Local Personal News and Hospital Headers Around Biddeford
Mrs Rose Boucher a surgical patient at Notre Dame hospital. Miss Eleanor Regina visited her grandmother in Saco. Roland Lemire a surgical patient at Webber hospital. Mrs Jeanette Lachance a medical patient at Notre Dame hospital. Mrs Melina Reilly a medical patient at Webber hospital. Albert Pettengill a surgical patient at Saco hospital. Mr and Mrs Leo H Lambert and family called to Haverhill by the death of his mother Mrs Julia Lambert. Miss Dariene Berry finishing summer duties and to enter Aroostook State Teachers College with Freshman class. Mrs Evelyn Lemire returned home after funeral services for her sister Mrs Ida Richard in Lawrence Mass. Mr and Mrs Gerald Cordeau and children returned home to Corpus Christi after vacationing here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Boucher
West Greet
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Eleanor Regina
Saco
Roland Lemire
Hill Street
Webber Hospital
Jeanette Lachance
Hills Beach
Melina Reilly
Amherst Street
Albert Pettengill
Maplewood Avenue
Old Orchard
H. Clifford Berry
May Street
Evelyn Lemire
Jefferson Street
Ida Richard
Lawrence Mass
John
Danny
Monelle
Michel
Corpus Christi
Tex
Emil Fortier
Colette
Fall Street
Raymond Cordeau
Paul
Cleaves Street
George Waicken
Gagne R J 51 Hills Beach resident dies at home
Roland Joseph Gagne aged 51 a Hills Beach resident for nine years died suddenly Sunday at his home after years of ill health. A carpenter by trade from Israel P Q he worked at Saco Lowell shops. Survived by widow Yvette Picard Gagne seven sons five daughters four sisters and five brothers. Funeral at St Andre church Wednesday at 9 with viewing at Bolduc Funeral Home Biddeford prior to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Joseph Gagne
Hills Beach
Israel
P. Q
Archille
Georgianna (Begin) Gage
Saco-Lowell
St. Andre Church
Yvette (Picard) Gagne
Normand
Guy Gagne
Methuen
Mass
Donald
Jeo
Patrick
Roger
Dennis
Monrique Sylvestre
Biddeford
Constance
Priscille
Linda
Judy
Adolphe E. Gagne
St. Joseph
St Joseph High Alumnae Plan September Fashion Show
St Joseph High School Alumnae hold a special session Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the school hall to enlist workers and leaders for the September 24 fashion show at St Joseph parish hall. The meeting aims to advance fund raising and committee leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph High School
St. Joseph Parish Hall
Funeral rites for nine month old Timothy Robbins
Funeral services were held for Timothy Robbins nine months old son of Mr and Mrs William Robbins at Emond funeral home on Saturday Rev Cornelius Enright officiated at the service and burial followed in St Joseph cemetery The bear er was Martin Gonthier god father of the child and out of town relatives from Oakland and Hartford attended including Mr and Mrs A M Robbins Miss June Robbins Mr and Mrs Chet Robbins and Mr and Mrs William Gill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Robbins
William Robbins
Emery Street
Biddeford
Emond Funeral Home
Cornelius Enright
St. Mary Church
Office of the Angels
Martin Gonthier
St. Joseph
A. M. Robbins
June Robbins
Chet Robbins
Oakland
William Gill
Hartford
Conn
Funeral services for Ralph Hampton Dearborn in Saco
Funeral services were held Saturday for Ralph Hampton Dearborn a Saco resident and retired confectionery salesman from Dennett and Craig funeral home. Rev H Lewis Cutler officiated at the Second Congregational church and burial followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery with bearers Carleton Davis Joseph Hannaford Alfred Bradford and Arnold Calderwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hampton Dearborn
Saco
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
H. Lewis Cutler
Iddeford
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Carleton Davis
Joseph Hannaford
Alfred Bradford
Arnold Calderwood
Brown Rites Held for J. S. Brown of Biddeford
Jesse S Brown 56 of 145 Main Street Biddeford died Saturday. Born Limerick August 6 1905 he was a son of Marshall W and Fannie Allen Brown. He worked at Portsmouth Navy Yard 10 years. Survived by daughter Frances May and three sons Donald J Roger A and Frank, a sister Minnie Adams and brother Charles C. Brown. Funeral Wednesday at 10 from Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford with Rev Morley J. Burost officiating. Burial in family lot at Limerick. Calling hours 2–4 and 7–9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Stover Brown
Main Street
Biddeford
Limerick
Marshall W
Fannie
Allen) Brown
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Frances May Brown
Sanford
Donald J. Brown
U. S. Navy
Camp May
N. J
Roger A. Brown
Frank Brown
South Windham
Minnie Adams
Charles C. Brown
East Lebanon
Sansoucy
Stone Street
Morley J. Burost
Miss Angela May Morgan Dies at Ferry Beach
Angela Morgan, summers at Ferry Beach for years and resident of Montreal, died Saturday evening at her summer home. Born in Usk, South Wales, she was the daughter of William and Emma Morgan. Survived by two sisters in Montreal, a niece in Pittsburgh, and two nephews in Hamilton and Baltimore. Local arrangements by Dennett and Craig, Saco, who also arranged transport to Montreal.
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Angela May Morgan
Ferry Beach
Montreal
D. A. Collins Chapel
Usk
South Wales
William and
Emma (Price) Morgan
Winifred Edith Morgan
Bertha Ann Morgan
Dorothy May
Morgan
Pittsburgh
Clifford W. Morgan
Hamilton, Ont
Russell H. Morgan
Baltimore
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Saco
Funeral services for Daniel J Buckley at St Mary Church
Funeral services for Daniel J Buckley were held Monday morning at St Mary church with a requiem high mass celebrated by Rev Cornelius Enright. Burial followed in St Mary cemetery with prayers by Rev Coleman OToole. Bearers included Raymond Buckley John Sevigny Francis Sevigny Leo Montpas and Raoul Roy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Buckley
St. Mary Church
Cornelius Enright
William Cleary
Elizabeth Seide
St. Mary Cemetery
Coleman O'Toole
Raymond Buckley
John Sevigny
Francis Sevigny
Leo Montpas
Raoul Roy
Funeral for Mrs. Alphonsine Laliberte is Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Alphonsine Laliberte formerly of 59 High Street Biddeford were held at St Andre church. High mass was celebrated by Rt Rev Msgr Aime Giguere with deacon Rev Robert T Martel and subdeacon Rev Gerard J Parent. Ongoing prayers and committal followed at St Joseph cemetery with Ste Anne Sodelity members as honorary bearers. Out of town relatives attended from Quebec and Farmington New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonsine Laliberte
Joseph
Tardif
Ernest Nolette
Joseph Lefebvre
Henri Bourque
St. Joseph
Parent
Ste. Anne
Ballots Arrive For October Referendum In Maine
Ballots for a statewide October referendum arrived at Saco City Hall. The two referendum questions seek a six million dollar bond issue for state highways and self liquidating student housing at state teachers colleges. The two constitutional amendments relate to the Maine State retirement system and the issuance of notes or bonds by municipalities for industrial building construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco City Hall
Maine
Portland Weather Outlook and Temps District Wide
This afternoon in Portland and coastal zones expect sunny skies and very warm conditions with variable winds and sea breezes along the coast. Tonight will be fair and slightly cooler with gentle variable winds. Wednesday trends show fair and warm weather with afternoon sea breezes and variable winds. Zone 1 highs this afternoon reach the upper 80s with tonight’s lows around the 60s. overnight lows include Caribou 65 Eastport 55 Greenville 66 Old Town 66 Rumford 66 Portland 63 Mr Washington 55 Concord 67 Halifax 61 Montreal 68.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mr. Washington
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
Woman Cleared in Biddeford Assault Case
A Biddeford woman, Evelyn L. Berube, 52, was found innocent of assault in municipal court in a neighbor squabble. The charge was brought by Dolores Perreault, 17, of Biddeford.
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Biddeford
Simon Spill
Spill
Evelyn L. Berube
Pike Street
Dolores Perreault
William R. Mathew
Pawling
Sherwood K. Baston
James B. Lank
Kennebunk
Hollis Dixon
Traffic Cases Heard In Saco Court Today
In Saco Municipal Court this morning Associate Judge William F. Wilson Jr. found Harry B. Crockett II not guilty of driving to endanger on Seaside Avenue. Maurice A. Sayer paid a $10 fine for passing a ston sign at Temple and Spring streets. Richard R. Chevalier was fined 10 for speeding 70 in a 55 mph zone and 10 for illegal liquor possession. John R. Bonar was fined 100 for driving under the influence on the Maine Turnpike. Frank F. Wells Jr. paid 20 for speeding 9 mph in a ce zone on the Maine Turnpike.
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Harry B. Crockett
Chelmsford
Mass
Seaside Avenue
Saco
William F. Wilson, Jr
Charles W. Smith
Crockett
Maurice A. Sayer
King Street
Biddeford
Temple
Spring Streets
Sace
Richard R. Chevalier
Sanford
Route 111
John R. Bonar
Lynn
Wilson
Maine
Frank FE. Wells, Jr
Elm Grove
W. Va
Ivory Lord 69 World War veteran dies in Waterboro
Ivory Lord a retired Air Force major and wholesale lumber dealer in New England died suddenly Sunday morning at his Waterboro home where he had lived since 1946. He served in both World Wars and was a charter member of Owen-Davis American Legion post Saco. Funeral services were held today at Carll funeral home Springvale.
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Ivory Lord
New England
Waterboro
Armed Services
Frank
Jane M. Lord
Cleveland — Street
Saco
May
Lord
Owen-Davis American Legion Post
Knights Templar
Juanita Guptill Lord
Leonard Lord
Middletown
Church notes sweep across local schedules
The Christian Science society in Saco and multiple churches in Kennebunkport Biddeford Wells and Goodwins Mills publish midweek services prayer meetings and choir rehearsals. A WSCS Foss Street Methodist annual banquet is slated for tomorrow evening at 6 at Cascade Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
Advent Christian Church
WSCS
Foss Street Methodist Church
Biddeford
Local Birth Announcements From Biddeford and Nearby Towns
A series of birth notices lists new arrivals for families in Arundel Biddeford Saco Limerick Buxton Topsham and Brunswick. Babies include Vic George Richard Alan Richard Donald Suzanne Marie David Paul Brenda Jean David Brian David Donald Linda Jean Peter Eugene and Paul Edward with weights from four pounds eleven ounces to eight pounds four ounces and dates August 19 to August 28. Authorities note the Gaudette birth occurred at Pawtucket Memorial hospital and mention guardians and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Williamson
Arundel
Vic George
Aime H. Lamontagne
Main Street
Biddeford
Richard Alan
Raymond R. Daigle
Summer Street
Richard Donald
Paul S. Laroche
Irving Street
Saco
David Paul
Richard P. Boutet
Biddeford Pool
Suzanne Marie
Joseph D. Gagne
Williams Court
Dennis Michael
Robert Townsend, Jr
Mt. Vernon Street
James Hill
Jdr
Limerick
Brenda Jean
Robert Boyd
Limington
David Brian
Donald Andrews
Fortunes Rocks
David Donald
Earl Allen
Buxton
Linda Jean
Eugene Gaudette
Lincoln
R. 1
Pawtucket Memorial Hospital
Gaudette
Mary Stebbins
Walter Stebbins
Joseph Molnar
Route 196
Topsham
Peter Eugene
Paul Edward
Regional Memorial Hospital
Brunswick
Molnar
Patricia Ann Belanger
Cars Collide On Slippery Biddeford Street
Two cars collided Sunday near South and Elm streets in Biddeford as wet streets reduced traction. Roger Barache aged 22 of 30 West Street Biddeford and Albert Gagnon aged 54 of Springvale were involved. Barache’s car sustained heavy front-end damage.
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South
Elm Streets
Biddeford
Roger Barache
West Street
Albert Gagnon
Springvale
Barabe
Area Students Bound For College
Students from Butler's department store area depart for college after summer work. Miss Jane Fenderson heads to Mount Holyoke College, Ralph Bean to Gorham State Teachers College, Elizabeth Skillings to Northeastern Business College, Suzanne Poirier to Rivier College, Susan Gibson to Marietta College, Richard Boissonneault to Wentworth Institute, Charles White to Colby College. Attending University of Maine are Bonnie Roberts Harmon Woodman Peter Gordon and Monique Plante.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler's Department Store
Biddeford
Jane Fenderson
Saco
Mt. Holyoke College
Ralph Bean
Gorham State Teachers College
Elizabeth Skillings
Old Orchard Beach
Northeastern Business College
Suzanne Poirier
Rivier College
N. H
Susan Gibson
Marietta College
Ohio
Richard Boissonneault
Wentworth Institute
Charles White
Sevo
Colby College
University of Maine
Bonnie Roberts
Harmon Woodman
Peter Gordon
Monique Plante
Petty Thief Strikes Saco Gift Shop Before Christmas
Police report a break in at Ann and Kay's Gift Shop on Portland Road in Saco. Entry was gained by breaking a side window and items valued at five dollars were stolen including two address books and three boxes of Christmas cards. The case remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann and Kay
Portland Road
Saco
Beach School Announces 49-Staff Teaching Lineup
Old Orchard Beach will employ 49 teachers for the coming year under Dr. Frank Lawler. The list includes principals, language, science, math, and specialist staff across Beach, Jameson, and Newman Bagley elementary levels with names such as Myrna Neison, Miss O’Conour, and Mrs. Taylor among several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Frank Lawler
Old Orchard Beach High School
Herbert Bean
Frank Daley
Evelyn Belanger
Adele Holmes
Richard Plaisted
Elizabeth Drake
John McSweeney
Agnes Murphy
Gordon Haskel
Pauline Howlett
Loyola Celley
Hazel Armstrong
Mary Brady
Margaret Simpson
Barbara Flanagan
Constance Bean
Florence Clark
Dorothy Jonson
Lois Martin
Gertrude Thompson
Genevra Violette
Dorothy Wilson
Adelaide Calley
Grace Taylor
Ariene Lawler
New England Federations Convene at Swampscott
The New England Conference of State Federations of Womens clubs hosts its state convention at the New Ocean House in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The meeting runs Monday September 11 through Wednesday September 13 starting at 10 a.m. Each club member may attend with reservations due by September 8. Mrs Brandford Cushman of Portland will be elected president for 1961 to 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Conference of State Federations of Womens Club
New Ocean House
Swampscott
Mass
Brandford Cushman
Portland
American spy case cited in Soviet charges against U S student
Tass reports Makkinen, a West Berlin University student, recruited by U S agencies and sent to the Soviet Union to gather intelligence. He traveled through Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Ukraine photographing defenses and noting details. A body belt held films and records seized at arrest. Kaminsky of Edwardsville faced seven years for spying near a forbidden border area.
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Tass
Makkinen
West Berlin University
U.S
Soviet Union
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Makinen
Mark I. Kaminsky
Edwardsville
Mich
Army Engineer To Inspect Collapsed Biddeford Seawall
Army Corps of Engineers will inspect the collapsed seawall off White's Wharf in Biddeford tomorrow afternoon. City Clerk Ralph Binette says engineers will advise on preventing further earth slides and wall collapse. Mrs. Oscar Dubois, owner of the threatened building, has considered evacuation but not yet moved.
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Aus
Army Corps of Engineers
White's Wharf
Biddeford
Ralph Binette
Civil Defense
Binette
Oscar Dubois
Retrial Ordered In Maine Land Damage Case
A re trial is ordered in a land damage suit by Mr and Mrs Allan J Melnnis against the State Highway Department over Route 5 near Saco The move follows a juror’s undisclosed 1950 settlement with the state Judge Armand J Dufresne Jr cites potential bias and orders a retrial to occur in the fall The Melinnises seek 4500 damages after a prior award of 1800 by a joint board and York County Superior Court traversing jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan J. Melnnis
New County Road
Saco
Atty
Simon Spill
MelInnises
State
Laward
York County
Traverse Jury
Maine
Highway Commission
Armand J. Dufresne, Jr
New Squadron Opens With Many Vacancies
The 9123rd Air Force Reserve Recovery squadron reports 69 members joined since July 1 but many key posts remain open. Lt. Col. Bernard Cohen of Biddeford says skilled firemen air policemen radio operators construction equipment operators and administrative specialists are urgently needed. Prior military service is welcome. The unit plans to operate from Portland Municipal Airport as its future training duty station for national emergencies.
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9123Rd Air Force Reserve Recovery Squadron
Bernard Cohen
Biddeford
Cohen
Portland Municipal
Questions Arise Over Reapportionment Act Errors
The secretary of state faced queries on inconsistencies in the reapportionment act naming Willimantic and Topsfield as unorganized towns though they are organized towns. Officials discussed if these errors affect election law applications and whether correction is possible outside legislative amendment after the act passed.
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Edgar
Willimantic
Topsfield
Secretary of State
Legislative Committee
Stock Market Edges Higher Amid Irregular Activity
New York prices showed a steadier tone with the Associated Press average up 0.50 at 256.00 at noon. Industrials and utilities rose modestly while big three motor shares edged lower and a broad set of issues attracted speculative buying. Zenith extended gains above 3 points, with Boeing GE and Brunswick each about a point higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Rails
Zenith
Boeing
General Electric
Brunswick
Saco announces 60 member teaching staff for elementary schools
The Saco schools list a teaching staff of 60 for elementary grades, an increase of three from last year. Dr. Frank Lawler, superintendent, names staff across multiple schools including Bonython Young Burns Locke and Jordan with roles in grades 1 through 8 and subjects such as music art home economics and physical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Frank Lawler
Linwood Allen
Irene Anagnostis
Bonython
Marshall Bean
Young
Lenora Berry
Sweetser
William Bogas
Burns
Nancy Boothby
Phyliss Borden
Althea Carson
Mabel Fanning
Geraldine Fenderson
Helen Finn
Jordan
Bernice Foye
Dorothy Frizzle
William Finch
Virginia Gay
Velma Gibbs
Health maintained by noted doctor stressed at conference
Dr. Paul Dudley White urged national health program focusing on disciplined eating and vigorous exercise from youth to adulthood. He warned overnutrition as a danger and linked obesity with later heart risks, stressing regular exercise to prevent artery rusting and later illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Becket
Mass
Joneses
Paul Dudley White
Kennedy
New England Area Council
YMCA
White
Straiga
Ambulance Fund Drive Extended at Old Orchard Beach
Town Manager Percival Wardwell announced the ambulance fund drive at Old Orchard Beach has been extended to the end of the week. He said the drive is going well but ongoing due to many residents not contributing yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Percival Wardwell
Wardwell
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Roland J. Gagne
West Biddeford
Little League
Green Lantern Club
Green Street
Fred S. Gurney Corps
Captain's
Cape Porpoise
GAR
Notre Dame Council
Union St. John the Baptist
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Owen-Davis
American Legion
Post
Beach Street
Baco
Council
Ste. Therese
St. John Hall
Adams Street
Ralph H. Dearborn
Joseph W. Haley
Wes
Nia Annante
Mfg
Vermont Monumental Works
Elm ST
Tel
Atlantic
W. J. Provost
Scarborough
Dial Tucker
L. R. Joncas
Dial
Wellington
Jesse S. Brown
Angela Morgan
Journal
Ivory
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Reading Room
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Kennebunk Lower Village
Full Gospel
Route 9-A
Wells
Webber
Saco Hospital
Biddeford- Saco
Beach
NE Womens Clubs
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Granite Street
Bertrand Smart
Washington Street
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Central Avenue
Armand Belair
Saco Schools
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Sarai Haines
Benjamin Hall
Ernest Harmon
Ruby Hannaford
Martha Herrin
Ethelyn Hill
Barbara Hooper
Ruth Hussey
Locke
Paulette Ingalls
Thelma Kallock
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Donald Libby
Hilda Libby
Robert Moody
Louise McCain
Mary McLaughlin
Sylvia Nickles French
Pauline Peacock
Pauline Pollock
Carleton Robbins
Burns and
Ethel Rodgers
Edwin Russell
la Russel
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Carla
Miami
Fla
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Caribbean
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Tiros
Swan Island
Miami Weather Bureau
Gulf of Honduras
British Honduras
Dennett & Craig, Inc
Saco, Maine
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