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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1965
Page
2
Mrs Elizabeth Roy aged 99 of 99 Summer Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs Susan Cadorette of 6 Harvard Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital.
A stated meeting of Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will be held at 7 30 tonight in Saco Masonic Hall. Past Matrons and Past Patrons Night will be observed and degrees will be exemplified by past officers. Mrs Charlotte Potter is in charge of refreshments.
A series of religious events and rehearsals are announced. An Advent Christian service is planned Friday at 7 30 p m at the parsonage corner Hill and Chapel Biddeford. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes for grades 6 8 meet Friday after school at St Monica s Kennebunk. C C classes for grades 1 5 Saturday at 9 30 a m at the church. The Crusader Choir for grades 4 8 from Biddeford Foss Street and South Biddeford churches rehearses tonight at 6 30. The adult Sanctuary choir rehearses tonight at 7 30. Higher Grade Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet Friday at 8 30 p m.
A mother daughter tea was hosted at the Salvation Army Corps building in Old Orchard Beach, honoring the 49th anniversary of the Salvation Army Girl Guard and Sunbeam program. About 59 attended as Lt and Mrs Satterlee led the corps with a program of music, a devotional by Mrs Payton, and refreshments.
Mrs Marion Harvey of 22 Green Street Saco wins a Mustang car from Biddeford Motor Sales and selects an RCA Victor color television as part of the top Value Stamp contest prize at Russell’s Shop n Save on Storer Street Saco.
John Casey 72 longtime Biddeford resident died Wednesday after a long illness at Togus Veterans Administration Hospital. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Tucker Funeral Home with interment in the local area.
Funeral services were held yesterday at St Joseph Church for Mrs Rose Lundstrom of 2 Fogg Ave Biddeford A solemn high Mass of Requiem was conducted by Rev Royal J Parent with assistances from Rev J Henry Fournelle Saco and Rev Normand Carrier Biddeford Interment followed in St Josephs Cemetery with graveside prayers Bearers named include Frederick Morin Darold Zalenski Kenneth Bartlett Elwood Cook Gerald Chretien and John Daly A Our Lady of Victory Circle delegation attended.
Funeral services were held for Lucien Huot of 329 Main St Biddeford at St Joseph’s Church with a high mass of requiem. Rev Normand Carrier officiated assisted by the church choir and organist Diane Rousselle. York County Barracks Veterans of World War I members acted as bearers and a Barracks delegation attended. Burial was in Calvary section of St Joseph’s Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Carrier. The flag drape was presented to Huot’s son Harry N Huot by Francis Simard. Attending out of town relatives included Aurore Theriault Marie Gagnon and several Lewiston residents.
Funeral services for Miss Olivine Rheaume of 205 Elm Street Biddeford were held at St Josephs Church Biddeford this morning Rev Royal Parent of Old Orchard Beach led the requiem high mass with Deacon Rev J Henry Fournelle and Sub deacon Rev Normand Carrier assisting. The church choir sang under Diana Rousselle with bearers Robert Collard Roger Collard Noel Valliere John Valliere Armand Valliere and Oscar Clement. Burial followed at St Josephs Cemetery with prayers at the graveside by Father Fournelle.
Decary Little League Auxiliary met at St. Andre's Credit Union Biddeford. President Pauline Arbour announced Round Robin Day starts Sunday at 1 30 p m at Decary Little League Field opposite Westbrook Skating Rink Pool Street Biddeford with ceremonies. Parents and interested friends are invited. Secretary Violet Bellefeuille and Treasurer Theresa Lemire gave reports. Next meeting is June 16 at 7 30 p m at the new field clubhouse.
A stolen car was found abandoned at Elm and Main Streets in Biddeford Tuesday by police. The car was parked with the window open and keys inside. Police had difficulty locating the owner before confirming the vehicle was stolen. owner is Bernard A. Flynn of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
The Biddeford Saco Rotary Club board and officers will meet tonight at 7 30 at the offices of the Biddeford Saco Water Co.
Laurette Huot of 29 Main St Biddeford was honored with a Tuesday Requiem High Mass at St. Andre's Church. Rev Germain Bureau led the service with the church choir directed by Mrs Laura Proulx. Interment followed at St. Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford with prayers by Father Bureau. Bearers included Patrick Huot Adelard Huot Jr Roger Huot Conrad Huot Gerald Smith and Richard Huot. Out of town attendees listed from Springfield Mass Bridgeport Conn Gog Magog Que Willington Conn and Monterey Salif with curate Gonneville noted.
Funeral services for J Arthur Gilbert of Biddeford were held at St Joseph's Church. A solemn high mass was celebrated with several priests assisting and graveside prayers followed. Bearers included local residents and a firing squad from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard attended the service.
The forecast for Portland calls for a fair and cool night with low temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s and gentle northwesterly winds. Friday should be fair and mild with light to moderate winds from the west to northwest.
May tides listed with high and low water times in both A M and P M intervals. Times range from early morning to late evening, showing successive high and low tides across the day.
The Ruth Esther Circle of the United Baptist Church Women in Saco met at Mrs. Raymond Cole’s home to organize the Ruth Esther Circle for fall activities. Devotions were led by Miss Madeline Brackett and Mrs. Carleton Crogan, with officers named and fall hostesses scheduled through May. The first Union meeting is set for Sept 22 with a pot luck supper. Several guests attended including Mrs. Everett C. Ladd, president of the United Baptist Church Women.
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Gagne of 30 Emery Street Biddeford were held at St Andre s Church Biddeford with Msgr Aime Gieuere pastor celebrating a solemn requiem high mass Rev Germain Bureau deacon and Rev Matthew Audibert subdeacon. Church choir directed by Mrs Laura Proulx sang. Bearers were Paul Gagne Norman Bouthot Lionel Bouthot Adelbert Morin Donald Bouthot Ronald Bouthot. Burial followed at St Joseph s Cemetery Biddeford with graveside prayers by Father Bureau.
Amanda Blais aged 35 of Bacon Street was celebrated yesterday morning at St. Andre's Church Biddeford by Rt Rev Msgr Aime Giguere with Deacon Germain Bureau and Sub deacon Matthew Audibert. Choir was directed by Mrs Laura Proulx. Interment followed at St Joseph's with bearers Lawrence Plante Normand Arbour Robert Lagueux Theodore Drouin Raymond Langevin and Adelbert Morin present from Lawrence Mass.
A large list of names and places is provided including Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert and their relatives from Sherbrook Quebec Lac Megantic Thetford Mines and East Hartford Connecticut as well as the Fontaine, Pomerleau, Brochu families with several children and spouses.
Thornton Academy Glee Club presents its eighth annual spring concert in Linnell Gymnasium tomorrow at 8 p.m. The Mixed Chorus Girls Chorus and Madrigal Group perform Beethoven to Lerner and Loewe with accompanists James Harmon Jay Sneider Stephen Lamb and soloists Nancy Taylor Joyce Bruns Mary Burke Cynthia Freeman Cynthia Warren Lorraine Guay Frank Goodwin Norman Dubois Paul Brown and others under Mrs. Helen S. Cropper as Choral Director.
Kennebunk board closes town office for several days and opens seven bids for a new fire truck. Civil Defense leader may attend a management course at the University of Maine. Harbor dredging plans for ledge removal in the mooring area reviewed with Army Engineers.
Former House Republican leader Ford says Republicans back President Ford on foreign policy and notes his party has offered alternatives in domestic policy. He cites health care, education, Appalachia aid, and voting rights as GOP efforts and discusses proposed tax cuts and spending restraint.
The School Committee approved two new teacher appointments at the high school library meeting. Natalie Bean to junior primary at Elementary School and Dewey A. Thompson as biology teacher at the high school, with resignations from Ann Cloutier and William H Frizzle.
Augusta report says state Rep. James S. Erwin filed a bill to punish House speakers who talk more than three minutes by execution and display in a museum. The measure carried a mocking legend about silence, and was quickly killed after reading.
International air disaster as a Pakistani jet with 100 plus aboard crashes on landing in Cairo. U S Navy raids North Vietnam in third day of renewed strikes. Frank Cushing Jr recounts 37 days at sea with his father. India seeks closer Soviet ties amid warnings of waning American influence. The Dominican junta calls for rebels to surrender as a 12 hour cease fire is agreed in principle for casualty removal. Senate leaders edge toward voting rights reform while the Ways and Means Committee votes to repeal auto excise tax. Ford seeks to reshape GOP image as McDonald pledges to step down from USW leadership. Presbyterians warned that computers may threaten religion. a Brooklyn supermarket roof collapses injuring 25 shoppers.
Conrad Griffin York County Agriculture Extension agent spoke to the Biddeford Saco Rotary Club at Hotel Thacher on Home and Community Beautification. He outlined collaborations with University of Maine and USDA, leadership and senior citizens programs, and advised planning before planting with placement spacing and selection.
Merle C. Steeves 32 of Saco was placed on two years probation by Cumberland County Superior Court Justice James L. Reid after pleading guilty to an attempt to break and enter. The case was continued for sentencing following the plea on the alleged larceny attempt at the North Windham pharmacy of John E. Burrill.
Bond-Rite Com sued com Mave Ones ties batling the flames. Work began immediately to rebuild and start operations. The general alarm blaze attracted thousands of spectators as firefighters attempted to save the plant. A year later another blaze in the kiln area was contained by firemen and temporarily caused operations to shut down again.
Pine Cone Temple Pythian Sisters set June 9 for their annual banquet at Cascade Lodge Saco with Most Excellent Chief Mrs Bertha Twomey in charge. They announce a joint reception with Rocky Hill Lodge and Woodfords Temple on June 12 at Woodfords Church.
More than 40 men notified to appear for initiation May 26 at the Biddeford Saco Aerie hall. Delegates Daniel Pendleton Fern and Petit Gerard Hevey Joffre Remillard and Arthur Rizas named to the state convention in Rumford June 25 26 27 with alternates Lucien Therrien and Emile Decelles. Donations approved for four Philadelphia chapels Grand Aerie President Harry Burns to aid Biddeford Athletic Association field and Babe Ruth Little League Saco. An ice cube machine is being installed and members may buy ice cubes this summer. Those going to Rindge NH on Sunday may report to the local aerue at 9 30 am for transport. Ray Sylvestre and Pendleton led prayers.
Seven boys and one girl reach the finals of the Saco Jaycee Intermediate Chess Tournament held in the club room under the Mutual Theater. From 26 participants in the preliminaries, John Bouchard Kathy Colpitts Peter Hanson Robert Lockhart Kenneth Lukas Paul Perreault Robert Perreault and Craig Stickney advanced. The final round starts Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Jaycees room with seven games per player.
The Sub Debs Sorority held its annual banquet at the Eastland Motor Hotel in Portland. Officers named were President Charlotte Tarbox, Vice President Sheila Caddigan, Secretary Maureen Hickey, Treasurer Karen Hadiars, Historian Linda Trecartin, Jane Bellevue as reporter, and Sally Muslawski as corresponding secretary. The next meeting is May 26 at Susan Hunt's home in Saco.
Orono Maine freshman class at the University of Maine grows to the largest in history and gets a 60 person executive council. Joseph Barth of Ocean Park and Deborah Fol ley of Kennebunk are among the named officers.
Bowdoin College said Sen ate President Carlton D Reed Jr of Woolwich will represent Gov Reed at the 160th commencement on June 12. Reed will deliver a speech at a commencement dinner held right after the graduation exercises.
Morningstar Corp of Cambridge plans a new plastics facility in Kennebunk adjacent to the southbound Maine Turnpike entrance. Ground will be broken by June 1 with partial production by Labor Day, employing locally sourced workers and using Maine Industrial Building Authority financing.
Old Orchard Beach Knights of Columbus James J. Mullen Council will confer its second and third degrees Sunday at Old Orchard Beach High School gym starting at 2 with a buffet lunch to follow. New candidates from Sanford St Francis Portland Westbrook Saco and Old Orchard Beach expected to attend. Grand Knight Beaudoin urged members to gather at St Margaret's Parish Hall 6:30 a.m. Sunday to attend the Togus Veterans Hospital Wheel Chair project. Election of officers planned for the next meeting Wednesday.
About 39 delegates from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and Scarborough plan to attend the Willingly Fulfill Your Ministry circuit assembly of Jehovahs Witnesses in Brunswick this weekend. Some 800 delegates from 16 congregations in Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts are expected. Twelve Saco delegates have parts on Friday evening program. C L Coup will lead the group demonstrating effective Bible studies in the local congregation.
CAPE ELIZABETH The final meeting of the season of the Daughters of Ruth at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco and Biddeford was a banquet at Crescent Beach Inn. Attendees included Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Adamson and many others. the club will reconvene in the fall.
A special assembly of Maine Council Royal and Select Masters will meet in Masonic Hall Saco Friday at 4 p.m The Royal and Select Masters degree will be conferred at 4 15 p.m A roast beef supper will be served by the Ladies of the Eastern Star at 6 30 The Super Excellent degree will be exemplified in dramatic form at 7 30 p.m.
Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias will mark its 86th anniversary at the Main Street hall. The knight rank will be conferred on candidates under George Clark, master of work, followed by a roast beef supper at 6 30 p.m. served by Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters.
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