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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1959
Page
2
This afternoon mostly cloudy becomes partly cloudy for a short while then a little warmer. Tonight cloudy with fog and little temperature change. Friday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Variable winds this afternoon and tonight, south to southwest 5-15 mph Friday. Zone 1 temperatures 60-55 max and 46-52 min.
Mrs Armand Viger 40 Sullivar Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber hospital. Atty and Mrs Louis Spill Elk Street are home again after a Florida vacation. Mrs Rose Fournier Union Avenue Old Orchard Beach is convalescing after being restricted to home. Mr and Mrs George Weinstein Kennebunkport returned after a brief visit at the Goodkowsky family home Old Orchard Beach. Edouard H Cote Cedar Avenue Old Orchard Beach formerly of this city is a surgical. Dr Frank Lawler superintendent of schools for Saco and Old Orchard Beach is attending a two day convention of New England school superintendents at Swampscott Mass.
August Cloutier 91 formerly of Biddeford died yesterday at Drummondville Quebec He leaves a son and daughter in Canada and one sister Mrs Esdras Valliere of Biddeford Funeral services set for Friday at 9 am in Drummondville Quebec verified by local notices.
Pythian Sisters of Kennebunk plan a social at 8 tonight in the Pythian hall directed by Mrs Eleanor Leach and Mrs Kathleen Dyer. Lady Royal Stewart in Saco rehearses at 7 30 tonight at KP hall with officers urged to attend. St Mary Associates meet at 8 in the new school hall. York County American Legion auxiliary joins Charles S Patch post and unit at Berwick Friday at 8 p m.
Holy Communion will be celebrated in Trinity Episcopal of Saco Friday at 9 30 a m The Junior Legion of the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army meets Friday at 4 15 The Torchbearers of the Old meet tomorrow night at 7 A prayer and praise service is planned Friday at 730 p m at Biddeford Advent Church corner Hill and Chapel streets Holy Communion to be celebrated Friday morning at 8 in Christ Episcopal Church
In remarks to the Saco Republican City committee Jones counters that Garland is inexperienced, noting Garland’s own election four years ago. Jones accuses Republicans of obscuring real issues like the Bay View dispute and says the party must defend its four year record and record on issues.
The announcement says Sifter is past the point of minimum distance from the moon and the automatic interplanetary station moves firmly along its preset orbit. Lunik's shortest distance from Earth will be about 40,000 kilometers when it passes the planet, with officials predicting indefinite orbit due to atmospheric friction being avoided.
Liberal support persisted across three elections 1906 and two 1910 votes as voters braved fog in the morning. The sun emerged regions later and turnout exceeded the last election pace. 26,700,000 voters cast ballots in 1955 with 76.8 percent turnout, indicating strong engagement.
Kezar Falls officials and the town development corporation spent two years courting industry. Aetna will begin operations Monday, marking a milestone for the area and its economic development effort.
We thank our friends neighbors and relatives for kindness floral tributes and sympathy during our recent bereavement Emerson Cummings and family remember.
Walter Noyes Sherwell 75 of 105 West Grand Avenue Old Orchard Beach died this morning at Biddeford hospital after a long illness. Born in Lowell Massachusetts he was a 35 year traffic engineer with Illinois Bell Telephone. Survived by daughter Mrs Thomas B White Greenville South Carolina son Henry N Sherwell Chicago and five grandchildren. Services Saturday 2 p m from Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco with Rev Harold McElwain of St John church officiating burial Greenwood cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call Friday 7 to 9 p m.
Thomas J Bligh 68 a former Biddeford resident died Monday at Veterans Hospital West Roxbury Mass after a brief illness He was WWI veteran and worked at the Watertown Arsenal before retirement Survived by widow Rena Scott Bligh a son Lawrence of Framingham Mass two daughters Shirley of New York City and Mrs Frank Reichembacher East Hartford Conn two sisters Mrs Catherine Noble Wells River Vt and Mrs Margaret Martel Biddeford and four grandchildren Funeral service was held at 9 am today.
Charles Smock Ward died in St. Petersburg Florida. He was husband to Irene Gray of Saco and Old Orchard Beach and summer resident of the area. Survived by a sister in law Mrs Elmer Libby of Atlantic avenue Old Orchard. Cosgrove funeral home Biddeford to handle arrangements with details to follow.
Funeral services were held at 8 30 this morning at St. Joseph church with Rev. Sylvia Levesque celebrating the solemn requiem high Mass. Deacon Rev. Marc Franck and sub deacon Norman Carrier assisted. Organist Mrs Diane Rousse lle led the St Joseph choir. Bearers included Joseph Gagne Omer Nolette Roland Hevey Paul Lambert and Frederick and John Kelley. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs Gerard Eon Hartford Mr and Mrs Alexander Eon Rochester N Y Mrs Henry Hemel Bay View Mr and Mrs James Mounts Cresskill N J and Mr and Mrs Herman McNeil Auburndale Mass. Burial followed in the family lot in St Joseph cemetery.
A wartime wage dispute between longshoremen and ship lines triggered a Taft Hartley cooling period. The 80 day halt aims to extend negotiations while a potential strike could be resumed if unresolved. The union seeks a 40 cent hourly hike plus better pensions and welfare, opposing the lines’ 30 cent package over three years. The report was prepared in Washington, dispatched by Navy jet to Eisenhower, who ordered court action within 17 hours.
The convention will be in two sections this year to ease crowding from over 8,000 teachers and school administrators. Northern and eastern Maine teachers meet today and tomorrow in Bangor, while western and southern Maine teachers gather in Lewiston on November 29 and 30.
A luncheon plate features broiled tomatoes and mushrooms with sweet potatoes and crisp bacon served with hot biscuits and a tossed green salad.
The Ladies Aid of South Biddeford Methodist Church will sponsor a rummage and food sale in Siloam hall on October 24 to benefit the church treasury. The group approved a donation to the Red Feather Campaign and funds for a new communion cloth. Sunshine chairmen for October and November were appointed, and a social followed the meeting with refreshments. Names of attendees and guests are listed, and the next meeting is scheduled for October 21 at the president’s home.
The Good Citizenship Civics club of St. Andre School seventh grade held its second meeting with a panel on Christopher Columbus led by Rev Sister Marie Jeanne Emma. Charlotte A. Lavigne opened the meeting with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. A constitution committee was formed, a dramatization titled Columbus was performed by eleven new members, librarians were praised for book work, and the session closed with America.
Lifelong inmate Paul N. Dwyer awaits the final ruling on his petition for commutation from death to life imprisonment. If granted, his case would go to the Board of Probation and Parole next week, potentially enabling immediate release. He contends the 1937 murder was committed by deputy sheriff Francis Carroll, who also served a life term but was freed after 12 years. Mrs. Caroline Pinkos, a 39 year old divorcee, plans to marry Dwyer if freedom comes.
Andre Lacroix, 62, of 18 Raymond Street Biddeford, is in good condition at Webster Hospital with a fractured right arm and facial and arm bruises after being struck by a car on Pool Street last night.
Jean Paul Gadbois aged 23 of 95 Pike Street Biddeford told police he advanced on a green signal at Pool and Hill when Lacroix stepped from between parked cars into his path, triggering the collision.
Clayton W. Cartmill executive secretary of the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce attends the New England Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives conference at Bethel Inn Bethel Maine hosts include the Maine Chamber of Commerce and Maine Publicity Bureau. Today’s program Research The Foundation of a Solid Program features Wendall D MacDonald James W Kelley Howard Smith and Walter Knight. Friday’s program notes New England Council and Local Chamber Partners in Economic Development Gardner Caverly will speak. President Paul J Greeley presides.
NBC figure says Charles Van Doren, famed $129000 winner on Twenty One, may testify before the House committee probing quiz show rigging. He has denied wrongdoing and offered to appear. invitation conveyed by NBC official. The panel shifts focus to Dot to quiz program as backstage operations come under question.
The Saco Businessmen's Association announced plans for a banquet and dance during a recent meeting. The ladies night starts at 7 PM at AMVETS Post, Spring Street. Gil Milliken Trio will provide music. Richard Braley chairs the affair with association directors on the committee.
When buying celery, inspect outer ribs for cracking. Cracked ribs can be tough and may affect texture, even if not fully discarded.
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