Local Briefs Highlight Residents at Area Hospitals
Paul TeBland, 89 Western Avenue, Biddeford, is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. George L. Fecteau, Bay View Road, Saco, is a medical patient at Trull Hospital. Mrs. Charlotte Gilman, 91 Saco Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crochetiere, 40 Acorn Street, Biddeford, attend their niece Miss Jeanne Crochetiere’s wedding in Waterbury Connecticut this weekend, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Simoneau, 3 Sunset Circle, Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul TeBland
Western Avenue
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
George L. Fecteau
Bay View Road
Saco
Trull Hospital
Charlotte Gilman
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Becah
Notre Dame Hospital
Ralph Crochetiere
Acorn Street
Jeanne Crochetiere
Waterbury
Conn
Ernest Simoneau
Sunset Circle
Rites Held For Bishop Brady Of NH
Cardinals and priests attended a Pontifical Mass for the Dead for Bishop Matthew F. Brady in Manchester. Cardinal Cushing presided as body to be interred beneath St Joseph Cathedral, with Spellman and 17 bishops present. St Anselm’s College canceled classes as parishes held a memorial mass. Brady led NH Catholics since 1944 and died of a heart attack in Burlington. Portland forecast follows with sun and cool temperatures and varied winds across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Matthew F. Brady
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
St. Joseph Cathedral
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Abbotts
St. Anselm's College
Brady
New Hampshire
Burlington
Club Calendar workshop at October meeting in Saco
The Saco Extension Group will hold a workshop during the October meeting led by the home management leader and assistants. Members may call Mrs Beulah MacDonald for a materials list for fibre glass lamp shades candles glass etching and Swedish weaving. Materials will not be sold at the workshop. Members should bring Christmas ideas and dried botanical items for winter bouquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Extension Group
Beulah MacDonald
Notre Dame hospital auxiliary board to meet Tuesday
Members of the Notre Dame hospital auxiliary board of directors will meet Tuesday at the hospital at 7 30 p m in preparation for the first fall auxiliary session October 6 Mrs Harold Carroll president will conduct the meeting Notre Dame hospital Thrift Shop will be staffed this week by Group A with Mrs Frank Carey as captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary Board of Directors
Harold Carroll
Notre Dame Hospital
Frank Carey
Saco lodge members plan meeting at Odd Fellows hall
Saco Rebekah lodge members will meet Saturday night at 7 30 in the Odd Fellows hall in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Saco
Notre Dame hospital thrift shop committee to meet Tuesday
The Thrift Shop committee of Notre Dame hospital auxiliary will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 in the shop Elm street Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary
Elm Street
Biddeford
Churches Tomorrow Confessions Schedule Across Local Parishes
In The Churches Tomorrow from 2 30 to 3 30 p m confessions will be heard at St Merchurch Wells. Junior band practice at Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army hall Saturday 10 a m. Confessions at St Martha Kennebunkport Saturday 4 5 and 7 8 p m. Confessions at St Monica Kennebunk Saturday 4 5 p m. Concessions at All Saints Ogunquit tomorrow 4 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Merchurch
Wells
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army Hall
St. Martha Church
Kennebunkport
St. Monica Church
Kennebunk
All Saints Church
Ogunquit
Portland Man Faces Forgery Charge in Kennebunk
Carl Patterson Jr., 22, of Portland, was to appear in Kennebunk Municipal Court on two forgery counts after a store operator reported a fake Canal National Bank check. Bank records showed no account in the name, and a statement indicated Patterson had passed multiple checks across several Maine towns recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Patterson, Jr
Portland
Kennebunk
Patterson
Robert Marier
Canal National Bank
Marier
J. Albert Merryman
Biddeford
Bangor
Saco
Half of Saco Tax Collection As Deadline Nears
Saco faces a reduced collection of about half of the $834000 tax commitment with only three and a half days remaining before a 6 percent interest charge is added to unpaid taxes. Tax Collector Mrs. Marion Lamontagne announced the progress noting more than $400000 has been collected to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Marion Lamontagne
Lamontagne
Brewster Possible Appointee to International Joint Commission
Former U S Senator Owen Brewster says his name has been suggested to President Eisenhower for appointment to the International Joint Commission. The panel, American Canadian, would oversee Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project plans if economical. The vacancy followed the death of Chairman Douglas McKay.
Sharp Turn sign marks Sharp home approach in Chillicothe
In Chillicothe Ohio a lane from the highway to the home of Merle Samuel and Frank Sharp carries the sign Sharp Turn The playful label appears on the lane leading to the Sharp residence attracting local note and curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe, Ohio
Merle, Samuel and
Frank Sharp
Burglary at pawn shop targets only shoes
An Alabama burglary report notes a suspect smashed a pawn shop window with a brick and stole a single item, a pair of shoes. Police described the break in as targeted and recovered no other merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
Funeral rites held for Miss Louise M. Hampson at St Mary Biddeford
Funeral services for Miss Louise M. Hampson were conducted at St Mary church Biddeford with a requiem mass at 8 30. Rev Francis Kane officiated with Miss Lou Welch on organ and William Cleary as vocalist. Burial followed in St Mary cemetery with graveside prayers by Rev Cornelius Enright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise M. Hampson
St. Mary Church
Biddeford
Francis Kane
Lou Welch
William Cleary
St. Mary Cemetery
Cornelius Enright
Funeral Rites for Mrs Breton Held at St Margaret Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie J Breton were conducted yesterday at 9 a m from St Margaret church Old Orchard Beach with Rev Armand Landry celebrating the high mass. Deacon was Rev Edward Walsh sub deacon Rev Raoul Fecteau. Bearers included Emile Vire Emile Belanger Napoleon Bolduc and Joel Bolduc. Burial followed in St Augustine cemetery Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie J. Breton
St. Margaret Church
Old Orchard Beach
Armand Landry
Edward Walsh
Raoul Fecteau
Emile Vire
Emile Belanger
Napoleon Bolduc
Joel Bolduc
St. Augustine Cemetery
Augusta
Funeral Services for Joseph Gregoire at St Joseph Church
Funeral services held at 9 a m in St Joseph church for Joseph Gregoire. Requiem High Mass celebrated by Rev Sylvia Levesque with deacon Rev Norman Carrier and sub deacon Rev Marc Franck. St Joseph cemetery prayers at graveside. Out of town attendees listed from Willingford Conn Hartford Conn Kennebunkport Dayton Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gregoire
St. Joseph Church
Sylvia Levesque
Norman Carrier
Marc Franck
St. Joseph Choir
Diane Rouselle
Norman Leveille
Rudy Lauzon
Bill Palmer
Lionel Gregoire, Jr
Richard Beaudoin
Norman Ledoux
St. Joseph
Father Carrier
Oscar Gregoire
Germaine Beaudoin
Richard
Willingford
Conn
Regina Ledoux
Elaine
Norman
Albert Cormier
Hartford
Noella Zilenski
Kennebunkport
Lionel Gregoire
Dayton
Aline Fontaine
Old Orchard Beach
Montreal Man Fights Back in Assault Case
A Montreal man who left Couture disabled by a revolver wound is named in a crime that also involved Kenneth F. Chenette, a 25 year old ex convict from Concord New Hampshire. Chenette was captured near Westwood Massachusetts four days after the assault and confessed his role. He received a 15 to 100 year prison sentence in an Alfred Maine court a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Couture
Brown
Kenneth F. Chenette
Concord
N. H
Westwood
Mass
Chenette
Alfred
Maine
Stock Market Edges Higher Amid Heavy Trading
New York AP report shows stocks nudging ahead in brisk afternoon activity. Motors led with Studebaker Packard and American Motors near new highs. Utilities, airlines, and drugs rose while steels, rails declined. AP index up 60 cents to 220.30 as government bonds rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Motors
Studebaker-Packard
American Motors
Studebaker - Packard
Chrysler
Gillette
Kennecott
U.S. Gypsum
Associated Press
Auburn Truck Driver Guilty in Right-Passing Case
Robert W. McKeene, 37, of Auburn, paid a $25 fine in Saco Municipal Court this morning after being found guilty of passing on the right at the Main Street intersection. Judge Hilary F. Mahaney presided for the Auburn charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. McKeene
Auburn
Saco Municipal
Main
Ims Otrnate Canna
Sweanaa Ollouls
Navy
Hilary F. Mahaney
Saco
Inquest Planned Into Death Of Boston Divorcee Lynn Kauffman
Boston AP Police Captain Fallon and Medical Examiner Luongo agreed on an inquest into the death of 23 year old divorcee Lynn Kauffman whose body washed ashore in Boston harbor after she disappeared from the Utrecht. Luongo cited bruises and unresolved questions while Fallon suggested possible suicide with accidental death a secondary theory. Kauffman was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Kauffman Jr of Chicago and had worked for two years at Washington University in St Louis before resuming her maiden name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joseph B. Fallon
Boston Harbor
Michael A. Luongo
Lynn Kauffman
Utrecht
Luongo
New York
Singapore
Fallon
Theodore Kauffman Jr
Chicago
Stanley Spector
Washington University
St. Louis
Maine youth earns gold medal for four rescue attempts
Bruce Varisco, 15, is nominated by the Rodney Stinson Post for the American Legion Gold Medal for heroism after four noted rescues. He saved Sven Olson from Lilly Pond in Deer Isle, helped retrieve Jeffrey Snowman after a heart attack at a church outing in Dedham, and rescued a four year old girl and later aided a 17 year old in Lilly Pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonington
Bruce Varisco
Brewer
Rodney Stinson
American Legion
Sven Olson
Lilly Pond
Deer Isle
Bruce
Sven
Dedham
Jeffrey Snowman
Green Lake
Lily Pond
Local continue for rage Ome school children in public schools
Larrabee said that many children in public schools have parents employed by the Federal government. Most of these workers are at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Biddeford has applied for funds under the law before but did not qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larrabee
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Biddeford
Unit votes on community aid and programs
Auxiliary 1,000 copies of Code of an American Mother were approved for distribution. The group will continue flag brochures to Cub Scout troops and gifts for Pakistan under People-to-People. A Halloween program and school supplies for adopted children were approved. The milk fund for underprivileged children was reactivated. Sunday family outing canceled. Mrs. Edith Binette presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pakistan
Edith Binette
Rainbow Girls At Beach Hold Installation Night
Rainbow Girls in Old Orchard Beach install Penny Soderberg as Worthy Advisor at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall. New officers named include Judith Chick as installing Worthy Advisor and a large slate of associate and charity officers, choir members, and observers. Refreshments afterward by Miniwanca chapter CES.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penny Soderberg
Old Orchard Beach
Order of Rainbow
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
Judith Chick
Portland Assembly
Susan LeGallee
Joan Strickland
Sandra Lombard
Madeline Wyman
Patricia Smith
Barbara Barth
Cathy Roberts
Nikki Gregory
Wilma Murphy
Gloria Benoit
Janet Speerberg
Miniwanca
OES
Orgaist
Phyllis Spigman
Beulah
CES
Jennie Rallis
Gertrude Leonard
Alice Huntress
Joan Deane
Mildred Nowell
Kay Mewer
Saco Cub Pack 310 Teaches Knot Tying At Church
Cub Pack 310 met yesterday at First Parish Congregational Church Beach Street Saco for knot tying instruction and games. Den leaders and mothers guided Dens 1 to 9 through crafts, songs, and promise ceremonies with ten visitors awaiting joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
First Parish Congregational
Beach Street
Calman Savage
Den 1
Den
Richard Craft
Carlton Butland
John Cote
Brian
Larry Poulin
Ronald Vose
Den 2
Robert Hunt
Wayne Whitney
Edmund Rice
Michael Hart
James Williams
Roger Cantara
Kevin Sullivan
Michel Lizotte
Peter Smith
John Whitney
Harry Smith, Jr
Den 3
Michael Aude
Marc Corriveau
Charles Anthony
Albert Lamontagne
Gary Foran
Barry Hobbins
Ronald Ayotte
Den 4
Danny Sanborn
Robert Allen
Stephen Feeney
David Charles
David Burgess
Alan Savage
Den 5
Arthur Rumery
den Mother
Bruce Mackenzie
Ralph Rumery
Raymond Caouette
David Bryant
Randy Decker
Michael McInnis
Dens 6
Thomas Vining
Den 6
Tommy Lambert
Robert Irish
Kenneth White
Daniel Nein
Thomas Sawyer
Theodore Scontras
Den 9
Richard Cloutier
Larry White
Robert Phillips
Richard Houde
Alan Lapointe
Bruce Bragdon
Michael Leavitt
Thomas Parent
Joseph Lapointe
David Millard
David Blaine
Ronald Perreault
Richard Roy
Robert Chamberlain
Roland Gagnon
Jay Stevens
Ferry Beach Man Sentenced On Moral Charge
Lawrence Browell of Ferry Beach Saco pleaded guilty to carnal knowledge involving a 15 year old in Biddeford. He was sentenced months in York county jail. Atty Chester D. Cram Jr was appointed to represent Browell. Court recessed until 9:30 Monday for criminal cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Browell
Ferry Beach
Saco
York County
Fremont and Morin cluster hosts meeting notes
Fremont and Mrs Adrien Lamothe and a long list of members including Roland Millette Gerard Morin Joseph Neault Paul Nadeau Leo Nolette and others attended the meeting led by Gerard Morin who served as president along with honorary members Ernest Valliere Leslie Duprey and Hoderique Bergeron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrien Lamothe
Raoul Morin
Roland Millette
Gerard Morin
Joseph Neault
Paul Nadeau
Paul Neault
Leo Nolette
Joseph Peloquin
Wilfrid Roberge
Leo Beaulieu
George Gagnon
Urbain Langevin
Armand Ouellette
Jean Paul Rhea
Ocean Park Man Guilty Of Drunken Driving
Joseph W. Bath of Ocean Park, a retired U S Navy boatswain's mate, was found guilty in York county Superior Court of drunken driving. The trial marked the seventh drunken driving case this term for County Atty. Marcel Viger. State Trooper Hayden testified Bath nearly struck a bridge abutment on the York River as he was stopped and arrested. Bath admitted two Manhattans before supper but said he felt not affected. Verdict delivered about 3:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Bath
Ocean Park
U. S. Navy
York
York County
Alfred
Marcel Viger
Robert B. Hayden
Machias
Hayden
Bath
York River
Kittery
Mary Murphy Receives Merits in Biddeford Ceremony
Spokesmen welcomed Miss Murphy to the association as witnesses from numerous names attended the Jefferson Street event in Biddeford. Portland officials presented a certificate of merit and a monogrammed bill fold while Murphy, daughter of the late John and Julie Murphy, is active in St Mary church affairs and the Cameo club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Murphy
Pearl Abello
Dorothy Zook
Toni Cotsis
Kathrine Gallaros
Lillian DeLaite
Jean Schultz
Theresa Emery
Eleanor Cadorettte
Cecila O’brien
Elizabeth Wynne
Madline Corrveau
Sally Cochrane
Priscil Simard
Christine Cosgrove
Mary Crowley
Florence Flood
Annette Dubreuil
Molly Dunn
Margaret Donald
Irene Foley
Marjorie Merrill
Barbara Cooms
Joan Laverriere
Claire Whitten
Barbara Mitchell
Mary Bouffard
Josephine Bourria
Josephine Seidel
Victoria Mitchell
Alicia Millett
Marline Maloon
Laura McKenney
Ruby Charland
Rita Reilly
Ann Kearney
Doris Sevigny
Shirley Barker
Priscilla Barker
Patrica Cote
Irene Tarbox
Diane Belair
Lucienne Belair
Edith Bolduc
Elizabeth O'Meara
Marguerite Hartnett
Ann Vomvilas
Joan Duranceau
Mary Regan
Margaret Morris
Mary Murphy
Phyllis Haling
Priscilla Auger
Helen Costello
Sharon McGowen
Mary Caddigan
Sue Halpin
Iva Simpson
Freda Carnegie
Mildred Thyng
Grace ‘Williamson
Margaret McCarthy
Margaret O'Rourke
Ruth Hazelton
Gladys Gowen
Theresa Brady
Irene Roy
Monique Viger
Doris Ward
Cynthia Higgins
Esther York
Lucille Broch
Stella Trakes
Jacqueline Beardslee
Florence Sargent
Frederick Swett
John H. Merrill
Sherman Morrel
L. Paul McDonald
Joseph E. Auger
Raymond B. Steward
Basil Emery
Jefferson Street
Biddeford
Portland
John and
Julie (Hickey) Murphy
St. Mary Grammar School
Biddeford High School
Telephone Company
Cameo Club
Children of Mary Sodality
St. Mary Church
Nora Murphy
Dennis
James Street
Irish Easter Rebellion Began With German Landing
The 1916 Easter uprising in Ireland started after a German submarine landed Sir Roger Casement on the Irish coast, marking the initial action that propelled the rebellion into motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Roger Casement
Jones Endorsed For Mayor Of Saco
Robert G. Jones a 31 year old resident of 139 Beach Street Saco was endorsed by the Saco Democratic City committee for mayor at a meeting in the Saco Municipal courtroom. He vowed a vigorous campaign against the Republicans and said the party would use press and radio to present key issues and critique four years of GOP governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Jones
Beach Street
Saco
Democratic City Committee
Jones
Republican Party
Peter A. Garland
Saco Democratic Political and Social Club
James C. Oliver
Thomas A. Parady
Joseph Stirling
Democratic Party
Dem
Ocratic
Saco-Lowell
Saco Lodge
A. M
Skirmishes Rise in Laos Provinces Amid Rebel Swing
Reports from Vientiane and Luang Prabang indicate renewed clashes as Acting Foreign Minister Sisouk Na Champassak described a broader rebel movement shifting from the North Vietnam border into the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
Luang Prabang
Sisouk Na Champassak
Viet Nam
United States Open to Shorter U.S. Base Leases in Philippines
Manila reports Washington open to drastic cutback in 99 year leases on U S military bases. Sources say specifics on lease duration were not disclosed as the Philippines seeks significant reductions amid ongoing negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
Philippines
U. S
Typhoon Vera Advances Toward Southern Japan
Typhoon Vera moves toward southern Japan with 150 mph winds. The Japan Meteorological Bureau reports the storm centered about 560 miles south of Shionomisaki in central Honshu. The vast system spans over 500 miles in diameter, one of the largest threats to Japan since 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Vera
Japan
Japan Meteorological Bureau
Shionomisaki
Honshu
County GOP forms 3 member nominating panel at Biddeford meeting
The county Republican committee in Biddeford named a three person nominating committee to pick a vice chairman. Oscar Nadeau of Arundel chairs the panel with Mrs Jane Tibbetts Lyman of York and Mrs Margaret Fuller of York as members. About 60 people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Oscar Nadeau
Arundel
Jane Tibbetts Lyman
Margaret Fuller
York
Augusta
Robert Pelletier
Sanford
Gerald Nason
Janet Tibbetts
Elizabeth Smith
Kennebunk
Mamie Balkan
Old Orchard Beach
Frank Beard
Kennebunkport
York County
Annabelle Riley
Carroll Clark
Eleanor Kimball
James Erwin
Marion Fuller
GOP
Berwick
Burning Cross Scares Couple In Tennessee
In Cleveland Tennessee a cross burned in a front yard frightened a white married couple to move from Bradley County four days after the wife was arrested with a Negro. Sheriff Jones says the woman and Elbert Smart were found together in a car in a secluded area. Deputies escorted Mr and Mrs Paul Baxter to the Polk County line. Mrs Baxter paid 15 dollars for whisky in a dry county. The Negro, Elbert Smart, was fined 40 dollars for whisky possession and intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Tenn
Bradley County
Paul Jones
Leroy Pippenger
Paul Baxter
Polk County
Dry
Elbert Smart
Must Park Is Going To Rob WOODBRIDGE N J
Joseph Freda admitted involvement in 19 holdups but explained no place to park led to Perth Amboy robbery. He was booked for armed robbery by local police after the statement and arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Must Park
Woodbridge
N. J
Joseph Freda
Perth Amboy
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