Deaths Donat Beaudoin 66 Biddeford native long illness
Donat Beaudoin 66 of 406 Main St Biddeford died at home Wednesday after a long illness born in Lowellville Aug 1 1900 son of Joseph and Delia Carrier Beaudoin lived in Biddeford 20 years retired from Diamond National Corp. Survived by widow Anise Goulet Beaudoin two sons Victorien Beaudoin Oredore Beaudoin three daughters Rolande Charbonneau Irene Turcotte Jeannine Breault one step brother Henri Beaudoin two sisters Evangeline Denault Alice Brodeur 19 grandchildren. Funeral 8:30 am Saturday from St Josephs Church. Friends may call Bolduc Funeral Home today and Friday 2-4 and 7-10 pm.
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Donat Beaudoin
Main St
Biddeford
Lowelltown
Joseph
Delia Carrier Beaudoin
Diamond National Corp
St. Joseph's Church
Annise Goulet Beaudo
Evangeline Denault
Arthabaskaville
Que
Alice Brodeur
Sherbrooke
Bolduc
Alfred St
Obituary for Percy J Merrill of Arundel
Percy J Merrill 66 of Sinnott Road Arundel died at home yesterday morning. Born January 4 1901 in North Kennebunkport he was the son of Jefferson D and Mayday Woodman Merrill. Survived by two daughters Mae Louise Brooks Edith Blanche Merrill two sons Jefferson D and Fred T two brothers Raymond and Preston three sisters Elsie Patrick Evelyn Holbrook and Frances Roman and 10 grandchildren. Funeral service Saturday at 2 pm from First Congregational Church Kennebunkport with interment in Arundel Cemetery. Visiting hours Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunkport 7-9 tonight and 2-4 and 7-9 tomorrow.
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Kennebunkport
Raymond
Saco
Preston
Kennebunk
Elsie Patrick
Salem
Mass
Evelyn Holbrook
Jeffer
Fla
Frances Roman
California
First Congregational Church
Arundel
Bibber
Summer St
Space Agency Renames Apollo Management Ahead of Report
NASA announces changes to the Apollo leadership days before a blue ribbon board completes its inquiry into the Apollo 1 fire that killed Air Force Lt Col Virgil I. Grissom and Edward H. White II and Navy Lt Cmdr Roger B. Chaffee. George Low will become Apollo spacecraft manager, replacing Joseph Shea who moves to Washington. The inquiry will cite several possible ignition sources, including electrical arcing from a damaged wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
America
Board of Review
George Low
Apollo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Low
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Joseph Shea
Washington
Shea
George Mueller
Mueller
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White
Navy
Roger B Chaffee
Funeral directors and funeral homes in Saco Maine listings
Directory style notice listing funeral homes in Saco Maine with addresses and phone numbers. Den nett and Craig 36 Main Street Emond’s Funeral Home 284 5511 Shumway Funeral Service 35 Spring Street Philip H Gross Sr Director Frank X Emond J P Conroy listed for arrangements and contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Card of Thanks From Mary Foran and Family
Lucien Bouthillette and family express gratitude to Dr LeSieur and Notre Dame Hospital staff for support. They extend thanks to relatives friends and neighbors during their sorrow and bereavement for the loss of their beloved father and husband.
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Webber Hospital
LeSieur
Notre Dame Hospital
Mary Foran
Private funeral services for Ray E Whitehead held in Saco
Funeral services were conducted for Ray E Whitehead of Dayton yesterday afternoon at Shumway Funeral Home in Saco with Rev John Jordan officiating at School Street Methodist Church. Entombment was in Buxton Lower Corner Cemetery. World War I veterans Arthur Gagne Louis Talbot Thomas McGerrity Edward Gallant James Hector Arthur J Lambert and Francis Simard participated. The flag was presented to the family by Commander Lambert after being folded by Simard. Barracks members had earlier held ritual memorial services at the funeral home.
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Ray E, Whitehead
Dayton
Shumway
Spring St
Saco
John Jordan
School Street Methodist
Buxton Lower Corner
York County
Arthur Gagne
Louis Talbot
Thomas McGerrity
Edward Gallant
James Hector
Arthur J. Lambert
Francis Simard
Whitehead
Lambert
Shumway Funeral Home
Funeral services for William Dubuc Biddeford
Funeral services were held for William Dubuc of 158 Cleaves Street Biddeford at St. Andre's Church. Rt Rev Msgr Aime Giguere celebrated a solemn high mass of requiem assisted by several priests. Members of the St Andre's Church choir sang under Charles Proulx with Mrs Laura Proulx at the organ. Bearers were Charles Le Blanc Raymond Dubue Leo Dubue Adrein Bertrand Willie Brulotte and Fernand Boisvert. Burial followed in the Ste Theresa section of St Joseph's Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Nicknair.
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William Dubuc
Cleaves St
Biddeford
St. Andre’s Church
Aime Giguere
Germain Bureau
Bernand Nicknair
St. Andre's Church
Charles Proulx
Laura Proulx
Charles LeBlanc
Raymond Dubue
Leo Dubue
Adrein Bertrand
Willie Brulotte
Fernand Boisvert
Ste. Theresa
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Nicknair
Ross Given Position As Curtis Aide
Linwood F. Ross former Maine deputy secretary of state named special assistant to Gov. Curtis. He replaces Richard G. Sawyer who moves to the Division of Economic Opportunity as coordinator and Clyde Bartlett becomes director. Ross, a Democrat, had lost a Supreme Court bid to keep his old post and had aided Curtis part time.
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Augusta
Linwood F. Ross
Maine
Curtis
Ross
Richard G. Sawyer
Division of Economic Opportunity
Clyde Bartlett
Supreme Court
Joseph T. Ledgar
Stanley F. Hanson Jr
Sawyer
Bartlett
State House
John H. Reed
Biddeford Personal News Recaps Hospital Stay and Home Return
Mrs. Pauline Loranger of 21 Taylor Street Biddeford is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Emile Lessard of Elm Street Biddeford has returned home after spending the winter in California.
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Pauline Loranger
Taylor St
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Emile Lessard
Elm Street
California
Notre Dame Thrift Shop to Meet at Elm Street Biddeford
The executive committee of the Notre Dame Thrift Shop will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 1 p.m. at the thrift shop on Elm Street in Biddeford. Officers of the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks will be installed tonight at 8 in the lodge rooms on Portland Road in Saco. A chicken fricassee supper will be served at 6:30 p.m.
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The
Notre Dame Thrift Shop
Thrift Shop
Elm Street
Biddeford
Saco
Community notices for Biddeford area churches events
The Full Gospel Assembly holds an evangelistic service Friday at 7 30 p m in the American Legion Hall Biddeford. Pioneer Girls meet Friday at 6 30 p m in Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills. A Ladies Prayer meeting Friday at 10 a m in the Lyman Baptist parsonage Goodwins Mills. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes at St Monica's Kennebunk Saturday 9 30 a m for Grades 1 5. Grades 6 8 Friday after school.
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Full Gospel Assembly
American Legion Hall
Elm St
Biddeford
Pioneer Girls
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Monica’s Church
Kennebunk
Garrison Probe Yields Second Perjury Indictment
Layton Patrick Martens a 24 year old college student faces perjury charges as part of Jim Garrison s Kennedy assassination inquiry Martens testified before the grand jury about a Houma explosives bunker burglary linking to the probe. Clay Shaw also pleads innocent to conspiracy to murder Kennedy in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Layton Patrick Martens
David W. Ferrie
Orleans Parish
Dist. Atty
Garrison
Martens
Lafayette
Clay L. Shaw
Criminal District Court
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ferrie
Oswald
Dallas
Tex
Warren Commission
Grand
Houma
Gordon Novel
Sergio Arcadia Smith
Biddeford Girl Struck By Car
A six year old Biddeford girl Melody Roberts of 16 Sullivan Street was struck by a car at Sullivan and Water Streets and taken to Webber Hospital under observation. The driver Blanche Guillemette of Portland Road Saco said she did not see the child before the impact. An unidentified boy pulled the girl from in front of the car and Mrs Guillemette drove her to the hospital with aid from officers and two passing motorists.
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Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Melody Roberts
Sullivan St
Sullivan
Wat‘er
Blanche Guillemette
Portland Road
Saco
Guillemette
Sullivan Street
Water Street
Susan G. Skillings
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Union and
Central Streets
Cyr
Skillings
Surtax Alive but Timing Uncertain in 1967 Debate
Washington sources say the 6 percent surtax remains a viable tool to fight inflation in the second half of 1967, though July 1 implementation is in doubt amid Congress resistance and weak first quarter data. Officials expect May hearings to firm timing, with possible later start dates like September or October.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Portland Weather: Rain and Sleet Warnings Tonight
Rain likely with sleet at times and hazardous driving in Portland tonight. East winds 10 to 20 mph and lows near the mid 30s. precipitation ends Friday morning with a high in the low 40s and northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Portland
Wells JHS Science Fair Winners Named
117 Wells Junior High students submitted projects directed by Charles F. MacDonald Jr. Susan Cole won first for Nutrition Studies with live animals. Gretchen Kline took second for Earth Dynamics. a third place tie went to David Moulton and Mark Johnson for Snowe Machine and Ant Maze.
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WELLS
Charles F. MacDonald Jr
Susan Cole
Gretchen Kline
David Moulton
Mark Johnson
Michael Warren
Mark
Willis Wentzell
Wiliam Litchfield
Dean Huden
Catherine Fenderson
Carol Guay
Janet Coombs
Caleb Kimball
William Kierstead
Barry Littlefield
James McAfee
David Danis
Wells Corner
Elmer Bridges
Marcus Darby
Eric Balfe
Peter Gregoire
Sueanne Hall
Ramon Nolette
Dana Perkins
Anne Staples
William Berry
Frederick Berry
U.f.c.s
Douglas Barrows
Richard Mooers
Craig Stevens
Alan Andres
Ronald Nadeau
Kevin Garthwaite
Douglas Cady
Dwaine Freeman
Donald Rhodes
Bruce Bucklin
Donald Brown
Gregory Baston
John Fenderson
Rachel Chase
Darlene Rice
Sherry Stevens
Lucy Rhodes
Brian Stevens
Michael Hamlyn
Daniel Chaloux
Sheila Cameron
Mary LaPierre
Muriel Brown
Diane Allen
Kay Hobson
Deborah Littlefield
Cotton
Nancy Holdsworth
Diane Damien
Marilyn Angers
Guy Woodward
Raymond Chaisson
Rebecca Bragdon
Aquarium
Judy Wright
Allayne Coleman
Jeanne Jacobsen
Lisa Perkins
Astronomy
Sharon O'Connell
Michael Staples
Timothy Keyes
Robert Kinsman
Robert Hamlyn
Donna Damien
Howarth Ryerson el
Patricia Gowen
Eye el
Paticia Gowen
Diane Ducharme
Philip Brackett
Jack Chase
Denise Stevens
Susan Gorman
Mark Boucher
Brenda Keene
Patricia Perkins
Carrie Tracey
Sandra Woodman
Bessie Hubbard
Noreen Ducharme
Cynthia Thompson
Herbert Coggeshall
Brian Warren
Meredith Ricker
Sally
Sandra Ford
Jacqueline Wildes
Susan Coggeshall
Cheryl Cole
Regina York
Joan Littlefield
Marlene Angers
Arlene Tebbetts
Wendy Ford
Frances Bennett
John Barrows
William Selvigny
Nancy Hill
Bonnie Mitchell
Janice Hanson
Rebecca Starbird
Jeffrey Jones
Cheryl Gray
House Moves To Raise Military Pay And Postal Rates
President Johnson seeks a broad pay hike for federal workers and a postal rate increase as part of a multibillion dollar package. House Armed Services Chair L. Mendel Rivers promises rapid action on military pay, while postal and civilian raises face debate over amounts. The plan includes a 4.5 percent civilian raise and a 5.6 percent military basic pay rise effective Oct. 1, with adjustments in 1968 and 1969. Senate adjustments to campaign finance and aid for Latin America also surface in discussions.
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Washington
House
Johnson
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Armed Services Committee
Thaddeus J. Dulski
D-N.y
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Robert J. Corbett
Pennsylvania
Republican Committee
Senate
U.S
Housewife Wins in Florida Grocer Stamp War
In Miami area, Winn Dixie said to drop stamps after a housewives boycott last fall. Eighty eight stores push lower everyday prices on 7,000 items with notable cuts on T-bone steak and bacon while rivals defend stamps and ads. C W Waldorf, head of the Vero Beach to Miami division, calls the shift a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
Winn-Dixie
C. W. Waldorf
Vero Beach-to-Miami
Waldorf
Saco Boy Escapes Injury In Mishap
A 12 year old Saco boy escaped injury when struck by a school bus on Buxton Road. Police say the bus driver Ernest Valliere 75 of 76 Temple Street Saco was passing on the left and could not swerve to avoid the collision.
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Saco
Buxton
Ernest Valliere
Temple St
Biddeford Fire Board Election Plan Debated in Maine
Biddeford lawmakers discussed LD 855 amid talk of electing a three member fire commission with annual stipends for members. The bill would amend city charter to shift hiring authority from the council to the fire commission and set six year terms if enacted. Other measures addressed primary date changes and mayoral salary proposals tied to broader election reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Richardson
Legal Affairs Committee
Viger
Vinal Good
Biddeford
Good
Theodore Truman
Truman
Civil Service Commission
Fire Department
City of
Civil Service
Fire Commission
Commission
Armand Fecteau
Nadeau
Racine
Fecteau
Feceteau
Peter J. Farley
Farley
Wartime Heroes and Young Soldiers in U S History
The piece reflects on early U S WWI actions including seizures of 91 German ships and arrests of spies. It highlights young enlistees like Everett McKinley Dirksen and Mike Mansfield, later political leaders, and recalls the rapid transfer of two million troops to France and the harsh conditions of shipboard life. It notes a wartime accident with minor injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
Pekin
Ill
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Navy
Marines
Army
Montana
Mansfield
Senate Democrats
Congress
America
France
Peyton C. March
U.S
Dinner plans and Founders Day banquet by Pi Chapter
Old Orchard Beach chapter notes discuss a May 20 dinner with husbands during a Pi Chapter meeting held at Mrs Fregeau's home on Greenacre Road. Founders Day banquet planned for May 2 at Glen-Mor Restaurant with social hour at Pool Road residence. Xi Omicron guests invited. next meeting set for April 18 in Biddeford.
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Old Orchard
Portland Street
Kennebunk
Adrienne Heffernan
Pool Road
Biddeford
Xi Omicron Chapter
Russell Morse
Victor Victor
Granite Street
Roland Rioux
Raymond Carlson
Alfred Loignon
Marcel _ _Levesque
Paul Sheltra
Mignonne Lamb
Lost and Found Portable Radio at Biddeford Piano Co
A black Channel Master 6 transistor portable radio is missing. A reward is offered. Call Biddeford Piano Co at 283-3002 for return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Call Biddeford Piano Co
Maine House Rejects Absentee Ballot Secrecy Bill
The Maine House rejected a bill to protect absentee ballots from third party delivery. A Ross amendment failed 96 33 after a 9 1 favorable committee vote. Ross argued for absolute privacy while opponents warned it could bar some voters from casting ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
House
Rodney E. Ross Jr
Rbath
Joint Elections Committee
Ross
Bath
Edward J. McMann
Gerald Robertson
R.brewer
Howard E. Hawes
R.union
Election Laws Committee
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Percy J. Merrill
Lucien Bouthillette
Garrison Probe
Sav Wuriu
Wells Jhs
Saco Boy
Acording
Alberick Martin
Lawrence Leclair
Seoul
South Korea
U.N
Demilitarized Zone
North Korea
Panmunjom
Joint Military Armistice
Paul E. Sheltra
Jefferson St
T. Sheltra & Sons
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