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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1964

Page

3

Biddeford and Saco residents listed as hospital patients

Mrs. Marie Anne Nadeau of 48 Wate Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Miss Julie Hennessy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hennessy of 107 Temple Street Saco, is a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center, Portland.

Marie Anne Nadeau Wate, St Biddeford Notre Dame Hospital Julie Hennessy Charles Hennessy Temple St Saco Maine Medical Center Portland

Community events in Saco and Biddeford this Friday

The County Council and American Legion meet Friday at 8 p m in Eliot. Bishop Fenwick Council Knights of Columbus meets tonight at 8 in GAR Hall Saco. Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella meets Friday at 8 p m in St John’s Hall Biddeford. MYF of Saco Church sponsors baked bean casserole supper Friday 5 30 to 7 p m to support Camp Winthrop. Unitarian Universalist Youth Choir rehearses Friday after school at Unitarian Parish house Saco. Biddeford Knights of Columbus meet tonight at 8 in K of C hall Washington Street.

the County Council, American Legion, and Auxiliary Eliot Fenwick Knights of Columbus Gar Hall Saco Our Lady of Fatima Daughters of Isabella St. John’s Hall Adams Street Biddeford MYF Saco School Street Methodist Church Camp Winthrop Unitarian - Universalist Unitarian

Church services and cadet meeting listed in Saco Biddeford notes

Holy Communion will be celebrated in Trinity Church Saco on Friday at 9 30 a m and in Christ Church Biddeford at 5 15 p m Friday Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 p m

Trinity Church Saco Christ Church Biddeford Saco Salvation Army

Two Accidents Listed At Beach

Two traffic accidents were reported to police at Old Orchard Beach. Slippery road conditions contributed to both incidents. Milk truck driver Phillip D. Gray, 22, of Portland collided with Helen R. Peele, 39, of Old Orchard Beach, as Peele’s car entered Saco Avenue from School Street. Peele’s right door was slightly damaged. In a second crash, Ilene R. Shuman, 69 East Grand Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, waited to left turn between snow banks when Paul Lacourse, 22, Maplewood Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, could not stop in time to avoid contact.

Old Orchard Beach Phillip D. Gray Portland Helen R. Peele Lake Ave Saco Avenue School Street Peele Ilene R. Shuman East Grand Ave Paul Lacourse Maplewood Avenue

Dutille Speaks To Saco Democrats

George Dutille of Saco running for sheriff spoke at the Saco Democratic City Committee meeting in the G A R Hall outlining his law enforcement qualifications. State Rep Camille Bedard and several others spoke as refreshments were served by chairman Adam Sangillo who presided.

George Dutille Nye St Saco York County Democratic City Committee G.A.R. Hall Camille Bedard William Buckley William Dunn Donald McCone Myron Campbell Roland Tardiff Charles Gilpatric Jr Adam Sangillo

McNamara in Vietnam pledges aid and resolve

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, visiting Hue and Saigon, vows continued U S aid, military training and equipment to defeat the Communists. He is greeted warmly by Khanh and Lodge, attends a state banquet, and engages in public displays and slogans to win popular support while urging Vietnamese leaders to win public trust. Deviled Nuts recipe tips follow with blanched almonds and cayenne.

McNamara Defense Secretary Khanh Henry Cabot Lodge Hue Saigon Lodge New Hampshire Duong van Minh U. S

Deaths TO SAY PRAYERS AT ST ANNE SODALITY MEET

Members of St Anne s Sodal ity of St Andre s Church Biddeford will meet tonight at 7 at the Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford to say prayers for Mrs Blanche Cartier Beaudoin a member.

St. Anne's Sodality St. Andre's Church Biddeford Emond Funeral Home Hill St Blanche Cartier Beaudoin

Funeral services for Clinton Shaw announced in Biddeford region

Funeral services for Clinton EF Shaw of 556 South St Biddeford will be at 2 p m tomorrow from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m. Arion Lodge F and A M Goodwins Mills will meet at the funeral home at 8 tonight to conduct memorial services.

Clinton EF. Shaw South St Biddeford Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Main St Saco Arion Lodge F A. M. Goodwins Mills

Funeral services for Alphonsine Pelletier held at St Josephs

Funeral services for Alphonsine Pelletier of 55 Cutts St Biddeford were held at St Josephs Church with a solemn high mass. Rev Normand Carrier led the service with deacon Rev Marc Franck and subdeacon Rev Sylvia Levesque. Choir directed by Diana Rousselle. A St Annes Sodality delegation attended. Bearers were Joseph Lasante Ronaldo Lasante Gerard Lasante Raymond Lasante Hervey Lasante Maurice Lasante. Burial at St Josephs Cemetery. Out of town attendees included Leo Pelletier Los Angeles Calif Lucien Blais Bernard Blais Quebec City Fleur Ange Irene Lachance Old Orchard Beach Raoul Michel Lewiston Hervey Bernier Yvonne Cantin Rochester N H Gerard Lasante Dover N H Hervey Lasante Maurice Lasante Lawrence Mass John Proulx Laconia N H.

Alphonsine Pelletier Cutts St Biddeford St. Joseph's Church Normand Carrier Marc Franck Sylvia Levesque Diana Rousselle St. Anne Que Fleur Ange Irene Lachance Old Orchard Beach Raoul Michel Lewiston Hervey Bernier Yvonne Cantin Rochester N.H Gerard Lasante Dover N.H Hervey Lasante Maurice’ Lasante Lawrence Mass John Proulx Laconia Pierre Bellavance Clark St Joseph Loranger Raymond R. Boucher Josephel Plourde Alberte Carlon Armand Bisson Hervey Dubreuil St. Joseph's Cemetery Father Levesque Lucien Bellavance Alibany N. Y Albert Bellavance Lion Bellavance Wilfrid Bellavance St. Helene Lucienne Bellavance Arthabaska Willie Fortier Clara Fortier

Funeral Services for Pierre Bellavance at St Josephs

Funeral services for Pierre Bellavance of 4 Clark St Biddeford were held at St Josephs Church with Rev Normand Carrier and Rev Marc Franck officiating. A male quartet and organist Mrs Diana Rousselle accompanied the rites. Burial in St Josephs Cemetery followed with several Bellavance relatives and others from Quebec New Hampshire Maine and Albany present.

Egyptian Men May Have To Do Household Jobs

In Cairo the Social Affairs Ministry studies a future where husbands may need to help at home as Egypt weighs minimum wage for domestic servants. Mustafa Meslemany supports adaptation to a cooperative society, though enforcement seems unlikely given a surplus of unskilled labor and low civil service salaries. Mohamed Hemeilla laments a possible shift toward men cooking and managing household tasks.

Cairo Egypt Mustafa Meslemany Meslemany Mohamed Hemeilla

Card of Thanks from Mrs Beaudoin after hospital stay

Mrs. Roger Paulette Beaudoin expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for gifts cards and flowers sent during her recent hospital stay.

Roger Paulette) Beaudoin

Smithsonian unveils original Star Spangled Banner display

The original Star Spangled Banner takes center stage at the new Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology in Washington. The flag is unfurled in the rotunda and protected by a heavy linen backing with filtered air to keep dust away.

Smithsonian Institution New Museum of History and Technology Washington

Portland Snow Expected With Accumulations Across The Area

This afternoon light snow accumulates 3 to 5 inches in the southern third while other areas see 1 to 2 inches. Temperatures reach in the low to mid 30s with light south to southeast winds. Tonight snow changes to scattered flurries, colder with lows in the low 20s and winds at 5 to 15 mph. Friday partly cloudy with little temperature change and a few snow flurries over higher elevations.

Portland

Maine Drives New England Income Growth in 1963

WATERVILLE AP Maine led New England and ranked 11th nationally in personal income growth for 1963 Gov Reed said in a talk to the Exchange Club. He called 1963 a productive period of industrial development and predicted 1964 would be even stronger. He praised Stan dish Bachman commissioner of the Department of Economic Development for improving programs and the advisory council for providing top level economic guidance.

Waterville Maine New England Reed Exchange Club Standish K. Bachman Department of Economic Development DED Business and Economic Experts

Forced Blooms Are Obtained From Indoor Branches

Advice from horticulture notes on forcing tree and shrub branches for indoor blooms. Tips cover selection pruning timing and post cut handling for species like forsythia spirea and dogwood plus bulb use and storage effects on blooming dates and vase life.

Camera Angles Amateur Photographer Finds Ideal Profession

IRVING DESFOR profiles Virgil and Julie Mulkey of Olympia Washington a duo of professional magicians illusionists and masters of mental mysteries who turned touring photographers into a life. The couple traveled for over five years shooting 16mm movies 750 color slides and hundreds of black and white pictures while performing. They plan a New York reunion in late March for the Society of American Magicians at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and will also privately showcase Virgil's works for friends. Their journeys across India Australia Malaya and Europe yielded dramatic images of street performers snake acts cremations and encounters with bushmen and aborigines.

Virgil Julie Mulkey Olympia Washington Julie U.S Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Oklahoma Colorado Dakotas New York City New York Brooklyn Academy of Music Society of American Magicians New Zealand Australia Malaya Calcutta India Bombay Orient Europe Bell & Howell

Judas returns silver and ends life in despair

Realizing the enormity of his crime Judas returns 30 pieces of silver to the temple priests and confesses he has sinned. After the priests refuse to take the money he sources threw it away and hanged himself. They purchase the potter's field as a burial place for criminals and strangers, later known as Haceldama the field of blood.

Judas

Biddeford Pool Woman Free On $10,000 Bail

Mrs. Dorothy O. Douglas 36 of Biddeford Pool faced felonious assault charges in Biddeford Municipal Court after an alleged shotgun incident involving two local boys, Leo Moreau 11 and Stephen Wayne Ceoway 15. She was released on $5,000 bail per count and the case was continued to March 21.

Dorothy O. Douglas Main Street Biddeford Pool Biddeford Douglas Leo Moreau Yates Street Stephen Wayne Ceoway Biddeford Ool Dougas

Nova Scotia Legislature Approves Talks on Second Ferry

Halifax Nova Scotia AP reports the Legislature adopted a resolution urging the government to start immediate negotiations for a second ferry service between Nova Scotia and New England. Trade Minister E A Manson said a study shows feasibility of adding to the Bluenose route between Yarmouth and Bar Harbor Maine despite seasonal tourism and ongoing deficits.

Halifax N.S Nova Scotia New England Trade & Industry E. A. Manson Yarmont Bar Harbor Maine Manson

Biddeford Republicans Name Delegates to Convention

Biddeford Republicans met in the Municipal Court Room and elected delegates for the state convention in Portland on May 1 and 2. Delegates include Willie Pomerleau Paul Deshaies John Boissonnault Robert York John Xaphes Joseph Pelletier Alfred Gagne Ronald Lynes Edward Wolfertz Yvonne Caron. Alternates named were Fern Marcotte Kerwin Twomey Roland Simard Raymond Belaner Blanche Baker Elbridge Baker Sandre Crepeau Ruth Wolfertz Cornelius Hoctor. Pomerleau and Blanche Baker were picked to serve on the county committee.

Biddeford Portland Willie Pomerleau Paul Deshaies John Boissonnault Robert York John Xaphes Joseph Pelletier Alfred Gagne Ronald Lynes Edward Wolfertz Yvonne Caron Fern Marcotte Kerwin Twomey Roland Simard Raymond Belaner Blanche Baker Elbridgeaker Sandre Crepeau Ruth Wolfertz Cornelius Hoctor Pomerleau

Traffic Mishaps In Saco After North Easter Storm

Saco police report a spate of crashes during three days of poor driving conditions from a north easter and flurries. Among the incidents Joseph H. Fogg 29 of Saco lost control while passing a car stuck in a snow bank on Spring Street colliding with Lawrence Brooks 34 of Old Orchard Beach. Brooks car sustained about 100 dollars in damage. Lisica 75 of Saco skidded into William Tenney 56 of Mechanic Falls on Spring and North Street causing 100 dollars damage to Lisica’s door and fender and 100 to Tenney’s fender. Ronald Parent 19 of Old Orchard Beach collided with Anthony Eramo 30 of Old Orchard Beach on Elm Street as both eastbound. rear bumper damage 40 and 10 dollars respectively. Robert Wade 17 of Saco skidded into Paul McCallum’s parked car on Water Street. Wade 30 dollars and McCallum 40 dollars damage. Roger Huntress 26 of Kezar Falls hit Alexander Houle 58 of Biddeford on Ferry Road. Huntress front end 400 dollars damage. Houle rear 100 dollars.

Saco Joseph H. Fogg Jenkins Road Spring Street Laurence Brooks Cottage Ave Old Orchard Beach Brooks Boleslaw Lisica Bradley St William M. Tenney Mechanic Falls Spring North Street Tenney Elm Street Ronald G. Parent Cedar Avenue Anthony M. Eramo Tunis Ave Parent Lincoln Street Eramo Robert F. Wade Portland Road Water Street Paul McCallum Old Orchard Road Garland Mfg. Co Wade McCallum Roger H. Huntress Kezar Falls Alexander J. Houle Grayson St Biddeford Huntress

Birth Announcements From Biddeford and Saco Area

Sires to Mr and Mrs Joseph L Marquis 19 West St Biddeford a son Dana William weight five pounds 15 ounces March 9 To Mr and Mrs Eugene J Doyon 18 Hubbard St Saco a daughter Ann Marie weighing six pounds 15 ounces March 10 To Mr and Mrs Bruce s Reay Ferry Lane Saco a son Christopher Joseph weighing nine pounds one ounce March 10 To Mr and Mrs William M Macomber 210 North St Roch ester NH a daughter Trishia Anne weighing eight pounds 12 ounces March 10

Joseph L. Marquis West St Biddeford Dana William Eugene J. Doyon Hubbard St Saco Ann Marie Bruce’ S S. Reay Ferry Lane Christopher Joseph William M. Macomber North St Rochester N. H Trishia Anne

Fire Department Lines Are Tied Up

Louis R. Wharff, fire chief, reports that fire department telephone lines are tied up by calls asking whether schools will be open during the storms. He urges the public to refrain from calling unless services are needed, since every minute matters in emergencies.

Old Orchard Beach Louis R. Wharff Wharff Fire Department

Man Receives Ticket After Car Check Stop

John R. Struthers, napping at home, was told by his wife of a traffic halt down the road. He drove two blocks to find a highway patrol vehicle check and received a ticket for a defective turn signal.

Lewis Iowa John R. Struthers Struthers Iowa Highway Patrol

Operational Tips For Drill Press Owners

AP Newsfeature guides home workshop users on drill press operation. It covers choosing floor or bench models, sizing by inches, single or multiple speeds, depth limits, lubrication, work clamping, anti splintering, and safe handling to prevent accidents.

Wall Street Pauses After Four Day Rise to Peak

New York traders pull back from a four day rise to a historic high as the market edges lower. Volume stays active but softens from Wednesday’s seven week high while the Dow falls about 84 points. The AP 60 is steady near a record. Rails hold flat, industrials rise, utilities dip. Commerce forecasts and a Michigan study buoy consumer confidence. The mood remains cautiously optimistic despite the pause.

New York Wall Street Commerce Department University of Michigan Associated Press American Stock Exchange

On Cyprus Back Roads a Donkey Mile Measures Distance

A curious local unit in Cyprus defines a mile as the distance a donkey can travel in one hour on back roads. This traditional pacing reflects rural travel speeds and historical rural life. The phrasing hints at regional measurement customs tied to practical movement.

Cyprus

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S Club Annie Dutille Saco Democrats Shaw Services A.M. P Bergen North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station By Irving Desfor AP Newsfeatures John P. Gallinari Pool St Biddefor Gallinari GOP THE Webber Richard Harris Dundee Durango Mexico Harris Italy Martin Sneider’s Discount Grocery Smith St Saco-Lowell
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