Maine Personal News and Academic Honors
Mrs Irene Tousignat attended the Maine Beauticians advance hairstyle show at the Eastland Motor hotel in Portland. Jerome A Eaton radioman second class USN son of Mr and Mrs Clayton A Eaton Route 2 Biddeford serves aboard USS Furse taking part in Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force exercise climaxing with an assault landing on Vieques Puerto Rico. Two Biddeford girls named among 72 Maine high school seniors with highest honors in the MTA Academic Recognition program will receive trophies May 26 at Colby College. Connie M Gosselin and Patricia A Harris named for English French and English respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Tousignat
Memorial Drive
Biddeford
Maine Beauticians
Eastland
Portland
Jerome A. Eaton
USN
Clayton A. Eaton
Furse
Vieques
Puerto Rico
Maine
Maine Teachers Association
MTA
Colby College
Constance M. Gosselin
Marie Joseph Academy
Patricia A. Harris
St. Joseph High School
Local civic groups schedule midweek meetings around Biddeford and Saco
Council Chagnon and several auxiliary and fraternal groups set midweek meetings across Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach. Sessions cover officers elections swap party items annual reports and social hours with hostesses named including Mrs Irene Ayer Doris Park and Mrs Marion McAuley. Unity club auxiliary hosts a 630 PM covered dish supper before business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Club
Ethel Whitten
Temple Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Methodist Church spends 29 million on new buildings in Britain
London AP reports that more than 29 million pounds has been spent by the Methodist Church in Britain over eight years to build new churches and other structures across Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Methodist Church
Great Britain
Card of Thanks to York Hospital Staff and Friends
Mrs Helen Hayes and family express sincere gratitude to the York Hospital staff and new York home carers for kind care and to relatives friends and all delegations for expressions of sympathy during a deeply felt time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Hospital
York
Helen Hayes
Thanking community after bereavement
We express gratitude to neighbors friends and all who sent flowers offered cars and shared sympathy during our recent bereavement. Mrs Israel Dubois Mr and Mrs Raymond Lizotte Mr and Mrs Raymond Dubois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Dubois
Raymond Lizotte
Raymond Dubois
Deaths Anne E Ross 75 of Saco
Mrs Anne E Ross 75 widow of Roy Ross and resident of 130 Elm Street Saco died yesterday afternoon at a local hospital Born in Biddeford April 10 1887 daughter of William and Margaret Twomey she was a member of the Biddeford Saco Community Service club and a communicant of Most Holy Trinity church Survivors include three daughters Mrs Harold Whelan Mrs Clinton Shaw and Mrs William Johnston two sisters Mrs Michael Mogan and Mrs Michael Dunlea six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be tomorrow at 8 am from Most Holy Trinity church and burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery Viewing hours are today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main Street Saco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne FE. Ross
Roy Ross
Elm Street
Saco
Biddeford
William and
Margaret (Coughlin) Twomey
Biddeford-Saco
Adelard LeBourdais Obituary in Brunswick Family
Adelard LeBourdais 78 of Cundy's Harbor died suddenly at a Brunswick hospital after a stroke at home. Born December 6 1883 in Brunswick, he married Ruby E White in 1911. He worked for Lamey Wellehan in Lewiston and earlier ran his own shoe store. Survivors include his widow three sons a daughter siblings six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelard LeBourdais
Cundy’s Harbor
Brunswick
Edmond
Helene
Bouchard) LeBourdais
Ruby E. White
Livermore Falls
Lewiston
Lamey-Wellehan
Zoe
Helene LeBourdais
Hilda Saindon
Arthur Lemarre
Milton
Mass
Portland Weather Outlook with Cool, Cloudy Periods
This afternoon brings increasing cloudiness and cool temperatures with west to northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight remains cloudy and cooler with occasional light rain and northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday stays partly cloudy with little temperature change. Zone 1 ranges from upper 40s to low 50s and mid to upper 30s in other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Fragmentary Schedule Times and Tide Notes
A scrambled set of times and tide indications with am pm markers and odd formatting. The readable items include multiple 2:40 3:32 4:26 time stamps, references to tides and high tides, and scattered entries such as 9:08 9:17 9:57 10:12. No coherent event or full context is present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Buts
Stig Vce
High Low
A. M
Ibi
Church Notes Weekly prayers and services listed
Community Bible Study at Ogunquit Baptist on Wednesday 7 30 p m. Several churches hold midweek prayers and meetings including Biddeford Saco Universalist and First Universalist. choirs rehearsing at Lyman Baptists Goodwins Mills and Saco School Street. annual council meeting at First Parish Beach Street Saco with dinner at 6. Parish activities include Women’s Alliance Neighborhood Day Kennebunk Unitarian and Sigma Delta talk at Biddeford First Universalist vestry Women and youth groups meet throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Kennebunkport
Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford First Universalist Church Board of Management
Biddeford - Saco
Harold Bliss
Peabody
Mass
Sigma Delta Group
Biddeford First Universalist Church
Laos Crisis Deepens as Nam Tha Falls to Pathet Lao
In Nam Tha the Pathet Lao gained control after six hours of bombardment and fighting, signaling a potentially limited shift rather than full civil war. The Kennedy administration backs a neutralist coalition led by Souvanna Phouma, avoiding a large U.S. expeditionary intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nam Tha
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Moscow
Souvanna Phouma
Europe
Phoumi
Kennedy
Laos
U.S
Korea
Saco Seeks Bids On Items City Plans Tax Anticipation
Saco opened bids on three items with little competition. The D & corporation of Yarmouth bid MC3 ME2 additive at 60 cents per gallon and the bid was accepted. Harry B Center bid 1962 Dodge for 1150 dollars for a new police cruiser, accepted. No bids on land to be re-bid in June. Licenses granted to S Victor Co and Cyrs Diner. Taxes due September 1 with 6 percent interest if unpaid by October 1. City borrows 50000 dollars in anticipation of taxes. Parking curbside at Allied Shoe building tabled for legal advice. Two 1000 lumen street lights approved for Lewis Avenue. Street commissioner pay raised to 95 dollars weekly. Brighter Ocean Park road light referred for investigation, as were signs in Eastman Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D & § Corporation of
Yarmouth
Harry B. Center
Victualers
S. Victor & Co
Cyr
Allied Shoe
Factory Island
Lewis Avenue
Ocean Park Road
Clifford A. Purvis
Purvis
Eastman Park
Eavesdropping in Baltimore at Civic Center site
A couple strolling beside the new Civic Center excavation exchange a quip about dahlia bulbs. The line reflects local texture as a passerby notes the ongoing construction work in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Civic Center
Pastore to address Maine Democratic convention in Waterville
Senator John C. Pastore of Rhode Island will arrive in Maine Thursday night and hold a Friday news conference in Portland. He is to address the opening session of the Maine Democratic State Convention in Waterville Friday night alongside Senator Edmund Muskie and gubernatorial candidates Maynard Dolloff and Richard Dubord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
John C. Pastore
Rhode Island
Maine
Waterville
Portland
Eastland Motor Hotel
Waterville High School
Pastore
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maynard C. Dolloff
Richard J. Dubord
Loftus Granted City Payroll After Budget Standoff
DECATUR IL Finance Director Jack W Loftus appeared before the City Council to protest the 1962 63 payroll and was added to the weekly pay list after the council approved salaries for 300 city workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, II
Jack W. Loftus
Loftus
Journal Carriers Rise as Local Seventh Grader Delivers
Nelson Bellerose, a seventh grade pupil at Federal school and son of Mr and Mrs Leopold Bellerose of 15 Sea View Avenue Old Orchard Beach, works as a journal carrier in his neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal School
Nelson
Leopold Bellerose
Sea View Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Council Eyes Budget Fixes and Signage
Town leaders discuss stopping un signed warrants before payments and consider annual police car purchases. They plan to raise funds, review retroactive raises, and seek legal advice on Cliff avenue work. The council also approves insecticide capsules, new street signs, beach safety rules, and licenses.
Banquet Plans Set By Dames Rochambeau
The Dames Rochambeau club announced its semi annual banquet for May 19 at 5 30 p m in the club hall with 38 members present at last night s meeting Reservations will be arranged by Mrs Eva Moreau for those absent The new member is Mrs Gabriel Camire A donation was made to the American Cancer Society fund Officers and committees were noted and a fall meeting is planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dames Rochambeau Club
Eva Moreau
Lorraine Huot
Joan Pelletier
Laura Belanger
Janet Mathieu
Gabriel Camire
American Cancer Society Fund
Sunshine Committee
Moreau
Theresa Janelle
Jeannette Lachance
Eva Dinsmore
J Joliette Club
Berlin
N. H
Dunlap Masons Confer Entered Apprentice Degree
The Entered Apprentice degree was conferred at Dunlap lodge in Biddeford Masonic hall with Atty John Bradford directing. Worshipful Master Thomas Haley announced future Fellow Craft work for May 15 at Saco Masonic lodge and a special May 21 meeting for Fellow Craft ceremonies with refreshments. Leone Francis Quimby received a 3 year consecutive membership medal from the Grand Master of Massachusetts through Haley, Quimby a former Samaritan lodge member now residing in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Lodge
A. M
Biddeford Masonic Hall
Atty
John Bradford
Thomas Haley
Saco Masonic Lodge
Leone Francis Quimby
Poo] Road
Haley
Massachusetts
Quimby
Samaritan Masonic Lodge
Reading
Mass
Biddeford
Saco PTA Plans Installation and Events
Saco executive board met at Dr Eugene Wolf s home to finalize May 16 officer installations at Young School by Mrs Vera Warner. An exhibition by Young School PE pupils with Messrs Jean Emerson and William Finch was scheduled. The group discussed library progress, a July State PTA workshop delegation, a bicycle rodeo donation to Burns School, and a May 12 square dance at Young School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Pta
Eugene Wolfahrt
Hall Avenue
Saco
Young School
Vera Warner
Saco School Board
Jean Emerson
William Finch
Young School Library
Saco Police Department
Burns School
Young Schools
Walter Lamb
Alan Sawyer
Ruby Hannaford
Barbara Freeman
Mary Jane Whittier
Jean Kimball
Grand Jury Indicts Multiple Defendants in Maine
March session lists H Moore at Wells with 28 March date. Wesley Ackerman of Old Orchard Beach faces non support of six children. James F. Besso of Saco charged with carnal knowledge of a 15 year old girl. James G. Austin of Saco accused of cheating by false pretenses involving bank folder advertising. Ernest R. Boisvert of Biddeford charged with willful arson. Donald R. Perkins of Wells charged with multiple breaking and entering and larceny offenses at Wells High, Wentworth Dennett school, Bertha Humphrey restaurant and others with thefts including milk ice cream and cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Moore
Wells
Wesley Ackerman
Old Orchard Beach
James F. Besso
Saco
James G. Austin
Alan F. Mentor
North Berwick
Sanford
Celon F. Wood
Eliot
Ernest R. Boisvert
Biddeford
Honore Simoneau
Donald R. Perkins
Wells High School
Wentworth-Dennett
Kittery
Bertha Humphrey
Officials reject Harriman bid on right to know records
Deputy Attorney General George C. West denied John P. Harriman’s claim that the Atlantic Sea-Run Salmon Commission is violating Maine right-to-know laws. Harriman opposes black salmon harvest from the Narraguagus River and argued data would bolster his position. West ruled commission records and laboratory employees’ data are public documents but not notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
John P. Harriman
Narraguagus Salmon Associates
Atlantic Sea-Run Salmon Commission
Maine
Atty
George C. West
Harriman
Narraguagus
West
DAV Seeks Support For Compensation Increase
The Biddeford Saco chapter of the Disabled American Veterans discussed a Senate action on a compensation increase bill approved by the House. Members noted a tag day for Hospital Day funds, welcomed new member Philip Cartier, and planned Memorial Day parade participation. Leopold Croteau recently returned home after 12 weeks of hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Chase Smith
House
Biddeford-Saco
U.S Senate
China
DAV
Hospital Day Fund
Conrad Nolette
Philip Cartier
Leopold Croteau
Philip Neault
Veteran's Hospital
Togus
Cmdr
Armand Mercier
Biddeford
Mercier
Pulitzer prizes honor White and Wathis in 1962 awards
The 1962 journalism prizes awarded to Paul Wathis for a Camp David image of Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower and Theodore H. White for The Making of the President 1960. Other winners included Gipson, Ward, Dugan, Mullins, Bliss, Caldwell, Graham, Storke, and Waltman with arts prizes totaling $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wathis
Ae Pa
Associated Press
Ken
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Camp David
Theodore H. White
White
Hearst
W. A. Swanberg
William Randolph Hearst
Lawrence H. Gipson
Lehigh University
Robert Ward
Nyack
N.Y
New York City Center
Arthur Miller
Alan Dugan
New York City
Time
Robert D. Mullins
Salt Lake City
Utah
Desert News
Dead Horse Point
George Bliss
The
Chicago Tribune
Greater
Chicago
Nathan G. Caldwell
Gene S&s. Graham
Nashville Tennessean
United Mine Workers
Thomas M. Storke
Santa Barbara
Calif
Robertson Named Augusta Finance Chairman for Reed Campaign
W Gordon Robertson president of Bangor & Aroostook Corp and Higher Education Assistance Foundation was named finance chairman of the Reed for Governor Committee by Gov Reed. He was also appointed by Reed as a trustee of the University of Maine.
Sheep ranchers urged to shear heads to save lambs
Klamath Falls Oregon AP report says sheep ranchers should shear ewes' heads down to the skin to keep ewes from feeling cold and rain and guide their lambs to shelter during storms, per County Agent C A Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath Falls
Ore
Oregon
C. A. Henderson
Biddeford Man Selected For Franco Institute
Biddeford resident Raymond Cote of 336 West Street has been chosen as one of 40 participants in the Franco American Institute at Bowdoin College from June 28 to August 14. The program, part of 85 sponsored by the U S Office of Education under the National Defense Education Act, trains Franco American secondary school teachers in French and modern instructional methods. Cote, a 1957 St Francis College graduate, has taught at St Francis and Biddeford High School and served in World War II and Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Raymond Cote
West Street
Biddeford
Bowdoin College
Gerard J. Brault
U.S. Office of Education
Bowdoin
New England
Cote
St. Francis College
University of New Hampshire
Biddeford High School
Garland Attacks Peace Corps Training Criticisms
Maine Rep. Peter A. Garland voices concern that Peace Corps training abuses could undermine the program. He cites an elderly woman teacher and cites rope swinging and sleeping with animals as examples of failing oversight and dignity concerns. Garland contrasts his stance with opponent Rep. Stanley R. Tupper who supported the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine
Peace Corps
Peter A. Garland
Garland
Stanley R. Tupper
New Maine
Injunction Sought In Sanford Plastics Picketing
Alfred AP report notes Sanford Plastics petitions Superior Court for an anti-picketing injunction citing violence against vehicles roads and workers as the International Leather Workers Union of America strikes since May 2 over wages benefits and contract length. U.S. Mediation Service advised negotiations resume at 10 am Wednesday with no public specifics disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred (Ap
Sanford Plastics Corp
International Leather Workers Union of Ameriaa
Edward J. Freeman
U.S. Mediation Service
Divorce granted after husband abuse includes pet abuse
Detroit reports Virginia P. Dandy won a divorce from Jess Dandy on grounds of domestic violence. The judge noted not only did the husband beat Virginia, he also assaulted their Pekingese dog Peter to intimidate her, prompting the divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Virginia P. Dandy
Jess
Peter
Kennedy aanspreals UAW delegates on noninflationary settlement
President Kennedy urged UAW delegates nationwide to seek peaceful, noninflationary settlements in upcoming negotiations across industries including aircraft and missiles, stressing shared responsibility for stable bargains between workers and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
UAW
Elks Officers and Guests Feted at Saco Party and Ball
Incoming and outgoing Biddeford Saco lodge Elks honored at a semi formal party from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Elks home on Portland road Saco with dancing luncheon and a Youth activity report. May 25 27 Rumford convention delegates named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Elks
Rumford
PER
Leon Jones
Maurice Coomer
Richard F. Murphy
Ralph Pitt
Heads Of Saco Departments Get Warning
Mayor Dinsmore Worthing and the Saco City council warn all department heads to operate within their 1962 budgets or face serious curtailment later in the year. The letter, signed by seven councilmen and the mayor, outlines monthly expense postings to aid controlled spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinsmore Worthing
Saco
Meat fires prompt Biddeford call and Saco house blaze
Firemen were summoned to Walter L. Tufts Sr. at 30 Western Avenue Biddeford for an overcooked meat fire in the oven. the blaze was extinguished upon arrival. Earlier, at 2:35 am, Saco Fire Station covered a house fire on Boom Road as their department fought the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Walter L. Tufts
Western Avenue
Saco
Boom Road
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Biddenford
Fred S. Gurney Women's Relief Corps
Irene Ayer
Portland Road
West Biddeford
Little Sea Auxiliary
Wednesay
Green Ge Club
Green Street
Biddeord
Annette Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Doris Park
Ferry Road
Marion McAuley
Frances Tarr
Court Decary
Fremont Hall
Alfred Street
Canada
Fenwick
Knights of Columbus
GAR Hall
Saco City Building
Owenavis
American Legion Auxiliary
Beach Street
Lacy
Memoriam
Alida Daudier
St. Joseph Church
Thompson
Rula
Lus
Artistic Memorial Studio
Main Street
Tel
Joseph E. Croteau
Anne E. Ross
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Full Gospel
Route A
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Women's Missionary Society of
First Parish Congregational Church
Sen. Pastore
Journal Carriers
Tomorrows&Leaders
Nelson Bellerose
Reguar
Stephen Leonard
Elwood Cook
Winslow Tenan, Jr
Pine Point Road
Scarborough
Cliff Avenue
Louis Wharff
Dames Rochambeau
Dunlap Masons
Grand Jury
Compenstion
Franco Institute
JFK
Saco Departments
Ma Public Finance
Main St
Phillip J. Cantara
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