Pie Social at Salvation Army Home in Old Orchard Beach
A pie social and entertainment by Maj. Henry Berkhoudt of Portland will begin at 7 30 tonight at the Salvation Army home 91 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach Admission opens to the public and proceeds aid missions Also Saco Firemen's Auxiliary meets at 8 tonight at Mrs Lydia Floods home Stuart Street Saco and AMVETS Auxiliary to meet at the post home Alfred Street Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Maj
Henry Berkhoudt
Portland
Saco
Lydia Flood
Stuart Street
Merton Ira Staples
Amvets
Post
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army Meet Friday
The Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 p m. All members are urged to attend and participate in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
Candidates Night Observed by Saco Jaycees
Saco Junior Chamber of Commerce held a candidates night with Gabriel Porciello of South Portland candidate for state Jaycee president, William Wear of Cape Elizabeth and Larry Simpson of Standish as candidates for state vice president. Willard Stackpole and Russell Herrmann named delegates to the Rockland state convention June 5 7. Malcolm MacLeod and Leroy Waycott alternates. Plans announced for a joint installation and awards banquet at Shawmut Inn Kennebunkport on June 13. A golf match and covered dish supper with Old Orchard Beach Jaycees and wives was set for Friday night. Local entrants in the Portland soap box derby and river dredging hearing in Saco were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Gabriel Porciello
South Portland
William Wear
Cape Elizabeth
Larry Simpson
Standish
Willard Stackpole
Russell Herrmann
Rockland
Malcolm MacLeod
Leroy Waycott
Saco
South Biddeford Church Women To End Season
The Ladies Aid Society of the South Biddeford Methodist Church convened at Siloam Hall to mark a quiet close to their season. Mrs. Louise Gaffney led in absence of President Mrs. Marion Clark who was ill. A donation was made by Mrs. Anne Sellers in memory of her late husband for a special fund. The group will conclude the season June 10 with a noon luncheon and brief business meeting at Cascade Lodge in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Siloam Hall
Louise Gaffney
Marion Clark
Anne Sellers
Cascade Lodge
Saco
Gaffney
Margaret Linscott
Sellers
Mary Ingraham
Peggy Thomas
Lydia Emerson
Anna Tremblay
Lena Peck
Leona Johnson
Ruth Peck
Helen Matthews
Jane Goldthwaite
Ella Piper
Ethel Collomy
Fire at Mechanic Street dairy cleansed by booster
Saco firemen responded yesterday afternoon to a chimney fire at the dairy on Mechanic Street owned by Everett Ladd. A booster was used to extinguish the blaze and no damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Mechanic Street
Everett Ladd
Memorial Day Parade Transport Planned by York County Barracks
Commander Arthur Gagne of the York County Barracks Veterans of World War One announced transportation will be available for members wishing to participate in the Memorial Day parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gagne
York County Barracks
Veterans of
Land Discussed for New 26‑Room Elementary School
The Biddeford School Building Committee met last night and reviewed several parcels suitable for the construction of the new 26‑room elementary school. No site was selected or decision reached by the group.
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Biddeford
Death of George N Copp of Old Orchard Beach
George Nelson Copp 75 of 71 Atlantic Ave Old Orchard Beach died suddenly Tuesday afternoon on the sidewalk opposite his home. Cause listed as heart failure per York County Medical Examiner Dr. Magaudda. Born Jamestown Pennsylvania November 18 1888 he lived in Old Orchard Beach nine years after earlier years in Portland He retired ten years ago from the Boston Naval Shipyard He was a Lions Club member Survivors include daughter Irene Miller Tampa sister Mae McCluskey Tampa five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at the Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Portland interment Forest City Cemetery Portland Friends may call today 2 4 and 7 9 p m
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Old Orchard Beach
George Nelson Copp
Atlantic Ave
York County
Michael P. Magaudda
Jamestown
Edward
Edith Copp
Portland
Syed
Boston Naval Shipyard
Lions Club
Irene Miller
Charlestown
Mass
Mae McCluskey
Tampa
Fla
Portland Ave
Forest City Cemetery
Zenas C Whitten dies at 80 in Westbrook
Zenas C Whitten 80 of 41 Webster Ave Westbrook died suddenly at home after brief illness. Born April 9 1884 in Baldwin son of Leroy F and Avonell Adams Whitten he worked for Saco-Lowell Shops Biddeford and later Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery retiring about 10 years ago. He served in France in World War I with the 101st Engineers 26th Yankee Division. He was active in Methodist Church and several Masonic and civic groups. Survivors include son Leroy H Whitten Portland daughter Susan Moore Livermore brother Ralph Whitten Saco sister Ruth A Lobley Scarborough eight grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at Hay and Peabody Funeral Home Dunstable Corner Scarborough at 2 pm tomorrow with interment Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Zenas C Whitten
Webster Ave
Baldwin
Leroy F
Avonell (Adams) Whitten
Saco - Lowell
Biddeford
Portsmouth
Kittery
France
101St Engineers
Yankee
Saco Lodge
A.F
A.M
Bradford Commandery
Knights Templar
James F. Daniel Jr
Ruth A. Lobley
Hay and Peabody Funeral Home
Dunstag Corner
Scarborough
Woodlawn
Wells Man Clarence Webber Dies at 51 in York Hospital
Clarence J. Webber 51 of Wells died in a York hospital this morning. Born in York on July 13 1912 he owned Webber's Fried Clam stand. Survived by widow Merilyn Murphy Webber, father William Webber Cape Neddick two sons Stephen and Douglas both of Wells three brothers Norice Cape Neddick Russell Dover N.H. Raymond Sherman Conn one grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Services 1:30 p.m. Sunday Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with interment Ocean View Cemetery Wells Rev John N. Simpson officiating. Burial follows home services Saturday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Clarence J. Webber
Merilyn Murphy Webber
York
William
Eva (Jellison) Webber
Webber
Wells Grange
Wells Corner Hose Co
Cape Neddick
Stephen A
Douglas J
Norice
Russell
Dover
N.H
Raymond
Sherman
Redmond School Board Adopts Assignments and Resignations
The Redmond board approved grade and subject assignments including Sheila Jezar Virginia Roberts Ruth Thompson Marcel Faucher and Joan Kearney with several staff moves. Resignations from Serpico and Dorothy Rouleau were accepted with regret and postings noted for vacancies such as a part time guidance director and teachers for high school and language instruction.
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Page One
Sheila Jezar
Virginia Roberts
Ruth Thompson
Marcel Faucher
Joan Kearney
Biddeford
St. Joseph's College
Melbourne Means
Means
University of Maine
Portland
Armand Boisvert
Paul Bellavance
James Wilkinson
Joseph Jezar
Richard Howard
Raymond A. Kenneally
Serpico
Dorothy Rouleau
Wentworth
Jen
Paul Jariz
Atto T. A. Fitanides
Jariz
Portland coastal weather update with small craft warnings
Patchy clouds, cooler with brief showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Gusty west to northwest winds 10 to 25 mph. Tonight fair and cooler with frost likely in most lowland areas. Lows mid to upper 30s, gentle west to northwest winds. Friday mostly fair with variable clouds and continued cool.
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Portland
Owen-Davis Unit Installs Officers in Saco
The Owen-Davis Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary held an installation of officers at Beach Street post home in Saco with Mrs. Gilberte Lavoie as installing officer. New officers include Florence Lewis as president and Angie Cote as vice president. Memorial Day graves plants were noted and dues plus a donation were approved for the County Council Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen-Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Beach Street
Saco
Gilberte Lavoie
First District
Juliette Rocrayl
Lydia Flood
Florence Lewis
Angie Cote
Irene Parker
Eva Sherman
Irene Turnage
Gertrude Rankin
Edna Stevens
Germaine Grant
Grant
Rocray
Lavoie
Rankin
Charlene Farnham
County Council
Lewis
Sherman
Miss Farnham
Parker
I Civil Defense
Edith Halasz
Cote
Theresa Simpson
Hooper
Turnage
Beaudoin
Helen Blanchette
Sunshine
Flood
Florence Gagne
Doris Taylor
Unity Club Auxiliary Banquet Highlights Meeting Plans
Members of the Unity Club Auxiliary attended a banquet at the Holiday Inn Portland where a mystery prize was awarded to Mrs Genie Edgecomb for the Hill Street Saco home of Irene Townsend. The next meeting is set for June 10 at the summer home of Mrs Ethel Whitten Ocean Park with a beach picnic weather permitting. Attendees included Mrs Florence Mooers Mrs Thelma Farley Mrs Edna Bradbury and Mrs Ruth Scammon. The reading program was approved to run on a pay for itself basis and the eighth grade field trip to Boston was discussed for a day trip returning that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Club
Holiday Inn
Portland
Hill Street
Saco
Irene Townsend
Mystry
Genie Edgecomb
Ethel Whitten
Ocean Park
Florence Mooers
Thelma Farley
Edna Bradbury
Ruth Scammon
Boston
Two Traffic Mishaps Listed In Biddeford
A two car crash at Bacon and Alfred Streets Biddeford involved Maxwell White 65 of Lynn Massachusetts and Blanche Binette 44 of 360 Ferry Road Saco. White said a vehicle cut in front forcing a collision. A Pool Street crash led to Richard Cunha 22 of Old Orchard Beach charged with imprudent driving while Jeannine Poitras 20 of Saco reported a rear end collision. Poitras vehicle was a total loss with no injuries.
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Bacon and
Alfred Streets
Biddeford
Maxwell White
Lynn
Mass
Blanche Binette
Ferry Road
Saco
White
Alfred Street
Pool Street
Richard Cunha
Goodwin Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Jeannine Poitras
High St
Poitras
Credit Unions In York County Farm Chapter Forms Dinner Meeting
The York County Farm Chapter of Credit Unions held its first annual meeting at the Wonderbar Steak House in Biddeford. Officers nominated include Leonard Levasseur for president and Ralph Roberge for vice president with Pauline Underwood as secretary treasurer. Gerald S. Cope spoke. about 75 attendees represented eight of ten eligible unions.
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Washington Street
Biddeford
York Couny
Leonard Levasseur
St. Andre's Federal Credit Union
Ralph Roberge
Notre Dame de Lourdes Federal Credit Union
Saco
Pauline Underwood
Laconia Federal Credit Union
Gerald
Social Event By Our Lady of Fatima Circle at Biddeford
A social was held in St John’s Hall Adams Street Biddeford by Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella. Attendees from Westbrook Sanford and Fairfield included multiple regents and secretaries with 18 other winners noted. The event was chaired by Mrs Blanche Neault and her committee.
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St. John's Hall
Adams Street
Biddeford
Our Lady of Fatima
Isabella
Westbrook
Grace Lefebre
Christine Jolette
Lattie Pedneault
Alice Cartier
Rose LaChance
Mary Gallant
Sanford
Arlene Kaligian
Dorothy Roux
Lucia Langlois
Germaine Villandre
Blanche Carrigan
Fairfield
Antonette Gilbert
Marjorie Murray
Diane Moulin
Irene Dubuc
Vivien Mondor
Jeannette Bergeron
Gilbert
Jeanne Provencher
Lefebre
Yvonne Mondville
Germaine Landry
Rose Soulard
Lorraine Bisson
Gallant
Eva Moreau
Blanche Neault
Biddeford Firemen Answer Two Calls
Biddeford firefighters extinguished a brush and grass fire on Mountain Road damaging a small area of property owned by Philip Spang. Later at 9 30 p m they responded to Green s Shoe Store on Main Street where a tossed cigarette on the awning caused several small holes in the fabric. Charles Green operates the business.
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Biddeford
Philip Spang
Green
Main Street
Charles Green
Strikers’ Protest Flare At Essex Wire Jail Clash
Emergency squads moved to Essex Wire Corp jail scene as three protesters were arrested including a striker’s wife. Demonstrators stoned the jail, police used nightsticks, and after about two hours the crowd calmed. The Hillsdale Local of IUE led 180 plant workers out over first contract terms and wage parity with Indiana workers. Essex claims Hillsdale workers’ average wage of $2.43 lags 40 to 60 cents behind Fort Wayne plant. A guard was shot, another clubbed, and a union picket slashed in the ongoing strike launched Feb 28 and now three months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Wire Corp
Essex
Hillsdale
International Union of Electrical Workers
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Cancer Fund Drive Ends In Kennebunkport
The annual Cancer Fund Drive in Kennebunkport raised 606.04 after a house-to-house canvass and a benefit basketball game at Consolidated School directed by Miss Beverly Emerson. Crusaders listed include Mrs. Warren Charles, Mrs. Andrew O'Neal, Mrs. FE. Stanleyce, Mrs. Abbott Pendergast, Mrs. Thomas Ober, Mrs. John Cluff, and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Fisher
Kenneth Holbrook Jr
Foster Thompson
Recovery Of Japan Outlined For Rotarians
Robert M. Jones of Biddeford Pool outlined Japan s postwar recovery and 10 year plan, aimed at doubling gross national income through free enterprise. He described Japan s shift from copying to inventing, patenting, and expanding exports, with government support and global plant-building coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Saco-Lowell Shops
Bidde iford-Saco Rotary Club
Jones
Tokyo
United States
England
Germany
Thousands greet Nehru procession in sunlit crowds
A vast pageant of government chiefs diplomats and soldiers winds through streets as thousands line the route. Police lines are breached by revelers halting vehicles behind a gun carriage while spectators fill trees and sultry heat leads to fainting and trampling including many women and children. Nehru is hailed by shouting crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nehru
Lewd literature charge costs $500 fine in York County
A 51-year-old Kittery man, Frederick J. Duprey, was fined $500 for possession of obscene literature after pleading guilty at Yorkshire Municipal Court. Duprey, a retired Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employee, was arrested on a complaint by a 15-year-old boy who said a letter inviting him to Duprey's room led investigators to obscene photographs, drawings, and magazines found there.
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North Berwick
Kittery
Frederick J. Duprey
Porstmouth
Yorkshire
Paul Quarrington
Duprey
Douglas Starbird
York
Starbird
Albert Caron Nominated For Saco Board Chair
At a Saco City Republican committee meeting Mayor Whelan announced an open house across the city on June 5 and 6. Albert Caron was chosen to be sent to Gov. Reed for nomination to the interim Board of Registration chairmanship after Graves’s resignation. Special summer meetings will invite all Republican voters and ward chairmen to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco City
Republican ‘Committee
Saco
J. Edward Whelan
John J. Harvey
Yrok County
May
Board of Registration
Albert Caron
Storer St
John H. Reed
Philip E. Graves
Ruby Packard
Harold Waight
Raymond Carter
Robert Knox
Dinsmore Worthing
National AMVETS Head To Visit Biddeford Maine
Edmund M. Gulewicz national commander of AMVETS USA will visit Maine with two appearances in Biddeford and Portland. A reception at the Biddeford post invites veterans groups and AMVETS posts from Kennebunk Saco Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford. State and local officials attend as well. The Merton Ira Staples Post open house for Memorial Day is set for Saturday starting at 1 p.m. for all veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund M. Gulewicz
Detroit Mich
Korea
Maine
Charles J. Loring Amvets
Potland
Merton Ira Staples Amvets
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Gulewicz
Amvets
Kennebunk
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Roland Huot
Rita Huot
Elmont Tyndale
Kennebunkport
John Reed
Paul Potvin
Harold Strout
N.E.C
Albert Nickerson
Mer
Hamtramck
Mich
Department of Michigan
Michigan State University
Frances
Martin
Michael
Merton Ira Staples Post
Coronation of Blessed Lady Celebrated by Local Societies
Ceremonies at St. Joseph’s Church Biddeford and nearby parishes marked the coronation of the Blessed Lady. Rosary recitation and a rosary broadcast on station WIDE featured carnations, a floral arch, and a statue crown. Father Franck spoke on the Queenship of Mary as Holy Communion and Benediction followed. The daily rosary broadcast will pause until fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Parish
St. Andre’s Biddeford
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Marc Franck
Doris LaBelle
Lorraine Petit
Patricia Paquette
Father Franck
Mary
Eva Couture
Our Lady of Victory Circle
Florida la Branche
Order
St. Andre's
Yvonne Couture
St. Joseph's
Emile Bosse
St. Anne's Sodality
Gedeon Bergeron
Sacred Heart League
Notre Dame
Daily Rosary
Tea Planned For Thornton Teacher
The Thornton Academy Teacher's Association hosts a Monday afternoon tea honoring retiring French department head Miss Germaine Bergeron a Biddeford native who taught 40 years at Biddeford High School before joining the Thornton faculty three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Academy Tacher’s Association
Germaine Bergeron
Bergeron
Elm St
Biddeford
Thornton
Thornton Academy Debating Club elects officers
The Thornton Academy Debating Club has elected officers all from the junior class. Bran Arseneault is president, Richard Bailey vice president, Cynthia Freeman secretary, Mary Burke treasurer, and Thomas Vining Jr. historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Academy Debating Club
Bran Arseneault
Richard Bailey
Cynthia Freeman
Mary Burke
Thomas Vining Jr
US Russia Centered Tension Reflects Dual Nature of Talks
The article notes the near simultaneous events of President Johnson announcing the consular pact and a spokesman revealing parallel diplomacy from the Soviet side, highlighting the two nations' intertwined, cautious approach to Cold War thaw attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Letter Carriers Plan Convention At Old Orchard
Maine State Letter Carriers plan their 70th annual convention at Old Orchard this weekend. Events include caucuses for state offices and committees, a wreath at the War Memorial, a Memorial Day address, a Ritz Gown Shop fashion show, a banquet at the Vesper Hotel, and a dance at the Seven Seas Hotel. National officers speak Sunday with nominations, elections, and installations to follow lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
R. H. White
U. S.N
War Memorial
Ted Greaves
John Gronouski
Crest Motel
Ritz
Vesper Hotel
William Sullivan
James Deely
Stanley R. Tupper
M.c
U.S
Alton Lessard
John Marshick
Seven Seas Hotel
Wells Legion sets election date and Memorial Day plans
A Wells Legion post will hold a special meeting on Tuesday June 2 at 8 p.m. to elect a slate of officers and set an installation date. Memorial Day parade plans were announced with Col Carroll Clark to speak at Ocean View Cemetery and Gettysburg Address by William Litchfield of Wells Troop 355.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Eldridge
Leroy Hanson
American Legion
Wells Legion
Eldredge Road
Royal N. Sheltra
Biddeford
Department of Maine Child Welfare
York County
Donald Leighton
Brown
Emmons
Alfred
William Rogers
National Commander Fund
John F. Harrington
Wells Grange Hall
Ocean View Cemetery
Col. Carroll Clark
Ogunault
William Litchfield
John N. Simpson
Wells Congregational Church
Wells High School
Ogunquit
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woles
Saco Jaycees
South Biddeford Church
Arthur Cluff
Mary M. Dumont
Marion Maguire
Dorig Burleigh
Beaupre
Gas & Electric
Biddelord
George N. Copp
Zenas C. Whitten
Clarence Webber
Redmond
Owen-Davis Unit
Farm
Fatima Circe
Brazil
Joseph Haley
Joseph Grondin
Robert Marier
John Christensen
Fred Holmberg
John Taft
Ben Wilson
Harold Hallisey
Nashua
George Bridge
Joseph Carpenito Jr
Sven Hoosler
James Smith
Wentworth - By - the - Sea Portsmouth
National Head of Amvets
Thornton Debating Club
Russia
Old Orchard
State Department
Cyprus
Tories
Sace
Crystal
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