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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1962
Page
2
Harlow Brown son of Mr and Mrs Linwood Brown of Saco is a surgical patient at Webber hospital. Mr and Mrs Carl Fancy of 226 South street are spending the weekend at the Griswald hotel in Groton Connecticut.
Members of York County Bar racks and the World War I auxiliary will convene Monday evening at St. John hall at the corner of Main and Elm streets. The Sons of Union Veterans auxiliary plan a Saturday meeting at Biddeford City hall with a pot luck supper to start at 6 30 p.m.
The Junior Bandanas of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday morning. Confessions are scheduled at St Monica in Kemamebunk from 4 to 5 PM and at St Martha in Kensebunk from 4 to 9 and 8 PM. Additional confessions at Mary Church in Wells from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. The First Parish Congregational Church confirms Sunday activities for the Confirmation Class at 5:30 PM and the Senior Pilgrim Fellowship at 6:30 PM.
Stocks opened higher but pared gains by midday with the Associated Press average up 0.4 at 223. Industrials led modest advances while rails slipped. Polaroid IBM and several high priced issues fluctuated, oil and mail order groups rose while steels aircraft metals and drugs dipped. Eight month car sales rose nearly 25 percent from a year ago. Martin Marietta fell slightly after a 50,000 share block crossed the tape.
Edward M Kennedy and Atty Gen Edward McCormack Jr are cited in a debate discussion about the effect of a dual cotton price system. Gordon notes Chicopee Manufacturing Corp. closure cost 400 jobs and Coventry Mill closure adds 400 more in Rhode Island. He argues domestic price supports subsidize cotton on the world market and that U S sales can use nonconvertible local currency.
For ground beef to make burgers the standard mix is one teaspoon salt and one quarter teaspoon pepper per pound of meat. This preparation helps flavor the patties before shaping and cooking.
Robert A. Clark 79 widower of Georgia Williams Clark died yesterday at his Brown street home in Kennebunk. Born December 21, 1882, he was a son of John and Sarah Clark and a retired mill worker. Surviving are six sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Sunday at 2 from Angell Funeral Home with Rev. Fred Holmberg officiating. burial in Hope Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday afternoon and evening.
Members of the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks meet at 7 30 PM at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 945 Main Street Saco for memorial services honoring Carleton A. Yates a lodge member.
Funeral services for Roger A Delage will be held tomorrow at St Andre church at 9 a.m. Friends may call at the San Soucy Funeral Home, Stone Street, Biddeford, today from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Funeral services for Oren B Edwards Jr a prominent civic and political leader from Biddeford were held at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home. Rev James Riddle officiated and burial occurred at Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford with pallbearers Walter Alexander Ralph Goldthwaite Jr Louis Marcille Frederick Small George E Hutchins and Paul Eck.
This afternoon mostly sunny and mild with west to southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight fair with high clouds and not as cold as last night. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer with gentle southwest winds. Temperatures fall to the low 40s and rise to the low to mid 70s.
Teachers night was observed by Annette Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at the Masonic hall in Saco. A donation was given to the Salvation Army and memorial services were held for Hester Waight, Elizabeth Sylvester, and John Sherman. A social program honored teachers with refreshments and entertainment directed by Mrs. Audrey Fogg.
Washington notes from Senator Lister Hill of Alabama and Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma predict the President and Senate will curb textile imports for the rest of the year to aid the domestic industry. Kerr says the escape clause may be limited and imports of textiles and perhaps shoes could be restrained. Hill expects executive action under the peril point law to curb excess imports, with a tariff on cotton goods matching the 82 cents per pound export subsidy. Both see value in the trade bill but seek clearer guidance amid global shifts and competing markets.
The page continuation questions how Soblen evaded discovery of pills during routine searches and how he ingested a large dose while under tight surveillance, leaving gaps in the reported sequence of events and officers’ effectiveness.
Henry B. Brown, 62, of Augusta, died from multiple injuries after falling from a moving car driven by his wife Leona, 57, in Cornville. The incident made Maine the 135th highway fatality of the year, surpassing the previous date record of 133 set in 1936.
Presque Isle AP reports that the Bangor and Aroostook Corporation directors declared the regular quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share on Thursday. The dividends will be payable Oct. 1 to stockholders of record Sept. Pg f
ETV Supervisor commends program CC executives plan the fall Maine Chamber of Commerce meeting. The 1 executive committee met in Portland. Fall gathering at Grand Lake Station September 27 and 28. New England Chamber executives meet October 4 and 5 at Bethel Inn. First Maine host since 1958. Attendees included Clayton Cartmill, George Garrett, and Paul Emerson.
Rep. Camille L. V. Bedard of Saco urged naming the Pepperell Park elementary school after John Fairfield a Maine governor and senator noting his Aroostook War governor terms and Senate service. The council tabled the naming until October after the school committee backed William Pepperell as the alternative.
Stanley Brown Maine supervisor of Educational TV addressed St Andre Parents Friends and Teachers association about television programs for the classroom at a September 24 session. He toured 20 TV sets installed at the school and praised portable 23 inch units as classroom aids. Parish leaders report funds for more sets from the Parish Progress campaign with renovations and classroom tiling planned.
Saco issued two more building permits today bringing the yearly total to 99. James J. O Connor of Glen Haven circle gets a permit to convert a single garage into a 22 by 20 double car garage at an estimated cost of 1200 dollars. Mrs Alice St Onge of Ocean Park road seeks to tear down a 16 by 26 garage.
At the September Fremont Club and Auxiliary meeting held at Alfred Street Hall a public baked bean supper was outlined for September 22. Joeph Plamondon announced a series of whist parties during October starting on the first Sunday. Mrs Isafa Simoneau presided for the auxiliary. A thank you note from Donat Dubois and a special award to Mrs Mabel Bergeron were noted. The next meeting is set for September 20 with social committee members listed. Refreshments were served after the session.
James R. Harris Sr., 24, of 130 Elm Street Saco, received a suspended 30 day York county jail sentence for imprudent driving and one year probation. His license was suspended 10 days. Harris pleaded guilty. Arthur R. Buxton, 39, of Wilmington Mass. pleaded guilty to passing on the right and case continued for sentence.
The property was bought as an investment by new owners who promise forthcoming plans. No sale price was disclosed.
American authorities soft-pedaled a Soviet firing on a U.S. Army sedan in East Germany. About 40 shots were fired at the olive-drab liaison car near Potsdam as it neared a Soviet train. one hit the car, no injuries reported. The incident remained officially unconfirmed, with U.S. spokesmen calling it irresponsible and unrelated to Berlin tensions.
A covered dish supper capped the Camp Ellis Firemen's auxiliary first fall meeting at the fire station. Secretary Marjorie Pendleton and treasurer Mabel Cloudman reported finances, while Laura Robbins announced a hospital card for William Lastman in Portland. Suzanne Gagnon won the mystery award. next week's refreshment committee includes Pendleton and Lemay. Books were audited by Lemay and Lillian Gagnon, with kitchen duties by Robbins Pendleton and Christobel Gagnon.
Western leaders faced a stalemate as the Soviet Union rejected comprehensive and partial test ban options and demanded terms unacceptable to the West. Negotiations seemed unlikely under current positions, with talks constrained to Soviet terms.
Clifford Phillips age 14 of 413 Main Street Biddeford was held overnight at Webber hospital for observation after being dragged 72 feet three inches by a car driven by Marjorie L. Oakes 42 of 9 H271 Street Biddeford Police said Oakes vehicle stopped for traffic at Western Avenue and Main Street then began moving again when a noise was heard under the car trapping the boy and his tricycle. Police technicians George Friary and Raymond Warner investigated. In a second collision at Washington and Jefferson streets Biddeford Leopold Labonte 42 of 23 West Street Biddeford was admitted to Webber hospital for back injuries later transferred to Notre Dame hospital. Armand A. Dion 49 of Webster Massachusetts was driving south on Washington Street when contact occurred at the intersection. Officers Theodore Douin and Lou Poirier investigated.
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