Obituary: Joseph Gravel 50 Biddeford Pool
Joseph P Gravel 50 of Main Street Biddeford Pool died Tuesday at Veterans Administration Hospital Togus after a long illness. Born December 27 1925 in Westbrook he was WWII Navy veteran and worked 25 years as caretaker at Marie Joseph Academy. Survived by widow Georgette Dorothy Williams and son Danny with military honors planned Friday at St Andre Church. Interment Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery Augusta.
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Joseph Philip Gravel
Main Street
Biddeford Pool
Veterans Administration Hospital
Togus
Westbrook
Joseph and
Roseanna
Cantin) Gravel
Marie Joseph Academy
St. Andre Church
Biddeford
Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Augusta
Emond and Conroy
Hill St
Acton Fair opens with music and parade this Thursday
The 111th Acton Agri Fair will run Thursday to Saturday with exhibits midway rides and food stalls. Music includes Dick Curless performing in the grandstand at 3 and 8 pm and The Caravan of Sound Saturday night. Parade begins 9:45 am led by Granite State Highlanders Sanford-Springvale Band and Linda Carroll Maine Dairy Queen and the New York County Apple Princess will also appear.
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Acton
Dick Curless
Curless
Bangor
Caravan of Sound
New England
Hank Snow
Granite State Highlanders
Sanford-Springvale
Highlanders
Linda Carroll
Alfred
Maine
New York County
Tractor injures Biddeford boy in accident
A five year old boy, Ricky Lachance, sustained injuries when he fell from a tractor driven by his father Richard Lachance and was run over. He remained in fair condition in the Maine Medical Center Intensive Care Unit in Portland. Police report details are incomplete. the incident occurred around 6 45 p m near 342 Poold Road in Biddeford.
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Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Ricky Lachance
Richard
Pool d
Saco School Committee Meeting Tonight at 7:30
The Saco school committee meets tonight at 7 30 at the superintendent's office 34 Spring Street public invited Reports cover Right To Read self contained family grouping Fairfield School carpets Fairfield Young Schools hot lunch ventilation Middle School and bus topics including drivers rules salaries teacher and principal evaluations on agenda
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Saco
Spring St
Fairfield
Gurney WRC Meets Aug 27 In Saco Adjusted Date
Members of Fred S. Gurney Women’s Relief Corps will meet Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the GAR Hall Cutts Avenue Saco, now August 27 rather than August 24. Attendees are asked to bring a box lunch. In Biddeford St Ann Sodality members will gather tonight at 7:30 at R G Bolduc Sons Funeral Home to say prayers for Mrs Rose A Tash mother of a member.
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Fred S. Gurney
W.R.C
Women’s Relief Corps
GAR
Cutts Avenue
Saco
St. Ann Socality
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
R. G. Bolduc and Sons
Alfred St
Biddeford
Rose A. Tash
Maine Funeral Homes and Directors Directory Listing
Funeral directors and homes listed with addresses and phone numbers in Saco and Biddeford Maine. Den nett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco John P Conroy Jr directing Hill Street Biddeford Sansoucy Blais at 1 Stone Street Biddeford R Martel directing Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring Street Saco.
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Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Sansoucy
False teeth fitters face court order in Maine
In Bangor Maine Justice James A Bishop extended a temporary injunction barring John Hussey of Old Town and Edward Bates of Presque Isle from fitting false teeth. The state Board of Dental Examiners contends only dentists may fit dentures with Hussey appealing a $1000 fine and challenging the Dental Practice Act.
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Bangor
Maine
Penobscot County
James A. Bishop
John Hussey
Old Town
Edward Bates
Presque Isle
State Board of Dental Examiners
Hussey
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Bishop
York Institute Receives Antique Printing Type Gift
The York Institute Museum in Saco receives a hand carved antique printing type and six antique coins and wooden furniture as gifts. The new type, for the Washington Press, was donated by Gilbert Lear of Marks Printing House in Portland and loaned indefinitely. The Washington Press, gifted in 1936 by the Biddeford Saco Journal, was rebuilt by volunteers led by Alan Vittorioso for the Saco bicentennial display.
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York Institute Museum
Saco
Washington Ress
Gilbert Lear
Marks Printing House
Portland
Lea
Washington Press
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Alan Vittorioso
Social Security Checks To Arrive Early In October
In Portland Maine AP Social Security recipients will receive their monthly checks two days early in October after U S Senator William D Hathaway announced the Social Security Administration agreed to shift delivery to Friday instead of the usual Saturday or Sunday plan starts with September checks on Oct 1 The change aims to prevent delays in cashing checks and helps beneficiaries access funds sooner.
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Portland
Maine
U.S
William D. Hathaway
Maine Democrat
Social Security Administration
Hathaway
Tattooed ladies not on upswing in Maine law change
AUGUSTA Maine AP The 1976 Maine Legislature legalized body tattooing for women but uptake is slow. Tom Breitweg of Newport one of the two registered tattooists says there hasn’t been a rush of women to take advantage of the change.
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Augusta
Maine
Tom Breitweg
Newport
Voters to decide SAD 71 expenses via line-item budget
Kennebunkport SAD 71 voters will gain control over next year’s school spending as the board adopts a line-item budget format. The plan allows locals to specify cuts or additions at the budget meeting, with state law permitting the change Sept 1. The move aims to clarify tax dollar allocation and educational priorities while maintaining some limits on local authority.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
SAD 71
Annal
Knnebunk
Kennebunks
McMahon
Canadian bias claimed by Maine woodsmen
In Orient Maine AP reports a protest by Maine woodsmen led by Lloyd Parker of Danforth near U S 1 against what they call discrimination in favor of Canadian workers. Parker and about 30 others criticized the use of Canadian labor while Mainers claim a legal right to jobs.
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Maine Woodsmen
Parker
Company
William Mannheim
Maine Manpower Commission
Francis Chessley
Maine Woodsmen's Association
Wayne Birmingham
Patten
Birmingham
Maine
Steering committee formed for New England energy hearing
In Augusta Maine representatives from industry government and science formed a steering committee to coordinate testimony for a public hearing on New England energy problems. The group met Monday led by Abbie Page director of the Maine Office of Energy Resources. They will keep in touch with Mrs Page for the Maine presentation as federal ERDA officials plan to attend the November 30 December 1 session in Boston.
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Augusta
Maine
M Aine
New England
Abbie Page
Office of Energy Resources
Indy 500 of frogdom Slated for Labor Day
NORRIDGEWOOD, Maine The 4th Annual Central Maine Frog Race is set for Labor Day at Oosoola Park. In heats of four, frogs and owners stand in a 30 foot diameter circle and try to reach the rim first. Bruce Hertz, park committee chairman, says frog drivers start by blowing on the frog rear or beating the ground behind them but cannot touch the frog. Last year's winner in a field of 118 was Mark Nickerson's frog. Hertz notes participants sign up a few hours before and usually collect their frogs on the way home.
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Norridgewock
Maine
Mark Nickerson
Hertz
IRS Auction Fight Over Vahlsing Assets in Maine
In Easton Maine officials of the National Acceptance Co say they may sue the Internal Revenue Service to claim proceeds from an auction of 78 Vahlsing farm equipment trucks and trailers seized by the IRS to cover back taxes. The NAC calls it too early to decide on pursuing proceeds or seeking an out of court settlement. The auction near $100000 in value. Vahlsing is in bankruptcy proceedings in Texas.
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Easton
Maine
National Acceptance Co
Internal Revenue Service
Vahlsing Inc
Th Nac
IRS
Ods
Vahlsing
Dick Keenan
Presque Isle
NAC
Wahlsing
Texas
Maine Potato Service charged over river pollution case
U S Attorney Peter Mills says Maine Potato Service Inc and president Moe Kimmel face up to 3.7 million dollars in fines if convicted on 74 counts of water pollution tied to the Aroostook River. They pleaded innocent in Bangor federal court and bail was set at 5000 dollars with 10 days to file motions.
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Bangor, Maine
U.S
Seymour Nathanson
Immel
Maine Potato Service
Kimmel
Mills
Maine Potato
Sunset laws endorsed by Maine Common Cause
Common Cause of Maine endorses a bill to force state departments and agencies to justify their value or face abolition. Sponsors Wilfong and Spencer aim to secure 35,000 petition signatures to require legislative action. The plan divides agencies into reviewable small boards and larger departments, with a 10 year timetable for full evaluation.
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Augusta
Maine
Common Cause of
Albert Boothby
Ocean Park
Common Cause
National
Common Cause Organization
James Wilfong
Stow
Richard A. Spencer
Standish
Gote
Spencer- Wilfong
Boothby
State House
Spencer
Wilfong
Human Services
Transportation
Two die in sports accidents in New England region
In Pawtucket Rhode Island a 28 year old Cumberland man, Robert W Corry, died after being struck in the chest by a thrown ball during a slow pitch softball game. The game and tournament were halted as investigators seek the exact cause of death. In Cape Elizabeth Maine, 13 year old John H C Reynolds of Westwood Massachusetts died from head injuries after a golf ball hit him in the temple during a practice session. Funeral services were planned in Milton Massachusetts.
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Pawtucket
R.J
Cumberland
Robert W. Corry
Corry
Pawtucket Memorial Hospital
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Milton
Mass
John H.C. Reynolds
Westwood
Boston
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Reynolds
Charles Reynolds
J. Hume Sprague
New England Baptist Hospital
Foss Street church fall rummage sale and fair planned
Officers of the United Methodist Women of Foss Street United Methodist Church Biddeford met to outline fall projects. A rummage sale is set for Oct 15 a Spirit of 76 fair for Nov 6 and a Christmas party on Dec 8 all in the church vestry. First fall meeting Sept 29 will be a supper meeting with assigned salads.
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Foss St
United Methodist
Foss Street United
Ada Howard
Orchard Street
Biddeford
Gladys Goodwin
Beatrice Kabel
Ida Michie
Louise Merryman
Anne Spencer
Sylvia
Tatnic Hill School for Environmental Studies
Tatnic Hill is an environmentally oriented alternative day school for Jr and Sr high students at the old Libby Estate Route 1 south of Kennebunk. It offers small classes, individualized instruction, shared decision making and non graded progress with tuition based on family ability to pay. Write to RFD 2 Box 329 Wells or call 985-2238 or 985-3085 for more information.
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Libby
Route 1
Kennebunk
Wells
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Joseph P. Gravel
Georgette R
Labbe) Gravel
Alfonso
Dorothy) Williams
Danny P. Gravel
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
James Lemay Sr
Atlantic Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford- Saco
Down the Isles
John Ewing
Meat Counter
Beachman
Saco Schools
York Institute
Jack Ketchum
Thomas Connelly
Kennebunkport Selectmen
Eteeardeiss
Leo Martin
Kennebunk High School
N.E. Energy
Ice
State Department of Environmental Protection
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Saco Republicans
Republican City Committee
Most Holy Trinity Parish Hall
Ronald Zehner
Leete
Searle
Esther Marr
Tatnic Hill School For Environmental Studies
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