Deaths Mrs Celia Westcott 99 of Saco
Mrs Celia Westcott 99 of 40 Pleasant Street Saco died at home after a long illness. Born May 16 1868 in Biddeford she worked at York Mills and later retired about 40 years ago. Survived by nieces Mrs Mattie Trafton and Mrs Mildred Tracy and nephew Carl Huntress. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Dennett Cra funeral Home Saco with burial Laurel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 pm tomorrow.
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Biddeford
James
Melinda Ridlon Huntress
Saco
York Mills
Westcott
Aliie Westcott
Pine Cone Temple
Pythian Sisters
Fred S. Gurney Women’s Relief Corps
Saco United
Holy Name Society to Hold Respect Pay at Biddeford Funeral Home
Members of the Holy Name Society of St. Mary's Church Biddeford will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow at Cosgrove Funeral Home 326 Elm St Biddeford to pay respects to Henry Girard a member.
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Holy Name Society of St. Mary's Church
Biddeford
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Henry Girard
Rockettes Plan Fundraiser After Group Session
The Rockettes met last night at Deborah Forrester's Pleasant Street Saco home with President Susan Hayden in charge. They tentatively planned a food sale for March 15 from 3 30 to 8 p m at Shaw's Market in Saco Valley Shopping Center and discussed a March 9 bottle and paper drive. They will sell candy bars as a fund raising project and attendees included Jean Hazelton Karen Swiston Hannah Grondin Susan Pollock Gail Jacques Ragnhild Erickson Pamela Estes Carol Rancourt Laura Vittorioso Donna Coburn and Jean Winston.
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Rockettes
Pleasant Street
Saco
Deborah Forrester
Susan Hayden
Shaw’s
Jean Hazelton
Karen Swiston
Hannah Grondin
Susan Pollock
Gail Jacques
Ragnhild Erickson
Pamela Estes
Carol Rancourt
Laura Vittorioso
Donna Coburn
Jean Winston
Biddeford Union Names Slate of Candidates
Biddeford Union Local 305 of the Textile Workers Union of America AFL announces nominations to be balloted March 20 at 159 Main Street. The slate lists eight nominees for six positions including Ralph Gagne Beatrice Provencher Raymond Gendron Henry Rocray Leo Paul Boisvert Roger Labbe Lillian Tardif and Euclid St Onge representing West Point Pepperell workers.
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Textile Workers Union of America
A.F.L.C
C.L.C
Main St
Biddeford
Ralph Gagne
Beatrice Provencher
Raymond Gendron
Henry Rocray
Leo Paul Boisvert
Roger Labbe
Lillian Tardif
Euclid St. Onge
West Point-Pepperell, Inc
Saco Collision Involving Poirier And Horsfield At City Intersection
Saco police report a Wednesday afternoon crash at the Middle Street and Free Street intersection involving Theodore M. Poirier 33 of 52 Cumberland Ave Saco and Clifton Horsfield 58 of 2 Wentworth St Biddeford. No injuries were reported.
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Saco
Theodore M. Poirier
Cumbrland Ave
Clifton Horsfield
Wentworth St
Biddeford
Middle Street
Free Street
Quiz Q and A from a vintage knowledge feature
The snippet lists trivia questions and answers about dry states ending prohibition in Mississippi in 1966, the first radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh in 1920, the spur winged goose as the fastest game bird at 88 mph, and the first recorded crossing of the Antarctic Circle credited to Capt. James En-Sipieret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Antarctic Circle
The
En - Sipieret
James
Funeral for Dennis Vanites in Biddeford Orthodox church
Funeral services for Dennis Vanites 26 of Cleveland Street Saco were held Tuesday at St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Biddeford with Rev Alex Xanthakis and Rev Dr John Romanides officiating. Burial followed at St Demetrios Cemetery Biddeford. active bearers included George Brickates and James Truman, with Ahepa members as honorary bearers. A luncheon for relatives and friends followed. son James Vanites of Biddeford was omitted from survivors list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Vanites
Cleveland St
Saco
Clearwater
Fla
Xanthakis
George Brickates
Plato Truman
Allen Sakalas
Christo Antonakos
Peter Mantis
James Truman
George Trougakos
Pericles Economos
Andrew Georges
Peter Victor
Order of Ahepa
James Vanites
Biddeford
Funeral services for Sharon LeClair set for Saturday
Funeral services for Miss Sharon June LeClair of Flag Pond Road Saco will be conducted at 9 a.m. Saturday from Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco. Friends may call at Sansoucy Funeral Home 1 Stone St Biddeford today and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Russell
Floyd
Kennebunk
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Sharon June LeClair
Flag Pond Road
Saco
Most Holy Trinity Church
Sansoucy
Stone St
Biddeford
Maine DED outlines statewide Community Betterment program
Commissioner James K. Keefe and staff unveiled a statewide Community Betterment plan to divide cities by population and mobilize civic groups to improve communities. The Missouri-inspired program aims to attract industries and tourists. launch date pending. Raymond Curtis and Roger Woodcock assisted in presenting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Thief Steals from Ray's Market in Biddeford
A break at Ray's Market on West Street in Biddeford left the owner returning home to find a smashed safe a drawer and piggy banks emptied of money and savings bonds missing police reported the incident occurred yesterday afternoon details unnamed. The article notes Ohio once had three capitals Chilli cothe Zanesville and Columbus with no connection to the crime.
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Ray
West Street
Biddeford
Personal notices from Biddeford area health updates
Edward Darcy of Adams Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs Exilda Power of 95 Alfred Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Airman Richard H Ledoux USN son of Mr and Mrs Marc Ledoux of 9 Beacon Avenue Biddeford is serving aboard the USS Tend Concord off the coast of North Vietnam.
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Edward Darcy
Adams Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Exilda Power
Alfred St
Notre Dame Hospital
Richard H. Ledoux
USN
Marc E. Ledoux
Beacon Ave
Ticonderoga
North Vietnam
Adah Chapter Eastern Site to Hold Annual Meeting
Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Site in Biddeford schedules its annual meeting for Friday at 7 30 PM in the Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall on Alfred Street Biddeford.
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Adah
Order of the Eastern
Biddeford
Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall
Alfred Street
Mid week and choir notices from Biddeford and area churches
Mid week prayer meetings are set for Thursday at 7 p m at Bible Baptist Church Saco 144 Ferry Road and at 7 30 p m in the Salvation Army hall Old Orchard Beach Union Ave church events include Crusader choir South Biddeford Methodist 6 30 p m and Adult Sanctuary choir 7 30 p m at Foss Street Church Advent Christian Church Hill and Chapel Streets Biddeford hosts a 7 30 p m prayer service open to all Junior choir 3 15 p m and Senior choir 7 p m at School Street Methodist Saco World Day of Prayer is at St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Adams Street Biddeford tomorrow at 2 p m Confirmation classes for United Church of Christ Congregational for seventh grade through high school are Saturdays at 9 30 a m in Fellowship Hall during Lent.
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Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Saco
Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford Foss Street Methodist Church
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Foss Street
Crusader
Advent Christian Churc
Hill and Chape Streets
Biddeford
School Street Methodist Church
Biddeford and
Saco Council of Churches
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Adams Street
United Church of Christ
Congregational
Fellowship Hall
Delegates Named To National Union Convention In Saco
Local 406 Textile Workers Union AFL CIO designated delegates for the national convention. Delegates include Paul Chenard Jos Kerry Josephat Tardif and Ernest Couillare. Edward Walton elected to the union executive board. Vote held at Grange Hall Saco with polls from 6 am to 5 pm.
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Textile Workers Union of America
A.F.L.C
Weather Update for Portland Maine Snow Likely This Night
Portland area forecast calls for tonight snow with moderate to heavy bursts then mixing with rain coastal Maine after midnight. Temperatures rise into upper 20s to low 30s, northeast winds 20 to 40 mph near coast and 15 to 30 mph inland. Friday sees snow possibly mixed with rain along coast in the morning, tapering to flurries and colder afternoon with winds north to northwest 15 to 35 mph. Snow accumulations reach 4 to 6 inches coast, over 6 inches inland.
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Portland
Maine
Sanford Chorus Delights Saco Center Audience
The Fifty Plus Club chorus of Sanford performed at the Saco Adult Center yesterday afternoon with two sets of familiar tunes led by Mrs. Martha Kline. A duet by the director and her husband, Allen Kline, plus birthday observances for February celebrants were noted. A bus trip to a Flower Show in March was announced with reservations due by March 6.
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Sanford
Saco Adult Center
Spring Street
Aco
Ladies of the
Londonderry
Martha Kline
Acton
York County Council On Aging
Alfred
Allen Kline
Kate Pinelli
Doris Downing
Edith Waterhouse
Shirley Bessey
Harriet Fogg
Leola Berry
Revere
Mass
Saco |Valley
Hester Hooper
Arteline Daly
Robert Fenderson
Center
Hooper
Rose Dyer
Martha Johnston
Marjorie Fogg
Leona Berry
Fenderson
Laurette L’heureux
Biddeford
Emma Huot
Germaine Bourcier
Catherine Lennox
Lester Black
Anen Ta
Romney withdrawal reshapes GOP governor backing
Rockefeller and Rhode Island Governor Chafee signaling openness to backing Romney rivalries, while Nixon camp asserts strength. Romney’s abrupt exit prompts varied reactions as governors weigh unified action, with Oregon and New Hampshire campaigns shifting to draft Rockefeller efforts and Reagan and Agnew voicing cautious stances.
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New York
Nixon
Rockefeller
New Yorker
Romney
New Hampshire
Oregon
Nixson
Michigan
Gov
Patrick Buchanan
Buchanan
Washington
White House
Robert T. Ellsworth
Nixon Campaign
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Gov. Rockefeller
William J. Moshefsky
Vietnam War Updates From Hue To Khe Sanh Fronts
War reports detail U S aircraft losses near Song Be and Hue with a C130 crash landing after rocket fire and two helicopters surviving. Hue mass graves cited as executions by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. Stalled in Saigon perimeter fighting as 25th Infantry and air units press Viet Cong positions and Khe Sanh shelling continues with heavy U S bombing and 269 sorties.
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Khe Sanh
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Johnson
Beach Woman Weds New Hampshire Man
Miss Joyce Mae Schevenicus 78 Union Ave. wed Raymond J. Devoe of Rochester N H on Feb 12 at Washington Avenue Methodist Church. Rev Norman Cathr officiated. Bridesmaid Linda Dumont, best man Robert Whitham. Reception at Aunt’s home. Couple to reside at 44 Adelaide Avenue.
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Old Orchard Beach
Joyce Mae Schevenicus
Union Ave
Raymond J. Devoe
Rochester
N. H
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Norman Cathr
Linda Dumont
Robert Whitham
Charles Nason
Fern Avenue
New Hampshire
St. Johns
Canada
Couse
Adelaide
Hawks Provide Air Cover At Khe Sanh Landing Strips
Carrier aircraft from the carrier Ticonderoga protected landing planes at Khe Sanh as they faced constant enemy fire from machine guns and mortars. Cmdr. Morris A. Peelle reported a transport nearly hit during a landing and the aircraft landed safely. In other battles, 18 enemy bodies were found by 4th Infantry Division troops northwest of Dak To, raising enemy deaths to 69 in that sector. Americal Division forces near Tam Ky reported 31 additional enemy bodies, totaling 179 since Tuesday. a 4th Division reconnaissance unit southwest of Kon Tum City killed 20 Red forces with no U.S. casualties.
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Saigon
25Th Infantry Division
25Th Division
Thu Duc
U.S
Khe Sanh
Airorce
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Ticonderoga
Cmdr
Morris A. Peelle
Lemoore
Calif
Safene
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Dak
Tam Ky
4Th Division
Kontum City
Central Highlands
Maine DEO Commissioner to Speak at Saco Dinner
James K. Keefe, commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic Development, will be the principal speaker at the Saco Business Men's Association annual meeting and ladies night dinner at the Elks Hall on Portland Road in Saco on March 20. A planning session at Canal National Bank on Main Street, Saco, chaired by Donald Scribner, set the talk on The Maine Community Betterment Program. Attending were Jason Ramsdell, Robert Butler, Robert Fenderson, and Charles Garland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Keefe
Maine Department of Economic Development
Saco Business Men's Association
Elkse
Portland Road
Saco
Canal National Bank
Main Street
Donald Scribner
Keefe
Maine
Jason Ramsdell
Robert Butler
Robert Fenderson
Charles Garland
Knights of Columbus events listed at Beach council
OLD ORCHARD BEACH About 30 members attended the Knights of Columbus meeting after mass and ashes at St Margaret s Church. Officers were called, minutes read, communications and bills reviewed, and committee reports given as plans were announced for Seminary Trust fund fundraising and a Get acquainted Dance.
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Old Orchard Beach
Knights of Columbus
St. Margaret's Church
Ronald Melancon
K.C
Union Avenue Hall
William Southwick
Ray Hilton
Don Frickson
Romney Rockefeller race shifts after Romne ys exit
The Associated Press outlines how Rockefeller could secure over 400 nominating votes if GOP governors unite behind him after Romney withdraws. Nixon aides await Rockefeller’s entry as Romney’s persistence ends with a preball exit. The report notes a potential tax rise tied to Vietnam troop growth and McNamara’s seven year Defense tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson A. Rockefeller
George Rominey
Gov
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Gov. Romney
Five Largest U.S. States by Area Listed
The five biggest states by land area are Alaska followed by Texas California Montana and New Mexico. The ranking emphasizes vast territories with Alaska far ahead, Texas and California as major mid zones, and Montana and New Mexico trailing in the top five.
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States
Alaska
Texas
California
Montana
New Mexico
Knights of Columbus Day Planned for Old Orchard Beach
C Hall reports that the Third Degree will be held at Old Orchard Beach High School auditorium. Plans are underway to ask town officials to declare March 24 as the official Knights of Columbus Day for Old Orchard Beach.
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Celia H. Westcott
Celia Huntress Westcott
Pleasant St
Ness
Biddeford Union
Fmond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
Philip H. Gross Sr
Denneti & Craig
Dial
Ded
Moses
Amram
Jochabed
Ohio
Chillicothe
Zanesville
Columbus
Ecu
Lichurch Notes
Saco Union
Rarch Tides
MPM
Tates
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
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Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
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Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
Okla. City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Tampa
Winnipeg
Croydon
England
Sanford Chorus
Saco Center
John Chaffee
Rhode Island
Chafee
John Beckett
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Sacramento
Norbert T. Tiemann
Nebraska
Congress
United States
Ramada Inn
Jersey
U.S. Artillery
Big
Marine Fortress
Song Be
North
U.S. Command
Panhandle
Gene J. Basel
Lakeside
Hue
John Lengel
da Nang
Pham van Khoa
Thua Th
Beach
Deo
Dearborn’s
Carry Bros
Jewelers Thacher Building
Jack & Larry's
Alfred—Main Sts
Associated Press
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Senate
Dirksen
Funeral Service
Shumway
Spring St
Arthur Gilbert
Carey Bros
Jewelers
Main St. Biddeford
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