Frances Wilson obituary in Saco details life events
Frances Wilson 74 of 505 Main St Saco died Saturday at a local hospital after a long illness born March 25 1901 in Biddeford daughter of Charles J Bridges and Nettie Windship educated in Massachusetts worked for the Methodist Board of Missions in New York retiring a decade ago and living in Saco widow of Rev Arthur Wilson survived by sister Marcia Hooper two cousins Stafford Bridges and Ben Robbins graveside services Monday 1 p.m. Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford. Shumway-Gross Funeral Home arranging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Archer Bridges Wilson
Main St
Saco
Biddeford
Charles J. and
Nettie
Windship) Bridges
Massachusetts
Methodist Board of Missions
New York
Arthur Wilson
Marcia Hooper
Stafford Bridges
Somers
Conn
Ben Robbins
Elgin
Ill
Woodlawn Cemetery
Shumway-Gross Funeral Home
Spring St
Services Set At Ocean Park
Ocean Park hosts a 10 30 a m interdenominational worship at the Temple with Rev John Snook of Maynard Mass guest preacher. The Temple juniors sing Gift to Be Simple and the adult choir This Joyful Eastertide with brass quintet Nancy MacNider Dan Evans Bob Rainie Bo Ligner Kit Read. Frieda B Reynolds is guest piano accompanist. Richard F Burns Assembly superintendent presides. Sunday school directed by Mrs Helen Pierce Morin. Evening communion service at 7 30 led by Rev Robert Aspinwall for Youth Conference at the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts camping facilities open to the public.
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Ocean Park
John Snook
Methodist Church
Maynard
Mass
Temple
Assembly Committee
The
Ocean Park Association
Nancy MacNider
Dan Evans
Bob Rainie
Bo Ligner
Kit Read
Frieda B. Reynolds
Richard F. Burns
Assembly
Helen Pierce Morin
Jordan Halls
Robert Aspinwall
Beth Eden Baptist Church
Waltham
American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts
Woods fires plague Old Orchard Beach area yet again
Firefighters from Old Orchard Beach and nearby towns battled multiple woods blazes Friday. A Ross Road fire scorched about one acre and a second near Cascade Road about half an acre. both suspected arson. Nearby, an eight year old boy was injured by a car on Portland Road. condition listed as fair. A fifth fire forced Biddeford crews to fight the city dump blaze for five hours.
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Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Ross Road
Cascade Road
Joseph King
Portland Road
Webber Hospital
Claudette Lavoie
Old Salt Road
Second Day Underway For Kent State Jury
Jurors begin a second day of deliberations in the Kent State University shooting damages trial. They requested maps and a magnifying glass to review hundreds of photographs and identified demonstrators and Ohio National Guardsmen. The six men and six women heard the case after Judge Don Young spent about 22 hours outlining the issues and law.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen
U.S. District Court
Don Young
Church Service at United Baptist Church Slated at 9 A.M.
United Baptist Church on Main Street Saco will hold its Sunday worship at 9 a.m. led by Rev. Sumner M. Grant with guest soloist Yvonne Fidalgo and Kennebunk organist Lawrence Davis. Child care is offered in the church school nurseries during the service.
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United Baptist Church
Main Street
Saco
Sumner M. Grant
Yvonne Fidalgo
Lawrence Davis
Kennebunk
Coming Events Public Dinner in Kennebunkport
A public pot roast dinner will be served Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church on North Street in Kennebunkport. The event is part of a sequence of community happenings including a CURSILLISTAS picnic in Saco and a second bicentennial musical evening in Cape Porpoise featuring Lois Anderson Stein.
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Kennebunkport
First Congregational Church
North Street
Biddeford-Saco
Cape Porpoise
Church-On-The-Cape
Lois Anderson Stein
Peking Troops Take Part in Hangchow Factory Work
Peking radio confirmed China has sent about 4,500 PLA commanders and fighters to Hangchow factories including meat and tobacco plants to aid production amid capital area unrest. Moscow radio earlier cited authorities purges and labor camp transfers after July turmoil. SAD 57 board meeting set for Monday 7 p.m. at Massabesh Middle School Library.
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Peking Radio
China
Hangchow
Chekiang
Chinese People's Liberation Army
Moscow Radio
Peking
Moscow Broadcast
Waterboro
Massabesh Middle School
Missionaries Bring The Family Home Evening Program
New missionaries in the Biddeford Saco area are Elder Ray West and his wife Alice West. From Burley Idaho they promote The Family Home Evening program for all faiths and invite inquiries at 282 7375.
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Biddeford-Saco
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Ray West
Alice West
Burley
Idaho
Funeral Directors Directory for Saco Biddeford Area
Funeral homes listed with addresses in Saco Biddeford Maine including Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco 284-5611 Denne tt & Craig 365 Main St Saco Maine 282-0562 Emond Conroy Funeral Home John P Conroy Jr Director 72 Hill St Biddeford 284-5511 or 282-1818 Sansoucy-Blais Funeral Home Stone St Biddeford 283-3653 R Martel Director
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St. Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Sansoucy — Blais
Stone St
R. Martel
Stowaway Had Careful Plans
G Hadden Wood, crew chief on Bob Sparks Atlantic balloon attempt, says the rope hoist was a safety plan though Sparks knew nothing about it. The balloon leaked and drifted 145 miles southeast of Nantucket. recovery unlikely. Wood, a Greenwich, Connecticut resident, stayed with the gondola and praised the effort despite failure.
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Boston
G. Hadden Wood
Coast Guard
Active
Massachusetts
Woods Hole
Wood
Bob Sparks
Cape Cod
Sparks
Nantucket Island
Pottersville
N.J
Hadden
Bob
Otis Air Force Base
Greenwich
Conn
Europe
Seismologists report strong underground test off Novaya Zemlya
In Uppsala AP reports the seismological institute registered a forceful underground nuclear test on the Soviet island Novaya Zemlya. The director confirms the event and its detection by seismic instruments.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Seismological Institute
Soviet Island
Novaya Zemlya
Nine Year Old Convicted In Killing Case
A nine year old boy was convicted of manslaughter in the death of a two year old girl in Washington District of Columbia. Judge Fauntleroy ordered probation reports and set disposition for October three. The boy faced up to two years in detention after the jury found no malice. He testified that he only tickled the child with his bare feet while the girl’s siblings described stomping on her stomach. The incident occurred in a playroom with adults nearby in the apartment.
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Washington (Ap
District of Columbia
John Auntleroy
Fauntleroy
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