Roy Nickerson, N J. Dies After Long Illness at 73
Roy Nickerson, 73, of Tenafly New Jersey, died February 17 after a long illness. An annual Saco Maine visitor for over four decades, he served summers as assistant director at Camp Kawanee in Weld Maine. Born in Jacksonville Florida, he graduated Springfield College, coached football and was a physical education director at a high school until retirement. A World War I veteran and 49-year American Legion member, he is survived by wife Harriet, daughter Jane Standen of Closter, and two grandsons. Interment was in Laurel Cemetery.
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Tenafly
N. J
Roy Nickerson
Saco
Maine
Camp Kawanhee
Weld
Jacksonville
Fla
Springfield (Mass
Nickerson
American Legion
Harriet Lord Nickerson
Community
Jane Standen
Closter
Laurel Cemetery
Prayer gathering for Felix Bergeron at Biddeford funeral home
Members of Our Lady of Fatima Circle will meet at Sansoucy Funeral Home in Biddeford tonight at 7 30 to offer prayers for Felix W. Bergeron father of a member.
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Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone St
Biddeford
Felix W. Bergeron
Prayers Planned for Maurice Poirier by Sacred Heart League
Members of Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish in Saco will meet at 8 tonight at the Sansoucy Deford to say prayers for Maurice Poirier, a member.
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Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone St
Biddeford
Mau-rice Poirier
Firefighters Respond to False Alarm in Biddeford
Biddeford firefighters answered a false alarm on Hill Street and Granite Street at 8 49 a.m. No fire found. Earlier a overflowing oil burner at 78 Alfred Street caused responses last night. Fire crews battled a bonfire on Proctor Road with a booster line to protect woods. land owner is J P Cote.
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Biddeford
Hill Street
Granite Street
Alfred St
Peter Letourneau
Donald Fournier
Proctor Road
J. P. Cote
Biddeford Mardi Gras Dance Reservations Open
Co-chairmen Mrs Reny and Mrs Tartre invite the public to St Marys for a Mardi Gras dance not a costume event. Reservations may be made by contacting either Reny or Tartre. Attendees include numerous local couples such as Miniani Cyr Souliere Smith Tebbenhoff Dudley Thibault Gagnon Roberge DeToma Meader Tartre Sevigny Sinnott Roberge Reay Morin King Colpitts Dentico LaFountain Chenard Gallagher Gallagher Driscoll Goodwin Towle Bois Addorio DesRoberts Auger Gendron Zuke Morin Angers Taylor Belisle.
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St. Mary's
Emery
James Miniani
Robert Cyr
Andrew Souliere
William Smith
Fred Tebbenhoff
Richard Dudley
Philip Thibault
Robert Gagnon
Raymond Roberge
Louis DeToma
Harold Meader Jr
Henry Tartre
Jeff Sevigny
Robert Sinnott
Armand Roberge
Richard Reay
John Morin
Donald King
Albert Colpitts
Daniel Dentico
Lioyd LaFountain Jr
Ralph Chenard
Charles Gallagher
Ann Gallagher
Josephine Driscoll
Earle Goodwin
Earle Towle
Roland Bois
Dennis Addorio
Robert Shaw
Reny
Tartre
No Timber Shortage in Minnesota Timberlands
Minnesota's forest lands grow wood at a faster pace than removal, per the conservation department. Surpluses of species including aspen, miscellaneous hardwoods, tamarack and balsam are building rapidly, signaling ample supply despite harvests.
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Minnesota
Conservation Department
Th Department
SHUMWAY Funeral Service Ad Next to 35 Street
Jp H Gross Sr. Director at SHUMWAY Funeral Service Saco listing with phone number 284 5611 and street address on 35 Street. Local obituary and service contact details for arranging arrangements.
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Shumway Funeral Service
Saco
Jp H. Gross Sr
Funeral Services for Mrs Amelia Gravel
Funeral services for Mrs Amelia Gravel of First J Pool will be held at St Andre's Church on Saturday at 9 AM. Calling hours are at Emon Funeral Home on Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM.
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Amelia
First J. Pool
St. Andre's Church
Emon Funeral Home
Funeral rites held for James Bain of Saco
Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon for James Bain, 407 Ferry Road, Saco, from the Shumway Funeral Home on Spring Street. Rev. Paul K. Weimer of the First Parish Congregational Church officiated. A delegation of retired workers from the Saco-Lowell Shops attended.
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James Bain
Ferry Road
Saco
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Paul K. Weimer
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco - Lowell
Funeral Rites Held For Miss Marie Anne Robichaud
Funeral services for Miss Marie Anne Robichaud of 261 Elm Street Biddeford were held at 8:30 this morning at St Josephs Church. The solemn requiem high mass was conducted by Rev Valmont Gilbert with Deacon Rev Real Nadeau and Subdeacon Rev Sylvia Levesque. Church choir members and organist Mrs Diana Rousselle provided music. Interment followed in the family lot at St Josephs Cemetery Funeral bearers were Joseph Loranger Norman Boulduc Edmund Neault Roland Roy Leo Paul Gendron and Als Serie Caron.
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Marie Anne Robichaud
Elm St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Valmont Gilbert
Real Nadeau
Sylvia Levesque
Diana Rousselle
Gilbert
Joseph Loranger
Norman Bolduc
Edmund Neault
Roland Roy
Leo Paul Gendron
al- Serie Caron
Funeral services for Mrs E Louise Smith RN
Mrs E Louise Smith RN of 396 Ferry Road Saco died recently. Funeral services were held at United Baptist Church Saco with Rev Stanley A Bennett officiating. Interment followed at Arun Del Cemetery Kennedy with graveside prayers by Rev Bennett. Bearers included Davis Haas Miller Giles Anderson Arsenault and ushers Ellen Nutter. Hospital staff from Webber Hospital Biddeford attended in uniform.
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E. Louise Smith
E Louise Smith
R.N
Ferry Road
Saco
United Baptist Church
Stanley A. Bennett
Arundel Cemetery
Kennedy
Mr. Bennett
Gi Davis
Carl Haas
A. John Miller
Ee Giles
Lioyd Anderson
Grenville Arsenault
Ellene
Harold Nutter
Saikdalenetian
Webber Hospital
Iddeford
OES Chapter Officers Guests At Meeting
Madonna Chapter 144 O E S held a meeting at the Masonic Temple in West Kennebunk with associate matrons and patrons as guests of honor. Presiding were Mrs. Barbara Wheeler and William West. Grand officers and guests including Mrs. Semee Swett, Hartley Stewart, Mrs. Margaret Johnson, and others were acknowledged. A birthday gift to Cedric Rus was presented and refreshments followed. The next meeting is March 5 with officers in charge. prior to the meeting, Worthy Matron Wheeler hosted a buffet supper at her Woodside Drive home.
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Frances Smith
Ruth Buck
Grand Chapter
Sociate
Walter Wyman
Clair Emery
Wominee Grand
Madonna Chapter
Asso
Cedric Rus
Barbara Dickson
Susan Shields
Benda Edwards
Carl Edwards
Elizabeth Smith
Eleanor Berdeen
Norma la Pierre
Wheeler
Woodside Drive
Two Appeals Granted By Biddeford Board
Two appeals were granted last night by the Biddeford Board of Zoning Appeals. Leopold J Delcourt of 86 Cleves St Biddeford was approved to operate a pizza takeout. Clifford St Biddeford Gerald Everett Jr of Portland was approved for an unspecified use as reported by Chairman Roland G Morissette. The Savannah first steamer to cross the Atlantic sailed from Savannah Ga in 1819.
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Biddeford
Savannah
Local Hospital Patients and Navy Leave Update
Joyce Lauzon of Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Romeo Binette of Biddeford is a surgical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. William R. Southwick, hospital corpsman E.2., has returned home on leave after training at Great Lakes and visits his parents at 1 Seaview Avenue Old Orchard Beach before resuming training at the Naval Hospital in Great Lakes.
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Joyce Lauzon
West St. Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Romeo Binette
Kossuth St
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
William R. Southwick
E.2
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Southwick
William C. Southwick
Seaview Ave
Old Orchard Beach
U. S. Naval Hospital
Saco Rebekah Lodge to Meet Saturday Evening
The Saco Rebekah Lodge holds a meeting Saturday at 7 30 p.m. in the Odd Fellows Hall Saco followed by a social hour and refreshments.
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Saco Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Saco
Boys' Fellows Win Mills Meet at Lyman Baptist Cure Church
Church notes report the Boys' Fellows of the Lyman Baptist Church winning Mills and planning a Saturday 10 a.m. meeting at the church. A Sunday evening Lent discussion on "We Believe" is set at the United Church of Christ Biddeford with welcome for all. Confirmation classes for junior and senior high students are held Saturdays at 9 30 in Fellowship Hall.
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Fello
Lyman Baptist Cure Goodwins Mills
United Church of Christ
A al
Biddeford
Graham Street
Congregational
West Point Pepperell Abatement Request T
Biddeford official says West Point Pepperell seeks tax abatement treated as standard. Board to review requests to cut assessed valuation by 704266 for machinery and equipment and 1783670 for inventory. Company paid 1967 taxes on land and buildings and steam plant. land and buildings assessed at 29696.50 and steam plant at 4230 with 111358.97 already paid.
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Richard Sevigny
Biddeford
West Point - Pepperell
Sevigny
West Point - Pepperell Inc
May Baskets Plan At Saco Parish Meeting
At First Parish Congregational Church Ma disses of the church planned May baskets for shut ins. Marion Lacey was named project chairwoman. Lenten banks and parish cookbook recipes were shared. A covered dish supper is set for March 14 at 6 30 pm. Social hour followed with refreshments served by several members.
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First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco
Marion Lacey
Stac
Mavis Gray
Bohlin
Agnes Tripp
Geneve Lamontagne
Lois Currier
Beauchemin Eaton May 25 Wedding Planned
Miss Shirley Mae Beauchemin announces her May 25 engagement to Philip Brooks Eaton. Daughter of Joseph Beauchemin of 3 Portland St Kennebunk she is a Kennebunk High and Plus Gray School of Business graduate employed by Components Inc Kennebunk. Eaton is son of Mr and Mrs Chester F Eaton of Cape Porpoise and a Higgins Classical Institute and CIA New Haven graduate who served four years in the U S Navy and works at Glen Mor Restaurant Kennebunk.
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Shirley Mae Beauchemin
Philip Brooks Eaton
Joseph Beauchemin
Portland St
Kennebunk
Beauchemin
Kennebunk High School
Plus-Gray School of Business
Portland
Components Inc
Chester F. Eaton
Cape Porpoise
Higgins Classical Institute
Charleston
Culinary Institute of America
New Haven
Conn
Glen-Mor
Anastasoff
Portland Weather Outlook Tonight and Saturday
Fair and somewhat colder tonight with lows from zero to 15 below in the north and zero to 5 above in the south. Saturday remains fair but cold across the area.
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Portland
Five Day Forecast For New England Cold Temps Persist
The Weather Bureau projects a five day period from Saturday to Wednesday with temperatures well below normal. Daytime highs will be from the twenties in northern areas to the mid thirties in the south, while nighttime lows dip to near zero in the far north and into the teens in the south. Precipitation should total under a quarter inch, with light snow in the north and light rain or snow in the south on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Welcome To The Fold Biddeford Saco Journal Births
Welcome announcements list newborns Sharon Lynn Beau doin daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland Beau doin of 13 Parent Ave Biddeford with family relatives named from Maine and Massachusetts. A second birth notes Karen Ann Eppinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Eppinger at Danbury Connecticut with maternal grandparents Albert Lambert and family and Ern est Eppinger of Portland.
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Biddeford-Saco
Dan Eppiner
Possum Drive
New Airfield
Conn
Diane Lambert
Karen Ann
Danbury
Albert Lambert
South St
Biddeford
Ernest Eppinger
Portland
Several Wills Allowed In Probate Court
York County Probate Court recently admitted wills of Fay D. Roberts of Saco died Jan 21 1968 with estate 47577.08 distributed to relatives including a niece Mary Bryant Sherwood. Yvonne M. Berry of Biddeford died Jan 22 1968, estate 30000 left to son Edward F. Wilson of Biddeford. Ruth W. Horan of Kennebunk died Jan 20 1968, estate 26000 divided among five children and five shares to daughters. Mse C. Head of Sanford died Dec 24 1967 estate 393000 left in trust for grandchildren David and Richard Farland. North Parish Congregational Church of Sanford receives 10000 for a memorial trust. Mildred W. Wilson of Alfred died Jan 17 1968 estate 300000 left to brother David H. Wilson of Alfred.
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Alfred
York County
Fay D. Roberts
Saco
Mary Bryant Sherwood
Yvonne M. Berry
Biddeford
Edward F. Wilson
Ruth W. Horan
Kennebunk
David H. Wilson
Biddeford American Legion unit meets for joint session
Members of the Tighe-Beau doin-Farley American Legion Post and its Auxiliary gather at the post home on Elm Street Biddeford for a crowded meeting. Adjutant Bastarache reads secretary report while Goulet notes 310 members paid up. Zaitlin reports finances and Armyism officer details the March 14 Sports Night program honoring Biddeford High School football squad. Royal Sheltra reports eleven cases. planning for 50th anniversary party advances as MacFarland discusses veteran benefits and mid winter conference in Washington Togus cemetery and April 4 national commander visit Caribou.
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Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley, American Legion Post
Elm Street
Biddeford
Joseph Bastarache
MacFarland
Washington
D.C
Veterans’ Cemetery
Togus
Caribou
Waterville
Roland St. Michel
Leaves of compass plants bend with sun direction
Leaves of compass plants point north and south due to twisting leaf stalks. Theories abound on why this occurs, with one explanation noting the leaves bend not to escape midday sun but to capture full morning and late afternoon light.
Queen's Shelter by army ants rope together to protect queen
Army ants form a living rope by clinging to neighbors at night, creating a suspended shelter. Tens of thousands of bodies join to hang from a vine or log, producing a snug camp for the queen.
Committee Head Backs Proposed Travel Tax
President Johnson backs a tax on American travel abroad, but Rep. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas, House Ways and Means chair, may demand concessions on imports to win votes. The issue centers on non tariff barriers and protecting domestic industries amid a U.S. payments deficit and trade negotiations. Mills has floated a textile quota bill and could press for stronger measures than negotiators would accept.
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Ways and Means Committee
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Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
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U.S
Wile
Two Cars Damaged In Saco Accident
Saco police report two cars were damaged when an auto driven by Richard E. Brostrom 20 of 8 8 Lincoln St Saco backed out of a driveway on Lincoln Street and collided with a vehicle rated by William A Pattan of 1 Sawyer St Gace No injuries were
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Richard E. Brostrom
Lincoln St
Lincoln Street
William A. Patten
Sawyer St
Gace
Few feathers the rare marvel bird from Peru
A description notes a rare Peruvian hunting bird with only four tail feathers. Two feathers are several times longer than the bird and tipped with feathered flags. The remaining two are shaped like long thorns.
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Peru
Never Found City Atop Peruvian Peaks Discovered
In 1911 ruins of Machu Picchu were finally discovered by Professor Hiram Bingham after Spanish explorers failed to locate the ancient Inca capital high in Peru's mountains.
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Peru
Hiram Bingham
Pentagon orders record 48000 draft calls for April
The Pentagon ordered the drafting of 48000 men in April, the highest monthly call in nearly 23 years. About 4000 will join the Marines, the first Marine draft in about two years, with the remaining 44000 entering the Army.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
New Member Accepted by Saco Firemen's Wives Group
A new member, Mrs. Jeanne Hamel, was welcomed at a Saco Firemen's Wives meeting at the Saco Fire Station with Vice President Mrs. Irene Leavitt presiding. The secretary and treasurer reports were reviewed, prizes awarded to Mrs. LeBlanc and Mrs. Lorraine Mercier, next meeting set for March 14 at 7 30 p.m. with attendees listed.
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Jeanne Hamel
Saco
Irene Leavitt
Margaret Ricker
Irma LeBlanc
Caroll Stackpole
Patricia Smith
Rita Levasseur
Nancy Buzzell
Saco Girl Named To Dean's List
Jane Foran of Thornton Avenue Saco has been named to the Dean's List for the fall term at Farmington State College. A senior majoring in economics, she is the daughter of Police Chief Robert Foran and his wife.
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Jane Foran
Thornton Ave
Saco
We At Farmington State Co.ge
Robert Foran
Biddeford Man Leaves Maine Maritime Academy
Arthur Belair, 18, of 5 Summer St, Biddeford, resigned from the Maine Maritime Academy during the academy’s winter cruise aboard the vessel State of Maine in Panama. He cited sickness but said he liked the school and life there, and was flown home from Panama.
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Athur Belair
Biddeford
Lucien Belair
Maine Maritime Academy
Belair
State of Maine
Panama
Democrats Propose Expanded Federal Urban Aid Package
The proposal seeks 190 million dollars for mass transit federal aid 85 million for metropolitan planning and housing grants 2 billion for model cities two years after 1969 2.14 billion for housing four more years 1.4 billion for urban renewal and 230 million for mass transportation. Barrett plans early hearings amid expected strong support with Johnson's plan described as a fresh approach by Lloyd F Clarke of the National Association of Home Builders.
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William A. Barrett
House Housing Subcommittee
Ohnson
Lloyd F. Clarke
National Association of Home Builders
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