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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1959
Page
6
Property in Arundel offered for quick sale priced at 3900 dollars. Features include 7 rooms 17 acres some timber and a furnace. Contact Kennebunk number 5-3352 or write William West 19 Hovey Street Kennebunk.
The Kennebunkport selectmen schedule hearings for May 18 1959 on permits to sell spirituous and vinous liquors for The Arundel Remsen Inc The House on the Hill and related hotel and restaurant license applications. Old Orchard Beach posts May 18 1959 hearing by Municipal Licensing Board for multiple licenses with appearances invited.
The Biddeford Public Health Nursing Association holds its annual meeting on Wednesday May 20 at 7:00 PM at Cascade Lodge. Elections of officers and directors will take place and other legal business may be transacted. Eleanor Mogan, Secretary.
Over 70 Biddeford High School band members took part in Portland’s Armed Forces Day parade. The group included uniformed musicians, majorettes, and color guards, led by Bandmaster Horace Killam. Parts of the march were televised on Channel 6. Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis Mrs. Earle Atwood and Mrs. Coley Whitehurst.
A bridal shower for Dorothy Lavoie was hosted by Mrs. Irenee Lambert at 56 Forest Street Biddeford with co host Mrs. Paul Cote. Attendees included numerous relatives and friends led by Mrs. Roland Boissonneault and Mrs. Alphee Lambert. many guests contributed but could not attend. Dorothy has chosen June 27 as her wedding date.
More than 100 posters from 67 Biddeford public and parochial schools compete for local awards and a potential state entry in the Bicycle Safety poster contest. Posters are judged next Wednesday at the Merton Ira Staples AMVETS post home by a committee led by Mrs. Madeliene Davenport and others. The prize is an anonymously donated bicycle.
A pastoral verse describes Wildery chestnut or wild cherry in bloom across the countryside. Pale beauty and fragrant air frame the bridal boughs in May as petals fall offering graceful branches.
Miss Florence Flood of Biddeford, upcoming June 27 wedding to Gerald Belisle of Saco, was guest of honor at a surprise bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Charles Gallagher. Decorations featured pastel flowers and tiny umbrellas, with a buffet lunch and bride’s cake. Attendees included Mrs. Arthur Belisle, Mrs. Joseph McPadden, and many friends and relatives.
Mrs Samuel Simpson of Kennebunk Landing was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower at the Old Colony Motor Court in Wells. Co hosts were Mrs Alfred B Garrett and Mrs Rose Stahl. Guests included numerous locals and absent friends sent gifts.
Report notes a shift in behavior among young readers and students once praised for doing right, now seen as doing wrong without fear of punishment, as described by NEA.
Mrs Angelina Lambert and Misses Madeleine Chouinard Marguerite Cadorette Janice Cote Annette Montpas Claudette Nichols Janet Roy and Sandra Duranceau listed as local residents in the society notes.
Girl Scout Troop 25 toured the Brick Store museum in Kennebunk after a Scout hall meeting to view a display of Girl Scout art and student art. Next Thursday’s meeting was canceled for lack of a leader. a May 28 visit to Cole Farm Dairy is planned for the food badge. Attending were Doris Hout and many others. chaperones included Mrs. Couture and Mrs. Calderwood.
A Superior court jury in Biddeford awarded Ernest and Irene Murgatroyd of Arundel $1,550 for property damage against the Boston and Maine railroad over pine trees and lumber burned by sparks from a locomotive on March 5, 1957. The verdict followed a 40 minute deliberation and mirrored questions on negligence and causation. Additionally Alfred LaFlamme of Biddeford pleaded guilty to drunken driving after retracting a prior not guilty plea. He received four months in Alfred jail and a commitment order after a prior record of suspicions and a previous drunken driving conviction.
The Old Orchard Beach Lions Club closed a 10 week card party series at Hoffman Street hall. Angel Lombard won the grand prize. Sadie Thompson took the consolation prize. High scores went to Ann Williamson and Robert Pettengill. low scores to Louise Lapointe and Guy Neveux. Queen of Hearts went to Jean Lapointe. Floyd Walsh received a special award. Cakes were given to Evelyn Presley Avonell Pettingill and Gertrude Leonard.
Kennebunk Band Boosters met at Kennebunk High School to appoint three members to the nominating committee and to report on the Nashua New Hampshire exchange concert. The group approved final payment on band uniforms and outlined plans for the Annual Spring concert on Saturday May 23 in the new gym with Park Street School Junior High and Kennebunk High bands and the High School glee club. A finance committee food sale is set for Friday June 19 at Mousam Electric.
Biddeford Cub Scouts from Den 4 Pack 309 sponsored by the Biddeford council Knights of Columbus appeared on the Fun House program on a Portland station Thursday evening. Attendees included Michael Boucher Roger Deshaies Alan Labbe Roger Dussault Daniel LeBlond Malvin LeBlond Roger Lessard Richard Le Raymond Neault Richard Papnas and Den Chief Robert Deshaies. Guests were Jeannine Le Blond and Priscilla Neault accompanied by Mrs. Paul Neault and Den Mother Mrs. Yvonne LeBlond.
The Ogunquit Parents Club met at the school with a covered dish supper and elected Theodore J. Handrinos as chairman. Harold Staples Orris Allen and Fred Davis were named to officer posts. A fashion show was set for May 27 at 8 p.m. at the Ogunquit firemen's hall. The club approved a $75 donation for a playground slide and to cover bus costs for Grades 4 and 5 on a May 28 trip to Boston's planetarium.
A surprise bridal shower for Judith M Goodwin was hosted at the Biddeford Pool home of Mrs Robert L Noble by Miss Nan Harriet Noble and Miss Barbara McQuarrie. Attendees and contributors included family friends and neighbors from the Goodwin and Crowley circles.
Kennebunk VFW post held a Thursday meeting at the post home to organize the Memorial Day observance. Leon Lindquist presided, Charles Williamson named sergeant at arms, five new members were initiated, trophies awarded at graduation, and the outstanding citizen award was chosen for Memorial Day. Memorial Sunday services will be at Kennebunk Baptist church May 24, then VFW members will place flags on graves at the cemeteries.
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