Walter A. Caton 68 of Saco and Stuart dies
Walter A. Caton, 68, of Buxton Road Saco Maine and 1175 S W Tropical Terrace Stuart died Dec 7 at a local facility. Born Aug 3 1908 in Saco he was Shell Oil Companys first and only spray painter for New England and New York tankers trucks and cars and later worked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard during World War II. He retired after decades as a painting contractor. Surviving wife Ruth M Caton daughter Virginia R Allard brother Charles Caton and a nephew. Funeral services were held in Stuart.
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Stuart
Walter A. Caton
Buxton Road
Saco
Maine
S. W
Tropical Terrace
Frank
Clara
Phillips) Caton
Shell Oil Company
New York
New England
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Theodore Logan and Son
Portland Maine
Ruth M. (Ayer) Caton
Saco and
Virginia R. Allard
Charles Caton
Dayton
Serpico seeks citywide private recreation use plan
Biddeford planning board will weigh a request by Neil Serpico to permit private recreational uses in all city zones, both nonprofit and for profit, where public recreation is already allowed. A Dec 2 hearing preceded the board's decision on whether to forward zoning changes to the council. The meeting also includes a session with David Joy of the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission on updating the city comprehensive plan at 7 30 p.m. in the city engineer's office.
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Biddeford
Planning Board
Neil Serpico
David Joy
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Senior Volunteers Honored in Saco Christmas Program
In Saco the Cumberland York RSVP held its fourth annual Christmas coffee at First Parish Congregational Church honoring 27 volunteers from Biddeford Saco area. Certificates and seals were given to many named volunteers from York County Homemaker Services Dyer York Port Lillian Black Arteline Daly Verna Mailman Eva Cleary Todays Oldtimers Shop Jeanne Taillon McArthur Library Biddeford Ocean Pines Senior Meals Center and others. Leaders of RSVP and a holiday musical program were present and performed.
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Biddeford-Saco
Cumberland-York
RSVP
First Parish Congregational Church
Saco
Edith Stephenson
York County
Edith Pierce
Dyer-York
Lillian Black
Arteline Daly
Verna Mailman
Eva Cleary
Oldtimers
Jeanne Taillon
McArthur
Biddeford
Ocean Pines
Elenora Favre
Evelyn Wilkinson
Ruth Gline
Ruth Gilbert
Otis Witham
Elizabeth Witham
Eunice Pettengill
Marion Siddall
Fernando Dionne
Bertha Lamb
Gordon Strong
Ruth Strong
Caroline Whitworth
Pearl Shaw
Sally Cochrane
Edith Benson
Lillian Botting
Lillie Mason
Ethel Ritchie
Florence Northrop
Robert Spidle
Kenne
Meditation period on school agenda in Biddeford meeting
Biddeford school board to discuss a formalized daily moment of meditation and reflection in the district. Supt. William O'Neill notes the idea was raised by board member and added to the agenda on a board member's suggestion. The meeting also covers superintendent evaluation, salary, term, and resignations and appointments including naming David Kerry as head varsity football coach.
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Biddeford
Uest
William O'Neill
Robert LaBranche
O'Neill
David Kerry
Iddeford High School
Life Underwriters Meet Moved to Dec 15 Noon
The Southern Maine Association of Life Underwriters rescheduled its meeting from Thursday December 16 to Wednesday December 15 at noon. Location remains Eastland Motor Hotel in Portland. Mrs Rita Daigneault of 7 Victory Ave Biddeford is a current patient at Mercy Hospital in Portland.
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Life Underwriters
Southern Maine Association of Life Underwriters
Eastland Motor Hotel
Portland
Rita Daigneault
Victory Ave
Biddeford
Mercyospital
Funeral Homes Directory for Saco Biddeford Maine Area
Funeral directors listed include Dennett and Craig 365 Main E Saco Emond Conroy Funeral Home 72 Hill Biddeford Sansoucy Blais 1 Stone Biddeford and Shumway and Gross 35 Spring St Saco with phone numbers 282 EMOND 284 5511 282 1818 283 3653 284 5611 R Martel director John P Conroy Jr director
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Dennett & Craig
Maine
Saco
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Sansoucy — Blais
Stone St
R. Martel
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Taxpayers to discuss Biddeford abatements and center plans
York County Taxpayers Association, a 66 member landlords group, meets in Biddeford at 8 p.m. to discuss a tax abatement for Ledgewood Apartments on Graham Street and a proposed community center at the old Central Theater on Alfred Street. They will also consider allowing tenant members.
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Biddeford
Ledgewood
Graham Street
Central Theater
Alfred Street
York County Taxfare Association
Iniddeford
YCTA
Prospect Street
Hill St
Saco School Board to Elect Chairman and Approve Contracts
The Saco school committee meets tonight at 7 30 to elect a chairman for next year and appoint members to the finance curriculum building and grounds and administration committees. The board will vote to ratify a contract with the Saco School Secretaries Association approve an earnest allotment for Title funds 7149 41 and discuss the Right To Read program and committee reports.
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Saco
Saco School Secretaries Association
Liquor Revenues Up Nine Percent in Maine Budget
AUGUSTA Maine The easing of the liquor monopoly raised fiscal 1975 revenues for the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages by nine percent yielding a 6.8 percent budget surplus. Keith Ingraham bureau director credited private agency stores licenses for the gain, as the Legislature allowed agency licensing to improve rural access at 80 state stores. A bureau accountant could not provide a detailed sales breakdown to show the impact of agency stores.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages
Bureau
Keith Ingraham
Ingraham
Ballot access reform debated by Maine lawmakers
Maine legislators debated proposed changes to how candidates qualify for ballots including a possible filing fee option instead of petition signatures. The committee backed the fee concept as an alternative, with signatures still required, and considered easing petition rules and campaign finance filing procedures to curb validation problems from recent elections.
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Maine
Committee On Election Laws
David Bustin
Rain
Bustin
Gested
Mark Gartley
Gartley
U.S. Supreme Court
Berwick Academy shifts from boarding school to country day
SOUTH BERWICK Maine UPI Berwick Academy Maine oldest chartered school retires boarding program and moves toward a country day model Beginning September the institution will accept students in grades one through four This follows five years of changes including girls admission in 1971 and addition of grades seven and eight in 1972 and five and six two years earlier The headmaster cites parental demand for more grades The academy serves extreme southern Maine and coastal New Hampshire and is one of three country day schools in northern New England.
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South Berwick
Maine
UPI
Berwick Academy
Bes
Academy
Andrew C. Holmes
School official pleads guilty to income tax charge
Portland Maine UPI reports Robert L Millay 37 Livermore Falls an elementary school principal pleaded guilty to filing a false 1972 income tax return and underreporting income. The case will proceed to sentencing. Separately Harry Baker 62 of Portland pleaded innocent to fraudulent returns for 1970 71 and 72 with omitted gross income and evasion claims. Two Bangor cases also continued for pretrial hearings Marilyn Hannigan 43 owner Traveler's Texaco Ludlow pleaded innocent to diesel fuel excise tax filing failures totaling 32336 in 1974 and evasion of 14316 in 1972 73 74.
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Portland, Maine
UPI
Robert L. Millay
Livermore Falls
Portland
Millay
U.S. District Court
Harry Baker
Baker
Bangor
U.S. Attorney's Office
Marilyn P. Hannigan 43
Ludlow
Traveler
Texaco
Stoulton
Public hearing on federal funds for Saco city
Saco's Community Development Advisory Committee will hold a public hearing Wednesday at 7 30 p m in es hall to discuss applying for 1977 federal funds. Coordinator Peter Cullinan says past input has been poor and the city could access about 200000 if it applies.
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Saco
Es Hall
Peter Cullinan
Cullinan
Senior Citizens Ball at Open Door in Saco
Saco Senior Citizens Club hosted a Christmas Ball at Open Door Jordan School on School Street in Saco Saturday night. Seventy five members attended with Maria St. Michel as Santa Claus, while Wilfred Thibeau and Alfreda Stackpole provided music. Awards were given to Antoinette Simanonok Connie Boutet Ernest Valliere and Mr and Mrs Edmund Pinard. A buffet was served by Odessa Nason, chairperson.
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Saco
Sanford teacher wins sick leave for childbirth in 1975
UPI reports Superior Court Justice Harry P. Glassman upheld a Sanford teacher Judith Tucker’s use of nine days of accumulated sick leave for childbirth in April 1975. The school board must pay Tucker at her 1975 salary after the arbitrator favored Tucker and the board’s motion to overturn was denied.
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Tucker
Safety beat in Biddeford arrests three for attempted burglary
Three men were arrested after police caught them in the act at 2 10 p.m. Monday at a Crestwood Drive residence in Biddeford. Brian R. Adams 18 of 170 Elm St Robert Boutot 18 of 52 Mason St were charged with attempted burglary Peter R Caron 19 of 16 Clayton Drive was charged as an accessory before and after the fact They are out on bail and set to appear in Biddeford District Court December 23 The fire and accident items describe a dryer vent smoke alert a brush fire and two vehicle collisions in nearby towns with minor damage and no major injuries Dispatchers report no significant activity in Kennebunk/Kennebunkport in the past 24 hours.
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Biddeford
Crestwood Drive
Brian R. Adams
Elm St
Robert Boutot
Mason St
Peter R. Caron
Clayton Drive
Saco
North Street
Janet L. LeClair
Cutts Ave
Donald J. Collard
Brentwood Circle
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Dog owner case moves from Biddeford court to Alfred court
The case of Wilfred Gilbert, 42, of 10 Lillian Ave, Saco, charged with keeping an unlicensed dog kennel in Saco, transfers from District Court in Biddeford to York County Superior Court in Alfred. Gilbert pleads innocent to two counts. bail set at 25 dollars per count. Also, in Alfred, Thomas Danis, 24, of 33 Fern Ave, Old Orchard Beach, gets 10 months for assaulting police, burglary attempts, and police officer charges, while several other local defendants face fines, dismissals, or suspended licenses in Biddeford and surrounding towns.
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Saco
Biddeford
York County
Alfred
Wilfred Gilbert
Lillian Ave
York County Superior Court
Thomas Danis
Fern Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Maine District Court
Ann R. Williams
Nn Anom
Society Ave
Chard Beach
Richard Anderson
Ocean Side
Kinney Shores
Hathaway says over $7 million CETA funds head to Maine
UPI reports Senator William D. Hathaway says Maine will receive more than 7 million dollars in new CETA Title VI allocations to fund public service jobs and ensure employment through September 30, 1977. Cumberland, Penobscot Hancock counties, and Kennebec will share most funds. statewide unemployment stood at 7.4 percent in October with rising rates in Lewiston Auburn Lincoln Lincoln Waldo areas.
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Washington
UPI
Maine
William D. Hathaway
CETA
Hathaway
Maine Democrat
Senate
Cumberland County
Penobscot
Hancock
Ennebec Enge
Lewiston- Auburn
Lincoln County
Waldo County
Maine Congressman backs mini conventions for 1978 GOP
Rep. David F. Emery of Maine supports a two day mini convention proposed by Rep. Larry Winn Jr. to give special interest groups in the Republican Party greater access to policy before the 1978 elections. He says more viewpoints are not heard at the regular nominating convention.
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Vaseenwirens
UPI
Aroposed Publican
David F. Emery
Rmaine
Emery
Larry Winn Jr
Kansas
Maine
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Summer St
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