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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1963
Page
2
Mrs Charlotte Norcross of 502 Main Street Saco is a medical patient at Webber hospital. Mrs Frederic Deschambeault of 256 Elm Street Biddeford has returned home after being a medical patient at Notre Dame hospital.
A whist party will be held Saturday night at 7 30 at LeFoyer hall Biddeford. The whist parties will continue on Saturday nights until further notice.
The Saco Salvation Army Junior Bandana will meet Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Confessions will be heard at St Monica church Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p.m. at St Martha church Kennebunkport from 4 to 7 and 8 p.m. at St Mary Wells from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. The Holy Name Society of St Mary Biddeford will meet Sunday after the 7 a.m. mass at St Mary school hall. Rev Cecil Temple will speak at 10:30 a.m. service in Biddeford Advent Christian church.
The New York market moved unevenly with sugar issues the sole strong group. The Dow Jones average stood at 722.50, up 0.34, as sugars rose on a surging commodity price while oils, aerospace, and airlines held firm and other sectors mixed.
Boucouvalas Dupuis AM VETS held a Green Street Saco meeting donating the hall to the Little League of Saco and Old Orchard Beach for a rummage sale on May 25 and planning a June 1 covered-dish supper with the post auxiliary. VA reports 1.6 percent of six million GI home loans defaulted in 18 years.
The family of Mrs Harry Mullett expresses sincere appreciation for kindness and sympathy shown during recent bereavement. Thanks to the Lyman Health Council staff at Saco hospital nurses neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and floral tributes. Mrs Byron Hill and family.
This afternoon in Portland brings sunny skies and mild temperatures in the 70s inland and 60s along the coast. Light variable winds, seas breezes 10 to 15 mph on shore. Tonight remains fair early then clouds form, lows in the 40s, winds shifting to south and southeast overnight. Saturday turns cloudy and cooler with showers and coastal fog.
Mrs. Ella Maude Hewes 9 died at a local hospital after a long life rooted in Saco born September 11 1866 to William E and Emma Nason daughter of old parish and church member. Surviving daughter Verga Iyes sons Wyndel Clyfton Hewes six grandchildren 18 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren. Private funeral Monday 1 30 pm Dennett Craig Funeral Home Saco burial Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco.
Members of St Ann sociality of St Joseph parish will meet at Sansoucy funeral home on Stone street in Biddeford tonight at 7 30 to pay respects to Mrs Arselie Gagnon.
The group Children of Mary will meet at Sansoucy Funeral Home at 1 for prayers honoring Me lande Baillargeon, gathering in a brief observance.
A surprise party celebrated the 37th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pochebit at their Saco home on Storer Street. Guests included the Mazeiko and Hussar families and George Ivaskoff of Saco, plus Pochebit relatives from Portland.
In St Petersburg AP reports 19 year old John George Christenson drove with the door open and trunk lid flying as the car lacked a muffler. Patrolman Jim Bordner found brakes stuck to the floor, to be raised by rope. Christenson was ticketed for defective equipment and the car towed.
Fifteen delegates from the Biddeford-Saco area will attend a Jehovah's Witnesses assembly in Dover New Hampshire May 17 to 19. Delegation leader Jules Wheeler says over 1100 attendees from 18 congregations in Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts are expected. The program includes lectures and a public Bible lecture on Sunday at 3 p.m. titled Who Will Win the Struggle for World Supremacy.
The piece at the corner of Seaside and Seacliff avenues in Old Orchard Beach was sold to Dollard G. and Dollard Simard as an investment through J. T. Bonneau Realtors. Elmwood Drive lots 1 and 12 in Saco, formerly owned by Robert E. Scott, sold to Walter Preakes via Armand Mercier Realty.
Oklahoma City reports Gov. George Nigh in office for nine days after replacing J. Howard Edmondson. He opened the governor’s mansion to the public, hosted several young relatives, and claimed about 20 000 visitors by telephone count. He was succeeded by Gov. Henry Bellmon, the first Republican elected chief executive in Oklahoma. The Veterans Administration notes more than six million GI loans have been made.
Biddeford City Solicitor Robert York reported FAA communi cation urging immediate land acquisition near the Biddeford Municipal airport. The FAA insists the city proceed to condemn Victor Fleurant’s property northeast of the NE-SW runway to ensure full control for safe aircraft operations and timely airport opening.
Annette chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held Past Matrons and Past Patrons night at Saco Masonic hall with Worthy Matron Ruth Seaward welcoming leaders. A donation to Cancer Crusade was approved. In Memoriam for Elizabeth Calderwood observed. officers filled by substitutes. June invites and a marine art exhibit noted. a children’s program and refreshments followed. next meeting June 1 will feature degrees by Adah chapter.
Rev. Mr. Donald Leopold La Branche of Biddeford will be among five deacons ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood by Bishop Daniel J. Feeney on May 25 at 9 a.m. in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. He is the son of Mrs. Florida La Branche and the late Leopold LaBranche, a St. Hyacinthe seminary graduate who studied at the University Seminary in Ottawa. His first solemn high Mass will be at St. Andre church in Biddeford on May 26 at 11 a.m.
Fourteen Dartmouth students in seven canoes start the river trip from Bellows Falls Vermont on the Connecticut River toward Long Island Sound. The voyage commemorates John Ledyard, with planned portages, meals at Holyoke College, and a return to Dartmouth after visiting Old Saybrook.
A 92nd birthday celebration was held yesterday for Miss Gertrude B. Atkinson at her Main street home in Saco. Born in Sackville New Brunswick May 16 1871 her family later opened the Atkinson Furniture business. Her sisters served refreshments and guests included Mrs Milton Atkinson Mrs Dorothy Scott Atkinson Mr and Mrs Paul Woodman Melville Woodman Miss Faith Woodman Carlyle Harmon and Ernest L Harmon.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Relative quiet prevailed at the fire station yesterday with one brush fire call near the town dump on Turn Road at 4 20 and recall at 5 05. Michael Prendergast student fire chief for a day led the crew on a morning smoke scare on Milliken Mills Road as high school students took over town offices for a day of government experience.
Open house at the Saco armory tonight honors Armed Forces day. Companies B and D of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 20th Armored, will open from 7 to 10 p.m with a St. Louis High School band performing from 7 to 9 p.m. Officers and NCOs from both companies will explain equipment functions to the public.
Cooper completes a 34 hour space mission as electrical faults arise near the end. President Kennedy hails the feat as a victory for free people. Glenn assists in manual reentry while U S rescuers coordinate recovery off Shanghai. The Faith 7 capsule lands safely in the sea, with Cooper reporting he is in fine shape.
York County Tuberculosis and Health Association elected Dr. Melvin Bacon of Sanford as president at the annual dinner. New officers include Royal Sheltra of Biddeford as first vice president, Mrs. Philip Webb of Ocean Park as second vice president, Judge Ward Hanscom of Sanford as secretary, and Mrs. Samuel Chick of Berwick as treasurer. Several directors and executive committee members were named, with 37 attendees and guest speaker Dr. Lewis Are chest, head of Maine Thoracic Society, addressing chronic pulmonary diseases.
Biddeford High School principal Paul M Stebbins announced this morning that senior Frederick Crowley has been awarded the highest honors in the Maine Teachers Association academic recognition program. One of 70 state winners Crowley and teacher Joseph Carrier will attend a banquet and award program at Colby College Waterville at noon Saturday Crowley will receive a trophy Bates College president Dr Charles F Phillips will be keynote speaker at the function.
Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason continued a non support case against Arthur Gagne 24 of 44 Pierson Lane Biddeford by his wife Florence for ten days instructing Gagne to seek employment and releasing him on 500 dollars personal recognizance In other action Bernard Beaudoin 25 of 26 Graham Street Biddeford paid a 10 dollar fine after pleading guilty to speeding 6 in a 40 mph zone Officer Robert Janson arrested him
David A. Grantham, 26, of Saco, pleaded guilty to driving without a license in Sanford Municipal Court. A $10 fine was imposed with payment suspended. Earl S. Grames, Jr., 18, of Kennebunk, was found guilty of speeding on Route 5 at Limerick and paid a $15 fine after pleading innocent.
Indictments allege the former Biddeford mayor accepted a $1,000 bribe on May 5, 1960 to influence a school board tied to renewing a city bus contract. Other charges cite false pretenses for $6,000 from Raymond A. Plante, fraudulent conversion of $1,292.08 in city funds, and other thefts including $607.23 in pipe.
A Toronto Board of Education committee approved spending 3967 dollars for 114 electric eraser cleaners. Janitors will operate them after school to keep classrooms tidy.
A crane lifted the unidentified object onto the hangar deck elevator No. 3 after it was towed alongside, coordinating with deck operations to position it in the designated area.
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner urged residents to exercise more at the second annual Conference on Physical Fitness. He warned that many have gone soft and must toughen up. afterward, about 100 school pupils demonstrated exercises in front of City Hall as he spoke.
Miss Isabelle Penny, 60, paid $358.48 owed to architect Gordon Wiedenkeller with seven bags of pennies. The architect and staff collected 35 848 of the lady’s namesakes from the floor, despite her claim she owed nothing for building plans she did not use.
Washington AP reports Joan Bennett Kennedy wife of Senator Edward M Kennedy miscarried their third child. She was resting at home in Georgetown Washington after the miscarriage on Tuesday with confirmation by the senator's office on Thursday. The couple has two other children Kara and Edward M Jr and the due date had been late August or early September.
Carl E. Burnham 28 of Gorham pleaded guilty to speeding at 40 mph on Main Street Saco in a 25 mph zone In municipal court before Judge Hilary Mahaney He was fined 15 dollars In a separate non support case Judge Mahaney ordered Arthur E Gagne Jr 34 of Saco to pay 20 dollars weekly to the State Health and Welfare for his children's support
Fremont Club and Auxiliary accepted Mr. and Mrs. Ludger Coulombe as new members at a joint meeting in Alfred street hall with Wilfrid Simoneau presiding. Plans outlined for May 25 Hobo Party. social committee named several couples. Tag Day dates June 21 and 22 announced. French contest winners listed. Hooper street fire films to be shown June 6. lunch served by local members. extensive attendee list provided.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Town Council plans a Monday 7 30 pm meeting at Town Hall to discuss a rehearing on the denial of a dog kennel license for Robert Mullett in the Half Way section. The license request was denied at the prior council meeting.
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