Local Personal Notes From Biddeford to California
Raoul Girard has returned home after a Closed Retreat in Augusta. Louis Balkan receives medical care at Togus Veterans Administration hospital. Mrs. C. F. Beane of Saco Nursing Home heard a Mother's Day message from SP/4 Paul E. Beane in Hawaii. Tommy Vining gave saxophone selections at the WSCS installation at Saco Methodist Church. Carol Tarbox sang vocal solos and accompanied herself on piano. Richard C. Tracy Jr., aviation mechanic, trains with a Skyraider unit at Naval Air Station Point Mogu Field in California. Tracy, who enlisted in June 1958 after graduating Thornton Academy, is stationed away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raoul Girard
South Street
Biddeford
Augusta
Louis Balkan
Staples Street
Old Orchard Beach
Togus Veterans Administration Hospital
C. F. Beane
Beane Nursing Home
Saco
Paul E. Beane
U. S. Army
Hawaii
Tommy Vining
WSCS
Saco School Street Methodist
Carol Tarbox
Richard C. Tracy, Jr
Lincoln Street
Naval Air Station
Moddettfield
Calif
Tracy
Thornton Academy
Community notices trim weekly meeting schedules
Widows of World War I meet tomorrow at 7 30 pm at American Legion home Saco members asked to bring auction items and discuss the June 20 banquet with president Mrs Itha Welch accepting reservations Pine Cone Temple Ians Sisters meet Wednesday at 7 pm at Saco K of P Mosaic club meets Wednesday 7 30 pm in Robinson Memorial Mosaic hall Old Orchard Beach fish chowder served York County Salon 257 Eight and Forty to elect officers Thursday 8 pm at Mrs James Mena Main St Biddeford Gold Star Mothers honored at Tighe Beaudoin Farley unit American Legion auxiliary meeting Wednesday at post home Elm St Biddeford supper 630 pm chaired by Mrs Carmen Ruel entertainment to follow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Saco
Itha Welch
Mosaic Club
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
Old Orchard Beach
York County
James Mena
Main Street
Biddeford
Tighe
Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Carmen Ruel
Midweek Prayer and Study Meetings Across Town
Weekly prayer gatherings are planned at multiple churches including Biddeford United Baptist Ogunquit Baptist Hamilton Memorial Saco Lyman Wells Kennebunkport Advent Christian and village churches. Programs include prayer meetings Bible study choir rehearsals and rummage sale planning with times mostly at 7:30 p m and additional events earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
Death of Rev Sister Louis-Chanel in Quebec Mother House
Word has arrived of the death of Rev Sister Louis-Chanel Beatrice G Voisine at the Mother House of the Good Shepherd in Quebec City She was a former teacher at St Joseph Grammar School Biddeford a 40 year member of the community She spent 15 years in Biddeford and taught in Hamlin Van Buren and Lawrence Mass Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at the Mother House in Canada prayers will be recited this evening at the Good Shepherd convent Adams Street for the former local community member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sister Louis-Chanel
Beatrice G. Voisine
Quebec City
Good Shepherd Order
St. Joseph Grammar School
Biddeford
Louis-Chanel
Hamlin
van Buren
Lawrence
Mass
Mothers House
Canada
Good Shepherd
Adams Street
Lewiston Police Inspector William F. Sheffield dies at 72
William F. Sheffield 72 a retired Lewiston police inspector died at his Greene home after a long illness Born in Biddeford July 4 1889 he married Madalaine Woodard in 1913 He joined Lewiston Police in 1918 became inspector in 1921 and retired about ten years ago He leaves a widow a daughter June Mulligan and two grandchildren Funeral services to be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Plummer and Merrill Auburn with interment in Riverside Cemetery Lewiston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Sheffield
Lewiston
Greene
Biddeford
William
Jennie (Flanders) Sheffield
Madalaine Woodard
Ashlar Lodge
Af&am
Androscoggin Square
Compass Club
White Shrine
United Commercial Travelers
Lewiston Federated (Universalist-Congregational) Church
R. A
William F Wyman, CMP President, Dies at 59
William F Wyman, head of Central Maine Power Co, died Monday on the eve of his 15th anniversary as CMP president. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at South Parish Congregational Church in Augusta. He had circulatory illness and a leg amputation last year but remained active and was re elected president for another year. Survivors include his widow Marjorie son William Jr and two stepdaughters Mrs Edmund K Daley Jr and Mrs P Baxter Lanius Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
William F .Wyman
South Parish
Central Maine Power Co
Wyman
CMP
Harvard College
Marjorie
William Jr
Edmund K. Daley Jr
Westwood, Mass
P. Baxter Lanius Jr
Washington, D.C
Obituary of Alphonse Valliere in Biddeford
Alphonse Valliere 66 of 117 South Street Biddeford died at home after a five year illness. Born in Saint Joseph de Beauce Quebec he came to Biddeford at age four and worked for Deering Lumber and Diamond Match before retiring due to ill health. Survived by widow Leona Rheaume Valliere three sons Noel Raymond and Fernand Valliere six daughters and many grandchildren. Funeral at St Joseph church with hours at Bolduc Funeral Home. Also note a stray closing line about St Bernard dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Ernest Valliere
South Street
Biddeford
St. Joseph de Beauce
Que
Jacques and
Louise ‘Lavalliere Valliere
Deering Lumber Company
Diamond Match Company
St. Joseph Church
Leona Rheaume Valliere
Noel Valliere
Raymond Valliere
Los Angles
Calif
Fernand Valliere
Long Beach
Cal
George Dineen
Robert Collard
George Horrocks
Monson
Mass
Julian Zuke
Washington, D.C
Daniel McGonigle
Phillip Roux
Pool
Esdras Val- Halleck
Kennedy
Louis Valliere
Emile Valliere
Montreal
Louis Bernard
Lorenzo Perreault
St. Bernard
Adalbert Guay
Thetford Mines
Bolduc
Alfred Street
Cloudy Portland Weather Forecast With Fog and Drizzle
Cloudy and cool conditions with fog and drizzle through this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. East to southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Temperatures mostly in the upper 40s to low 50s with lows in the 40s across Caribou Eastport Greenville Old Town Rumford Portland Mt. Washington Concord Halifax Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
Bicycle Rodeo in Saco Draws Large Field
In Saco a second annual bicycle rodeo for Burns School plays is planned for Saturday at 10 a.m. Police officer Raymond Kerry said participation requires bicycle registration. Prizes include two new bicycles and other gifts from local merchants. The event is sponsored by the Saco Police Department and the Biddeford Saco Elks Lodge Youth Activities committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Burns School
Sein
Raymond Kerry
Saco Police Department
Biddeford-Saco Lodge of Elks
Elks Youth Committee
Saco Younsters
Fire Chiefs Meet at Bar Mills Station
The York county Fire Chief's club will hold its regular meeting tomorrow night at the Bar Mills Fire station starting at 7 30. Chief Melville Richards of the Bar Mills Fire department will host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Mills Station
York County
Bar Mills
Melville Richards
Bangor City Manager proposes tax relief on utilities
City Manager Joseph Coupal Jr. of Bangor floated removing the state excise tax on public utilities and letting municipalities add to their tax rolls utility property now exempted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Coupal Jr
Bangor
Grafton Lumber to Open Finger Joining Plant in Area
Grafton Lumber company acquires 10 buildings from Biddeford Saco Development with about 500000 square feet. The plant, using white pine for finger joining, follows a $66600 area fund drive and loan, reviving several inactive mills in Maine as orders come in. Rosenfield notes similar West coast processes and mark the first finger joining venture for the company in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Development Corporation
ARA Grafton Lumber Company
Rosenfield
New England
Kennedy shifts U S forces to Southeast Asia amid Laos tensions
The article notes US moves led by the 7th Fleet to project power in Southeast Asia. It highlights Western doubts about a Laos cease fire and Soviet support to communist groups. Kennedy aims to deter Pathet Lao advances and position forces for a possible Laos invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Laos
U.S
Bangkok
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
7Th Fleet
Pathet Lao
Kennedy delays speech to attend Laos conference
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and other leaders attended a meeting as Kennedy delayed a magazine publishers speaking date to allow more time for the Laos conference. Attendees included Dean Rusk Robert McNamara John McCone Lyman Lemnitzer McGeorge Bundy and Maxwell Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woury
Maveck
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Laos
Dean Rusk
Deffense
Robert S. McNamara
Central Intelligence
John McCone
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McGeorge Bundy
Maxwell D .Taylor
Eighth Grade Carrier Delivers Journal in Campground Area
Lionel Beaulieu an eighth grade student at a Federal school is the Journal carrier for the Campground area. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Beaulieu of 89 Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel
Walter Beaulieu
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Campground
Beach Couple Mark 45th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John St. Louis of Old Orchard Beach quietly observed their 45th wedding anniversary at home. Married May 14, 1917 at St. Andre church Biddeford they have five children and thirteen grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John St. Louis
Myrtle Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
St. Andre Church
Biddeford
Louis Bergeron
Louis
Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary
St. Margaret Sodality
Algiers Violence Ends In Bloodshed As Commandos Hit
Police killed several Moslem commandos and arrested others as Algiers emptied at night. French army vehicles patrolled barricaded streets after two department stores were set ablaze with gasoline. The European secret army aimed to provoke reprisals to derail Evian talks. The Moslem units apparently followed a planned multi sector strike to warn the secret army and force harsher action from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
European Secret Army
Evian
Secret
Secret Army
Ohio farm numbers fall by ten thousand in two years
Ohio State University economists report farm numbers declined about 10 000 from 1959 to 1961 and farmland dropped by 400 000 acres. Also clocks at the Naval Observatory show Greenwich Mean Time five hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and Venus flytraps digest prey in five to ten days in the Carolina coastal highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio State University
Naval Observatory
Washington
Carolina Coastal Highlands
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss Indictments in Biddeford Case
Amid municipal corruption indictments, a hearing is set as six counts against Biddeford Mayor Clement Deschambault and City Clerk Ralph Binette face dismissal efforts. Atty Charles W. Smith seeks dismissal on three counts, with the presiding judge planning to assign a date soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Clement H. Deschambault
Ralph Binette
Charles W. Smith
York County Superior Court
Deschambault
Binette
William S. Silsby
Democratic Party
Raymond A. Plante, Sr
Plante
Saco Brick Company
Philip Sanborn
Bernard Avenue
Smith
Girl Scouts Host Dads At Saco International Dinner
Saco Troop 2 hosted a Daddy Date Night at the Unitarian Church parish house with fathers as guests. Girls and fathers wore country hats and showcased an international theme with table decor and country representations from Germany to Russia. Pantomin e sketches and badge awards followed a welcome by Pamela Pendleton and a father reply by Lawrence Bowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Saco Unitarian Chhurch
Diane Harvey
Norman Harvey
Germany
Carolyn Lord
Raymond Lord
Japan
Sally Meslawski
Stephen Meslawski
India
Luella Goodwin
Roy Goodwin
Spain
Jane Parker
Myron Parker
Greece
Linda Kimball
Roy Kimball
Holland
Rebecca Kimball
Russell
Kimball
USA
Nancy Tripp
Millard Tripp
England
Elaine Poulin
Armand Paquette
France
Judy Saperia
Harry Saperia
Turkey
Pamela Pendleton
Ernest Pendleton
South America
Audrey Philbrick
Jesse Philbrick
Egypt
Susan Hunt
Robert Hunt
Scotland
Linda Rumery
Reed Rumery
Newfoundland
Nancy Bowie
Lawrence Bowie
Russia
Mariner
Mystic
Conn
Howard Shaffer
Patrick Lunetta
Youth Fellowship Elects Officers at Biddeford White Church
The Senior Youth Fellowship of the Biddeford White Second Congregational Church elects Eve Susan Clopper as president Margaret Emerson as vice president Jennifer Parks as secretary and treasurer with Mrs. Mary E. Clop serving as temporary advisor. The group will join the Junior Fellowship to sponsor a public supper May 19 from 5 to 7 p m in the church vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford White
Second Congregational
Eve Susan Clopper
Margaret Emerson
Jennifer Parks
Mary E. Clopper
Beach Council Calls Special Town Meeting Over Budget Gaps
The Old Orchard Beach council voted 4-3 to convene a special town meeting to raise funds after discrepancies between appropriations and expected income. The warrant will be prepared next week. Atty. Lafountain named town solicitor for 1100. Richard Valentino hired to pursue about 50000 in uncollected personal property taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
David McCallum
Leopold V. Sicard
Donald Jones
Police Department
McCallum
Jones
Sicard
Atty
Lloyd Lafountain
Richard Valentino
Police Officials Attend FBI Course in Boston
Biddeford Police Chief Edgar Sevigny and Technician George Friary travel to Boston for a two day FBI record keeping and investigation course. They left this morning and expect to reach Biddeford tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
George Friary
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boston
Sevigny
Friary
Retribution Was Swift Cushion in Arizona Burglary
Mrs. Edna Marion declined to file charges against a burglar she caught in the act. She told sheriff's deputies she clubbed him on the head several times with a rolling pin and felt that was punishment enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariz. (Ap
Edna Marion
Sheriff's Deputies
Maine Road Death Toll Reaches 54 for the Year
A head on crash on Route 100 in Falmouth killed Violet L. Cox 62 of South Portland and Morris F. Dunphey 54, raising Maine highway fatalities to 54 for the year. Chester Cox, in fair condition with possible internal injuries, was injured. A bear briefly involved and four Auburn youths were shaken but unharmed. Earlier, Richard Fanelli 18 of Port Chester N Y died from injuries in a Bangor hospital after a two car crash in East Belfast Sunday. four midshipmen and a woman were injured.
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Associated Press
South Portland
Bangor
Falmouth
Maine
Gray Road
Violet L. Cox
Morris F. Dunphey
Cox
Chester
Portland
Bear
Auburn
Maine Maritime Academy
East Belfast
Richard Fanelli
Port Chester
N.Y
Four New Members Joined Division 1 AOH in Biddeford
Division 1 AOH accepted four new members at a special Biddeford meeting held in the hall at Main and Elm streets. Officers will meet with the Hibernian auxiliary to discuss hall rental. A June field day is planned with a committee to be named, and a TV set was installed in the club rooms. The financial secretary was authorized to buy new playing cards for the game room. President William B Cosgrove led prayers to open and close the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division 1
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Main
Elm Streets
Biddeford
Hibernian Auxiliary
William B. Cosgrove
Saco Junior Primary Registration Scheduled by Ward Blocks
Curriculum coordinator Carleton M. Robbins announced Saco junior primary registration at Burns School. Children must be five by October 15 1962 and bring birth certificates. Ward based slots run Wednesday Thursday and Friday with a handbook for parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Carleton M. Robbins
Burns School
Robbins
Saco Public
Arab plane crashes Cairo killing three crew
A United Arab Airlines twin engine C47 crashed shortly after takeoff from Cairo for Beirut. The aircraft carrying mail and newspapers caught fire two minutes after lift off and exploded, killing the three crew members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Beirut
Honolulu mayor dances hula for U S Mayors Conference
Honolulu Mayor Neal Blaisdell danced the hula for delegates at a U S Mayors Conference luncheon and invited them to Honolulu next year. The report notes that 32.83 percent of 1961 New York thoroughbred wagering occurred at the $2 betting windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Honolulu
Neal Blaisdell
Blaisdell
New York
Szumita Weds Gadbois In Biddeford Church Ceremony
Carole Szumita and Roger Gadbois were united in marriage at St Mary church with Rev Cornelius J Enright officiating. The bride wore a lace and net gown with a colonial bouquet and the groom's party included Walter Szumita as best man and Stephen Szumita as an usher. After a reception at Forester hall the couple left for a wedding trip and plan to reside on Oak Ridge road Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary Church
Roger Gadbois
Cornelius J. Enright
Elizabeth Seidel
Carole Szumita
John Szumita
Oak Ridge Road
Bidde‘ford
Aldous Gadbois
Emery Street
Biddeford
Gadbois
Walter Szumita
Stephen Szumita
Robert Watson
Ronald Regina
Richard Gadbois
Forester Hall
Szumita
Biddeford High School
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Pine Cone
Ian Sisters
Cee. m
Saco K. of P
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Full Gospel
Wells
Unitarian Universalist Religious Education Committee
Biddeford Universalist Church
Saco School Street
E and
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Nora York
Ferry Road
Madisses
Saco First Parish
Champson
Tel
Ernest Belisle
Quebec
William Sheffield
William Wyman
Alphonse Valliere
Grafton
Pravda
Communist Party
Journal Carriers
Lionel Beaulieu
Sao
Anne Anderson
RCA
Harrison, N.J
Navy
Saco Public Health
Roberta Rowe
Public Health Nursing Committee
Cutts Avenue
Miss Rowe
Carl Carter
Webber Hospital
Maine Department of Heath and Welfare
Eliot Fink
Carter
Gene Palmer
Paul Chadbourne
Charles W. Fenderson
Fink
Robert la Fond
J. Ralph Larochelle
Marion Lowell
Hilary Mahaney
Richard Murphy
Stephen Polackwich
Laurence Staples
Arthur Corriveau
Palmer
Girl Scouts of Troop 2
Youth Fellowship
White Church
Beach Council
FBI School
And
Mrs
Miss Carole Szumita
Anastasoff
AOH
N. P. Scontras Real Estate Agency
Biddeford, Maine
B. F. Goodrich Foam Rubber
Daly Bros. Mattress CO
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