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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1964
Page
2
Miss Carol Ladakakos of Ocean Side Drive Kinney Shores Saco a UNH sophomore completed the second semester with highest honors and made the Dean's List.
The Past Presidents of Fred S. Gurney Women's Relief Corps will meet at GAR Hall Saco at 6 p m Sept 9 to attend dinner at the Carriage and Mrs Ruth Willey Pleasant Street Saco Luke E Hart Council Knights of Columbus will confer the degree at 11 a m Sunday at the hall on Washington Street Biddeford Members of Our Lady of Victory Circle will meet at 2 p m Sunday in the Fremont Club Alf Street Biddeford to make for a migrimage on
Confessions will be heard at St Martha s Church Kennebunk port Saturday from 4 5 and 7 8 p m Confessions at St Monica s Church Kennebunk Sunday before each mass St Mary s Church Wells Beach Saturday 4 5 p m All Saints Church Ogunquit Saturday 4 5 p m Junior Band and songsters of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 9 a.m.
Phoenix officials report that a planned crash test of a four engine airliner achieved 80 to 95 percent survivability. The unmanned craft hit the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport at 119 mph, shedding landing gear and tearing wings but leaving the fuselage largely intact. Data will guide safer crash design.
Putnam and Vaughan join Bowdoin College seniors in the inaugural Senior Center Program starting Sept 23. They will live, dine, and study in a new facility designed to foster intellectual growth as Bowdoin expands enrollment by 20 percent and adds a new library a gymnasium and an extension to the Student Union.
Augusta AP report notes Dr Clyde I Swett of Island Falls resigns after seven years leading Maine health mobilization civil defense. Gov John H Reed praised his work and awarded him. Swett produced a Civil Defense hospital manual copied nationwide and edited a nine 50 minute medical self help course used in Maine high schools.
Alkali Co. postponed a $10 million caustic soda chlorine plant project at Veazie Maine, Marketing Director Henry B Clarke said on Thursday there was not enough demand to justify proceeding.
Marie Landry 78 of 14 Pleasant St. Lewiston died in a Lewiston nursing home Wednesday morning. Born April 22 1886 in St Mathieu Quebec she was daughter of Denis and Dorothy Fournier. She belonged to St John s Church Daughters of Isabelle Club des Missions IOOF and Tiers Ordre de Marie Landry is survived by her widow Antonio Landry two sisters Victoria Leclair and Alphonsine Gendron and one brother Joseph Fournier Funeral services at Albert Funeral Home 9 am tomorrow with a requiem high mass at St Peter s and St Paul s Church 10 am Friends may call today 2-4 and 7-9 pm at the funeral home.
Eleven people died in three Massachusetts highway crashes within 15 hours. In Alford, a car carrying six teenagers after midnight split in two, killing five and badly injuring a sixth. In Peabody, a family station wagon with four children and parents collided with a trailer truck on Route One, bursting into flames. four children died and the parents plus one son were injured. In North Dartmouth, two Fall River men perished when their car and a truck collided on the way to Otis Air Force Base in Falmouth.
In quiet early trading on the New York market ahead of Labor Day, autos held firm near a strike deadline while steels rubbers and several sectors inched higher. The Associated Press average rose 0.2 to 317.5 with industrials up 0.5 and Dow Jones up 1.35 to 847.37.
Area reports growth in population with a net rise of one person every 11 seconds while noting paper and pulp mills nearby and that an option on a Penobscot River plant site was not renewed.
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with showers and a few afternoon thunder showers ending at dawn. Northwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph later Saturday, temperatures in the upper 60s today and upper 50s tonight, then mostly sunny and warmer Saturday.
A Biddeford Pool woman, 53, Mrs Yvonne H Gagne, was injured after her car on Main Street Saco struck a vehicle owned by William M Munster of Portland, then hit a sidewalk and a parking meter. A passenger, Madeline Gagne, 17, was treated and released. Damages were 300 and 200 dollars respectively.
Crystal Morrill five month old daughter of Mrs Bettyann Morrill was treated and released at Webber Hospital after a Saco Avenue crash. Mrs Morrill 20 of 372 Grove Ave said she lost control while removing a hornet that flew in the window and landed on Robin another daughter. The car struck guard rails causing about 350 dollars in damages with no other injuries reported.
Syracuse University football, after eight wins in ten games last fall, schedules hard tests on October 31 against Pitt and November 7 against Army in Yankee Stadium. The Orange also faces Boston College Kansas Holy Cross UCLA Penn State VPI West Virginia and Virginia Tech for the first time. Kansas beat Syracuse 10-0 and Pitt won 35-27 last year.
A nine year old Saco boy was taken to Webber Hospital in Biddeford after losing balance on a bicycle, hitting his head on a curb. Stephen Nichols of 58 Beach St. fell from the handlebars while riding with Michael Gifun. police were notified by Mrs. S Pat Adams of 42 Saco Ave. The boy walked into her house for help and was later transported by police. Hospital reports his condition as good.
Grafton Lumber Co's fire was investigated by Fire Chief Arthur King and state authorities after a blaze near the kilns broke out just before 7 p.m. and burned for hours. Damages are undetermined, with production expected to resume partially by Tuesday and fully within weeks, while the cause remains undetermined.
Three boys John Huces and Bruce and Robert Colman found a sick fox on Buxton Road and moved it to the Colman home where it died yesterday. Rabies tests were begun on the carcass but were incomplete as authorities awaited lab results. The cause of the animal’s death and whether a scratch on Huces’s bow caused an injury remain under investigation.
Monticello Kentucky AP reports the Monticello Danville High School basketball game began late after official scorer Johnny was found accidentally locked in the coaches office for nearly an hour.
Advice column for teen girls on handling relationship strain and dating strategies. Notes that taking a temporary break can help, emphasizes weighing good versus bad traits, and suggests inviting a promising potential date to casual social events to build familiarity without obvious crush signals.
At 4 40 p m yesterday firemen answered a call from the observation tower at Ossipee Hill Waterboro about four woods fires thought to be on the old Blue Point Road in Pine Point A check showed the location on the lower Ross Road in Scarborough.
At the Alfred intersection of Routes 1202 4 and 112 a sedan with a loaded trailer collided. West Boxford residents Ruth Morin 59 and Annie Belle Richardson 54 were hospitalized in fair and good condition respectively for facial lacerations head injuries and a broken ankle and nose. Truck driver Joseph Latulippe 22 Winthrop said he could not stop and the Steel Services Center Lewiston truck carried steel beams. An earlier head on crash involved two sedans and a truck van with driver Frederick Gabriel 56 Beverly seriously injured.
A collision between a 1954 truck and a turning car at George Street and Pool Street Biddeford led to extensive vehicle damage. Police identified the truck driver as Gerard P Landry 43 of 60 Harding Street and the car driver as Robert G Therrien 30 of 40 Clifford Street. No injuries were reported. Two additional minor accidents were logged by police yesterday.
Sanford district court heard pleas from Wells and Sanford youths for larceny of tires and wheels owned by George Huard. Lercy Pelchat 19 of Wells pleaded guilty and was fined $25 or 15 days. Robert Brin 21 and Dennis Morrison 18 of Sanford also pleaded guilty and received similar fines or jail time.
Two men appeared before Trial Justice Wesley M Menerves an in Trial Justice Court and appealed to the Superior Court in Al Scott A Smith 2 of Buxton Road Saco pleaded guilty to reckless driving and leaving the scene and was fined 100 Edward Johnson 26 of 129 Union Ave pleaded guilty to operating under the influence and was fined Also appearing yesterday was Marilon Jeanne Twomey 19 of West Scarborough who pleaded guilty to speeding 6 mph in a 45 mph zone and was fined 20 Old Orchard Beach police were complainants in all the cases.
Former Republican Congressman Peter A. Garland and ex-mayor of Saco rested at home after a virus illness. He became dehydrated with an intestinal ailment, was hospitalized in Biddeford for two days, and transferred to a Boston diagnostic clinic. Saco offices closed for a sanitation period. Assessors open 9 to noon. City Hall Saturday hours set 9 to noon starting Sept. 12.
International headlines report Chilean Communists confident of winning the presidential election and moving to nationalize U S owned coal mines. South Viet Nam faces government turmoil as Defense Minister Tran Thien resigns from the generals' ruling trio. Malaysia readies for a possible clash with Indonesia. A badge of risk surrounds the Panguingue card game fad in Southern California. Chemists announce a saliva substance linked to tartar formation and potential gum irritation prevention.
Biddeford firefighters responded to two calls yesterday including a blaze in the blower system at Westland Shoe Co. on Smith Street. The fire was contained to the vented widerground and subdued with the aid of a booster line.
Police arrested Duna way wearing an American Nazi party armband as Rep. Richard Schord, D Mo, adjourned the House session and postponed Salter's appearance. A year earlier student travelers clashed with officials. this time they wore quiet conservative dress and followed orderly instructions.
A strange note describes African beliefs that placing strands of hair and nails from an ill person into a tree signals recovery if the tree thrives. The second item offers a venting tip for clean ovens, suggesting burn residue be scrubbed away with fine sandpaper.
Annette Chapter members accepted invitations during a session at Sonic Hall on Main Street in Saco. A grand family night invitation came from Abenaki Chapter in Winthrop. Ruth Seward announced guest duties for Chaplains Night at several chapters including Madonna in Portland Martha's Night in Sanford Clover Chapter in Sanford Iona Chapter in Portland and Adah Charter in Biddeford. Irene Pendleton chaired the meeting and announced Master Masons Night for Sept. 17 with note of thanks from Mr. and Mrs. John Kennedy. Refreshments followed with William Kimball in charge.
Old Orchard Beach youth Nathan Hall aged 20 had charges dismissed by Justice William Silsby of the York County Superior Court. Hall had appealed a lower court sentence of a $50 fine and 30 days in jail from the Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice Court. The warrant alleged he operated a car on Staples Street without a license owner’s consent and in an imprudent manner.
Chairman Wendell Willett announced a meeting of the newly formed Citizens Advisory Committee next Tuesday at 7 p.m. The group will assess departmental needs and study the Capital Improvements referendum and will present a report to the city council on September 14.
Saco firefighters were called yesterday to rescue an unidentified boy stranded on the stone tower at Pepperell Park.
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