Obituaries for Arthur Labbe and Elmire Morin in Biddeford Worcester
Ward reports the death of Arthur F. Labbe 81 of Worcester Mass died Feb 3 after a brief illness. He was born in Biddeford, lived in Worcester 55 years and retired 1962 as night watchman for Pullman Standard Car Mfg Co. Survived by widow Agnes Blanchette Labbe and daughter Eva Chenard plus siblings and grandchildren. Elmire M Morin 87 formerly of 167 Elm St Biddeford died Thursday in local nursing home after lengthy illness. She was born Oct 13 1887 in Biddeford, worked 59 years for Pepperell Manufacturing Co. Survived by foster sister and several nieces and nephews. Mass at St Joseph Church Biddeford with interment in St Joseph Cemetery. Funeral Home Emond and Conroy handling arrangements with visiting hours today.
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Biddeford
Henry and
Alden( Houle) Labbe
Worcester
Pullman Standard Car
Mfg. Co
Elmire M. Morin
Elm St Biddeford
Francois and
Marie Louise( Levesque) Morin
Miss Morin
St. Joseph School
St. Joseph Church
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
Snoop Book Heads to Senate for Salary Listing Print
The Maine Senate will consider a House order to print the Snoop Book listing state employee salaries. The House approved the measure after a failed bid to kill it, 59 to 87. Rep. Thomas LaPointe initiated the 200 copy print, arguing it aids legislators while opponents cite high costs and potential staff disharmony.
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Augusta
Senate
House
Thomas LaPointe
Portland
LaPointe
Douglas Smith
D-Dover
Foxcroft
Everett Dam
Dskowhegan
Council debates public input and long distance calls policy
Hilaire proposes a memorandum on staggering council terms and seeks public input. The chair bars discussion on the tabling motion, prompting protest from a speaker that the public should be allowed to speak. Marshall wins a four to one vote to curb long distance calls without manager permission while Bird critiques the motive. The House sends a bill to add one Supreme Judicial Court associate judge to the Judiciary Committee.
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Hilaire
Lee
Roberts
John Litwinetz
St. Hilaire
Marshall
Bird
Thomas D. Peterson
Windham
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Judicial Court
Budget Action Sets Sept 8 Tax Date and 10 Percent Interest
OOB Budget vote approves September 8 tax due date and raises late payment interest to 10 percent. Council names Lawrence Haskell assistant plumbing inspector at 25 dollars per inspection while denying James Marshall’s waiver proposal.
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Lawrence Haskell
James Marshall
Haskell
Truancy Conference Explores Causes and Solutions in California
A film by Dr. Glasser and a panel discuss truancy from educational and legal angles. State Rep Leatrice Morin, Biddeford educator John Simpson, and others co sponsor the session outlining new techniques as alternatives to legal action.
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California
Glasser
Leatrice Morin
Old Orchard Beach
John Simpson
Biddeford
State Department of Education and Cultural Services
Simpson
Muro
Local Funeral Directors Listings in Saco and Biddeford
Funeral service contact details listed for Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco Dennett and Craig 365 Main St Saco Maine Emond and Conroy 72 Hill St Biddeford John P Conroy Jr Sansoucy Blais 1 Stone St Biddeford with directors R Martel and others including phone numbers.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Tel
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
John P. Conroy Jr
Bonney Returns McCoy Negatives in Kennebunkport Case
Former Kennebunkport police chief Sherman Bonney restored 16 missing negatives tied to David W. McCoy’s April 3, 1974 death. The police commission opened and refiled the sealed envelope amid family protests over access and privacy. Bonney asserts the negatives were never in the town file and were kept in his custody as the investigator.
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Kennebunkport
Sherman Bonney
David W. McCoy
Police Commission
Sally Blake
McCoy
David
Commission
John Prescott
Bonney
Charles Sullivan
David McCoy
Winthrop
Nixon memorabilia flown to California on military plane
More than 50 boxes of Richard Nixon personal belongings are being sent to his California home aboard a military cargo plane at government expense. The items include pre presidential papers as questions of ownership remain unresolved. A three judge panel was appointed to rule on constitutional questions arising from a new law claiming government ownership.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Ignation
David L. Bazelon
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Charles R. Richey
Richey
Bazelon
Court of Appeals
Carl McGowan
Edward Tamm
Local Grocers Join Co-Op in Maine
Five Biddeford stores Quality Foodland Farm Store West Street Market Mike's Market and Dock's Square Market Kennebunkport join the Associated Grocers of Maine after aiding during a 13 week truck driver and warehouse strike. The 39 grocers formed an association in 1953 and now operate as regular members. The co op serves 250 stores with a $25 million projected volume and stocks 5 890 items.
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Farm Store
West Street Market
Mike's Market
Biddeford
Dock’s Square Market
Kennebunkport
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Maine
New England
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N.H
Decameron At Gorham by Profile Theatre Inc
Profile Theatre presents The Decameron at University of Maine Gorham campus tonight at 7 30 and at 8 p m Saturday and Sunday in Russell Hall. Eight actors perform nine episodes from Boccaccio in a bawdy tale cycle directed by Jeff Posson featuring Spring Sirkin Ceil Mann and Frank Seigel.
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Profile Theatre Inc
Portland
University of Maine, Gorham
Russell Hall
Boccaccio
Jeff Posson
Nassau
Spring Sirkin
Ceil Mann
Frank Seigel
Profile Theatre
Hair
Jacques Brel
Paris
Snowmobiler Uninjured After Crossing Collision
Dane Frost 14 escaped serious injury when his snowmobile collided with an oncoming car at Buttonwood School Street crossing. He was treated at Webber Hospital for a leg injury and released. Driver Margaret Gambell of Kennebunkport uninjured. Vehicle damage estimated at 75 and 300 dollars respectively.
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Kennebunkport
Dane Frost
Malcolm Frost
Buttonwood
School Street
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Frost
Margaret Gambell
Massachusetts Weather Forecast to 7 AM EST
National Weather Service forecast for Massachusetts Portland area calls for a chance of flurries in the north and fair conditions in the south tonight with lows near zero in the north and 5 to 15 across the south. Saturday remains mostly sunny with highs in the teens north to the 20s south. Eastport to Merrimack River winds NW to 30 knots tonight, backing to SW 15 to 25 by late Saturday. Fair tonight and Saturday with visibility above 5 miles and seas 2 to 4 feet tonight.
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Portland
Eastport
Merrimack River
Kennebunkport and Kennebunk race deadlines loom
Nominating papers due by day’s end set Kennebunkport incumbents Jacqueline Kellett and Dan Beard to run unopposed for two SDA 71 school board seats. In Kennebunkport five seek three selectman posts and eight vie for road commissioner, with nine more candidates for police commission openings. A Kennebunk selectman seat has four candidates and a three‑way race for the lone Kennebunk school board seat. Feb 14 filing deadline highlighted.
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Kennebunkport
Jacqueline Kellett
Dan Beard
David Sutter
Kennebunk
Theodore Towne
Warren Astrowsky
Frances Harrison
Holmberg
Thomas Murphy
Elmer Hanks
Selectman
Charles Sullivan
Abbott Pendergast
James Johnson
Ivan T. Wildes
Steadman Seavey
Police Commission
Onassis Enters Paris Hospital for Debilitating Illness
Aristotle Onassis, 69, Greek magnate and Jacqueline Kennedy’s widow, entered the American Hospital in Ney to day for treatment of a muscular disease complicated by flu. He arrived after a flight from Athens aboard a private jet, entering by a rear door to avoid photographers.
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Paris
Aristotle Onassis
Ney
Jacqueline Kennedy
Athens
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