Officers Elected By Snowshoe Club
New officers for Le Voltigeur Snowshoe club were elected at a meeting in the club hall and will be installed April 12 at the Unity club in Saco. The slate lists Yvon Caron as president with Paul Houde as vice president, Joseph Pelletier secretary, Henry Roberge treasurer, and Ernest Bineau collector of dues. Directors include Conrad Ruel Leo Brulotte and Leonel Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Voltigeur
Unity Club
Saco
Yvon Caron
Paul Houde
Presdent
Joseph Pelletier
Henry Roberge
Treauster
Ernest Bineau
Conrad Ruel
Leo Brulotte
Leonel Gardner
American Snow
Emile Picard
Emile Madore
Walter Bissaillon
Adrian Petit
Edward Jarry
Robert Beaupre
American Snowshoe Union
Antonio Dallare
Joseph Larose
Rocham, Bean Club
Joffre Remillard
Leo Lottinville
Caron
Juliette ‘Cote
Maine Local Union
Last Of Old-Time Train Robbers Taken By Death
Bill La Trasse the last of the old time train robbers is dead at 77 in Denver after a life spent in and out of prison. He became notorious for a 1910 Missouri Pacific robbery between Kansas City and Leavenworth stealing 2000 dollars. He escaped prison in 1915 then served sentences until 1942 for a dice game holdup in Parsons Kansas.
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Denver
Colo
Bill LaTrasse
LaTrasse
Kansas Pententiary
Edna Shelton
LaTrosse
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Chicago
Missouri
Parsons
Biddeford Woman Jailed After Assault on Mother
A 29 year old Biddeford woman Marvy Jane Frechette admitted pushing her 67 year old mother Monday night in Biddeford Municipal Court. Frechette was ordered sent to the Women's Reformatory in Skowhegan after guilty finding and a plea of innocent entered for the record. Court records note the mother lived in fear and spent time in her room to avoid further attacks. In a separate case Edward Kane of Portland was fined 19 dollars for operating a vehicle without a license with sentence suspended.
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Biddeford
Women’s Reformatory
Skowhegan
Marvy Jane Frechette
Hill, Street
Gerald Nason
Miss Frechette
Edgar Sevigny
Edward Kane
Portland
Kane
Nason
Donald Weiler
Woman schemes to trap husband with rent rise
A socially ambitious wife pressures her husband to rent a fancier apartment. He arrives home in good spirits announcing they do not move because the landlord has raised the rent, prompting her misery at the unexpected twist.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Former Biddeford Mayor Fractures Hip in Fall
Louis B. Lausier former Biddeford mayor, aged at home on 119 Graham Street, is hospitalized at Maine Medical Center Portland after a hip fracture from a driveway fall yesterday.
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Uiddeford
Louis B. Lausier
Graham Street
Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Beach VFW Auxiliary Elects Slate in Annual Meeting
Mrs Ruth Hamilton was elected president of the Beach VFW Auxiliary to the Old Orchard Beach Memorial post. Officers elected include Mrs Marion Duhamel senior vice president and Mrs Mary Marshall junior vice president with other posts filled. Dowd and Radley named as delegates, April 5 installation planned, proceeds from fundraisers pledged to the post.
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Ruth Hamilton
Rita Belair
Marion Duhamel
Old Orchard Beach
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Atlantic Avenue
Mary Marshall
Lorraine Dowd
Mary Jane Radley
Georgia Remillard
Doris Warner
Marion Duharel
Mrs. Belair
New M 14 and M 60 to boost U S infantry power
Washington report says the army plans mass production of the M 14 rifle to replace the M 1 Garand and the M 60 machine gun to supplant older 30 caliber guns. Saco Lowell shops seek initial contracts around 15 million dollars with Maine delegation aid.
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Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
Saco- Lowell
Army
Saco-Lowell
Maine
Community stock drive for Saco-Lowell buildings launches briskly
Co-Chairman Albert Deshaies reports a eager public response to a two week Drive Project to raise 75000 dollars toward a 525000 purchase and maintenance plan for vacant Saco Lowell buildings. About 130 volunteers canvass area while five new team captains join 24 existing captains to spearhead fundraising and outreach through banks and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Deshaies
Josenhudie
Audi
Deshaies
Saco-Lowell
Roy MacNaughten
Martin J. Rielly
Edward G. Farrell
Joffre Remillard
Daniel G. Falvey
Chamber of Commerce
Clayton Cartmill
Mechanic Dies While Shoveling Snow Drift
Norman E. Jordan a 36 year old barber died of a heart attack Tuesday while shoveling to free his car from a snow drift.
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Norman E. Jordan
Legislature Splits On Governor Appointments And Constitutional Change
Augusta AP The State Government Committee divided along party lines on bills to let the governor name department heads with concurrent terms and on requiring roll calls for final passage. The panel also split over Plante led constitutional amendments to require roll calls and voter petitions.
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Augusta
Plante
Business Legislation Committee
Sen. Hillman
Easter retail trade shows vigor across the nation
AP reports Easter sales are rising with prosperity and a strong stock market boosting consumer confidence. Merchants from Chicago to Los Angeles note strong early demand, while snowbound regions and pockets of unemployment temper optimism. Some fear tax hikes and high living costs dampen spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Breede
AP Business News
NEW York
Chamber of Commerce
Associated Press
Chicago
State Street
Richard H. Rich
Rich's
Atlanta
Joseph Liebman
L. Bamberger & Co
Newark N.J
Laurence Mallinckrodt
Scruggs, Vandervoort
Barney In
St. Louis
Upper
Midwest
Columbus
Ohio
Los Angeles
Mercury
Miami
San Francisco
Dallas
Denver
Kansas City
Boston
Philadelphia
Seattle
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Massachusetts
Pied Piper on Roller Skates Delivers Mail in Sierra Madre
Allen Bond, 30, a mailman in Sierra Madre California, delivers with a transistor radio on his belt and roller skates. He attracts children with music, leads a 12 piece dance band by night, and serves in the Marine Reserve Fighter Squadron. He enjoys hiking on days off.
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Pied Piper
California
Sierra Madre
Calif
Allen Bond
Vita
Pasadena
Naval Air Station
Bond
Goodwins Mills Advent Christian Welcomes New Pastor
Rev Lloyd Osborne to lead the Goodwins Mills Advent Christian church after serving five churches in Maine and elsewhere. He is a New England School of Theology graduate and brother to four clergy, including David Osborne studying at Rochester University. A Sunday 8 pm gospel service features a youth choir of 18 and an orchestra of 12.
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Lloyd Osborne
Newbury, Vt
Advent Christian Church
Goodwins Mills
Mr. Osborne
New England School of Theology
Lennox
Mass
Advent Christian
Maine
Dover-Foxcroft
West Princeton
David Osborne
Rochester University
New York
Japan
Victor Osborne
Bristol
Conn
William Osborne
Osborne
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Old Orchard Beach Memorial Post
Snowshoe Club
Reilly’s Bakery
Main St
Webelow den
Biddeford Council
Knights of Columbus
Hall
Roland Cote
Roland Millette
Richard Ayette
Roger Brorchu
Robert Brulotte
Alfred Lacerte
Normand Paquette
Roland Lambert
Roger Collard
Den
Agriculure
Rodney Ross, Jr
Bath
Earle Hillman
Bangor
Leon Sanborn
Gorham
Carl Smith
Exeter
William Dennett
Kitter
Robert Wade
Auburn
Alton Lessard
Jerome Plante
Aaroh Barnett
James Coyne
Wallerville
Heath Road
Flag Pond Road
Ways and Means
Women’s
North Saco Fire Company
Alta Thomas
Jean Morris
Barbara Bowley
Cape Cod
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