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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1962
Page
2
The division will hold a meeting in Hibernian hall at Elm and Main streets Biddeford this Sunday. The program includes initiation of new candidates and a social hour.
Gerard Oscar Beaudoin aged 30 formerly of Biddeford died suddenly in Nancy France where he had worked for Union Mutual Life Insurance. Born February 13 1932 in Biddeford he was a Korean War veteran. Survived by widow Charlotte Bunch Beaudoin son Michael and daughter Lisa, father Henry Beaudoin and stepmother, two brothers Donald and Raymond, sister Violette Bellefeuille, step sisters Lucille Provost Ruth Beaudoin and Paulette Beaudoin, plus nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
A continuing probe prompted by a complaint to the attorney general led to closed-door grand jury sessions with Gerard Laverriere and Leo F. Charest among others. City officials Ralph Binelte and Richard Moore observed, with Moore serving as jury officer. no comments were offered on witness appearances as Attorney General Harvey indicated more matters remain and a Monday rise was anticipated, though the panel is not in session today.
Loyalist marines airlifted from Caracas to Cumana moved east along the coast while army units from Ciudad Bolivar and Maturin pressed rebels from south and west. Government troops faced light resistance in Rio Caribe and Cariaco before storming a rebel road block near Carupano.
Expressions of gratitude from the St Onge Labbe Lantagne Guay and Boisvert families for floral offerings sympathy and assistance during bereavement and hospital stays. They thank clergy neighbors relatives drivers and medical staff including Drs Charest Fortier O Sullivan and nurses at Notre Dame and Webber Hospitals.
Funeral services were held for Ada L. Littlefield 88 of Wells died Tuesday at York Harbor hospital after a five and a half month stay. She was born October 24, 1873 in Wells and is survived by one son, four daughters, nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Burial followed at Ocean View cemetery Wells.
Funeral services for Mrs Mabel R Hill were held yesterday at the Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring Street Saco. Rev Norman J Langmaid pastor of the Saco School Street Methodist Church officiated. Burial followed in a private family cemetery at Dayton.
The North Atlantic Region AAUW meeting runs June 14 to 16 at the Atlantis hotel Kennebunk Beach with Mrs Landry as general chair and Dr Margaret M Dickie as reservations chair. Budget and planning notes include a June 1 reservations deadline and a theme Education Worldwide. The event features reports on fellowship grants totaling over a quarter million dollars and honors Dr Charity Weymouth for service.
Portland forecast shows tonight with fair skies and low 40s temperatures and gentle variable winds. Sunday brings mostly sunny skies and warmer conditions, signaling a mild weekend start for residents and visitors.
Adah chapter Order of the Eastern Star holds a Salute to the Past Matrons and Past Patrons ceremony at Biddeford Municipal hall with Eve Rooman welcoming members. Elizabeth Calderwood received grand honors and Elizabeth Tate presented greetings from Kentucky in Maine.
The son of Mr and Mrs Gerard F Jacques of 58 Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach becomes a Journal carrier in the School Street area. He is a seventh grader at Federal School.
A lengthy list of Sunday events spans churches in Saco Wells Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford. Activities include youth fellowships baptist and methodist groups and evening worships at 7 30 p m various locations and times. Rev Dwight R Walsh of Bates College will be guest preacher at Biddeford White Chapel tomorrow.
At the May meeting of the Friendship Class of Saco United Baptist Church the group named co chairmen for a July food sale at Ocean Park and appointed Roy Watson to lead a church schoolroom renovation. Rev Hammond I Peterson spoke on youth programs and Ocean Park camp support, with a $40 donation approved to aid summer activities. Thirty eight members attended.
Mrs William H Marston was re elected president of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union at a Beach Street Saco meeting in Hamilton Memorial building. Officers re elected include first vice president Mrs Chester C Pease and clerk Mrs Lawrence E Dearborn. new officers include Mrs Gene S Palmer second vice president Mrs George Allen treasurer Mrs Clinton Underwood collector and Mrs Lester Austin corresponding secretary. Directors for three years are Miss Janet MacMillan Mrs Raymond Cole and Mrs Paul Hanson. A lobster salad luncheon preceded the business session with music and a club collect audience. A tea invitation was read and a card party set for May 8 at Whitechurch Vestry Biddeford. Public card party and Federation meeting dates noted. Members welcomed new member Mrs John Tarbox and discussed coming programs and charitable deliveries to Pineland Hospital.
Justice William S. Silsby handed down fifteen divorce decrees in York County Superior Court this week. Four cases were finalized and eleven granted with 30 day appeal periods, all on grounds of cruel and abusive treatment.
The Junior Fellowship of the Second Congregational Biddeford White church will elect officers at 5 p m Sunday in the church vestry with Mrs Clayton W Cartmill as advisor. A film will be shown and refreshments served. The Senior Fellowship meets at 6 30 p m Sunday in the vestry with advisor Mrs Mary Clopper.
The piece links Henry David Thoreau to Civil Disobedience influence on Gandhi and modern protest against nuclear tests and segregation. It notes a Sunday unveiling of a Thoreau bust at NYU Hall of Fame and frames his enduring reach through Concord tributes and followers.
An unexpected visitor, a porcupine, startled pedestrians on Main Street Biddeford about 9 30 last night. Officers Henry Labbe and Raymond Sylvester transported the animal to quieter grounds in a Biddeford police cruiser.
Biddeford public schools will be closed Monday due to the York county Teachers convention in Kittery. Supt. Paul Larrabee said the city building school department office will be closed during the morning.
Miss Rachel Pauline Precourt and Paul Charles Turnage married at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saco. Rev Georges Plante officiated with organ music by Eva Carrier. The couple will reside in Biddeford after a wedding trip. Turnage is a U S Army veteran employed by Seal Rock Bottling Co.
The Cole Agency will relocate Monday to a building bought from Philip Roach on Main Street Kennebunk. Cole-Harrison Realty Corp will own the property for 79 years and lease the ground floor to the Cole Agency. Open House is set for May 11 to tour the new offices and renovated space.
Edward Trembley age 71 of East Holden was killed when struck by a car Friday night. County Attorney Ian Mael Innes ruled the driver a 17 year old Portland girl was not at fault.
The Rev. Joseph I. Craig of Augusta was elected president of the Maine Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association Friday night.
Donald Saunders of Westbrook was elected president of the Maine Forest Products Council at a directors meeting Friday night.
Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lou Burdette was the workhorse of the National League last year, throwing 272 innings and facing 1 126 batters.
The Wells Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual public meeting next Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Wells Elementary School auditorium. Dr. Oney P. Smith is the chamber president and invites the public and all members to attend to hear plans for the coming season.
Mickey Demaertelaere stops Marcel for press credentials as Jayne explains filing for divorce amid framing of travel with three children and four dogs to Italy while filming. The scene centers on a dispute over accompanying the family and crew.
The Saco lat r Rangers fund their uniforms and equipment through candy sales and tag days. This month they bought a 21 acre tract at Barkers Pond in Lyman as a permanent camp. They plan to expand to cabinet making sheet metal and electrical training once quarters grow. Current activities include a drill team boxing class and the NCO academy. Four platoons compete with a goat head prize for the least effort.
The Kennebunk schools observe a no school day Monday for York County Teachers' convention. From Tuesday to Friday the menu includes macaroni and cheese with a roll and fruit on Tuesday, baked pea beans on Wednesday, oven fried chicken with sides on Thursday, and tuna fish salad with peanut butter brownies on Friday.
Schedule lists Monday no school and daily meals for Tuesday to Friday. Tue serves roast pork mashed potatoes carrots apple sauce bread butter banana cream pudding milk. Wed offers orange juice American chop suey roll butter raisins ice cream milk. Thu features meat loaf mashed potato corn bread butter bread pudding milk. Fri serves stuffed eggs potato chips green beans bread peanut butter fruit milk.
In a legal notices roundup, the Philadelphia Phillies are reported to have placed last in the National League for the fourth consecutive season, highlighting persistent franchise challenges and the ongoing restructuring of the club.
The York County Savings Bank will hold its corporators annual meeting on Wednesday May 9 1962 at 10 00 AM in the banking rooms for officer elections and other lawful business. Leo B Shevenell clerk. Plumbers Examination Board to test journeyman and master plumbers at Camp Keyes Augusta Maine May 15 1962 9 AM to 5 PM.
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