Death notice for Mrs Bertha Murphy of Portsmouth
Word has been received of the death of Mrs Bertha Murphy 76 of 129 Eldridge Road Portsmouth formerly of Biddeford in an Exeter nursing home this morning. Born July 13 1893 in Biddeford she was daughter of George and Hannah Mitchell. Survived by two sons Robert P of Portsmouth and William D Murphy Jr of Eliot two granddaughters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco with burial in Woodlawn Biddeford. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Murphy
Eldridge Road
Portsmouth
N.H
Biddeford
Exeter
O George
Hannah Schofield Mitchell
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert P
William D. Murphy Jr
Eliot
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Woodlawn
Libby And Dow Win Appeal For Office Building
Libby and Dow of 200 Main St win zoning appeals in Saco to establish a professional office building in A 3 zone along Park Street with a parking lot for at least six cars. Robert M. Black of 14 Moody St also wins a variance in B 1 zone to build a garage six feet from the side lot line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Zoning Appeals Board
Libby and Dow
Main St
Park Street
Robert M. Black
Moody St
Marion McColl 92 Saco Ave resident dies after illness
Marion A Wardell McColl of 92 Saco Ave Old Orchard Beach dies in Augusta hospital after a lengthy illness. Born January 2 1902 in Boston she lived here 35 years widow of Hugh McColl died 1962. Survived by son Robert F Hunt Wakefield sister Mrs Joseph Purtell Wakefield two grandchildren Robert F Hunt Jr Plymouth NH and Mrs Robert Basney Plymouth NH funeral Monday 9 am at St Margaret's Church. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Visitation Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Sunday 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Marion A. McColl
Saco Ave
Augusta Hospital
Boston
Mass
Matthew A
Mary (Shea) Wardell
Hugh McColl
St. Margaret's Church
Robert .F
Pipe Threading Machine Stolen From Saco Site
Saco police investigate theft of a Rigid Automatic pipe threading machine valued at about $300 from a construction site at Village Trailer Park near Route 1 by the Scarborough line. The theft was reported this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Route 1
Scarborough Line
Saco Seeks More Special Police Officers
The Saco Police Department seeks applicants for general police duty including traffic control and event policing at ball games and dances. Deputy Chief Alfred Cote said several officers are needed and any Saco resident aged 19 to 21 years may apply at a police station.
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Saco Police Department
Alfred Cote
Saco
Cost Of COLA Increases in July Benefit Millions
The July consumer price index triggers cost of living pay boosts for about 1,150,000 workers. Most recipients work in auto manufacturing, auto parts, and farm machinery industries. Take-home pay for a worker with three dependents rose to 100.62, while real earnings in 1957-59 prices stayed about flat at 78.49. Weekly earnings rose slightly after price adjustments with a one-cent rise in hourly wages.
Biddeford Fire Responds to Car Fire at Clark and Prospect
Firefighters raced to a car blaze yesterday at the Clark and Prospect streets corner in Biddeford. The vehicle was owned by Norman Boissonneault, 57 Bacon Street, Biddeford.
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Biddeford Eas
Clark and
Prospect Streets
Normand Boissonneault
Bacon St
Biddeford
Camel Backbone Facts From Animal Anatomy
The backbone of the single humped camel is as straight as that of a horse or an elephant. Humps on camels are mainly composed of fat and store energy.
Funeral Directors and contacts in Saco Maine
Funeral homes in Saco Maine listed with contact numbers and directors including Emond Funeral Home Frank X Emond J P Roy Shumway Funeral Service Philip H Gross Sr and Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street providing local burial arrangements and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Weekend update from Kennebunk area notices
Local residents report personal matters including Dick Lewin attending summer camp with the U.S. Army Reserves at Fort Dix, Linda Geshwind’s hospital visit and return, and several family health and travel notes. Also mentioned are visits, nursing home transfers, and a Navy Seabees assignment in Gulfport during Camille’s damage period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Dick Lewin
Portland
U.S. Army
Fort ‘Dix
New Jersey
Boyd Slowik
Arundel
Spring ‘Valley
N.Y
Linda
Ramapo ‘Hospital
Sidney Geshwind
Neil
Marjorie
Ss Valley
Moses Clement
Sea Road
Kennebunk
Notre Dame Hospital
Biddeford
Leech Nursing Home
Storer Street
George Whittier
Woodland Court
Maine Hospital
Port
Kendall Adams
Rangeley
Gordon Philips
Brown Street
Clarence Christie
Brovin Street
Maine
Lindquist
Dorine Smith
Michael Smith
Norwalk
Connecticut
Nancy Vetterline
Pleasant St
Willis Merrill
U.S. Navy
Seabees
Gulfport
Miss
Camille
Aramaic Language Believed Extinct Not in Malloula Syria
Aramaic still spoken in Malloula a village of about a thousand people near Damascus Syria. Although commonly viewed as extinct the language survives in this remote hill settlement preserving daily use and cultural heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Malloula
Damascus
Syria
Heartbeat rate linked to body size across species
The rate of heartbeat correlates with body size, from about 25 beats per minute in horses to around 500 in mice, showing how physiology scales with organism size.
Biddeford Personal Notices for Gionest and Barrett
Raymond Gionest Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Gionest of 22 Bradbury St Biddeford is a medical patient at the ae Medical Center Port Mrs Elizabeth Barrett 96 Graham St Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Gionest Jr
Raymond Gionest
Bradbury St
Biddeford
Ae Medical Center
Port
Elizabeth Barrett
Graham St
Webber Hospital
St Tropez priest on myth of glamorous resort life
AP Special Report from St Tropez, France, where locals insist the town defies the sex charged image. Father Lucien Baud notes visitors seek reassurance of being modern while the area swells with crowds, high prices, and a mix of nationalities.
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ST. Tropez
France
Lucien Baud
St. 7
Portland Weather Tonight Fair and Cool
The forecast for Portland calls for fair and not so cool conditions tonight with lows in the upper 40s to the 50s. Saturday should be fair with some cloudiness, slightly warmer to the south and extreme north remaining cooler.
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Portland
Boon Island Race Starts Saturday After Noon
Kennebunkport prepares for the annual Boon Island Ocean Race with teen entrants. The 60 mile course runs from the bellbuoy off Kennebunk River to Boon Island Portland Lightship and back, starting Saturday at noon and continuing to dawn Sunday. Largest boat is Northern Light, a 34 foot Hinckley sloop owned by J Gilman Smith. Power boat starters include Kenneth Burr Fred Twombley John Downing Bill Cummings and Abbott Pendergast.
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Kennebunkport
Boon Island
Bellbuoy
Kennebunk River
Portland
Northern Light
J. Gilman Smith
Kittery
Kenneth Burr
Fred
Stocks Inch Higher After Narrow Market Session
The New York stock market edged up with seven of the 20 most active issues advancing, six unchanged, and seven declines. Opening quotes included Ette Co at 46, Pan American World Airways at 15, General Electric at 155, Sears Roebuck at 704, and International Nickel at 6. Trading was light for the week as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 1.65 at 834.87 and the AP 60-stock average rose 8 to 204.4, suggesting a possible further advance above the 830 threshold.
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NEW York
Ette Co
Pan American World Airways
General Electric
Sears, Roebuck
International
Ickel
Associated Press
Body's Worth If Elements In Man Are Sold
A historical note estimates that if the chemical elements making up an average human body were isolated and sold at prevailing commercial prices, the total value would amount to about a few dollars.
Not Shocked by Time Yet, Mass Residents Find Reassurance
The speaker notes that the greatest satisfaction is when people realize they can participate. They are reassured that they have not been left behind and still value what matters to them. Many arrive, seemingly surprised by the numbers involved.
Cardinal Cushing Celebrates 74th Birthday In Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing born in South Boston, longtime spiritual leader of Boston's 1.8 million Catholics, observes his 74th birthday. A malady marked life has slowed him, yet he remains ecumenical, fundraiser, and fond of the common man, hosting an annual Thanksgiving for the archdiocese's elderly.
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Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Cardinal Cushing
United States
Elizabeth's Hospital
Cardinal
Family Travels Span Nation and Europe This Summer
Mrs. William Munster of Old Orchard Beach reports a summer drawn across the country and beyond as four married daughters and two sons visit places from Oregon and Belgium to Nova Scotia and Utah. Norma Lunde visits relatives in Montana while Idelle Myhre dives for shells in Mexico. Barbara Alcorn sees her son off on a Rocky Mountain camping trip, and James Munster plans more camping in Utah after a Jaffrey Bible conference. Mrs Munster herself will travel from California to Detroit to visit another daughter.
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Brigitte Bardot
Mediterranean
Cannes
Toulon
St. Tropez
Nero
Pisa
Old Orchard Beach
William Munster
Hoffman St
Europe
Robert Spencer
Doris
Oregon
California
Belgium
Rotterdam
Paris
Rome
London
Norma
Odin Lunde
Montana
William M. Munster
Nova Scotia
Idelle
William Myhre
Mexico
Pacific Shell Club
Barbara
Milton Alcorn
James
Rocky Mountains
Utah
Clayton Munster
Jaffrey, NH
Clayton
New York City
Calvary Baptist Church
Detroit
Mich
The Levant Description of a Historic Region
A compact definition of the Levant as the eastern Mediterranean coastlands from Egypt to Greece, with emphasis on Asia Minor and Syria, highlighting its broad geographic scope and historical use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levant
Mediterranean
Egypt
Grece
Asia Minor
Syria
Symbol of Sin Dragon's changing role in early Christian and Chinese empires
The dragon shifted from a symbol of sin in early Christian thought to a kingly emblem in China, where some groups viewed it as a divine figure.
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Libby and
Dow
Marion McColl
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. Proy
Memoriam
Elizabeth Rix
Edmund Cashen
Father Baud
LOW High
Erennir O- Diaz
Philippines
Auty
America
Huntsville
Ala
Janice Elliott
Ireland
Shannon
South Boston
Boston College
St. John’s
Kennedy
Cardinal Cash
Cardinal C
Jack
Paradise
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Hyannis Port
Cushing
Episcopal Church
Blinstrubs
Stanley Blinstrub
Milford
Conn
Paul Moreau
Elm ST
Biddeford, Me
Goodarss
White Star Laundry
White Star Inc
Biddeford, Maine
Claudette J. Sheltra
Paul E. Sheltra
Son Agency
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