Obituaries from Kennebunk Biddeford and Saco area
Obituary notices for Mary S. Fretwell of Kennebunk Lower Village and Regina of Biddeford, plus Sarah Lewis of New Port Richey and George S. Lambert of Biddeford. Details include birthplaces Glasgow Wilna Arthabaska and dates 1895 1886 1905 1893, family survivors, church and cemetery plans, viewing hours and funeral rites. Also a photograph caption about Saco Civic Community Theater workshop led by Eric Nieuwenjaar and Nirvana Nieuwemaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Kennebunk
Robert C. Hewitt
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Evergreen Cemetery
Kennebunk Landing
Police deny cover up in omission of son’s arrest
In Biddeford Pool last Thursday a police sergeant’s son and another youth were among nine arrested after a confrontation with police. Sgt Armand Ouellette said he withheld the son’s name until he could check with superiors. Normand Arbour, the son’s father, learned of the arrest from reports and later saw it confirmed.
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Biddeford Pool
Armand Ouellette
Journal
Brian Arbour
Arbour
Normand
Portland Press Herald
Adelbert Morin
Young Arbour
Court Decary meets in Biddeford. party cancelled
Members of Court Decary Canada American Society met at the Fremont Club Alfred Street Biddeford for a business meeting President Wilfred Patenaude announced the lawn party scheduled for later this month has been cancelled He said Rosaire Laliberte will represent the local society at the meeting Sept 4 in Manchester David St Pierre was accepted as a new member and the next meeting is Sept 9 when officers will be elected Prayers were recited by Gerard Gagne and Mrs Laura Guay Ernest Theroux led the pledge of allegiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Decary
Canada-American Society
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Wilfred Patenaude
Rosaire Laliberte
Manchester
David St. Pierre
Gerard Gagne
Laura Guay
Ernest Theroux
Funeral Homes and Directors in Saco Biddeford Maine
A list of local funeral homes with addresses and telephone numbers in Saco and Biddeford Maine. Denett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco. Emond and Conroy at 72 Hill Street Biddeford. Sansoucy Blais on Stone Street Biddeford. Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring Street Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Tel
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Sansoucy — Blais
Stone St
R. Martel
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
DEP approves higher pollution limit for Saco tannery plant
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection amended Factory Island tannery permit to allow 75 mg/L more chrome and 210 mg/L more oil and grease discharges into the Saco River. Plant aims secondary treatment by 1980, under a consent timetable with 1978 engineering by Coffin and Richardson and an experimental incinerator being tested. Environmental groups and local activist Boilard condemn the move as jeopardizing water quality and river recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Biddeford
Robert Boilard
Boilard
Factory Island
Weston
Coffin and Richardson
EPA
Sandy Brook
Deep Brook
Saco River
Maine Natural Resources Council
NCR
Maine lottery boss admits beatable instant winner game
Portland Maine AP Maine lottery director George Orestis confirms a large investment could let a ticket holder spot a winning method in the instant winner lottery. Tommy Mancini, a store operator, says he bought about 6,000 tickets for $1 and claims netting at least $2,000 over three weeks. He declines to reveal his method, saying he studied about 50 losing tickets for five hours.
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Portland, Maine
Maine
George Orestis
Tommy Mancini
Mancini
California
Orestis
Boothbay Harbor
Lewiston
Washer repairman turns savior in Kennebunk blaze
Donald Fleurent came to fix a washing machine at Merle Turner’s home and, while there, saved the 74 year old man and his house. He blocked a gas leak, evacuated Turner, shut off tanks, and fought the fire until the Kennebunk fire crew arrived. Fleurent, 20, volunteers as a firefighter with Arundel VFD and works for Vic’s Appliance Center in Saco. He deflects praise, saying he was simply there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Fleurent
Merle Turner
Turner
Kennebunk
Fleurent
Feurent
Kennebunk Fire Company
Arundel
Monte Carlo Festival at Irish Hall Portland Street
St Martha St Monica Parish sponsors a Monte Carlo Festival at the Irish hall on Portland Street. The event runs Thursday to Saturday August 19 20 and 21 from 6 p.m. to midnight with games home baked goods and fair tables. Edward Cashen chairs the event assisted by the church Council and others. Proceeds fund church activities.
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Kennebunk
St. Martha- St. Monica
Irish Hall
Portland Street
Edward Cashen
Church Council
Maine Republicans brace for possible convention split
Maine GOP delegates in Kansas City face a split over Ford or Reagan for the presidential nomination and the potential impact on party unity. Delegation chair John Linnell cautions serious divisions would be needed to split, while noting local candidates prefer Ford in a unified ticket amid Longley’s independent bid and a fragile Democratic unity.
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Augusta
Maine
Kansas City
New York
Jimmy Carter
White House
Ford
Ronald Reagan
John Linnell
GOP
Linnell
Reagan
Lberal
Richard S. Schweiker
Treasury
John Connally
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
James B. Longley
Wells storm labeled small tornado causes $75000 damage
A National Weather Service survey labeled the Wells Maine event a small tornado. Damage in town reached about $75,000 with a beach house destroyed and a trailer burned by lightning. Two people were slightly injured as power failed and Route 1 was briefly closed. The tornado, moving from west of the beach, cut a 50 yard path along Atlantic Avenue hitting thirty or more houses with roof damage and glass breakage around five percent of the total.
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Wells
Maine
National Weather Service
Richard Roseff
U.S
Atlantic Avenue
Water line extension halted by phone cables on Buxton Road
Biddeford Saco Water Co paused pipe work on Buxton Road last week as telephone cables block the project. President Harry Wooster will meet with Saco City Administrator John Dexter to discuss the issue. He notes city and state crews are directing work, with the cables risking cable damage if operations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Water Co
Buxton Road
Harry Wooster
Water Company
Saco
John Dexter
Wooster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary S. Fretwell
Glasgow
Scotland
James
Mary Alexander Stirling
Sanford
Fretwell
Advent Christian Church Mission Society
Lower Village
Mother's Club
Aurora
Order of the Eastern Star
Kennebunkport
Arthur Fretwell
Isabelle Brown
Wlady
Regina
Wlady Regina
Oak Ridge Road
Portland
Wilna
Poland
Julia and
Wincula
Fortkomis
St. Mary Church
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
Saco-Lowell
Stella
Choroszy
Regina of
Edward
Constantine Regina
Walter Regina
Joseph Tarazewich
Greenland, N.H
St. Mary Cemetery
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Sarah F. Lewis
Newport Richey
Fla
Lester C. Lewis
Roscoe D
Inez (Merrill) Fairfield
Gorham
Michigan
Florida
First United Methodist Church
New Port
George S. Lambert
Pool Road
Arthabaska
Que
Albert and
Dina (Frechette) Lambert
St. Andre Church
Eric Nieuwejaar
Edward Smith
Civic Community Theater Drama Workshop
Nieuwemaar
Nirvana
Pittsfield
N.H
Civic Theater Group
Dick Danforth
Says. Arbour
Peter G. Caron
Main St
IGA
Old Orchard Beach
Yvon Dutrisac
Ontario
Michael Danis
Bradley St
Paul
Department of Justice
Rusia
Thomas Weston
Vacuums Wines
Electrolux Call Anytime
J. Durfee
Melvin Ave
D.C. Beach
Town of
Robert Sprague
Ralph Harris
Selectmen
Selectmen of
Ralph L. Harris
Robert Pate
Dennett
Craig
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