Local Residents Return From Miami Vacation and Libby Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Raynald Giroux and Mrs. Marie Peloquin and Mrs. Bertha Dubois have returned to Biddeford after a Miami vacation. Libby reunion attendees at Scarborough included Mrs. Carl Parcher Mrs. John Lewis and Mrs. Ruby Packard of Saco and Miss Gladys Murphy of Biddeford. Charles J. Conklin a fireman apprentice USN son of Mrs. Jane t Conklin Biddeford returned to Norfolk aboard the USS Enterprise after seven months in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raynald Giroux
Marie Peloquin
Bertha Dubois
Biddeford
Miami
Fla
Libby
Black Point Church
Scarborough
Carl Parcher
John Lewis
Ruby Packard
Saco
Gladys Murphy
Charles J. Conklin
Aprentice
USN
Janet Conklin
Washington St
Norfolk
Enterprise
Mediterranean
Biddeford Knights and Auxiliaries Plan Meetings
St Therese Union St Jean Baptiste Councils meet at 8 p m tomorrow Adams Street Hall Biddeford to plan joint installation with Council Chagnon. Biddeford Knights of Columbus Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 8 p m Washington Street Hall. tea committee to follow. Tighe Beaudoin Farley Unit American Legion Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 8 p m Post Home Elm Street. Biddeford Post Veterans of Foreign Wars meets tonight at 7 30 in Biddeford City building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
St. Therese
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adamstreet Hall
Biddeford
Fnal
Chagnon
Knights of Columbus
Washington Street Hall
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Biddeford City
Prayer and Bible Study Schedule Around Coastal Maine
Local churches across Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Wells and Kennebunkport hold Wednesday services at 7 30 p m throughout the week. Advent Christian congregations meet at multiple routes including Chapel Street Route 35 and Saco Avenue with prayer meetings and choir rehearsals following. Community Bible Study takes place at Ogunquit Baptist Church and other mid week worship events are listed with participating organizations such as Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel and Village Baptist Church. Rev Norman J Langmaid of Saco School Street Methodist attends the Bishop's Mission in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Choir rehearsals at United Church of Christ Biddeford and junior and senior choirs are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Tabernacle
Pentecostal Church
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Advent Christian Church
Route 35
Kennebunk Lower Village
Saco Avenue
Kennebunkport
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Norman J. Langmaid
Astor
Langmaid
Portsmouth, N. H., Methodist Church
Gromyko Talks With Home Amid East West Probe
Western diplomats say Andrei Gromyko is cautious about pressing for an East West peace deal as the Soviet Union faces internal strains and a Sino-Soviet rift. He may raise a nonaggression pact concept with Home or Rusk as talks continue this week at the United Nations and in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gromyko
Red China
Home
Dean Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Rusk
U.N
U Thant
Card of Thanks from Conrad Cote
Conrad Cote expresses gratitude to the blood donors, Dr. Sheehan, the nurses at Saco Hospital, and all who sent cards and gifts during his recent illness.
Deaths of Charles H. Hurd Berwick state representative
Charles H. Hurd 83 former state representative from Berwick died in a Rochester New Hampshire hospital. A retired painting contractor and past grand chancellor of the Pythian Grand Lodge of Maine he is survived by three children Leslie Miriam Kimball and Helen H Say. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at his son's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwick
Charles H. Hurd
Rochester
N.H
Pythian Grand Lodge of
Maine
Leslie
Miriam Kimball
Helen H. Say
Somersworth
Hurd
Obituary: Joseph Hurd 85 Biddeford veteran dies after illness
Joseph Hurd 85 a Spanish American War veteran and longtime Pepperell Mfg. Co. employee died after a long illness at his granddaughter’s home in Saco where he had lived for four weeks. He was born July 14 1878 in Biddeford son of Charles T and Marie Liberge Hurd. Survived by two sons Victor and Edgar two daughters Alice and Pauline, 13 grandchildren and 50 great grandchildren. Funeral at St Andre's Church Thursday at 9 after calling hours at Bolduc Funeral Home Tuesday and Wednesday 2 4 and 7 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hurd
Raymond St
Biddeford
Wesley Cass
Pepperell Square
Saco
Willie DeGrammont
Raymond St. Biddeford
Charles T and
Marie Liberge Hurd
Hurd
Pepperell Mfg. Co
St Andre’s Church
Palmena
Beaudette) Hurd
Victor Hurd
Edgar Hurd
Fontana
Calif
Alice DeGrammont
Pauline Baker
St. Andre’s Church
Bolduc
Alfred St
William E. Kelley Sr. dies in Framingham at 82
William E. Kelley Sr. of 165 Leland Street Framingham Mass aged 82 former Biddeford Saco area resident died suddenly Saturday afternoon His wife Mary F E Kelley died Thursday and was buried Saturday morning He was born August 22 1881 in Hing ham Mass and was a former supervisor for the Saco Lowell Shops He is survived by a son William E Kelley Jr of Holliston Mass Funeral services were held yesterday at the Bole Brothers Funeral Home followed by a requiem high mass at St Stephen s Church Burial was in St Mary s Cemetery Needham Mass
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framingham
Mass
William E. Kelley Sr
Leland St
Biddeford-Saco
Mary FE. Kelley
Hingham
Saco-Lowell
William E. Kelley Jr
Holliston
Bole Brothers Funeral Home
Union Ave
St. Stephen's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Needham
Mrs Victoria Beaudoin Octeau dies at 83 in North Smithfield
Mrs Victoria Beaudoin Octeau aged 83 of 30 Hobson Ave Centerdale Rhode Island died yesterday at LHospice St Antoine in North Smithfield. Born in Quebec November 14 1879 she was daughter of Theotim Beaudoin and Emma Paquin. Survivors include six sons Rene Esmond R I Albert Laurence Greenville R I Arthur Pawtucket R I Roland Stamford Conn Forrest Greystone R I. four daughters Noella Beausejour Fabiola Blanchard Georgiaville R I Loretta Hebert Glendale Conn Madeleine Thibodeau Centerday. one brother Albert Beaudoin Biddeford Maine. 42 grandchildren and 67 great grandchildren. Funeral from Filiot M Robbins Chapel Mineral Spring Ave Thursday at 815 am solemn requiem mass 9 am St Lawrence Church Interment St Anne's Cemetery Cranston. Friends may call today 7 9 pm and tomorrow 2 4 and 7 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerdalfe
R. I
Victoria Beaudoin Octeau
Hobson Ave
L'Hospice St. Antoine
North
Smithfield
Quebec
Canada
Theotim
Emma
Paquin) Beaudoin
Rene
Esmond
Albert
Laurence Greenville
Arthur
Pawtucket
Roland
Stamford
Conn
Forrest
Greystone
Noella Beausejour
Fabiola Blanchard
Georgiaville
R. T
Loretta Hebert
Glendale
Madeleine Thibodeau
Center
Albert Beaudoin
Biddeford
Maine
Filiot M. Robbins
Mineral Spring Ave
St. Lawrence's Church
St. Anne's Cemetery
Cranston
Funeral for Mrs Marcia V Peavey in Saco
Funeral services for Mrs Marcia V Peavey widow of Fred G Peavey were held at 1 30 p m yesterday from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco with Rev Stanley A Bennett of the Saco United Baptist Church officiating Interment followed at Goodwins Mills Cemetery Bearers listed as Harry Wakefield Roland Wakfield Clifford Purvis and Byron Hill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Peavey
Marcia V. Peavey
Central St. Saco
Fred G. Peavey
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
Stanley A. Bennett
Saco United
Valachi Ties Genovese Power to Murder Threats
Valachi, newly released from police guarding, claims Genovese marked him for murder over a year ago. Genovese, jailed on narcotics charges, is shown as in poor health in Atlanta and hospital conditions questioned. Taylor disputes Genovese could control La Cosa Nostra from Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valachi
Genovese
New York
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Kaw
J. C. Taylor
la Cosa Nostra
Taylor
Weather forecast for Portland midweek 60s to 70s
This afternoon in Portland expects sunny skies and warmer conditions with highs in the 60s. Tonight will be clear and milder with lows near 40. Wednesday trends toward mostly sunny and warmer weather with highs reaching the 70s as southwest winds strengthen to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
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Portland
Local births listed from Webber Hospital
In Saco Biddeford Scarborough and Arundel area families welcomed newborns in late September. Lisa Denise LaBonte Wayne Allan Sawyer Donald Norman Goulet Peter William Zagorianakos Keith Michael Hef fernan Gailen A Hamilton III Peter Green and other infants weighed from six to eight pounds plus ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Mason
Woodland Avenue
Saco
Wayne Allan
David Sawyer
Sawyer Road
Scarborough
Robert N. Pepin
Cleaves St
Biddeford
Donald Norman
Leo J. Goulet
Pike St
William S&s. Zagorianakos
Faxon
Keith Michael
Boisvert Couple Welcome Daughter at Randolph Base
To Mr and Mrs Robert Boisvert of San Antonio Texas a daughter named Michelle born September 28 at Randolph Air Force Base Hospital weighing six pounds eight ounces The paternal grandmother is Mrs Herman Boisvert of Birch Street Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Boisvert
San Antonio
Tex
Michelle
Randolph Air Force Base Hospital
Herman Boisvert
Birch Street
Biddeford
Ben Bella Promises Defense as Moroccan Troops Alleged Near Frontier
Algerian President Ben Bella declares Moroccan forces ten meters from the frontier while backing the Kabylie revolt in the east. He vows nationalization of two European hotels and a vegetable oil plant, and to seize European farm properties shortly to win mass support. Calm reportedly returns to Kabylie as garrisons move in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bella
Morocco
Kabylie
Algiers
Moulay Hassan
Sahara
Catholic Council Approves Schema Amid Ongoing Revisions
A detailed council debate over the schema continues with further votes planned on parts and the final text. The March vote approved continuing with the schema, amended from a previously criticized rigid draft, to guide reform and renewal under papal authority sharing with bishops. the last council defined papal infallibility in 1870. Zanzibar's 307,000 residents largely depend on opening and processing unopened resources.
Providence Photographer Wins Best In Show Prize
Michael J B Kelly of the Providence Journal Bulletin won best in show at the NEAP News Executives Association contest for New England papers. His ice encrusted firefighters photo also won best weather picture. Other winners included Fall River Herald News and Boston Globe in top page categories, with Earl Dumin of the Pawtucket Times earning multiple placements. Registration boards open in Biddeford ahead of Monday referendum vote. Aromatic clove buds conclude the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vergennes, VI
Michael J. B. Kelly
Providence Journal-Bulletin
New England
Associated Press News Executives Association
Neapnea
Associated Press
Fall River
Mass
Herald News
Boston Globe
The
Woonsocket
R.J
Call
New Britain
Paul Connell
Morton J. Boardman
Hartford
Conn
Times
Robert C Childs II
New Haven
Journal - Courier
Stu Perry
Burlington
Free Press
Leroy Doucette
Portsmouth
N.H
Brush Fire
Frank Pelletier
R.I. Call
Earl Dumin
Pawtucket
R.I Times
Donald KE. Johnson
Portland
Maine Evening Express
Pawtucket Times
R. Joel Librizzi
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
Providence Evening Bulletin
Iday
Oston Globe
Providence Journal
Woonsocket, R.I
Meriden
Record
Herald
Maine 1923 Football Team Honored at Homecoming
Orono Maine Raymond Lange of Kennebunk and Cecil Cutts of Orono both on the 1923 University of Maine football squad will be honored during the Homecoming program on October 19. The 1923 team of 23 players will be cited at a noon luncheon in Memorial Gymnasium and presented to the crowd at the Maine versus Connecticut football game. Lange started as guard while Cutts, a former superintendent, was in the reserve unit. Coached by Fred Brice the squad posted five wins and three losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Raymond Lange
Kennebunk
Cecil Cutts
University of Maine
Memorial Gymnasium
Maine
Connecticut
Lange
Cutts
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Fred Brice
Two Biddeford Officers Released After Crash
Biddeford Police Officers Leo J. Cote and Raymond Langevin, injured in a two car crash early Saturday, have been released from Webber Hospital but have not yet returned to active duty. The collision destroyed one police cruiser after a late model station wagon driven by Robert Townsend of Biddeford collided on Alfred Street just after midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Leo J. Cote
Raymond Langevin
Webber Hospital
Robert Townsend
Alfred Street
September Cold Month In Maine
September in Maine was cold and dry with five days below freezing at Portland's airport. A 28-degree reading on Sept 14 marked the earliest subfreezing temperature in the city. The month’s high reached 78, well below prior Septembers, and precipitation totaled 2.29 inches, with 1.56 inches falling on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
U.S. Weather Bureau
Two-Year-Old Tots Found Safe After Saco Woods Walk
Two state wards from 106 Garfield St. wandered into woods near Shadagee Road in Saco. Volunteer rescuer and taxi operator Pruneau helped police locate Fay and Alice about a quarter mile from home. They returned to guardian Mildred Harris. one child lost a shoe. Police and officers Alberto Martin Earl Jamieson and Leroy Armington assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Garfield St
Mildred Harris
Roland
Tiny) Pruneau
Biddeford
Pruneau
Shadagee
Fay
Alice
Alberto Martin
Earl Jamieson
Leroy Armington
Memorial gifts fund Webber Hospital expansion drive
William E. Shaw of Biddeford and Miss Dorothy Dennett of Saco subscribed memorial units to aid Webber Hospital’s modernization. Shaw’s $5,400 gift funds a nursing office with a plaque honoring his parents Jere G. Shaw. Dennett’s gift provides a patient bed in a two bedroom unit honoring the Dennett parents J. Vaughan Dennett. The gifts committee, led by John Rogers, has raised $247,500 in subscriptions toward new facilities including exam rooms in the emergency department radiography and fluoroscopy suite viewing room radiologist’s office patient beds and the administrative waiting and business areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Shaw
South St
Biddeford
Dorothy Dennett
Cross St
Saco
Webber Hospital
Shaw
Jere G. Shaw
Two Biddeford Men Fined In Sanford Court
Two Biddeford men paid fines in Sanford Municipal Court on Monday afternoon for traffic violations. Harold J. Jeannette, 21, paid $10 for driving with a license violation and Kenneth Buzzel pled nolo to operating an unregistered car, paying a $10 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Sanford
Harold J. Jeannette
Kenneth Buzzel
Nolo
Camp David talks hint at thaw in Soviet consular pact
The 1959 Camp David meeting between Khru shchev and Eisenhower touched on a consular agreement. The U2 incident froze progress, reviving in 1962 with a draft sent to Moscow. In 1963 during a test ban signing trip, Secretary Rusk raised the issue again, and Russia invited Cameron to negotiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Camp David
United States
Moscow
Dean Rusk
Cameron
Burner Floods Saco Firefighters Respond on Portland Road
Firefighters from Saco were called to Ronny J. Mitchells home on Portland Road at 8 10 AM when a flooded furnace oil burner flared. No damage occurred and the burner promptly burned out. Return to the station was at 8 36 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Ronny J. Mitchell
Portland Road
Attempted Theft Of Apples Costs Man 25 Fine
In Saco Municipal Court a South Portland man, Russell P. Willey, 30, pleaded guilty to attempted theft of apples from a Limington orchard. Owner Manorley Brackett testified that Willey and two others were seen at about 8:30 p.m. as four boxes were moved before they were interrupted. Judge Hilary Mahaney imposed a 25 dollar fine, paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limington
South Portland
Saco
Russell P. Willey
Burleigh M. Richards Jr
Manley R. Brackett
Richards
Brackett
Willey
Hilary Mahaney
Industrial Agent Moves Office to City Building
Industrial Agent Hugh Marshall moves from Journal building rented space to the third floor of Biddeford City Building. Mayor Willie Pomerleau says the relocation frees funds for development work by cutting overhead and brings Marshall near the City Clerk and city files with a special telephone line between offices. City studies other communities’ use of industrial agents to decide future steps if Saco does not rejoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Hugh Marshall
Journal
Biddeford City Building
Willie Pomerleau
Marshall
Pomerleau
Flora Called Dangerous Hurricane Flora
Miami AP reports hurricane Flora as the season s most dangerous storm with top winds of 110 mph in the Caribbean. Tobago prepared emergency aid for 40 000 residents as damage was described as extensive while communications were cut. Forecaster Gilbert Clark warned landfall is likely before Flora leaves the Caribbean, with possible impact near the Lesser Antilles and potential move toward Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Flora
Caribbean
Robinson Crusoe
Tobago
Venezuela
Weather Bureau
Gilbert Clark
National Hurricane Center
Lesser Antilles
Clark
Puerto Rico
Hispaniola
Youth Is Fined $20 on Speeding Charge
Dale S. Pelletier a 19 year old from Dover New Hampshire pleaded guilty to speeding before Trial Justice Wesley M Mewer in OLD ORCHARD BEACH. The offense occurred on September 28 at 12 30 pm on Saco Avenue and the judge imposed a $20 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Dale S. Pelletier
Dover
N. H
Wesley M. Mewer
Saco Avenue
Mewer
Towboat And Ferry Collide On Ohio River
In heavy fog a towboat and a ferry collided on the Ohio River near Midland and Shippingport PA. One man, last name Pidgeon, is missing and presumed drowned after leaping into the river. the other two victims were rescued by the towboat crew. The ferry and towboat reached shore, with the ferry heavily damaged but both vessels tying up at Shippingport. The Humphrey towboat, owned by Pittsburgh Coal Co, was upriver with 11 empty barges. the ferry was operated by Jack Morrow and S Christy of Shippingport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Ferr
Ohio River
Pidgeon
Shippingport
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Humphrey
IMF Discusses World Liquidity and Deficit Control
Dillon supported studies of the international financial structure while urging immediate action to cut the U.S. balance of payments deficit. Valachi claims to reveal a national crime syndicate link to Vito Genovese, and Schweitzer backs a staff study on expanding global currency resources within IMF limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace
Dillon
Valachi
la Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese
United States
Pierre - Paul Schweitzer
Monetary Fund
Schweitzer
IMF
U.S
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Chapel Street
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Full Gospel
Wells
United Church of Christ (White
Conrad Cote
Charles Hurd
New Hampshire
William Kelley Sr
Mrs
V. B. Octeau
A.M. P.M
A.M
Denis W. Labonte
School St
Lisa Denise
David F. Heffernan
Summer St
Gailen A. Hamilton Jr
Brown Street
Gailen A. Hamilton
Ili
Charlie M. Green
Green St
Peter
Zanzibar
Joseph Beal
Ronald Gagnon
Providence
George Rooney
R. I. Journal-Bulletin
J. Walter Green
Calvin Campbell
Boston Herald
Rose Kennedy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Edward Jenner
Thomas D. Stevens
Board of Voter Registration
Coun
Honolulu
Tom Arnold
Honolulu Advertiser
India
LeFoyer” Hall
Saco Woods
Halstead Pillsbury Plumbing & Heating
Brown St
Kennebunk, Me
B. F. Goodrich Foam Rubber
Daly Bros. Mattress CO
Clarty A
A A
Advertisers Exchange Inc
Alee
Maine Street
Mele Ana Ps
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