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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1961
Page
6
ABC Close-Up examines automation spreading through industry causing job losses amid better machine and computer use. The program notes workers outpaced by production and suggests retraining for skilled workers and extended schooling for youth as partial remedies.
Invitations to upcoming events were read at the Le Voltigeur club meeting in Biddeford last night. The 35th anniversary of Le Davidson Snowshoe Club in Manchester NH will be held Saturday and Sunday, followed by installation of officers of Passe Temps Club in Lewiston the following Saturday. A large group attended Le Joliette Club installation in Berlin NH last Sunday. a bean supper is planned for Rochambeau Club on November 18. Drum corps director Gerry Vigne announced progress on forming the corps. A donation was voted for the Community Chest. Mrs Eva Beall named as auxiliary officer in charge of International cards. Mrs Grace Brulotte and Terry Martel won special awards. Reports were given by Secretary Paul Angers and Treasurer Henry Roberge. Vice-president Henry Labbe presided. Next meeting set for November 7.
NBC offers the Perry Como Show from 9 to 10 PM Eastern with Shirley Booth as guest star. CBS counters with The Steel Hour 10 to 11 PM featuring Jane Wyatt and Hans Conried in the comedy Little Sheep.
Portland verdicts award Irene McFarland 4000 and John McFarland 1000 in two suits against Virginia Cloutier over a January 27 1960 Saco automobile collision. Irene McFarland cited a severe hand injury. her husband sought costs.
The Maine legislature weighs a $1 million budget and a watered-down version of a teachers salaries measure. Democrats argue for a hike from 2200 3200 to 3000 4500 to attract 800 plus new teachers next year.
Webhannet club plans a Civil War program on November 6 at 1 30 p m with speaker Mrs Barbara Kimball of Brick Store Museum staff. She will discuss the war and exhibit artifacts while the Marshalls in period dress pour. Souvenirs distributed courtesy of Mrs William Brandy. Tea chairman Mrs Ernest C Smith assisted by several club members.
Somerset Vermont is a one family town in the Green Mountains with a 1960 census of four people the Leonard family and their sons. The town lacks electricity relying on a water powered generator and a nine mile dirt road to reach civilization. Leonard runs the dam for New England Power Co. and his wife Lou remembers the harsh early days as they built a self sufficient life, fostered many wards of the state, and sent son Ricky to Wilmington High School while residing near Mount Snow two miles away.
Nora Mayo aged 8&5 of Woodbury died Tuesday. The obituary records 159 lineal descendants including 11 children 58 grandchildren 75 great grandchildren and 15 great great grandchildren.
More than 40 Boy Scouts from Biddeford Troop 308 joined a Halloween party at St. Joseph parish hall under Arthur Brunelle and other leaders. Auxiliaries Ruby Charland Rita Lamb Jeannette Caya assisted. Prizes went to Richard Caya Jacques Brunelle and Roger Simard.
By 10 o clock this morning three deer had been tagged and registered at Libbys Hardware store Kennebunk on the opening day of the deer season in York county. Nelson Welch of Kennebunk bagged a spikehorn buck Oscar Pike of Haverhill Mass tagged another buck and Milton Maling of Kennebunk tagged a doe.
The Department of Economic Development reports Maine firms secured over 100 million dollars in federal contracts in under three years. The agency notes Maine products span broad fields from tongue depressors to missile parts. An October contract highlighted is 280 thousand dollars for canned blueberries.
Ten traffic cases heard in Kennebunk Municipal Court before Judge David W. Emmons. Ralph N. Bridges Jr. Wells pleaded innocent to speeding and was found guilty with a $15 fine. Neal F. Pitcher Everett Mass pleaded guilty to unregistered vehicle and improper plates. fine suspended on the first count, $15 on the plate charge, and jailed in Alfred when unable to pay. Raymond V. Govani Whitman Mass pleaded nolo to towing an overwidth trailer and paid $15. Claude Martin Canadian defaulted $15 bail on left side curve violation. William Henderson York paid $10 for left side on crest of grade. Charles W. Tufts Sr. Wells paid $15 for guilty plea. Donald H. Swenson Portland paid $10 for passing at an intersection. Edward J. LeBlanc Waltham charged with left side on crest of grade and paid $10. John J. Manning Jr. Portland guilty to left of a grade. Charles M. Clark Wells paid $10 for possessing two wood ducks during closed season.
MOSCOW Mich Mrs Bertha Smith a local elementary school teacher reported a break in Monday night with an absent big shiny apple from her desk This incident prompted her to rethink leaving such items unattended in the future Also the article notes a pantry tip about using canned shrimp as a substitute for ham in macaroni salad indicating a light local flavor tone
The Soviet Union launched two smaller nuclear detonations at an Arctic test site, prompting international reactions from Uruguay to the OAS and a VOA bid to inform Russians. In Portland, the White Church Sunday School held its monthly splash party at the YMCA with chaperones and a full kid turnout.
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