Local Man H Davidson Dies At Service Station
H Davidson 51 of Western Avenue Kennebunkport died suddenly yesterday at his Sunoco Service Station he operated. Born Gardner Massachusetts November 14 1915 he was the son of Wallace and Nora Davidson and served in the Arundel Lodge AF and AM. He is survived by widow Natalie and three daughters Kimberly Susan and Joyce all of Kennebunkport two sisters Bernice Lachepelle Ida Vartarian and one brother Herbert Davidson Funeral Sunday 2 30 p m from Village Baptist Church Rev Robert Vaneel will officiate Interment Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk 7-9 p m tonight and tomorrow 2-4 and 7-9 p m.
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Kennebunkport
Freeman H. Davidson
Western Avenue
Davidson
Sunoco
Gardner
Mass
Wallace
Nora Sharkey Davidson
Arundel Lodge
Natalie G. Davidson
Kimberly J
Susan J
Joyce A. Davidson
Bernice Lachepelle
Ida Vartarian
Millbury
Herbert Davidson
Spartanburg
S. C
Village Baptist Church
Robert Vaneel
Evergreen Cemetery
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Summer St
Kennebunk
Wells Community Mourns Alice Wells Former Auburn Resident
Mrs. Alice Lowell Wells 86 formerly of Auburn died yesterday in a North Berwick nursing home. Widow of Arthur J. Lowell she was born April 2 1881 to George L Coburn and Pamelia Townsend Coburn. Survived by daughter Margaret Tibbetts and Grace Devlin both of Kennebunk plus nieces and cousins. Funeral 1 p.m. tomorrow Angell Funeral Home Dane Street Wells with burial in Riverside Cemetery Rev. W Vinton Murphy to officiate. Friends may call 7 to 9 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Alice C. Lowell
Auburn
North Berwick
Arthur J. Lowell
Lowell
George L
Pamelia Townsend Coburn
Wells Congregational Church
The
Benevolent Society of the Church
Auburn Grange
William J. O'Connell
Margaret Tibbetts
Grace Devlin
Kennebunk
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Riverside Cemetery
W. Vinton Murphy
Arundel Lodge to Conduct Masonic Services for Freeman H Davidson
Members of Arundel Lodge AF and AM will hold Masonic ritual services for Freeman H Davidson at the Bibber Memorial Chapel 67 Summer St Kennebunk at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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Arundel Lodge
Freeman H. Davidson
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Summer St
Kennebunk
Hearing On Saco Bill Postponed Indefinitely
Public hearing on bill L. D. 21148 An Act Relating to School Committee and Elective Officers of the City of Saco has been postponed indefinitely Rep Camille Bedard states. The bill proposes two year mayor and council terms and six year school committee terms.
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City of
Saco
Camille Bedard
Funeral Homes and Director Contact Details Listed
Dennis and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine provide funeral services with Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco and Emond's Funeral Home at 28 55 11. Philip H. Gross Sr. is named as director and J P Conroy is also associated with the listings.
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Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Dial
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Philip H. Gross Sr
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Funeral services for Thomas W. Prescott
Thomas W. Prescott 83 of 125 Temple Street Saco died. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM from Shumway Funeral Home Saco with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford Reverend Stanley Bennett officiating. Visitation tonight 7 to 9. Dunlap Lodge A F and AM conducts ritualistic services at 7 30 PM. Arrangements by Philip H. Gross Sr Director.
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Prescott Thomas W
Temple St
Saco
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Greenwood Cemetery
Biddeford
Stanley Bennett
Funeral services for Mrs Edith Milliken
Funeral services for Mrs Edith Milliken aged 59 of Union Avenue Old Orchard Beach were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco. Rev Harold A McElwain of St Pauls Cathedral Portland and St Johns By the Sea Episcopal Church Old Orchard Beach officiated with interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Milliken
Requiem Mass Held for Mrs. Rose Cote
Rose A. Cote of Hills Beach Biddeford was honored with a 9 am Mass at St. Andre's Church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Aime Giguere presided with ministers and choir from St. Andre's. Burial followed in St. Joseph's Cemetery with Father Bureau conducting committal prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Cote
Rose A. Cote
Ocean Avenue
Hills Beach
Biddeford
St. Andre’s Church
Aime Giguere
Germain Bureau
Bernand Nicknair
Charles Proulx
Laura Proulx
Roland Barra
Oscar Poirier
Rene Poirier
Gerard Roberge
Roland Gauthier
Edgar Baillargeon
Ste. Anne Sodality
Leon Paul
Evangeline Beaupre
Archille Boucher
George Demers
Georgianna Champoux
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Bureau
Patrol Leaders Named By Girl Scout Troop 29
Biddeford Girl Scout Troop 29 elected leaders for three patrols at a meeting in Scout Hall Pool Street. Sandra Belisle led the Jolly Green Giants with Denise Peloquin as assistant. Debra Labrecque led Gypsy with Julia Souliere as assistant. Roxanne Guillereault led Green Berets with Joyce Dechene as assistant. Plans included Shrine Circus trip in Portland on April 22 and camper badge deadlines by April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Scout
Pool Street
Jolly Green Giants
Sandra Belisle
Denise Peloquin
Gypsy Patrol
Debra Labrecque
Julia Souliere
Green Berets
Roxanne Guillereault
Joyce Dechene
Cindy Daly
Denise Bergeron
Shrine Circus
Portland
Gale Paul Diane Gagnon
Suzanne Langevin
Joan Souliere
Diane Hebert
Katherine Dudley
Janice Beaulieu
Diane Neault
Paulette Lamontagne
Denise Gobeil
Fire Chief Reappointed in South Berwick After Controversy
South Berwick residents will have a fire chief after May 1 as Richard Demers accepts re appointment by the Board of Selectmen. The decision ends a dispute over fire department purchasing power with Town Manager Laval Pomerleau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Berwick
Richard Demers
Board of Selectmen
Laval Pomerleau
Pomerleau
Demers
Selectmen
Beach Rainbow Sets Reception for Rainbow Girls
Old Orchard Beach Assembly of the Rainbow, presided by Cathy Knight, announced a reception this Saturday at 6 p m honoring Susan Sheehan Joanna Hanson and Lynn Pittfield. Grand Assembly in Waterville on April 29 will install Karen Teravainen as Grand Worthy Advisor and Jane Lamson as Grand Mother Advisor. April 27 initiation and April 22 rehearsal are planned.
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Old Orchard Beach
Cathy Knight
Jane Lamson
Law proposal adjusts kindergarten start ages
House debate centers on Snow bill arguing it could be class legislation. The staggered age formula would delay entry for 4-year-olds in 1968 5-year-olds in 1969 and 6-year-olds in 1970 with a Sept 1 start option for those who are 5 or before Oct 15. The amendment passed the Senate and was sent to the House.
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Snow
Eith
Senate
House
Pelletier Family Marks 17th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Albert H Pelletier of 11 Forest Street Biddeford observe their 17th wedding anniversary tomorrow. Pelletier works as a clerk at the Biddeford Post Office. Gerard Beaudoin a surgical patient at Mercy Hospital Portland.
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Gerard Beaudoin
Thacher Hotel
Biddeford
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Albert H. Pelletier
Forest St
Pelletier
Saco civic groups schedule meetings this week
The Saco Little League Auxiliary meets Sunday at 7 30 p.m. in the Recreation Hall Pleasant Street. York County Council American Legion and its Auxiliary meet at 8 tonight at the Webber Lefebvre Post Kennebunk for officer elections. Past Noble Grand Association of Saco Rebekah Lodge gathers 7 30 p.m. Monday at Mrs Lawrence Bowie's home. Delta Alpha Club meets 7 30 p.m. Monday at Mrs Neil Dow's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Little League
Recreation Hall
Pleasant Street
York County Council
American Legion
Webber-Lefebvre Post
Kennebunk
Noble Grands Association
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Lawrence Bowie
Portland Road
Peter McVicar
Delta Alpha Club
Neil Dow
Stacy Street
Lyman Baptist Church Hosts Fellowship and Youth Splash
The Boys Fellowship meets Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Lyman Baptist Church. Youth Fellowship members from Biddeford United Church of Christ attend a splash party Saturday 7 to 8 p.m. at the Portland YMCA, with bus departure 6:15 p.m. Younger children need a parent present and girls must wear bathing caps. Rev. John H. Miller will lead a Sunday devotional at 2 p.m. in Saco. Portland Woodfords Congregational and Biddeford UCC deacons plan a Monday meeting at 7 p.m. to discuss deacon duties.
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Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
The
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Portland
John H. Miller
Wardwell
Middle Street
Saco
Woodfords
Portland Man Held in Biddeford Jail After Car Theft
A Portland man Arnold Grant Jr. 22 was arrested in Cape Neddick after a stolen car was reported by Biddeford resident Mrs. Leo Paul Bisson. Grant was taken to Biddeford Jail and held for taking a car without the owner’s consent. A suitcase in the car bore large lettering L.A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Biddeford
Maine
Robert Nichols
Arnold Grant Jr
Cape Neddick
Grant
Leo Paul Bisson
Elm St
Philip Poirier
Albert Elwell
L.A
Latin American summit aims at education and health boosts
Observers warned it was too early to gauge success as Latin American leaders, including Ecuador's Otto Arosemena, debated U S aid ideas and mutual support. Arosemena challenged U S policy in a heated session but later reconciled with Johnson in a private meeting.
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Latin America
Otto Arosemena
Ecuador
United States
U.S
Mexico
Chile
Costa Rica
Johnson
Weather Outlook With Cloudy Skies Overnight
Increasing cloudiness lowers temperatures to the 30s this evening. Saturday brings cooler conditions along the coast with further cooling expected.
Weather Outlook for Northern New England and New England
U S Weather Bureau five day forecast covers northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Temperatures will run above normal with highs around 50 in northern Maine to 60 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Lows sit in the 30s north and near 40 in the south. Rainfall totals exceed one half inch, with wet spells Sunday and Wednesday.
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Boston
U.S. Weather
New England
Massachhusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Massachusetts
York Pomona Orange Marks Youth Night in April Grange Meeting
York Pomona Grange held a youth night at Alewive Grange with a baked bean and corned beef supper for 72. Guest officers included Joseph Goodness and Richard Burke, with奖 trophies awarded in the Visiting Grange Contest to Barney Beg Grange for most visits, and to Undine Gillings and Grace Hammond for top individual visits. A dress contest will be judged May 22 at Bauney Beg Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Kennebunk
York Pomona Grange
Alewive Grange
Joseph Goodness
Riverside Grange
Richard Burke
Lebanon Grange
Linda Dyer
Limerick Grange
Lorraine Goodness
Mousam Lake Grange
Roland Staples Jr
John F. Hill
Eliot
James Hammond
Barney Beg Grange
North Berwick
Kathleen Hutchins
Elmbrook Grange
Highpine
Lana Ferguson
Waterboro Grange
Ceres
Susan Wallingford
Limington Grange
Pomona
Donna Milliken
Cumberland Pomona
Flora
Ruth Hammond
Balliney Beg Grange
York Pomona
Frank Milliken
State Grange
Milliken
Camden
State
Harold Parsons
New Gloucester
Irving Dyer
Gorham
Arthur Gray
Lincoln
Arthur M. Perkins
Wells
Isabel Perkins
State Flora
Milton Randall
Saco Grange
Alice Amirault
Undine Gillings
Grace Hammond
Bauney Beg Grange
Home Economics Committee
North Saco
Augusta
Pomona Agricultural Committee
Ruth Hobbs
Grange
John Scott
National Grange
Stevens Mills Grange
Auburn
Nellie Haskell
Haskell
Glee Club Concert Set With Trinity and St Francis Groups
The Trinity College Glee Club of Burlington and St Francis College Glee Club join for a Sunday 8 p.m. concert at St Francis College gymnasium. Forty selections by both groups include Verdi and Broadway pieces with a 2 hour program. The St Francis group performs contemporary numbers while Trinity showcases classics. A future joint show is planned in New London, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity College Glee Club
Burlington
St. Francis College Glee Club
St. Francis College
Paul Belanger
Lewiston
St. Francis Club
Martin Shaw
Glee Club
Lawrence C. Davis
Ipanema
New London, Conn
St. Lawrence School of Nursing
Nominations Posted For Biddeford American Legion Posts
A tentative slate of officers was presented at the Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion Post in Biddeford. Nominees include Goulet as commander Boisvert first vice commander Nolette second vice commander Bastarache adjutant Zaitlin finance officer Poirier chaplain Sheltra service officer Nason judge advocate and Beaulieu sergeant at arms. Nominations open 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley
American Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford Hall
Theodore Goulet
Ronald Boisvert
Joseph Nolette
Joseph Bastarache
Joseph Zaitlin
George Poirier
Royal Sheltra
Gerald Nason
Horace Beaulieu
Beaulieu
Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars
Conrad St. Onge
Sheltra
Goulet
Bastarache
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Louis Gervais
Joseph Hanusek
Edward Giroux
Polycarpe Richard
Reginald P. Cyr
Robert Poire
York County
Guest Speaker Announced for Saco Church Meeting Tonight
Miss Jacquelin E. Schmidt of Woodfords Congregation Portland will speak at 7:30 PM to officers and teachers of the United Baptist Church School in Saco. Public welcome. Refreshments follow. Sunday service sermon by Rev. Stanley A. Bennett titled What Me a Thief. Choir directed by Lawrence Woodward will perform Cherubim Song No 7 with organist Mary M. Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacquelin E. Schmidt
Woodfords
Church
Portland
Harold W. Smith
Church School
United Baptist Church
Main Street
Saco
Miss Schmidt
Mill Plain Union Church
Waterbury
Donations Sought for Rummage Sale at First Parish Church
Madisses group of the First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Saco solicits donations for a rummage sale to be held April 29 from 9 30 a m to noon in the parish house. Mrs Agnes Tripp chairs the drive announced at the group’s meeting. The report also notes a donation to the Church Memorial fund in memory of Mrs Leone Lane and previews the May 17 annual banquet at Salmon Falls Country Club Hollis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco
Madisses
Agnes Tripp
Church Memorial Fund
Leone Lane
Salmon Falls Country Club
Hollis
Elvira Lord
Gertrude Weimer
Marion Stickney
Truck Strike stalls talks amid Chicago wage dispute
The union and trucking employers postponed action on a tentative agreement during policy committee meetings in Washington. Sources say Chicago committees seek a 90 cent hourly rise, while the overall three year deal may add about 70 cents per hour to employer costs. Current pay scales run from 3.25 to 5 dollars an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teamsters Union
Chicago
Independent Union
Teamsters
Pomona Meeting May 11 Auction Aids Bryant Pond Youth Camp
May 7 meeting at Saco Grange hall to confer fifth degree. Next Pomona session May 11 at Waterboro Grange hall includes auction and food sale run by Past Masters and Past Pomonas, funds support Bryant Pond youth camp. Mrs Pearl Grant reports on event proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Grange Hall
Pomona
Waterboro Grange Hall
Pearl Grant
State Home Economics
Pomonas Association
Bryant Pond
Clean-Up Week Planned by Old Orchard Beach Town
Town Manager Leon F. Jones announced a spring clean-up starting Monday and running all next week. Over 50 high school students will sweep hard to reach streets, with police details for east and west town areas, clean the comfort station, and collect debris. The two week period May 22 to June 3 will be clean-up paint-up fix-up time, part of Governor Curtis state beautification campaign in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Leon F. Jones
Jones
Curtis
Maine
Powell invites Negro leaders to Bahamas meeting
Adam Clayton Powell plans a Bahamas gathering with Martin Luther King and other black leaders at Bimini next week. Stokely Carmichael and Floyd McKissick are also in Florida or Bahamas for talks as Powell faces a vote on his Congress seat and pursues a possible suit related to his re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimini
Bahamas
Adam Clayton Powell
Martin Luther King
Harlem Democrat
Black Power
Stokely Carmichael
Florida
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
NAACP
Powell
Washington
Congress
Chester Bagley
New York
Carmichael
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Camp Ellis Fire Auxiliary Sets Date For Past Presidents
The Camp Ellis Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary met at the fire station to discuss entertaining past presidents. Vice President Mrs. Ruth Cote led the session, with opening ceremonies by Mrs. Theressa Pendleton and Mrs. Pauline Penney. A food sale was discussed and tabled for next week. Mrs. Carole St. Ours won a prize. others present included Mrs. Marjorie Pendleton, Mrs. Cynthia Lemay and Mrs. Greta Greenier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ellis
Beach Honor Roll Released At Old Orchard Beach High
The honor roll at Old Orchard Beach High School announced by Principal Jerome LePelletier lists seniors Norma Gamash Pamela Martin Joanne Roberge Joanne Valliere. juniors Laurie Murphy John Pipinias. sophomores Ronald Dyer. freshmen high honors Ice Hamilton and honors Patricia Anderson Eleanore Anton Donna Blow Raymond Dudevoir Marcia Joncas Gary Lanoie Denise Larochelle Roger McGee Cathryn Mullen Terra Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach High School
Jerome LePelletier
Norma Gamash
Pamela Martin
Joanne Roberge
Joanne Valliere
Laurie Murphy
John Pipinias
Ronald Dyer
Janice Hamilton
Patricia Anderson
Eleanore Anton
Donna Blow
Raymond Dudevoir
Marcia Joncas
Gary Lanoie
Denise Larochelle
Roger McGee
Cathryn Mullen
Thyra Murphy
Fenway Park Turf Ripped Up By Vandals
Vandals damaged the freshly laid turf at Fenway Park and wrecked three electric carts used for bullpen relief. Boston Red Sox foreman Timothy Lynch estimated repairs at $4000 and said the diamond should be ready for the Patriots Day doubleheader next Wednesday. Twelve sod sections in center field were torn up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Aps
Fenway Park
Timothy Lynch
Boston Red Sox
Fenway
Chicago
Lynch
Thursday Club Sets Monthly Meetings in Biddeford
Officials of the Thursday Club of Biddeford announced fall plans to meet monthly on the first Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church vestry. The announcement came at the club’s annual banquet at Glen-Mor Restaurant. The guest speaker was Jerome G. Plante of Old Orchard Beach on legislation. About 33 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Christ Episcopal Church Vestry
Crescent Street
Glen-Mor Restaurant
Portland Street
Thomas Paraday
Jerome G. Plante
Old Orchard Beach
Exchange concert date shifted to April 29 in Old Orchard Beach
Donald H. Hamalainen, director of music, says the Old Orchard Beach High School Georges Valley High School exchange concert will be held in the Old gymnasium on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. instead of April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Donald H. Hamalainen
Georges Valley High School
Old Orchard Beach High School
Nee Nah Council to Meet at American Legion Hall
The Nee Nah Council of Pocahontas will hold a meeting Monday at 7 30 p m at the American Legion Hall on School Street. Reports will cover the Great Pocahontas project and members should bring items for the fancy work table for the District meeting in North Berwick on April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nee Nah Council
American Legion Hall
School Street
North Berwick
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Alice Lowell
Masonic Services
William Dubue
George Tardif
Thomas W. Prescott
Saco United
Baptist Church Office For the
American Baptist Student Aid Fund
Amer
Ican Baptist Convention
Girl Scout
York Pomona Orange
Art Dyer
Chelsea
Mass.) Naval Hospital
Marion Dutch
Leland Scamman
Dora Pitcher
John F. Hill Grange
Randall
College Glee Club
Biddeford AL
Saco Church
Old Orchard
Jackson Hearing Aid Service
Oak St
Beach
Orchard Beach
Beach Street
Eaton
Dearborn
Alfred St
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