Personal notes from Biddeford and nearby towns
Local society items list residents visiting, returning, or traveling. Mrs Lillian Gagnon of Camp Ellis visits Boston. several Biddeford residents travel to Hartford and Maine venues. Mrs Mamie Gagne and Mrs Karl Stevens return from hospitals. clerks and staff changes noted at Woolworth and Maine Medical Center. Several families winter in Amesbury and Biddeford sisters visit Kinney Shores. others attend events at Poland Spring and Hollander concert in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Gagnon
Camp Ellis
Boston
Earl Pattee
Kinney Shores
Edward Neault
Emery Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Mamie E. Gagne
the Trust Hospital
George Friary
May Street
F. W. Woolworth Company
Main Street
George Whipps
Schenectady
N. Y
Walt Saugus
Gerald Morrill
Meaford
Mass
Clifton Spofford
Henr
Gonneville
Wentworth Street
Hartford
Conn
Karl Stevens
Peter James
Emmons Place
Lionel Cartwright
Jinney Shores
Amesbury
John Barrett
Cherry Jane
Lincoln
John P. Conroy
Central Maine Power Company
Poland Spring House
Maurice Goan
St. Mary Parish
Notre Dame Ospital
Gertrude Ayotte
Elm Street
Bi’deford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Maurice Hebert
Wilfred Fortier
Iddeford
Anne Elizabeth
Pawtucket
R. L
New England Rendering Company
Gaudette
Mary Stebbins
California
John
Charles Minnehan
William Minnehan
Francis
Hollander
Clifford Clifford
Chris Throumoulos
Anita Lambert
Rachel Neault
Beatrice Caror
Claudette Lambert
Blanche Huot
Nellie S Deering, 82, Biddeford, dies after illness
Nellie S Deering of Oak Ridge Road Biddeford dies at an Old Orchard Beach convalescent home after a lengthy illness. Survived by brother Harry Sias of Long Beach California two nephews and one niece. Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery Reading Massachusetts Saturday at 2 pm. Friends may call Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford tonight after 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie S. Deering
Oak Ridge Road
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Harry Sias
Long Beach
Calif
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Reading
Mass
Saco Rebekah to Install Officers Saturday Evening
Installation of officers will be held at the meeting of Saco Rebekah Saturday evening at the OOF hall Main Street Saco Mrs Dorothy Hubbard district deputy president of District 2 and her staff of Kennebunk will install Mrs Lucille MacBride deputy marshal will introduce the guests Refreshments will be served
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Saco Rebekah
Notre Dame Thrift Shop Groups Under C Next Week
The Notre Dame thrift shop will operate under Group C next week with Mrs. Joseph P. Kenneally serving as captain guiding activities and coordinating volunteers for the shift schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame ‘Thrift Shop
Joseph P. Kenneally
Church Notes Show Saturday Confessions Across Parishes
The Junior Band and singers of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 9 am. Confessions will be heard at St Monica Kennebunk from 4 to 5 pm and at St Martha Kennebunkport from 4 to 8 pm. St Mary Wells offers confessions Saturday 2:30 to 3:30 pm and All Saints Ogunquff from 4 to 5 pm. The E and L club of Saco School Street Methodist meets Monday at Mrs Phyllis Vining Old Orchard road Saco with Miss Herberta Harriman assisting and attendees bringing an inexpensive social hour package.
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Soongsters
The
Saco Salvation Army
St Monica Church
Kennebunk
St. Martha Church
Kennebunkport
St. Mary Church
Wells
All Saints Church
Ogua Wr
E and L
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Phyllis Vining
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Herberta Harriman
Youth Fellowship Meets at Second Congregational Biddeford
The Youth Fellowship of the Second Congregational church Biddeford will meet Sunday evening at 6 30. A motion picture The Challenge will be shown dealing with the question of civil rights and a discussion will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Church
Biddeford
No license for year charged in Biddeford court
Donald Tousignant of 32 Milliken Street Old Orchard Beach pleaded guilty in Biddeford municipal court this morning to operating a motor vehicle without a license. Evidence showed his license expired in August 1959. Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason imposed a $15 fine which was paid.
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Donald Tousignant
Milliken Street
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford
Gerald C. Nason
Agnes Perkins 95 dies in Kennebunk convalescent home
Agnes G. Perkins widow of Frank R. Perkins died yesterday at a Kennebunk convalescent home aged 95. A resident of Kennebunk for three years, formerly of Jamaica Plain Massachusetts and born in Nova Scotia, she leaves two sons F Erwin Perkins of Kennebunk and Elmer F. Perkins of Jamaica Plain, four grandchildren, several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services are Sunday at 2 p.m. from Angell Funeral Home 9 Dane Street Kennebunk with calling hours Saturday evening. Rev Fred Holmberg of Christchurch will officiate and burial will be in Hampden family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes G. Perkins
Frank R. Perkins
Kennebunk
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Nova Scotia
F Erwin Perkins
Elmer F. Perkins
Angell Funeral Home
Dane Street
Fred Holmberg
Christchurch
Hampden
Funeral rites for Albert Verville held at St Joseph Biddeford
Funeral services for Albert Verville of 106 Bradbury Street Biddeford were held at St Joseph church with a solemn high mass of requiem celebrated by Rt Rev Msgr Eli Hevey assisted by Rev Marc Franck and Rev Sylvio Levesque. Burial followed in St Joseph cemetery with committal prayers by Rev Levesque. Attendees included Sisters and pupils from St Joseph parochial school and Sacred Heart league members. Out of town relatives from Three Rivers Quebec Willimantic Conn Meriden Conn Hartford Conn Methuen Mass Connecticut and Springfield Mass attended the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Verville
Bradbury Street
Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Eli Hevey
Marc Franck
Sylvia Levesque
Diana Frechette Rousselle
St. Joseph
Sacred Heart League
Jules Baillargeon
Albert Ouellette
Louis Leroux
Adelard Mercier
Ernest Soulard
Aristide Angers
Sylvio Levesque
George St. Cyr
Denise St. Cyr
Fabiola Veilleux
Berthe Verville
Three Rivers
P Q
Eugene Knapp
Willimantic
Conn
Albert Landry
Meriden
Claudette Verville
Hartford
Adelard Jalbert
Methuen
Mass
Louis Lamirande
Connecticut
Florian Valcourt
Springfield
Jamboree Slides Shown At Biddeford Scout Meeting
Slides of the 1960 Boy Scout Jamboree at Colorado Springs were shown last night by Joseph Hill at the Scout hall on Mason street. Instruction in knot tying was conducted, with committeemen George Dumouchel Irving Saperia Joseph Small and Philip Hatch and assistant scoutmaster Gordon Day in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Biddeford
Joseph Hill
Scout Hall
Mason Street
George Dumouchel
Irving Saperia
Joseph Small
Philip Hatch
Gordon Day
Red Victory and Neutral Nations Split on Soviet Debate
The neutral nations sponsoring the U S Soviet summit are seen wavering on key issues. Tito backs Soviet proposals. Nkrumah shows sympathy for Communist arguments in the Congo. Nasser is closely tied to the USSR and often hostile to the West. Sukarno is advised by a leading Indonesian Communist figure. Nehru leans toward Communist support on Red China while maintaining Western friends.
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Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
Tito
Yugoslavia
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Congo
Gama Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
U S. R
Sukarno
Indonesia
Communist Party
United States
Nehru
India
Red
Stock Market Edges Higher in Third Straight Session
The New York market extended its rally into a third session with moderate afternoon trading. The Associated Press average at noon rose 50 to 207.70, led by gains in autos, steels, rails, copper, and building materials while chemicals were mixed. Auto sales for September showed a 21 percent year over year gain, boosting sentiment as the market balanced gains and some declines. The Dow rose 2.95 to 586.64. corporate bonds mixed, U.S. government bonds fell.
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New York i
Associated Press
U. S
Weather Forecast for Atland Fair
Partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon. Tonight fair and quite cool. Saturday sunny and warmer. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph this afternoon easing to 5 to 10 mph tonight. Highs in upper 50s today. lows 22 to 52 tonight. Small craft warnings along the coast. Overnight lows Portland 36 Caribou 38 Greenville 36 Fastport 42 Old Town 40 Rumford 45 Mt. Washington 22 Concord 37 Boston 49 Nantucket 52.
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Atland
Portland
Caribou
Greenville
Fastport
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
Nantucket
Lewis Bids Refutes Opposition to Labor Causes
Lewis addressed mine workers arguing against industrialists and politicians hindering labor aims. He praised opposition as honest expression while urging miners to keep the United Mine Workers strong. He defended the union’s investments in coal, rail, power, shipping, and banks noting the National Bank of Washington stake from $210 million to $50 million now, with future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mine Workers of America
Lewis
UMW
National Bank of Washington
Nixon and Kennedy set for debate with panel of newsmen
Rival moderators and a four man press panel will question Nixon and Kennedy at a curved horseshoe stage. Edward P. Morgan Paul Niven Alvin Spivak and Hal Levy will direct the session. Viewers noted the bleak studio look and Nixon’s haggard appearance prompting makeup plans by Edward A. Rogers and Stan Lawrence. Kennedy reportedly used no makeup in the first debate.
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Edward P. Morgan
ABC
Paul Niven
CBS
Alvin Spivak
United Press International
Hal Levy
Washington
Long Island Newsday
Nixon
GOP
Edward A. Rogers
Chicago
Rogers
Stan Lawrence
New York
Kennedy
National Liberation Echoes in UN Debate on China
A Chinese speaker condemns Communist expansion and terror in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, urging national liberation. He predicts mass revolt against repressors as the USSR-backed resolution seeks floor debate, a shift after nine years of U.S. by-passing.
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Asia
Africa
Latin America
Red
Red China
U. N
United States
Castro Mum tration on Monday sparks UN reverberations
In Washington Press Officer Francis Tully said the State Department had no information about the invasion. The Cuban report of invaders carrying an American flag drew comments noting comic opera aspects amid uncertain consequences at the United Nations.
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Tration
United Nations
Washington
Francis Tully
State Department
Salute To Youth Young Scout Leo Dumouchel Earns Honor
Leo Dumouchel, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Dumouchel Biddeford, is named Journal Salute to Youth for service and achievements in Scouting and community work. He holds Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow honors, attends St Louis Junior High, leads in school projects, camp activities, lifeguard aims, and serves as an Ordeal Master and paper boy, with plans for conservation awards and future leadership training.
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Journal Salute
Leo Dumouchel
George E. Dumouchel
Elm Street
Biddeford
St. Louis Junior High School
St. Joseph Parish
Order of the Arrow
Society
John Hill
Joseph Small
Euclide Millette
William T. Hornady
New York Zoological Society
America
Camp Hines
Camp Bomazeen
Camp Hinds
Altar Society
Anthony Charles Demers
The
Journal
Camp Schiff
New Jersey
Husband Of Heiress Bride Is Broke
Andre Porumbeanu the Romanian ex chauffeur who ran away with and married heiress Gamble Benedict testified in Jersey City New Jersey that he is broke and unable to support her. He spoke Sept 37 in a case over a $1500 monthly allowance from the estate of her late mother Mrs Joseph Benedict Sharpe. The heiress, 19, now receives 15 cents a week from the estate. A transcript will be studied by Surrogate Samuel DiFalco who will decide later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andre Porumbeanu
Gamble Benedict
Porumbeanu
Jersey City
N.J
Joseph Benedict Sharpe
Samuel di Falco
Oil Stove Fire At Old Orchard Beach Home
Firefighters were summoned to Paul Turner’s residence at 41 Fern Avenue Old Orchard Beach for an oil stove blaze. The blaze was extinguished on arrival with no injuries reported.
Pastor Tries Sales Pitch at Lake Wales Church
The Rev. Robert C. Boggs of the First Methodist Church of Lake Wales offers trading stamps to attendees at Sunday night services. He said five stamps would be given to each person, hoping to make worshipers feel more at home and attract more members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Wales, Fla
First Methodist Church of
Lake Wales
Robert C. Boggs
Lawman Retiring After Long Service in Forrest
A. Gust a longtime commander retires after decades of service in Ponan T Tauttan. The former leader, noted for handling firefighting and law enforcement tasks, plans to take up work with a trucking firm in Brewer. Community members praise his dedication and steady leadership.
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Mitford
Ponan
Brewer
Auction By Saco OES Highlights Social Hour At Meeting
The Past Matrons association of Annette chapter OES held an auction led by auctioneer Charles Towle after a meeting at the Saco Masonic hall. Worthy Matron Marion McAuley presided with Worthy Patron Norman McAuley as many invitations and inspections were announced. Read notices named October receptions across branches in Maine with dates and honored officers. Refreshments were served by Elizabeth White’s committee. The next meeting October 20 will feature an official inspection by Jane Worthen of Tuscan chapter with a turkey supper at 6:30 p.m.
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Charles Towle
Annette Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco Masonic Hall
Marion McAuley
Norman K. McAuley
Ivy
Warren
Emily Beattie
Grand
Main
Evangeline
North Windham
Florence Partridge
Katahdin
Old Town
Frances Fling
Sarah Lennox
Hawthorne
Brunswick
Theodore Potter
Sentine
Union
Lyman
Elizabeth White
Jane Worthen
Tuscan
Bangor
St Andre Parish Third Order Elects Officers in Biddeford
St Andre Parish Third Order in Biddeford elected officers at the October meeting in the parish hall. Florida La Branche became president, Lillian Dubois secretary, Maurice Hebert treasurer, Antoinette Emond mistress of novices, Rev. Donald L. Nicknair chaplain, with Albertine Gendron Leon Paul and Edmund Neault as councillors.
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Third Order of St. Francis of St
St. Andre
Order
Our Lady of the Smile
Pittsfield
N. H
LaBranche
Water Street
Biddeford
Vll
Franklin veteran celebrates long awaited Purple Heart
Henry Bogan, a Franklin postmaster and former Marine gunnery sergeant, finally received the Purple Heart four years after being wounded by a German sniper near the end of World War II. The medal arrived this week, marking a long awaited acknowledgment of his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin, Ky
Henry Bogan
Franklin
Christmas cash arrives at Oklahoma welfare office
Oklahoma City welfare department receives $1,800 in cash in a plain brown envelope with no explanation or donor identification. Director Lloyd Kader speculates the donor may be a welfare client with an uneasy conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Welfare Department
Lloyd Kader
Santa Claus
Maine Campaign Faces Debates Before Election
Miss Cormier a Democrat has sought in the cur rer campaign to publicly debate Mrs Smith. The event is scheduled two days before the election. State GOP Chairman David A Nichols predicted Mrs Smith would win re election by a lop sided margin and that the Nixon Lodge ticket would run strong in Maine but trail Mrs Smith in total vote.
Fremont Club Plans Farmers Frolic October 22
Final plans for a Farmers Frolic were made by the Fremont Club and Auxiliary at the hall on Alfred street. The event will be October 22 with Mrs Rita Le Blond chairwoman. A coffee and doughnut breakfast is set for October 16 from 8 to 12 a.m. with chairwoman Mrs Antonio Daigneault assisted by several members. The group voted to donate to two local high schools for their yearbooks and planned social activities and a toy demonstration party at the club.
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Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddefrd
Rita le Blond
Antonio Daigneault
Wilfred Simoneau
Wilfred Ro‘berge
Joseph Neault
Natalie Lemir
Adrien Lamothe
Gedeon Bergeron
Romeo Boucher
Alcide Dubois
Donat Dubois
Lionel Garon
Alfred Lantagne
Ronald Melancon
Gerard Morin
Roland Millette
Edmond Neault
Maurice ‘Neault
Jose Peloquin
Roger Wasner
Raoul Dumont
Romeo Forrest
Roland Menard
Leo Beaulieu
Leslie Dupre
Saco Taxes Are 87 Percent Collected
Saco tax collector Mrs. Catherine L Hanson announced through October 6 total tax commitment 872,755.16 has 760,027.97 paid leaving 112,727.19 unpaid. Six percent interest is now being charged on unpaid bills. Office hours are 9 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm weekdays and Saturdays 9 am to noon.
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Catherine L. Hanson
Saco
Hanson
Saco City Hall
Education themes shape modern classroom goals
School experts from industrial arts to history and mathematics urged moving beyond rote technique. Dr William Ek Huss and Yale's Robin Winks stressed developing inquiry, reasoning, and open ended exploration to keep students curious and capable of independent thinking in social studies and science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ek. Huss
New York State
John Ciardi
University College of Education
Harvard
Fletcher C. Watson
Robin W. Winks
Yale University
W. Warwick Sawyer
Wesleyan University
Industries blamed for pollution in Kennebec river
Raeburn MacDonald of the Water Improvement Commission told a public hearing at the Maine state house that industries in Waterville Augusta and Gardiner cause most pollution in the Kennebec river. He said a substantial percentage of solids must be removed from waste to lift the Augusta to Merrymeeting Bay segment from nuisance condition and that views from the hearing will inform the commission’s legislative recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Waterville
Gardiner
Kennebec
Water Improvement Commission
Raeburn MacDonald
State House
Merrymeeting Bay
MacDonald
Phone Workers Get Pay Hike In New Eng. Tel Co.
Boston reports that New England Telephone and Telegraph workers will receive weekly raises from $1 to $4.50 under a shared agreement with the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers. Effective Sept. 18, the contract is the fourth in a wave of new contracts. The package includes a medical expense plan, four weeks vacation for 25-year employees, pension and group insurance changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Engs Telephone and Telegraph
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Mottram Appeals Second Convictions In Portland
Prison lawyer Robert H Mottram appeals his second convictions for car theft and habitual criminal status. He sought a stay of execution on a 10 to 30 year sentence, having been serving 20 to 40 years. He conducted his appeal from prison, claiming the 1958 original trial was unfair and winning a Superior Court ruling through his own efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Robert H. Mottram
Mottram
Superior Court
Camden
Tests Due For Cutler Station
NEEDHAM Mass Tests of a new Navy radio station at Cutler Maine to communicate with submerged Polaris submarines and monitor Soviet rocket launches and nuclear blasts. The facility, claimed to be the world's most powerful, will operate in dual capacity next year, with testing to be done by two land stations and a marine monitoring station aboard a Woods Hole Oceanographic Laboratory ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needham
Mass
Navy
Cutler
Maine
Packard & Burns, Inc
Woods Hole Oceanographic Laboratory
Handcuffs Worked OK
In Muskegon Michigan Dale Young and Tom Sheels visited a surplus store and tried on handcuffs. After fastening them together they found the key missing. The proprietor aided by police cut the chain the boys were wearing and their fathers later filed the cuffs off their wrists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon, Mich
Dale Young
Tom Sheels
Path 15
Muskegon
Petition Dismissed In Augusta For Dwyer Case
Gov Reed and the Executive Council dismissed without prejudice Thursday the petition of Paul N Dwyer for commutation of his sentence. Neither Dwyer nor a sponsor appeared in his behalf. Dwyer, paroled a year ago after 22 years for the murder of Dr James G Littlefield of South Paris, sought further sentence commutation to end parole restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Reed
Executive Council
Paul N. Dwyer
Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
Paris
Augusta approves Merrill contract for new Employment Security building
Gov Reed and the Executive Council approved a contract with Fred J. Merrill Inc of South Portland for a new Employment Security Commission building. The decision came despite a warning from the Maine Building Trades Council that Merrill may lack union cooperation from subcontractors on the project. Merrill hires non union workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Fred J. Merrill Inc
South Portl
Employment Security Commission
Thursda
Gov
A Naughty Hero Des Moines
A mother in Des Moines beams with pride as her young son saved a friend from drowning. She downplays the heroism, insisting Jed is just a boy who did what came naturally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iona
Naughty Hero Context Sparks Debate on Duty and Morality
A speaker reflects on a man's behavior, suggesting deliberate disobedience led to his current situation. The remark frames him as both a hero and a flawed figure, highlighting tension between courage and rule breaking. The quote underscores a moral ambiguity amid admiration and reproach.
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Cosgrove Funeral Home
Crusills
Oscc
Castro
By Madeliene Davenport
Pastor
Saco Oes
Santa
Coffin
Robert Mottram
Cutler Station
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