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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1960
Page
2
Lionel E. Credit of Arundel is a patient at Webber hospital. Mrs. Agnes Daigle of 1 Spruce Street Biddeford has returned from five months in Miami Florida where she was visited by her daughter Mrs. Cecile Benson of Portland.
Mrs Louie May Keightley 77 wife of Benjamin Keightley of Kennebunk formerly of Saco died early today at Biddeford Hospital. Born in Kennebunk daughter of Francis S and Addie Taylor Whitney she attended Kennebunk schools. Surviving husband two sons Francis Benson Kennebunk Milton Benson Saco a granddaughter Mrs Joan Means Seco two granddaughters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Th 1:30 Angell Funeral Home Dane Street Kennebunk officiated by Rev Chester Staples Kennebunk Baptist Church burial in family lot Hope Cemetery.
The Junior Legion of the Saco Salvation Army meets Wednesday at 3 30 p m. Choir rehearsals and prayer meetings unfold at Lyman Baptist Goodwins Mills Advent Christian Kennebunk Lower Village First Baptist Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach and other churches. Girl Scouts Troop 14 convenes at Saco United Baptist church 3 30 p m tomorrow. Various societies plan services, parish meetings, and rummage sale preparations this week across Saco Biddeford and surroundings with multiple church venues and times.
In Paris Khrushchev rejected De Gaulle and Macmillan’s invitation to a Big Three session. He insisted on U.S. satisfaction before any conference and left for Moscow if demands were unmet. Macmillan arrived early at the Elysee as Eisenhower and Khrushchev staged their visit.
Funeral services for Gerard Boissonneault are set for Wednesday at 9 30 a m from St Joseph church. Friends may visit Emond Funeral Home until 10 p m today.
We the family of Donat N. Constant extend sincere thanks to Father Franck and Father Carrier relatives friends neighbors and to Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post American Legion Eagles Aerie members for aid sympathy and beautiful floral tributes Mass cards and car service for the funeral.
Pandalis Socrates Christos a 73 year old Lewiston resident was found dead in his room at the Columbia hotel Biddeford yesterday afternoon. Dr Leopold A Viger York county medical examiner ruled heart failure. Christos a naturalized US citizen since 1947 had no known relatives. friend Demetri Fotis of Lewiston was notified. The body was taken to the Bolduc Funeral parlor for wake arrangements pending funeral plans.
Rev John H Stahl presided at the funeral for Robert H Morse former Old Orchard postmaster yesterday at 2 pm from Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Attendees included delegations from Veterans of Foreign Wars Salvation Army and Post Office department Bearers were Norman Murphy Dick Sterling Harold Mullen Ernest Brousseau James Mullen and Lionel Descoteaux Morse received military honors from the National Guard of Saco with Nicholas Curre as bugler Burial was in Laurel Hill cemetery Committal prayers were by Rev Stahl Out of town relatives included Mr and Mrs Richard Morse Tilton NH and Florence Googins of Boston MA
Funeral services for Lloyd B Deane of Ferry road Saco were held yesterday at 2 PM from Shumway funeral home 35 Spring street Saco Rev Stanley A Bennett pastor of the Saco United Baptist church officiated Burial was in the Buxton Lower Corner cemetery South Buxton
Rev Francis J Kane celebrated a high Mass at St Mary church at 9 am for Miss Carrie Stanton with William Cleary as soloist and Miss Lou Welch on organ. A Children of Mary Sodality delegation attended. graveside prayers followed at St Mary cemetery with bearers Raymond Lamothe Leo Lamothe Robert Scott and Richard Kerry.
This afternoon in Portland expect mostly sunny and warm conditions with north to northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight clouds increase and temperatures fall with winds shifting to the south and southeast 5 to 15 mph. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy skies with showers and scattered thundershowers and cooler temperatures.
Pine Cone Temple Pythian Sisters meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Saco K of P wall. York County Salon 257 Eight and Forty elect officers Thursday at 8 p m at American Legion hall Kittery with Kittery hosts. Annette chapter Order of the Eastern Star meets Thursday 7 30 p m at Saco Masonic hall. degrees will be exemplified. Entertainment and refreshments planned. Civil Defense unit and Biddeford Public Safety meet tonight at 7 30 in Biddeford AMVETS hall. Biddeford Saco Lions meet tonight at 6 30 at Wonderbar Steak House for officer elections. Vecationland drum and bugle corps meet tomorrow night 7 30 at Biddeford AMVETS post to plan parade schedule for May and June. Bishop Fenwick council Knights of Columbus Saco meet Wednesday 8 p m at GAR hall nominating committee to be elected. Past Noble Grands Association of Evangeline Rebekah lodge meet Wednesday 7 30 p m at the home of Misses Leah and Madeline Robie Granite Street Biddeford Chapter 9 Widows of World War I Inc meet Wednesday 7 30 p m at American Legion home Beach Street Saco.
The Knights of Columbus council in Biddeford will hold a meeting tonight at 7 at Emond's Funeral Home to pay respects to Gerard Boissonneault.
Funeral services for John P Feeney senior Bowdoin College student were held at 9 am from Most Holy Trinity church Saco. Rev John J Feeney of St Pius V Buena Park Calif uncle of the deceased celebrated the requiem high Mass with Rev Maurice Boland pastor of Most Holy Trinity and Miss Louise Welch soloist. Delegations from Thornton Academy and Bowdoin attended. Burial followed at St Mary cemetery with prayers at the grave by Father Feeney and Father Boland. Out of town mourners included Bowdoin students Wayne Smith Daniel Donovan from Durham N H Miss Nancy Choroszy Columbus Ohio and many relatives from Burlington Mass Arlington Mass Newton Mass Washington D C Denmark Me Standish Shawmut R I Mere dith N M and Orono Me.
The first BMEWS radar station uses a klystron energy amplifier to emit millions of watts toward space and detect missile launches. Three stations, including Clear Alaska and Fylingdales England, will scan Soviet approaches and satellites to provide at least 15 minutes warning of an attack.
Saco's waste disposal truck sidelined by a fire was returned to service today. Replacement parts had been installed, and the vehicle was repainted orange to match other City of Saco trucks.
Two groups meet tonight at Bolduc's funeral home on Alfred Street Biddeford to offer prayers for Mrs Clara Belanger mother of Mrs Muriel Duprey. Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella will gather at 6:30 pm at the home and the Biddeford Council Knights of Columbus auxiliary attend.
Fremont club and auxiliary will meet at Bolduc Funeral Home tonight at 7 30 to offer prayers for Mrs Clara Be langer mother of Mrs Leslie Duprey.
Miss Lucia M. Cormier a U S Senate candidate will speak at a May 25 buffet supper in the Brunswick hotel Old Orchard Beach sponsored by the Old Orchard Beach Democrat Social club. Planning and reservations were announced along with a program featuring music and a youth scholarship.
Absentee ballots for the June 20 Democratic and Republican primaries in Saco are available at the city clerk's office. The Republican slate features unopposed incumbents for several posts and lists multiple nominees across state and county offices. The Democratic ballot includes unopposed candidates for governor and U.S. representative, with several state senators, sheriffs, and other county and local posts named.
Aaron Kravitch said the verdict left Mrs Reynolds $300,000 poorer than she entered court. A prenuptial agreement waiving $200,000 a year or a six million settlement was pressed. Insurance policies naming her as beneficiary were impounded as Reynolds and his wife, separated since August, faced claims of nagging and extravagance versus alcoholism.
Biddeford Police Chief Edgar Sevigny and technician George Friary traveled to New York City to secure Rene Beatdain on a non support charge. Beatdain waived extradition and is slated to appear in Biddeford Municipal Court tomorrow. Sevigny has resumed duties after a weeks long medical absence. Edith Bolling Galt, wife of President Woodrow Wilson, traces lineage to Pocahontas.
Community leaders from Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, including town managers, school officials, and local clubs, met to discuss youth recreation. Proposals covered converting the Park Street site for an outdoor basketball court, expanding tennis facilities, and improving sewer and water pipe work to reduce playground wetness. Officials stressed need for volunteers and engineering solutions, with strong support from Bertha Timson and Police Chief Stevens.
Catholic school alumni staged a Student Government Day at Old Orchard Beach electing a board of selectmen and town officers. The lineup included Noel Crowley, Mike McCallum, Dave Jordan, Bobby Day, Don Shorey as selectmen. Ralph Stickney park commissioner. Ivan Tate civil service. Linda Mazzacane town clerk. constables Jerry Pepin and Danny Guarino. John Bean on the school committee. Fire Chief William Sherwell and Police Chief Gene Wyman named to appointed posts.
Scavenger hunt by Biddeford High Alumni scholarship fund-raising committee collected over 250 sale articles and $31 in cash donations for a summer action. Prizes went to teams led by Mrs. Hazel Beety Raymond Wakefield Mrs. Carroll Donovan J Albert Merryman and others. Sorting and packing done by Ernest Dorahue William McKenney and Paul Garnache. Refreshments served by Mrs. Barnes at her Alfred Street home where the hunt began and ended.
William W. Lauer aged 37 of 115 Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach was fined $10 in Old Orchard Beach on driving after license revocation. Trial Justice Wesley M. Mewer sentenced him to two months suspended jail time and two years probation. A second charge of driving to endanger was filed. Hugh E. McFarland 34 of Portland was fined $15 for operating a vehicle without a license.
Biddeford high school juniors may register for the summer driver education course this week, with seniors-to-be to sign in September. Registrations run daily 9 am to 5 pm at the superintendent’s office. Also noted were playground discussions in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, availability of tape recordings, boating safety courses by the U S Coast Guard auxiliary, and Red Cross First Aid Swimming courses for summer. The next group meeting is June 3 at 7:30 pm in Lower Town hall, Kennebunk.
Employment office figures show 908 residents in the Biddeford area received unemployment compensation checks at the end of last week. The prior week totaled 1,058 and the year ago figure was 1,404.
Miss Lucia Cormier of Rumford, Democratic candidate for U S Senate, will address a joint meeting of Biddeford Democratic Social club men and women at St John Hall Adams and Jefferson streets with a buffet luncheon at 6 30 PM. Congressmen Oliver and Coffin cannot attend but will be represented by Kenneth Curtis and John Flaherty.
Armand P. Bedard 33 of 15 Parsons Street Kennebunk pleaded guilty in Biddeford municipal court to operating a motor vehicle without a license. Judge Simon Spill imposed the minimum $10 fine, paid. Police Captain Philip Poirier was complainant. Alexandria Kouta ilidis 102 Alfred Street Biddeford pleaded guilty to wantonly injuring and defacing a building through counsel Edward L. Caron. Associate Judge Gerald J. Nason fined $150 or a sentence to the reform school with probation for one year if the fine is paid, with payment due by next Saturday.
The speaker notes that current taxes are not yet computed and may total about $900,000 while asserting that this is not Biddeford’s highest rate. Brunelle recalls a 1937 tax rate of 56 mills as a historical comparison.
Kennebunk leaders and retired officials including Leon Bradley Earl Freeman and Clarence Crosby are listed as donors, treasurer, and staff for the Water Street sewage treatment plant project guided by Whitman and Howard Inc Boston contractors Crognale Construction and others with input from the U S Public Health Service Maine Health Education and Welfare agencies and the Water Improvement Commission.
Saco Municipal court did not hold a session this morning. Police reported no accidents to headquarters overnight or this morning.
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