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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1969
Page
2
Damel Rochambeau will meet at 7 tonight at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford to pay respects to Mrs Rose Lamarre mother of a member
Lake Fe Hart Council Biddeford members meet at 7 tonight at Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill Street Biddeford to say prayers for Arthur Lantagne father of a member.
Fire damaged a wall in Biddeford at 25 Alfred Street in a late night blaze. Firefighters from Biddeford responded to the Odd Fellows building where the four story brick structure was found out on arrival. Earlier, an oil burner fire at 203 South Street was contained with chemical agents. Owner is Richard Drou t and occupant Myrtle e.
Biddeford residents may apply for dump stickers at the city clerk's office from 9 AM to 5 PM daily and 8 AM to noon Saturdays with no fee. Cars entering the city dump must display a sticker to gain entrance and to leave material. Pauline C. Berry, Biddeford city clerk, confirmed this third year of enforcing the dump ordinance.
Due to renovations at St. Margaret's Church the pastor Rev John announces masses will be held for the next two Sundays at Old Orchard Beach High School Gymnasium at 8 9 30 and 11 am and at 5 pm.
The article notes taxpayers already near 400000 dollars for defense and prosecution costs as Sirhan’s trial nears with armored courtroom security and shifted juror arrangements. Jurors are housed at the Biltmore with meals and weekend access for families, while Judge Herbert V Walker oversees venue in Los Angeles. Kosygin reappears in public in Moscow alongside Hungarian party chief Janos Kadar.
Funeral homes and directors listed in Saco Maine including Frank X. Emond J P Conroy Shumway Funeral Service at 35 ing Street and Philip H Gross Sr director Dennett and Craig 365 Main Street with contact numbers. The document catalogs funeral service providers in the region.
Funeral services for Elise Butler of 322 West St Biddeford were held at St Andre s Church with a requiem high mass celebrated by Rev. Maurice Morin. Mrs Laura Proulx played the organ and interment followed in St Joseph s Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Morin. Bearers were Edgar Cabana Henri Bourque Edmond Neault and William Bisson.
Maine lawmakers review a bill to allow the estate of David L. Hilton, 28, killed by State Trooper William J. Manduca during a Wells arrest, to sue the state in York County Superior Court. The bill drops damage limits and cites wrongful or negligent actions in Hilton’s fatal shooting on April 20, 1967.
Witnesses from Clinton describe Oswald seeking a hospital job and a voter registration path in 1963. Collins identifies Oswald from a photo and spots Shaw near the defense table. Morgan says he notified the FBI about Oswald contact and the agent thanked him.
Federal mediator John J. Sullivan invited John J. Moran and Arthur Lace to meet in his Boston office to break a stalemate in negotiations between the International Longshoremen Association and the Boston Shipping Association.
Henry Horsfield of Oak Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Lucille Allaire of 22 Center Street Biddeford is also a patient. Irene Madore on Main Street Biddeford has been discharged after surgery at Abber Hospital. Rachel Laflamme of Ray Street Biddeford owner of Rachel's Beauty is confined at home by illness.
The Portland forecast calls for clear and cold conditions tonight with lows from five below to 15 above in the north and zero to 10 above in the extreme south. Saturday will be fair with no significant temperature changes.
The Mothers Circle of Bradford Chapter meets at 7 p.m. at Saco Masonic Hall. E and L Club of School Street United Methodist meets at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Anti Fogg's home Mechanic Street. York County Past Noble Grands Association hosts guests at Odd Fellows Hall with supper at 6 30. Bell Ringers from Boys Training Center South Portland to attend. attendees to act as sale judges.
The Sigma Kappa lota Sorority met yesterday after school at Audrey Davis home Sea View Avenue President Marie Gagne led the session Final plans for a casserole supper 5 to 7 p m tomorrow at Jameson School were approved A group photo was discussed for March Refreshments were served The next meeting will be at Rose Marie De Angeli Fast Grand Avenue with Jane Ahearn Rose Marie De Angelis Sandy McSweeney Dianne Sweeney Donna Moutsatsos and Pam Marshall present
The five day forecast covers northern New England Massachusetts Rhode Island and northeastern New York. Temperatures will be near normal in Massachusetts Rhode Island and coastal New Hampshire and Maine with colder conditions inland. Night and day temps range from the teens in northern Maine to the mid 30s in southern coastal areas with snow likely in northern areas and frequent snow flurries into Wednesday.
Thursday Club members met at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House in Biddeford and honored late member Mrs Edwin Haskins with a reading, silence, and tribute led by Mrs William Beety. President Mrs Robert Johnson noted officers would be elected at the March meeting.
The annual Passion Sunday festival sponsored by Biddeford Saco Council of Churches will be held March 23 at 7 30 p m at First Parish Congregational Saco United Church of Christ Peter Harvey of Gorham is director and baritone soloist He selected Gabriel Faure Requiem and shorter American works for the program with York County first performance and will lead a Sunday rehearsal 3 to 4 30 p m at the host church Singers may register at that time to participate.
Massachusetts players from Nantucket to Worcester competed at the Speak Easy Playhouse on Lawn Avenue. Winners in North South and East West divisions included Stott with Landry Mullen Whelan Chadbourne Berry Putnam Bates Haase Sickman Paradis Marshall and others with top monthly honors credited to Joan Mullen Haase and Whelan. Tomorrow’s game is set for 7 30 p.m.
Storms in Japan and across Asian seas left at least 199 dead or missing in shipwrecks and crashes. Anglicans and Methodists in Britain edge toward a merger with uncertain support. Soviet Venus mission ships near Venus report progress. Maine incidents include a bus collision injuring students near Presque Isle and a murder trial in Ellsworth.
Members of the Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary met at 23 Union Street Saco to donate to the Heart Fund and Farm in New The president Mrs Stone led prayers recited by Mrs Boisvert, prizes won by Mrs Roy and Mrs Boisvert, with refreshments served. The next meeting is planned for March at Mrs Curro’s home in Speens, date to be announced.
Mrs. Marvy T. Maxwell is named 1969 Heart Fund chairman for Biddeford by Burton Colbath of the Maine Heart Association. The drive runs in February. Maxwell, a Webber Hospital volunteer and United Church of Christ Congregation member, has served as a Heart Fund volunteer for four years and lives at 371 Alfred Street with four children.
In New York City the AFL-CIO Textile Workers Union of America will fix contract policy for upcoming negotiations in a conference at the Penn Garden Hotel. About 25 delegates from 5 plants, mainly in New England, will meet at 10 AM for a pro session, followed by a 15,000 worker woolen and worsted session. Speakers include William Pollock, Sol Stetin, and J Harold Daoust. Negotiations cover cotton synthetics due to expire April 15 1969 with 60 day notice by Feb 15. An automatic 15 cent per hour raise for woolen and worsted contracts runs April 15 to May 1. Approximately 200 delegates expected.
Kennebunk Budget Board met to draft the 1969 budget with about a 4,000 cut from 1968 excluding the school budget. Highway funding rises to 193,000 for street reconstructions Park Grove and Main, plus equipment purchases and road work. Board opposes a 9,000 tax discount plan but supports other articles with a 4,000 total reduction. The panel backs a new fire truck for the Washington Hose Co. and approves Recreation Commission funding, while pursuing 7,400 for Main Street traffic lights with state aid.
New York stock market opens with more advancers than decliners. Woods Corp rises 11 to 37, General Instrument up 1 percent to 39, Grumman up 7 and fractional to 467, Itek down 4 to 78 44, International Paper up 1 to 38 1/2, Westinghouse Electric up to an unspecified gain.
The International Longshoremen's Association agreed to allow military personnel to begin unloading ops on Monday. Assman said all mail ships moved within two to four days. Master General Winton M. Blount criticized the Johnson administration, saying the action should have been taken before last Christmas.
Mike Jones and Rosa Lee Stinnett, both 18 and 19, elope to enlist in the Air Force on January 9. Mike is discharged after a field injury at Lackland AFB. Rosa remains in basic training with nearly four years to serve. Separate items note Governor Rockefeller’s budget meeting and other brief human-interest notes.
Pack 309 Biddeford sponsored by Luke E Hart Council plans Scout Week Feb 9 16. Members meet at Charles Leblanc home to arrange events starting with 8:30 am mass Feb 9 at St Andre Church. All Scouts den mothers and members to report by 8:10 am wear uniforms to school. Blue and Gold banquet set for Feb 16 at 6 pm at K of C Hall Washington St. Pack meeting to follow.
A pocketbook belonging to Miss Alma Goudreau was lost between First National and Grants on Wednesday. If found, please return to 4 Sullivan Street, Biddeford.
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