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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1962

Page

2

Local residents listed as patients at Notre Dame and area hospitals

The notices name numerous Biddeford Saco and surrounding residents undergoing surgical or medical treatment at Notre Dame hospital and Children’s hospital Boston. Names include Fay Gallards Gerald R. Smith and Lisa Butland, plus several residents at Notre Dame hospital in Biddeford and Saco.

Albert Nickerson Kennebunk Notre Dame Hospital Pinto Provencal Rey Haiddeford Children’s Hospital Longwood Avenue Boston Fay Gallards Graham Street Biddeford Gerald R. Smith Lucille Roberge Great Lakes Ill Jeannine Plante Normand Plante Pinestreet Laco Raymond Labbe Sargent Street Westbrook Guy Lizotte Jean Paul Lizotte Elm Street Sandra Camire Willie Camire Main Street Saco Wilfred Pombriant Oak Street Victorie Gervais Pearl] Street Raoul Rocray Granite Street Normand A. Larose USN Rhea’ N. Larose Cleaves Street Washoe County San Diego Calif Sinai Martel Summer Street Charlene Martel San Francisco Tampa Fla L. Bernard Shevenell U. S. Marine Corps Jeanne L. Sheend Alfred Street Rose Anna Frechette Pike Street Amanda LeBlond Prospect Street Theole Legare

Saco Rebekah Lodge Plans Saturday Meeting at Odd Fellows Hall

The Saco Rebekah lodge will meet Saturday at 7 30 p m in Odd Fellows hall with a rehearsal to follow. Traveling Beehive is in Saco lodge per leaders report. Notre Dame Thrift Shop handles Group A with Captain Mrs Fillmore Harris next week.

Saco Rebekah Lodge Odd Fellows Hall Saco Lodge Notre Dame Thrift Shop Fillmore Harris Biddeford Clayton Cartmill Harvard Museum Cambridge Mass Patricia Griffin

Church Notes Highlight Multiple Sunday Confessions and Activities

The Saco area church listings note confessions at St Monica Kennsebunk St Martha Kennsebunk and St Mary Wells on Saturday. Meetings include the E and L Club at Saco Street Methodist, Junior and Senior Fellowships at White Church Biddeford, and three final YMCA splash parties for biddeford students with trips to Portland.

St Monica Church Kennsebunk St. Martha Church Kensebunk St. Mary Church Wells Paul Croxford White Church Biddeford Portland

Three Wills Presented for Filing in Court

Samuel Lublinsky of Old Orchard Beach died February 5 and his will asks for three bronze markers for a memorial tablet at Congregation Etz Chaim Synagogue Biddeford. $100 to the synagogue and $100 to Mishkan Tephelia cemetery for perpetual care. residue to widow Annie D. Lublinsky as executrix. Edith E. Cooke Wells died February 6 and her will names Donald Marsh Jordan as executor and sole beneficiary for years of aid. First National Bank of Biddeford, trustee for Elizabeth R. Vaughan, asks for accounting to establish a South Berwick recreational center for youths with a $62,574.69 balance. judge conference scheduled.

Samuel Lublinsky Old Orchard Beach York County Alfred Congregation Etz Chaim Synaogue Biddeford Aline Reinstein Lublinsky John Lublinsky Lublinsky Mishkan Tephelia West Roxbury Mass Annie D. Lublinsky Edith E. Cooke Wells Donald Marsh Jordan Miss Cooke First National Bank of Elizabeth R. Vaughan South Berwick Roberts

Death of Lawrence A. Peakes Prominent Maine Educator

Lawrence A. Peakes aged 55 died last Thursday night in a Bangor hospital. He served as president of the New England Association of School Superintendents in 1959 and had been Bangor’s superintendent since 1955. A former president of the Maine Superintendents Association, he also led School Unions 25 Rumford Hanover and 24 Andover Byron Mexico Roxbury, and was principal at Mexico High School and Strong High School.

Rangor Lawrence A. Peakes New England Association of School Superintendents Peakes Maine Superintendents Association Bangor School Union Rumford Hanover Andover Byron Mexico Roxbury Strong High

Mabel H Seely 69 dies after brief illness in Sanford

Mrs Mabel H Seely 69 wife of Joseph Seely of North Berwick former Old Orchard Beach resident died yesterday in Sanford hospital after a brief illness. Born January 2 1893 in Somerville Mass she lived in Old Orchard Beach many years before moving to North Berwick in 1955. Funeral services set for Monday at 11 am Hayes Funeral Home North Berwick with burial in Puritan Lawn Cemetery West Peabody Mass.

Mabel H. Seely Joseph Seely North Berwick Old Orchard Beach Sansford Somerville Mass John Margaret ‘Hoy’ Morrison Ernest L. Seely Barre Alvan Howard Melrose Hayes Funeral Home Puritan Lawn Cemetery West Peabody

Elks Lodge to Hold Memorial for Alfred Le doux

Biddeford Saco lodge of Elks meets at 7 30 tonight at San Soucy Funeral Home on Stone Street Biddeford to conduct a memorial service for Alfred Le doux a lodge member.

Biddeford-Saco Lodge of Elks Sansoucy Funeral Home Stone Street Biddeford Alfred Ledoux

Biddeford police and funeral home to honor Alfred Ledoux

Members of the Biddeford Police Department and the city pole commission will gather at Sansoucy Funeral Home at 6 PM to pay respects to Alfred F. Ledoux a former department member.

Biddeford Pone Commission Police Department Sansoucy Funeral Home Alfred F. Ledoux

Springlike calm in Laco with mild morning news

City residents enjoyed a gentle springlike morning while Municipal court heard three dog chasing deer cases. No fires or accidents logged at the fire station. City hall works on the annual budget ahead of a March 19 first reading. Excise tax income down for 1962 though late 1961 car registrations offset much. School lunch week observed at Young School with officials serving midday. Saco river runoff lifts water levels but no flood danger. ice remains above the dams.

Laco City Hall Clifford Purvis Purvis Saco Young School

Portland Weather Outlook Maps Snow to Rain Then Clearing

This afternoon into tonight Portland area will be mostly sunny then increasing cloudiness with light snow by morning. East to southeast winds rise to 10 to 15 mph by morning with onshore coastal flow. Saturday turns from snow to rain as temperatures rise, with rain ending by evening.

Portland Caribou Eastport Greenville Old Town Rumford Mt. Wash Concord Boston Halifax Montreal

Noted Psychiatrist Talks To St. Mary Associates

The March meeting of St. Mary associates in St. Mary parish hall featured a nominating committee for May, a lecture by Dr. Arthur P. Stebbins of Portland on emotional and mental illness, and a social session. Attendees included numerous parish members, sisters, and local residents, with awards announced and refreshments served.

St. Mary Associates St. Mary Parish Hall Arthur P. Stebbins Portland Rudolph Bergeron Norman McAuley Howard Barnes Walter Nelson Leo Montpas Richard Gradone Jere O'Leary Frank Carey Gail Addorio Carey Joseph Jxerry March St. Mary School Stebbinson Joseph Kerry M.bernardus Kathleen Mary Helena Maura Agnita Mary Peter Maurice Richard Monique Chaisson Dennis Addorio Patrick Tousignant William B. Cosgrove Fernand Cadorette Gradone J.A. Hobbins Carroll Donovan Edward M. Reilly Arthur J. Cadorette Marcel Dubreuil John Merrill Manuel J. Lawrence Mariel Nelson Dorothy Hall Paul Girard Charles V. Hall Newman McDonald George Spirounias Raymond D. Couture F. Carey Albert Beaudoin Cornelius Enright

Altar Cloth Gift Planned By Madisses at First Parish

The Madisses of the First Parish Congregational Church Saco report a hand made purple altar cloth by Mrs Lillian Black from materials provided by the group. A presentation ceremony will be arranged and a donation to the altar flower fund approved. Lent banks distributed for Easter return.

First Parish Congregational Church Saco Lillian Black Madisses Group Margaret Gross Pauline Emerson Cochairmen Barbara Freeman Marjorie Kimball Ruth Meserve Maxine Burnham Midge Tripp Irene McIver Rose Dyer Edith Gonneville Lois Currier

Contested Maine wills spark probate court filings

Judge Roberts hears appeals on the Stickney and Morrill estates in York county Superior court. The Stickney will faced objections over the decedent Laura Stickney’s mental capacity and undue influence allegations. Executors face questions about qualifications and bond, with substantial real and personal assets cited. A March 15 briefing deadline followed a February 27 hearing.

Joan Cleary Stickney Laura Black Stickney Richard Stickney Marion Stickney Frederick C. Gevalt Lakeville Conn Ruth Glazer New York City Trust Hospital May Street Biddeford Trull Hospital Fitanides American Tel Tel General Electric Morrill Howard A. Morrill Saco Arthur L. Morrill Arundel Sadie W. Morrill Waterhouse, Spencer and Carroll N. B T. B. Walker Atty. Clyfton Hewes School Street Methodist Church Laurel Hill Cemetery Association Ernest L. Morrill Gerald S. Morrill Baltimore Sara FE. Morrill San Bruno Cal Ernest J. Morrill Millard M. Morrison Martin A. Morrison Frankfort Indiana Marjorie R. Linscott Dayton Howard A Ruth M. Ott Providence R. I Grace M. Morrison Ott Sallie Ott O'Hagan Morrisons Morrills Roberts

Storm and Maryland hit hard by widespread disaster

Governors across New Jersey Delaware and Maryland declare emergencies as coastlines flood. In Ocean City Maryland 90 percent of the boardwalk is destroyed while many homes and hotels are washed away. New York areas Long Island Coney Island Staten Island and Fire Island suffer severe damage. Insurance adjusters arrive as the National Board of Fire Underwriters notes wind damage is covered but flood damage often is not unless under specific policies.

H. Mat Adams New Jersey Richard 4. Hughes Elbert N. Carvel Delaware Carvel Maryland J. Millard Tawes Ocean City Florida Fort Pierce Bay Biscayne Palm Beach Miami Beach New York Long Island Coney Island Brooklyn Staten Island Fire Island National Board of Fire Underwriters

Car Fire at 3 Memorial Drive Involving Henry Roeray

Biddeford firemen responded to a car fire at 3 Memorial Drive. The vehicle owned and occupied by Henry Roeray of the same address was reported burning this morning. Nothing was used on arrival.

Biddeford Memorial Drive Henry Roeray

Estate petition hearing for Grace Kozloff set for March 13

The petition for an allowance from the estate of the late Walter Kozloff of Saco was heard in lieu of a hearing. A March 13 hearing date has been set. Attorney P. A. Fitanides is executor of the Kozloff will and the firm Spi and Spill of Biddeford represents Mrs. Kozloff.

Walter Kozloff Saco Grace Kozloff Ip. A. Fitanides I Kozloff Spi. and Spill. Biddeford Mrs. Kozloff

St Louis Band Concert Aids Festival Fund

St Louis high school band plans a March 17 concert at 8 p.m. in St Joseph parish hall Biddeford to raise the final $900 needed for the Cherry Blossom Festival trip to Washington DC. Students from St Joseph St Andre and St Louis high schools run ticket sales with Marcel Drapeau announcing.

St. Louis St. Joseph Parish Hall Biddeford Washington, D.C St. Joseph St. Andre Marcel Mike) Drapeau Adrien Cote Old McDonald Old Vienna K.L. King John Philip Sousa Washington Post

Lewiston Council Meeting Discusses Controversial 80 Page Booklet

A regular Lewiston council meeting is scheduled for Monday at 7 p m at the town hall. Attendees will address distribution progress and the council's receipt of copies of the 80 page booklet from a local printer.

Lewiston

Camp Ellis Fire Auxiliary Installs Chaplain at Meeting

Mrs Ruth Stackpole is installed as chaplain during Camp Ellis Firemen's auxiliary meeting at the fire station. Past President Mrs Mary Pendleton is installed as officer with Mrs Elsie Buzzell as sergeant at arms. A report on station cleaning is given by Mrs Buzzell and echoed by several volunteers. Refreshments are arranged for next week and a social hour follows.

Ruth Stackpole Camp Ellis Mary Pendleton Elsie Buzzell Buzzell Joan Boutet Cynthia Lemay Leona Allen Christine Peterson Christobel Gagnon Marjorie Pendleton Laura Robbins Theresa Pendleton Betty Shaw Greta Greenier Eleanor Shaffer Mabel Cloudman Lillian Gagnon Laurette McAlevey Lillian Morris Christabel Gagnon Alfreda Pendleton

Kennebunk School Addition Bid Results Announced

Supt John J Seekins Jr says Littlefield Brothers of North Berwick will build a four room extension to Park street school Kennebunk with completion in 130 days after signing. Final bid 56218 60 includes Alternates A B C D. low bids from Marland Construction Co Perron Bros and George D Matteo among 13 bids ranged 51400 to 69702.

Littlefield Brothers North Berwick Park Street Kennebunk John J. Seekins Kennebunk Superintending Schools Committee Marland Construction Co Portland Perron Bros Biddeford George D. Matteo South Portland Maurice E. Clark Littlefield Bros P. Reuben and Co., Inc Peter D'Ascanio D'Ascanio

Degree Work Scheduled by Biddeford K of C Council

Grand Knight Philip Masse announced plans for the second and third degrees on March 29 and April 1 for a Biddeford K of C Council class. The council voted to become gold patrons of St Patrick's concert and donate to the Red Cross drive.

Philip Masse Biddeford Council As of Columbus K. of C All St. Patrick's St. Mary Parish Biddeford Red Cross Biddeford Heart Fund Norman Beaupre

Legion Plans Birthday Celebration In Biddeford Maine

The Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley post American Legion met at Biddeford City Building to finalize a March 14 birthday dinner at the Wonderbar Steak House with speaker Bertrand Lagueux of Augusta. Mayor Clement Deschambault invited. cake planned by Mrs. Peter Farley. membership 135. March 11 to 17 declared Birthday Week.

Legion Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post American Legion Biddeford Joseph Hanusek Wonderbar Steak House Bertrand Lagueux Augusta Peter Farley Edward Farley Olivar Bolduc Togus Edgar Sevigny Ralph D. Caldwell Glenwood Avenue Portland Maurice Parisien Harraseeker Grange Hall Freeport Roland Shank Old Westcustoge Inn Yarmouth Cumberland County Edwin Heywood Post Royal Sheltra York County Council Eliot Deschambault Americal Legion Nelson Bergeron

Flu Outbreak Closes Stockton Springs School

In Stockton Springs a flu outbreak has forced the elementary school to close for 10 days. With 40 of 150 pupils ill, health officer Mrs. Herbert Smith ordered all students to stay home until March 19. The order also covers about 50 secondary students who attend Searsport High School.

Stockton Springs Herbert Smith Searsport

Marriage Intentions Filed in Biddeford

The Biddeford City Clerk's office lists Arthur H. Hussey of 62 River Road and Claire R. Deschamba ult of 506 Main Street as marriage intentions on file.

Biddeford Arthur H. Hussey River Road Claire R. Deschambault Main Street

Biddeford Man Seeks Second Pardon Petition

Marcel Bilodeau of Biddeford 46 petitions for pardon or commutation of a 3 to 5 year morals offense sentence. The filing cites hardship on his wife and children. he began serving Oct 11 1960. Gov Reed and the Executive Council will hear June 6. a first petition was denied June 6.

Augusta Marcel Bilodeau Biddeford Edward L. Caron Bilodeau Reed Executive Council

Three Men Fined for Loose Dogs in Saco Deer Season

In Saco Municipal Court Judge Hilary F. Mahaney fined Maurice Thibeault 28 of Alfred, Thomas Kouzounas 43 of Lafayette Street, and Henry Cowgill 41 of Weymouth Street $25 each after pleading guilty to letting their dogs chase deer during a restricted season. Game Warden Thomas Bryant filed the complaint.

Hilary F. Mahaney Saco Thomas Bryant Maurice Thibeault Alfred Thomas Kouzounas Lafayette Street Henry Cowgill Weymouth

Rockefeller Eyes 1964 GOP Win After Lincoln Day Remarks

Rockefeller said the GOP did well in eight of nine special House elections since 1960 and cited Republican gains in Maine. He referenced Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s Lincoln Day speech condemning defeatist attitudes and favored uniting to back a strong 1964 presidential bid.

Pace Rockefeller Maine Waterville Saco Margaret Chase Smith

Arundel Man Appeals Case To High Court

An Arundel man was fined 250 dollars or 90 days in jail after being found guilty of driving under the influence. Gerard J. Lapierre, 37, appealed through Attorney Melnick to York County Superior Court. Bail was set at 1,000 dollars and his license suspended.

Arundel Biddeford Gerard J. Lapierre Atty Roberts Melnick York County Lepierre

Game Warden Suspended For Writing Anonymous Letters

Augusta officials suspend Charles Cochran a 41 year old Limerick game warden after an investigation found he authored anonymous letters signed with various aliases over four years. The conduct unbecoming an officer charge remains non criminal and final disposition awaits further inquiry. Cochran served 14 years as district warden mostly in Limerick and had failed two supervisor exams.

Augusta Fish and Game Roland H. Cobb Charles Cochran Limerick Cobb Maynard F. Marsh Cochran Marsh

Sanford Non-Com Decorated In Korea

Maine veteran M. Sgt. William M. Duggan of Sanford was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal by Lt. Col. William H. Prince for meritorious service with Recruiting Detachment 110. His work covered southern Maine and eastern New Hampshire and focused on organizing and promoting community relations programs. Duggan previously served as vice president of the Maine Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Usan Afb Korea Maine Air Force William M. Duggan Sanford Air Force Commendation William H. Prince Duggan New Hampshire Maine Junior Chamber of Commerce

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Bandana Soongsters Saco Salvation Army E. and L Saco School Street Methodist Church Carrie Emery Ferry Road Ethel Cobb Herberta Harriman Dwight R. Walsh Bates College Richard White Mary Clopper Biddeford Pool Jere Dearborn Lawrence Peakes Journal Carriers Leo Bourque Pool Road Michael St. Andre School Independent Merchant Michael Bourque Madisses York County Superior Court Theophilus A. Fitanides North Carolina Terry Sanford St Louis Kennebunk School K of C Council Frenel Arundel Man High Court Spill Lapierre Sanford Non-Com Fenderson Lee Riders T, Saco
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