Deaths Wells Swett Metcalfe Wickett Funeral Services
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy Metcalfe Swett, 64, of this community were held at Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with interment at Ocean View Cemetery. She died Friday night in a York hospital after a short illness born in Lawrence Massachusetts June 11 1903 to Harry and Violet Moss Metcalfe. Surviving are widower Leon M Swett and daughter Mrs Edward Simpson both of this community, one brother Alec Metcalfe Cranston RI, one sister Mrs Edward Haseltine Reed Ferry NH, seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Simpson
Alec Metcalfe
Cranston, R.I
Edward Haseltine
Reeds Ferry
N. H
Mrs Curran Widely Remembered Resident of Biddeford
Mrs Mary Curran 86 of 40 West St Biddeford died yesterday after a long illness Born in Comeortas MA March 16 1882 she was daughter of John and Mary Moran Hickey She lived in Pawtucket RI over 70 years before moving to Biddeford four years ago Survived by Fed A Curran and one daughter Miss Anne M Curran both of Biddeford one sister Lena Cavanaugh Providence RI and one brother William Hickey Central Falls RI Funeral 2 pm tomorrow at D W Bellows and Son Pawtucket RI interment Walnut Hill Cemetery Friends may call tonight 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bertha Curran
West St
Biddeford
Comeortas
Mass
John
Mary Moran Hickey
Pawtucket
R.I
Fed A. Curran
Anne M. Curran
Lena Cavanaugh
Providence
William Hickey
Central Falls
R. I
D. W. Bellows and Son
Park Place
Walnut Hill Cemetery
Conrad O Goodwin obituary and funeral details
Funeral services are set for Conrad O Goodwin 52 of Kansas City Missouri who died April 15 in Kansas City. Services will be at 2 p m Friday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco with Rev Darrell Archer officiating and burial at Goodwins Mills Cemetery. He was born June 1 1915 in Portland the son of C and Bessie Smith Gin and was a former member of an A M Lodge. He worked at Saco Lowell Shops and later moved to Kansas City. He leaves an aunt Mrs Portland a niece and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad O. Goodwin
Kansas City
Goodwins Mills
Lyman
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
Darrell Archer
Goodwins Mills Baptist Church
Goodwin
Portland
Bessie Smith
Oo Mills
Fra
Sam Biddeford
Prayer Circle to Offer Prayers for Marcoux Evening
Members of Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Italy will meet at 7 15 tonight at the Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill Street Biddeford to offer prayers for Joseph L Marcoux husband of a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Italia
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
Joseph L. Marcoux
Usband
Legionnaires Hold Beach Meeting at Old Orchard Beach
Members of C Fayette Staples Post American Legion met with Cmdr Joseph Cyr presiding at Old Orchard Beach. Six officers six ast commanders and 15 members attended minutes were read and accepted. Atty David K Marshall from the Public Utilities Commission spoke. New member William Brown introduced. Richard Doe reported 120 members last year and 121 this year. George Skillin, finance officer, gave a report. Joseph Mullen listed as sick. Supper committee for May 3 appointed Richard Doe and Paul Remillard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
C. Fayette Staples Post
American Legion
Cmdr
Joseph Cyr
Atty
David K. Marshall
Public Utilities Commission
Illiam Brown
Richard Doe
George Skillin
Joseph Mullen
Paul Remillard
Saco Driver Backed Out Causing Collision
Saco police report Raymond S. Fournier aged 60 of Beach Street Saco backed from a driveway on Beach Street and struck a vehicle driven by Roland N. St Onge 36 of Wood Avenue Saco as the St Onge car waited to allow a second car to back out of another driveway
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Raymond S. Fournier
Beach St
Beach Street
Roland N. St. Onge
Wood Ave
St. Onge
Funeral Directors and Firms Listed in Saco Maine Directory
Funeral service firms in Saco Maine are listed with contact details. Shumway at 35 Spring Street Philip H. Gross Sr. directs. Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street reach 282 0562. Emond's Funeral Home lists 284 5511 with Frank X. Emond and J P Conroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dial
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Dennett & Craig Funeral Home
365
Funeral Notice for Mary Bertha Curran
Mary Bertha Curran died in Biddeford on April 21 1968 wife of Fred A Curran lived at 40 West Street Funeral held at the Mortuary of D W Bellows and Son 85 Park Place Pawtucket R I on Tuesday April 23 at 2 PM Relatives and friends invited Call hours Monday 2 4 and 7 9 PM In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Biddeford Public Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curran
Mary Bertha
Hickey
Biddeford
Fred A. Curran
West St
D. W. Bellows and Son
Park Place
Pawtucket
Funeral for Leon Ruel Held at St Andre Church Biddeford
Rev. Romeo Murphy officiated a high mass of requiem for Leon Ruel of 11 Clark Ave Biddeford at St. Andre Church Biddeford. The church choir and organist Mrs. Laura Proulx accompanied. Interment followed at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford with grave side prayers by Father Murphy. Bearers from Council Chagnon Union St Jean Baptiste and Sacred Heart League included Edgar Cabana Albert Nolette William Bisson Edmond Neault Henri Bourque and Josephat Tardif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Ruel
Romeo Murphy
O.M.1
Lowell
Mass
St. Andre’s Church
Biddeford
Oileon Ruel
Clark Ave
Laura Proulx
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Murphy
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Sacred Heart League
Edgar Cabana
Albert Nolette
William Bisson
Edmond Neault
Henri Bourque
Josephat Tardif
Audie Crosby Wedding at Saco Church Planned for March 25
Linda Lee Crosby and Oscar J. Audie Jr were married at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saco with Rev Joseph Carrier officiating. The ceremony featured lilies daisies and iridescent accents and was followed by a reception at Wonders Steak House Biddeford. The couple will reside in Scarborough after April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Linda Lee Crosby
Hazel Crosby
Beach St
Paul W. Crosby Jr
Calais
Oscar J. Audie Jr
Oscar J. Audie Sr
Portland Road
Joseph Carrier
Eva Carrier
Gordon Fairfield
Judith Crosby
Gail Fairfield
Barbara Davis
Sharon Forest
Cinthia Noyes
Frenchtown
N.J
Dior
Richard Fairfield
Auburn
Ronald Forest
Wonders Steak House
Biddeford
Sue Frost
Thornton Academy
Victor Comptometer School
Maine Savings Bank
Portland
National Guard
W. T. Grants
Bidde. Ord
Providence gangland slayings leave witnesses reluctant to talk
Police say witnesses to the robbery style killings of Rudolph Marfeo and Anthony Melei in a Providence grocery store refuse to speak out, fearing underworld retaliation. Lt. O Connell notes suspects exist but offers no IDs or arrest timeline while ties to past Marfeo and Melei family deaths loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Vincent J. O'Connell Jr
Providence Police Department
Rudolph Marfeo
Anthony Melei
Marfeo
Willie
Melei
Frank Jr
Willie Marfee
O'Connell
Raymond L. Patriarca
U.S. Senate
New England
Cosa Nostra
Willie Marfeo
Personal notices from Biddeford hospital patients
Mrs Rose W Lamarre aged 66 of Adams Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. William Binette of Adams Street Biddeford is receiving medical care at Webber Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose W. Lamarre
Adams St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
William Binette
Adams St. Biddeford
Community notices and meetings in Biddeford area
Local veterans groups AMVETS and Veterans of Foreign Wars plan meetings tonight at Biddeford City Building and the Alfred Street post home. Daughters of Isabella host a social tomorrow at St Johns Hall. St Louis Women's Association hosts a 6 30 p.m. supper Wednesday at the school hall. Senior Citizens to receive discount cards tomorrow 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at DAV Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Biddeford City
DAV Hall
Bradbury Street
Church Notes for Tuesday Gatherings at Local Halls
A Congregation Book Study meets at 8 p m Tuesday in Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witnesses 107 Main St Wells. Sunbeams girls 6 10 meet Tuesday 3 30 p m Salvation Army hall 91 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach. Ladies Home League meets Tuesday 7 30 p m Salvation Army hall 91 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach. Prayer meeting 7 30 p m at Full church Route 9A off Route 109 Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Main St
the Sunbeams
Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Ladies Home League
Wells
Tot Escapes Serious Injury In Beach Truck Accident
In Old Orchard Beach a three year old boy was run over by a milk truck on Jeannette Avenue but suffered only leg bruises after slipping under the vehicle. The truck driver, Joseph F A Gagne 25 of Biddeford said he did not see the child until he found him in the road. A separate incident saw a car driven by Paul Marsh 22 of Biddeford lose a tire, swerve off the road and strike trees with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Jeannette Avenue
Bill J. Oaks
Joseph F. A. Gagne
Cleaves St
Biddeford
Gagne
Paul Marshall
Atlantic Ave
Olice
Indian Affairs Official To Speak In Saco
Anthony M. Kaliss of the Maine Department of Indian Affairs will be the featured speaker at a guest night of the Women's Fellowship at First Church Saco United Church of Christ. The event starts at 6 30 p m tomorrow in Fellowship Hall Beach Street with a covered dish supper. Kaliss will discuss Our Maine Indians and present slides. He has served as Indian agent to the Passamaquoddy and is housing and construction officer for the department. Members of the church family are invited and women should bring a casserole or salad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony M. Kaliss
State of Maine Department of Indian Affairs
Women's Fellowship
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco
Fellowship Hall
Beach Street
Kaliss
Department of Indian Affairs
Passamaquoddy
Church
Dudley Roever
Paul Cobb
Clyde Dutton
Harold Stevens
Frances Kimball
Hazel Bishop
Clyde Mailman
Herbert Dyer
Robert King
Clayton Freeman
Linda Freeman
Stanley Northrop
Biddeford Crest Fire Drill Yields No Blaze Found
A needless run was made to 251 Pool Road Biddeford yesterday afternoon by Biddeford firefighting unit. No blaze was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pool Road
Biddeford
Biddeford Cehantace
Saco Surplus Food Distribution Details
Saco Welfare Director Edith Smith announces surplus food will be distributed at Saco City Hall on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and again from 1 to 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Saco Welfare
Edith Smith
Saco City Hall
Portland Weather Tonight and Tomorrow
Partly cloudy conditions in Portland with more cloudiness in the extreme south. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows in the 30s and around 40 degrees in the extreme south. Tomorrow sees fair conditions in the central area, with considerable cloudiness to the south and no major temperature changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Weather outlook for northern New England and New England
The five day forecast calls for above normal temperatures across northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Daytime highs will be in the 60s with cooler spots in northern and eastern Maine. Lows near 40 in the north and mid to upper 40s elsewhere. Precipitation averages over half an inch with showers likely Thursday or Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Caning Class At Saco Center This Wednesday
A chair-seat caning class led by instructor Carl Bohlin is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Saco Adult Center AMVETS Hall Spring Street in Saco. Observers may join or bring a chair to work on. The center operates Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and hosts games and group singing with coffee or tea at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Amvets Hall
Spring Street
Carl Bohlin
Hester Hooper
Old Sturbridge Village
Mass
Villa Muir
Bay View
Robert Fenderson
Saco Group
Mildred Letellier
Alice Lawlor
Ruby Prescott
Elsie Smith
Lillian Black
Saco Center
Saco Cub Scouts Plan May Outing and Cake Auction
A Saco Cub Scout Pack 328 meeting at Trinity Episcopal Church outlined a April 30 pack gathering led by Den 4 with a cake auction. Planning covered a May 25 Dry Mills Fish Hatchery outing with 10 a.m. reporting and scout lunches. May theme is Davey Jones Locker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Trinity Episcopal Church
Den 4
Dry Mills Fish Hatchery
Davey Jones
Osher Named Chairman of Golden West Savings Board
Bernard A. Osher formerly of Biddeford Maine is elected chairman of the board of Golden West Savings and Loan Association in Oakland He will keep his senior vice president duties and assume the chair as the firm’s leadership gap ends The company founded in 1929 operates offices in San Francisco Castro Valley San Jose Mountain View and Redwood City and reports assets in excess of 105 million
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Bernard A. Osher
Biddeford Maine
Golden West Savings
Herbert M. Sandler
Bernard Osher
Golden West
Osher
Wall Street
Mill Valley
Golden West Savings and Loan Association
San Francisco
Castro Valley
San Jose
Mountain View
Redwood City
Kennebunk Library Hosts Special Open House Display
National Library Week activity at Kennebunk Free Library drew large attendance. Volunteers served refreshments, garden club floral arrangements adorned the display, and a week long exhibit featured braille aids, talking book equipment, and children’s artwork from a field trip, with a public invitation to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Free Library
Donald Smith
Webhannet Garden Club
Thomas Vail
Libby Hardware Store
John Dresser
Nelson Hall
Division of Eye Care and Special Services
Department of Health and Welfare
Augusta
Cranston Folley
Biddeford Cub Scouts Tour County Jail During Vacation
Neighborhood Den 348 and Den 1 of Pack 308 sponsored by Luke E. Hart Council 260 Knights of Columbus toured York County jail in Alfred. Deputy Lionel St Louis explained the communications and identification sections and escorted them through the prison kitchen storeroom and recreation area. The group then visited Ace Traveler Corp with President Constant Pereira guiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Luke E. Hart Council
Knights of Columbus
York County
Alfred
Lionel St. Louis
Ace Traveler Corp
Constant Pereira
Waning Africa Wildlife Threatened by Poaching Press
Britannica warns poaching and habitat pressure shrink Africa’s wild life base. Cheetahs approach extinction and rhinoceros numbers may fall similarly as civilization spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dens Plan Marine Expedition This Month
All dens will conduct a marine expedition during the month. The Webelees will handle refreshments and cleanup at the April pack meeting, and the next committee meeting is scheduled for May.
Saco Woman Is Guest Of Honor At Church Reception
Charlotte Staples of 339 Main Street Saco was honored yesterday at the United Church of Christ in Biddeford Saco as she prepares to move to Havenwood Retirement Home Concord New Hampshire. Church members and friends attended including Rev. John H. Miller and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Charlotte Staples
Main St
Saco
Concord
N. H
Staples
John N., Moeckel
Albert E. Worden
Leach Robie
Madeline Robie
Charles F. Leach
Clayton W. Cartmill
Alfred S. Bradford
Sharon Wigley
Edward Warner
Thomas Haley
Prescott Howard
Albert E. Whitehurst
William Stone
Norman P
Paul Larrabee
Bradley Leach
Earle Atwood
H. Lewis Cutler
Barbara Crepeau
James Hussey
Annie Phillips
Carleton Foss
Robert Montgomery
Wiliam Beety
George Harpoothan Sr
Neil Dow
Philip Scamman
Fire Damages 35-Foot Lobster Boat at Hills Beach
A 35 foot lobster boat named Three J's owned by Lionel Chevalier of Sanford was damaged by a morning fire off Hills Beach. Coast Guard personnel arrived to quell the blaze and towed the craft to Sea Hawk Pier Camp Ellis Saco after extinguishing the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills Beach
U. S. Coast
Camp Ellis Fire Auxiliary Donates to Cancer Fund
Camp Ellis Fire men's Auxiliary voted a donation to the Cancer Fund at a meeting held at the fire station led by President Mrs. Jeannine Pendleton. Prayers by chaplain Mrs. Elsie Buzzell, reports from secretary Mrs. Ruth Stackpole and treasurer Mrs. Theresa Pendleton, candy sale result, and Lucky You prize to Mrs. Buzzell. Attendees included Mrs. Alfreda Pendleton Mrs. Dorothy Abbott and Mrs. Constance Collard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ellis
Alfreda Pendleton
Dorothy Abbott
Constance Collard
Biddeford Children Attend Shriners Circus
Forty eight Biddeford children boarded a bus for the Shriners Circus in Portland on Thursday. Tickets were donated by the Shriners and local business and professional people. Mrs. Rita Nadeau Biddeford welfare director led three volunteer chaperones, Mrs. Jean Larose Marlene Buzzell and Mrs. Priscilla Hopkins. City funds covered transportation costs through the Biddeford city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Shriners Circus
Portland
Shriners
Rita Nadeau
Jean Larose
Marlene Buzzell
Priscilla Hopkins
Beach Council to Review Numerous Local Licenses Tonight
OLD ORCHARD BEACH license hearing to evaluate multiple applications. Among them are victualers inns motels and cottages gas pumps cab ins rooms and signs across numerous addresses on Grand Avenue Saco Avenue East Grand Avenue and surrounding streets. The hearings cover entities including Saxony Hotel Briggs Garage Inc and Lavoies Motel Inc with a wide mix of licenses at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Nicholas J. Ferrelli
Old Orchard St
Victualers
Camille Moreau
E. Grand Ave
Rosario
Margaret Anseau
Grand Beach
Thomas Mancini
Whiteway
Raymond Marcotte
Saco Avenue
Jennie
Saco Ave
Armand Dumont
Cedar Ave
George Shorey
Washington Ave
Fernande Dionne
Seacliff Ave
Olga Dayton
East Grand Ave
Lavoie’s Motel Inc
Romeo Desormiers
Union Ave
Dickson Enterprises Inc
Ross Road
Margaret Prisco
Wesley Boulevard
John Mansey
Portland Avenue
Joyce Mahoney
West Grand Ave
Henry Dallaire
George Mezcian
Steve Tarazewich
Morris Paris
Irving H. McNair
Charles L. Cote
Charles L. Butler
Florence Favreau
Kinney Ave
Fernand Cote
Noella Sicard
East Grand Avenue
Thomas Fregeau
Pier
Louis Vorias
Saxony Hotel
Briggs Garage Inc
Dwight Sawyer
Winona Ave
Helen Belanger
Edgar and
Lillian Normand
Louis Dagnet
Mote
Daniel Fenton
Morrison
Sports Night Set By Council Chagnon
The Council Chagnon union street Jean Baptiste sports committee met to finalize plans for a Sports Night at Adams Street Biddeford hall on Wednesday starting with a 6 30 p m meat ball supper. A social period precedes the supper with awards ceremonies and film showings on the agenda. Reservations are requested before tomorrow. Committee members include Leo Marchand Ralph Perrin Norman Laverriere Paul Roy and Albert Bertrand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste Sports Committee
Adams Street
Biddeford Hall
Leo Marchand
Ralph Perrin
Norman Laverriere
Paul Roy
Albert Bertrand
Women Own Land On San Blas Islands Off Panama
Women possess land on the San Blas Islands located two to ten miles off Panama's coast, highlighting local gendered land rights and island governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Blas Islands
Panama
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Dorothy Swett
Mrs
Mary Curran
Legionnaires
Audie-Crosby
Saco Church
Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets
Alfred Street
Daughters of Isabella
St. John's Hall
St. Louis Women’s Association
Fred S. Gurney
Women’s Relief Corps
GAR Hall
Cutts Avenue
Tot
Indian Affairs
Ha.m. P.M A.M
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Saco Cub Scouts
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Beach Council
Jack & Larry
Alfred—Main Sts
Dearborn’s
Alfred St
Carey Bros
Jewelers
Thacher Building
Robert D. Pate
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