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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1959

Page

10

Biddeford Readies Roadeo and Bicycle Safety Week

Biddeford plans a giant Roadeo Saturday with time and place to be announced. Police Chief Edgar Sevigny leads safety efforts with social police aid. Mayor Clement Deschambault will proclaim Bicycle Safety Week at a city meeting with the safety committee and local groups.

Pace One Sters Roadeo Biddeford Edgar Sevigny Clement Deschambault Bicycle Safety Committee Mrs Johnson Merton Ira Staples Amvets Post Safety Talmadge Allen Post Auxiliary Allen Sevigny George Friary Ernest Donahue Parent-Teacher Association Rene Roy Biddeford Safety Group Clara Ledoux Raymond Kenneally

Minister opens new pastorate in Springfield after Saco briefing

The minister spoke on daily blessings and sacred memories as he reflected on life’s span. Co chairs Mrs Raymond Taylor and Mrs Ossian Johnson led the social committee for the event. Refreshments followed. Rev Mr Howe begins his pastorate Friday at the First Baptist church in Springfield Mass. his family will stay in Saco through school’s end.

Pace One Raymond Taylor Ossian Johnson Mr. Howe First Baptist Church Springfield Mass Saco

World Briefs From Page One Cries for Harsh Punishment

Tokyo reports Red China asserts full sovereignty over Tibet and will tolerate no interference from foreign powers. Peiping denounces Nehru's call for Tibetan autonomy as insufficient. In Schongau West Germany ranger troops endure spartan survival training with parachute tents, no cigarettes or alcohol, crow and game meals.

Tokyo Red China Tibet United Nations Peiping India China Nehru

Lawmakers Debate Minimum Wage Exemptions

House members continued the debate on minimum wage exemptions with Rep. Augusta Christie opposing a $1 floor to protect employment, Rep. Sumner Pike criticizing exemptions, Rep. Jerome Plante noting more exemptions in the Ross bill, and Rep. Frank Rowe Magawaska defending the $1 minimum as morally and economically justified.

Augusta Christie Rpresque Isle Sumner Pike R-Lubec Jerome Plante Cold Orchard Beach Frank Rowe D-Madawaska

South Portland Fire Probe Underway Amid Unexplained Blazes

South Portland Chief Horace Jose and state investigator Oliver T. Sanborn planned to inspect Reynolds Roosevelt and Lincoln schools to determine fire causes. Unidentified youths were seen fleeing Reynolds, but officials say no clear pattern links the incidents.

South Portland iFihe Horace Jose Reynolds Roosevelt Lincoln Oliver T. Sanborn State Insurance Commissioner's Office Reynolds School

New Uniforms Debut With York County Deputy Sheriffs

York county grand jury and court sessions opened with deputies of the sheriff’s department wearing new brown and tan uniforms. Officers Edward Bachand Sanford Crier. Coyle Meserve Dayton Messenger. Harry Roux Limerick. Arthur J Viger Biddeford courtroom. Rick Moore and Joseph Lepine Biddeford in charge of the grand jury wearing embroidered badges. About 70 civil cases were set for Tuesday with several important criminal matters slated for Monday May 11 and a 25-case grand jury agenda ahead, likely extending into Friday.

York County Sheriff's Department Superior Court Alfred Edward P. Bachand Sanford, Crier Coyle Meserve Dayton Messenger Harry Roux Limerick Arthur J. Viger Biddeford Rick Moore Joseph Lepine Maine Marcel R. Viger Charles A. Pomeroy

Club directors plan new facilities and expand executive council

Albany Bergeron was named temporary elections chairman. The president, vice president and secretary will appoint five councilmen to the executive council for 1959 60. The eight man council should be active in body not spirit. The club has over 70 active members and needs larger quarters. Plans include a newspaper radio repairing automobile repairs and a sports program. A building committee was formed to seek quarters for 200 to 300 members. Named on the committee are Louis Caron Carl Hunter Joseph Caron Albany Bergeron and Roland Simard. Only 19 members dropped out this year down from 60 previously. Most dropouts entered the armed services or moved away. none were released for misconduct.

Albany Bergeron Caron Louis Caron Carl Hunter Joseph Caron Roland Simard Armed Services

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