Death of Earl E. Benson 71 Biddeford resident
Earl E. Benson 71 of 545 Pool Road Biddeford died at home after a long illness He born December 4 1897 in Biddeford son of Frank and Cora Benson An Army veteran of World War I he served in the U S Coast Guard as lighthouse keeper at Wood Island for 17 years and Portland Headlights for three years retiring in 1954 He was a member of York County Barracks Veterans of World War I Surviving are his widow Alice Descoteaux Benson and two nieces Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 pm from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco Friends may call Thursday 2 4 and 7 9 pm at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl E. Benson
Pool Road
Biddeford
Frank
Cora Benson
U.S. Coast Guard
Wood Island
Portland Headlights
York County Barracks
Alice (Descoteaux) Benson
Myrtle Poore
Hazel Trott
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Death Notice Mrs Antonia Lehman of Saco
Mrs Antonia Lehman of 78 19 Vernon St died last night in a Sanford nursing home after a long illness. She is survived by daughter Frances White of Saco, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco Friday 10 am. Interment at West Cemetery Biddeford. Visitation 7 to 9 p m tomorrow.
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Antonia
Vernon St
Sanford
John
Louise Larson Isaacson
Texas
Saco
Frances White
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
We Cemetery
Bidde
Funeral
Beach Maine funeral service scheduled Friday
Beach Maine will conduct funeral rites Friday at 9 a.m. at Palm Mortuary in Henderson Nevada.
Eccentric Kennebunk resident turns tubs into garden art
An elderly resident near Kennebunk Beach collected 45 repurposed bathtubs from a demolished inn and arranged them in a hedge along her property to deter shortcuts. Neighbors recall her as warm and generous, often donating to good causes with a bag of cash-like offerings.
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Smee
Museum of
Fasa
Kennebunk Beach
Old Fort Inn
Plymouth Funeral, Inquest Prep Ties Kennedy Case
District reports a body moved to Pennsylvania for funeral services in Plymouth. Dinis seeks court permission to exhume for an autopsy as authorities prepare for an inquest. Massachusetts RMV schedules Hyannis hearing on Kennedy driving license after auto crash findings.
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Pennsylvania
Plymouth
Dinis
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
Hyannis
Kennedy
Teachers Accept One Year Contract At 5900 Salary
A board accepted a one year contract for teachers with a base of 5900 dollars. The plan aimed to raise salaries to York County average by year end. Also notes Isinglass as a term for mica sheets.
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Page One
York County
Funeral Directors and Contacts in Saco Maine
Funeral home listings include Emond's at 284 5511 with Frank X. Emond and J. P Conroy Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Street Saco with Philip H. Gross Sr. director. Dennett & Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine.
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Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
35 Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco, Maine
Funeral services for Martin Conrad Nadeau Biddeford
Funeral services for Martin Conrad Nadeau 147 Granite St Biddeford were held at St Andre Church Biddeford with Rev Roland Sirois officiating. Interment followed at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford as Father Sirois gave graveside prayers. bearers were Leonard Bourcier Norman Desrosiers Jerry Toussaint Nathan Grant Reginald Cyr and Edgar Lowell. Military honors were presented by a group from Angs Arr Force Base Newington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Conrad Nadeau
Granite St
Biddeford
St. Andre’s Church
Roland Sirois
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Sirois
Leonard Bourcier
Norman Desrosiers
Jerry Toussaint
Nathan Grant
Reginald Cyr
Edgar Lowell
Ngs Arr Force Base
Newington
Biddeford Senior Citizens Plan Picnic Outing
About 50 members of the Senior Citizens of Biddeford met at the Adult Center with Bradbury President Albert Chretien confirming plans for an outing next Tuesday to Greneir Bonny Lake. The group will leave Bradbury Street hall at 9 30 a m with picnic lunches and cars provided. Shirley Bessey visited and outlined the Montreal September trip.
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Biddeford
Bradbury
Albert Chretien
Bonny _— Lake
Arteline Daly
Montreal
Ate 1 Laurenciene
Alfred
Anna Cote
Fernande Bertrand
Arzelie Lacourse
Beatrice Grenier
Marie Anne Dorais
Pauline J. Bilodeau
Delphine Neault
Hilda de
Corinne Grenier
Saco Boy Escapes Serious Injury
Michael Coito son of Walter Coito of Saco was treated at Webber Hospital after a car crash on Street, Ltford on Tuesday. Operator Mellen B. Potter 46 of Biddeford was cited by police. The boy was released after treatment.
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Michael Coito
Walter Coito
Lincoln St
Saco
Webber Hospital
Ideford
Tuesda
Drivers Unhurt In Biddeford Rear-End Collision
Biddeford police report a rear-end collision at Pool Street and Alfred Street yesterday. The involved drivers were Sharon A. Grant of 71 Pool Street Biddeford and Fay 8 from Poughkie N. No injuries were reported.
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Biddeford
Pool Street
Alfred Street
Sharon A. Grant
Pool St
Paws &. Sn
Poughie
Fay
Senate faces ABM dispute over radar and missile deployment
The Senate weighs the Cooper-Hart amendment as leaders promise close scrutiny of Defense requests. McIntyre plans a Thursday proposal to deploy radars and computers but not missiles. A House-Senate conference may be needed, with final appropriations on the ABM defense bill and a Safeguard control quarters funding in Colorado in play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Department of Defense
Thomas J. McIntyre
Dn.h
House
Senate House
Paing
Colorado
Lincoln’s Electoral Hurdle Narrowed by Split Democratic Vote
The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes Abraham Lincoln failed to win a majority of the electoral vote due to a split in the Democratic party. This division allowed Lincoln to secure the presidency without a clear nationwide majority in the popular vote.
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Abraham Lincoln
Ular
Saieie Electoral Ved
Democratic Party
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dyer Family Vacation Visit From Chalmette
Mr and Mrs Herbert W Dyer Jr and their son Bruce of Chalmett La spend a month at 36 Thornton Ave with Herbert W Dyer Sr and wife in a family vacation arrangement.
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Herbert W. Dyer ,Jr
Bruce
Chalmett, la
Herbert W Dyer Sr
Thornton Ave
Meeting of Society St. Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance
A meeting of Society St. Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance is scheduled tonight at 7 30 at the hall at the corner of Main and Elm Street Bid I .
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Society St. Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance
Main
Elm Street
Bid- I
Church Youth Rooms Open Thursday Evenings for Teens
The Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road opens its Youth Fellowship rooms every Thursday at 7 30 for Junior and Senior High youths. Choir rehearsals for Biddeford Foss Street Methodist and South Biddeford Methodist meet Thursdays at Foss Street Church with Crusader choir at 6 30 and Adult Sanctuary choir at 7 30.
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Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Biddeford Foss Street Methodist Church
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Foss Street
Crusader
Lemieux-Smith Wedding Held In Kennebunk
A wedding held July 26 in Kennebunk at the Unitarian Church united Elizabeth R. Smith of 29 Star and Richard Lemieux. Rev. Edna T. Bruner officiated the ceremony at 4 AM. Attendant was Mrs. Frederic Daly of Old Orchard Beach with ushers provided by the Dalys. The couple will reside at 29 Storer Street after a wedding trip to an undisclosed destination.
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Kennebunk
Elizabeth R. Smith
29 Star
Edna T. Bruner
Mrs. Lemieux
Storer St
Pilgrimage Planned by Maine Councils at Kennebunkport
The Franco American Fraternal Society organizes a Sunday pilgrimage on Aug 24 at the Franciscan Monastery in Kennebunkport with the Maine Association including 30 councils. The program begins at 2 pm with a procession, rosary, hymns, a homily, Way of the Cross, blessings, relic veneration, and benediction. Reverend Laplante and Rev. John Duburys assist, under Miss Lucienne Metayer. The theme is Peace of Soul and Mind in a Troubled World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
Association of Maine
Union St. Jean-Baptist Society
Lewiston
New England
Maine
Maine Association
Prince Laplante
Father Laplante
John Duburys
Sdcie
Beach Officials Attend Two Day Augusta Meeting
Town Manager Leon Jones and Town Treasurer Lorraine Dowd travel to Augusta for a two day session where state officials explain how municipalities can shift from a calendar year to a fiscal year under a recently enacted bill.
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Old Orchard Beach
Leon Jones
Lorraine Dowd
Augusta
104Th Legistoe
Portland Weather Forecast Sparks Warm Thursday
The Portland forecast calls for fair skies with temperatures in the upper 50s to 60s. Expect warm and pleasant conditions Thursday with light winds and no precipitation.
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Portland
Fairight
Five Day New England Weather Outlook
Forecast calls for above normal temperatures from Thursday to Monday with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s in the north and around 80s in the south. Lows will be in the 60s. Precipitation totals between two-tenths and four-tenths of an inch expected in showers and possible thunderstorms Friday night or Saturday and again Monday.
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New England
CAR Goals Discussed By Saco Youth
The Saco chapter of the National C A R met at the home of senior president Mrs Albert W Coleman on Ferry Road Tuesday to review the society goals for the coming year. Mrs Paulyne Volmar of Saco and Baltimore was the pianist. Hostesses were Wendy Coleman and Betty Jane Volmar. members present included Darlene Betty and Barbara King Steven Nancy and Thomas Duross James Coleman and Tenley Lewis. Guests included Linda Lewis Judith John Joyce Duross and Mrs L Richard Duross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolee Cushman
John Fairfield Soa Ome
Albert W. Coleman
Ferry Road
Saco
C.A.R. Society
Paulyne Volmar
Baltimore
Wendy Coleman
Betty Jane Volmar
Darlene
Betty
Barbara King
Steven
Nancy
Thomas Duross
James Coleman
Tenley Lewis
Linda Lewis
Judith John
Joyce Duross
Chamber Committee Sets Surfing Issue Meeting Agenda
The Chamber of Commerce plans a special meeting tonight to discuss beach use and local upland ownership laws dating to colonial times. Questions focus on police jurisdiction, beach access, and how far municipal control extends beyond East Surf Street.
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Old Orchard Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Nicholas Danton
Surf Street
World’s largest Shakespeareana collection in Washington
The Shakespeare Library in Washington DC houses the world’s largest collection of Shakespeareana with 79 copies of the first folio and a replica of an Elizabethan theater on view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hep Shakespeare Library
Washington, D.C
Fecteaus Hardware Moving to 55 Main Street Biddeford
Roger Fecteau owner of the hardware store reports relocation to 55 Main St Biddeford from its current site near Lemire's Furniture. He hopes to be moved in by September 1 with a complete remodel including a larger hardware section and a new wallpaper department.
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Fecteau
Ain
Main St
Biddeford
Lemire
Roger Fecteau
How to Burglar-Proof Your Vacation Home
A Vivian Brown piece offers practical tips for vacationing homeowners. It suggests calling key contacts, stopping deliveries, keeping neighbors quiet, using lights, and leaving clues of occupancy. It also outlines securing valuables in safe deposits or with relatives and notes burglars’ evolving interest in items like paintings and clothing. It closes with a historical note on Lady Nancy Astor as the first woman member of the British House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Vick
Woman In Commons
Nancy Langhorne Astor
Greenwood
England
British of Commons
Eight U S Army officers charged in Saigon murder inquiry
In Saigon eight U S Army officers and NCOs face premeditated murder and related charges over a killing near Nha Trang. Col. Robert B. Rheault and seven others are detained at Long Binh as Army investigators prepare formal pre-trial reviews and possible court martial proceedings.
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Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson, S.C
David E. Crew
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Special Forces
Lemberes
Nha Trang
Rheault
Long Binh
Saigon
U.S
Army
G. L. Mabry
Vietnam
Farnsworth Is A Fine Small Museum Show Opens in Rockland Maine
In Rockland Maine Jamie Wyeth explains his first museum show at the Farnsworth, a small institution funded by Lucy Farnsworth’s bequest and later supported by the estate. Director Wendell Hadlock notes the conservativ e American art focus. The collection includes multiple Wyeth works and pieces by John McCoy, with the show running through September 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland, Maine
Farnsworth
Jamie Wyeth
Lucy A. Farnsworth
William A. Farnsworth
Wendell S. Hadlock
Hadlock
Maine
Wyeth
Andrew Byeths
Jamie
Ge Clan
John McCoy
Maine Sunday Telegram
Kennedy
Telegram
America
Andrew Ww
Amer
Toulouse Lautrec
Rembrandt
Durer
Lautrec
Rockland
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Antonia Lehman
Saco Boy
Jesus
Judea
Galilee
A.M. P
Saco Youth
Fecteaus
Vivian Brown
UP News
Green Beret
Washington
Weetest Point
Germany
6Th Armored Cav
Infantry
Neamis
Nner
Central Intelligence Agency
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong
da Nang
Tom McNiff, JR
Associated Press
Ncep
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