Potential Steve White Memorial Field for Biddeford High
A proposal to name the athletic field at the new Biddeford High School on South Street after the late Steve White, longtime athletic director, met with strong support from School Superintendent Paul Larrabee and Mayor Clement Deschambault. White died of a heart attack while addressing the football squad. city offices will close early and officials will pay respects at Cosgrove Funeral Home.
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South Street
Steve White
Biddeford High School
Paul Larrabee
White
Clement Deschambault
Biddeford
Maine State employes elect York County chapter officers
York County Maine State Employes Association held a supper meeting at Ogunquit Firemen's hall electing the full officer slate. Frederick Perkins chaired the nominating committee. officers include Clyde Armstrong president, Russell Charles vice president, Mrs. H Clifford Berry secretary, Francis M Coughlin treasurer, Frederick Perkins Jr councillor, Alfred A Martin councillor, Horace Ridley and Albert Ridley alternate councillors. Next meeting January 4 at Biddeford Employment Security office. Washington coverage notes Eisenhower Khrushchev meetings and helicopter move to Camp David for talks on peace.
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York County
Maine State Employes Association
Ogunquit
Frederick Perkins
Clyde Armstrong
Old Orchard Beach
Russell Charles
Biddeford
H. Clifford Berry
Francis M. Coughlin
Frederick Perkins, Jr
Auxiliary Of Staples Post Picks Staff
Mrs. Margaret Parsons was elected president of Merton Ira Staples post American Legion auxiliary at last night s meeting at the post home Also elected were Mrs Simonne Grenier senior vice president Miss Cecile Pyer junior vice president Miss Frances Allen treasurer Mrs Edith Binette chaplain Mrs Rita Potvin public relations officer Miss Rachel Binette sergeant at arms It was announced that other standing committee appointments will be made after the joint installation with the Legion post October 3 8 p m post home Mrs Clara Ledoux ast department president will be installing officer for the night Proceeding the installation a Covered dish supper will be served at 6 30 with Miss Rachel Binette as chairman The auxiliary decided to make uniforms for the 17 members of the auxiliary police women s unit of Civil Defense Six members of the group enrolled in the Red Cross First Aid course starting October 5 Plans were made to distribute Continued on Page Two
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Margaret Parsons
Merton Ira Staples
Clara Ledoux
Ast Department
Rachel Binette
Auxiliary
Auxiliary Police Women's Unit of
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Fremont Club Buys Quarters
The Fremont club completed the purchase of a new center at 82A Alfred Street and members voted to buy materials for a new ceiling and redecorate the hall. A harvest supper and Halloween party are planned for October 31 in the new hall with a special social committee named for the October 8 session.
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Alfred Street
Fremont Club
Albert Lemire
Paul Neault
Aime Desrosiers
Lion Garon
George Lambert
Romeo Boucher- Alme Casteau
Antonio Daigneault
Alcide Dubois
Alfred Lantagne
Siamese twins fail in separation surgery in Chicago
In a three hour operation at Children’s Memorial Hospital, doctors could not save both Siamese twins joined at the abdomen. Mary Helen Schultz died during the procedure and Marie Ellen Schultz died four hours and forty minutes after completion. The pair weighed 11 pounds 10 ounces at birth. Surgeons found they shared a single heart and liver, making survival for both impossible. The father, Elvin Schultz, and mother Marilyn, with three older daughters, await updates as Marilyn recovers in a Valparaiso hospital.
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Chicago
Mary Helen Schultz
Marie Ellen Schultz
Willis J. Potts
Children’s Memorial Hos
Potts
Elvin Schultz
Gary
Ind
Chesterton
Marilyn
Valparaiso
Vacation Choices Run From Mountains To Debt
A light note outlines vacation options with humor. The speaker jokes that travelers may choose mountains or woods for holidays or fall into debt, highlighting modern travel choices under a wry, period voice.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Local Public Schools Get Federal Aid
Biddeford public schools will receive six thousand three hundred sixty dollars and ninety cents in Federal aid Superintendent Paul Larrabee reports under Public Law 874. A telegram from Washington says the money will be available in the near future. The aid targets districts with attendance gains from work at federal bases or installations. About 100 schools qualify.
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Biddeford
Paul Larrabee
Washington
Larrabee
Simard is New Head Of Artisans
Ralph Simard was reelected president of the Artisans society for the eighth term at a meeting held last evening at the Simard's Furniture store in Biddeford. Officers elected included vice president Alice Nolette secretary treasurer Gabrielle Migner publicity Blanche Simard auditor Almeria Campbell chaplain Msgr Aime Giguere counselors Antoinette Emond Alva Cabana Josephine Valliere Florence Binette Clarice Couture Eva Nolette. Delegates to the Auburn state meeting were Mr and Mrs Ralph Simard. Next meeting set for December 2.
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Ralph Simard
The
Artisans Society
Simard
Biddeford
Alice Nolette
Gabrielle Migner
Blanche Simard
Almeria Campbell
Aime Giguere
Antoinette Emond
Alva Cabana
Josephine Valliere
Florence Binette
Clarice Couture
Eva Nolette
Antonio Poirier
Lowell
Mass
Auburn
Miss Mary Murphy to Retire From Phone Firm
Miss Mary Murphy retires this week after 44 years in the traffic division of the Biddeford New England Telephone and Telegraph company. A testimonial at the Wonderbar Steak House honored her as a longtime supervisor and Biddeford resident. About 100 current and former colleagues attended. gifts included a money bouquet and leather purse. guests included representatives from Portland and Sanford offices.
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Mary Murphy
Biddeford
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wonderbar
James Street
Margaret Morris
Elizabeth Wynne
Lillian DeLaite
Katherine Gallaros
Federation
Josephine Seidel
French Couple Visits Biddeford on U S Army Link
A chance meeting in Nancy France linked Cp Benoit Picard of Biddeford with Christian Wenger, prompting Mr and Mrs Marcel Wenger to visit Biddeford. The Wengers, longtime French Underground resistants and recipients of Legion of Honor, arrived June 15 touring the U S and Canada, signing the city guest book and meeting Picard’s family.
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France
Marcel Wenger
Biddeford
Clement Deschambault
Wengers
Nancy
Victor Vachon
Bacon Street
Army
Wenger
America
Germaine Wenger
Aurore Vachon
Benoit Picard
Picard
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Canada
Jefferson City Girl Mistakes Khrushchev for Food
Debra Ann Adams, a first grader in Jefferson City, Missouri, misinterprets Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on television asking her father if Mr Krooschef is a restaurant. The lighthearted exchange captures a child's innocent confusion during Cold War coverage.
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Jefferson City
Debra Ann Adams
Nikita Khrushchev
Paul D. Adams
Mr. K
Christian Education Fund Starts in Boston
The Congregational Christian Church opens its 72 million dollar Christian Higher Education fund program in Boston with a dinner featuring Rev. Dr. Douglas Horton. Dr. Charles Malik of Lebanon, once UN General Assembly president, was detained in Lebanon, a church spokesman said. Dr. Horton previously secretary of the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches.
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Boston
Congregational Christian Church
Douglas Horton
Harvard Divinity School
Charles Malik
Lebanon
General Assembly of the United Nations
Horton
General Council of the
Congregational Christian Churches
U S Steel Chief Munford Suffers Stroke After Surgery
Hyannis Mass Walter F Munford 59 president of U S Steel Corp suffered a cerebral thrombosis after surgery for an accidental knife wound in his abdomen. Doctors say he has a right arm paralysis and speech difficulty but was not considered critical as of today under Boston specialists care.
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Hyannis
Mass
Walter F. Munford
U. S. Steel Corp
Robert L. O'Connor
U. S. Steel
Munford
Boston
Kennedy Plans Maine Speech at Augusta Conference
Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts plans to address a Democratic issues conference in Augusta on November 15. State party chair Alton A. Lessard expects over 200 Democrats to participate as the group works on ideas for the 1960 party platform.
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Lewiston
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Augusta
Alton A. Lessard
Actor Leo Carrillo Nearing Hospital Discharge
Santa Monica California actor Leo Carrillo age 65 is expected to leave the hospital in about four days after being admitted August 29 for an internal hemorrhage. He remains in stable condition as doctors monitor his recovery and he prepares to go home.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Leo Carrillo
Carrillo
Man Sought At Beach Seen In New Hampshire
MEREDITH New Hampshire AP authorities traced a fugitive described as one of the FBI's most wanted. Robert G Brown Jr 41 of Laconia was linked to a shooting and robbery of a Canadian tourist in Maine. He and an accomplice drove a stolen Maryland Maine route ending at Old Orchard Beach.
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Meredith
N. H
FBI
Robert G. Brown Jr
Laconia
Maine
Brown
Brookline
Mass
Maryland
Old Orchard Beach
Maurice Couture
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