plant expansions and job growth, including a potato plant at Houston, a beef plant at South Portland, a Raytheon plant in Lewiston employing 2000, and St. Regis Paper Co plans at Bucksport for an $8.5 million plant, the largest industrial expansion in New England this year.
Mrs. Leonard Feingold publicity chair for Hadassah New England Region announces that regional headquarters will present the story of the Seiar Ceremonial or Passover service on Friday March 10 at 7:00 p.m. on WNAC TV Channel 7. Miss Louise Morgan of Boston will interview Mrs. Herman H. Rubenovitz first president of the New England Region and Mrs. Arnold Conner current president of the Boston chapter.
More than 150 guests attended the opening of Mariam's Bridal salon at 109 May Street Biddeford. Mrs Miram Fontaine hosted as models Rita Bissonnette Judy Hopkins and Donna Dawley showcased new spring and summer gowns with Elegante and Vogue NYC accessories. Bouquets were provided by Bruce Flower Shop Biddeford and Bertins of Westbrook.
Sir Thomas Beecham, famed British conductor, led the Beecham Opera Company and the London Philharmonic, elevated the New Symphony Orchestra, and debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1928. He married multiple times, fathered two sons, spent WWII in the United States, and was named a Companion for Honor in 1957.
Provision allows cancellation of up to half of a student loan if the borrower serves as a full time teacher in a public elementary or secondary school. For more information contact the registrar at St Francis College.
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