Local Seamen and Residents Featured in Service and Health Notices
Kenneth DeSilva of Biddeford is an appendix patient at Webber hospital. Joseph Bouchard of Biddeford is a surgical patient at Maine Osteopathic hospital in Portland. The piece notes various Biddeford Saco Journal staff and attendees of a Golden Jubilee event for Rev. Sister St. Eu. USN sailors Gerald Saucier, Clarence Strout, Robert Murphy are listed with ship assignments. Recruit training for Biddeford residents at Great Lakes. Sp4 Lewis Dinsmore returns to Shadagee Road, Saco for furlough before Alaska duty. his wife Doris De Silva is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth DeSilva
Manuel de Silva
Pool Road
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Joseph Bouchard
Wentworth Street
Maine Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Biddeford-Saco Journal
St. EU
St. Joseph High School
Gilberte Roussin
Cambridge
Mass
Gerald Saucier
USN
Henry Saucier
Pool Street
Donner
Clarence F. Strout
Seaman
Harold B. Strout
Roebuck Avenue
Saco
Robert D. Murphy
Seaman Recruit
Edward F. Murphy
Western Avenue
Mediterranean
Raymond P. Bineau
Paul Bineau
Dinsmore
Alaska
Twin Cities
Doris de Silva
Kenneth Dinsmore
Legion Auxiliary and civic group meetings listed
A schedule of meetings includes the Tighe Beau doin Farley unit American Legion auxiliary Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Biddeford City building. Biddeford Knights of Columbus auxiliary meet Wednesday at 8 p m in K of C hall Washington street. Council St Theresa of St John the Baptist society meets tomorrow night at 8 in St John hall Adams street Biddeford. Annette chapter CBS holds a stated meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at Masonic hall Saco. Bradford chapter Order of DeMolay to confer Mothers degree with Anita Rowe chairing refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Biddeford City
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus Auxiliary
K. of C. Hall
Washington Street
Council St. Theresa of St. John the Baptist Society
St. John Hall
Adams Street
Portland
Annette
CBS
Masonic Hall
Saco
Bradford
Order of DeMolay
Anita Rowe
Jobless Pay Claims In Slight Increase
The Biddeford Maine Employment Security office reports a modest rise in unemployment claims last week with 803 benefit recipients, up from 788 the prior week. Compared to the same week in 1961, 1,027 drew checks, including 26 filed under extended benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine Employment Security Commission
Francis M. Coughlin
Coughlin
Tribute Paid To Former Teacher At FHA Convention
Old Orchard Beach High School sent its FHA chapter president Patricia Dowd and vice president Maureen LaFountain to the State convention in Augusta. Dowd read an original poem memorializing Mrs. Christine Armstrong, a former Home Economics teacher and FHA advisor. Dowd, a six district chairman, hosted the event and will join the FHA conclave in Augusta in June and a Bryant Pond conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach High School
Future Homemakers of America
Augusta
Patricia Dowd
Maureen LaFountain
Miss Dowd
Christine Armstrong
FHA
Armstrong
Bryant Pond
Deaths Millie M Reggap 71 Biddeford longtime Pepperell worker
Millie M Reggap 71 died last night at a local hospital after a long illness. A Foss street Biddeford resident and Pepperell Manufacturing retiree and 25-year club member born Tirante Albania May 18 1891 she moved to Biddeford early life. Survivors include widow Clara Morin a brother George Reggap and step daughter Irene Spence. Funeral services tomorrow at 2 pm Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford with viewing tonight 7 to 10. Rev Jasper Beane will officiate and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie M. Reggap
Foss Street
Biddeford
Pepperell Company
Tirante
Albania
Mehmet and
Fatime Reggap
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
York County Albania Society
Clara (Morin) Reggap
George Reggap
Irene Spence
New Rochelle
N.Y
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone Street
Jasper Beane
Biddeford United
Biddeford VFW Auxiliary Meeting Tonight
The Biddeford VFW Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 this evening at San Soucy Funeral Home, 1 Stone Street, to offer prayers for Gerard La.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Vfw
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone Street
Gerard la
Sacred Heart League Meets for Prayers at Emond Funeral Home
Members of Sacred Heart League of St. Andre parish meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Emond Funeral Home in Biddeford to say prayers for Israel Dubois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart League of
Funeral for John B Joncas at St Joseph Church
Funeral services for John B. Joncas were held at St. Joseph Church with Rev. J Donovan presiding. Deacons were Rev. Norman Carrier and Rev. Sylvia Levesque. choir and organist Mrs. Dane Roussell supported the solemn high mass. Attendees from out of town included the Bolduc family, Cazeaults, Jalbert, Eldridge, Caron, and Rudolph Joncas with relatives from Portland Webster Mass Old Lyme Lewiston Dover New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph Church
John B. Joncas
J Donovan
St. James Church
Woodland
Norman Carrier
Sylvia Levesque
Dane Roussell
Urbain Langevin
George, Andre
Louis Bolduc
Joe Cateault
Leopold Talbot
Community church midweek services and rehearsals listed
A list of Wednesday prayer meetings Bible studies and choir rehearsals across multiple churches including Biddeford Ogunquit Hamilton Memorial Saco Lyman Wells Kennebunkport and Kennebunk with times ranging from 3:15 p m to 8 00 p m plus a Women’s Society meeting at Saco School Street Methodist and a mission box reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Notre Dame hospital auxiliary to meet Wednesday
The May meeting of Notre Dame hospital auxiliary will be held tomorrow night at 8 in the hospital. Mrs. Lucien Doyon, president, will chair the business session. Plans for the May ball and summer theatre fundraising project are on the agenda. Guest speaker Wilfred A. Poirier of Augusta, executive director of the Maine Hospital Association. Hostesses are St. Mary church group with Mrs. Elphege Paradis and Mrs. Robert Perrin as hospitality co chairs. An executive session at 7:30 precedes the general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital
Lucien Doyon
Wilfred A. Poirier
Augusta
Maine Hospital Association
St. Mary Church
Elphege Paradis
Robert Perrin
General Assembly
Doyon
Portland Weather Outlook With Cloudy, Showers Ahead
This afternoon and tonight: cloudy and cool with fog and light drizzle. Easterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Wednesday: cloudy and slightly warmer with showers and possible thundershowers. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Temps in 40s. lows last night ranged from 32 to 41 across Caribou Eastport Portland and Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenvlle
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
Saco Budget Debate Highlights Contingent Fund Hikes
The Saco council debated the budget with Alderman Cassette pressing item by item. Contingent fund increases drew questions about Maple street sewage and emergency needs, while fire department wage hikes faced opposition. The council approved $16,500 for the contingent fund and $10,000 for the contingency, amid concerns over tax burdens and street paving limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
Saco
Maine
Bear Brook
Pond Street
Highway Department
Robert Cassette
Donald Perrin
Clifford A. Purvis
George L. O'Rouke
Maple Street
Earle Emens
William A. Patten
Sawyer Street
Worthing
Patten
Paul Fournier
Fournier
Robert Caussette
Ruth Nolette
Old Orchard Beach Carrier Named Richard Schmit
Richard Schmit, a freshman at Old Orchard High, is the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene J Schmit of 25 Maple Avenue. He serves as a journal carrier in the Center Street area of Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Carrier
Center Street
Old Orchard Beach
Richard
Old Orchard High
Eugene J. Schmit
Maple Avenue
City budget sparks debate over services and education
Saco council weighs cuts to curb spending as Mayor Worthing pushes for federal aid to fund education. Fire budget passes 4-3. other allocations include officers 18500 and parks 900 amid criticism of recreation spend and tax burdens affecting Thornton academy funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthing
Congress
William S. Linnell
Thornton Academy
Thornton
Saco
Linell
Bernard Gaines
Gordon
Pendleton
Marion Banks
Paul Fournier
Clifford A. Purvis
Biddeford-Saco
Highway Department
Saco Nursing Service
AIDC
Planning Board
Old Timers Honored At Saco IOOF Roll Call Night
Saco lodge IOOF held its Roll Call and Old Timers night at the Odd Fellows hall on Main street. Seventeen past grands answered the roll call while Richard S. Libby received a 50 year lapel button from Noble Grand William Sias. A covered dish supper preceded the meeting and Rebekah lodge members served as waitresses. Afterward Irwin Kennedy screened Bird Hunting films and next week’s refreshments committee was named Daniel Davis and Clyde Mailman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Lodge
IOOF
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Richard S. Libby
Noble
William Sias
John Hill
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Irwin Kennedy
Daniel Davis
Clyde Mailman
Peckham Reaffirms Stay as Old Orchard Beach Council Head
Charles D. Peckham Jr. agrees to reassume chairmanship after council's three provisos. Councilors select not to permanent chair, temporary chair David V. McCallum. Police changes include promoting Harold Randall to captain and hiring a second patrol car on rental through year end. Tax collection action targets $52,000 unpaid taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Peckham, Jr
Old Orchard Beach
David V. McCallum
Harold Randall
Donald Lake
John Clark
John Marshall
Marie Migner
Planning Board
Leo Larochelle
George LeBeau
Old Orchard Street
P. R. Boston Company
North Berwick
Percival Wardwell
Tonette Classes To Present Concert At PTA Meeting
Tonette classes from Emery and Washington street schools will perform at the Biddeford PTA meeting in the junior high school auditorium at 8. More than 100 children will participate under the direction of teachers June Boothby Dorothy Kearney Dorothy McGown and Shirley Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Boothby
Dorothy Kearney
Emery School
Dorothy McGown
Shirley Hamilton
Washington Street School
Nobody Moves As Fire Whistle Blows
The Biddeford fire department did not respond to an alarm during a test at J. G. Deering and Son Lumber Co. A fire alarm box 23 test accidentally sounded the whistle shortly before 9 30. Firemen quickly disconnected the line, and the box number sounded only twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
J. G. Deering and Son Lumber Company
Well Baby Clinic Date Is Changed in Saco
The Saco Well Baby clinic date moved from May 2 to May 9. Dr Maurice Ross will lead with RN Roberta Rowe and RN Dorothy Carter assisting in the public health rooms on Cutts Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Well
Saco Public Health Nursing Agency
Cutts Avenue
Saco
Maurice Ross
Roberta Rowe
Dorothy Carter
Speeding Offender Fined in Biddeford Court
James C. Prendergast twenty of Old Orchard Beach was fined 25 dollars by Associate Judge Gerald C. Na in Biddeford Municipal Court this morning for speeding. He pleaded guilty to speeding forty mph in a fifteen mph zone on Main Street last night, a charge brought by Biddeford Police Officer Henry Labbe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Prendergast
Old Orchard Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Gerald C. Na‘son
Biddeford
Prendergast
Henry Labbe
Beach
Main Street
Japanese Managers Tour Biddeford Metal Plant
Three Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries managers visited Metal-Tech in Biddeford as part of a goodwill tour. Edward T. Bryant of Metal-Tech hosted the group, which aims to study U S jet engine parts production and promote U S Japan friendship. They arrive April 6 expect to stay through June, lodging in Lynn, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metal- Tech, Inc
Biddeford
Ishikawajima- Harima Heavy Industries Company, Ltd
Tokyo
V. L. Fulchino
General Electric Company
Hiroshi Naitou
Yoshimasa Nishi
Eiichi Igarashi
Edward T. Bryant
Metal-Tech
United States
Japan
Lynn
Mass
York County AAUW To Host State Meeting This Weekend
The York County branch of the AAUW will host the 16th annual state meeting at the Deering Union building in Saco. Dr. Ruth Roettinger, national AAUW director, will speak. Mrs. Carl Landry presides. activities include registration, social hours, and committee events with focus on Maine Education Problems and an outstanding woman citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
American Association of University Women
Association
Deering Union
Sweetser Children’s Home
Saco
Jon Nathanson
H. W. Stevens
Adelbert Jakeman
Gilbert Harrison
Lloyd Trecartin
Joseph Truman
George D. Love
Kenneth Burr
Harry Sawyer
William Kirk
Raymond Kenneally
Stephen Patrick
Homer Wentzell
Philip Snow
Richard Watson
Paul Croxford
Lucien Scammon
J. Burton Stride
Ferry Road
Sweetser
Ruth Roettinger
AAUW
Washington, D.C
South Carolina
Carl Landry
Hollis Center
Maine
David Ober
Augusta
Honor Essayist From Pinard Family Plans Priesthood
The second honor essayist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pinard of Stockman Avenue, Saco, plans diocesan priesthood. He served as band librarian, member of the sodality, honor roll student, Chess and Science clubs, and earned a National Merit Scholarship Mathematics success certificate. All four will give commencement addresses in June at St. Joseph Parish Hall, Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pinard Stockman
Saco
Sodality
St. Joseph Parish Hall
Biddeford
Destructive Midwest Storm Kills Children and Destroys Homes
A severe storm driven by 105 mph winds swept Illinois and Indiana causing multiple deaths and extensive damage. In Mc Clerland Grade School a section of building collapsed trapping a 12 year old student. In Pontiac a building wall collapsed killing one man. The storm damaged trailers roofs and power lines across Rantoul Joliet Chicago Logansport South Bend and Kentland with near 170 mph debris winds at South Bend and $1 million in Rantoul damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cavitt
McClerland Grade School
Rantoul
Ill
Chanute Air Force Base
Illinois
Pontiac
Chicago
Joliet
Indiana
Logansport
Kokomo
South Bend
Kentland
Frankfort
Nursing Committee Volunteers Named in Murphy Hellige Note
Mrs. Richard Murphy and Mrs. Peter Hellige are listed as volunteer workers from the nursing committee in the segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Murphy
Peter Hellige
Maine Masonic Lodges Facing Bright Future
Maine Grand Master Leon M. Sanborn told about 750 Masons that the statewide fraternal order is healthy with a bright future. He noted 209 lodges and cited anniversaries of Portland Lodge at 200 years and Oriental Star Lodge at 15, with five lodges marking 100th anniversaries: Mt. Kince Guilford Ashlar Lewiston Day Spring West Newfield Marsh River Brooks and Monmouth Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Kince
Guilford
Ashlar
Lewiston
Day Spring
West Newfield
Marsh River
Brooks
Monmouth
Soviet Peace Pitch Faces Western Protests in Berlin Parade
Soviet defense minister Malinovsky urged peaceful coexistence and disarmament while claiming the USSR would guard against war. In Moscow a banner urged an agricultural upsurge. Belgium’s Queen Mother Elisabeth attended the Red Square display. In East Berlin rockets appeared in the East German parade as West German and Western officials prepared for protests over occupation limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historical Museum
Red Square
Soviet Union
Malinovsky
United States
Ourage
Belgium
Elisabeth
Moscow
East Berlin
Francis Gary Powers
Marx-Engels Platz
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Czechoslovakia
Otto Grotewohl
Red Wall
West Berlin
Redi Barrier
House of Ministries
Wall
Heinrich Luebke
Lucius D. Clay
City protests brook pollution in Saco from junkyard
The city of Saco files a complaint with County Atty John Harvey over oil polluted steel shavings washing into a brook from Saco Junk Co near the railroad on North Street. Mayor Worthing says the oil contaminates the brook that flows under North Street to Sawyer Street. Harvey is reviewing the case under state statutes with no action yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
John Harvey
North Street
Saco Junk Company
Sawyer Street
Dinsmore Worthing
Robert Smith
Maine Water Improvement Commission
J. Albert Merryman
Maine
Harvey
Churches Will Combine For Family Night
The May Family Night supper for parishioners of the Biddeford and Saco Unitarian churches will be held Wednesday at 6 30 p m in Biddeford First Universalist vestry. Sigma Delta members will run the event and a Social Circle meeting precedes at 6 p m. Rev Edmund W Beal will show The Road From Union Junction after the meal and Biddeford Universalist members will elect delegates to the state convention in Augusta Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Saco
Biddeford First
Edmund W. Beal
Union Junction
Merit Badges Awarded Scouts of Troop 308
Merit badges and awards were distributed as Biddeford Boy Scout Troop 308 of St. Joseph parish held a session in the club hall to sponsor a battle drive for Sunday May 6. Dues were collected and patrol leaders reported patrol activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
St. Joseph Parish
Paul Cyr
Jacques Brunelle
Richard Bertrand
Rene Simard
Robert Miniani
Ichard Angers
Donald Paradis
Chael Bosssonneault
Donald Elie
Trol
Biddeford JHS Band Schedules Joint Concert
Biddeford High School band and Glee clubs will join in the Western Maine Music Festival in Westbrook. Horace Killam, music director, announced the May festival and that the Boys Glee Club was invited to perform at the public evening concert. Students will travel by chartered buses and depart at 7:15 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Westbrook
Horace Killam
Boys Glee Club
Selected Voices
Killam
Rented Roller Arrives in Saco for City Lease
The city of Saco leased a three to five ton roller from the Doherty company of Stoneham Massachusetts. The lease runs four months at 300 dollars per month with an option to purchase for 2500 dollars or return the roller after the term. A portion of the rent may go toward the purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Doherty Company of
Stoneham Mass
Stree
Herbert Kerns
Stoneham
Berlin bows out with final public appearance in Berlin era
Berlin makes his last public appearance before leaving his post as crowds gather in Tokyo Meiji Park for a May Day demo with about 200000 participants under police guard. In other cities 1.5 million join the demonstrations as Communist leaders address the crowd. Premier Chou En-lai hosts a Peiping May Day reception with officials and diplomats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tokyo
Meiji Park
China
Peiping
Chou En-lai
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Champson
Artistic Memorial Studio
Tel
Joseph E. Croteau
Elm Street
Allie Reggap
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Full Gospel
Route 9-A
Wells
Kennebunkport
Women's Society of the
Foss Street Methodist Church
Gladys Schwartz
Central Street
Hospital Auxiliary
Saco Budget
Journal Carriers
Richard Schmit
Saco Oof
Peckham
Council
Speeder
Tour
Masonic Lodges
Saco Brook
Scouts of
JHS
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