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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1963
Page
4
Dear Abby responds to a deer hunting trip conflict amid a wife due date and hospital plans. She advises the hunter to stay home, noting a cradle is worth more than a fender. The column also addresses eye color variations and a marital infidelity scenario with practical guidance.
New York AP reports Grand Central Terminal will host a New Year's Eve benefit dance with a champagne supper, leasing the main concourse and waiting rooms for 3,000 dancers. Guy Lombardo's orchestra will perform. passenger trains will be rerouted to the lower level to avoid disruption.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The local 15 year old girl Loretta Fowler reported missing by her parents yesterday afternoon returned home later in the evening police said. Loretta Fowler daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Fowler a high school student had left the house at 1 o clock after being reprimanded by her mother.
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Methodist Men of Washingon Avenue Church receive invitation from School Street Saco church Men’s Club to attend Friday night meeting at 7 p m in the vestry Old Orchard Beach. John Tibbetts led discussion on building the club by inviting five men per member to attend next meeting. Refreshments served by Earl Hodeen and Tom Cockerille. Merrill Thompson to be program chairman. Work planned at Parsonage. next Tuesday at 7 p m vestry gathering to aid the new school building. Arthur Leddy showed a Telstar movie. attendees listed including Tibbetts Freeman Fowler and others.
The Catholic Youth Organization of St Margaret's Church will receive new members after the 11 a.m. mass on Sunday Oct 27. Ellen Fowler led the drive with Jessie Jalbert William Crowley Alice Stevens Michael Potvin John Ouellette Constance Babeau Robert Gillis and Elizabeth Radley. Breakfast will follow the final mass for new members and parents in the Parish hall where Rev Edward Walsh speaks.
Special awards went to Mrs Marie OClair Miss Nellie Murphy and Miss Elizabeth Crowley at the Harvest bridge whist party in St Marys Hall Biddeford. The Children of Mary Sodality of St Marys Parish sponsored the event with a Halloween theme decorations.
C Fayette Staples Post American Legion in Old Orchard Beach will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m preceded by a supper at 6 30 p m Supper committee includes George Skillin Donald Jones and Ellery Clark Dial WE 4 2015 for details
A reception for Mr. and Mrs. Clark Cole was held at the Mill of the Advent Christian Church in Dayton. The couple, married in a princess white ta ffeta gown with lace accents, received guests including relatives and many out of town friends from Berwick Taunton Taunton and Schenectady. A guest book, punch, gifts table, a solo, and a prayer marked the evening.
The interclub cribbage tournament continued last night at Council Chagnon Union St. Jean Baptiste Biddeford with a first place tie of 38 points between George Grenier and George Brunelle. High for the evening were John Couture and Normand Lariviere with nine points. Raymond Lafortune was low with two. Arthur Lemire leads the series with 36 and Gene Bertrand is lowest with 20. The next game begins 8 p m Monday at the club and is open to members and guests as observers.
Woodland s Continued from Page ne chusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire and found that in all communities farmers were hauling water for livestock be cause wells were dry. Erickson and other well drill ers report a rush of calls from persons asking them to install artesian wells. The low water supplies in reservoirs throughout Massa chusetts have forced many areas to impose water use re strictions on residents.
Nee Nah Council of Pocahontas met at the Legion Hall School Street and donated to the school hot lunch program. Officers and delegates reported illness among several members while Shirley Doe was named Deputy Great Pocahontas. Mary LaBranche presided and gifts and prizes were awarded. next meeting set for November 4.
Two Biddeford Saco Maine students are enrolled at Mount Ida Junior College in Newton Center Massachusetts. Elaine Farrell of Biddeford rejoined as a sophomore in executive secretarial studies. Jocelyn Vermette of Saco entered as a freshman planning medical secretarial studies.
The masquerade dance committee completed plans for a Saturday 8 p m event at Knight of Columbus Hall in Biddeford. Sponsored by the Biddeford Council K of C Auxiliary the dance will be open to auxiliary members and their guests. Committee members include Martha Masse Jeanne Gadbois Gloria St Pierre Geraldine Souliere Claire Carrier Florida Masse Marguerite Gonthier Dorothy Millette, with prizes for best costumes.
The Army keeps Nike Hercules and Hawk missile battalions around Miami Homestead and Key West while F102 junks at Homestead grow into a squadron of 24 F104 jets. McCoy AFB radar is upgraded and radar picket planes added. McNamara says Soviet forces in Cuba remain a danger until fully removed.
The Fireside Club of School Street Methodist Church in Saco announces a pound party at 2 p.m. on November 4 at Wardwell Home Middle Street. President Mrs. Jean Rennie led the meeting where Arthur Gannon reported on the clam supper and refreshments were provided by Mr. and Mrs. James Rennie. The next gathering will be November 4 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Griffith on Main Street with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dawley as co hosts.
Ogunquit will host Daniel Suttelle Red Cross regional fund consultant from the Eastern Area as guest speaker at a York County Chapter Red Cross meeting on Friday Oct 25 at Ogunquit Baptist Church Shore Road Supper at 630 p m Following the talk reservations may be made through Mrs J P Littlefield Ogunquit or the Red Cross office 162 Main St Saco Open to all interested in the area
United States leaders seek a clear stance from allies by early 1964 on whether to proceed with a multi nation nuclear fleet or pursue alternatives. Bonn worries Big Lift may hasten U S troop reductions, while State Department officials dispute that aim. The Army also boosts overseas forces with more Sergeant missiles and Honest John rockets, heightening concerns in Europe and the Far East.
Luther L. Allen of Garden City New York is appointed director of the Maine Council of Churches succeeding Marion Ulmer who resigned after 42 years in the Maine post.
State legislator Rep. Robert C. Cartier of Biddeford received a 500 dollar fine and a 30 day suspended jail term after pleading guilty to making a false bomb report by telephone on the eve of President Kennedy's Maine visit. He appealed to Superior Court and was released on 1000 dollar personal recognizance. Cartier said the call was without malice and a foolish mistake. Judge Ian MacInnes noted Cartier's background and warned that he had sentenced himself beyond the court's reach.
A Jamaica Plains man, Arthur H. Duty, 47, was fined $150 or jailed 150 days after pleading guilty to drunken driving in Biddeford Municipal Court. His blood alcohol was .276. The judge also suspended his license. The ruling followed a patrolman’s testimony of a near collision and a blood test.
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