Local Personal Briefs From Biddeford and Nearby
Personal notes list medical and surgical patients at Notre Dame hospital including Henri Deschesne Joseph Vachon Johnny Turcotte and others with addresses in Biddeford Saco and Biddeford Police Chief Edgar Sevigny attending a National Police Chiefs convention in New York City The Croteaus of Saco return from a two week vacation to Miami Beach Nassau the Bahamas and Tampa with Mrs Croteau linked to Webber Travel Service and Mr Croteau tied to Northeast Airlines Navy enlistees Ross Eslinger Jr and Robert Littlefield spend a 14 day leave with families in Ogunquit both recently completing recruit training at Great Lakes and headed for ships in Norfolk Virginia and Charleston South Carolina respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Deschesne
Granite Street
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Joseph Vachon
West Street
Johnny Turcotte
Donald Cyr
Cleaves Street
Henri Joseph Provencher
Pike Street
Lionel Provencher
Main Street
Mary Ellen McEnery
James Street
Saco
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Mass
Edgar Sevigny
New York City
National Police Chiefs Association
Paul Croteau
Spring Street
Miami Beach
Fla
Nassau
Bahamas
Tampa
Fila
Croteau
Webber Travel Service
Portland
Northeast Airlines
Ross F. Eslinger, Jr
Robert R. Littlefield SA
U. S Navy
Ross F. Eslinger
Beach Street
Howard R. Littlefield
Bessbill Street
Ogunquit
Littlefield
Eslinger
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Elinger
Orion
Norfolk
Charleston
S. C
Flinger
Wells High School
Wells High
Rites Thursday For US Steel President Walter Munford
Walter F. Munford 59 longtime U S Steel chief dies after a cerebral stroke. He began at the open hearth in 1923 rose to a $250000 yearly presidency last May 5. A knife-wound accident preceded his illness. funeral at First Congregational church in Chatham as Munford summers there for 12 years with a Pittsburgh winter home. The report also lists Portland weather outlook and temperatures across New England and major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Mass
First Congregational Church
Walter F. Munford
U. S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
Cape Cod Hospital
Hynnis
Dist
Edmund Dinis
Munfords
Pittsburgh
Club Calendar Socials and Luncheon Meeting
Our Lady of Fatima circle Daughters of Isabella hosts the season’s first social at St John hall Jefferson street Biddeford with Guest night. The Thursday club holds a luncheon at 1 p m at the Wonderbar with guest speaker Mrs Stephen Patrick Waldoboro vice president of the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Fatimaecircle
Daughters of Isabella
St. John Hall
Jefferson Street
Biddeford
Stephen Patrick
Waldoboro
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Veterans group meeting in Biddeford on Thursday evening
Members of the Past Presidents association of Biddeford post Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Delcia Frechette Hills Beach Those attending assemble in front of the goon hotel for transportation 7 15 p m
Penny Social Supper by Annette Chapter at Masonic Hall
Members of Annette chapter C E S hold a penny social supper Thursday at 6 30 p m in Saco Masonic hall Mrs Barbara Utman chairs the supper and refreshments after the business meeting Mrs Florence Northrop is entertainment chairman Special guests include Mrs Mildred MacIntosh grand conductress and other conductress officers of the district
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette
Saco Masonic Hall
Barbara Utman
Florence Northrop
Mildred MacIntosh
Midweek Services Reported Across Area Churches
The Churches schedule Holy Communion at Trinity Episcopal Saco. Biddeford United Baptist meets tomorrow night at 7 30 in vestry. Advent Christian holds prayer and Bible study at Old Orchard Beach. Faith chapel Saco hosts midweek revival at 7 30. Christian Science Hamilton Memorial Saco conducts service at 7 45 Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco
Advent Christian Church
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Faith Chapel
Main Street
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Prayer and Bible Study at Village Baptist Church
A prayer and Bible study will be held in the vestry of Village Baptist Church on Spring Street Kennebunkport tomorrow at 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Baptist Church
Spring Street
Kennebunkport
Sunbeams and Salvation Army meet in regional notices
The Sunbeams of the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army will meet tomorrow at 3 30. The Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army Corps Cadets meet Wednesday at 6 15 p m. A weeknight holiness meeting of the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m. White Church senior choir rehearses Wednesday at 7 p m. The Literature committee of the Saco United Baptist church meets tonight at 7 39. The Corps Cadets lower grade of the Saco Salvation Army meet today at 3 30 p m. The Sunbeams of the Saco Salvation Army meet today at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Corps
White Church
The
Saco United Baptist Church
Saco Salvation Army
Junior Legion of Saco Salvation Army Meeting
The Junior Legion of the Saco Salvation Army will meet tomorrow at 3 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion of the Saco Salvation Army
Marines Occupied Iceland in 1941 by Invitation
The United States Marines occupied Iceland in 1941 after receiving an invitation from Icelandic authorities. This shows a rare wartime episode where American forces established a foothold in the North Atlantic under allied accord and strategic defense considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iceland
Council Chac to Attend Louis Demers Funeral Service
Members of Council Chac noon on Union St John the Baptist will convene in the club hall at seven o'clock then proceed in a body to Bolducs funeral home to pay respects to Louis Demers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolduc
Louis Demers
Council Chacnoon
Union St. John the Baptist
Nelson Dies in Los Angeles at 70
Donald M. Nelson once led wartime production for the United States, dying at age 70 in Los Angeles from a cerebral hemorrhage. His death marks the passing of a key figure in mobilizing industrial output for World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Los Angeles
Donald M. Nelson
Biddeford VFW Auxiliary Plans Whist Party
Biddeford VFW Auxiliary completed plans for a whist party at 7 30 p m in the Spanish War hall as part of a public benefit event. Rummage sale details were to be announced, reports were read and accepted, and prizes were awarded to Mrs Marie Boisvert and Mrs Blanche Small during the social hour with refreshments served by the hospitality committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marie Boisvert
Blanche Small
Equipment Auction Sells Saco-Lowell Foundry Assets
AAA Equipment of Cleveland auctions tool and equipment bought from Saco Lowell by the firm. The sale excludes the basic operating unit of the foundry. The foundry equipment may be sold only as a working unit for local use, while the building remains under Community Development Corporation ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco-Lowell
AA Equipment Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Biddeford
The
Community Development Corporation
Saco- Lowell Foundry
AAA
Development Corporation
Market rally led by motors and steels in New York
Stocks continued a rally with Chrysler up over 2 points and General Motors and Studebaker-Packard rising. Rails and industrials joined the advance as markets edged higher on expectations the government will intervene in the steel strike. AP index rose to 222.90, with gains across oils, tobaccos, aircraft, rubbers, chemicals, and nonferrous metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Motors and Steels
Chrysler
American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
General Motors
Lukens
Youngstown Sheet
Bethlehem
Reynolds Metals
Southern Pacific
Texaco
Associated Press
Reserve Life Opens Biddeford Branch Office
Charles Trynor district manager for Reserve Life Insurance announces a new Biddeford branch at 159 Main Street. Staff include Raymond Perreault Maurice Brochu Eric Elliott and Trynor. The Main Street barber shop owned by Bertrand Gagne will relocate to the City Theater lobby as the First National Bank buys the old building for a parking lot. Gagne says the move, with a single chair and six waiting chairs, should occur toward the end of next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Trynor
South Portland
The
Reserve Life Insurance Company
Main Street
Biddeford
Raymond Perreault
Hill Street
Saco
Maurice Brochu
Sanford
Eric Elliot
Goodwins Mills
Trynor
Bertrand Gagne
City Theater
Gagne
First National Bank
Bitter Creek Wyoming in Sweetwater County dispute
Bitter Creek, located in Sweetwater County Wyoming, lies within the wider Bitter Creek region and is part of county geography. Local maps place it in Bitter Creek area of Sweetwater County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitter Creek
Wyo
Sweetwater County
Gurney Corps Grants Two Hall Permits
Members of the Fred S. Gurney Women’s Relief Corps granted two hall permits at a Saco GAR quarters meeting. The requests included October 4 for a Spanish War Veterans meeting and October 24 for a rummage sale by the Saco Unitarian church. Secretary and treasurer reports were shared and Mrs. Doris Duross announced the next meeting for October 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Gurney, Women's Relief Corps
Saco Gar
Biddeford Man Tops Bids For Two City Trucks
Royal Larose of 50 Forest Street Biddeford was high bidder for a 1945 International pickup and a 1950 Ford dump truck owned by the city of Saco. City Clerk Albert Cabana reported bids opened in Saco City Hall last night. Larose bid 50 dollars for the pickup and 100 dollars for the dump truck. Four other bids were submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Larose
Forest Street
Biddeford
City of
Saco
Albert Cabana
Larose
Beach Sewer Plan Faces Urgent Town Meeting
The Beach sewer plan is urged for fast action as WIC could declare Beach unfit for bathing and fine the town daily until repairs. A second public hearing is proposed at Old Orchard Beach High School to revisit the project amid tight timing for July 1 completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WIC
Howard
Shorey
Old Orchard Beach High School
McNeil
Saco Baptist Missionary Programs Highlighted
The Saco Baptist section notes wide missionary programs and Christian higher education efforts. Readings compare Saco programs with those for 2,500 American Baptist church members nationwide in the training conference series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page @ne
American Baptist Church
Nagashima Typhoon Disaster Strikes Central Japan Town
Nagashima, a 7000 resident farming town between rivers, was flooded by Typhoon Vera. Bodies float in muddy waters as rescue efforts lag and survivors suffer without food. National death total climbs toward two thousand with thousands missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagashima
Japan
Soviet Space Hope Sees Moon Bases Before Cosmos Conquest
Moscow radio quoted astronomer Feliks Segal predicting space travelers will first colonize the Moon, then conquer the rest of the planets and venture to other solar systems. Plans include turning the Moon into a habitable world with hermetically sealed habitats and artificial atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mars
Venus
Moscow Radio
Feliks Segal
Moon
North America
Segal
Moscow
Gracie’s Path Uncertain as New England Monitored
Military and civil defense officials kept a wait and see stance on Gracie’s potential New England impact. The hurricane, packing 125 mph winds, pounded the South Carolina coast with heavy rain and high waves as Air Force Navy and Army bases watched for signs of a trajectory shift. The Boston Weather Bureau warned it was too soon to confirm a direct hit with forecasts of rain and strong winds midweek and no alert was planned until early Wednesday at the earliest. If Gracie changes course aircraft and ships would be moved out of the likely path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Civil Defense
Gracie
New England
South Carolina
Air Force
Boston Weather Bureau
Armed Forces
Iaircraft
Heroism Awards Granted to Brewer and Stonington Teens
The American Legion awarded gold heroism medals to Norman DeCesere Jr of Brewer and Bruce Varisco of Stonington. DeCesere saved a man from a beating mishap and Varisco contributed to four rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer
American Legion
Norman DeCesere, Jr
Bruce Varisco
Stonington
DeCesere
Varisco
Boy Scout Troop 309 Hikes 13 Miles Sunday
About 35 members of Boy Scout Troop 309 Biddeford joined an all day hike on Sunday. Half began at Five Points and the rest in front of the Knights of Columbus hall. The 13 mile trek was led by Scout master Ben Villandry with assistants Arthur Beaupre and Adrien LeBlanc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus
Ben Villandry
Arthur Beaupre
Adrien LeBlanc
Collision on York Hill Involving LaPointe and Champagne
Robert LaPointe 21 of Jeanette Avenue Old Orchard Beach stopped on York hill Sunday night to let a car back down when struck by a vehicle driven by Ronald Champagne 31 of Halfway Old Orchard Beach, not the reverse as reported. LaPointe’s car sustained about 300 dollars in damage and Champagne’s about 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert LaPointe
Jeanette Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
York Hill
Ronald Champagne
LaPointe
Champagne
Milford man fined for unregistered truck on Alfred road
David M. Kimball, 31, of Milford New Hampshire, was fined $50 in Biddeford Municipal Court after pleading guilty to operating an unregistered truck on the Alfred road. Judge Simon Spill presided September 24. The complaint was brought by State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.H
Milford
David M. Kimball
Biddeford
Alfred Road
Simon Spill
Yearly Calendar Announced For E And I Union
The Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Saco releases its yearly program calendar. Sessions open with a Friday luncheon at 1 30 p m in club rooms, featuring regional club leaders as special guests. Monthly meetings, speaker events, teas, and program hostess duties are listed for 1960 through May, all at Hamilton Memorial with set times for business, tea, and program segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Saco
Stephen Patrick
Waldoboro
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Roland Dutch
Kennebunk
York County Union
Warren Peterson
District 13
Kenneth Stackpole
Margaret Long Arnold
Thea Dennett
Clarence Craig
Ways and Means
Thornton Academy Scholarship
F. L. Vincent
Kay
Lloyd Anderson
Peter Hellige
Horace Killam
Everett Ladd
Paul Woodman
Lawrence Tripp
William Marston
Jane Welch
Cecil J. Cutts
Chester Pease
Gordon Hilton
Maurice Ross
Walter Whitney
Sarah Fairfield
Arundel
Beach Street
Smith urges review of U S aid to avoid aiding blackmailers
Sen Margar et Chase Smith told Rockland service clubs at a joint luncheon that the United States must reassess its foreign aid program to ensure aid goes to friends, not blackmailers like Tito and Nasser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
United States
Margaret Chase Smith
Tito
Nasser
Five Biddeford Voters Register For Referendum
Five Biddeford voters have registered for the statewide referendum on October 12. New registrants include Rose LeBlanc Rita Picard Claudette Samson Paul Caron and Nazaire LeBlanc. The Biddeford registration office in the City building will be open all day October 12 with hours 9 to 1 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Rose LeBlanc
Bradbury Street
Rita M. Picard
Emery Street
Claudette R. Samson
Wilson Street
Paul F. Caron
Granite Street
Nazaire LeBlance
Biddeford City
Assault Case Proceeds at County Court York details emerge
State case against Rosaire Laroche continues in York County Superior Court. Deputy Sheriff Vinton Ridley testified corroborating Trooper Sands about the July 15 auto accident at Shapleigh and an ensuing confrontation at the Laroche home where Laroche allegedly chased them with a knife and an axe. Sands described a tense scene with his wife in the cruiser and firing a shot to deter Laroche. Florist Roger Chadourne from Springvale testified as eyewitness that Laroche charged Sands with an axe swing while Sands retreated. Defense argues self defense and defense of home, alleging Sands was the trespasser. Four witnesses sworn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosaire Laroche
York County Superior Court
Vinton T. Ridley
Shapleigh
John J. Sands
Sands
Laroche
Vinton Ridley
Atty
Gendron
Policeman Cleared In Drunken Driving Case In Portland
Howard W. Ireland a 36 year old Auburn police officer was acquitted in Cumberland County Superior Court after Prosecutor Arthur Chapman Jr. asked for a directed verdict citing reasonable doubt stemming from conflicting evidence. Judge Rudman said the prosecution rightly voiced doubt and noted courts avoid convicting innocent defendants. A Brunswick witness saw no intoxication two hours after the stop while a federal agent testified Ireland’s car forced a truck off the road and ran a red light, later linking him to a prior picnic gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Howard W. Ireland
Auburn
Cumberland County Superior Court
Arthur Chapman, Jr
Chapman
Abraham M. Rudman
Rudman
Ireland
Clement G. Favreau
Brunswick
Bath Brunswick Road
Alexander H. Cummings
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Law Officers Assn
Cummings
Execution Wins In Harrisburg As Senate Defeats Abolition
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the state Senate voted 34 to 12 to defeat a proposal to abolish capital punishment. The vote preserves capital punishment in the state and maintains current enforcement policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Senate
Haney Praises Willey For Fine Pitching Job
Milwaukee pitcher Carl Willey, recalled from nowhere, received praise after a strong six innings in a 3-2 loss to the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Braves manager Fred Haney lauded Willey for holding the Dodgers to three runs, while Sherry dazzled in relief for Los Angeles. Eddie Matthews remained a threat with 46th homer chase as the pennant series heads to a deciding game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Larry Sherry
Carl Willey
Sherry
Reef
Braves
Willey
Fred Haney
Haney
Cherryfield
Maine
Danny McDevitt
Walt Alston
Eddie Matthews
Chicago
Ernie Banks
Alston
Don Drysdale
Lew Burdette
Robber Gets 6-12 Years For $1 Theft
Ronald Roy, 25, of Hallowell pleaded guilty in Superior Court to armed robbery at Damon's Market on July 25. He took a $1 from an elderly employee and faces six to 12 years. An accomplice, Norman Grier, 23, of Augusta, was sentenced to two and a half to five years after also pleading guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Ronald Roy
Hallowell
Roy
Damon’s Market
Norman Grenier
Biddeford Man Fined for Driving Without Lights
Reginald Denton, 18, of 74 May Street Biddeford was fined $10 in Saco Municipal Court yesterday afternoon by Associate Judge William F. Wilson Jr. on a charge of driving without lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Denton
May Street
Biddeford
Saco
William F. Wilson, Jr
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US Steel
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Washington
Miami
New Orleans
Montreal
Biddeford Vfw Auxiliary Plans
Whist Party
Equipment Company Auctions Tools
Gurney Corps
Biddeford Man High
Saco Baptist
Biddeford High School
Front Row
Judy Kuczynski
Helen Tarazewich
Back
Beverly Bissell
George Harpootlian
Hell Hole
Cosmos
One City, N. c
E and I
Thornton Academy
Tront Row
Cynthia Sanborn
John Hyland
Sandra Dolby
John Parola
Franklin Tarbox
John Kerry
Linda Nason
Julie Nadeau
Carey
Jewelers
Dennett G& Craig, Inc
Saco, Maine
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