Col Kendall Leads Annual Field Exercise For Biddeford Unit
In October 1897 Col L H Kendall commanded Company G of the Biddeford Light Infantry during their yearly field drill. The march traced routes through Washington Adams May and Elm streets into fields and woods for skirmishing, fence crossing, and a sham battle at Kimball's Brick Yard. A youngster nicknamed Baby Collard jeered the troops, prompting a brief accidental tangle during a rifle display. no injuries were serious, though several soldiers bumped or stumbled. After recalling the line, the company returned for an oyster supper and a promise of another exercise next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Charles
L. H. Kendall
Biddeford Light Infantry
Kendell
Vie KE
Vie KE. $. Gowen, Lt. John Ackerly
Charles Jeffrey
Everett L. Hot
J. Kimball
Timothy Mahoney
Holt and Chadbourne
Cram
Moran
Lane
Roussin
Wilson
Gelart
Gilman
Shapleigh
Greenwood
Spencer
Pippen
Romeo
Dawley
Pierson
Verrill
Martin
Washington Street
Adams Street
Birch Street
Mason Street
Piper's Field
Elm Street
Mile Brook
G. K. Gibbs
May Street
Highland Park
Biddeford
Charley Chadbourne
Boston & Maine Railroad
Fastern
Alfred Road
Kimball
Jeffrey
Frank Shapleigh
Pvt
Col
Kendall
Weekend Rain Forecast Delays Events Across City
The Saturday forecast calls for heavy rainfall through the weekend with totals near 1.5 inches. Local organizers postpone outdoor activities and advise residents to plan indoor alternatives. A 20 cent fare is listed for public transit. The item is dated August 7 1976.
Train delays on Saco Main Street prompt B&M fix plan
Biddeford Saco Doura B and M seeks solution to traffic tie ups on Saco Main Street as a freight train blocks downtown traffic. Gloria Stone of B and M says a railroad official will visit to study a fix. The tannery relies on rail for supplies and cars, and critics call for a regular schedule. A city traffic committee suggested peak hour coordination. Ed MacDonald, aged 87, will celebrate his 88th birthday at Good Shepherd Villa.
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B&m
Saco
York Hill
Gloria Stone
Stone
Massachusetts
Philip Read
John Dexter
Saco Tanning Corp
Donald Finegold
Journal
Raymond Bonang
Ed MacDonald
Good Shepherd Villa
South Street
Biddeford
Maine to study Connecticut auto rate hike approach
Maine Insurance Superintendent Frank M Hagerty Jr will study Connecticut’s plan to let motorists choose between higher premiums or higher deductibles before deciding on a possible rate increase. The ISO proposed a 7.4 percent rise with higher deductibles, arguing safer driving and fewer small claims.
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Connecticut
Augusta
Maine
Frank M. Hagerty Jr
Hagerty
Jay Jackson
Maine Insurance Services Office
ISO
Hogerty
CMP seeks $20M rate hike from Central Maine Power
Final arguments in CMPs $20 million rate case have been filed with Maine Public Utilities Commission. The case, filed last year, must be decided by Sept 1 or CMP may implement the increase. CMP and staff largely unchanged from earlier positions.
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Augusta
CMP
Commission
Seven brothers in Seattle linked to 192 arrests in nine years
Police count shows seven brothers ages 11 to 20 responsible for 192 arrests including 39 burglaries 23 larcenies 16 vandalism 12 robberies five assaults and other offenses. The family described as the worst repeating crime case under one roof. One son a 27 year old dope addict was killed in Los Angeles and another died after a knife incident. oldest brother reportedly has stayed out of trouble since a Louisiana prison release about a year ago.
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Seattle
Stephen Heard
Los Angeles
Louisiana
Bowdoin drug trial set for September 13
Warren Bowdoin, a Kennebunk pharmacist, faces a federal drug case with a trial date scheduled for September 13. The date was fixed at a pre trial conference with U.S. Attorney Peter Mills, prosecutor Rufus Stetson, Bowdoin’s attorney Peter DeTroy III, before Judge Edward T. Gignoux. Bowdoin was previously indicted in 63 counts for illegal dispensing morphine and other drugs during 1973 and 1974, but the indictment was dismissed on technical grounds in May and re induced in July after Mills presented evidence to the grand jury. He was paroled from Maine State Prison in April after serving eight months of a one-to-two year sentence for illegal tranquilizer sales.
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Kennebunk
Warren Bowdoin
U.S
Peter Mills
Mills
Rufus Stetson
Bowdoin
Peter DeTroy III
Edward T. Gignoux
Ment
Gignoux
Atty. Mills
Maine
Clergymen Admit Swindling Food Stamp Funds in DC
In federal court two Washington priests pleaded guilty to defrauding about 250000 from the food stamp program. Rev. Lucius Cartwright and Rev. Albert Hamrick of St. Phillip's Pentecostal Church admitted fraud and outlined purchases from the funds, including a Montreal bus trip and a New Orleans air trip, as prosecutors noted the church acted as a food stamp issuing agency since 1972 under federal program oversight by DC Human Resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Lucius §. Cartwright
Albert R. Hamrick
St. Phillip’s Pentacostal Church
Washington
Cartwright
Hamrick
Montreal
New Orleans
Asst
U.S. Atty
Eric B. Marcy
Agriculture Department
District of Columbia
D.C
This Day in History August 7 1976 Highlights
Today's date marks key events across centuries including the 1789 U S war and navy departments creation the 1782 order of the purple heart and the 1942 Guadalcanal landing. Notable anniversaries include Roosevelt nomination 1912 and Apollo 15 lunar landing five years ago.
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Associated Press
U.S. War and Navy Departments
George Washington
Order of the Purple Heart
Progressive Party
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Soviet Union
Japan
North Vietnam
India
Cape Elizabeth Heads to New England Senior LL Final
Cape Elizabeth beat Cranston 12 to 6 at St Louis Alumni Field to reach the New England Senior Little League final. Maine advances by eliminating Salem Wenham and Cranston and faces unbeaten Plainfield in the 1 pm game with a possible second game at 4 pm.
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Cape Elizabeth
New England
Cranston
R.I
St. Louis
Maine
Salem
N.H
Wenham
Mass
Plainfield
Conn
Capers
E Island
Todd Lamb
Maine Newspapers Briefs and Puzzles Section
A compact page from the Biddeford Saco Journal features cartoons classifieds and a crossword. It includes Dear Abby editorials horoscopes and a note on Maine Movies and New England sports television weather.
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Abby
Maine
New England
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Col. Kendall
Collard
Chadbourne
McIntyre’s
Lt. Ackerley
Ackerly
Pt. Gelant
Doura
MacDonald
Westbrook
Edward J MacDonald
PUC
DeTroy
Pennsylvania
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