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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1961
Page
3
At a post worship session, Wells Second CongregationalChurch members voted to incorporate. George R. Spiller was elected president and G Maynard often vice president. The board meets Wednesday at 7 at Atty Walter Hatch's home to sign papers completing the action.
Kennebunk Lt and Mrs Walter A Moulton announce the birth of a daughter Valerie Jean on March 15 in Long Beach. Maternal grandparent Mrs Paul Thayer and paternal Forrest Moulton of Kennebunk. Also notes guests and family movements including Ralph Lautres living with grandparents, and Mrs John A Amstott traveling from Sanford to join family. references to military postings and reunions.
Mrs Adrienne Binette of 21 Murphy Avenue Old Orchard Beach attended the Flower Show in Boston and later joined a lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts titled Japanese Color Prints.
Miss Kay Mewer and Mrs Patricia Strickland plus Mrs Helen Smith from Miniwanca attend Fa dette chapter installation in York Friday. Helen Cummings and guest Mildred Leonard join Adah chapter semi public installation in Biddeford. Saturday events include Sarah Orne Jewett chapter in South Berwick with several Mewers and Tate family. Gertrude Leonard and Barbara Gilbert host a luncheon for sector program workers at the Methodist vestry after services. St John Auxiliary Guild meeting rescheduled to Tuesday at 7 30 p m in St John parish hall. C Paul Wight returns toRumford from Longwood Ave weekend stay.
A parish hall card party in Old Orchard Beach was sponsored by St. Margaret sodality with Junior socialists arranging under Mrs. Theodore Bolduc. Prizes went to Catherine French and John W. Girard for high scores. Leona Travers and Albert Pettengill for low scores. Mary Emery won queen of hearts. Gerard Jacques took a special prize. other winners included Marc Auger and Joseph Thibeau. The Junior choir performed Irish songs and dances directed by Mrs. Thomas Anton and Mrs. James Prendergast with pianist Mrs. Ivan Batchelder. Four young piano students from Mrs. A. E. Boisvert’s studio performed as well.
Mr and Mrs Harold Rackliff announce the engagement of their daughter Sharon A Rackliff to Kenneth W Pate son of Mr and Mrs Douglas I Pate. Sharon attended Old Orchard Beach High School and Kenneth is a Thornton Academy graduate employed by Milliken Tomlinson Company in Portland. The wedding is set for April 22.
Miss Mattie Tracy was feted at a bridal shower hosted by coworkers at Mrs Constance Tremblay’s 14 Bradley Street, Saco. She is to wed Richard Hilton on April 15. Guests included Mildred Tracy, Clarence Hilton, Evelyn Kahn, Marian Tevesque, and many Tremblay and Binette families. June Parker and Ethel Roberts contributed but could not attend.
Old Orchard Beach Methodist Sunday School held a Mom and Dad Day inviting parents to learn about the program opening at 9 45. Children sang with Mrs Joan F Stahl at the piano and readings were given by several students. The event included remarks on a Winthrop summer camp and an Easter concert promotion followed by refreshments in the vestry.
The St Patrick Day program by Biddeford Hibernians Saturday featured Irish songs and dances led by Mrs. Hannah Grondin and Miss Mary Murphy. Auxiliary president Mrs Charles H Cartier organized the event with Division No 1 AOH president Quentin Johnson, Eugene Wynne and Thomas Breen assisting. Prizes were awarded for card playing and hal prizes noted, with recognition for two members born in Ireland. Biddeford claims the state’s only active Hibernian lodge.
Cape Porpoise notes a surprise stork shower for Mrs Lester Hutchins at Mrs Richard Seavey’s home with hostesses Mrs Seavey and Mrs Gary Ridlon. Gifts in a pink blue and white crib. many neighbors and relatives listed as guests. A surgical patient, a dean’s list student, church events and fundraisers are noted alongside upcoming baptisms and special services.
Ernest W. Michel, longtime leader with the Survivors of Hitler's concentration camps and executive staffer for the United Jewish Appeal, will address the Biddeford Saco Rotary on Wednesday. He endured Auschwitz Monowitz and Buchenwald, escaped the final death march, and later led postwar efforts including the Auschwitz reunion and White House visit. He will discuss The Eichmann Case An Eyewitness Account.
Wells Band Boosters meet at Wells High School at 7 30. Highpine DeMolay degree reheasal at Highpine Masonic hall Sanford road. Lions clubs joint meeting at Henri's Wells Route 1 with Kennebunk Lions. dinner at 6 30. Wells Second Congregational Ladies observe 128th anniversary with noon dinner. Youth Night at Wells Grange 8 pm with Wells and nearby granges. rummage sale at Wells First Congregational church vestry Thursday 10 am. contact Ray Chase or Clayton Abendroth.
Three circles of the Women's Fellowship at Biddeford Second Congregational Church will meet tomorrow. Circle A led by Mrs Ruby Packard will gather at Mrs John Moeckels on Graham street with dessert at 1 30 p m. Circle C led by Mrs Arthur Maxwell and Mrs Wayne Hutchins will meet at Mrs Maxwell on Alfred street with dessert at 1 30 p m. Circle D led by Mrs Norman Lundy and Mrs Harold Staples will meet at Scarborough with dessert at 1 30 p m.
Kennebunk firemen responded to a Saturday blaze in a garage with a shop at one end beside the Ross Stahl property on Port land street. Fire Chief Harrison Colemen led four apparatus to the scene where an overheated stove in the shop likely started the fire. The structure suffered damage at the shop end. a pickup truck had windows broken and paint burned. The adjacent barn and home, reportedly filled with baled hay, escaped major damage.
Charles Coleman of Motors Insurance Corp says Ernest Nadeau of Berlin New Hampshire will be paid a claim. After parking his car near a lumber operation two horses nibbled salt deposits on the hood leaving teeth marks. The firm expects to settle for 160 dollars.
Mrs. Ethel Kimball of Old Orchard Beach will lead the Bible study and prayer meeting at Old Orchard Beach Baptist Church on Upper Ocean Avenue tomorrow at 7 30 PM. The well known church worker is praised as a shining example of Christian womanhood and the event is open to the public.
Washington The voting record of Congressman Peter A. Garland Republican Me has largely followed the Republican line in the first session of the 87th Congress. He opposed expanding the House Rules Committee to curb Conservative control and voted against the heated emergency feed grain bill which passed 209 to 202.
A Maine Republican joined 411 colleagues in approving a 331000 dollar budget for the Un American Activities committee. He supported the 13 week unemployment compensation extension and backed 29.9 million in aid to federally impacted school districts amid fears of higher feed grain prices for poultry and tighter federal controls.
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