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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1960
Page
7
Saco police seek a man who accosted a woman on Pleasant Street as she walked home from a laundromat on Elm Street. The assailant, about six feet tall in a dark jacket, left after the woman bit his hand. The case remains under investigation. World speed record for railroad engines is held by two French electric locomotives at 206 mph set in 1955.
The 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Donahue of Orchard Street Biddeford was celebrated with a surprise Saturday dinner at the Wonder Bar restaurant. Over 100 guests attended as testimonials and a special message from longtime friend William A. Doran were given. Reverend Cornelius Enright offered pastoral blessings. The couple, natives of Biddeford, were married at St Mary church and have three children James E John and Katherine. They are active in local civic groups and reside at 9 Orchard Street.
Scout Troop 28 held a Mother Daughter party at the Scout hall Pool Street honoring mothers with corsages and a program of games refreshments and entertainment performed by the girls. The event featured a welcome flag ceremony musical numbers recitations and dances and concluded with refreshments and a final recitation. Mothers and girls attended including Mrs. Omer Boisvert Mrs. Joseph Hartley Mrs. M P Houle and others as listed with participating girls Candace Lawrence Leslie Lawrence Ethel Tousignant Louise Letellier Christine Pomerleau Carolyn Hartley Lucette Neault Sandra Boisvert Claudette Boisvert and more.
In Saco, a two car collision at Elm and Main leaves both drivers uninjured. Joseph Lambert, 28, and William Graham, 67, report minor damage. Lambert’s car valued at 100 dollars and Graham’s at 50 dollars.
The Northern New England Conference of Seventh Day Adventists will back a 250000 loan to refinance Park View Memorial Hospital in Brunswick. The conference re-elected Elder Albert E. Millner as president and Elder Clarence H. Gerald as secretary treasurer, both Portlanders, representing 48 churches in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with listed members Nancy Perry Colette Lapierre Susan Boucher Suzanne Baigny Claire Landry Patricia Grenier and Carmen Lavoie.
Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston, leads a yearly children's pilgrimage to Lourdes with 87 children and 33 adults aboard. He notes plans for a 1961 wounded soldiers pilgrimage from World War II and Korea, then to Rome, including Norman Cantara of Biddeford among the pilgrims.
A Saco Street Methodist gathering last night featured a boxed supper, a program honoring new members under Rev. Norman J. Langmaid, and performances by James Rennie Jay Stevens Linda Harris Tommy Vining and others. The event included solos readings a Bible quiz and a worship service led by the youth fellowship group.
Las Vegas actor Russ Tamblyn, 25, wed show girl Elizabeth Kempton, 24, after a two year courtship. The couple, who met while filming in Missoula, say they believe in marriage despite the long gap between acquaintance and ceremony.
Former President Truman celebrated his 76th birthday in Independence, Missouri, via a television broadcast. He quipped about wishing the clock could go backward and said he would devote his life to informing young people about the era.
Robert Norton of Biddeford is elected commander of the Maine Disabled American Veterans. Also chosen were Gerald Gosselin of Lewiston senior vice commander Brooker of Limestone Earl Britton of Presque Isle and Earl Reed of Augusta as junior vice commanders.
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