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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1964
Page
2
Burl Tillson aged 27 of 27 Green Street Biddeford is listed as a patient at Webber Hospital seeking treatment and care.
Tiche Beaudoin Farley Post American Legion in Biddeford will meet at Elm Street post home at 8 pm tomorrow. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Past Presidents will meet at Biddeford City Hall at 7 30 pm tomorrow with Mrs Laura Dodge in charge. The Adah Chapter Order of Eastern Star Biddeford meets at 7 30 pm tomorrow at Mrs Romayne Helms home in Portland. Pine Cone Temple Pythian Sisters meet tonight at 7 30 in the K of P hall Saco.
Mid-week prayer meetings are set for Thursday at 730 p m at Bible Baptist Church 144 Ferry Road Saco A prayer and Bible study also Thursday at 730 p m at First Baptist Church Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach A prayer meeting is planned Thursday at 730 p m at First Assembly of God Church of Saco in the Ahepa Home 22 Fileasant Street Members of the Holy Name Society of St Marys Parish Biddeford will receive communion at 7 am mass on Sunday Oct 11 followed by coffee and doughnuts in the School Hall Guest speaker Rev Maurice Goan will discuss his trip to the Holy Land.
The United Church of Christ in Biddeford set November 19 for its annual luncheon fair and supper. The Women’s Fellowship, led by Mrs. William D. Beety, arranged devotions, reports, and committee plans, including a rummage sale October 23 and a Christmas box for a Cherokee girl. Guest speaker Mrs. Donald Webber spoke on National Council of Churches themes New Nations and Spanish Americans.
A Biddeford youngster, Donald Pelletier, 5, was struck by a car on Foss Street yesterday afternoon. He was shaken but not seriously hurt and taken to Webber Hospital for treatment before being released. The driver was Peter Dave.
Refat Massen of 98 Alfred Street Biddeford died in a local hospital after a long illness. Born in Albania in 1889 he moved to Biddeford as a youth and worked 27 years at Saco Lowell Shops retiring about a decade ago. No relatives are listed. Friends may call at Emm and Funeral Home 72 Hill Street Biddeford 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m tomorrow with funeral services at the home Friday at 2 p m.
Funeral services for Gary Earl Forrest of Nashua N H and formerly of the area were conducted yesterday morning at the Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco with Rev Stanley A Bennett of the Saco United Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed at Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford with bearers Troy Allard Daniel Townsend Richard Townsend Paul Forrest Kenneth Martin and Algie Stone.
Funeral services for Joseph Noe Cloutier of 48 Ocean Park Road Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saco a solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev Henry Fournelle with prayers at the graveside organist Mrs Eva Carrier and choir director were noted Interment followed in St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford bearers included Victor Blais Edward Cloutier Michel Lizotte and George Perreault Out-of-town mourners from Claremont New Hampshire and Augusta attended the service
Two Kentucky men faced bids and fines in Biddeford Municipal Court. Stephen A Buzzell Jr pleaded without plea for trash on Route 35 and paid five dollars in costs. Lindley Deering paid ten dollars for failing to yield the right of way. Louisville men John Allen and Eldon Cunningham pleaded guilty to hitchhiking and were fined twenty five dollars or ten days in jail after the judge explained rights. Offenses occurred on Route 1 in Biddeford.
Saco City Clerk Vivian Hickey announced absentee voting will be delayed until the end of the week when ballots for the $25 million state bond issue arrive. The clerk’s office currently holds 170 absentee ballots.
Biddeford fire fighters were called yesterday afternoon for a garden waste fire on the Ernest Auger property at 51 Oak Street. A second call at 7 58 p m to Ronald Richards apartment at 25 Quimby Street for an overflowing oil burner required no action and the crew returned at 8 05.
Johnson, claiming to speak as commander in chief, touted America as the strongest nation and attacked Goldwater era critics. He cited opposition calls for prompt termination of farm subsidies and criticized attempts to soften such words at the National Plowing Contest in North Dakota.
A Portland resident reported that a boy was struck when he darted from behind a parked truck into the roadway. The incident prompted a local police response and an investigation into the event and the circumstances leading to the collision.
Portand forecast reports considerable high cloudiness this afternoon with mostly sunny intervals. Highs near the low 50s, north winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight will be fair and cold with lows in the 20s, winds easing to near calm. Thursday brings increasing clouds and a bit warmer, winds shifting to southwest then rising to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mrs. Mary La Branche presided over Nee Nah Council in Old Orchard Beach. Secretary’s report read and accepted. Frances Johnson reported rummage sale. letter of thanks from Antonia Hariquoil read. Plans discussed for Great Council and Pocahontas events in Portland. Election, installation, and reception set for Saturday night. Shirley Doe elected at Great Council. Evelyn Lunder and Catherine Lemire won prizes. Refreshments served. Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. E. Carroll Condict spoke at Toilers by the Sea in Porter Hall sharing color slides and experiences from his life as a missionary in Burma. The meeting, led by President Lois Skillin, included devotions, secretary and treasurer reports, and plans for harvest supper squash pies.
Old Orchard Beach Planning Board chairman Leo Larochelle announced a meeting for Oct 12 at 7 30 p.m. to review changes from a public hearing. The aim is to have the zoning ordinance posted by Nov 6 for a Nov 17 Town Meeting vote. Officials want updated plumbing, building and electrical codes ready for the same vote.
A brief classified advisory urges readers to repurpose usable children’s items rather than discard them. It promotes selling via journal classified ads to connect buyers with items in good condition. It emphasizes practical reuse and local exchange through the paper’s classifieds.
Wells boards favor construction of a municipal building west of the high school to house a central fire station a police and fire communications center and town offices. The plan seeks to combine facilities reduce maintenance of the present town hall and may qualify for Community Facilities Administration aid. A follow up meeting is set for Monday at 7 30 p m to continue planning.
King Court, Order of the Amaranth, held an inspection last night at Odd Fellows Hall Sace. Royal Matron Mrs. Gertrude Leonard and Royal Patron Edward Cloudman presided. Grand officers from Maine and Massachusetts attended, receiving supreme honors. Meetings will resume with the annual fall fair on November 3 chaired by Mrs. Charles, following post inspection addresses and refreshments.
The St Andre's Home and Hospital Auxiliary scheduled a Christmas fair and tea for December 6 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the home. Proceeds will aid the elevator for the new wing under construction. Chairmen include Mrs. Albert Cookson, Mrs. Bernard Walker, Mrs. Raymond Audie, Mrs. Arthur Bibeau, Mrs. John Conroy, and Mrs. Armand Reay.
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie announced the Labor Department approved an eight week retraining program for 30 sheet metal workers at Omnicraft Corp in Sanford. Federal funds totaling 19 970 dollars for vocational education and subsistence payments are available. The Sanford School Department director of vocational education will administer the program.
In Kennebunk Municipal Court, defendants pleaded innocent to breaking and entering at Theodore L. Littlefield’s West Kennebunk house. Bail set at 2500 for Rousselle and Campbell, both jailed for lack of bail. Campbell fined for disorderly conduct. Multiple others faced fines or recalls, including motorcycle and license issues, red light and speeding fines, and cases continued for sentencing.
The Old Orchard Beach Memorial W.F.W. Auxiliary met at the Post Home on Atlantic Avenue with Mrs. Dorothy Lenkowski presiding. They discussed cancer film screenings at the high school and literature distribution, planned a children’s team dance starting Oct 16, and a testimonial banquet for Department President Mrs. Aggie Benwell in South Portland on Oct 17. A donation was made to Commander John Sylvester for kitchen renovations, and Frances Pettengill won the mystery prize. The next meeting is Oct 19 at 7:30 p.m.
The Insurance Women of Southern Maine met at Valle's Charter House in Portland for an educational program by the Pine Tree Field Club of the Insurance Information Institute. The topic was Cutting The Pattern To Fit The Cloth about the new automobile insurance rates set for a January test. Attending from the Biddeford Saco area were Mrs. Donna Brady Mrs. Ethel Psomiades Mrs. Eileen Nadeau Mrs. Ruth Allen Mrs. Edna Mahoney Mrs. Phyllis Johnson Mrs. Theresa Rousseau Mrs. Ulrica Barnes Miss Jeannette Davis and Miss Ruth Nichols.
The 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ver non A Burgess drew guests including Beulah Collins of Vernon Conn and Armand Labonte of Saco with the maid of honor and best man among the attendees at Loudon Road in Saco Saturday night.
Edward Plummer joined as a new member at the Owen-Davis Post American Legion meeting in Saco. The post will host National Commander Donald E. Johnson in a November 19 banquet as part of his Maine tour, with the banquet committee named and a planning meeting set for tomorrow at 8 p.m. The group approved buying a colored television for the post home, added members to the bean supper committee, and accepted a bulletin board gift from the Sons of the American Legion Squadron.
Films of the Biddeford High School Thornton Academy football game were shown at a Biddeford Public Schools Activities Association meeting. Coach Dave Redmond narrated and led a discussion on disputed plays. A bean supper was planned for Nov 14 at Biddeford Junior High School auditorium and a committee met to report on the homecoming program. A follow up meeting is set for Oct 13 at 7 30 p m inviting all interested persons.
Goldwater campaigns through Bucks and Montgomery counties urging voters to choose between free enterprise under him or socialism under Johnson. He argues the key issue is what kind of America will exist tomorrow, dismissing other issues as nitpicking and claiming the administration is soft on communism. He defends civil rights votes as a matter of conscience amid Republican splits in New Jersey.
Prospective jurors including Clark Cornish Edmond Gagne Biddeford Russell Adjutant Acton John Fearon Arundel William Lester Robert Audet Everett Mitchell Mary Bratt Chester Annis Albert Grover Arthur Lambert and Louis Bshara are questioned by Justice Silsby and attorneys. Twelve jurors plus two alternates will be empaneled under heavy guard with strict isolation from outside contact during the trial.
The Women’s Society of Christian Service at Washington Avenue Methodist Church opens its season with an all day meeting at president Mrs. Mattie Bliss’s Standish home. Transportation will be available from the church at 10:00 A.M. Pot luck luncheon follows at noon. Also, C Fayette Staples Post and Auxiliary American Legion sponsors a public card party Thursday at 8 P.M. at the Post Home. Old Orchard Beach Assembly of Rainbow will meet Thursday at 7 P.M. in Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall.
Miss Rachell Hebert an instructor from South Portland demonstrated oil painting at the Old Orchard Beach Art Association meeting held at Jameson School last night. Introduced by Mrs. Priscilla Skilling, program in charge, with business session led by president C. Paul Wight. Next meeting October 20 will be a workshop led by Miss Ethel Wight. Several members and guests attended, including Mrs. Marguerite Drolet, Mrs. Edith Bonenfant, Mrs. Alice Leavitt, and others.
Frank Brooks of Alfred, owner of the Biddeford Plastics Products Co., spoke to Beach Kiwanis Club at the American Legion Hall. He described packaging items like plastic containers and trays and explained plastics types. President Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr. presided. two guests attended and a nominating committee was formed for next year.
Atlantic Lodge 1.O.C.F. met at Odd Fellows Hall with acting secretary Richard Sweet reporting while Maurice Edward ward was away. Three new candidates were accepted and the officer installation is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m with the degree to be conferred on October 20 under Commander Robert Pettengill.
Arundel fire department auxiliary held a covered dish supper and meeting at Mrs. Richard Talbot home. They approved a rummage sale for November 3 at the Arundel fire hall with co chairmen Mrs. Reginald Le Barme and Mrs. Roy Danis. The Afghan project award to Ronald Madore was announced. New auxiliary president Mrs. Marshall Soule conducted the session.
In Boothbay Harbor and Mechanic Falls Maine Republican Kenneth P MacLeod and Democrat Kenneth M Curtis urged action on regional aviation plans rail freight policy and youth crime. Curtis pressed integrated transport and recreation loans while Hathaway urged grain rate reform to help Maine poultry compete with Delaware Maryland and Virginia.
Saco Fire Department responded to a brush fire on land owned by Leland Scammon on Smutty Lane Road. Firemen used 75 feet of booster line to quell the blaze caused by an electric fence. At 3 06 p m responders arrived at Ralph Waterhouse home at 22 Hill Street for an oven fire with Engine 3 and three men, no equipment used.
Firemen answered two calls yesterday, one at 7 15 p m to Temple Avenue for a grass fire caused by a tipped over construction marker bomb, extinguished with a booster line and two men on scene. The second at 10 15 p m to 27 Summit Street for a flooded oil burner with three men attending and no equipment used.
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