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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1962
Page
2
Miss Lucienne C Metayer of Biddeford travels to Portland for the 6th Congress of Union St. Jean Baptist of America at the Eastland Motor Hotel. She is accompanied by Miss Lillian J Viger a delegate to the congress.
Saco Extension Association meets Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Saco GAR hall with Mrs Thelma Quimby and Mrs Irene Ayer as assistant foods leaders presenting the program. Members will help prepare the noon meal and take aprons for the kitchen session. Election of officers tonight at 8 at Tighe Beaudoin Farley post in Elm Street home. Pepperell Foremen's Club dinner Saturday at 6 p.m. followed by Pepperell Vocational School graduation and scholarship winner announcement.
Church notes from Saco and surrounding towns list services and confession hours for Trinity Episcopal Kennebunk St Mary Wells and various Salvation Army units. Includes Junior Band meets and Youth choir rehearsal in Saco for Christian Family Sunday and Mother's Day observances.
An 11 year old Biddeford boy escaped serious injury after being struck by a car towing another on upper Elm street. Stephen White 633 Elm street suffered a bruised knee and was taken to Webber Hospital for observation. Driver Conrad R Bineau 23 of 422 Elm street Biddeford was fined 10 dollars for failure to display registration plates.
The Maine GOP delegates advance a platform draft emphasizing natural resources like Quoddy tidal power, public utility rate study, and state park funding. It urges federal medical care tied to Social Security and support for small business while criticizing the current administration’s inaction. State Chairman Owen Hancock says the draft will be amended before Saturday’s adoption.
Sanfor d Plastics workers will vote next Tuesday on a new company offer not disclosed. The International Leather Workers Union has been on strike since May. Federal and state mediators participated in negotiations on Wednesday.
Mrs Leonie Fournier 73 of 411 Main Street Biddeford died at home Wednesday after a long illness. Born May 26 1888 in Biddeford she was the daughter of Victor and Eva Tousignant and a St Joseph church communicant. Beside her widower Edmond she leaves son John P Fournier and several nieces and nephews. Visitation at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford today and Friday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral at St Joseph Church Saturday at 10 a.m.
The Saco Juvenile Grange met last night at the Saco Grange hall to plan graduation rites for the May 25 district meeting at 7 30 p m. They voted to host the annual outing on May 28 at 4 p m at the home of Mrs Jeannette Lavigne and to hold a food sale later this month. Nancy Lennox Linda Harris and Janice Sylvester will handle arrangements. Mrs Rachel Smith the Juvenile matron was welcomed back after hospitalization and given a gift. Twenty officers and members attended, with Linda Harris presiding as master.
Unity club auxiliary announces annual outing on May 23 at the Down after restaurant with covered dish supper hosted by Mrs. Ethel Whitten of Ocean Park. Meeting opened with devotions led by Mrs. Irene Townsend. committee chairmen reported. mystery package awarded to Mrs. Madeline Eastman. Next meeting set for June 9 at Mrs. Thelma Farley’s home in Saco.
The inquiry cites a $4 669 95 contribution to the Democratic City committee linked to Binette over alleged help securing a high school contract for Bourque. Raymond A. Plante, the contractor, appears as a third witness. A second indictment alleges the mayor received 6000 from Plante for services rendered when the school contract went to Plante in 1960.
Mostly sunny and windy this afternoon in Portland with gusts higher than tonight. Tomorrow promises fair skies, little temperature change, and lighter winds with a potential frost in valleys. Small craft warnings linger along the coast as temperatures range from upper 50s to low 60s in Zone 1 and from the low 30s to mid 30s overnight.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard J. Dubord denounced Republicans over a Maine Turnpike shooting spree. He cited a 14 year old released from a state training center who fired at cars injuring two motorists and urged expansion or relocation of facilities to prevent such incidents.
The son of Mr and Mrs Frank Sargent delivers the Journal in Old Orchard Beach area. Jack is an eighth grader at Federal School and serves as a home area carrier.
The Defense Department announced a satellite launch set for today with eight million candle power beacons. The lights will help track the satellite’s orbit and allow scientists worldwide to observe and share data from the mission.
A Pitcairn Island resident aboard a Royal Rotterdam Lloyd cruise recalls the mutiny legend. He notes most islanders are Seventh Day Adventists who fish garden and sell souvenirs for about 850 dollars yearly. He remembers the 1930s film and spends time on the ship’s quiet bridge.
Governors and mayors honor J Edgar Hoover with proclamations. The FBI director plans his routine from his northwest Washington home to the Justice Department, walks with Clyde Tolson, then works until noon and returns home for gardening and his two cairn terriers Chi Boy and Tucker. Reports of Hoover retirement are denied.
Southern students who led summer integration drives receive Freedom Internships funded by the American Baptist Home Mission Societies in concert with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Dr. Martin Luther King. Grants aim to support continued civil rights work this year.
Moslem residents in Algeria's second city fearfully move as terrorists press attacks despite a broadcast warning from Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda that continued violence risks the attackers' future in the country.
The New York market, led by utilities and rails, slides with the Dow off 3.92 at noon to 650.78. AT T and Consolidated Natural Gas fall, IBM gains fade, while Litton and Schering rise. Trading remains active as investors show a cautious, lackadaisical attitude amid a broad decline.
Students facing financial hardship seek to use spare time to join efforts against racial segregation, channeling energy into organized anti-discrimination work and community improvement initiatives.
Biddeford Junior High and Kennebunkport Consolidated School bands perform a Friday evening concert at 7 30 in the Junior High gym. The one hour program includes marches and major ette numbers with over 90 players, majorettes and color guards.
The Biddeford and Saco Community Service club at Biddeford First Universalist church gathered for a sewing session to craft cobbler aprons for Gorgeana Girl Scout Council members attending the National Roundup at Button Bay Vermont in July. Attendees included Mrs. Schaffer president and Mrs. Schwartz secretary with reports on the spring banquet and get well wishes. A fall session is planned for September 12.
The Galaxy girls perform again at the Seattle fair after censorship closed the show on April 25. The Board of Theatrical Supervisors approved a revised format on Tuesday with comedian Jose Duarte featuring longer on stage and the bare breasted acts reduced.
Firefighters carried a man on a stretcher down two flights of stairs in an ambulance run. At the bottom he rose, checked his mailbox for mail, removed it, then returned to the stretcher and said he might read it in the hospital.
Miss Rachel P. Hebert of Biddeford and Paxton Massachusetts graduates from Anna Maria college with a BA in fine and applied arts and a minor in art education. She will teach elementary art in Wallingford Connecticut next year.
Women from Pine Point Old Orchard Beach Saco and Biddeford viewed a Friends collection of cups and saucers from Vienna to Hong Kong and the United States. Mrs Harold Bliss Peabody Mass described each piece its origin and stories and cookies shaped as place cards were shown for shut ins. Fifty signed the guest book as Mrs Iris Tate hosted and Sigma Delta members assisted.
In St. Petersburg AP reports a silent biting mosquito is the leading suspect in spreading sleeping sickness virus in Florida. About 100 Florida doctors nurses and sanitarians met to discuss encephalitis as the disease rises in the state with an outbreak last fall in the Tampa Bay area affecting 25 people and causing several deaths.
The annual Ladies Aid banquet of the South Biddeford Methodist church was tentatively set for the first week in June at the May meeting in Siloam hall. Dates and committees will be announced. three boxes of clothing will be sent to Pownal and a report on the rummage sale was given. Attendees listed include Mrs. Gaffney and many members. next meeting May 23.
Cub Scouts of Biddeford Pack 309 met at the Knights of Columbus hall with cubmaster Roland Millette in charge. Winners in the preliminaries for the Roto-Space derby include Charles Drapeau, Robert Duquette, Dennis Millette, Francis Mackell, Frederick Joncas, Paul Barabhe, Ralph Duquette, and Ronald Begin. They will represent the unit May 19 at the regional derby at Sanford airport.
Members of the Mary-Martha Circle of Saco United Baptist church were entertained last night by Mrs. Virginia Scammon of Saco Simpson Road. The program included a Bible study and social with refreshments as leaders outlined next year’s schedule and fall meeting changes.
The Merchant's committee of the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce set dates for two summer promotions. Canadian Days will run July 19 to 21 and Dollar Days August 9 to 11. An advertising committee including William Smith Roland Vincent and Albini Martin will promote both events. The group praised Biddeford police for enforcing parking meters. Lawrence Lamb chaired the meeting.
Two Wells residents Clifford W. Perkins and Portia P. Perkins filed bankruptcy petitions in U S District Court in Portland. Clifford listed debts of 37 700 and assets of 30 250, Portia listed debts of 37 700 and assets of 30 250. It notes a 30 by 60 feet construction project.
The building committee announced plans for a new ambulance entrance at Notre Dame hospital. Noe Bibeau reported renovations will finish this month and board directors urged prompt plan review. Open house continues this week for National Hospital Week as various hospital leaders attend the session.
Saco firemen were called to six fires yesterday afternoon and this morning. A barn fire on Tasker street owned by James Nadeau drew crews using booster lines. Sparks ignited a grass blaze at 60 Franklin street and other grass fires occurred near Old Orchard road and the York County Rendering plant.
The Star club of Priscilla chapter Order of the Eastern Star meets at Highpine Masonic hall Wells with an officers rehearsal and a 6 30 p.m. pot luck supper. Tomorrow 8 p.m. Mothers Night program at the same hall chaired by Mrs Gordon Galencia.
Explorer Post 305 set plans to visit Pease Air Force Base and the Portsmouth Navy Yard on May 19. They will also attend a buffet with Troop 1 Building Association on May 28. The group agreed to clean up and build a meeting room in the cellar of Scout hall on Mason Street Biddeford for summer use. George Georgacarakos presided. opening ceremonies were by Louis Lavigne.
Biddeford Saco Rotarians heard St Francis College officials discuss a 10 year expansion plan with an estimated cost of 6 to 10 million dollars. Rev Fr Belanger noted the college adds social intellectual and cultural value and could grow enrollment from 249 toward 300 plus as facilities expand across 125 acres along the Saco river. The talk highlighted loans salaries and future funding while Rotary members volunteered as space derby judges and welcomed visiting Rotarians from multiple states.
Twelve new members were initiated into the club by Council Chagnon last night. Names include Ronald Houde Steven Fleurant Leon Beaulieu Richard DesRoberts Raymond Blanchette Paul Beaupre Maurice A Lesieur Richard Tardif Raoul Poisson Joseph Peloquin Raymond Parisien and Rudolph Pruneau. A pontifical mass at St Joseph church followed a Sunday morning gathering at 10 15. New members Robert Petrin and Rudolph Pruneau were accepted. A social committee report was read and lunch from the kitchen committee was served. President Joseph A Roberge Jr led the session.
Augusta based industrial executive Ralph H. Cutting of Keyes Fibre Co. was nominated Wednesday as a University of Maine trustee by Gov. Reed to replace Donald P. Corbett who resigned from Winslow.
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