Local personals note multiple area residents
Mrs Yvonne Pelletier of Pearl Street Biddeford attended the Beauty Clinic at Poland Spring. Edward R Verge of 17 Ross Road Kennebunk has completed electronics training and earned a diploma in television and radio servicing from DeVry Technical Institute Chicago. Miss Carol Mae Black of 36 King Street Saco and Miss Christina Moulton of Saco are among seven new students registered for classes at Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Pelletier
Pearl Street
Biddeford
Poland Spring
Edward R. Verge
Ross Road
Kennebunk
DeVry Technical Institute of Chicago
Ill
Carol Mae Black
King St
Saco
Christina Moulton
Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Lewiston
Scout Pack 310 Meets at AM VETS Post Home
A Cub Scout Pack 310 gathering is set for Tuesday September 24 at 7 p m at the AM VETS Post Home Saco The Evangeline Rebekah Lodge holds an officers election and penny social at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Alfred Street Pall Biddeford The Webber Hospital Alumni Association meets at 7 30 p m Monday at the Nurses Residence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scouts
Pack
Amvets
Saco
Evangeline Rebekah Lodge
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital Alumni Association
Community church notes and confessions schedule
The Junior Bandana singers of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 0 p m. Confessions will be heard at St Monica church Kennebunk from 4 to 5 p m. At St Martha church Kennnebunk port confessions run 4 to 7 p m and 7 to 8 p m Saturday. St Mary church Wells hosts confessions Saturday 2 30 to 3 30 p m. Goodwins Mills Methodist Youth group meets 6 p m Sunday in the social house. Sunday and Monday training sessions for church school workers at 7 30 p m in First Congregational Saco. Parents invited to learn about the new United Church curriculum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandana Soongsters
Saco Salvation Army
St Monica Church
Kennebunk
St. Martha Church
Kennnebunkport
St. Mary Church
Wells
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
Sharon Attleson
First
Saco Rear-End Collision at Elm and North Streets
A rear-end crash at 8:30 AM at Elm and North Streets in Saco left no injuries. Pauline Zimnicki, 39, of 69 Temple Street, Stopped for a red light. Wendall Blanchard, 32, of Portland, failed to stop, hitting Zimnicki’s car. Damages were about $131 for Blanchard and $25 for Zimnicki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm
North Streets
Saco
Pauline Zimnicki
Temple St
Wendall A. Blanchard
Portland
Blanchard
Zimnicki
Death of Charles F Leach 58 Biddeford local leader
Charles F Leach of 35 Round Hill Street Biddeford died after a long illness in the afternoon. Born February 2 1905 in Kennebunkport he was a Peppermill Manufacturing Company foreman and active in local organizations including the United Church of Christ Dunlap Lodge Adah Chapter the York County Fish and Game Association and the Biddeford Parent Teacher Association. Survivors include his widow two sons his parents three sisters two brothers and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the United Church of Christ Biddeford with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Friends may call today 4-7 and 7-9 p.m. at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Leach
Round Hill St
Biddeford
Kennebunkport
Eugene
Alice Boston Leach
Pepperell Mfg. C
Leach
United Church of Christ
White Congregational
Dunlap Lodge
Adah Chapter Ofs
York County
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Saco
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Wilhelmina Howe dies at 82 in Portland area
Wilhelmina Aura Howe 82 a former Schenectady resident died in a Portland hospital. Widow of Howard B. Howe she was born July 21 1881 to John and Aura Woodbury. Survived by two sons Dwight V. Howe Kennebunk and Carl F. Howe Schenectady one daughter Mrs Wilma Russell Cambridge Mass seven grandchildren six great grandchildren two great great grandchildren. Services are at Angell Funeral Home Saturday at 1 30 pm with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Wilhelmina Aura Howe
Schenectady
N. Y
Portland
Howard B. Howe
John
Aura O'Connor
Woodbury
Free Christian Union Society Church
Kennebunk Landing
Dwight V. Howe
Carl F. Howe
N.Y
Wilma Russell
Cambridge
Mass
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Evergreen Cemetery
Death notice of Amable Labranche former Biddeford resident
Amable Labranche, about 64, formerly of Biddeford, died in Augusta where he had lived for 30 years. He worked at Bates Mfg Co in Saco and was a local taxi driver. Survivors include son Leo Paul of Augusta, brother Henry Labranche of Lawrence Massachusetts, sister Mrs Camille A Cushner of Massachusetts, and grandchildren. Services Monday at 9 in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amable Labranche
Biddeford
Augusta
Bates Mfg. Co
Saco
Leo Paul
Henry Labranche
Lawrence
Mass
Camille A. Acushner
Kennedy Urges Peace through Expanded Cooperation and UN Role
President Kennedy outlined a path from the recent pause to broader East West cooperation. He stressed preventing nuclear conflict through better weapons of peace, and proposed UN expansion including a world health center, regional medical hubs, a global satellite system, and worldwide conservation and food distribution efforts. Delegates viewed his speech as easing tensions and worthy of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Assembly Hall
Widow of World War I veteran Fraser dies at 70 in Biddeford
Donald L. Fraser 70 of 291 Pool Road Biddeford died suddenly at home yesterday afternoon. Born in Brewer April 7 1893 he worked 46 years in the railway mail service in Portland retiring as terminals manager. A World War I veteran he held many lodge and temple titles and was vice president of Pine Street Loan and Building Association. Survived by Lena Holt Fraser a brother Ralph A Fraser a niece Mrs Gerald Hayes and two cousins. Funeral at The United Church of Christ White Congregational Biddeford at 2 p m Sunday. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call at his home tomorrow afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Fraser
Pool Road
Biddeford
Brewer
Archie
Bessie (Libbey) Fraser
Portland
Terminals
Kora Temple Shrine
Rising Sun Lodge
AM Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
St. Alban's Commandery
Greenleaf Grand Royal Arch
Portland Council
Pine Street Loan and Building Association of
Maine
United Church of Christ (White Congregational
Lena ‘Holt Frazer
Ralph A. Frazer
Gerald Hayes
United Church of Christ White Congregational
Woodlawn Cemetery
Biddeford Students To Attend Clinic
Biddeford High School students under Miss Rozanne Perreault will attend a discussion and debate clinic at Cheverus High School in Portland Saturday. The panel topic is the role of the Federal Government in medical care for the aged, moderated by J. Weston Walch. Students include Elizabeth Cookson Susan Nelson Carol Sevigny David Faulkner Agatha Patane Patricia Griffin Margaret Merrill Philip Morand Elizabeth Ready Robert Callahan David Flavin Sharon Bergeron Paula Barnes Diane Demers Cary Sneider Harvey Lemovitz Sharon Wigley Joan Jacques Diane Wagner and Raymond Abbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford High School
Rozanne Perreault
Cheverus High School
Portland
J. Weston Walch
Biddeford High
Elizabeth Cookson
Your Journal Classified Ad Reaches Readers Daily
A classified ad in the journal reaches over 30,000 readers per day, delivering concise commercial notices and small listings to a broad audience. This daily reach highlights the impact of local ads on commerce and community awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Your Journal
Portlant Fair Forecast: Cool and Cloudy With Showers Likely
The forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with cool temperatures. Today highs in the low to mid 60s and tonight lows in the low to mid 40s. Northerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday remains cool with possible showers late, easterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Sunday: fair to partly cloudy and cool.
Volunteers Sandbag A Levee Near Port Acres Holdback Flood
Volunteers tamped down weak spots along a leaky levee as heavy rains from hurricane Cindy kept water high in the Neches River tributary. Officials reported flood losses in Jefferson County at about 9.29 million dollars with 9,000 homes damaged across Beaumont Port Arthur and Orange, while Orange County sought disaster-area status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Port Acres
Orange County
Civil Defense Council
Jefferson County
Port Arthur
Sid Caillavet
Orange
Neches
Red Cross
Awning Fire Fought at Biddeford Furniture Store
Fire crews from Biddeford Central Fire Station responded to a blaze at Jacob Filler Furniture Store at 159 Elm Street. The fire started in a window awning and spread to the window frame. Recall was issued at 8 22 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Central
Jacob Filler
Elm St
Funeral services for Biddeford fire chief Charles A Johnson
Funeral services for Charles Albert Johnson of 347 Pool Rd Biddeford and former Biddeford Fire Chief were held Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco officiated by Rev Jasper Beane. Interment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco Bearers from the Biddeford Fire Department included Chief Arthur King Assistant Chief Paul Garriepy Capt Edward Petit Capt Leo Cote Firemen James Dehler Ernest Pimpare Lucien Demers and Roland Collard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Albert Johnson
Pool Rd
Biddeford
Dennett and Craig
Saco
Jasper Beane
United Baptist Church
Laurel Hill’ Cemetery
Funeral for Michel Marquis in Biddeford at St. Andre's
Funeral services for Michel Marquis of 21 Hill Street Biddeford were held at 9 AM from St. Andre's Church. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev. Gerard Samson with Rev. Bernand Nicknair as deacon and Rev. Edmund Hache as subdeacon. Burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Samson and Rev. Raoul Feeteau. Out-of-town attendees included clergy and relatives from Manchester Limerick Framingham Reading and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michel Marquis
Hill St
Biddeford
Joseph Lefebvre
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Father Samson
Raoul Feeteau
Berlin
N.H
Alcide Samson
George L’esperance
Jean Baptiste Gagne
Alma Cyr
Anna Hebert
Council Meeting In Saco Is Called Off
Mayor J Edward Whelan of Saco announced no further council meetings until the next regular session on Oct 7. A special meeting on Monday Sept 23 was discussed but deemed unnecessary, ending talks of an extra gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
J. Edward Whelan
Sary
Airline Merger Considered Unlikely in TWA Northeast Talks
Washington AP reports that Trans World Airlines says merger talks with Northeast are not imminent or likely. Northeast urges CAB to reopen the New York to Florida route case while Massachusetts Gov Peabody backs Northeast. Senators Kennedy and Saltonstall support Northeast amid calls for investigation and further fact gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Trans World Airlines
Northeast Airlines
Northeast
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York -Florida
TWA
Florida
Justice Department
CAB
Eastern
Airlines
New York
Boston
Rus
National Airlines
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Webber Hospital Auxiliary Pledges 5400 for Reception Office
The Webber Hospital Auxiliary pledges 5400 to fund a new reception office in the emergency outpatient department as part of the hospital modernization. President Mrs. Robert S. LaFond says the gift comes from united auxiliary effort and is in addition to nursing scholarship pledges. The group also helped start the coffee shop during the 1952 building program and continues to staff it. Other officers include Mrs. Clayton Freeman and Mrs. J Ralph Larochelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Webber
Robert S. LaFond
Clayton Freeman
J. Ralph Larochelle
Barbara Barth Elected Assistant Bush Chairman at UMaine
Barbara Barth daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Barth of Ocean Park was elected assistant Bush Chairman of Delta Zeta Sorority for 1963 1964 at the University of Maine. She is a sophomore majoring in speech therapy.
Parish Supper Planned by White Church Circle
Circle B of the Women s Fellowship in Biddeford laid plans for a parish supper on October 5 at the White Church home of Mrs Frances Worcester. The group also discussed an upcoming church fair in November and set the next meeting at Mrs Neal Dow s Stacey Street home in Saco. Attendees included Mrs Helen Daly Mrs Frances Worcester Mrs Rose Meyer and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle B
Women's Fellowship of the
White Church
Frances Worcester
Fall Street
Biddeford
Helen Daly
Neal Dow
Stacey Street
Saco
Rose Meyer
George Harpoothan
Ruth Gilpatrick
Mabel Gilpatrick
Madeline Robie
Leah Robie
Ethel Binette
Carol Bradford
Helga Sheltra
Jane Haines
Beach Man Fined For Drunk Driving
In York County Superior Court two drunken driving cases were decided. Almon Morse of Portsmouth was found innocent after a 21 minute deliberation on a Route One charge appealed from Yorkshire Municipal Court. Gerard Paquette of Old Orchard Beach was found guilty and fined $200 on a York case from July 31, with State Trooper Reynold La montagne as the reporting officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
York County Superior Court
Traverse
Almon C. Morse
Portsmouth
N. H
Kittery
Yorkshire
Morse
Gerard Paquette
Old Orchard Beach
James L. Reid
Paquette
York
Reynold Lamontagne
York Trial Justice Court
Western views on Cuba linger as the revolution endures
A dated frontline piece recalls daily life in Cuba with gun-toting girls at stores, families relying on US and Latin American parcels for meals, and mixed loyalty to the government. Mothers speak of children’s attitudes, milk shortages, and the stubborn zeal of some residents amid shortages and state control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spain
Fidel
Two Youths Found In Saco Well Prepared
Biddeford brothers aged 14 and 12 were questioned by Saco police at 2 this morning after being found on Water Street on bicycles with a hatchet crow bar screwdriver and hack saw in their baskets. The older boy admitted planning store breaks and had prior break activity in Biddeford. He was on probation to State Probation Officer James Farr and arrangements were made to confer with Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason regarding disposition of the older boy’s probation. The mother was notified and custody given to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Saco
Water Street
Raymond Binette
James Farr
Gerald C. Nason
Framingham youth killed parents after rising tensions
Stanley Garfield a Navy AWOL youth admitted fatally shooting his mother and father with a .22 rifle after a domestic dispute sparked by his recent marriage. He was hospitalized in critical condition in Framingham. Garfield cited boiling-point tensions and described an argument with his mother before the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framingham Union Hospital
Garfield
Polaroid Corp
Stanley Garfield
U.S. Navy
Port Huron
Calif
Maine
Jerald Boutilier
Boutilier
California
Thes
Charles G. Radovich
Levittown
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Radovich
Framingham
Flooded oil burner at Old Orchard Beach Country Club
Fire department responded to a flooded oil burner at the Old Orchard Beach Country Club clubhouse. Firemen found the fire out on arrival. Calls ran from 9 25 to 9 40 A.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Country Club
Stock market hits new highs as rally widens
NEW YORK AP The stock market rose to its highest level yet in a continuing rally. Heavy early trading topped 1.53 million shares, with Xerox up about 4 points and IBM around 2. Motors led as steels and rails gained while aircrafts softened. The Associated Press average rose 1.0 to 282.5 at noon, Dow Jones up 2.61 to 745.83, with Du Pont contributing a 1.5 point lift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Xerox
IBM
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
Motors
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
du Pont
American Stock Exchange
Saco Youth Appeals Fine To Superior Court Term
A 17 year old Saco youth appealed a guilty finding and a $10 fine from Biddeford Municipal Court. The collision involved Ralph Mercier and Arthur Jones Jr. with witnesses including Helen Trudeau and Katarina Trudeau. Mercier released on $25 recognizance for York County Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Gerald C. Nason
Biddeford
Ralph J. Mercier
Main St
Reading
Atty
T. A. Fitanides
Mercier
Arthur Jones Jr
Arundel
Elm Street
Robert J. Janson
Jones
Helen Alice Trudeau
Central Ave
Katrina
Nason
Fitanides
York County Superior Court
Guest Officers Night Held by Annette Chapter
Annette Chapter Order of the Star held guest officers night in Saco Masonhall with Degrees conferred. Officers named include Worthy Matron Mina Haskell, Worthy Patron Michael Tranci, Associate Matron Helen G. Smith, and many others from neighboring chapters. Homecoming night is set for Oct. 3 followed by a past matrons auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette
Order of the Oo Star
Saco Masonhall
Mina Haskell
Longfellow
Portland
Michael Tranci
Madonna
Kennebunk
Helen G. Smith
Miniwanca
Old Orchard Beach
Norman McAuley
Saco
Claire Scammon
Marion Johnson
Leo Larochelle
Pine Tree
Gorham
Thelma Wallace
Deering
Margaret Mulhern
Iona
Elizabeth Moulton
Piscataqua
Kittery
Marion Batchelder
Carlton Burrill
Lillian Lamb
Winneganee
Yarmouth
Helen Savage
Beacon Light
North Berwick
Betty Jean Braley
Irene Pendleton
Sally Lennox
Batchelaer
Virginia Moody
Three Biddeford Men Fined in Sanford Court
Three Biddeford residents faced speeding charges after radar checks by Maine State Police on Route Five near Ossipee Lake. Robert R. Landry, 25, and Gerard G. Letellier, 27, each paid $10 fines while Oliva Bolduc, 70, received a suspended $10 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Biddeford
Maine
Ossipee Lake
Robert R. Landry
Gerard G. Letellier
Oliva Bolduc
Town Council Meeting Planned in Beach Town Hall
Town Manager Leon F. Jones announced a 7:30 pm town council meeting at Town Hall in Old Orchard Beach. The session will review final approval of articles from the March town meeting addressing sidewalks and sewer improvement projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Leon F. Jones
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Ace Snews
Wilhelmina Howe
Charles A. Johnson
Barbara Barth
Church
Terison
Saco Drive-In Theatre
North Street
Main Street
Richard E. Farrand
J.G. Burton
Walter M. Joslin
Kenne
Bunkport
Janson
Joslin
Grant W. Wilder
South Portland
Foss Street
Gerald R. Pelletier
Pelletier
Legal Council
Sacocourt
South Street
River Road
Route 5
Rachel Fogg
Clover
Dorothy Allen
Stephanie Koutoulakas
Aurora
Cape Cod
Bay Street
Marcel Lizotte
Fors Dial
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