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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1963
Page
2
Lester M. Whipple of 17 Cutts Street Biddeford is a patient at Webber hospital. Paul A. Lavigne of 31 Wakefield Avenue Saco is a patient at Notre Dame hospital.
York County Medical Association auxiliary holds annual meeting and officer election May 14 at Oak Ledge Saco with lunch at 1 pm. St Anne Sodality observes Mother-Daughter lant May 13 with 6 30 pm supper and final meeting. Local councils and posts meet May weekend with officer elections and a Biddeford fire relief supper May 14 5 to 7 pm.
The Junior Bandana society meets Saturday at 10 a m at the Saco Salvation Army. Confessions are scheduled at St Monica Kennebunk 4 to 5 p m Saturday and at St Martha Kennebunk 4 to 5 and 8 p m. Mary Church Wells 2 30 to 3 30 p m Saturday.
Saco United Baptist church hosts a Sunday morning service at 10 30 with Rev. Stanley A Bennett delivering The Greatest Thing in All the World. Infants Mark Berry Scott Merton Diane Jane Daniel Fenderson Lisa Marie to be dedicated. Children’s choir to sing Teach Me O Lord under Clayton ation.
US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas will address the annual meeting of the Natural Resources Council of Maine in Waterville. He will talk about the Allagash River area, reflecting his outdoorsman and conservationist interests.
The eighth grade class will hold a car wash tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the school grounds. Proceeds will fund a science trip to Boston in May.
An accident on North Street in Saco involved Sally Ann Pratt of Biddeford 23 struck by a pickup driven by Philip R No lett e 17 of Roebuck Avenue The unoccupied parked car at Saco Osteoth ic hospital was backed into from a driveway causing unknown side damage to the vehicle while the truck remained undamaged
Conrad Bouthillette thanks all who supported him during illness. Mrs. Arthur J. Gagne and family express gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness floral tributes and sympathy during their bereavement.
Word of the death comes for Marceline Bouley Dowd 76 of 11 Fort Hill Ave Old Orchard Beach widow of Harry J Dowd Sr who died in Reno Nevada while visiting a daughter Born June 27 1886 in Fort Kent she was daughter of Joseph Bouley and Antor Orchard Beach resident a communicant of St Margaret church Survivors include two sons Harry J Dowd Jr and Richard P Dowd both of Old Orchard Beach two daughters Mrs Mary Mingo Old Orchard Beach and Mrs Grace Greenlaw Reno Nev four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews A high mass will be Sunday at 8 am from St Margaret church Burial will be Calvary Cemetery South Portland Friends may visit Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Sunday 7 to 9 pm and Monday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
Mary E Mullett 48 of Kennebunk Mills died after a short illness. Born January 3 1915 in Kennebunk she was daughter of Henry G Cotton and Laura Allison. Survived by husband Harry T Mullett son Robert Old Orchard Beach daughter Mary Jean Mullett Lyman three sisters and a brother. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Monday at Shumway Funeral Home Saco with visiting hours Saturday 7-9 p.m. Sunday 2-4 and 7 p.m.
Funeral services for Edward T Mullen 30 Mechanic Street Saco were held at 9 a m from Most Holy Trinity Church. Rev Arthur St Pierre officiated with Miss Louise Welch on organ. Burial followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery with American Legion bearers including Hartley Bridges Arthur Albrecht Ernest Gould Samuel Rankin Edward Gallant Rodney H Taps founded by Arnold Ballard.
Members of the Biddeford Teachers association stage a musical variety show at Biddeford High School for a scholarship fund. The program features two skits, a barber shop quartet, solos on trumpet piano and saxophone, with 17 teachers in the cast led by Peter Mantis and Joseph Wood.
Dick Gregory was released on bond after four days in Birmingham jail for parading without a permit. He led a first group of about 1,000 marchers, mostly teens, amid claims of beating while confined. police denied the allegation and asked a U S attorney to investigate. Most detained children were released to parents with a $250 straw bond.
Fire crews contained a grass fire on Lyman Avenue at Walter Smart's land yesterday. An incinerator caused the blaze and was quickly put out by responders from the Saco station.
This afternoon in Portland the sky is partly cloudy and cool with highs in the low to mid 50s. East to northeast winds run 10 to 15 mph. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and cool with a chance of a few showers in the early morning and a low near 40, northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday features partly cloudy and cool conditions with north to northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Firemen's auxiliaries from Saco North Saco and Camp Ellis gathered at the fire station for a chicken pie supper then watched films of the Grafton and Diamond National Hooper Street fires. Prizes were awarded and many attendees received recognitions.
A series of newborn announcements lists parents and addresses in Saco Biddeford Kennebunkport Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford Pool. Each entry notes the baby’s sex weight and the birth date ranging May 7 to May 9 and April dates at Notre Dame Hospital.
The text outlines that the House administers oaths of office to legislators if the governor is incapacitated or the office is vacant. It states the Senate is the sole judge of its members' election and qualification like the House. It also requires two thirds majorities in both houses to pass constitutional amendments.
York County Pomona Grange conferred the fifth degree on two candidates Marsha Nason of Saco River and Paul Ferguson of Waterboro. Edward Ross presided as Pomona master. Janet Collomy won the Barak M Shibles Memorial Scholarship for $100 to enter Hospital School of Nursing. A dress revue is set for May 17 at Riverside Grange hall.
Edmond Neault elected Grand Knight at Biddeford KC installation. Other officers include Paul Letourneau as Deputy Grand Knight and Raymond Rousseau as Chancellor. Chaplain elected Rev. Clarence Laplante. District meeting set for Sanford May 12 with supper. next meeting May 23 in K of C hall.
The piece notes Duvalier's claimed re election and impending anniversary May 22, concerns in the Dominican Republic as Juan Bosch's government faces border tensions with Haiti. It cites U S non intervention stance and OAS efforts to keep Caribbean peace amid fears of Trujillo remnants and exile safe conducts.
The text notes that the voters approved the measures in referendum and that the referenda are to be held on the day of the 1964 state election.
Dr. Richard H. Wallace of Hollis Center was critically burned while lighting a stove at his summer camp. He is reported to be improving while still in critical condition at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston Massachusetts, having moved from intensive treatment as of this morning.
York County Superior Court grand jury returned 30 indictments. Nineteen public indictments and 11 secret ones, with four of the secret ones released later. two secret indictments involved sodomy. Several defendants from Maine and New Hampshire faced charges including assault, incest, indecent liberties, carnal knowledge, forgery, larceny, breaking and entering, and removal of mortgaged property. bail amounts ranged up to $5,000.
Donald J. Lariviere, 22, of 103 Prospect Street, pleaded guilty to imprudent driving in Biddeford Municipal Court. He was fined 25 dollars and given a 10 day license suspension for cutting the Bacon and Alfred streets intersection too closely. Captain Philip Poirier of the Biddeford police arrested him.
Rita L. Hamilton, 37, of Biddeford, pleaded guilty in Sanford Municipal Court to driving without a license and paid a $10 fine with $5 suspended. John M. Cole faced court on an inspection sticker rotation as Judge Ward Hanscom filed the charge.
Five Thornton Academy students participate in a statewide math fair at the University of Maine Memorial Gymnasium Orono. Sophomores Cynthia Freeman Nancy Ross. freshman William Stacey. freshman Richard Brostrom. and senior Robert Hanson present projects and exhibits while judges assess oral presentations and displays.
Mayor J Edward Whelan reported an informal meeting between the Thornton city council and Thornton Academy trustees to resolve the 1963 budget. The trustees sought 341120 but the council trimmed it to 315000, compared with 275000 in 1962. some progress was made.
The Webber Hospital auxiliary will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday May 15 at the Oak Ledge motel dining room in Saco. Dinner at 6 30 p m followed by a social hour and business session with officers elected and annual reports read. Past presidents will be honored and a proposed bylaw amendment may change future meeting dates to the first Wednesday of each meeting month.
A mob of over 1,000 students swarmed the Pembroke dormitory area in New Haven after 9 p m on Thursday provoking Yale authorities to threaten immediate expulsion for those remaining. Police used five of nine trained dogs in the incident though no student injuries were reported.
The King Brothers Circus project for Biddeford on July 26 was outlined at the Tigher Beaudoin-Fairey post meeting in Biddeford. Delegates and alternates were chosen for the department convention in Bar Harbor, and $165 from tag days was raised for Dirigo Boys State and post projects.
Final arrangements for a dessert bridge party were completed during the May meeting of the Ladies Golf group at Biddeford Saco Country Club. Plans include a fashion show of ladies golf clothes and a dinner dance on May 25 to open the season, with women’s golf tournament teams forming for play beginning May 16.
Wiscasset AP reports bloodworm diggers voted to accept a dealer offer of two dollars and twenty five cents per hundred worms, ending their strike. Self employed diggers will receive two dollars and fifty cents, up from two dollars prior to the walkout.
Arnold L. Smith of Kennebunk was appointed master of the third veil in the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Maine by Horace A. Pratt. The five day York Rite Masonic activities concluded yesterday in Portland.
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