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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1968
Page
2
Funeral services for Gerard A. LeBrun of 24 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from St Margaret's Church marking a change from the previously announced 11 a.m. time.
Members of Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella will gather at 7 30 tonight at Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home on Portland Ave Old Orchard Beach to say prayers for Gerard A LeBrun brother of Adrienne Dodge a member.
Today marks the 224th day of 1968 with notable events listed including 1914 German defeat of Russians at Tannenberg, 1935 FDR signs neutrality act, 1954 Hurricane Carol damages the Northeast, and 1964 California becoming the most populous state. Additional notes reference exiles in 1290 and births of Queen Wilhelmina in 1880.
Kennebunk social items report Whitney Elkins celebrating his 96th birthday in South Windham with Flossie and Ednad Bragdon and Martha Bragdon among the guests. Also listed are visits from Henry Currie of East Boston, Mass, and several local residents visiting relatives in Rangeley and Acadia University. The Dairy Queen closes briefly due to a death in the family but to reopen Sept 3.
A claim emerges that the sport of bowling originated in Egypt about 7,000 years ago, suggesting a long historical lineage and possible connections to ancient indoor games.
A concise note states that cashmere fibers or traditions are primarily located in Tibet and India, with emphasis on their regional prominence and origin.
Funeral homes listed include Emond's at 284 511 and SHUMWAY at 35 One Street Saco with phone 284 5611. Philip H. Gross Sr. is named director, with Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine also featured.
Funeral services for Reginald E King of Boothby Park Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saco. High Mass was celebrated by Rev Joseph Carrier with deacon Rev Paul Bedard and sub deacon Rev Donald LaBranche. Interment in St Josephs Cemetery Biddeford with graveside rites. Bearers were Conrad Itier David Labbe Norman Labbe Roger Bastarache Charles Coulthard and Oramel Thomas.
Miss Vale ria Therese Loughran daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Loughran Pembroke Bermuda became the bride of Bruce Allen McMillan son of Mr and Mrs Frank McMillan Jr 42 Brown St Kennebunk at a Saturday afternoon wedding at St David s E 1 Church Rev Gerald E Burtt officiated. Church decor featured white flowers anist played. The couple will reside in Orono.
Fifty members of the 50-Plus Club in the Kennebunk area were feted at a Thursday dinner at the Webhannet Clubhouse Fletcher Street. Ages ranged 65 to 81 totaling 450 years. Guests included club president Mrs. Viola Lee and James Burke among others. A decorated cake cupcakes and ice cream were served. The Rev Henry Megert gave the invocation and a student program featured readings poems and a word game. 30 members and guests attended.
Mt Waileale on Kauai Hawaii is regarded as the world’s rainiest place, drawing researchers and weather observers to study its extreme precipitation. The site’s climate profile highlights frequent heavy downpours and lush, saturated landscapes surrounding the summit region.
Daniel Peck 23 Gray Ave Saco is a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center Portland. Seaman Roland A Guillerteault USN 22 husband of Norma Belanger 36 St Marys Biddeford is serving aboard heavy cruiser USS Boston off North Vietnam coast.
At Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle on Atlantic Avenue and Third Street in Old Orchard Beach a young people service led by Christ's Ambassadors starts at 6 15 p m followed by an evangelistic service for all at 7 30 p m The Advent Christian Church youth fellowship on Route 35 Kennebunk meets Sunday at 6 15 p m
The Unitarian Universalist Church at Main Street and Portland Road in Kennebunk will conduct School of Religion classes Monday at 3 30 p m for students in Grades 1 through 12.
The Senior Youth group of the South Congregational Church on Temple Street Kennebunkport will meet Monday at 6 p.m.
The Junior Choir of Ly man Baptist Church will rehearse Sunday at 6 p m at Goodwins Mills Church.
The High School of Religion classes for students in St. Martha's Kennebunkport St. Monica's Kennebunk and St. Mary's Wells Beach will be held each Monday at 6 30 PM at St. Martha's Church Kennebunkport.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of School Street Methodist Church in Saco will gather Sundays at 6 p.m. at the church for weekly activities and program discussions.
Members of the Confraternity of Christian Grades 1 attend a gathering after the 9 am mass at St Marys Church in Wells Beach on Sunday to discuss church activities and community service.
The Advent Christian Church has won Mills and will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. to discuss the next steps.
The Senior High Youth Fellowship of the United Church of Christ in Biddeford meets Sunday from 5 15 to 6 15 p m in the church to discuss plans and activities for youth participation.
The Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union society will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. in the meeting hall. Members are urged to attend and discuss forthcoming activities and community outreach plans.
A church meeting is scheduled at 3 p m Sunday at the West Kennebunk Methodist Church. Members are urged to attend for the planned discussion and activities.
The Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Ogunquit Baptist will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. at the church.
The Junior Baptist Youth Joe of the Saco United Church will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. at the church.
The Senior High Youth Fellowship at ed Baptist church will meet tomorrow at unspecified time and location, with members urged to attend for planned activities and fellowship.
The McCarthy wing led by O Dwyer refused to back Muskie for vice president, withholding its 90 delegate votes. Humphrey plans about a week off after the parade before resuming the campaign against Richard Nixon.
Lawrence O’Brien is named to head both the presidential campaign and the Democratic Party. Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota’s first major party nominee, greets supporters and antiwar demonstrators upon returning home. McCarthy backers fly to Washington reflecting unfinished campaign mood. Viet Cong attacks resume as U.S. installations remain contested. Stanley Stal’s kidnapper calls restaurants before locating a willing ransom recipient. Will Talman, known for portraying Hamilton Burger, dies at 53. A federal jury acquits former Gov. Barron and convicts four others on conspiracy charges. Justice Department says five Cassius Clay conversations were bugged in possible foreign intelligence inquiries.
New York based Dr. Emanuel M. Josephson, 73, an eye doctor and writer, called police Friday about $250,000 in negotiable securities missing. Officers recovered them on his desk among stacks of letters, magazines, and newspapers he preserves for research into finance and alleged conspiracies.
Sunny and cool conditions prevail in Portland with a high in the upper 60s to low 70s. Tonight will be fair to partly cloudy and not as cool with lows in the low to mid 50s. Sunday remains cloudy with a chance of showers developing and little temperature change.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The superintendent Howard Cushman announced the year bus routes beginning Sept 4. Bus 1 covers routes from Portland Ave to Union Ave with stops at Cascade Rd Walnut St cement wall Lewis Restaurant and more including Loranger and Jameson schools. Bus 2 routes run from East Grand Ave Walnut St Milliken 1 and other streets to High School Loranger and Jameson. Bus 3 and 4 cover Jameson and Elementary schools with numerous stops including Pine Haven Fenderson’s McCallums and Union Avenue. A final note mentions cabinet items removed from a library and security concerns about negotiable securities.
York County Superior Court announces 60 residents drawn for traverse jury duty for the September term, with reports due Sept 5. Names include bidders from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk Wells Sanford York Berwick Buxton Shapleigh Eliot Kittery and others across the county.
Boston commits a string of errors in Fenway allowing Washington to score five unearned runs in a 5-1 Senators win. Joe Coleman, pitching for Washington, wins his 10th, aided by a ninth inning error sequence that starts with Jim French reaching on a bunt and ends with three throwing errors by Boston. Del Unser, Ken McMullen, Frank Howard, and Mike Epstein contribute the decisive hits as Ken Harrelson homers for Boston in a losing effort while Gary Bell drops to 10-10. The Red Sox prepare for Jim Lonborg against Frank Bertaina.
A car driven by Lyndon S Boothby 27 of 47 Beacon St Biddeford stopped on York Hill to turn into a parking lot and was rear ended by a vehicle driven by Richard P Blaney 28 of 14 Old Orchard Avenue Old Orchard Beach.
The Kansas Civil Rights Commission ruled Friday that a city acted in violation of civil rights law. Details of the case and the city involved were not disclosed in the excerpt.
Gray brown and white Angora kitten, two months old and female, named Fifi, lost near 16 High Street in Saco. Answer phone 282-3680 after 6:30 PM.
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