Local Personal News From Saco and Nearby Towns
Mrs Edna Tibbetts of Arundel is a surgical patient at Web ber Hospital. Mrs Robert Remick of Smithfield Va is visiting her mother Mrs Charlotte Ferguson Tasker St Saco. Mrs Lillian Brousseau Middle Street Saco is a medical patient at Maine Medical Center Portland. Reny Remillard Sr of 73 Seaview Ave Old Orchard Beach is confined to home by illness. Mrs Eugene Boutin 30 Green St Biddeford is a medical patient at Maine Medical Center Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Tibbetts
Arundel
Webber Hospital
Robert Remick
Smithfield
Charlotte Ferguson
Tasker St
Saco
Lillian Brousseau
Middle Street
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Reny Remillard Sr
Seaview Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Eugene Boutin
Green St
Biddeford
Ladies Auxiliaries and Club Meetings Notice
A meeting of the Ladies Aux iiary TWUA will be held at the Union Hall 159 Main St Biddeford Sunday at 2 p m Lunch will be served The annual Christmas Fair by the Woman s Society of Christian Service of the Foss Street Methodist Church Biddeford will be held December 11 The Delta Alpha Club will meet Monday May 18 at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Paul Cobb Ferry Road Saco The Past Noble Grands Association of Saco Rebekah Lodge will meet 8 Monday night at the home of Mrs Helen Bowie Portland Road Saco with Mrs Nancy Rumery in charge of entertainment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auxiiary Twua
Afl-Cio
Union Hall
Main St
Biddeford
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Foss Street Methodist Church
Delta Alpha Club
Paul Cobb
Ferry Road
Saco
Noble Grands Association
Saco Rebekah
Helen Bowie
Portland Road
Nancy Rumery
Church Notes Confessions Schedule At Kennebunk Coast
Confessions will be heard at St Martha s Church Kennebunk port Saturday 7 to 8 pm St Monica s Church Kennebunk Saturday 4 to 5 pm St Mary s Church Wells Beach Sunday morning before Mass The Junior Band and songs ters of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martha's Church
Kennebunkport
St. Monica's Church
Kennebunk
St. Mary's Church
Wells Beach
The
Saco Salvation Army
Art Exhibit On Negro Opens At Bowdoin College
BRUNSWICK AP A special art exhibit on the Negro opened Thursday night at Bowdoin College Art Museum drawing from museums and private collections around the country. About 200 attended the first showing with Louis Scolnik chair of the Maine Civil Rights Commission and William Birney president of the Central Maine NAACP among them. The collection of 80 works will be on display for two months featuring artists such as Andrew Wyeth Winslow Homer John Singleton Copley Ben Shaw and John Singer Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bowdoin College Art Museum
Louis Scolnik
The
Maine: Civil Rights Commission
William Birney
Central Maine Naacp
Andrew Wyeth
Winslow Homer
John Singleton Copley
Ben Shaw
John Singer Sargent
Market nudges higher as trading slows on light volume
New York stocks rose irregularly in midweek trading with the AP average up 0.0-some, Du Pont gaining over 3 points after earlier declines. Industrials and rails edged up while aerospace, oils, drugs and chemicals led gains and airlines and tobacco drifted lower. Dow up 0.40 at 824.64 as U.S. bonds firmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
du Pont
Associated Press
Calumet & Hecla
Texas Gulf
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Repairs Needed At Jones Wharf
The State Public Utilities Commission set a May 26 deadline to close Jones Wharf on Peaks Island unless emergency repairs commence. Casco Bay Lines ferries to island communities were warned after an April 9 inspection found dangerous conditions requiring cross timber and stone repairs. Closing would disrupt early summer business on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
State Public Utilities Commission
Jones Wharf
Peaks Island
Casco Bay Lines
Card of Thanks to Doctors and Helpers
Expresses sincere gratitude to Dr. Ficker and Dr. Mahan ey for care. Thanks nurses friends and relatives for cards and visits. Special thanks to those who donated life insurance police funds or limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ficker
Mahaney
Deaths Mrs Sarah Riddell of Old Orchard Beach
Mrs Sarah McNamee Riddell 78 of 40 Miles Ave died in a Biddeford nursing home after a long illness. Born in Glasgow on April 28 1886 she was a communicant of St Margarets Church and lived with Mary McSweeney for 16 years. Survivors include brother Edward sisters Rosie O Donelly and Kathrine Crowley and several nieces and nephews. Requiem high mass slated at St Margarets Church tomorrow with internment in Laurel Hills Cemetery. Friends may call today at the Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Sarah McNamee Riddell
Miles Ave
Biddeford
Glasgow
Scotland
Andrew
Rosie McNamee
St.Margaret's Church
Mary McSweeney
Edward
Rosie O'Donelly
Katherine Crowley
St. Margaret's Church
Laurel Hills Cemetery
Saco
Portland Ave
Borges Funeral Rites Held at St Margaret’s Old Orchard Beach
Funeral services for A Lawrence Borges of 134 West Grand Avenue Old Orchard Beach were held yesterday at St Margaret's Church a requiem mass celebrated by Rt Rev Msgr Robert White Interment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco bearers named Lawrence Gaffney Raynald Dube John White and Lorne Taylor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lawrence Borges
West Grand Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Mary Leland Borges
St. Margaret’s Church
Robert White
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Saco
Lawrence Gaffney
Raynald Dube
John White
Lorne Taylor
Portland Weather Summary for Weekend
Sunny and pleasant afternoon with highs in the lower 60s and northerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight stays clear and cold with widespread frost. coastal lows near the upper 30s and inland near 30, with gentle variable winds. Saturday turns partly cloudy and warmer. highs near 70 as southwest winds rise to 10 to 20 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Welcome To The Fold In Biddeford Saco Area
Denise Patricia Coburn five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Coburn of 239 Elm Street Biddeford welcomed by maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Oscar Perreault of 14 Foss Street Biddeford and paternal grandmother Mrs George Coburn of 2% Tasker Street Saco in area welcome note.
Webber Tea Honors 1964 Nursing Scholarship Winners
Winners of the 1964 Webber Hospital nursing scholarships were feted at a tea hosted by the hospital auxiliary. Recipients from St Andre’s, St Joseph’s, Kennebunk, Biddeford, Thornton Academy and area schools were announced to attend St Mary’s Lewiston, Mercy Portland, and Maryepe Hanover as listed. Present were hospital administrator Carleton Davis and mothers of recipients along with the scholarship committee and auxiliary members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Webber Hospital Association
St. Andre’s High School
Joan L. Maurice
Albert Maurice
Bond St
Biddeford
Diane Davies
Robert Davies
Gove St
St. Mary's Hospital
Lewiston
St. Joseph's High School
Michelle Callahan
Robert Callahan
Pike St
Norma J. Newman
John Newman
West Myrtle St
Madeline Tremblay
Herman Tremblay
Franklin St
Kennebunk High
Wilfred G. Turgeon
Hills Beach
Sherry Poirier
Albert J. Poirier
West St
Thornton Academy
Karlyn E. Freeman
Carl Freeman
Mary Pee Hospital
Hanover
Carleton Davis
Joseph Haley
Claude Faulkner
Thomas
Eugene Wolfahrt
Wells High School car wash and local meetings announced
Wells ALBEO G LAPIERRE reports a Wells High School Sophomore car wash tomorrow 10 am to 4 pm at Coggeshall service station Wells and Hutchins and Brewster garages Ogunquit. A Wells Ogunquit Democratic Town Committee meeting Monday 7 30 pm at Cozy Corner rests with a guest speaker and prepared for a June 22 fund raiser dinner with U S Senator Edmund S Muskie. The Wells School Music group meets Monday 7 30 pm at Wells Elementary to finalize plans for a May 22 spring exchange concert with Lebanon Junior band. first concert tonight in Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells High School
Coggeshall
Wells
Hutchins
Brewster's
Ogunquit
Wells-Ogunquit
Democratic Town Committee
Cozy Corner
Philip Jutras
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Chef Wilhelm
Wells School
Lebanon
Wells Junior High
Redlegs Coach Murphy Played Pro Football With Bears
Tom Murphy assistant trainer for the Cincinnati Reds also played professional football for the Newark Bears starting in 1927. The note references John J. Beauchem in 1922 as part of the era, illustrating multi sport involvement by early 20th century baseball staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Murphy
Cincinnati Reds
Newark Bears
John J. Beauchem
York Pomona honors scholarship at Buxton Grange meeting
York Pomona gathered at Buxton Grange for a covered dish supper and a meeting attended by 118. State Deputy Harry Willis presented a $100 Barak Shibles Fund scholarship to Virginia Lee Bernard of Eliot who will study education at the state university in New York. Also noted were local hospital patients and a schedule of upcoming Grange events including juvenile district meeting May 29 at Saco Grange and state tryouts May 23 in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buxton
York Pomona
Buxton Grange
Harry Willis
Barak Shibles Fund
Virginia Lee Bernard
Eliot
State University
New York
Bernard
John F. Hill Grange
Eleanor Metcalf
Wells
Beaver Dam ‘Grange
Webber Hospital
Blanche Roberts
Mousam Lake Grange
Henrietta D. Goodall
Sanford
Elmbrook Grange
Highpine
June Burke
Lebanon Grange
Riverside Grange
Grange
Augusta
Seven Young Children Stricken by Measles in Plainview
In Plainview New York seven members of the Archie Young household contracted measles. The ages listed are Nancy eight, Linda seven, Donald six, Patricia four, Robert three, Steven two, and Laura ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
N.Y
Archie Young
Nancy
Linda
Donald
Patricia
Robert
Steven
Laura
Maine Elks State Convention to Be Hosted by Local Lodge
The 36th Maine Elks Association convention comes to the Biddeford Saco Lodge on Portland Road in Saco May 22 to 24. Delegates from 16 lodges totaling over 5,000 members will attend with Gene Palmer leading sessions. Notable attendees include Past Grand Exalted Ruler John Maley and officials Judge John E. Fenton and Grand Trustee Edward Spry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Elks Association
Biddeford-Saco Lodge
Portland Road
Saco
Elks
New England
Gene Palmer
John Maley
Ellis National Foundation
John E. Fenton
Edward Spry
Ralph Pitt
Biddeoard-Saco
Joseph Grondin
C. Robert Brousseau
Donald Doyle
Paul ‘Reay
William McNally
Edmund Audie
George Ran‘court
Biddeford-Saco
Lodge of Elks
Charles M. Gallagher
Past Noble Grands Meet At Robie Home Biddeford
Evangeline Rebekah Lodge of Biddeford held a gathering at the Robie home on Granite Street with nine members. President Mrs. Vera Munford led the session. Mrs. Ruby Packard and Mrs. Helen Daly reported. Daly and Packard were tasked with arranging a May 27 outing at Spurwink Country Kitchen in Scarborough. Refreshments were served and Mrs. Ethel Ross won the mystery prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grands Association
Evangeline Rebekah Lodge
Biddeford
Leah
Madeline Rovie
Granite Street
Vera Munford
Ruby Packard
Helen Daly
Ethel Ross
Saco Wins District Court Site By Acquiring Library Building
Saco officials announced they had acquired title to the old Dyer Library building from the Library Association trustees. District Court will sit in Saco, chosen for its facilities, with Mayor J Edward Whelan noting the move should aid local economic growth. The Dyer Library now occupies the former Deering property donated by Joseph G Deering and Miss Katharine Deering circa 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Dyer Library
Trustees of the Library Association
J. Edward Whelan
Att v. Richard
Dyer
Whelan
District Court
Deering
Association
Joseph G.,. Deering
Katharine Deering
Death of Youth Apparent Suicide in North Waterboro
Robert Arthur Rumery, 20, of 15 Dyer St. Saco died yesterday in North Waterboro in what officials say was an apparent death by own action after an autopsy. Born May 13 1944 in Biddeford he was a laborer educated in Biddeford schools and a member of Biddeford United Baptist Church. He is survived by his parents three half brothers and maternal grandmother Mrs Helen F Rumery. Private funeral services will be held at Shumway Funeral Home Saco at 2 p.m. Monday with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Arthur Rumery
Dyer St
Saco
North Waterboro
Biddeford
Richard Allen
Doris LaBonte Rumery
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Helen F. Rumery
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Woodlawn
Bidde
Ford
New Type Payroll Check Now In Use In Biddeford
City employees are paid with a new type payroll check listing gross and net pays with deductions for the first time. Paul Deshaies city clerk says the check is widely used for payrolls and offers a detachable record workers can keep for tax reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Paul Deshaies
New Name Adopted for Biddeford Knights of Columbus
During a Biddeford K of C meeting the group announced it will be known as the Luke E Hart Biddeford Council Knights of Columbus to honor the late Grand Knight. Officials detailed officer slates and planned ceremonies including an installation on June 11 at the K of C Hall on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus
Luke E. Hart
Voters settle Oregon GOP primary among six contenders
Voters choose in Oregon's Republican presidential primary featuring six contenders and one campaigner. Vernon C. Walston, head of a major New York Stock Exchange firm, commits suicide in his office. International reports: Viet Cong ambush wipes out a South Vietnamese relief force near Saigon. US pledges to boost air strikes in South Vietnam by one third. British PM Douglas Home warns the Middle East fire is ready to erupt. Two British soldiers decapitated by Arab rebels to be buried with honors. Atlantic Alliance remains politically unsettled ahead of US and UK elections. In Washington, the Supreme Court gears up for civil rights rulings ten years after the landmark Brown v. Board decision. Senate blocks reopening and expansion of Bobby Baker probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Vernon C. Walston
New York
International Viet Cong
Saigon
United States
South Viet Nam
Douglas Home
Middle East
Atlantic Alliance
U.S
Washington
Young Escapees Are Recaptured
State Police arrested three teenage escapees from the men’s reformatory at South Windham. Harold R. Wheeler aged 18 from Upper Mills New Brunswick Joseph W. Legassie 18 of Bangor and James L. Mayo 16 of North Anson were held after fleeing Wednesday evening and taking four cars and $120 in coins before capture. Some species of bats can fish or sip nectar and have good vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover-Foxcroft
South Windham
Harold R. Wheeler
Upper Mills
N. B
Joseph W. Legassie
Bangor
James L. Mayo
North Anson
Dividends Declared By Central Maine Power Company
Augusta directors at a regular meeting declared quarterly dividends on the companys preferred stocks payable July 1 1964 to record holders at close of business June 10 1964. Preferred dividends ranged from 0.872 to 1.50 per share depending on series and rate with common stock at 0.21 per share payable June 30 1964 to holders of record June 10 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Central Maine Power
Pineapple output in Hawaii reaches thirty million cases
Hawaii pineapple firms shipped 30,395,233 cases of fruit and juice last year. Hawaii produced more pineapple than all other growing regions combined, underscoring the state's dominance in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TIE Pineapple Honolulu
Hawaii
First electrically operated dishwash in 1913 cited
A fragment notes an early dishwashing device from 1913 and mentions coffee breaks accounting for a large share of national consumption. It references Felix T. Sheltra & Son at 48 Jefferson Street as a trusted source for real estate deals and insurance, urging readers to deal with them.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sarah Riddell
Webber Tea
Dia
Midway
Callie Gammon
Limington
Samuel Crowell
John FF. Hill Grange
Elwell Gammon
Limington Grange
Roland Staples Jr
Donald Dyer
Cumberland County
Howland Smith
Pomona
Cornish
Elks Lodge
Leon Jones
Arthur Lam
Bert and
Charles Gallagher
Willie Pomerleau
Donald Shorey
Robie
Goodby
Missouri
TOPS
St. Louis
Delmar Thompson
P. Biddeford K
C. Council
Peter LeBreton
Donald R
Benoit R
Leroy A. Boissonneault
Donald L
Roland A
Albert
Andre J. Lessard
Maurice D. LaBelle
Gerard E. Fleurant
Leo Paul Loranger
Richard R. Binette
Robert L. Mathieu
Emil LeBlond
Washington Street
Associated Press National
Supreme Court
Senate
Bobby Baker
Central
Maine
Teron Geary
Foamor
Crystal Bottling Co
Nixon
Truman
Houston
U. S
Felix T. Sheltra
Jefferson Street
Fied
Biddeford & Saco Gas CO
Main Street
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