Personal notices from Biddeford and nearby areas
Miss Marguerite Millette of Biddeford was in Boston Sunday. James Hector of Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber hospital. Richard Labonte of Biddeford has returned home after surgery at Maine Medical Center. Mrs Ralph Crochetiere of Biddeford has returned home after Notre Dame hospital. Robert H Brownlee of Saco has improved after two weeks as a medical patient at Webber hospital. Mr and Mrs Edmond Millette of Biddeford were in Montreal over the weekend as guests of Josephat sea form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Millette
Edmond L. Millette
Biddeford
Boston
James €. Hector
Mount Pleasant Street
Webber Hospital
Richard Labonte
South Street
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Ralph Crochetiere
Acorn Street
Notre Dame Hospital
Robert H. Brownlee
Dyer Street
Saco
Montreal
P.Q
Josephat
Biddfeord
Vir Alexander died at age 80 in Biddeford
Alexander Vir age 80 of 33 Water Street Biddeford died Monday in a local hospital Born in St. Lambert PQ October 17 1880 he was a son of William and Delvina Fortier Vie and long employed by Garland Mfg Co Later he was a self employed shoe cobbler He was a member of Lafayette Court COF Surviving two sons Eugene Vir Dover NH and Joseph Vir Hartford CT a brother David Vir and half brother Arthur Lamontange Biddeford Funeral from St Andre church Thursday at 9 am Friends may call Sansoucy Funeral Home 1 Stone Street Biddeford today and Wednesday 1-4 and 7-10 pm prior to services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Joseph Vir
Water Street
Biddeford
St. Lambert
P.Q
William and
Delvina (Fortier
Garland Mfg. Company
Lafayette Court, Cof
Eugene Vir
Dover
N.H
Joseph Vir
Hartford
Local Groups Schedule Meetings and Installations
Blue Feather Council Pocahontas to meet Thursday at 8 p m in Biddeford hall. Owen-Davis unit American Legion Auxiliary to install officers Wednesday at 7 p m at Post home Beach Street Saco. Council Chagnon St Jean Baptiste to meet Wednesday at 7 p m in hall Adams Street Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Feather Council
Pocahontas
Thursey
Biddeford
Owen-Davis
American le Auxiliary
Post Home
Beach Street
Saco
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
P. m
Adams Street
Midweek church services and rehearsals listed in area notices
A listings style notice shows Holy Communion at Trinity Episcopal in Saco with 7 and 9 30 a m services A Vesper or Evensong with address at Trinity Saco 7 30 p m Lyman Baptist Goodwins Mills choir rehearsal 6 30 p m prayer 8 p m Advent Christian Kennebunk Lower Village midweek service 7 30 p m Full Gospel Wells Route 9 A off Route 109 prayer hour 7 30 p m Kennebunkport Advent Christian church prayer and Bible study 7 30 p m Village Baptist Kennebunkport vestry 7 30 p m Christian Science Hamilton Memorial Saco 7 45 p m mass Our Lady of Victory Camp Ellis resumes next Sunday 8 a m Mass Rev Arthur J Duke minister Senior choir Saco First Universalist Church School Street rehearsal 7 p m Homestead South Berwick Sigma Delta class Biddeford Universalist out ing Unitarian Universalist Junior choir 6 50 p m Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
Our Lady of Victory Church
Camp Ellis
Arthur J. Duke
Du Pont and GM Hold Steady In Mixed Markets
In a mid day movement the New York market shows a mixed tone with Du Pont and General Motors retaining gains then giving back some as trading via the Associated Press 60 stock average remained at 251.20. Industrials rose modestly while rails and utilities sagged with steady to slight declines across sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
du Pont
General Motors
Associated Press
Motorola
Avnet Electronics
Union Carbide
Dow Jones
U. S
Kenam Duro Dies After Long Illness At 74
Kenam Duro 74 of 8 Foss street Biddeford died in a local hospital after a long illness. Born in Panariti Albania in 1886 he came to the United States in 1910. He was a member of the Albania Society and worked at the Saco Lowell shops before retirement. He is survived by a brother in Albania. Friends may call Emond funeral home today 7 to 9 and Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Thursday at 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenam Duro
Foss Street
Biddeford
Panariti
Albania
Albania Society
Saco- Lowell
Emond
Weather outlook for Portland area and mountains
Partly cloudy and cool this afternoon with a few brief showers in northern mountains. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Tonight fair and cool with frost in interior valleys. Wednesday fair and warmer with scattered mountain showers. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Temperatures listed for zones and towns including Caribou Eastport Greenville Old Town Rumford Portland Mt. Washington Halifax Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Halifax
Montreal
Special Town Meeting June 12 At Beach
Old Orchard Beach selectmen set June 12 for a special town meeting to vote on accepting ordinances and license bills. A public hearing on fees will precede the meeting. Carl Sedgley was named lifeguard captain, with nine guards tentatively approved after tests on June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Tim Murphy
Liquor Commission
Reed Motor Company
Saco
GMC
Jerome LePelletier
Pineland Restaurant
East Grand Avenue
Omega Corporation
Peter Skinfacos
Ocean Lodger Pound
West
Grand Avenue
Restaurant Mall
Ernest Foote
Grey Gull
Surf Street
Paul Benoit
Staples Street
Seashore Gardens
West Grand Avenue
Club Mall
Club Spirituous
Orchard Beach
Victualer’s
Thomas Pouravelis
Funeral services for George H King in Saco
Funeral services for George Henry King of Portland Avenue Old Orchard Beach were held Monday at 1 p m from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main Street Saco Rev Norman J Langmaid pastor of Saco School Street Methodist Church assisted by Capt Robert Reid Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army bearers Peter Anderson William Murphy Robert York and Charles Davis burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Henry King
Portland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Dennett and Craig
Main Street
Saco
Norman J. Langmaid
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Robert Reid
Lafayette Court to Meet at Sansoucy Funeral Home
Members of Lafayette Court Catholic Order of Foresters will meet at seven tonight at Sansoucy Funeral Home on Stone Street Biddeford to pay respects to Alexander Vir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Court
Order of Foresters
Sansoucy
Stone Street
Biddeford
Alexander Vir
Rebecca Emery DAR Members Attend Session
Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution attended a memorial worship service at East Monmouth Methodist Church. Gov. John H. Reed spoke on moral preparedness and Americanism against Communism, while regents and chapters from multiple towns joined in the observance and a luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Monmouth Methodist Church
Joseph E. LeMaster
Roscoe M. Jordan
Mary Dillingham
Leslie H. Wight
Irene Vose Robertson
Monmouth Center
A. Ray Whenman
Roussinoc
H. Earle Flanders
Frank L. Chase
Arthur KE. Ela
Ruth Heald
Daughters of the American Revolution
Basil Lamb
Elizabeth Wadsworth
East Monmouth
Lemaster
Bates College
Rev LeMaster
George Washington
Valley Forge
Washington
New York
Auburn man rescued after trench collapse trap
Herbert Plourde, 25, of Lewiston narrowly escaped serious injury when a trench caved in burying him up to his neck in rocks and dirt. Neighbors and firefighters freed him as police remind motorists that a flashing red light means stop and complete stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Herbert Plourde
Lewiston
Plourde
Singing Daughters Gather for State Chaplain Meeting
Miss A. Florence Crowley led the Rebecca Emery chapter with state chair man of American Music Mrs. Grace Van Wart and other members including Mrs. Helen Varney Mrs. Hazel Webster and Mrs. Errol L. Taylor Sr. from Burnt Meadow and Silence Howard Hayden chapter. State treasurer Mrs. Alice Hurd and other Rebecca Emery members Alma Kittredge Edna Rollins attended. Other state officers included Mrs. DeRoy Fogg Hussey and Mrs. Thomas J. Peddle Maine CAR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Florence Crowley
Rebecca Emery
American Music
Grace van Wart
Helen Varney
Hazel Webster
Burnt Meadow
Errol L. Taylor
Howard Hayden
Grace Fitzpatrick
Doris Fitzpatrick
Loyal Grant
Alice Hurd
Ina N. Emery
Margaret Strout
Babies born to families in Saco and beyond
To Mr and Mrs Jean Paul Lamontagne 52 Old Orchard Road Saco a son Mark John eight pounds one ounce May 21 To Mr and Mrs Arthur Raymond Gannon Jr 433 Ferry Road Saco a son David Brian six pounds 14 ounces May 22 To Mr and Mrs Harold E Harmon 523 Ferry Road Saco a daughter Lisa Marie eight pounds five ounces May 22 To Mr and Mrs Donald Perkins 1 Hill Street Biddeford a son Thomas Bryan seven pounds 12 ounces May 2 To Airman First Class and Mrs R Norman Bouchard Columbus Ohio a daughter Karen Ann six pounds three ounces at Lackbourne Air Force Base hospital Columbus Ohio May 14 Maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Rickert Dayton Ohio Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Herve F E Bouchard 59 Storer Street Saco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Paul Lamontagne
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Mark John
Arthur Raymond Gannon, Jr
Ferry Road
David Brian
Harold E. Harmon
Lisa Marie
Donald Perkins
Hill Street
Biddeford
Thomas Bryan
R. Norman Bouchard
Columbus
Ohio
Karen Ann
Lackbourne Air Force Base Hospital
Walter Rickert
Dayton
Herve FE. Bouchard
Storer Street
Traffic Cases Filed Today In Biddeford Court
Two traffic cases were filed without plea by Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason in Biddeford municipal court this morning. Ellsworth L. Pritchard, 35, of Old Newtown Road, Biddeford, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident without identifying himself after a Pool Road collision with Marcel Deschenes. Pritchard offered to pay damages and was given leniency. Frank W. Hewitt, 76, of North Edgecomb, was charged with operating without a license after testifying his license had not been renewed. Biddeford police handled the Pritchard case. State police handled the license charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald C. Nason
Biddeford
Ellsworth L. Pritchard
Old Newtown Road
Pool Road
Pritchard
Marcel P. Deschenes
Deschenes
Nason
Frank W. Hewitt
North Edgecomb
Joan Davis Career Snapshot Amid Personal Turbulence
Joan Davis, born June 20 1913 in St Paul Minnesota, rose as a vaudeville and film comedian. She signed for the Pantages circuit after an amateur night appearance and, long noted for wisecracks and slapstick, faced a 1959 engagement ending after a judo punch incident with Harvey Stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Pantages
Toy Comedienne
Josephine Davis
St. Paul
Minn
Leroy Davis
Nina Davis
Stock
Miss Davis
Chicago
Ifornia
Beverly
Porter Is Arraigned For Murder in Cambridge
Norman A. Porter Jr. 21 was arraigned on a murder charge related to a jailer’s killing during an escape from Middlesex County Jail. He stood mute as Judge M Edward Viola ordered innocent pleas and set $20,000 bail on murder, jailbreak, and grand theft charges. Porter was returned from Keene New Hampshire after surrendering at gunpoint and was heavily guarded during arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Norman A. Porter Jr
Middlesex County
Porter
Keene
N.H
Edward Viola
Viola
Edgar Cook
Brookline
Cook
David S. Robinson
Saugus
Middlesex
Essex County
Boston
Chester Hallace
New Hampshire
Gov Reed to seek to save Presque Isle base from shutdown
Augusta AP reports Gov Reed plans to send a delegation to Washington to avert the dismantling of the Presque Isle Air Force missile base when it is abandoned later this year. Maine aims to repurpose base facilities for education and other uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Reed
Washington
Presque Isle Air Force
Trusting Drivers and Night Safety on Rural Roads
A speaker notes that pedestrians ignore traffic and wear dark clothes at night, causing danger for drivers. The narrator urges cautious behavior, staying on the left, using lights, and trusting in God while applying common sense to avoid harm from unseen drivers.
Garland Calls Bill Weak on Escape Clause
Congressman Peter A Garland criticized proposed legislation for weakening the Escape Clause and allowing foreign factors to unfairly boost foreign goods. He proposed a bill to extend injury criteria for withdrawal from trade deals, remove the Secretary of State negotiation clause, and limit the President's veto power over Tariff Commission recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Garland
Nicoll
Muskie
Sen. Muskie
Muskie bill sparks counter attack from Muskie camp
Washington critics of Sen. Edmund S. Muskie's import bill prompt a response from Muskie aide Donald E. Nicoll. He accuses Rep. Peter Garland of misrepresenting the bill and urges reading the measure’s explanations given April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskie
Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Peter A. Garland
Donald E. Nicoll
Garland
Nicoll
Senator Stilphen Acquitted in Augusta DUI Case
Senator Carl M. Stilphen of Rockland waived immunity and was found not guilty of driving under the influence in Augusta. Four Augusta police officers testified to drunkenness at the April 13 stop, but Stilphen and Augusta Mayor Sylvia J. Gilbert testified he had only one and a half drinks. Other witnesses said he was not under the influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Carl M. Stilphen
R.rockland
Stilphen
Sylvia J. Gilbert
Maine Highway Safety Advisory on Clear Vehicle Lights
The Maine Highway Safety Committee warns drivers to keep headlights and tail lights clean so they are visible to others. Ensure your own visibility and that other drivers can see you clearly to prevent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity, Episcopal Church
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Full Gospel
Route 9-A
Wells
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Sigma Delta
First Universalist Church
Homestead
South Berwick
Unitarian Universalist
George H. King
DAR
Joan Davis
Nathan
Cendrine
Nice
France
Bill
U.S
Sylvia Cahill
America
Harry Cahill
Oslo
Norway
Journal “Wants
Ill Kirchner
Lima
Edison
Kirchner
Deb
Paris
United States
Carey Bros
Jewelers
Dennett G Craig, Inc
Saco, Maine
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