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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1964

Page

2

Local Residents Enter Hospitals and Attend New Officers

Raoul Bellefeuille and Roland Mercier are medical patients at Webber Hospital and Saco Osteopathic Hospital respectively. Miss Yvonne Doyon attends Boston Gift Show. Joseph Roberge is at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs. Beaulieu and daughter Mrs. Brown attended Fifth U S Infantry Auxiliary installation in Portland with Beaulieu named sergeant at arms and Brown as treasurer, following a pre installation supper in Lewiston.

Raoul Bellefeuille Summer St Biddeford Webber Hospital Yvonne Doyon Juliette Yvonne Boston Roland Mercier Beach St Saco Cecil Dusseault Gray Ave Notre Dame Hospital Bernadette Beaulieu Lorraine Brown Elm St Fifth U. S. Infantry Auxiliary Dania Hall Portland Beaulieu Brown Nan-King Lewiston

Biddeford and area veterans and clubs schedule meetings

The Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary meets tonight at 7:30 in Biddeford City building. Mothers of Biddeford Boy Scout Troop 309 meet at 8 p m tomorrow in K of C Hall Biddeford. Wardwell Home board of managers meets Thursday March 12 at 2 p m 43 Middle St Saco. York County Fish and Game Association Auxiliary meets tonight at 8 at Mrs rly Potter Beach Street Saco. A sewing session for March 11 by Biddeford and Saco Community Service Club postponed to March 18. Auxiliary of Alexander MacMillan Post Royal Canadian Legion meets tonight at 7:30 at Mrs Diane Dubue 633 Elm St Biddeford. Past Presidents of Fred S Gurney Women's Relief Corps meet Wednesday at 7:30 p m at Mrs Arthur Emmons Middle Street Saco. Owen Davis Unit American Legion Auxiliary meets Wednesday at Beach Street Saco post home with a 6:30 p m supper and dance to The Wheels. Dames Rochambeau Club meets tonight at 7:30 at the club South Street Biddeford. Biddeford Civil Defense and Public Safety Organization meets tonight at 7:30 in the Biddeford City court room. Past Noble Grands Association Evangeline Rebekah Lodge Biddeford meets Wednesday at 7:30 p m at Mrs Helen Wormwood Ferry Road Saco with Mrs Helen Garside assisting.

York County Fish and Game Association Rly Potter Beach Street Aco Alexander MacMillan Royal Canadian Legion Diane Dubue Elm St Biddeford Fred S Gurney Women's Relief Corps Arthur Emmons Middle Street Saco Owen Davis American Legion Auxiliary Post American Legion Noble Grands Association Evangeline Rebekah Lodge Helen Wormwood Ferry Road Helen Garside

Church Services and Meetings Noted in Local Parishes

Holy Communion to be celebrated Tuesday at 8 a.m. in Christ Church Biddeford and at 7 45 p.m. in Trinity Church Saco. Mid week prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Biddeford United Baptist church. Prayer meeting Tuesday 7 30 p.m. Full Gospel church Wells Route 9 A. Home League of the Saco Salvation Army meets Tuesday 7 30 p.m.

Christ Church Biddeford Trinity Church Saco Biddeford United Baptist Church Full Gospel Route 9-A Wells Saco Salvation Army

Funeral services for Henry J. Girard Biddeford

Funeral services for Henry J. Girard of 65 Pike St Biddeford were held at 9 a m Saturday at St Marys Church Biddeford A requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev Maurice Goan with William Cleary as vocalist and Miss Elizabeth Seidel on organ Interment followed in the family lot at St Hyacinthe Cemetery Westbrook Bearers were Albert Lemieux Kenneth Whitten Robert Kelley Paul Grenier Richard Squires and Conrad Nolette

Henry J. Girard Pike St Biddeford St. Mary's Church Maurice Goan William Cleary Elizabeth Seidel St. Hyacinthe Cemetery Westbrook Albert Lemieux Kenneth Whitten Robert Kelley Paul Grenier Richard Squires Conrad Nolette

Auburn Chosen As School Site for Vocational School

The State Board of Education selected the 110 acre Auburn city farm as the site for Androscoggin County vocational school by a 6 to 3 vote after visiting Auburn and Lewiston sites. Legislature created the school last session and voters approved a bond last fall. It will open in Lewiston in temporary quarters next September.

Lewiston State Board of Education Auburn Androscoggin County Saturn

Deaths Mrs Alphonsine Pelletier 80 Biddeford

Mrs Alphonsine Pelletier 80 of 55 Cutts Street Biddeford died Saturday in a local hospital Born in Arthabaska Canada January 24 1884 she was a member of Ste Anne Sodality St Joseph Church and former treasurer She is survived by three daughters two sons two sisters and seven grandchildren Funeral services will be 9 am Wednesday from St Joseph Church Friends may call at Sansoucy Funeral Home 1 Stone Street Biddeford today and tomorrow

Alphonsine Pelletier Cutts St Biddeford Arthabaska Canada Pierre and Emelie (Moria) La[pante Ste. Anne

Hindhaugh Rites Set After Kennebunk Death at 78

Mrs Agnes D Hindhaugh 78 longtime Kennebunk resident died after a long illness at a Biddeford hospital She was widow of John A Hindhaugh born in Switzerland Oct 15 1885 Surviving stepsons Arthur Drescig Fairview NY Adrian Hindhaugh Winthrop stepdaughters Mrs John Stalder Palisades Park NJ Mrs Leon Gardiner Kittery Rev Fred Holmberg will officiate Tuesday at 3 at Bibber Memorial Chapel Burial at Pine Grove Cemetery West Kennebunk Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

Kennebunk Agnes D. Hindhaugh Biddeford John A. Hindhaugh Hindhaugh Switzerland Arthur Drescig Fairview N. Y Adrian Hindhaugh Winthrop John Stalder Palisades Park N.J Leon Gardiner Kittery Fred Holmberg Bibber Memorial Chapel Summer St Pine Groveemetery West Kennebunk

Mrs Marie St Jean 50 of Hills Beach dies after long illness

Mrs Marie St Jean 50 of Hills Beach Biddeford died in a Biddeford hospital early Sunday after a long illness. Born July 14 1913 in Biddeford daughter of Joseph and Carolyn Auger she attended St Andre's and Presentation of Mary schools. She operated Marie's Beauty Salon in Manchester NH for about 14 years. Survived by husband Normand St Jean three sons Paul Hughes Robert Hughes Raymond Hughes and daughter Kathleen Belair four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford Monday and Tuesday 2 to 10 p.m. Funeral from St Andre's Church Wednesday at 9 a.m. Interment in St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford.

Marie Jeanne Auger St. Jean Hills Beach Biddeford Joseph and Carolyn Brazeau Auger St. Andre's School Presentation of Mary Farnham Que St. Jean Manchester N.H Marie Normand St. Jean Paul Hughes U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Robert Hughes U.S. Air Force Japan Raymond Hughes Kathleen Belair Aime Armand Auger Paul Auger N. H Blanche Parenteau Gabrielle Cronkhite Lewiston Femond Hill St St. Andre’s St. Joseph's Cemetery Iddeford

Walter M Harmon 81 Temple Avenue Dies in Biddeford Hospital

Walter M Harmon 81 of Temple Avenue Saco died at a Biddeford hospital. He was born September 2 1882 in Saco son of Charles and Henrietta Harmon. A former Saco Fire Department captain he worked 20 years for Boston and Maine Railroad and retired from Bates Manufacturing Co ten years ago. Survived by his widow two stepdaughters Jeanette Emery and Doris Fournier three stepgrandchildren and several nieces. Funeral services 2 pm tomorrow at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call today 2-4 and 7-9 pm.

Old Orchard Beach Walter Millard Harmon Temple Avenue Biddeford Saco Charles Henrietta Nutter) Harmon Boston and Maine Railroad Bates Mfg. Co Jeanette Emery Doris Fournier Leominster Mass Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Main St Laurel Hill Cemetery

Charles Chenard 47 Worcester Man Dies Suddenly

Charles Mark Chenard 47 of Worcester died suddenly at his home. Born in Biddeford Maine on January 9 1917 he was employed by Norton Co for 25 years. He leaves a widow Eva Labbe Conard and three children along with eight brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements include calling hours today and Tuesday at OConnor Funeral Home and a funeral mass at Holy Rosary Church Wednesday morning.

Worcester Mass Charles Mark Chenard Biddeford Maine Henry Blanche (Pinard) Chenard Norton Co Eva ‘Labbe’ Conard Mark James Chenard A Daugher Eve Anne Chenard Paul H

Portland Marine Forecast With Cloudy Showers

Small craft warnings along the coast. Cloudy with light rain or drizzle. Highs in the mid to upper 30s. East to southeast winds 10 to 20 mph becoming southwest later. Tonight showers then partial clearing. Lows upper 20s to mid 30s. Winds NW 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday partly cloudy with little temperature change.

Portland

March Tides High at P M Mornings and Evenings

Readable fragments show tidal times for March with listings of dawn and dusk hours and amplitudes. The data appear as a sequence of morning and evening highs and lows with numeric values and intervals.

Ogunquit Women Hear Talk On Vatican Council

Ogunquit Woman's Club hears Rev. Leo White of York Beach on St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Ecumenical Council with slides from Rome. Speakers note Protestant observers and World’s Fair Pieta move. post event poster contest winners named.

Ogunquit Leo White York Beach Ogunquit Baptist Church St. Peter's Basilica Vatican Ecumenical Council Father White Rome Europe Nunzio Vayana Marion Dutch Maine Federation of Woman's Clubs

Democrats Propose Maine Income Tax for Education

At the Lewiston biennial platform meeting Democrats unveiled an income tax proposal to fund major education improvements. Other planks include graduate study for psychologists and social workers, a $1.25 minimum wage, and reforms in unemployment, milk pricing, ski resort development, water protection, and expanded two year tech programs at the University of Maine.

Lewiston Maine University of Maine William D. Hathaway Congress Edmund S. Muskie Health & Welfare Department

Colavito Tops AL Games Led by Athletics Star

Rocky Colavito, star outfielder with the Kansas City Athletics, emphasizes his preference for playing as many American League games as possible. He notes that last season marked the fourth time he led in a key statistic.

Rocky Colavito Kansas City Athletics Fouth

Kennebunk Man Fined $100 In Saco Court

Donald A. Gosselin of Kennebunk pleaded guilty in Saco Municipal Court to driving under the influence on Main Street near Knight and Holt's garage. He received a $100 fine and a two year license suspension. Other local pleas include Townsend guilty to driving without a license and Turnage fined for towing an unregistered vehicle.

Saco Donald A. Gosselin Kennebunk William F. Wilson Jr Main Street Knight and Holt Gosselin Robert N. Townsend Storer St

The Lenten Story by Woont IsHwAEL

Shortly before daybreak Jesus is led to the Sanhedrin for questioning by the chief priests and elders. He asserts his identity as the Son of God amid disbelief and blasphemy, and the crowd condemns him to death.

Jesus Sanhedrin Christ God

Maine Man Is Accused Of Murder

In Rockland Maine Elwin Brann 35 of Washington pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a murder charge stemming from Sundays shooting of Philip Willett 39 of Union at Branns mothers home. The judge entered the plea for Brann and the case was set for March 17 for defense counsel assignment with Brann held without bail.

Rockland Elwin Brann Washington Brann Philip Willett Union Belle Brann Galen P. LaGassey LaGassey Superior Court

Biddeford Man Injured in Elm Street Traffic Crash

A Biddeford man Joseph Lachance age 38 was hospitalized after a collision on Elm Street around 5 pm yesterday. His car struck a vehicle driven by Richard Parker 20 of North Street as an unidentified car pulled out. A separate backing accident in Fantastic Fair lot involved Wilfred Casavant 52 Hills Beach and David Townsend 28 Saco with no injuries. A Water Street incident saw Aliner L Picard 17 of Boom Road Saco stop for a truck driven by Richard Thames 27 of Portland damaging Picard rear left fender.

Biddeford Elm Street Joseph Lachance Foss St Webber Hospital Joan L.achance Richard Parker North St Laco Lachance Parker Wilfred Casavant Hills Beach David Townsend Maple St Saco Townsend Aliner L. Picard Boom Road Richard C. Thames Bay St Portland Picard

Rockefeller Still Underdog as New Hampshire Primary Nears

In Concord New Hampshire Gov Nelson Rockefeller enters the final hours of his Republican primary campaign claiming stronger political footing yet remaining an underdog who would consider a plurality of one a victory. His main rival remains Sen Barry Goldwater of Arizona. поддержку from Rev William D Goble of Manchester who had criticized Rockefeller divorce and remarriage.

Concord N.H Nelson A. Rockefeller New Hampshire Rockfeller Barry Goldwater Arizona Rockefeller William D. Goble First Baptist Church of Manchester

Rockefeller Prospects in Primary Shadowed by Rival Races

The governor heard a minister’s claim about the Rockefeller affair and urged Americans to wait for full background. In the primary, Rockefeller faces a split field with Lodge and Nixon as moderates and Goldwater drawing conservative support, complicating his chances.

Rockefeller Goble Henry Cabot Lodge Richard M. Nixon Lodge Nixon Goldwater

Bar ny Ross Testifies in Ruby Murder Trial Rendition

Barney Ross former world welterweight champion testified Ruby as a teen in Chicago formed a tough group. He said Ruby flew into tantrums and that they protected him. The trial centers on Ruby's alleged murder of Lee Harvey Oswald and his defense of temporary insanity.

Dallas Barney Ross Jack Ruby Ross Ruby Chicago Lee Harvey Oswald Kennedy West Side Melvin Belli Belli Oswald Marine Corps Air Corps Patricia Ann Kohs Joe Tonahill Q Oswald Tonahill Jack Melvin M. Belli San Francisco J. Fred Dieberdorf Dieberdorf Ane P. T. Dean Dean

Appeals Planned In Sinatra Jr Kidnapping Case

Families of Joseph Amsler Barry Keenan and John Irwin say they will appeal after the three defendants were convicted on multiple counts in the Frank Sinatra Jr kidnapping. Amsler and Keenan received life terms plus 75 years each with psychiatric exams. Irwin faces up to 75 years and was acquitted on the actual abduction charge.

Los Angeles Frank Sinatra Jr George Forde Joseph Amsler Barry Keenan John Irwin Keenan Amsler Lake Tahoe Calif William G. East Federal Medical Springfield Irwin Young Sinatra Bet Air FBI Frank Sinatra Sr

Golf Course Opens in Saco Maine for Season

More than fifty golfers turned out at the Biddeford and Saco Country Club course for the season’s first opening in Maine. Eight of nine greens were playable while the second green remained closed. temporary tees were used. The course is expected to stay open barring renewed snow.

Biddeford and Saco Country Club Maine

Broadway Little Me tour heads national circuit

The original Broadway stars Sid Caesar Virginia Martin and Nancy Andrews lead the traveling company of Little Me on a national tour. The Broadway run closed June 29 after 33 weeks with unrecovered costs about 150000 dollars on a 400000 dollar investment.

Little New York Sid Caesar Virginia Martin Nancy Andrews

Biddeford Firemen Answer Two Calls

Biddeford firefighters responded to two weekend alarms. A chimney fire at 226 Guinea Road required a booster and caused minor damage to a 12 story wood building owned by Alfred Chretien. A grass fire behind 65 Westmore Ave was extinguished on arrival.

Biddeford Guinea Road Alfred Chretien Westmore Ave

Whist Parties and Awards at Salle Charite Hall

Special awards at the progressive whist party in Salle Charite Hall Biddeford went to Norman Perrin Lena Magnan and Gerard Beaudoin. High scorers included Yvonne Bourque Isabelle Lebel Jean nine Talbot and Rita Dunton in the women’s division and Joseph Grenier Wilfred Poisson Ferdinand Bourque in the men’s division.

Salle Charite Hall Norman Perrin Lena Magnan Gerard Beaudoin Yvonne Bourque Isabelle Lebel Jeannine Talbot Rita Dunton Joseph Grenier Wilfred Poisson Ferdinand Bourque Francoise Gendron Blanche Tremblay Alphonsine Bolduc Rose Daigle Arthur Bolduc Arthur Daigle John Cantara Roland W. Perreault Adolph Remillard Anna Morin Lillian Grenier John Paquet Marcel Garon Germaine Mercier Gertrude Michaud Marcel Courtois Leon Paul Claire Goudreau Adelard St. Ouis Rita Bineau Alma Caron Isabella Labelle Rose Lindstrom Anna Nadeau Anna Baillargeon Emilia Romeo Alice Drouin Laura Neault Mrs

Beach Driver Reports Sun Blinded Crash Near Saco

Dorothy S. Roy, 39, of Buffalo New York, told police she damaged her car when blinded by the sun and went off the road on Saco Avenue near O'D Orchard Beach while driving toward Saco. She cited sun glare as the cause and the mishap occurred Saturday evening.

O'D

Avon School Second Graders Hold Democratic Election

In Memphis, Avon School pupils planned a class election as the teacher urged a democratic process. Beasley Wellford stepped forward and declared he could not vote, stating he is a Republican.

Memphis Tenn Avon School Dawn Beasley Wellford

Foreman's Club Meeting Set With Guest Speaker

The Pepperell Foremen's Club will meet Tuesday with President Austin Hobbins conducting the business session followed by a 5 30 p m dinner. Guest speaker will be Joseph Glasheen of the Lee Textile Co Boston.

Pepperell Foremen’s Club Austin Hobbins Joseph Glasheen The Lee Textile Co Boston

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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Biddeford City Building Mothers of Boy Scout Troop K. of C. Hall Washington Street Board of Managers of Wardne Middle St Biddeford and Saco Dames Rochambeau Club South Street Mrs. Alphonsine Pelletier Agnes Hindhaugh Marie St. Jean Walter M. Harmon Charles Chenard Tides High P A.M. P M. P Jules Voignier Federated Woman's Clubs Carol Brooks Dallas Douglass Jane Ahern Roland Dufort Jr Ogunquit Village Anne Staples Dana Perkins Vayana Sidney Z. Charak Guy H. Gundaker Frank H. Smalley Anna Dundon Oren Adams Russell Ireland Llewellyn Lloyd - Davies Wilbert E. Sherburne Elmer M. Tower Cofee Ogunquit Methodist Church Joseph E. Hancort Hancort Dartmouth New York City Connecticut Helen Hutton Doris Field Hugh Glendenning Nelson Perkins Frank C. Leavitt Kennebunk Man BY Woont Ishwael the Christ Mr. Goble Midwest Associated Press Texas Missouri Illinois Ohio Lutesville Aviston Waco Tex Kentucky Ohio River Maysville Weather Bureau Cincinnati Portsmouth Harrison Ark Cape Girardeau Patterson Air Force Base Dayton Indianapolis Oklahoma Nebraska Wisconsin Ilinois Michigan Iowa Sinatra Salle Charite Prospect St Public Finance Atlantic
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