Obituaries from Glastonbury area and nearby towns
Obituaries note Reginald Kimball 55 formerly of Saco Maine who died after illness with services in Saco and burial in Biddeford. Robert M Whelan Sr 64 of Saco dies after lengthy illness with private funeral and family arrangements. Ludger Caouette 82 Biddeford dies after lengthy illness with Mass of Christian Burial at St Andre Church and interment at St Joseph Cemetery. Kenneth W Huff Sr 43 Springvale dies suddenly in Wells with funeral at Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk and interment at Arundel Cemetery. multiple survivors listed for each obituary and details on service times locations.
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Glastonbury
Conn
Reginald Kimball
Saco
Maine
William
Verdie i
Yarmouth
Shumway Gross
Spring St
Woodlawn
Biddeford
Robert M. Whelan Sr
Pleasant St
Laco
William H
Hortense (Staples) Whelan
Boston College
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Postal Clerk's Union
Biddeford Saco
Ludger
Ben) Caouette
Emery St
Edward
Elise (Gosselin) Caouette
Lamothe Furniture Store
H.P. Atkinson Furniture Store
Biddefor
Paul Garriepy
Arthur King
York County
St. Andre Church
Juliette (LeBlanc) Caouette
Emile Caouette
Hills Beach
Eugene Caouette
Clarina LaBrecque
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Springvale
Kenneth W Huff Sr
Wells
Kennebunk
Clement O
Mamie ( Wakefield) Huff
American Cyanamid Co
Sanford
Dale J. Huff
Michael Huff
Gary M. Huff
Kenneth W. Huff Jr
Eee
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Summer St
Arundel Cemetery
Kennebunkport
Services for Barbara Johnson Planned in Portland
Private funeral services are planned for Barbara Johnson 69 former Portland High School teacher and society editor for the Portland Press Herald from 1941 to 1957. She died Monday night in Portland after a long career teaching English and journalism at Portland High School and studying at University of Maine Orono and Harvard University.
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Portland, Maine
Portland
Hgh
Barbara Johnson
Miss Johnson
Portland Press Herald
Portland High
University of Maine At
Orono
Harvard University
Obituary notices for Emond Conroy and Sansoucy-Blais homes
Funeral home directors listed for John P. Conroy Jr at 72 Hill Street Biddeford and R Martel at Sansoucy-Blais Stone Street Biddeford with contact numbers 284 5511 and 282 1818 and 283 3653 respectively.
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Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Sansoucy — Blais
Stone St
R. Martel
Geriatric Nurse Aide Training Courses Planned Local
Biddeford's Regional Vocational School will offer a night school course to train geriatric nursing aides to meet state mandates. The 15 week program provides 90 classroom and 40 clinical hours, funded by a 1200 grant, and aims to create a career path as nursing homes expand.
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Biddeford
Mel Gay
State Board of Nursing
Health Occupations
Doris Faucher
Permanent
Health Occupations Craft Committee
Faucher
Gay
Bureau of Vocational Education
Jean Jones
Directors of Nursing
Clam Digging Bans Remain In Shore Area
Coastal warden Frank White says area flats stay closed despite lifted Red Tide ban. Maine coast bans persist in Saco River, Little River border area between Kennebunk and Biddeford, and beaches from Old Orchard Beach pier 12 miles south of Goosefare Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank White
Department of Marine Resources
Maine
Saco River
Little River
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Goose Fare Brook
Port Kennebunkport appoints two police officers
The Kennebunkport police commission unanimously named Calvin Bridges fulltime officer and Frederick White III parttime summer officer. Bridges replaces Donald Loring who resigned July 11. The commission discussed transferring the 1973 cruiser for use by the dog officer and set a vote for August 11. Meetings move to the first Tuesday monthly. The next session is September 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Crow Hill Communications Center.
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Kennebunkport
Police Commission
Calvin Bridges
Frederick White III
Bridges
Donald Loring
Eee
Larry Iniss
Donald Bryant
March
John Prescott
Crow Hill Communications Center
Old Orchard Beach Hosts 20th Art Association Exhibit
The Old Orchard Beach Art Association presents its 20th annual show in Robinson Memorial Hall featuring 155 oils watercolors scratchboard and acrylics by year round and seasonal Maine residents. Jurors James Elliott George DeLyra and Lloyd Perry selected the best works Tuesday night. S.W. Gawron of Waterboro won first prize for Barn in Snow in watercolors.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robinson Memorial Hall
West Grand Avenue
Maine
Portland School of Fine and Applied Arts
DeLyra
Perry
Association
Falmouth
Thornton Academy
S.W. Gawron
Gawron
Waterboro
Two Killed In Head On Crash In Buxton Maine
State Police report a head on collision on Maine Route 4A killed Olga L. Taylor of Alfred and Max O. Brandt of Portland. Michael R. LaChance of Westbrook survived in satisfactory condition at Maine Medical Center. Ed Giroux West Baldwin won third prize for Poinsettias in a watercolor category.
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Buxton
Maine
Olga L. Taylor
Alfred
Max O. Brandt
Portland
Michael R. LaChance
Westbrook
LaChance
Maine Medical Center
Poinsettias
Ed Giroux
West Baldwin
Carl Bohlin
Saco
Winslow Homer
Perry
William Fowler
Bowdoinham
Bristol
William Fisher
Kennebunkport
Association
Julie Clear
Ocean Park
Ethel Wight
Cal
Muskie to Host Coffee in Biddeford Office
Senator Edmund Muskie will host a morning coffee reception on Monday August 11 at his new 5 Washington Street office in Biddeford from 8:30 to 10 a.m. He will meet Southern Maine residents and introduce field staff including Judy Cadorette and Larry Benoit.
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Sen
Edmund Muskie
Washington
Senator Muskie
Maine
Biddeford
Muskie
Judy Cadorette
Larry Benoit
Portland
Waterboro
Harrison Area
Graves
Merrill
McDonald's Grill Offer For Civic Or Church Groups In Saco
McDonald's Hamburgers Inc of Saco offers a six foot grill to a civic or church group. Contact Paul Bianchini at the Portland office, 772-0135. The note accompanies a watercolor show with prize awards to artists from Kennebunkport Ogunquit and Pine Point.
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McDonald's Hamburgers, Inc
Saco
Paul Bianchini
Portland
Maine Lottery Draw Yields 539 537 Winning Numbers
In Augusta today the Maine State Lottery announced the winning numbers for the weekly drawing as 539 and 537. No further details were provided on prizes or winners.
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Augusta
Maine
VFEW Auxiliary Plans Fundraiser and Poppy Day
Members of the VFEW Post Auxiliary met at the post home for a business session. Pam L Heureux led reports Audrey Servadio joined as a new member a Jimmy Fund donation was approved and plans for a fall rummage sale and another Poppy Day were discussed.
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Old Orchard Beach
Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Post
Pam L'Heureux
Audrey Servadio
Jimmy Fund
Friday Deadline For Permits
Biddeford Building Inspector Bernard Poirier announces no building permits will be issued during the week of Aug 11 while he is on vacation. Applications will be accepted but not granted until he returns on Aug 18.
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Biddeford
Bernard Poirier
Poirier
Church to Welcome Guest Speaker in Kennebunk
The Unitarian Church in Kennebunk hosts Reverend Dana McLean Greeley of First Parish in Concord Massachusetts as guest speaker on Sunday August 10 at 10 30 a m. Dr Greeley Harvard graduate and former president of the International Association for Religious Freedom will be accompanied by mezzo soprano Mary Sego at the coffee hour after the service.
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Manatees
Unitarian
Kennebunk
Dana McLean Greele
Concord
Mass
Beacon Street
Mary Sego
Hathaway Ride To Visit Alfred At Courthouse
Senator William D. Hathaway's field representative Russ Edwards will meet constituents in Alfred on Tuesday August 12 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the York County Courthouse Conference Room. Off Scotland coast on September 29, 1853 the immigrant ship Annie Jane was wrecked.
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William D. Hathaway
Russ Edwards
Alfred
York County
Scotland
Portland Weather: Clouds, Then Sunshine Into Weekend
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness with lows in the 50s tonight and variable sunshine Friday highs in the 70s. A weak low moves east of the waters, winds shift from northeast to north, and seas fall from 2 to 4 feet tonight. Visibility remains above 5 miles through Friday with clearing tonight and fair conditions Friday.
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Portland
Merrimack River
Scientists urge halt on new nuclear plants nationwide
About 2,300 scientists engineers and doctors sign a declaration urging President Ford and Congress to suspend new nuclear plant construction and sharply curtail operations at the 55 existing plants and 70 under construction until safety doubts are resolved. The plea marks Hiroshima anniversary.
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Washington
Union of
Hiroshima
Ford
Congress
Pilgrimage Planned by Our Lady of Victory Circle
Our Lady of Victory Circle announced the annual pilgrimage to Our Lady of Victory Circle Chapel at Camp Ellis Saco on August 17 with a bus leaving Biddeford City Square at 10 15 am and Mass at 11 am. Members were asked to wear caps and badges. Nine Nobel laureates and a Manhattan Project chemist signed. MIT Professor Henry W Kendall warned on nuclear waste disposal large reactors and plutonium theft risks. Dr George Wald defended safety and profit balance in nuclear power.
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Our Lady of Victory Circle
Camp Ellis
Saco
Biddeford City Square
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Henry W. Kendall
George Wald
Harvard
Ward
Public safety brief reports on car fire and brush fire
Auto fire on East Grand Avenue extinguished by Saco firefighters at 4 03 p m. Brush fire at Boothby Park doused at 4 13 p m. Driver injured in collision with guardrail on First Street at 10 55 p m in Old Orchard Beach. Steven Blaisdell 17 treated for knee injuries at Webber Hospital. Woman found nude in Royal River identified tentatively in New Gloucester Maine.
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Old Orchard Beach
East Grand Avenue
Saco
Boothby Park
First Street
Steven Blaisdell
Webber Hospital
New Gloucester
Maine
Royal River
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Reginald Kimball Ludger Caouette
Robert Whelan Sr
Kenneth Huff Sr
Robert M. Whelan, Sr
American Cancer Society
Federal St
P.O. Box
Brunswick
Father Daigle
Father Carrier
Dr. Fortier
Trull Nursing Home
Cyril Gosselin
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Biddeford-Saco
LA Petite
Elizabeth Armstrong
New England
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Elizabeth
Miss Armstrong
Emerson
Saco City
Paula Armstrong
Stephen Muskie
Beach Art Association
George Guzzi
Pine Point
the Creek
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Bookmobile
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VFEW
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JFK School
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