Sophomore contest winners prep for regional meet
Miss Loreen Whitehouse Jos h Carrier and Brendan Crosby three faculty members judged the event. The winners, both sophomores, will compete in a regional contest at Bonny Eagle High School in Buxton in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loreen Whitehouse
Josh Carrier
Brendan Crosby
Ludger Croteau
Main Street
Saco
Daya Beach
St. Petersburgh
Bonny Eagle High School
Buxton
Carol Sevigny
Carey Sneider
Edmond F. Gagne
Biddeford
Naval, Se Center
Great Lakes
Community club meetings attended by parents and groups
The Thornon academy Band Parents club meets tonight at 7 30 in the school cafeteria. Catholic Order of Foresters Lafayette court meets 7 30 at the Emery street hall. Portland Road Taxpayers Saco holds a Friday March 22 730 pm meeting at the Elks lodge to discuss future laws. The Artisans society meets 730 pm Tuesday at Simard Furniture 42 Franklin Biddeford. American Legion auxiliary Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit meets Wednesday 7 pm Biddeford City building. Notre Dame Hospital auxiliary Group B Thrift shop duty led by Mrs August Albert. Troop One Building Association auxiliary March meeting at Mrs Bessie Saperia Elm Street Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Court
Catholic Order
of Foresters
Emery Street
Ford
Portland Road
Saco
The
Elks Lodge
Donald Boothby
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
P.m
Biddeford City
Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary
August Albert
Troop One Building Association
Bessie Saperia
Elm Street
Biddeford
Church Notes: Weekly Services Across Local Pews
Gospel services in Saco and Biddeford advance weekly steady. Listings include Odd Fellows building Saco, Biddeford United Baptist church, Christ Episcopal Biddeford, Full Gospel Wells, Saco Salvation Army Home League, Saco School Street Methodist, Daughters of Ruth Biddeford Universalist, Biddeford Second Congregational, and Saco Superintending School committee. Meetings occur Tuesday through Thursday with multiple times noted and public access encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Main Street
Saco
Death of 87 year old sea captain Totman noted
Capt. Arthur Loring Totman a famed Bath sea captain who sailed 58 years died Sunday at Bath Memorial Hospital aged 87. He was known for tall sea tales and a whittling hobby and won a 1958 hobbies international federation certificate at the Brussels World Fair. He sold many wood carvings to summer residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburgp
Arthur Loring Totman
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hobbies International Federation
Brussels
Lorraine Palardis of Biddeford Dies After Long Illness
Lorraine Palardis 26 wife of Richard Palardis of 2 Hooper street Biddeford died in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness Born in Saco she was a daughter of Henry and Jeannette Onge and a communicant of St Joseph church She was a member of Notre Dame council Union St Jean Baptiste Notre Dame de Lourdes parish Saco Surviving besides her widower are her mother two sisters and two brothers Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9 30 am from St Joseph church Friends may call at Cote Funeral Home Saco until 4 this afternoon and from 7 to 10 tonight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine C. Palardis
Richard Palardis
Hooper Street
Biddeford
Saco
Henry and
Jeannette ‘Boucher St
Turgeon
David Ilson
Don Onge
Bichard
Sapmend St. Onge
St. Joseph Church
Cote Funeral
Beach and
James Streets
Gladys A Parker Dies En Route to Maine Medical Center
Mrs Gladys A Parker 4 of Jellison Road East Waterboro died Saturday while en route to Maine Medical Center Portland Born Chelsea Massachusetts April 8 1898 she was the daughter of Oscar and Lillian Temple and attended East Waterboro Baptist Church Survivors include five sons William James Wilbur Eve rett Edward two daughters Lillian Evelyn Leone two brothers Raymond and Wilbur Temple one sister Violet Pierce 30 grandchildren one great grandchild and several nieces Funeral services 2 4 p m Tuesday at East Friends may call Shumway Funeral Home Saco tonight 7 9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys A. Parker
Jellison Road
East Waterboro
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Chelsea
Mass
Oscar and
Lillian (Saunders) Temple
East Waterboro Baptist Church
William
James
Waterboro
Wilbur
St. Johnsbury
Everett
Hollis
Edward
Saco
Lillian Poole
Lyman
Evelyn Clinton
Grand Rapids
Mich
Leone Parker
Raymond Temple
Wilbur Temple
Hopkinton
Violet Pierce
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring Street
Saco Municipal Court hears five cases rulings
Judge Hilary Mahaney and Associate Judge William F Wilson Jr presided at Saco Municipal Court. Andrew J Rodney 21 of Portland pleaded guilty to operating a car with no inspection sticker and paid 10. Albert A Yates 37 of Portland was fined 10 for no inspection sticker. John W Rocha 50 of South Portland charged with no registration pleaded not guilty. Linwood Glover and Millard Kimball of Dayton were each fined 15 after being found guilty of allowing dogs to roam where deer gather. they pleaded innocent. State Game Warden Thomas D Bryant was the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Municipal Court
Hilary Mahaney
William F. Wilson
Andrew J. Rodney
Portland
Mahaney
Albert A. Yates
John W. Rocha
South Portland
David W. Knight
Wilson
Linwood Glover
Millard Kimball
Dayton
Thomas D. Bryant
Portland Weather Summary With Snow Flurries Likely
Portland reports clouds with possible snow flurries this afternoon. Temperatures reach the upper 30s with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight a cold wave warning, turning mostly fair but very cold, low temps 5 to 10 above zero. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tuesday brings mostly sunny but cold morning and increasing afternoon clouds with light variable winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Saco Jaycees President to Attend Tulsa Board Meeting
Willard Stackpole president of the Saco Junior Chamber of Commerce and Maine Junior Chamber national director will attend a national board meeting in Tulsa Oklahoma from March 20 to 24. He will represent area chapters Bath Bethel Biddeford Bowdoinham Bridgton Brunswick Cape Elizabeth Damariscotta Newcastle Falmouth Freeport Fryeburg Lovell Gray Lewiston Lisbon North Berwick Norway Paris Old Orchard Beach Portland Richmond Rumford Saco Sanford Scarborough Sebago Standish South Portland Westbrook Windham Wiscasset Yarmouth. Maine state President Nathan Cyr Van Buren and national directors Edward Melinnis Bangor and Grant Orono will also attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Stackpole
Saco Junior Chamber of Commerce
Maine Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Tulsa
Okla
Stackpole
Bath
Bethel
Biddeford
Bowdoinham
Bridgton Brunswick
Cape Elizabeth
Damariscotta - Newcastle
Falmouth
Freeport
Fryeburg - Lovell
Gray Lewiston
Lisbon
North Berwick
Norway
Paris
Old Orchard Beach
Portland
Richmond
Rumford
Saco
Sanford
Scarborough
Sebago - Standish
South Portland
Westbrook
Windham
Wiscasset
Yarmouth
State of Maine
Nathan Cyr
van Buren
Edward MelInnis
Bangor
Oe Grant
Orono
Funeral for Mrs Mary Elizabeth Taschereau
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Taschereau of New Road Arundel were held at St. Joseph church with a high mass of requiem by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Elie Hevey. Choir singing and organist Mrs. Diane Frechette Rousselle accompanied the service. Bearers included Camille Bouffard Edmond Neault Joseph Lefebvre Josephat Tardif Henri Bourque and Willie Bisson. Burial followed at St. Joseph cemetery with out of town attendees Maurice Taschereau of Manchester New Hampshire and Mrs. Alice Locke of Nahant Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Taschereau
Mary Elizabeth Taschereau
New Road Arundel
St. Joseph Church
Elie Hevey
St. Joseph
Diane Frechette Rousselle
Camille Bouffard
Edmond Neault Joseph Lefebvre
Josephat Tardif
Henri Bourque
Willie Bisson
St. Joseph Cemetery
Maurice Taschereau
Manchester
N.H
Alice Locke
Nahant
Mass
Funeral rites for Louis O. Gagne held at St. Andre
Funeral services for Louis O. Gagne of 25 Freeman Street Biddeford were held Saturday at St. Andre church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Aime Giguere celebrated a solemn high mass assisted by Rev. Edmund Hache and Rev. Bernard Nicknair as deacon and subdeacon. Attending from our town were Chief Warrant Officer Henri Gagne and family, plus several locals from Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Burial followed at St. Joseph cemetery with committal prayers by Rev. Hache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis O. Gagne
Freeman Street
Biddeford
St. Andre Church
Aime Giguere
Edmund Hache
Bernand Nicknair
Marc Franck
Gagne
Ronald Gagne
Robert Labranche
Beavers
Sacred Heart League
Leonel Goulet
Aime Desrosiers
Joseph Lefebvre
Henri Bourque
Edmond Neault
Leon Paul
St. Joseph
Our Town
Henri Gagne
Henri Gagne, Jr
Columbus Miss
Henry Frechette
Lowell Mass
Adrienne Neault
Rochester
N.H
Richard Perry
Dracut
Mass
Arthur Labbe
Worcester
Ovila
Neault
Lynn
Leo Chabot
Kennebunk
Clarence E McDonald 70 Biddeford resident dies suddenly
Clarence E McDonald age 70 of 376 Alfred Street Biddeford died Saturday in a Biddeford hospital after a sudden illness. Born September 26 1892 in Standish he worked for the Boston and Maine Railroad retiring in 1990 and earlier as a freight agent for Wabash Railroad. Surviving are his widow Marion two daughters Pauline De Silva and Alice Woodman several siblings and a granddaughter. Funeral from Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford Tuesday at 10 a.m. with visiting hours today. Burial in Brooklawn Cemetery Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. McDonald
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Standish
Ernest and
Diane (Hardy) McDonald
Boston and Maine Railroad
Wabash Railroad
Wabash
Ind
Malden
Mass
Benjamin Trucking Company
Marion
Bryant) McDonald
Pauline de Silva
West Peabody
Alice Woodman
Saco
Ruth Cousens
Gorham
Georgie Geis
Meriden
Conn
Ada Buck
Pond Roy
Mont
Edwin
South Windham
Solom Brackett
Sebag
Three Saco Democrats to Speak at City Committee Meeting
The Saco Democratic city committee will host three aldermen as guest speakers on Thursday night at 7 30 in the municipal courtroom. Aldermen Samuel Gagnon Sr Chandler Boutet and Donald Perrin will address the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Democratic City Committee
Samuel Gagnon, Sr
Chandler Boutet
Donald Perrin
Justin D Hartford, Portsmouth Herald Publisher, Dies
Justin D. Hartford 65 publisher of the Portsmouth Herald and Herald Publishing Co. died in Massachusetts General Hospital Boston after heart attack following surgery delay. A Naval Academy graduate, he led the paper for 25 years since his father Fernando W. Hartford’s death, with the Herald also publishing the New Hampshire Gazette founded 1756 integrated in weekend editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Justin D. Harford
Portsmouth Herald
Herald Publishing Co
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Hartford
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Fernando W.hartford
Herald
New Hampshire Gazette
Notre Dame Councils to Hold Prayers for Mrs Palardis
Members of the Notre Dame council and the Union St Jean Baptiste from Notre Dame de Lourdes parish in Saco will meet at 7 45 tonight at the Cote Funeral home Beach and James streets to say prayers for Mrs Lorraine Palardis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Council
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
Beach and
James Streets
Lorraine , Palardis
Two Women Charged With Counterrevolutionary Activity
Mrs. O'Neal and Mrs. Shamma were arrested in November and December 1960 for counterrevolutionary activity and each sentenced to ten years. Both women declined to detail the exact charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neal
Shamma
Leary Funeral Services Held for Local Restaurateur
Funeral services for Frank Leary of West Scarborough, former owner of the Tarry Awhile in town, were held Saturday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco. Rev Jel llison Lello Norway officiated, with burial in Dunstan Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Leary
Frank Learoy Leary
West
Scarborough
Tarry Awhile
Den‘nett and Craig
Main Street
Saco
Jel‘lison
Lello Norway
Dunstan Cemetery
U Of M Official To Be AAUW Speaker
Dr. H. Austin Peck assistant to the president of the University of Maine will speak on Higher Education for Women in the Changing World at the York county AAUW meeting. The open session starts 2 30 p m March 21 at Biddeford High School cafeteria with mothers and daughters invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Austin Peck
University of Maine
York County
American Association of University Women
Biddeford High School
Wave crash kills 19 year old in West Bath area
A 19-year-old Wave resident Emily Rives of Lakewood Ohio was killed in a highway crash near West Bath. Marine companion Roland Bourgeois of Brunswick was injured and treated at Bath then at Brunswick Naval Air Station infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Wave
Emily Rives
Lakewood
Ohio
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Roland Bourgeois
Brunswick
Bourgeois
Bath
Maine lawmakers set four day meetings for week of debate
The Maine Legislature enters its 12th week with four days of sessions. Committees plan hearings on constitutional amendments, western issues include debt limits, voting age, reapportionment, and appointive judges. Tuesday covers eight proposals. Wednesday adds six. Thursday hearings cover six more. Various panels will examine licensing, safety, and public aid reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
U.S
Executive Council
Portland
Highway Commission
JFK policy to topple communism in Cuba
Castro derided the San Jose conference on Havana television claiming imperialists face a volcano in the Americas. Kennedy attended with Dean Rusk Edwin M. Martin Theodore Moscoso and a delegation including Senators Fulbright Hickenlooper Morse and Rep. Morgan Maillard and Selden Jr.
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Cuba
Castro
San Jose
Americas
Havana
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Edwin M. Martin
Teodoro Moscoso
U.S
Alliance For Progress
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
A Lown
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
William 8. Maillard
R-Calif
Armistead I. Selden Jr
D-Ala
Islanders Sail Back to Tristan da Cunha
Five men women and children left Tilbury England for Tristan da Cunha on the return voyage from evacuation in 1961 after a volcanic eruption made homes uninhabitable. Several hundred more are slated to depart later this year. They cited relief from money noise and worry as they head to the South Atlantic island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilbury
England
English Channel
South Atlantic
Tristan da Cunha
Saco Assessors Prepare Annual Home Census
Saco seven assistant assessors will begin a yearly housing census this week asking residents for information on dogs personal property boats trailers home businesses junior primary pupils livestock tractors and survey of fallout shelters exemptions apply to home fallout shelters. Assessors named Ward 1 Jacqueline Corneau Ward 2 Ruby Emens Ward 3 Nancy Morrison Ward 4 Elizabeth Worthing Ward 5 Madeline Guay Ward 6 Elinor Cadidigan Ward 7 Jennie Lampson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Board of Assesors
Jacqueline Corneau
Ruby Emens
Nancy Morrison
Elizabeth Worthing
Madeline Guay
Elinor Cadidigan
Jennie Lamson
Saco Begins Its Street Repairing
Saco's street department started a program of temporary patching under Street Commissioner Herbert Kerns. Work will continue until all streets are patched, with permanent repairs delayed until frost leaves the ground. He says streets are in similar or better condition than last spring and that repairs will last at least through the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Herbert Kerns
Kerns
Motor stocks soften as market opens with mixed gains
Early trading shows a scrambled market with moderate volume. Major auto shares slide with Chrysler down over a point while others fall fractions. Rubbers and some industrials rise slightly as Dow Jones average slips about 1.89 to 674.44 at noon.
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New York
S AP
Chrysler
Associated Press
General Motors
Ford
American Motors
du Pont
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
Dow Chemical
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Oil
New Jersey
Standard
Indiana
At&t
U.S. Steel
Goodyear
IBM
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pfizer
Johns-Manville
Point
U.S. Gypsum
Illinois Central
Lockheed
U.S. Rubber Goodrich
American
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Woman Slightly Injured In Saco Traffic Mishap
Annabelle O Leary 32 of Biddeford treated for a bruised right elbow after a two car collision at Ocean Park road and Main street Saco. Richard R Sevigny 21 of Biddeford drove east on Main as Ovila Laferte 62 of Old Orchard Beach turned west onto Main. Sevignys car sustained 216.99 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annabelle O'Leary
Biddeford
Saco Hospital
Ocean Park Road
Main Street
Saco
Richard R. Sevigny
Cutts Street
Ovila Laferte
Olympia Street
Old Orchard Beach
Sevigny
Laferte
Five Saco Building Permits Are Granted
Building permits worth an estimated 26,200 were issued by Building Inspector Rene coe to multiple Saco residents. David and Jeanette McCallum of Ocean Park Road, Old Orchard Beach, receive an 8 by 10 rest room and 16 by 16 shower room at their camping and trailer park for 5,000 and a house trailer on the same road on a permanent foundation for 6,000. Leo Poitras of Tasker Street plans a ranch house on Woodcock Avenue for 11,500. Wilfred Binette of Tasker Street to remodel an 8 by 10 breeze way and 14 by 24 garage on Wood Street for an unspecified amount. Arthur R. Willey of Spring Hill Road seeks a 12 by 16 rest room and shower building in his tenting and trailer area for 2,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Coe
David and
Jeanette McCallum
Ocean Park Road
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Leo Poitras
Tasker Street
Woodcock Avenue
Wilfred Binette
Asker Street
Woodstop
Arthur R. Willey
Spring Hill Road
St Francis Whist Winners Announced at Biddeford College
A whist fundraiser at St Francis College Biddeford last night drew 18 tables for the priesthood fund. Special awards honored Willard Beaulieu and Mrs Anita Chaloult among others. high scores awarded to a large list of participants. Another session is planned for next night at 7 30 p.m. at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riesthood Fund
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Alice Boissonneault
Willard Beaulieu
Anita Chaloult
Alice Goudreau
Sadie Hill
Alfred Berry
Adrien Bertrant
Paul Bertrand
Joan Goulet
Conrad Nolette
Richard Goulet
Aurore Soucy
John Travers
Jerry Couturé
Gerard Letellier
Leona Sinclaire
Claudia Beaudoin
Laura Goudreau
Gerard Beaudoin
Arthur Corriveau
Medley Beaulieu
Alma Sylvestre
Alcide Bedard
Ludger More
Fatso the Fat Cat: Newark Grandmother Shows Cats
Mrs Jeanne Kunkel a grandmother and part time cashier raises pedigreed cats in a loft. She owns about 30 cats groomed as pets or show animals. Her prize is a champion silver Persian named Weequahic Silver Sonata who answers to Fatso at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatso
Newark
Jeanne Kunkel
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