Personal notes from Saco and nearby towns
James Lagueux, three months old and son of Mr and Mrs Richard Lagueux of 73 Bradley St in Saco, is a patient at Webber Hospital. Old Orchard Beach Fire Chief Louis Wharff, returning from a Los Angeles visit, has resumed duties. Samuel Rankin and wife have returned home from visiting their daughter in Watertown New York. Charles E Gould Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Gould of Kennebunkport is among 206 Bowdoin College Class of 1967 members starting college this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lagueux
Richard Lagueux
Bradley St
Saco
Webber Hospital
Louis Wharff
Old Orchard Beach
Los Angeles
Calif
Samuel Rankin
High Street
Morris L. Fisher
Watertown
N. Y
Charles E. Gould Jr
Charles E. Gould
Kennebunkport
Bowdoin College
Biddeford vets group calls meeting at post home
Knights of Columbus Biddeford Council meets at Washington Street Hall. AM VETS Auxiliary meets at 8 pm at the Post Home, Alfred Street. A Merton Ira Staples Post AMVETS meeting is called for Monday Sept 30 at 8 pm in the post home Alfred Street Biddeford with all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Biddeford
Merton Ira Staples
Amvets
Post
Alfred Street
Merton Ira Staples Post
Saco church groups schedule Friday meetings
Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 p m. The first fall meeting of the Methodist Men's Club of the Saco School Street Methodist Church will be held Friday at 7 30 p m at the church with a business meeting, program and fellowship period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Salvation Army
Methodist Men's Club
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Sergeant Accused of Selling Stolen Biddeford Autos
A federal grand jury indicted Air Force staff sergeant Anthony W. Foy, 40, of Springfield on charges of selling stolen automobiles. The government says the cars were stolen by other Air Force personnel in Albany New York Biddeford Maine and Seneca New York and delivered to Foy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Westover Air Force Base
Anthony W. Foy
Springfield
Air Force
Albany
N. Y
Biddeford
Maine
Seneca
Foy
Caribbean hurricane holds course toward Hispaniola and Cuba
The storm, born in the Atlantic, continues west-northwest toward Hispaniola with Cuba next in line for trouble. If it veers north, Florida and the U.S. mainland could face risk. Radio reports say Martinique suffered property damage though no deaths or injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
Atlantic Ocean
Windward
Leeward Islands
Hispaniola
Cuba
Florida
U.S
Pan American World Airways
Martinique
Denning report cites morality debate amid Profumo scandal
The Russian naval attach e denied impropriety with Miss Keeler, later admitting lies. Revelations at Stephen Ward's trial fueled a national morality debate. Denning found no general decline but noted secret sex parties in London society, with a masked man serving dinner nearly naked. He kept the man's identity private. Some dinners reportedly led to perverted sex orgies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Profumo
Valerie Hobson
Miss Keeler
Stephen Ward
Denning
London
Bradford Commandery Knights Templar Meets in Biddeford
Routine business was conducted at the meeting last night of Bradford Commandery Knights Templar at Biddeford Masonic hall. Commander Norman K. McAuley presided and announced that the annual meeting with election of officers will take place at the next meeting on October 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Commandery
Knights Templar
Biddeford Masonic Hall
Norman K. McAuley
Biddeford Crew Responds to Oil Burner Overflow
Firefighters from Biddeford Station 4 were summoned at 8:02 p.m. Wednesday to 43 Graham Street for an overflowing oil burner in an apartment occupied by Roger Lowell. The blaze was extinguished on arrival, and a recall occurred at 8:11 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Graham St
Roger Lowell
Death of Lyman B. Stowe in Connecticut
Lyman Beecher Stowe, 82, author and grandson of Harriet Beecher Stowe, died Wednesday in Fairfield Connecticut. Stowe once served as book editor for Doubleday, Page & Co. He was born in Saco Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Conn
Lyman Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Doubleday, Page & Co
Stowe
Saco
Maine
Chester Angell 78 Bangor resident, longtime Maine Central conductor
Chester T. Angell of Bangor aged 78 died yesterday after a long illness in a Bangor hospital. Born February 5, 1885 in Old Town, he worked 48 years as a Maine Central Railroad conductor, retiring in 1950. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Bangor Grange, Penobscot Pomona, and the First Baptist Church of Bangor. Surviving: widow Evelyn Rideout Angell, one son Leonard L. Angell of Kennebunk, a stepdaughter Kathleen Spencer of Bangor, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. from Brookings and Smith Funeral Home, Bangor, with burial at Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Chester T. Angell
Evelyn ‘Rideout Angell
Old Town
Julius P
Mary (Spear) Angell
Maine Central Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad
Bangor Grange
Penobscot Pomona
First Baptist Church of
Leonard L. Angell
Kennebunk
Kathleen Spencer
Brookings and Smith Funeral
Center St
Hope Cemetery
Mrs Mary E Kelley Framingham Widow Dies at 76
Mrs Mary E Kelley 76 wife of William Kelley died at her Framingham home 165 Leland St formerly of Biddeford. Survived by son William Kelley Jr Holliston sisters Agnes Alexander Natick Dorothy Graves Boston brother James W Gaughan Weston. Funeral from Boyle Brothers Framingham 173 Union Ave with requiem high mass 9 am at St Stephen's Church Interment St Mary's Cemetery Needham. Calling hours Thursday 7 9 pm and Friday 2 4 7 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framingham
Mass
Mary E. Kelley
William Kelley
Leland St
Biddeford
William Kelley Jr
Holliston
Agnes Alexander
Natick
Dorothy Graves
Boston
James W. Gaughan
Weston
Boyle Brothers Funeral
Union Ave
St. Stephen's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Needham
Notre Dame Council to Meet for Adelard J. St Onge Prayer
Members of Notre Dame Council Union St Jean Baptiste in Saco will meet at 7 30 tonight at Cote Funeral Home at the corner of Beach and James Streets to offer prayers for Adelard J. St Onge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Council
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
Beach and
James Streets
Adelard J. St. Onge
Funeral services for Walter G Johnson held in Saco
Walter Garfield Johnson funeral services were conducted yesterday at 2 PM at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home on Main Street Saco with Rev Jasper Beane of Biddeford United Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford with bearers Paul Johnson Frank Johnson Robert Hunter and Herbert Thompson listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Garfield Johnson
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
Jasper Beane
Biddeford United
Development of Lake Champlain Basin Requested
VERGENNES Vermont RP The annual meeting of the New York Vermont Interstate Commission on the Lake Champlain Basin ended with a call for action to develop promote and protect the basin natural resources. A two state compact is urged to be drafted by committees from both state legislatures and the Interstate Cooperation committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vergennes
New York- Vermont
Interstate Commission
Lake Champlain Basin
Committee On Interstate Cooperation
Grant W. Johnson
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Lake Champlain
Plattsburgh
John S. Wild
Robert Williams
Wild
New York State Commerce Department
Williams
Vermont
Valachi Breaks Silence Shocks Cosa Nostra Leaders
Deputy Chief Inspector John F. Shanley said Valachi is likely the first Cosa Nostra member to abandon the code of silence before police. Wiretaps show the syndicate is deeply upset by his decision to talk as Attorney General Kennedy urged new laws to legalize police telephone wiretapping and offer immunity to lower level conspirators to compel testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Shanley
New York City
Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Shanley
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Portland Weather Opens With Warm Sunshine This Afternoon
This afternoon in Portland expect considerable sunshine and near 70 degree highs. Winds will be southwest at 12 to 18 mph. Tonight stays partly cloudy and warmer with lows near 50 and southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday remains partly cloudy and cooler with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Two Men Drowned In Boating Mishap At Horseshoe Pond
Greeneville forest official from North Carolina and the city fire chief died in a boating accident on Horseshoe Pond. George Mullen of Asheville and Roland Canders of Greenville were found in 12 feet of water after their canoe overturned during a fishing trip. An autopsy was ordered. both had been reported missing Wednesday night. Mullen headed economics at the Forest Service Southeast Experimental Station. Canders was a Greenville volunteer fire chief and dairy plant supervisor. Both left wives and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
U.S. Forest Service
North Carolina
Horseshoe Pond
George Mullen
Asheville
N.C
Roland Canders
Fish and Game Department
Mullen
Canders
Division of Economics
Forest Service
Southeast Experimental Service
Swamp Grass Fire Fought Near Grand Beach
Fifteen men and three pieces of equipment battled a wind whipped swamp grass blaze off Little River Road in Grand Beach yesterday afternoon. Snow Canning Co. workers alerted the station as flames threatened buildings near the Pine Point line. Linwood Kimball said sparks from a gassing train likely caused the fire. All out at 5:40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Little River
Grand Beach
Snow Canning Co
Pine Point
Linwood Kimball
Kennedy Critics and Nuclear Pact Spark Montana Visit
At Billings Kennedy urged against isolation while defending the Senate approved partial nuclear test ban. He contrasted Idaho Power Co. dam licensing under Eisenhower with a single high dam proposal by the Army Corps. He warned differences with the Soviet Union will persist but the treaty could reduce the risk of a mutual nuclear collision. Mansfield plans to seek re election next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hells Canyon
Idaho Power Co
Eisenhower
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Army Corps of Engineers
Billings
Kennedy
Montana
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Mansfield
Senate
Soviet Union
Harmony Knights Officers Attend Pre Con Meeting
Officers of the Knights of Harmony a glee club in Biddeford Council Knights of Columbus met with Federation of Franco American Glee Clubs leaders in Lynn Massachusetts Lorenzo Beaudoin director Fernand Picard SR Joseph Berthiaume committeeman and Roger Bouchard librarian attended the session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Harmony
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus
Federation of
Franco-American Glee Clubs
Lynn
Mass
Lorenzo Beaudoin
Fernand Picard
Joseph Berthiaume
Roger Bouchard
Confusing Mileage Signs Oddly Distance Lyons and Elsworth
In Ellsworth Kansas a pair of road mileage signs cause confusion as Lyons is listed as 25 miles away while the Elsworth sign shows 27 miles to Ellsworth. The discrepancy raises questions about sign placement and accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth, Kan
Lyons
Elsworth
Frederic Remington Rural High School Named in Whitewater
Frederic Remington will have a school named for him at Whitewater Kansas. The Frederic Remington Rural High School will be the only school bearing his name in the United States. Remington died in 1909 and once owned a sheep ranch six miles from the school site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
Whitewater
Kan
Frederic Remington
United States
Conference Board Votes To Accept Pact With GE
The Conference Board of the International Union of Electrical Workers voted to accept a GE contract offering an average 14 cent hourly raise over three years. Ratification by union members is needed. The AFL-CIO union represents 70,000 GE workers in several cities. Negotiations followed eight weeks of talks with terms largely aligning to a prior September 6 agreement with United Electrical Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
Afl-Cio
James B. Carey
United Electrical Workers, Independent
Fusal
National
Callahan
Maine Milk Dealers Seek To Sell Multiple Gallons
Maine milk dealers urged the Maine Milk Commission to allow sale of multiple containers at the reduced gallon price. Cumberland Farms argued such banded packaging is economically illogical and might require rule changes or court action. The hearing examined single service non returnable containers and banded multiples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc
Demetrios Haseotes
Maine Milk Commission
Haseotes
George A. Wathen
Maine Milk Dealers Association
Cumberland
Sidney W. Wernick
Wathen
Atty
Frank E. Hancock
New England
Portland
Lewiston
Commission
Dr. Paul Cloke Dies in Orono
AP reports 81 year old Dr. Paul Cloke dean emeritus of the University of Maine College of Technology died at his Orono home. He retired in 1950 as dean and director of the Maine Technology Experiment Station. He previously led departments at Clarkson College of Technology and the University of Arizona. He is survived by his wife Ruth and two sons.
Tax Cut Prolonged. hearings shifted to mid October
The tax cut measures extend for at least a week delaying the public hearings led by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon until October 14 or 15. Senate Democratic leaders privately express disappointment with the decision and Mike Mansfield vows to press Byrd to accelerate the committee's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Senate
Byrd
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Virginian
Mansfield
British and U.S. officials prepare for talks with Gromyko
British Foreign Secretary Lord Home and U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrived at the United Nations to coordinate on new disarmament steps after the limited nuclear test ban treaty. They planned further discussions with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, with a lunch meeting set for Saturday and aims to build peace following Moscow’s ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
Lord Home
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Home
Rusk
Gromyko
Moscow
Washington
Origin of the Phrase Mind Your P's and Q's Traced to Taverns
A historical note explains that the expression to mind one's P's and Q's began in English taverns where hosts tallied guests liquor intake by pints and quarts. The practice of recording quantities led to the saying warning patrons to watch their behavior and accounts.
Senate Finance Committee Completes Action Timeline
The Senate Finance Committee has a two month window to finish its action on the measure. The committee set a schedule to review amendments and report back with possible changes before the deadline. Stakeholders await a final decision impacting funding and policy implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Senate panel blasts stockpile program management
A bipartisan Senate inquiry released a year long report accusing Eisenhower era officials of pressuring stockpile goals and profiting from nickel contracts. The panel calls for rapid determination of survival stockpile levels and questions the value of vast reserves in the nuclear and space age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sens
J. Glenn Beall
Maryland
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Hanna Mining
George M. Humphrey
Welfare
Douglas McKay
Interior
Sinclair Weeks
Commerce
Kennedy
Senate
Saco Jaycees Vote To Form Bowling Team
The Saco Jaycees discussed forming a bowling team at a meeting in the municipal courtroom. Andre Desmarais was named bowling committee chair. The group plans a league opener on Oct 15 at Roll-A-Way Lanes in Biddeford and set an orientation for Oct 9 at Canal National Bank basement Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Jaycees
Andre Desmarais
Jaycees
Biddeford
Willard Stackpole
Andrew Scontras
State Jaycees
Scontras
Daniel Dearborn
Saco Chamber
Canal National Bank
Main Street
Saco
Adelbert Huot
Richard Carlson
Daniel Howard
Sanford
Maine Sardines To Be Sold Overseas
Maine Sardine Council plans larger world market share by buying from members on bids and partnering with a New York export firm to sell abroad. Executive secretary Richard E. Reed said competition will be stiff but aims to secure a sizable slice of global sardine traffic. Maine yields 1–2 million cases yearly but holds a small international share. FAO estimated 16 million cases worth about $100 million traded internationally last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Richard E. Reed
New York
United Nation
Food and Agriculture Organization
Russian Wheat Sale Hindered By Missing Element
Washington reports a possible Soviet wheat deal faces a key missing element as Czechoslovakia probes the United States for a purchase, while officials say Moscow has not moved. President Kennedy asks two House committees to review with Cabinet members, with senators noting talks of a 200 million bushel wheat option, and private talks in Ottawa stalling after Peavey Co withdraws its representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
United States
Agriculture and
State Department
Kennedy Ir
House
House Agriculture and Foreign Affairs Committees
Orville L. Freeman
Luther H. Hodges
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
George T. Aiken
R-Vt
Commerce Department
Soviet Bloc
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Ottawa
Canada
Sears
Peavey Co
Agriculture Department
Peavey
Lodge Defends U S Officers Against Mrs Nhu Insults
U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge condemned Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu for calling junior officers in Saigon "little soldiers of fortune" and "irresponsible." He defended the officers as risking their lives daily, urging gratitude. The remarks come amid U S friction with President Diem and his regime over Buddhist oppression. High officials including Robert McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor were briefed on the war situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Rome
Lodge
Kennedy
Diem
Mrs
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mrs. Nhu
Hit And Run Case Solved By Biddeford Police
Biddeford police solved a Tuesday evening hit and run on Alfred Street that hospitalized 32 year old Paul DeHetre. A youthful eyewitness identified Emile Fournier as the driver of Biddeford's new dry waste truck. no charges will be pressed. The witness said the boy ran into the truck as it moved and the driver did not see him. no skid marks were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Alfred Street
Paul DeHetre
Robert DeHetre
Birch St
Emile Fournier
Elm St
Mystery driver sought in city-wide hunt for white pickup
Police traced the case after a city-wide search for a white pickup truck. A witness language slip led officers to focus on a pickup model rather than the specific white city truck used to haul dry waste. Webber Hospital said the youth remains under observation with a mild concussion from the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Family Night Supper At Saco Parish House
A Unitarians and Universalists group held a family night supper at the Parish House on School Street in Saco. Afterward, Mr and Mrs Gordon Adamson spoke about their travels through Scotland Ireland England Paris Switzerland and the Alps. Chairwoman Miss Lillian Chapin led the supper committee with assistants listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarians
Universalists
School Street
Saco
Gordon Adamson
Scotland
Ireland
England
Paris
Switzerland
Alps
Lillian Chapin
Inez Twamblay
Katharine Deering
Roy Goodwin
Luella Goodwin
Kenneth Goodwin
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Macmillan
Lyman B. Stowe
Connecticut
Walter G. Johnson
Vendtronics Corp
Philadelphia
John H. Callahan
Paul Cloke
Orono
Bolduc Paint CO
Alfred St
George Friary
McIntosh
Cortland
Shaker Valley
Alfred
Southgate Motors, Inc
Clarence E. Tarr, George Spirouni As
John E. Weiss
Sneider’s Grocery Center
West Street
Pepsi Cola
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