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Biddeford-Saco Journal from Biddeford, Maine • 2

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:2 Blddeforii-Saeo Journal Monday April 23 1962 Grass Fires Plague Twin City Crews Oh Week End THE WEATHER GOING TO BE COOLER jouma Carrier Tomorrow's Leaders Biddeford Boy Struck By Car Escapes Injury A young Biddeford boy appar entiy escaped injury when he was struck by a car on Water street Personals Deaths JfvA'ciuSf 2 Retired Bowdoin relatives In Biddeford during the Easter holiday Mr and Mrs Bernard Man- sing Baltimore Md left today to reurtn home after a holiday visit with her mother Mrs Leo Harriman Elm street Biddeford Joseph Wood faculty member at Biddeford High school has retained home after visiting in Montreal gndJfortheastern Canada Mrs Jane -Hanson 11 Hutchins street Saco is a surgical patient at Webber hospital Mrs Hanson is the former Jane Grover Holiday houseguests of Mr and Mrs Ernest A Donahue Orchard ference He had College Professor Dies At Age Of BRUNSWICK (AP) Dr Mitchell 82 retired of rhetoric and oratory Bowdoin College died at son's home in Westport Sunday night A member of the Bowdoin 46 years he retired in On several occasions he was deaft Dr Mitchell was president the Maine Congregational 92 Wil-mot professor at his Conn faculty 1839 acting of Con- been'a aSSnS Theokgical tham Mass and John A Donahue and Miss Virginia Craig Seminary since 1916 Besides his son Hugh he leaves two daughters Mrs The first came at 12:50 Saturday afternoon to a grass fire at 38 Beach street on land owned by Paul Lesieur Firemen used booster lines and returned to the Central station at 1 pm The next call came at 1:20 to a grass fire on Wood avenue on land owned by Mrs Juliette Bertrand Firemen used bonder lines and Indian tanks and returned to the station at 1:40 pm At 1:22 while firemen were still at the Wood avenue fire a call was received to a grass fire at 16 James street on land owned Clyfton Hewes Booster lines and Indian tanks were used and firemen -returned to the station at 1:50 A call was received at 1:45 to a grass fire on Main street at the rear of Paquette's market Booster lines were used and firemen returned to the station at 2:02 At 7:41 Saturday night firemen received a change of oace when they were called for a flooded oil burner at the home of James Fourtenay Hobson lane They returned at 7:48 At 12:81 Sunday afternoon firemen were called to Common street' for a grass fire on land owned by the Boston it Maine railroad Booster lines and Indian tanks were used and firemen returned to the station at 12:53 At 1:06 firemen were called for a grass fire on land owned by William Smith on the Bay View road This fire was out on arrival At 5:04 firemen were called to Garfield street for a Brass fire On land owned by Lou Corriveau Booster lines were used and firemen jretumedto the station at 6:07 The last call Sunday was at 5:33 for a grass fire on land owned fay Stephen Halasz Lina avenue Booster lines and Indian tanks were used and firemen returned to the Central Fire station at 5:53 pm deford Municipal court this morn- ing on a charge of driving under the influence of liquor Honore SimboeaU 64 of 84 Summer street pleaded innocent was found guilty by Judge Simon Spill and provided bail dt $500 printing Ms appearance in York county Superior court Judge Spill the man's license to 10 days when it was found Simoneau did not carry liability insurance The allegrii offense took place in Biddeford early Sunday morning In other action Jean Paul Parenteau 31 of 61 West Cults street 'Biddeford pleaded guilty to a charge of falling to make himself known following an accident and was fined $50 which was paid Police said the offense took place Saturday night on Elm street Biddeford when tiie Par-enteau car struck a parked car registered to Tousignant 40 of 265 Alfred street Bidddord The mishap occurred while Parenteau was turning a corner from St Mary street police said David Paulhus 20 Saco was found innocent of a charge of failing to stop at the signal of an officer Police Officer Leo Cote told the court that Paulhus failed to stop when the officer-signaled him to do so at Five Printa Thursday night Cote said he was directing traffic at the time Paulhus claimed that ha thought Cate was signaling him to go past Paulhus pleaded innocent Biddeford police were complainants in all three cases Chamber Banquet Is Set For Wednesday Today is the last day for ticket reservations for the Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce dinner Wednesday night at foe Won-derbar Steak houre Clayton CartmiU chamber executive secretary said today' Principal speaker for the affair will be Sen Edmund Muskie Other speakers will include Mayors dement Deschambault and Dinsmore Worthing of Biddeford and Saco respectively Atty Harold Carroll a member of the chamber's Legislative committee mid Committee to Industrial Expansion will be the toastmaster Meanwhile Roy MacNaughtori chairman of the entertainment committee has called a meeting of the committee to tomorrow morning at 10 at the chamber office St Francis College Signs New Teacher Michael Gaulin 183 River-dale street Ottawa Que will Join the faculty of Saint Francis college to the 196263 academic school year Gaulin received his secondary French literature in October According to Rev Donald Nicknair OFM Dean of Studies who made the announcement Gaulin will teach French in the Division Ot Humanities Sheehan Assigned To Plattsburgh Simoneau Filer Appeal To York County Court A Biddeford man appealed 1 conviction and a $150 fine in Bid Newton Mass Mr and Mrs Leo Paradis and children Janice and Linda Wil-braham Mass have returned home after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs George Paradis Elm street and her father James Hickey Union street Biddeford A tty and Mrs Ralph Paradis and family have returned to Massachusetts after spending a holiday visit with her mother Mrs Alice Mogan Main street and his parents Mr and Mrs George Paradis Elm street Bic Spending Easter- Sunday-and flie holiday weekend in Biddeford was Miss Beryl Ann Howard Boston She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Prescott Howard and the granddaughter of Mrs Albert 0 Howard Orchard street 7 Miss Florence Hamel Biddeford bas returned home after spending a week visiting her nephew' Rev Henri Bechard and friends in Montreal Accompanying her on the trip was Miss Patricia Smith and Miss Anna Quincy Masp who left yesterday to return to Massachusetts Attending funeral services today in South Portland for Edward Fearon was Maynard Child a former Biddeford resident and coworker of Fearon's now residing in Medfield Mass Child is employed by the New England Telephone and Telegraph company and was recently transferred from the Portland office to Medfield Paul Woodworth flremaff USN son of Mr and Mrs Kendrick Woodworth 27 Pep-perel street Saco is serving aboard the amphibious force flagship USS Bocono now participating in Joint Marine-Navy maneuvers in Puerto Rico The ship is one- recently viewed by President Kennedy off Norfolk Va Jerome EatonL radioman second class' USN and Kent Eaton aonarman second class USN sons of Mr and Mrs CUum Eaton Route 2 Biddeford are serving aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Charles Adams now participating in Joint Navy-Marine maneuvers in Puerto Rico The Adams is me of the ships recently viewed by President Kennedy oil Norfolk VSi WcmmcHNamu Prayer Tuesday meeting will taka place at 7:30 at the Full church Route PA Just off 1081 Wells Gos A prayer and Bible study will be held Tuesday at 7:30 at the First Baptist church Ocean avenue Old Orchard Beach The Borne League (Ladies Group) of foe Saco Salvation Army will meet Tuesday at 7:20 Women of the Saco School Street Methodist church will meet Tuesday at the church at 11 am one attending will take her own lunch it was reported Couple Marks Our Lady of Fatima circle Daughters of Isabella will have a social Tuesday at 8 in St Jean hall Adams street Bidde-ford Guests may attend it was reported a A meeting of Council Chagnon Union St Jean Baptiste will taka Mace Wednesday at 8 in the club hall Adams street Biddeford Biddeford Civil Defense and Public Safety association will meet tonight at 7:30 in the municipal court room (Sty building Refreshments willbe served after the business session Biddeford late Saturday after Police said Reginald Gilbert 8 of 14 Pierson lane was taken jeued sifter examination to the Webber hospital and re Driver of the car' Marcel Gourtris 40 of 192 Cleaves street Biddeford told police the boy ran into the path of his car from Pierson lane and that he was unable to stop in time to avoid striking the lad Officers Ralph Hubert and Raymond Warner investigated Variance Granted In Saco Zone Case The Saco Zoning Board of Ap Deals has voted to grant to Lri Roy Sawyer Stockman avenue to the temporary placement of mobile home on his property Sawyer intends to locate the trailer on the corner of Lucille street and Stockman 1 venue until the erection of a home on this rite Hie variance was granted by the board with the following re strictions: lr That exterior construction -)mll be completed to the print -that this temporary trailer placement shall be entirely enclosed in such manner that no portion of the trailer shall be visible from any viewpoint by Dcember 4 1962 That the trailer must be removed from the premises by April 30 1904 or if the home is completed sooner the trailer rniwt be removed at that time Failure to comply with each or any part of these restrictions hail cause this permit to be null and void in its entirety Bike License Plates Are Now Available Bicycles license platen to 1962 have arrived at the Biddeford police station Chief Edgar Seviroy-said today and are now avaflsblt to bicycle owners Deadline to obtaining the yellow and Mack plates is June 1 Every bicycle owner In Uie city must have a license plate the chief said Saco Youth HeanU On Driving Count The case against Kenneth Nsd ler 18 of 9 Sunrise avenue Saco charged by Sacor police with driv-ing to endanger on the Ferry road was still bring heard at nress time by Associate Judge William Wilson Jr At the request of defense Atty Louis Spill this morning the court adjourned to take a view of the Ferry-road where the alleced offense occured After viewing the site hearing of the case was resumed Safety Program Is Started In Saco itf "ne of the highlights of the program will be a bicycle road-eo on May 19 in the Buma school yard sponsored by tho Saco Police department and the Biddeford-Saco Lodge of Elks I can help you and your family to a future with Modem Woodaca Life Insurance it Ufa Imwum Savins Plant IdirMMnt Plana hata DONALD CHRETIEN District Manager Sacn Maine MODERN WOODMEN or ahxkica Honre Office Rock blind HL There was little peace and rest for Biddeford-Saco firemen over Uk Easter week end as grass fires kept both departments al most continually on the Jump Biddeford firemen were called out for six grass fires an ash can blaze and a television set transformer fire during the weekend At 10:24 Saturday morning they were called to a grass fire at 482 Main street on property owned to Joseph Brulotte Brooms used to check the flames At 10:38 a run was made to 204 Pool road for a gran fire on property owned by Min Alexandrine Laverriere A booster was used A gran fire at Westland avenue was reported at 11:84 and at 11:45 a similar Maze at Prospect street At 11:48 additional help was rushed to the Westland avenue fire which had spread to West street with more reinforcements arriving at 12:06 Property owners at the -Westland' avenue West street scene were Richard Ryan and Graham Small and on Prospect street O'Conner bros A fifth gran fire was reported at Saturday afternoon on Westmore avenue where a Boston and Maine Railroad engine set the blaze from flying sparks Fifteen minutes 1 ter a grass fire was reported off the Cole road This Maze was also set by a railroad engine and additional help was sent at 1:28 Boosters and hand pumps were used An ash can fire was reported at 8:24 Saturday night at 63 Jefferson street with a boaster being used and at 7:55 last night a transformer in a television set owned by-Ralph Larose 191 May street was reported burning Nothing was used on arrival Eight In Saco Grass fires also kept Saco firemen on the run over the weekend as they answered calls to right grass Si fires on Saturday and Sun- day Pool Road 50th Mr and Mrs Ralph Jordan Goldthwaite Sr -of 744 Pool road Biddeford observed their 50th wedding anniversary yesterday when they were guests' of honor at a family dinner at the home af their son and daughter-in-law1 Mr and Mrs Ralph GoidthWaite Jr 763 Pool road Biddeford t- The dinner was highlighted by the cutting of a decorated anniversary cake and a corsage and boutonniere were presented to the honored guests Gifts included mantle riock and gold as wen as several bouquets flowers and many cards A number of relatives and friends visited during the afternoon Goldthwaite is a native of Biddeford Mrs Goldthwaite was the former Jean Louise NicoUe of Halifax Nova Scotia and the couple was married in Biddeford on April 24 1912 and have made their home in this community ever since Prior to his retirement Goldthwaite was employed as a carpenter and lobster fisher-maii They have one son Ralph Goldthwaite Jr and two grandchildren Kathy and Lee Goldthwaite Mrs Goldthwaite is a member of Adah chapter Order of the Eastern Star the Biddeford-Saco Community Service group and attends the South Biddeford Methodist church and its Ladies Aid society Her husband belongs to Dunlap lodge and A MJ and both are-' members of the Biddeford Pori Community dub Attending the dinner party yesterday were Mrs Sadie Bruns Mr and Mrs Robert Gross and daughter Eileen Mr and Mrs Frank Gross Kathy and Lee Goldthwaite Mr and Mrs Goldthwaite Jr and the guests of honor Mr and Mrs Goldthwaite Sr Saco City Council To Discuss Budget Budgets to 1962 will be discussed at a special meeting of the Saco City council tonight at 7:30 in city hall Earlier this month the -council turned down a total net budget of over a million dot Ian by a 4-2 vote- The budget is but one of several items on the agenda for tonight Khrushchev (Con tinned from Page One) also will -approve a new Soviet Cabinet It is expected to be largely the same as the one Khrushchev has beets heading but the only woman member Minister of Culture Ekaterina Furtseva may be "dropped SJie was' dropped from the Communist party Presidium last October arid was not a candidate for re-election to the Supreme Soviet Khrushchev chose the -eve of the parliament opening to warn inside and outside Communist that the Soviet party he leads is following "the only-correct-Lcninist-course Speaking at ceremonies marking the 92nd anniversary of Lenin's birth Khrushchev took a crack at Yugoslav revisionists and nj nut Albanian and Red Chinese matists as well as Western ca dog- sapt- talism -Boasting "we have scored outstanding he declared "the liberation struggle of the working people of the whole world like mighty spring waters are washing from our planet the dirt and mold of the old capitalist world" Leonid Ilyichev ideological chief of the Soviet Communist parly defended the Soviet Union's economic policy as the only correct road to socialism and then communism the New Zealand Open for the scwn'ii lime He Iwat Kel Nagle luiiuiup by tune shots PORTLAND This afternoon considerable cloudiness early but decreasing cloudiness by -late afternoon and turning cooler West to northwest winds IS to 25 mph with higher gusts Tonight clearing and colder Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph Tuesday mostly sunny and cooler Temperatures: Zone 1 mid 60s to low mid 30s Lowest temperatures last night: Caribou 38 Eastport 40 Greenville 41 Old Town 44 Rumford 41 Portland 47 ML Wash 35 Concord 52 Montreal 42 APRIL TIDES HIGH LOW A A 21 1242 113 6JS 7J7 24 122 156 748 750 25 285 245 827 SJ9 20 257 340 UN Mi 04 John Skinzacos John Skinsacas 75 of 1 Hill street Biddeford died in a local hospital Saturday evening following a long illness Burn in Gylheon Greece in 1886 a son of Peter and Krisou-la Skinsacs he was the widower of Margaret fynbacoulogas Skinsacos- He was a communicant of SL'Demetrios church and a member of the Cacones society Surviving are a sister Mrs Helen Duravelis Sanford CL several nieces and nephews Friends may call at the Emond Funeral home today from 2 to 4 in the afternoon and to 10 in the eventing Funeral services win be held from St Demctrios church Tuesday at 2 Octave Poulin Octave Joseph Poulin' 72 a resident of the Jenkins road Saco died suddenly Saturday afternoon at a Biddeford hospital He was retired Saco-Lowell shops employe Born in Canada May 19 1888 he was the son of Oscar and Mary (Audette) Poulin Survivors include his widow Mrs Christine (Peters) Poulin two daughters Mrs May Christensen Medford Long Island and Mrs Bernice Bush Littleton Mass a aim Kenneth Poulin Saco: three half-brothers Fred andPercy Robbins Sebago and William Robbins Ohio four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1:80 pm from Dennett and Craig FUneral home 365 Main street Saco where friends may call today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 tun Burial will lie in Steep Falls cemetery Standish TO PAY RESPECTS Officers and members of La-fayettfe court Catholic' Order of Foresters -will meet tonight at 7 at the Sansoucy Funeral home 1 Stone street Biddeford to pay respects to Joseph Mininnl Funerals HERBERT PRESSO Funeral services for Herbert Presso of Island were Saturday afternoon from Shumway Funeral home Spring street Saco Rev Hatty A Aufiero paster of the Saco First Parish Congregational church officiated and burial was in the family-lot at Buxton Lower Comer cemetery the 35 LOUIS BELANGER Funeral services for Louis Philippe Belanger of 96 Pike street Biddeford were held this morning from St Andre church RL Rev Msgr Aime Giguere was the celebrant of the solemn high mass with Rev Reginald Roy deacon: and Rev Beroand Nicknairr-sub-deacon Singing was by male quartet of St -Andre's church choir with Mrs -Laura Lauzon Proulx as organist Bearers all members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles were Ubald Larose Emile Decelles Fernand Petit Joseph Corriveau Emile Madore and Josph Perreault Burial took place in the fam ily lot in St Joeeph cemetery with committal prayers by Rev FY Nicknair Among out-of-town relatives and friends attending the services were Mr and Mrs Urbain Beaudoin Donald and Dennis Beaudoin Greenville Ad-jutor Brochu Mr and Mrs George Aime Brochu Mr and Romeo Raymond and Mrs Yvonne Laliberte all of ton: Mr and Mrs Antonio Lai viere Kenncbunk MRS IRENE PARADIS Funeral services for Mrs Irene Paradis conducted this morning at St Joseph church wherea requiem high mass was celebrated by Msgr Elie Hcvey Rev Syivio Levesque was deacon and Rev Marc Franck was sub deacon Singing was by the church choir with Mrs Diana Rouselle at the organ Bearers included Robert War nor Leo Warner Raymond War ncr Roger Dutil Roger Duguay and Ernest Boisvert Serving as honorary ribbon bearers from St Anne sodality of St Joseph par ish were Mrs: Eugene Neveux Mrs Alfred Nolot te Mrs Joseph Fournier and Mrs Pierre Trem-'ilny Burial was in (he family lot at Joseph eemetery with grave side prayers by Rev Fr Le-Csq uc Attending from out of towr err Mr and Mrs Herman Par lis and Miss Carmeline Parr Sanford and Mrs Jeannrit! 'luerant Woonsocket Rl education alt' Zcole Secondaire University of Ottawa and gra-The auxiliary to Biddeford post dilated from- the university with Veterans of Foreign Wars win a BA degree In 1961 meet tonight at 7:30 in Biddeford This past school year he has Gty building and the president been attending the University of has announced that dues andln- Montreal on a Woodrow Wilson surance roust be paid at this1 National Fellowship juid will re-session ccive his masters degree in ccive his master degree Loth Richards and Mrs Charles Cutter both of Nashua NH His fruieral will be at 1 pm Thursday in the First Parish Church here with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery at the edge of the Bowdoin campus Born in Freeport Mitchell was a graduate of the town's high school to which he returned as principal for three years just before ho joinedythe Bowdoin focul He was a member of Bowdoin's class of 1890 and did graduate work there and at Harvard He won his UttDr from Grinncll College in 1920 He won honorary degrees as doctor of humane letters from Bowdoin and the University of Maine --He-wai a trustee of Bridge Academy Dresden Mills from 1913-49 Bridgton Academy 1922-48 and North Yarmouth Academy from 1922 until his death His pife the former Alice Merrill of Portland died in 195(1 Katherine Merrill" Rites Set Tuesday BAR HARBOR (AP) A re item high mass will be sung at oly Redeemer Roman Catholic Church Tuesday for Mrs Katherine Merrill 57 of Boston daughter of a former Maine governor Mrs Merrill a ifaiitMof oi Gov John Hill MdSista died in a Boston hospital Friday A convert to Catholicism Mrs Merrill was named a Lady of the Holy Sepulchre by the late Pope Pius XII in 1957 Her family home in Augusta now is a retreat house of the Oblate Fathers The widow of John MetrOi leaves a a on John Jr of West-Jod Mass and a daughter Mbs Mary Merrill of Saco She will be buried on Little' Cranberry Island where she had a summer home Pauline Goodwin Miss Pauline Mae Goodwin 90 a resident of Goose Rocks Reach for the past eight years died Saturday night at a Biddeford hospital after a brief Alness Born in Worcester Mass February 22 1872 she was the daughter of Theodore ami Mary (Higgins) Beauvais She resided in Jamaica Plain Hass before moving to Goose Rocks Beach There are no known survivors Private funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at -11 a mp from the Bibber Memorial chapel 67 Summer street Ken-nebunk Rev Robert Howes pastor of the South Congregational church Kennebunkport will officiate and burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery Jamaica Plain Mass Friends may call this evening from 7 to 9 at the chapel Charles Towne Charles Towne 87 died Saturday evening at his home 5 Car bricf mness- After tes retirement he operated a grocery -store in the Goose Rocks section of Kennebunkport for lO years Surviving are two daughters Mrs Dorothy Buzzell Cape Elizabeth ana Mrs Thelma Gray Seattle Wash three brothers Winfield Towne and Alonzo Towne Kennebunkport and Frank Towne Boston and one grandchild Funeral services will bacon-ducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 from the South Congregational church Kennebunkport with Rev Robert Howes pastor offie-liating' Burial will be in the family lot at Hope cemetery Kenne-bunk Friends may call at the BiUter Memorial chapel 67 Sum' mer afreet Kenncbunk this evening and Tuesday evening from 7 to Donato Dentico Donato Dentico 81 jp resident of Seaside avenue Kinney Shores Sacodied thin moming-at-a local hospital following a long illness Born in Bari Italy February 13 1881 he was a son of Joseph and Maria (Ambriola Dentico and until his retirement several years ago' he was a self-employed mason contractors 1 Surviving are his widow Mrs Esther (Consalvoi Dentico: one ion Joseph Dentico Kinney chores two daughters Mrs Thilomene Lefcbvre Kinney and Mrs Theresa Wat son Prospect Park Pa: one wither Dominic Denlicn Biclrk-ord: eight grandchildren nn cvcral nieces and nephews Funeral services will lie cor lucted Wednesday at 8 a ni om Most Holy Trinity ehurcl jco Friends may call Tuesd: om 11 a to ID at I unsouev Funeral home 1 Sim -trcct Biddeford John Harter The son of Mr and Mrs Donald Harter 459 Elm street John is a seventh grader at Biddeford Junior highHe is a Jpurnal carrier on Forest street Son Drowns In Pool MEMPHIS Tenn (AP)-Steve Allen Lewis 3-year-old son of rock Jo' roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis drowned in a swimming pool at the Lewis' suburban home Sunday Steve was the son of Lewis and 17-year-old Myra Gail Brown Lewis the singer's third wife Their marriage in 1958 caused an uproar that canceled a tour in England for Lewis Myra Lewis cousin was 13 at the time Elmo Lewis of Ferriday La Lewis' father said the child was in the kitchen with his mother when he wandered away After a search of the house Mrs Lewis called a neighbor to search the pooL First Ship Moves Through' Seaway MONTREAL (APl-The freight er Leone slipped through St Lambert Lock at 8 am today the firat of a line of waiting ships to enter the Montreal end of the St Lawrence Seaway- The ships have ben Idling in the St Lawrence River near Montreal for a week waiting for the opening oftiie canal system About 100 ships were piled up at the eastern and western ends of the Kingston-Montreal section The inland opening date was postponed from April 15 because of a crack in the Eisenhower Lock at Massena NY-one of the two seaway locks operated by the United States Officer Morin Now On Day Police Duty Adelbert Morin Jr- has been shifted from the night- shift to the day shift with the Biddeford police department Morin replavs former day officer Alfred Ledoux Special Officer Henry Labbe is replacing Morin on the night shift Chief Edgar Sevigny said More Maine Lakes Cleared Of Ice Cover AUGUSTA Warm weather over the Easter weekend cleared several large lakes and ponds of ice Fish and Game Department said today Most of the Belgrade chain of lakes and others in the-same general 'latitude cleared either Sundayor todayrthedepartment said Among those newly cleared for fishing are Great Long East North and McGrath Ponds in the Belgrade chain Gobbosseecontee in Winthrop and-Monmouth Ana-bcssacook in Winthrop and Monmouth St George in Liberty Sheepscot in Liberty and Palermo Androscoggin in Wayne: Big and Uttle Indian Lakes in Saint Pushaw Pond in Old Town and Swan Lake in Swan-ville JOSEPH MacDONALD Funeral services for Joseph MacDonald were conducted this morning from Most Holy Trinity church Sacb Officiating at the requiem high mass was Rev Maurice Boland pastor of the church Miss Louise Welch was the organist Bearers included Donald McCone Edwin Herrick Antonio Boucher and Alcide Chasse Burial was in the iamilyjot at St Joseph cemetery with committal prayers by Rev Fr Boland Attending from out of town were Mr and Mrs Murdirk MacDonald Houlton Mr and Mrs Francis Macftrmald Natick Mass: Mr (Mrs Virtnr Jackson Broric Mass: -Mr and Mrs Philip Beaulieu Auburn: and Mr and Mrs Rcnald Janelle Bath FOREST FIRE DANGER AUGUSTA (API Forestry Commissioner Austin Wilkins says that poor ground conditions Mai' could produce ore of be worst forest fire years in re-Tnt hislnrv Wilkins said there practically no snow cover in he state to turn to run-off and counted with few spring ''owers has left the water tabic forest areas very low Peter Thomson of Australia won A safety program that will cover 2000 youngsters before it is completed was started in the Saco schools by Police Chief Raymond Kerry today -Chief Kerry said font safety lectures films and demonstrations will be presented to all Saco school children during the course of the program Assisting Chief Kerry in this work will be Laurence Hill- projectionist A2c Martin Sheehan son of and Patrolman Lawrence Le- clair "i The program was scheduled to start today in Jordan Bonytbon Locke Sweetser and Young and Mrs David Saco is bring assigned to Plattsburgh AFB following Ms ition from the United States Born at Kennebunkport Sept tember 23 1874 he was a son of Frank and Caroline (Wells) Towne and was a member ofMhe South Congregational churchy Kennebunkport He taught schools in Ohio and later was in The (fid Orchard Beach town the lumber business in Vermont Beach Council To MuD Budget Dr Air Force technical training course for gunnery training equio-ment specialists at Lowry AFB Cola Airman Sheehan received instruction in the installation maintenance repair and operation of specialized gunnery training equipment The 18-year-old is a graduate of Thornton academy jGuido (Continued from Page One) when the top army brass was forced out Saturday Gen Enrique Rauch a tank commander threatened to storm the capital and demanded the ousters of Army Secretary Marino Bartol-ofoe Carrera ana Gen Raul Poggi -the army commander in chief who had tried to pressure Guido into nullifying the Peronist election victories Dy decree Both Carrera and Poggi resigned and Guido named a relative unknown Gen Juan Bautista Loza army secretary Loza then named himself commander in chief and Rauch in turn resigned His command Rauch supported Guido's -stand that nullification of the election results by decree would be unconstitutional 'and that tho Peronist wins could only be canceled by Congress Many members iff Congress are opposed to canceling out the election results which gave the Per tgvgJJr Mats in the lower Jiyuac Evangeline Rehekah lodge will meet Tuesday promptly at 7 instead of at the usual time at the Odd Fellows hall Alfred street Biddeford The meeting will be followed at 8 by reception honoring Mrs Nellie Wallace district deputy president of District Two and Mrs Eleanor- Shaffer district deputy marshal Stock Market NEW YORK (API Steels sagged in an irregularly higher stock market early this afternoon Trading waa moderate The Associated Press average of 80 stocks at noon was up 60 at 2551 with 1 industrials up 60 rails 40-aind-utilities up 30 Gains of selected blue chips bolstered the average despite losses wbidrran to more than 2 points for some of the steels While and -mi Bus-signs were mingled pretty freely advances of some high quality issues went from 1 to 3 points' Losses iff more than 2 points were shown by US Steel Youngstown Sheet and Lukens Jones A Laughlin was off about 2 and Republic Steel stretched Us decline to about 3 Bethlehem edged off a fraction These losses were more than counterbalanced 1 by gains among some pivotal chemicals tobaccos and other issues Eastman Kodak reporting a 20 per cent gain in profits advanced about 3 points Air Reduction and Liggett A more than a point Myers pflchi Kansas City Southern advanced more than 2 Philip Morris was another 2-point gainer Du Pont Lorillard and Phfelps Dodge were up about a point each Big Three motors were all easy start The-Dow Jones industrial aver- overage at noon was up 69 ri 6M04 Ppimic' mAtMfl irMMFiilariir nirrR Prices moved irregularly higher in moderate trading on the American Slock Exchange Corporate bonds edged ahead The trend was mostly lower among US government bonds 1 -FfiVED AT RUMFORD Paul McDonald Old Orchard Beach was' fined $10 tw Judge John Li Batherson in Rumford Municipal court Saturday morn- ing on a charge of passing a stop! sign GRASS FIRES AT BEACH Old Orchard Beach Firemen were called out twice Saturday for grass fires One was on the Old Orchard road and the other on the Smith Wheel road is-gcheduled to discuss the admins trative budget for 1962 during a meeting at hall tooighf at 7 Other items on the agenda-will include request lng teds for the paving of the square from (he raidroad tracks to the Beach also new sidewalks and rest rooms Complete $jgg Best Quality Monuments WE BE UNDERSOLD! 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