York County Salon hosts informal November meeting
Departemental officers will be entertained by York County Salon 598 Eight and Forty at 8 p m on Saturday at the home of Mrs Al ber G LaPierre in Wells Co hosts will be Mrs Evelyn Morin and Miss Germaine Lariviere Biddeford The Saco Firemen s Auxiliary will hold a demonstration party tonight at 730 at the home of Mrs Mary Cantara Maple Street Saco Members may invite guests to attend the session announced by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Alber G. LaPierre
Wells
Evelyn Morin
Germaine Lariviere
Biddeford
Saco
Mary Cantara
Maple Street
Mary Fairfield
Margaret Moore
Roberta Jordan
Marjorie Fogg
Fairfield
Sunshine
Butler
Gertrude Bean
Phyllis Borden
Margaret Currie
Illa Luman
Avis Parslow
Virginia Strombom
Norma Dutil
Ruth Willey
la Dora Gannon
Church Notes Highlight Local Church Meetings
The Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet Friday at 8 30 p m The annual meeting of the Second Parish Unitarian Church is set for November 13 at 7 30 p m in the parish house on School Street Biddeford Beta Sigma Class of the Biddeford United Baptist Church meets tonight at 7 30 at Miss Adelpha McKeen 65 Hill Street Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
Second Parish Unitarian Church
School Street
Beta Sigma
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Adelpha McKeen
Hill St
Biddeford
Councillor Leclerc Pays Official Visit to City Council
General Councillor Raphael Leclerc of Sanford addressed the Ste Therese Council in Biddeford at the Adams Street hall. The meeting featured prayers, reports by officers, plans for a children’s Christmas party, a social hour, and film presentations on Franciscan vocations and campus life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael Leclerc
Sanford
Council Ste. Therese
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Biddeford
Leclerc
Clarence Laplante
O.F.M
St. Francis College
Lucienne C. Metayer
Annie Bouchard
Blanche Perreault
Lillian Viger
Association of Maine Councils
Miss Metayer
Theodora Boissonneaul
Father Laplante
Frederic Belanger
Father Belanger
Germaine Godbout
Metaver
Gertrude Boutet
Perreault
Bouchard
Alden Racine
Lena Grenier
Boissonneault
Lucienne Trottier
Marie Blanche Lebel
Irene Marcoux
Alphonsine Verrier
Yvonne Metayer
Viger
Florence Grenier
Claire Metayer
Muriel Lemieux
Belanger
Biddeford Legion Plans Special Meeting Tonight
Royal Sheltra commander of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post American Legion calls a 8 pm special meeting at the post home Elm Street Biddeford. Discussion covers the Veterans Open House Saturday evening with buffet lunch and post home open to veterans of all wars. A color squad for the Veterans Day parade Monday will be formed and 1964 membership renewals forwarded to Department HQ.
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Royal Sheltra
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post American Legion
Post
Elm Street
Biddeford
Department
Weather Cancels Biddeford Classes
Rain cancels Biddeford elementary afternoon sessions as Superintendent Raymond Kenneally calls off classes. Junior high and high schools proceed. Saco and Old Orchard Beach students attend as usual. First day of the current semester with weather disruption.
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Biddeford
Raymond Kenneally
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Saco man injured in fall at Buxton Road home
John Frenette, 54, of Saco, sustained head injuries after slipping from steps at Ovila Laferte's home on Olym Avenue. He was rushed to Webber Hospital. The text also recalls 1936 coronation tributes to King George VI in Cornwall, including a pepper and other gifts.
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Saco
Old Orchard Beach
John Frenette
Buxton Road
Ovila Laferte
Olym
Ave. Frenette
Webber
George VI
Duchy of Cornwall
Kris Kringle Fair Slated At Saco Church
Final plans for a Kris Kringle Fair to be held December 4 at the First Parish Congregational Church in Saco were approved at a committee meeting hosted by Mrs. Stephen Stanton. The event opens at 10 am with a noon snack bar and a 6 30 pm chicken pie supper. Co chairs are Mrs. Stanton and Mrs. Milton Atkinson with a long list of committee members present.
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First Parish Congregational Church
Saco
Stephen Stanton
Glenhaven Circle
Stanton
Milton Atkinson
Lester Austin
Cheney Austin
Hazel Bishop
Edward Chadbourne
Albert Coleman
Thea Dennett
Clyde Dutton
Robert Hunt
Elvira Lord
Walter McKinney
Stanley Northrup
Melville Stackpole
Lloyd Walker
Albert Tetley
Two Biddeford Traffic Mishaps Reported
Two rain slicked Biddeford collisions were reported by the Biddeford Police Department. At 10:40 a m a 1956 sedan driven by Roger A Campagna 22 of 53 Center St Biddeford was struck by a 1957 sedan driven by Edith E Gallant 57 of 7 Michaud Ave Old Orchard Beach as it left the Farrar Brown driveway and entered Elm Street. At 6:45 p m two cars collided at South and Jefferson Streets involving a 1956 station wagon driven by Robert A Fournier 16 of 12 Chadwick Place and a 1957 hard top convertible driven by Randall E Lavigne 21 U S Coast Guard Portland. No injuries or damage estimates reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Roger A. Campagna
Center St
Edith E. Gallant
Michaud Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Farrar-Brown
Elm Street
South
Jefferson Streets
Robert A. Fournier
Chadwick Place
Randall E. Lavigne
U. S. Coast Guard
Portland
Boosters Meet At Kennebunk High School
A special meeting of the Athletic Boosters Club is set for tonight at 7 30 at Kennebunk High School. Club President William Bonney announced that special sports films will be shown and refreshments will be served.
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Kennebunk
Eleven Miners Rescued As 100 Safe In Mine Flood Rescue
After families greet the rescued, ambulances take the 11 up for medical checks. Oldest miner Fritz Baer, 53, is second out in a rescue capsule. Adolf Herbst, an electrician, was the only bachelor. A siren marks the end of the operation at about 6 am. 129 men worked in the mine last month before a dam broke and flooded it. In 24 hours, 86 were saved or escaped. a week later three more were saved by a shaft to an air pocket. Today’s rescue brings total saved to 100. 29 are presumed dead. The scene recalls a similar Hazleton mine rescue.
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Fritz Baer
Adolf Herbst
Henry Throne
David Fellin
Hazleton
Rockefeller moves to build cross party appeal in New Hampshire
Rockefeller’s day includes a news conference in Nashua and a lunch with campaign strategists. He heads to Concord Friday to open the first Rockefeller for president headquarters. NH primary could prove his bid’s viability as a test of voters’ tolerance for his private life. He emphasizes a middle-of-the-road stance between Kennedy and Goldwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Nashua
N.H
Concord
New Hampshire
Kennedy
Goldwater
Arizona
Portland Weather Warnings In Effect This Afternoon Through Friday
Gale warnings posted for Portland with rain varying to heavy at times this afternoon and Friday. Tides 2 to 4 feet above normal during high tides. Temperatures expected in mid 50s this afternoon and lower 50s tonight. Gusty easterly winds 30 to 40 mph.
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Portland
Tides Schedule Snapshot for November
A historical notice presents a compact tide table with two daily cycles. It lists high and low water times for morning and afternoon across a sequence of days, showing peaks around early afternoon and late evening portions.
Gibson Named President of State Merchants
WATERVILLE AP John R Gibson of Butler's Stores Inc Biddeford is the new president of the Maine Merchants Association He was elected Wednesday to succeed Stanley E Hussey of Augusta Robert H Reay of Damariscotta and Charles D McFadden of Portland were named vice presidents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
John R Gibson
Butler’s Stores, Inc
Biddeford
Maine Merchants Association
Stanley E. Hussey
Augusta
Robert H. Reay
Damariscotta
Charles D. McFadden
Portland
Union Election Slated In Saco
Local 406 TWUA AFL CIO will elect officers at the Saco Grange Hall on Nov 26 polls open 7 am to 6 pm Nomination list includes President Adriene Petit Raymond Therrien Francis Lamontagne Vice President Robert Labelle Arthur Guay Joseph Kerry Recording Secretary Martha Neault Raymond Berthiaume Frederick Hayes Treasurer Sylvia Chouinard Ernest Gaudreau Gerard Boisvert Warden George Roy Paul Petit Joint Board Delegates Adrien Petit Albert Cantara Joseph Pelletier Emil Belanger Robert Labelle Raymond Therrien Arthur Guay Francis Lamontagne Joseph Kerry Executive Board members Leroy Thompson Jean P Boucher Harvey Lamontagne Adelard Petit Robert Descoteaux Leon Paul Donald King Edgar Valliere Roland Boissonneault William Day Raymond Chicoine Gerard Gendron Francis Paine Robert Bissell Joseph Labrèche Paul Chenard Joseph Tardiff Ernest Couillard Albert Trudeau Auditors Ovide Petit Claude Hevey Robert Paquette Joint Board Alternate Rene Perreault Norman Perreault Thomas Fleurant Adelard Petit Robert Descoteaux Joseph Labrèque George Roy Frederick Hayes Edgar Valliere Robert Bissell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TWUA
Afl—Cio
Saco
North Street
Adriene Petit
Raymond Therien
Francis Lamontagne
Robert Labelle
Arthur Guay
Joseph Kerry
Martha Neault
Raymond Berthiaume Frederick Hayes
Sylvia Chouinard
Ernest Gaudreau
Gerard Boisvert
George Roy
Paul Petit
Adrien Petit
Albert Cantara
Joseph Pelletier
Emil Belanger
Raymond Therrien
Leroy Thompson
Jean P. Boucher
Harvey Lamontagne
Adelard Petit
Robert Descoteaux
Leon Paul
Donald King
Edgar Valliere
Roland Boissonneault
William Day
Raymond Chicoine
Gerard Gendron
Francis Paine
Robert Bissell
Joseph Labrecque
Paul Chenard
Josephat Tardiff
Ernest Couillard
Albert Trudeau
Ovide Petit
Claude Hevey
Robert Paquette
Rene Perreault
Norman Perreault
Thomas Fleurant
Robert
Bids Opened for Eagles Hall Remodeling in Biddeford
About 100 members of the Biddeford Saco Avenue Fraternal Order of Eagles gathered as bids were opened for remodeling the clubrooms on Birch Street. Action on bids was deferred to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Aenue
Order of Eagles
Birch Street
Biddeford
Gerard Hevey
The
Aerue
Charles Shaver
Red Coats
Hevey
Henry Paul
New England Artist Hospital
Boston
Roland Perron
Lionel Bouthot
Daniel Pendleton
Nominating Committee Named By Church Group
A nominating committee was appointed at the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting of the Saco School Street Methodist Church to present a slate of officers for April. Named were Mrs. Jean Rennie Mrs. Wilma Griffith and Mrs. Betty Stevens. A $100 church expense vote was approved and plans made for January's calendar supper.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Jean Rennie
Wilma Griffith
Betty Stevens
Eula Bell
LaDora Gannon
Annie Cranshaw
Stevens
Unicef
Margaret Moore
Saco United Baptist Church
Saco First Parish Congregational Church
Town and Country Committee
Moore
MYF
Joyce Stevens
Scot
Junked Car Owner Fined $150 In Court Session
In Saco Municipal Court Judge Hilary Mahaney handled initial cases for junk car violations. Joseph Martin 67 New County Road Saco pleaded guilty and was fined 150 with 6 days jail if unpaid. Others included Joseph Powers 17 Lincoln Road fined 10 for nuisance and Richard Green 21 West Buxton fined 10 for red light. Harry Wadling Jr 25 Natick Mass fined 15 for carrying loaded firearms in Limington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilary Mahaney
Saco
Joseph Martin
New County Road
Earl Jamieson
Martin
Mahaney
Alfred
Joseph M. Powers
Lincoln Road
Alberick Martin
Richard C. Green
West Buxton
Sgt
Scammon
Elm Streets
William Wilson Jr
Harry W. Wadling Jr
Natick
Mass
Fish and Game
Donald Gray
Limington
Navy
Wadling
Delta Alpha Club Hosts Dessert Bridge Event
The Delta Alpha Club of Biddeford and Saco sponsored a dessert bridge at Mrs. Paul Cobb’s Ferry Road home in Saco. Proceeds support the club’s welfare work for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Committee members were Mrs. John Whitehurst, Mrs. Adsoph Hurrell, Mrs. John Tarbox and Mrs. Cobb. prize winners included Mrs. Mildred MacIntire, Mrs. Leone Law, Mrs. Jeanne Vire, Mrs. Ruby Packard, Mrs. Joseph Vachon, and Mrs. Tarbox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Alpha Club
Biddeford
Saco
Paul Cobb
Ferry Road
John Whitehurst
Adsoph Hurrell
John Tarbox
Cobb
Mildred MaclIntire
Leone Law
Jeanne Vire
Ruby Packard
Joseph Vachon
Tarbox
Mary Rollins
Mildred Shane
Law
Annie Cranshaw
Ethel M. Roberts
Ella Lyman
Packard
Bertha Butler
Felix Sheltra
Clinton Underwood
Warren Libby
Fillmore Harris
Neil Dow
Edward Richardson
Vachon
Alice May Coxe
Agnes Gagnon
Antoinette Wagner
Laurette Ouellette
Vire
Kennebunk Worker Hurt In Accident
Gordon Bud dy Pierce 30 driver for the town highway department was injured in a pit accident at the town grave pit when his vehicle rolled down the banking after backing too close to the edge. He was pinned in the cab and freed by Leo Thibeau and Chief Frank Stevens. Pierce was taken to Webber Hospital and rested comfortably with rib and shoulder injuries.
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Kennebunk
Gordon
Buddy” Pierce
Town Highway Department
Webber
Michigan
Pierce
Leo Thibeau
Frank Stevens
Kennebunk Fire Department
Saco electors to decide absentee ballots and ward caucus
Cassette, a World War II veteran born in Saco, plans for absentee ballots in the December municipal election and the city committee selection. A ward caucus will announce candidate names, with a meeting set for Thursday Nov 14 at 7 p.m. in city hall. He runs a dairy business with his three sons and is married to Pauline Metayer. they have seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassette
Anna Morin
Saco
St. Louis High School
Saco-Lowell
Pauline Metayer
New Christmas Garlands Bought For Biddeford
Biddeford wires Main Street with 2700 dollars of new garlands made by General Plastics Marion Indiana. aluminum polished and ruffled with 18 inch red dayglow balls. center ornaments will be changed each season as rented. hanging by Fire Department and merchants committee starting November 18. city council approved 600 dollars toward purchase. merchants cover remainder. decorations run Elm to Puritan Restaurant and to the fire station on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
General Plastics
Marion
Ind
Fire Department
Merchants
Main Street
Elm
Puritan
Washington Street
Vietnam Junta Leads With Military Rule After Ngo Fall
Viet Nam remains under a military revolutionary committee headed by Maj Gen Duong Van Minh. The junta, led by generals allied with the United States, faces a massive deficit and fragile economy despite substantial aid. Minh says he is a soldier, not a politician, as the country braces for tough measures to crush guerrillas and govern amid internal political strains.
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Military Revolutionary Committee of
Duong van Minh
Minh
United States
U.S
Saigon
Cape Elizabeth Lifeboat Station Set for Temporary Closure
Officials at Coast Guard headquarters in South Portland said the Cape Elizabeth Lifeboat Station, noted as the busiest rescue center in southwest Maine, will close temporarily next month with no impact on Biddeford's Fletcher's Neck Station. The move aims to consolidate search and rescue facilities in the region, though a Fletcher's Neck closure was raised for a possible time within ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Elizabeth
Coast Guard
Maine
Biddeford
Fletcher's Neck
Portland
Body Of Lost Man Is Found In Edinburg Woods
In Bangor AP report the body of Charles A. Jellison 69 a former assistant postmaster was found in Edinburg woods after he disappeared on a deer trip Oct 28. His knife and campfire remnants were located, and Arthur Shaw a Levant woodsman found the body three miles from where Jellison left his car. A medical examiner was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Sheriff's Office
Charles A. Jellison
Edinburg
Jellison
Arthur Shaw
Levant
Shaw
Open House Set For Biddeford Public Schools
Public Schools Superintendent Raymond Kenneally announced National Education Week activities will include open houses at both primary and secondary levels. Primary schools will host from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with high school sessions from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Parents may discuss pupil progress with teachers.
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Biddeford
Raymond Kenneally
Board Sets New Graduation Plan For Junior High
Kennebunk school committee votes to replace public graduation with a daytime school assembly. Supt Seekins explains services not a formal graduation. H Willis Day Jr. advocates curb on parental costs. Marvin Budd fills unexpired term of John Downing until March election. Salaries of principals to be discussed next meeting. Arun del Lyman Kennebunkport district talks set for Nov 20. Park Street Concords book fair scheduled for Dec 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
John J. Seekins
H. Willis Day Jr
Marvin Budd
Pine Street
John Downing
Kennebunkport
Budd
Arundel
Lyman
Park Street-Cousens
Labrador Retriever found after Sleeper crash search ends
Police ended the search for Stephen G. Sleeper's dog on the Maine Turnpike crash day after learning the black Labrador was missing in Cambridge, Mass. Relatives said the dog has been located and returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen G. Sleeper
Maine
Cambridge
Mass
Sleeper
Biddeford Adult Education to Offer Classes
Biddeford High School will start adult education courses in the week of November 25. Supt Raymond Kenneally says pre registration will determine desired subjects such as dressmaking, woodworking, typing, shorthand, or English. Courses run two nights a week for ten weeks and carry a nominal fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Raymond Kenneally
Biddeford High School
Kenneally
Bachman Visits Saco Industrial Plants in Maine
Maine Department of Economic Development commissioner Standish K. Bachman and his wife visited Saco to tour several plants including the Edwards Saco-Lowell Shops and Lyn-Flex. Local officials and industry leaders welcomed them and stressed regional cooperation for future growth. Bachman, 45, began his post in October in Augusta, later expressing optimism about Maine industry and recreation while noting growth will take time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standish K. Bachman
Maine Department of Economic Development
Mrs. Bachman
Saco
J. Edward Whelan
Bachmans
Clifford A. Purvis
Lloyd Anderson
Saco Board of Trade
Nicholas P. Scontras
Saco Industrial Park Corp
Garland Manufacturin Co
Harry P. Garland
Saco Tanning Co
Daniel Turkanis
Allied Hampshire Footwear Corp
Charles Shulman
Saco Mfg. Co
Peter Hellige
Bachman
Charles Evans
D.E.D
Governor
Biddeford
Augusta
Lloyd K. Allen
McCall Corp
New York
Westport
Conn
Bay State Driver Fined $75 After Reckless Driving
Michael Howell 22 of Burlington Massachusetts was fined 75 dollars by Trial Justice Wesley M Mewer after pleading guilty to reckless driving on West Grand Avenue in Old Orchard Beach. He was arrested August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Michael Howell
Burlington
Mass
Wesley M. Mewer
West Grand Avenue
Howell
Kennebunk OKs steel flag pole and town payments
The Kennebunk board of selectmen approved purchasing a 40 foot steel flag pole to replace a damaged wooden pole after a storm and voted to buy an RCA mobile radio for the new highway truck delivery of which is expected soon. They also approved paying $119.65 to Harry Center for ambulance damage in a South Portland accident last summer and named Floyd Russell as town weigher. A hearing on Francis Dow road petition is set for Nov 16. The Kennebunk Fish and Game Club secured use of the lower town hall until June 1. A special town meeting on the Kennebunk River dredging project was discussed with funding details and joint Town approval anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Board of Selectmen
RCA
Harry
Floyd Russell
Francis Dow
Kennebunk Fish and Game Club
Kennebunk River
Kennebunkport
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
Norman H. Stevens
Selectman Plummer Adjutant
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