Personal Briefs From Saco Biddeford Area Hospital News
Several residents are listed as medical patients or travelers. Joseph L. Dubuc and Rodney Choroszy, both in Saco, are at Webber hospital. Rose Maloney and Daniel Dinan seek treatment at local facilities. Michael Sullivan returns home after eye surgery in Massachusetts with his wife and two friends. Miss Ethel Fuller travels through Portugal on a European pilgrimage. Walter Jacobson and daughter Connie visit Biddeford from Heidelberg Germany, with Jacobson formerly Eileen Donovan arriving due to her father’s illness at Notre Dame hospital.
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Joseph L. Dubuc
Hill Street
Saco
Webber Hospital
Rose Maloney
Rossroad
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Rodney Choroszy
A. J. Choroszy
Irving Street
Daniel Dinan
Elm Street
Biddeford
Massachusetts Hospital
Michael Sullivan
South Street
Sullivan
Raymond Couture
Orchard Street
Ethel Fuller
Newton Stevens
Harding Street
Portual
Myrtle Street
Walter Jacobson
Connie
Heidelberg
Germany
James Ovan
Jacobson
Eileen Donovan
Notre Dame Hospital
Ina Center Conlan 76 dies in Weymouth Mass
Ina Center Conlan 76 former Biddeford resident died Wednesday at South Shore Hospital Weymouth Mass wife of Warren J Conlan sister of Harry B Center Biddeford Born in Biddeford daughter of William and Elizabeth Center educated in local schools. Funeral services Saturday at 1 p.m. Mortimer Peck funeral home Braintree Mass.
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Ina Center Conlan
Bideford
South Shore Hospital
Weymouth Mass
Warren J. Conlan
Harry B. Center
Biddeford
William and Elizabeth (Bowdoin) Center
J. J G. Smith Women’s Clothing Store
Kendall Stationery
Braintree
Mass
Phyllis Potter
Eileen Nadeau
Robert Center
Reid Russell
Hartford
Conn
Mortimer Peck
Saco Rebekah Lodge Hosts Mother-Daughter Night
Members meet Saturday at 7 for a Mother Daughter Son Night with Mrs Nancy Rumery in charge. Business and refreshments follow at the Odd Fellows in Saco. Notre Dame Hospital Thrift Shop committee captains hold a 7 30 p m meeting Tuesday at the Thrift Shop. Group C led by Mrs James Prendergast runs next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Nancy Rumery
Om Everem
Odd Fellows , Saco
Notre Dame Hospital Thrift Shop Committee
Thrift Shop
James Prendergast
Coastal weather outlook with showers and cooler trend
Portland area forecast shows warm humid conditions this afternoon with late day showers or thundershowers and gusty west to southwest winds. Small craft advisory along the coast. Tonight clearing and cooler with northwest winds. Saturday expected fair and cooler. Temperature notes list varied readings across several cities including Portland and Boston. May tides shown with high and low times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Mizeni
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
Harness official Burton Shaw dead at 71 in Portland
Burton W. Shaw 71 longtime harness racing official died in a Portland hospital. For 15 years he supervised races at Roosevelt Raceway Westbury Batavia Downs and other Maine tracks. He previously worked at a Portland investment firm. He is survived by his widow.
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Portland
Burton W. Shaw
Roosevelt Raceway
Westbury
L. I
Batavia Downs
New York
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Funeral rites for former Local 406 agent Frank C Moulin
Funeral services were held Thursday at 10 am for Frank C Moulin former business agent of Local 406 TWA CIO union in Biddeford. Rev Francis J Kane officiated at Cosgrove funeral home with bearers Norman Murphy Robert Parenteau Joseph Fleurent and Victor Fleurent Jr. Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C .Moulin
Twa-Cio Union
Biddeford
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Francis J. Kane
St. Meey Church
Norman Murphy
Robert Parenteau
Joseph Fleurent
Victor Fleurent, Jr
Greenwood Cemetery
MYF Day events at High Street Methodist church
In Saco Portland youth groups from the Street Methodist church and the MYF prepare for the annual MYF Day at High Street Methodist church. Funeral services for Maurice Ordway are set for Saturday at 2 p m with burial in Laurel Hill cemetery. Bearers listed include Gerald Mason Ronald Mason Carl Sellers and William Raymond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco, Street Methodist Church
High Street Methodist Church
Portland
Maurice
Most Holy Trinity
Saco
Maurice Boand
Gerald Mason
Ronald Mason
Carl Sellers
William Raymond
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Father Boland
The Troublesome Maid Play At Saco United Baptist Church
The Fellowship class presents a play titled The Troublesome Maid on Saturday at 8 p m in the vestry of Saco United Baptist church. Junior band practice occurs Saturday at 10 a m at Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army HQ. A music school for youths runs Saturday at 9 a m at Saco Salvation Army HQ. Torchbearers meet Saturday at 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco United Baptist Church
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
Saco Salvation Army
Market Bids Toward Fresh Record As Trading Mixed
New York stocks edged toward another record high in fairly active trading with many issues inching up or holding costs. Automotive giants Ford and Chrysler posted small gains while U S Steel and major rails showed little movement amid a broad mix of fractional advances and steadier issues across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Northern Pacific
Star of
Santa Fe
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Pacific
Ford
Chrysler
U.S. Steel
Republic Steel
Jones & Laughlin
American Telephone
Texaco
American Tobacco
du Pont
U.S
Thornton Cobiinet troar kage One piano solo and dances
Sharon Anderson performed a piano solo while Donna Shaffer and Jane Dansereau offered a dance number. The program closed with a musical selection by Mrs. Annette Doherty and Albert Cabana. FHA pins were awarded to twenty plus members including Helen Tozier and Avis Thurston. Banquet assistants included Mrs. Lucy White and George Ange with Doris Bacheller and Eleanor Watson supervising the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Dolby
Juliette Nadeau
Susan Tardif
Quiet Biddeford Report as Crime and Fire Drop
Warm weather reduced crime and accidents in Biddeford police logs. No arrests or accidents were reported overnight, no municipal court met, and the fire department saw no fires in the past two days.
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Biddeford
Good Motorist Own Traffic Patrolman
The Maine Highway Safety Committee urges motorists to self police for safer roads. They list actions like giving pedestrians time to cross, lowering beams at night, yielding even when others are wrong, safe passing, watching for children, obeying school zones and bus laws, adjusting speed to conditions, and staying to the right.
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Maine Highway Safety Committee
Biddeford Man Appeals Case In Saco Court
Francis Tibbetts of Biddeford appealed a conviction for assault and battery to York County Superior Court in Saco. Judge Hilary Mahaney found Tibbetts guilty of assault on Arthur Beaudoin of Saco and fined 25 dollars with 50 dollars bail set for Superior Court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Tibbetts
Biddeford
York County Superior Court
Saco
Hilary Mahaney
Tibbetts
Arthur Beaudoin
Elm Street
Superior Court
Mahaney
Peter Diakos
Middle Street
Diakos
Rogier Danis
Danis
William
Weather Boosts Biddeford Road Repair Ahead of Schedule
Biddeford’s street crews, aided by warm weather, are 20 days ahead on repairs. Tony Meriello notes 6,200 gallons of tar have been laid on West, Granite, South and lower Main streets with asphalt sand mix. Project aims to finish by July for summer traffic with 86 workers, including 12 patchers and 4 trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Tony Meriello
Marisello
Mariello
Cancer vaccine hopeful as research shows progress
Washington reports that cancer survival improves over decades and researchers led by Dr. John R. Heller of the National Cancer Institute see vaccines as a promising tool. He notes animal vaccines are nearly 100 percent effective and cites declining stomach and leukemia rates while stressing ongoing advances in human cancer control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Heller
National Cancer Institute
Dr. Heller
Elderly Maine Citizen Dies at 102 in Gardiner
Ezra Levigne, longtime Boston construction worker, died yesterday in Gardiner Maine. He would have turned 103 on May 31. He spent 55 years in Boston construction before moving to Gardiner 13 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Maine
Ezra Levigne
Boston
Sailors See America Through Portland Tour Program
Rev Charles B Rodway of the Sailors Bethel Society promotes a goodwill project in Portland taking foreign seamen on tours of nearby scenery while their ships dock. He says the program gives sailors a memorable view of America beyond docks. Currie 62 of Wilton NH was fined 25 dollars for speeding in Saco from Main Street to Fairfield.
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Goodwill Project
Portland
Charles B. Rodway
Sailor's Bethel Society
America
Currie
Wilton, N. H
Saco
Main Street
Fairfield Street
Local births list shows multiple newborns in New England area
The notice records several births including Robin Elizabeth Rolt in Santa Monica with parents Mr and Mrs George Rolt, Patricia Ann Kerry in Lynn with Mr and Mrs Richard R Kerry, Michael William Philpot in Somerville with Mr and Mrs William Rodney Philpot, Michelle Ann Mathews in Meadville with Mrs Claudette Bergeron, and Margaret Louise Welch in Kennebunk with Mr and Mrs Nelson Welch. It lists birth dates weights and parental and grandparent names where provided.
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George Rolt
Santa Monica
Calif
Robin Elizabeth
Rolt
Jean Anderson
Biddeford
Richard R. Kerry
Green Street
Lynn
Mass
Patricia Ann
Union Hospital
Joseph H. Kerry
Andrew Philpot
Limerick
Gerald Mathews
Meadville
Michelle Ann
Mathews
Claudette Bergeron
Nelson Welch
Brown Street
Kennebunk
Margaret Louise
Webber Hospital
Welch
Barbara Muchmore
Raymond Muchmore
Springvale
Fred Welch
Celia Wescott’s 91st Birthday Celebrated in Saco
Mrs. Celia Wescott of Pleasant Street in Saco marked her 91st birthday with over 50 guests, gifts, cards, and more than 1000 cards opened. Niece Mrs. Mattie Trafton hosted a birthday buffet, with cakes from Mrs. Mildred Huntress, Mrs. Evelyn Wilkinson, and Mrs. Gladys Edwards.
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Celia Wescott
Saco
Pleasant Street
Mattie Trafton
Wescott
Mrs Wescott
Mildred Huntress
Evelyn Wilkinson
Gladys Edwards
Celia
New Police Car Arrives At Beach
A 1959 cream colored Old Orchard Beach police cruiser arrived today replacing a unit damaged in an earlier accident. The car was bought from Biddeford Motor Sales to strengthen beach police presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard Beach
Biddeford Motor Sales
Lyman-Youngsters Tour Journal Plant
Eight Grade 4 students from Cousens Memorial School Ly man visit Biddeford Saco Journal for a newsroom tour. They toured the newsroom composing room and pressroom as part of the Fourth Grade Journal project. Their chaperones were Miss Edith Goodwin principal Mrs Alice Elwell and Mrs George McAlevey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cousens Memorial
Lyman
Biddeford-Saco
Suzann Crocker
Virginia Emmons
Gilbert Gray
Richard Guimond
Alton Kinney
Michael McAlevey
Kenneth Smith
Merrilee Stearns
Christ Church Women Plan For Food Sale
Christ Church women met at the home of Mrs. Clifton E Allen 113 West Street Biddeford to organize a fair at Mrs Harold Goulds home 9 Pearl Street Kennebunkport on Saturday July 11 from 11 am to 5 pm The group will meet five consecutive Thursday evenings starting June 4 at 7 pm at Christ Church June 18 they will gather at Kennebunk Beach for a pot luck supper June 25 and July 2 meetings are set for 7 pm at Christchurch Mrs Raymond Chicoine was named general chairman with booth chairmen to be announced
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Christ Episcopal Church
Clifton E. Allen
West Street
Biddeford
Harold Gould
Pearl Street
Kennebunkport
Christchurch
Kennebunk Beach
Raymond Chicoine
Pool's Oldest Living Native Miss Maud Amber Birthday
Miss Maud G Amber of Biddeford Pool celebrated her 88th birthday in the Trull Hospital room where she has resided 14 months. The longtime rug maker and needleworker is an avid reader with keen memory and a fondness for cross word puzzles. Relatives friends and well wishers sent cards flowers and a decorated birthday cake for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud G. Amber
Biddeford Poo
Trull Hospite
Amber
Annette Chapter Members to Attend School of Instruction
Annette chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held a meeting at the Masonic hall in Saco to accept invitations for all District 1 chapters to attend the School of Instruction on June 2 at Clover chapter in Sanford. Mrs. Irene Pendleton will assume her station. Grace Littlefield will present the Landmarks. Martha Pendleton is invited to Deering chapter in Portland.
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Clover
Sanford
Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Saco
Irene Pendleton
Martha
District 1
Grace Littlefield
Pendleton
Deerings
Portland
Marion Johnson
Maine
Littlefield
Fred Clark
Agnes Cunningham
Portland Removed From Labor Surplus List
The Labor Department removed Portland Maine from the surplus list and reclassed the city with areas under 6 percent unemployment, a margin between moderate and substantial joblessness.
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Washington
Labor Department
Portland
Maine
Not Guilty Verdict in Waterboro Speeding Case
Franklin P. Liberty, Auburn insurance salesman, was acquitted by a York County jury of speeding in Waterboro on April 14. Other court actions included Richard Reid, Sanford, pleading guilty to larceny of guns from a Waterboro store, and pigeon-related charges against Claude Boucher of Biddeford being dismissed as faulty indictments.
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York County Superior Court
Franklin P. Liberty
Auburn
Waterboro
Sanford
Atty
Irving Friedman
Richard Reid
Lee
Catherine Owen
Charles A. Pomeroy
Reid
Thomaston
South Windham
Claude Boucher
Biddeford
Edgar Tardif
Justice Pomeroy
Marcel R. Viger
Roger C. Nadeau
Boucher
Viger
Leo Dubois
Gerard Vigneault
Lucille L. Perkins
Ogunquit
York
York Court
Lester Bragdon
Byron Marshall, Jr
U. S
Bears yield sign at NC State campus clash
Traffic officers installed a new yield sign at a busy Raleigh street intersection on the NC State College campus this week. Someone added the line Not to temptation creating a humorous roadside message controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N. C
North Carolina Ste College
X15 Rocket Plane Flown From Edwards AFB
The X15 rocket plane conducted its fourth flight suspended under a B52 bomber at Edwards Air Force Base California. The Air Force stated the flight went well as the craft aims to reach a historic 100 mile altitude at speeds over 4000 miles per hour with a pilot aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
iThe Air Force
Catholic Colleges Face High Admissions Demand Says Rector
The Very Rev. Gerald E. Dupont predicts Catholic colleges will be unable to keep pace with rising admissions over the next decade. He cites costs and population growth as factors making colleges selective, noting education figures show substantial daily expenses for Catholic institutions and double parental contributions. He spoke at a Burlington Alumni dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Junction
St. Michael's College
Gerald E. Dupont
Msgr. Dupont
Cole
National Education Assn
Burlington
The
Alumni Association
Eagles Plan Aerie Dance Tomorrow Night
At Biddeford Aerie meeting the Fraternal Order of Eagles reported a near capacity crowd at last Saturday’s dance. Wonder Bread driver salesmen attended the semi annual party. Prizes went to Lorine Rang Shirley Ross and Leslie Cole with spot waltz winners Harvey Arsenault. Tomorrow night’s dance will honor Mr and Mrs Gerard Hevey on their wedding anniversary. Harry Wilson presided as dues were paid and a special prize awarded to Henry Moreau.
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Biddeford Aerie
Muider of Eagles
Portland
Allso
Shirley Ross
Leslie Cole
Harvey Arseneault
Sanford
Gerard Hevey
Hevey
the Aerie
Harry Wilson
Xeon Dues
Mad Bineau
Henry Moreau
Student rolls 55 gallon drum 17 miles in 5 hours 20 minutes
Lawrence Kansas Gene Nau 21 bragged he could roll an empty 55 gallon oil drum 17 miles in half a day. He accomplished the feat Thursday pushing the drum along back roads from Lone Star Lake to Lawrence in 5 hours 20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Kan
Gene Nau
Lone Star Lake
Lawrence
Maine Methodists Propose Community Problem Study
In a report to the Maine Methodist Conference, churches are asked to pick a local issue such as alcohol abuse or juvenile delinquency for intensive study and action. The conference selected Skowhegan as the site for the 1960 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Maine
Maine Methodist Conference
Skowhegan
NE Regional Women Prison Plan Meets in Concord
New England correctional officials plan a meeting in Concord New Hampshire to study housing all female prisoners from six states in a single institution. Massachusetts commissioner George F McGrath says most likely Massachusetts would house them, with states sharing costs to reduce per prisoner expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framingham, Maes
New England
Concord
N.H
Massachusetts Correction
George F. McGrath
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Wellesley Coloe
Grath
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Maurice Ordway
Thornton
Biddeford Man
Saco Court
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Scott Raymond Moore
Robert G. Moore
Cross Street
Dover
N. H
Moore
Rachel Y. Audie
Oscar Audie
Portland Road
George O. Moore
Lyman - Youngsters Tour Journal Plant
Christ Church Women
Pool
Dirigo Boys ‘State
St. Louis ‘High School
Department of Maine, American Legion
University of Mane
Orono
Richard Chretien
Richard Cote
Robert Anastasof
Norman Taylor
Henry Petit
Richard Verrier
Jean Souliere
Lemont Gagne
Petit
St. Louis High School Banc
Anastasoff
Chretien
Biddeford and
Saco Rotary Club
Verrier
Biddeford Council
Knights of Columbus
Gagne
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptist
Souliere
Henry Dupre
Cote and Taylor
Biddeford-Saco Jaycees
St. Louis
Willard Stackpole
Jaycee Unit
Eagles
DODGE
Argainland
Maine Linoleum CO
Alfred St
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