Local Personal Notices List Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Residents
Mrs Carol Boutet Black of Saco lies in Webber hospital. Roland Mercier of Biddeford and others are patients or visiting relatives in Biddeford and nearby towns. Georgette Labonte returns to Sarasota after Biddeford visit. Nick Petreas returns from Washington with son Gregory. Montreal vacation returns for several locals. Morris L Fisher and Mrs Fisher visited family near here. Ruth Olive Roberts hosted by John Keller Cape Elizabeth. Out of town visitors include Mrs Rhea Boucher Gary and others. Post Office events noted. Terri Daly, daughter of Mr and Mrs Daly of Biddeford, begins Springfield College orientation.
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Carol (Boutet) Black
Saco
Webber Hospital
Roland Mercier
Emery Street
Biddeford
Eva Lord
Fortunes Rocks
Henry Gendron
Graham Street
Roland Bois
Dearborn Avenue
Georgette Labonte
Sarasota
Central Park Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Boston
Morris L. Fisher
Post Exchange
Camp Drum
N. Y
Fisher
Ruth Olive Roberts
John Keller
Ames
Shore Road
Cape Elizabeth
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Placide Beaudoin
Summer Street
Jean Leo Deschambault
Birch Street
Rhea Boucher
Gary
Arthur Drake
Rochester
Eugene Nadeau
Quebec City
Eugene Beaudoin
Ste. Agapit
Benoit Nadeau
Fairlee
Marvy McSweeney
Thomas JJ. Daly
Elm Street
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
Fishman
Arthur Cookson obituary from Biddeford area
Arthur Cookson 73 of 40 Hill Street Biddeford died at home Tuesday after a long illness. Born December 6 1886 in St Fortunat P Q he moved to Biddeford 56 years ago. Loomfixer at Pepperell Manufacturing later and a parishioner of St Andre church. Survived by wife Demerise Tardif three sons Hervey Leo Paul four daughters and many grandchildren. Visitation at Emond funeral line 72 Hill Street today until 10 pm and Thursday and Friday 10 am to 10 pm. Services Saturday at 9 am from St Andre church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cookson
Hill Lstreet
Biddeford
St. Fortunat
P. Q
John
Elsie (Laventure) Cookson
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
St. Andre Church
Sacred Heart League
Order of Eagles
Demerise Tardif
Hervey
Leo
Paul
Madawaska
Oscar Verrier
Bert Beaupre
Rose Cloutier
Victoriaville
Maurice Grenier
Menlo Park
Calif
William Cookson
Sanford
Emond J
Hill — Street
St. Andre
Veterans group meetings and classes in Biddeford and Saco
The schedule lists the Disabled American Veterans State Department meeting at City building on Sunday at 2 p m. The Biddeford Saco Veterans Council meets tonight at 7 30 p m at the Merton Ira Staples AM VETS hall Alfred street Biddeford. Gem Jewelry class for the Saco Extension group tomorrow at 10 a m at Saco GAR hall. The Lady Royal Stewart Auxiliary to the Order of Scottish Clan meets tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Ahepa hall Pleasant Street Saco. Officers will wear white dresses for inspection Deputy Past Grand President Georgeanna Petrie attends. Committee meeting of Cub Pack 209 tonight at 7 30 p m at K of C hall Washington Street. Installation for Our Lady of Fatima circle Daughters of Isabella at 8 p m tomorrow in St John hall Adams Street Biddeford Guests invited. The Saco Firemen's Auxiliary meets Thursday at 8 p m in Saco fire station.
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Biddeford
Saco
Saco Gar Hall
Royal Stewart
Orde
Ahepa
Pleasant Street
Georgeanna Petrie
K. of C. Hall
Washington Street
Ourdy of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabelis
St. John Hall
Adams Street
Rummage Sale at Saco Street Methodist Church
The E and L club of Saco Street Methodist Church sponsors a rummage sale at the church vestry. It runs Thursday and Friday mornings from 9 o clock to noon, inviting parishioners and the community to browse and buy items.
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E and L Club
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Miss Mickey Yount survives South Carolina crash with dog unharmed
Miss Mickey Yount of Charlotte and three friends were driving east when a black and white hound wandered onto the highway. The car struck the dog, rolled into a ditch, and ended in a wreck with broken windows and a buckled chassis. The girls escaped unharmed and the dog trotted away with a possibly broken tail.
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Pageland
S. C
Mickey Yount
Charlotte
N. C
Miss Yount
Dragonfly Fossil Reveals 250 Million Year Old Giant Wings
Archaeologists uncover a dragonfly fossil dating about 250 million years, featuring wings exceeding two feet in span. The find highlights ancient insect size, suggesting ecosystems supported giant arthropods.
Jessie M Phillips dies at 79 in Kennebunk after long illness
Jessie M Phillips 79 longtime Kennebunk resident and widow of Chauncey D Phillips died Tuesday at a Kennebunk convalescent home after a long illness. She lived at 80 Brown Street and was active in church and community groups receiving a 50 year pin from Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters. Survived by three sons Gordon Warren and Raymond, a daughter Barbara, four brothers and a sister plus a granddaughter. Funeral set for tomorrow at Angell Funeral Home with Rev Chauncey Stuart officiating. burial at Hope Cemetery.
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Jessie M. Phillips
Kennebunk
Chauncey D. Phillips
Brown Street
Limerick
Lewis A
Harriet
Libby) Welch
Ivy Temple
Pythian Sisters
Ken
Macora Moulton
Darlene Righter
Angell Funeral Home
Dane Street
Chauncey Stuart
Kittery
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Hope Cemetery
Funeral services for Gloria Biggerstaff infant of Old Orchard Beach
Funeral services for Gloria Biggerstaff infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Biggerstaff of Old Orchard Beach were held Monday at the Dennett and Craig funeral home in Saco. Rev John Stahl pastor of Washington Avenue Methodist Church Old Orchard Beach officiated. Burial followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Biggerstaff
Guy Biggerstaff
Old Orchard Beach
Dennett and Craig
Saco
John Stahl
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Funeral rites held for teen in Saco accident
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning from Most Holy Trinity church in Saco for Jonathon Young Gagnon, 16, who died in a Sunday auto crash on the Portland road. Rev. Maurice Boland officiated, with burial at Pine Hill cemetery in Dover, New Hampshire.
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Most Holy Trinity Church
Saco
Jonathon Young Gagnon
Portland Road
Maurice Boland
Pine Hill Cemetery
Dover
N. H
Funeral services for Julian Nevico Jr at Washington Avenue Methodist
Funeral services for Julian Nevico Jr will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 from the Washington Avenue Methodist Church in Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Nevico, Jr
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Old Orchard Beach
Gold Price Down In London Amid Cautious Demand
London bullion prices opened at 56.40 dollars an ounce, down 1.40 from Tuesday. A dealer said the decline was a test of market strength and that substantial buying interest remains despite the drop after a frenzied week of speculative buying.
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London
Bogus Bills In Boston Area
Secret Service agents warn of counterfeit S20 bills circulating in the Greater Boston area. They report all are Federal Reserve Bank of New York notes bearing numbers 1147 and 870 on faces. Variations include poor green ink and less distinct engraving.
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Boston
Secret Service
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Amboy Duke Canelestroussky Wears Bold Jacket
John C Mullen a 22 year old Negro gains attention in Baltimore by wearing a blue jacket with his full nickname embroidered on the back in yellow. The feature notes his self-styled moniker Amboy duke canelestroussky and his assertion of no quarrel with the nickname.
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Baltimore
John C Mullen
Amboy Duke Canelestroussky
Weather notes for Portland region with rain likely later
The report shows mostly fair conditions this afternoon with minor temperature changes and 6 to 12 mph westerly to northwesterly winds. Tonight cloud increases and warmer air arrives, with rain likely in Zone 1 by early Thursday morning as winds ease. Thursday remains cloudy with rain and little temperature change, lows in the mid to upper 30s and 40s in listed locales including Portland, Caribou, Eastport, Greenville, Old Town, Rumford, Mt. Washington, Concord, Halifax, and Montreal.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
Man Fined For Passing School Bus Near Old Orchard Beach
George Gendron, 64, of Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach was fined 30 dollars in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice court last night on charges of passing a stopped school bus on Saco Avenue.
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George Gendron
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Trial
Nixon campaigns land in Dayton vies for nation’s top post
Nixon speaks at the Dayton court house before an estimated 20,000 as he argues his Eisenhower administration record qualifies him for the presidency. He plans a New York ticker tape night with Eisenhower, Lodge, Javits, and Keating, aiming to win crucial electoral votes including Ohio and California.
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Dayton
Ohio
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
New York
Henry Cabot Lodge
Jacob M. Javits
Kenneth B. Keating
New York City
Empire State
Harry Truman
Indiana
Minnesota
Strikers Protest Chemetron Wage and Work Condition Dispute
Strikers continue actions against Chemetron over pay, holidays, and conditions. Chemetron makes nitric acid for Searsport area fertilizer plants. Six subcontractor workers accused of assaulting others during preparations for winter shutdown.
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Chemetron
Searsport
Parachute Jump Exemption Tale At St Joseph Draft Board
A county selective service board in St Joseph hears many excuses for lost draft cards. A registrant claimed he could not find his card because he had been parachute jumping and the billfold fell out of his pocket with the card inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
County Selective Service Board
Births at Area Hospitals Show Seventeen New Arrivals
At Webber Hospital and surrounding towns, multiple families announce newborns from October 12 to 24. Parents include Simpson in Old Orchard Beach with Tamara Elizabeth, Bergeron in Biddeford with a daughter, Turner in Old Orchard Beach with Richard Alan, and Irons in West Kennebunk with a son. Additional births cover Haley in Limestone, Skillings in Scarborough, Whitten in Kennebunk, Curil in Biddeford, Woodsome in Limerick, Townsend in Biddeford, York in Gorham, Bragdon in Limerick, La Pointe in Old Orchard Beach, Ducharme in Buxton, Harmon in Scarborough, Monk in Wayne, and Thinney in Thomaston with various newborns and weights. Each entry lists owner addresses and birth weights.
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George H. Simpson
Old Orchard Street
Old Orchard Beach
Tamara Elizabeth
Maurice F. Bergeron
Summer Street
Biddeford
Howard T. Turner
Smith Wheelroad
Richard Alan
Ronald C. Irons
West Kennebunk
Frank L. Haley
Center Avenue
Limerick
Brenda Jean
Earl F. Skillings
Paine Road
Scarborough
Roland A. Whitten
York Street
Kennebunk
William Curil, Jr
Hill Street
Ralph Woodsome
Kimberly Ann
David Townsend
Alfred Street
David Lawrence, Jr
Ira York
Gorham
Matthew Dean
Leroy Bragdon
Wescott Street
Ruth Mildred
John LaPointe
William Clark
Robert Ducharme
Buxton Road
Saco
Elizabeth Mae
Stewart Harmon
Black Point Road
Stewart Norwood, Jr
Lawrence Monk
Wayne Bruce
Ronald Thinney
High _ street
Thomaston
Bruce Kenneth
Unemployment Pay Checks Decrease in Biddeford Maine
The Biddeford area reports 783 residents receiving unemployment compensation, down from 850 a year earlier, per Francis M. Coughlin, manager of the Maine Employment Security office. This marks a three change from the prior week and includes 12 total check exhaustions since October 1.
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Biddeford
Francis M. Coughlin
Maine Employment Security, Commission
Dutremble Buys Local Red and White Store in Biddeford
Urbain Dutremble, at 63 Prospect Street Biddeford, has purchased the Bourgin family Red and White grocery at 32 Main Street, returning to a business his family long ran. The store will be renamed Dutremble's Red and White but retain key staff including Lionel Croteau, Roland Rosse, and Roger Deschene. Dutremble, a 25 year meat cutter and former Dutremble's Nationwide operator, began in business as a Biddeford Journal newsboy.
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Urbain
Ben) Dutremble
Prospect Street
Biddeford
Main Street
Patrick Bourgoin
Bourgoin
Patrick
Ben Dutremble
Dutremble
Emile Paquette
Dutremble Brothers
Crescent Street
Lucien Dutremble
Richard Dutremble
Lionel Croteau
Roland Rosse
Roger Deschene
Biddeford Journal
Iowa Tractor Flags Proposed for Road Safety in Ames
Iowa safety experts at Iowa State University in Ames designed flags and poles to be flown by tractors on highways in hilly areas. State officials will seek legislative support to require their use. The flags aim to help motorists spot slow moving farm vehicles before they reach them.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
Cartwheels Roll in Petersburg Gold Rush Tale
John Vonetes told his wife she could have all the silver dollars from their restaurant theft. Pickings were slim until the 21st North South muzzie loading shoot at Fort Lee, where Mrs. Vonetes said she quit counting after 300 cartwheels rolled in.
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Petersburg
John Vonetes
Fort Lee
Vonetes
Homes Not Like Stores Says Zelina Brunschwig
Zelina Brunschwig and her niece Murray Bartlett urge coordinated furnishings rather than shopping on sale. They advocate a unified color plan, avoiding too many textures, using matching fabrics for sofas and chairs, and adaptable slips covers for changeable looks.
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Associated Press
Zelina Brunschwig
Murray
New York
Bermuda mystery: lawyer Louis Mackessy vanished at sea
UNANSWERED PHONE Elizabeth N J AP Louis T Mackessy listed in directory again this year but no one has answered since 1935. The young lawyer vanished during a Bermuda cruise and was declared legally dead nine years ago. His brother Noel keeps the phone line intact as a precaution.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Louis T. Mackessy
Mackessy
Bermuda
Noel
List Of 57 New Saco Voters Is Made Public
The Board of Registration in Saco released a partial list of 57 new voters registered since the last election, covering Ward 1 and Ward 2. The names include Bernadine C. Allen, Theodore Corneau, Alice Dupuis, Louise Wade, Richard Watson, and many others with street addresses in Saco.
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Saco
Board of Registration
Ward 1
Bernadine C. Allen
Bradley Street
Theman K. Allen
Rachel Ek. Blunt
Buxton Road
Rita J. Chamberlain
Stacy Street
David D Chenard
Garfield Street
Marguerite A. Cloutier
New County Road
Theodore KR. Corneau
Hubbard Street
Alice L. Dupuis
Franklin Street
Germaine C.deschenes
Pepperell Street
Gerard R. Deschenes
Theodore Drouin, Jr
Forest Street
Fred R. Dupre
Maple Street
Albertina A. Emerson
Lincoln Street
Arthur J. Emerson
Jeannine R. Fearon
Louise B. Francis
Allan R. Gilbert
Priscilla L. Gilbert
Nancy Graham
Smutty Lane
William L. Graham
Smut
Ronald N. O'Hern
Simone Paradis
Nye
Donna M.vachon
Loudon
Louise E. Wade
North Street
Richard M. Watson
Robert M. Whelan, Jr
Faith W. Winchester
Boom Road
Arthur Blanchette, Jr
Hearn
Margaret M. Blanchette
Edith M. Blow
Jenkins
Ronald A. Bouter
Union
Keith W. Butler
Main
Mario J. Galante
Hutchins
Beatrice N. Galante
Benjamin R. Grant
Grant
Lumina L. Hebert
Portland
Madeleine A .Kelley
Alice V. Lopez
Lincoln
Fra Marte
Flag Pond
Jean EF. Marte
Flat Pond
Ethel E. Record
Ralph W. Russell
Albert N. Sargent
Moody Street
Edgar C. Spear Jenkins
Nathalie C. Spear Jenkins
Helen N. Vermette
Main Street
Sansoucy Elected President Of Biddeford CD
William Sansoucy was installed as president of the Biddeford Civil Defense and Public Safety association at a combined installation and dinner at the Wonderbar steak house. The new slate lists officers including Clara Ledoux as vice president and Paul Proulx as chaplain, with a full board and finance committee named. City Clerk Ralph Binette conducted the installation and urged uniformed policewomen to assist citywide, thanking Civil Defense for storm duty. Mayor Clement Deschambault and Alden Jacobs spoke.
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Wonderbar
Biddeford
Rita Sevigny
Frances Allen
Margaret Parsons
Libby Remar
Cecile Pyer
Wilfred Perreault
Paul Proulx
Andrew Jacques
Henry Rocray
Reginald Dube
Armand Grebin
Ralph Binette
Clement Deschambault
Alden Jacobs
Chairmen Named for Autumn Parish Fair and Supper
The Ways and Means committee of the Social circle of Second Parish Unitarian church announced chairmen for the autumn supper and fair to be held at the parish house on School Street in Saco. The event opens at 3 p.m. with supper served 5:30 to 7. Miss Lillian Chapin is general chairperson with a full slate of coordinators for dining, decoration, gift and candy tables, and food offerings. Rev. Edward Beal is ticket chairman. A complete committee for each chair will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means
Christine Burnham
George R. Love
Leon Libby
Ernest Pendleton
Howard Shaffer
Perley Perkins
Universalists
Edward Beal
Progress and Past Clash in Washer Firm History
Newton Iowa reports on George Umbreit a washer machine executive noting that in 1959 his firm sold five cranks for a 1919 wringer washer and last year had no piston ring orders for a 1914 engine. The piece also notes Berlin opened over a thousand new restaurants in six years showing a 47 percent rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Iowa
George Umbreit
Umbreit
Berlin
Peterson's Ointment advertised for piles relief
A Buffalo druggist made an ointment forty years ago to ease itching and pain from piles. It offered quick cooling soothing relief and became famous nationwide, sold as a 55 cent box or 85 cent applicator tube with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Peterson
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