Deaths in Old Orchard Beach Raymond L Grandy 56
Raymond L Grandy 56 of 9 Somerset Ave Old Orchard Beach died Wednesday night in a Portland hospital after a long illness. Born October 1 1911 in Newfoundland he was the son of Maj William B and Alberta Inkpen Grandy. A Merchant Marine during World War II he later worked 15 years for the Nation Maritime Union serving as port patrolman and business agent in Corpus Christi Texas. He retired to Old Orchard Beach in 1966 and was active with Salvation Army in Corpus Christi. Survived by widow Ennas MacPhail Grandy two children Kenneth W Grandy and Mrs Freda D Taylor two sisters Mrs Josephine Inkpen and Mrs Gladys D Young four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews cremation funeral set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco.
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Old Orchard Beach
Raymond L. Grandy
Somerset Ave
Portland
Newfoundland
William B
Alberta Inkpen Grandy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Merchant Marine Service
Nation Maritime Union
Corpus Christi
Tex
Gladys D. Young
Pearl River
Donald Klemanski
Salvation Army
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Died Fred Earle Grant Goodwins Mills custodian and veteran
Fred Earle Grant, 60, of Goodwins Mills died suddenly yesterday at Cousens Memorial School where he served as custodian. A WWII veteran and ten year cemetery superintendent, he belonged to Arion Lodge AF and AM and two Methodist churches. He is survived by two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home tomorrow at 1 p.m. with Rev. John Jordan officiating. Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Lyman
Fred Earle Grant
Goodwins Mills
Cousens Memorial School
Fred S
Lillian Goodwin Grant
Biddeford Hirth School
Arion Lodge
Goodwins Methodist Church
Goodwin-Labbe-Taylor America
Dayton
Ernestine Abbott
Carol Stevens
Dennett and Craig Funeral
Main St
Laco
John Jordan
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Piano Pupils Guests At Saco Party
Miss Ruth Olive Roberts hosted a morning gathering at 342 Main St Saco for her young piano and organ pupils. A Christmas recital followed by games and refreshments featured attendees including Thomas Libby Cheryl Husser Michelle Viger Carol Kenneally Stephanie Higgins John Lamb Karen Robert Michelle Nadeau Susan Pagano David Pate Jacqueline Hanson Michael Kalagias Mary Della Torre Erica Volfahrt Lise Mailman Catherine Wooster Deborah Taylor Michael Woodward Ellen O Sullivan Laurie Wilensky Jeffrey Nathanson with assists from Guy Nadeau Patrick Fennell and hosts Barbara Husser and Mari Jean Higgins.
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Ruth Olive Roberts
Main St
Saco
Thomas Libby
Cheryl Husser
Michelle Viger
Carol Kenneally
Stephanie Higgins
John Lamb
Karen Robert
Michelle Nadeau
Susan Pagano
David Pate
Jacqueline Hanson
Michael Kalagias
Mary Della Torre
Erica Volfahrt
Lise Mailman
Catherine Wooster
Deborah Taylor
Michael Woodward
Ellen O'Sullivan
Laurie Wilensky
Jeffrey Nathanson
Guy Nadeau
Patrick Fennell
Barbara Husser
Mari- Jean Higgins
Two Variances Granted At Beach
OLD ORCHARD BEACH A Board of Appeals meeting granted two variances and delayed action on a third until a Planning Board meeting. Alfred Paul got permission to create a parking lot on West Grand Ave across from his motel. Robert and Pauline Boynton were allowed to build a bedroom over their porch on Old Salt Road. A laundromat permit for Irving Hirst on Olympia Avenue was denied. The board will meet with the Planning Board next Wednesday to decide if Hirst can obtain permission.
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OLD Orchard Beacha Board of Appeals
Planning Board
Alfred Paul
West Grand Ave
Robert
Pauline Boynton
Old Salt Road
Pine Point
Irving Hirst
Olympia Avenue
John White
California’s Giant Tree Legacy Claims World Records
California can claim the world’s oldest Bristlecone pines, tallest coast redwoods, and largest Sequoia gigantea trees, highlighting notable arboreal distinctions within the state.
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California
Funeral Directors and Funeral Homes Listed in Saco Maine
The notice lists Emonds Funeral Home at 2a 5511 with Frank X. Emond and J. P. Conroy, Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco with Philip H. Gross Sr. as Director, and Dennest and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine with phone 982-0562.
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Emonds Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennest & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Albertine Blais Services Set At St Andre’s
Albertine Blais of 3 Parent Ave Biddeford will be honored with funeral services at St Andre’s Church Tiddeford on Saturday at 10 A M. Calling hours are today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 at Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill St.
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Blais, Albertine
Parent Ave
Biddeford
St. Andre’s
Tiddeford
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Funeral for Roderick L. Johnston in Saco
Funeral services for Roderick L. Johnston of 11 Beach Street Saco were conducted yesterday at the First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Saco Rev Paul K Weimer officiated Interment followed at Fern Cliff Cemetery Hartsdale New York
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Roderick L. Johnston
Beach St
Saco
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Paul K. Weimer
Fern Cliff Cemetery
Hartsdale
N.Y
Annette Chapter Hosts Party and Organist Night
Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Vesta held a combined party and Organist Night at the Masonic Hall Saco led by Wor thy Matron Ethel Whitten and Worthy Patron Norman McAuley Special guests included grand officers and district deputies Invitations were read from neighboring chapters Warder and Sentinel roles were announced and gifts exchanged after a performance by the Boys Choir of the Boys Training Center South Portland
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Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco
Masonic Hall
Ethel Whitten
Norman McAuley
Piscataquis
Kittery
Martha Lydia Flood
Pauline Nutter
Priscilla
Highpine
Wells
Josephine Hanson
Marion McAuley
Beacon Light
North Berwick
Sentinel
Harold Nutter
Virginia Maddox
Kenneth Johnson
Enid Crocker
Margaret Johnson
Pauline Bogd
Boys Choir
Boys Training Center
South Portland
Florence Davis
GOP Gains in House Delegations Shape 1966 Election Fight
In a cut and dried political analysis, Republicans grow strength in state governorships and House delegations amid Democratic gains in key states. If the House votes by state, GOP control could hinge on minimal seat shifts, with 26 delegations potentially tipping the presidency.
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Johnson
Wallace
District of Columbia
Illinois
Montana
Oregon
Kentucky
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Maine
Maryland
Hawaii
Massachusetts
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Virginia
GOP
House
Gerald R. Ford
Republican Governors Association
Palm Beach
Fla
Local residents listed as hospital patients
Joseph Green of Pool Road Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs Alfred Cassette of Pool Road Biddeford is a surgical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Howard C Shaffer Jr of Ferry Beach Saco is a surgical patient at Mercy Hospital Port and. Mrs Arthur J Daignault of 13 Summer Street Biddeford is a home hospice patient at Webber Hospital.
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Joseph Green
Pool Road
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Alfred Cassette
Howard C. Shaffer Jr
Ferry Beach
Saco
Mercy Hospital
Portand
Arthur J. Daignault
Summer St
Webber Hospital
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day church services listed
The Boys Fellowship of the Lyman Baptist Church meets Saturday at 10 a.m. at the church. A Christmas Eve vesper is planned Sunday at 4 p.m. at Foss Street Methodist in Biddeford with Rev. Donald F. Hess and Youth Fellowship participants plus the church choir. The Wells Branch Baptist Church hosts a Christmas program tonight at 7 on Route 9 A. The Wells Congregational Church holds its third annual Christmas Eve service Sunday at 7 30 p.m. with Junior and Senior Youth Fellowship groups led by Rev. W Vinton Murphy.
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Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Foss Street
Biddeford
South Biddeford
Donald F. Hess
Wells Branch Baptist Church
Kennebunk
Wells
Wells Congregational Church
Route 1
W. Vinton Murphy
Shipyard Workers Donate Toys to Saco Children
About 100 children in the Saco area benefit from a Christmas gift drive at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. Volunteers delivered toys and gifts and received appreciation from Saco welfare director Edith Smith for their efforts.
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Saco
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Edith Smith
Saco Welfare
Sea Stars Meet At Briggs Home For Bridge Night
The Sea Stars Club gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Donald Briggs on Lawn Avenue for duplicate bridge. N/S winners were Mongalian and Rounds, Grondin and Mrs. Ross, with multiple top finishes. E/W players included Mrs. Hickey, Mrs. Bateman, and several Briggs family members. The group plans another session next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and noted Y Tri-Hi Club had two tables with Miss Margaret Field as high scorer last Tuesday.
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Old Orchard Beach
The
Sea Stars Club
Donald Briggs
Lawn Avenue
Richard Mongalan
Alice Fecteau
Gertrude Leonard
James Warren
Frances Putnam
John V. Angelone
Susanne Snow
Jane Burns
Pauline Larochelle
Pope urges peace talks amid Vietnam conflict
The Pope urged belligerents in Vietnam to pursue negotiations for peace and called neutrality in mediation, expressing concern that offers of mediation have failed. He urged decisive influence toward dialogue and human values, offering neutral collaboration. Evangelist Billy Graham hospitalized in Asheville for tests but plans Christmas with family.
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Vietnam
Asheville
N.C
Billy Graham
Graham
Mission Memorial Hospital
Rescue effort in Carley Porter tunnel collapse
Seventeen declared Roy Willis as rescuers dug through debris in the Carley V Porter tunnel collapse. Workers shored the chamber, cut protruding steel, and continued side drifts while engineers project a 1969 completion for the 33.7 million project part of the California aqueduct delivering Northern California water.
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Roy Willis
Harrison
Charles Shuler
Techachapi Mountains
California
Ernie Moore
Toda
Christmas Gift to 12 Teachers Miss Businesses
A local school honors twelve teachers this Christmas by presenting each with a $50 check as a symbolic recognition of service. Community members say the funding reflects appreciation and strengthens school ties.
Cold Weather Brings Snow Flurries North
Weather notice for Portland says clearing and a sharp drop in temperatures tonight into the 20s. Saturday brings fair skies but much colder conditions with a chance of scattered snow flurries in northern areas.
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Portland
Looking Ahead At Weather Northern New England forecast shows above normal temps
The Weather Bureau five day forecast for northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island calls for daytime highs from the upper 30s to mid 40s and nightly lows from the upper 20s to lower 20s. It will grow colder late Saturday and then rise gradually with more than half an inch of precipitation, with rain or snow in the north and mostly rain in the south at the start of the week.
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Boston
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Kennebunk Schools Receive Library Grant
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport elementary schools win a Library Incentive Grant from Maine. The 5000 dollar annual award for three years funds library books and audio-visual materials. Audrey Gills will serve as part time librarian for the two districts.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Maine
Audrey Gills
Kennebunk Beach
Tarzan television hits shape producer’s rising fortune
NBC’s Tarzan series and seven films produced by Weintraub have built a lasting fortune as he shifts Tarzan from jungle hero to TV icon. Ron Ely stars in the TV series now in its second season, with plans for a decade more.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Sy Weintraub
Weintraub
NBC
Edgar Rice Burrough
Jack Mahoney
Ron Ely
Burrough
Africa
Jane
Tarzan
New Haven Railroad Seeks 1.7 Million Federal Aid
The bankrupt New Haven Railroad expected 1.7 million dollars in federal loan funds held by the U.S. District Court registry. A New York appellate panel refused bondholders’ bid to block the release, ruling the railroad faced a true emergency and denying the stay after appeals.
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NEW Haven, Conn
New Haven Railroad
U.S. District Court
New York City
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Haven
Robert P. Anderson
Anderson
New York
Lawrence W. Pollack
J. Edward Lumbard
Henry J. Friendly
Wilfred Feinsberg
Pollack
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Vietnam
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Adam Malik
Indonesia
White House
United States
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Holt
Johnson
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Samuel
Philip N.W. Strong
Kennedy
Maine considers plan to merge universities into a super university
The Maine legislature will review a plan to unite the University of Maine and five state colleges into a single system with more than 10 000 undergraduates. A 11 member board and a chancellor would lead the new university, retaining the University of Maine name. The proposal omits vocational technical institutes initially and temp excludes Maine Maritime Academy.
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Augusta
Maine
Superuniversity
Jon Lund
Lund
University of Maine
Maine Maritime Academy
It's Official Winter's Here
Winter arrived officially today marking the shortest day of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere today ushers in the first day of summer and winter ends at the vernal equinox on March 20, signaling spring.
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New York
Community Sing Enthralls Kennebunk With Seasonal Favorites
Kennebunk High School Auditorium overflowed for the Community Sing hosted by the Junior Class themed the Merv Griffin Show. Steve Adams and John Chabot played host roles. the program mixed choir and band numbers including Christmas Medley and Twelve Days of Christmas with group carols and a skit by John Chabot and his elves.
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Kennebunk High School
Merv Griffin
Steve Adams
John Chabot
Arthur Treacher
Walters
Winter Wonder
John True
Diana Nedeau
My Love
Tony Hatch
Joyce Davidson
Pat Duffil
Frnestine Carnbell
Carol Gilblair
Marilyn Pitman
The
Monotones
Cerol
Worle
KHS
Cain
Bement
Gatatumba
W. Anderson
Jack Boyd
Brenda
Ernestine Campbell
Tiny Elves
Mort Lindsay
Mommy
Santa Claus
Kevin Brown
Kathy James
Father Cook
Sally Logan
Holiday travel outlook boosts Florida Hawaii flights
An Eastern Air Lines spokesman predicts a 45 percent rise in holiday travel to Miami compared with 1965. Pan American notes Hawaii and Mexico as popular Christmas destinations, while United cites strong demand there. Hawaii hotels report tight bookings in Waikiki as New York rail and air hubs brace for heavy weekend sessions and a projected 460000 passengers at regional airports.
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Miami
Hawaii
Pan American World Airways
Mexico
United Air Lines
Hawaii Hotel Association
Waikiki
New York City
New Haven Railroad
Grand Central Termine
Port of New York Authority
Kennedy
la Guardia
Newark
Miniwancas Guests At Eastern Star Meeting In Saco
Miniwancas Guest of Annette Chapter Mrs Eleanor Bradeen joined the meeting of Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star in Saco with other attendees including Mrs Jean Mooers David Mooers Mrs Helen Smith and Harold Smith Grand Organist Mrs Pauline Bogh and several grand officers were present and pianists from chapters in the first and second districts attended.
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Old Orchard Beach
Eleanor Bradeen
Annette Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco
Miniwancas
Jean Mooers
David Mooers
Helen Smith
Harold Smith
Pauline Bogh
Lrst
New Year's Eve Party Planned By Elks Lodge
Final plans for the Biddeford Saco Elks annual New Year’s Eve party were outlined by Timothy Crowley NT at the lodge on Portland Road Saco. A buffet lunch starts at 11 p.m. December 31 with dancing midnight to 2 a.m. Semi formal with favors and prizes. Reservations via stewards.
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Timothy Crowley
Biddeford - Saco
Lodge of Elks
Portland Road
Saco
Edouard Cote
Edmond Rube
Robert Brousseau
Donald Doyle
Ellis Blood Bank
Doyle
Thomas R. Hazelton
Florida
Mars Closest Approach to Earth Stands at 34.6 Million Miles
The report notes Mars reaches its nearest point to Earth at about 34.6 million miles, providing a concise astronomical update on planetary distance.
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Mars
Earth
Playing Our Song Family Plan Sparks Curious Parents
Parents discover Metropolitan’s Family Plan offers coverage for multiple children at a single low price. The ad hints at life insurance options for all ages and invites calls for details.
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Metropolitan
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