Sister Ernestine Fredette dies at 76 in Bay View
Sister Ernestine Fredette, born Ernestine, 76, of the Congregation of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Bay View Saco, died in Biddeford hospital after a short illness. She taught in Canada and New England, served as supervisor of studies, and resided in Bay View since 1961. Survived by four sisters in California, one brother in Chelsea, and one nephew with three nieces. Funeral from Bay View Provincial House chapel Tuesday at 3 p.m. Arrangements by Emond Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. .John Mark
Ernestine Fredette
Congregation of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of
Bay View
Saco
Biddeford Hospital
Sherbrooke
Que
Jean Baptiste
Lydia Bernard Fredette
Good Shepherd
Canada
van Buren
Lawrence
Mass
St. Joseph
Edna
St. Agnes
St. Joseph's Convent
Biddeford
Eva
Ida
Marie of Nazareth
Mary Rose
Mary Celine
Order of the Sisters of St
Romeo Fredette
Chelsea
Emond Funeral
Hill St
Leonard Gowell 86 Bath native dies in Biddeford hospital
Funeral services for Leonard Powell Gowell 86 of Somerset Avenue Bath area formerly of Bath were held this afternoon at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Atlantic Avenue Old Orchard Beach. The Bath Iron Works foreman of 46 years was born October 31 1881 in Cambridge Massachusetts and died in a Biddeford hospital. Survivors include widow Ruth Johnson Gowell one son Frederick Gowell Bath two brothers John Gowell Florida two sisters Louise Pomeroy Christine Nichols Bath two stepsons Louis Simpson Raymond and Philip Simpson San Diego one step daughter Miriam Dresser Raymond three grandchildren two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements were by Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Portland Avenue Old Orchard Beach.
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Orchard Beach
Leonard Powell
Somerset Avenue
Bath
Biddeford
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Paul Johnson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Gowell
Cambridge
Mass
Fred
Clara Deering Gowell
Bath Iron Works
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Ruth Johnson Gowell
Frederick Gowell
John Gowell
Florida
Louise Pomeroy
Christine Nichols
Louis Simpson
Philip Simpson
San Diego
Calif
Clarence
Miriam) Dresser
Raymond
Old Orchard Beach
Portland Ave
Biddeford Man Aime Desrosiers Dies at 84
Aime Desrosiers 84 of 82 Poet Street Biddeford died late Sunday afternoon in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness. Born December 16 1883 in Biddeford he was the son of Joseph and Olive Robidoux. He owned and operated his own rye store most of his life and later worked for the State Liquor Commission in Biddeford. A communicant of St Andrews Church he was active in parish affairs and a charter member of the Biddeford and Saco Lodge of Elks. He belonged to La Salle Charite and Cercle Lacordaire. Survived by widow Annie Vanasse Desrosiers a son Alexandre Desrosiers of Collegeville Pa three sisters Mrs Marie Anna LeBlond of Brunswick Miss Alexandrine Desrosiers Mrs Saree Meunier of Woonsocket RI two brothers Alfred of Woonsocket RI Parfait of California and several nieces and nephews. Services at St Andrews Church Wednesday at 9 am. Friends may call at Edmond Funeral Home Biddeford today 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 pm.
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Aime Desrosiers
Biddeford
Sunda
Joseph
Olive Robidoux
Desrosiers
State Liquor Commission
St. Andre's Church
Sacred Hearteague
Saco-Lodge of Elks
la Salle Charite
Cercle Lacordaire
Annie Vanasse Desrosiers
Alexandre Desrosiers
Collegeville
Marie Anna LeBlond
Brunswick
Alexandrine Desrosiers
Saree Meunier
Woonsocket
Alfred
R.1
Parfait
California
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St. Biddeford
Elks to Hold Memorial Service for Aime Desrosters
Members of the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks will conduct a ritualistic memorial service at 7:45 tonight for Aime Desrosters, a charter member, at Emond Funeral Home located at 72 Hill Street in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford - Saco
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Saco
Legion Auxiliary to Hold Prayer Meeting at Funeral Home
Members of the Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Emond's Funeral Home 72 Hill Street Biddeford to say prayers for Aime Dergsiers the husband of a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe - Beaudoin- Farley Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Emond’s
Hill St
Biddeford
Aime Dergsiers
Sacred Heart League to Meet for Prayers in Biddeford
Members of the Sacred Heart League of St. Andre's Church in Iddeford will meet at 7 p.m. at Emond Funeral Home on 72 Hill Street to say prayers for their president Aime Desrosiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart League of St
Vead
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Biddeford
Funeral Directors and Funeral Homes in Saco Maine
Funeral service listings include Shumway at 35 Spring Street operating with Philip H. Gross Sr. as director. Dennett & Craig at 363 Main Street and Emond's Funeral Home at 28 5511 with Frank X. Emond and J. P. Conroy listed among staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dial
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Dennett & Craig Funeral Home
Frederick Whitney 78 of West Kennebunk dies at home
Frederick B Whitney 78 a resident of West Kennebunk and former West Boylston Mass employee of O S Walker Co Worcester Mass and World War I veteran died at his home last night He is survived by wife Myrtle Desper Whitney two stepsons Phillip R Whittaker Thule Air Force Base Greenland and Donald A Whittaker Durham N H one sister Martha A Harthan Hubbardston Mass and five grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday from Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev Henry Megert officiating Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery Friends may call 7 to 9 p m tomorrow at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Kennebunk
Frederick B. Whitney
West Boylston
Mass
Rockville
Conn
Blanchard A
Sarah Wheaton Whitney
O.S. Walker Co
Worcester
Whitney
Myrtice Desper Whitney
Phillip R. Whittaker
Thule Air Force Base
Greenland
Donald A. Whittaker
Durham
N.H
Martha A. Harthan
Hubbardston
Angell
Dane St
Kennebunk
Henry Megert
Pine Grove
Funeral services for Muriel Sands held in Saco church
Mrs Muriel Emma Sands 60 of Lucille Street Saco died Saturday afternoon. Funeral Mass was at Most Holy Trinity Church Saco with Rev Robert E Lee officiating and Miss Louise Welch at the organ. Interment Laurels Hill Cemetery Saco bearers Raymond Benson Paul Benson Ronald LaBranche Joseph Quinn. Survived by four sons Ralph E Robert W David E Raymond two daughters Christine Desrosiers Priscilla Hariman Joan Sands one sister Grace Owens one brother John Goodwin 20 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Shumway Fune Home, 35 Spring St., Saco in charge.
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Muriel Emma Sands
Lucille Street
Saco
Most Holy Trinity Church
Robert E. Lee
Louise Welch
Laurels Hill Cemetery
Raymond Benson
Paul Benson
Ronald LaBranche
Joseph Quinn
Sands
Biddeford
James
Shumway Fuane
Spring St
Aco
Funeral for Mrs. Adelina Guay in Saco
Funeral services for Mrs. Adelina Guay of New County Road Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church. Rev. Joseph Carrier led a solemn requiem high mass with deacon Rev. Paul Jalbert and sub deacon Rev. Donald LaBranche. Burial at St. Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford with grandchildren Dona Guay Andre Guay Ronald Guay Normand Guay Arthur Labelle and Richard Hill as bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelina Guay
New County Road
Saco
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Joseph Carrier
Paul Jalbert
Donald LaBranche
Eva Carrier
Ste. Anne's Sodality
Pauline Demeule
Victoria St. Amand
Jeannine Paquette
Ernest Walliere
William Martin
Alphonse Roy
Elvise Bourcier
Philip Roux
Buria
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Biddeford
Father LaBranche
Dona Guay
Andre Guay
Ronald Guay
Normand Guay
Arthur Labelle
Richard Hill
Sidney J. Smart Funeral in Saco with WWII Honors
Funeral services for Sidney J. Smart of 16 Middle Street Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church. Rev Joseph Carrier presided with full military honors from Pease Air Force Base for World War II veterans. Interment followed in St. Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford with bearers named and flag presentation to Mrs David Smart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney J. Smart
Middle St
Saco
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Joseph Carrier
Eva Carrier
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Biddeford
Donald la Branche
Philip Sporte
Thomas Thompson
Everett Tracy
George Rutherford
Edward Tracy
David Smart
Sgt
Tracy
Arnold Ballard
Owen - Davis American Legion Post
Caribou Becomes City as New Maine Status Debuts
Caribou gains city status in a historic transition with Gov. Curtis noting the move could help stem Maine out migration. Mayors Gilman Albair of Caribou and Alhair of St. Augustine spoke by telephone as the two communities marked the change. Temperature in Caribou plunged to five below as St. Augustine enjoyed around seventy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou
Mayro Gilman Albair
St. Augustine
Alhair
Gov
Curtis
Maine
Local Hospital Personal News and Naval Service Updates
The period note lists residents and relatives at Webber Hospital in Biddeford Saco and Portland Maine Medical Center as medical and surgical patients. It also reports service updates for Navy personnel Seaman Apprentice Michael Molodozon and Lt Electronics Technician First Class David Wilson, noting Molodozon’s nine weeks of basic training at Great Lakes and Wilson’s return to Long Beach aboard the destroyer USS Henry W. Tucker after a six month Western Pacific deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Lemieux
Lamothe Ave
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
John J. O'Sullivan
Summer St
Saco
Leander Randall
Lincoln Road
Harriet Brann
Central Park Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Maurice J. Neault
Foss St
Anthony J. Molodozon
Hill St
Navy
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
David C. Wilson
USN
Frank D. Wilson
Route 1
Old Limerick Road
Lorraine J. Starich
Allerton
Milwaukee
Wis
Long Beach
Calif
Henry W. Tucker
Western Pacific
Community meetings in Saco Biddeford tonight
Notre Dame Union St. Jean Baptiste members meet at 7 30 in No tre Dame de Lourdes School hall Beach Street Saco. Owen Davis Post American Legion gathers at 8 in post home Beach Street Saco. York County Barracks Veterans of World War I meet at 7 30 in St Johns Hall Elm and Main Biddeford. Refreshments follow sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Notre Dame
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Beach Street
Saco
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Post
York County
Biddeford
St. John’s Hall
Elm Street
Main Street
Midweek church notes list services across York area region
A compilation of Wednesday services and midweek activities across Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk Saco and Kennebunkport. Churches include Advent Christian Faith Pentecostal Lyman Baptist Christ Church and Village Baptist with prayer services Bible studies and choirs. Daily and Sunday papers notes two in three homes receive papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Kenneipbunkport
Governor cites 73 years since Caribou growth began
The governor noted that exactly 73 years ago Monday Caribou began its period of rapid growth, largely due to the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line. Caribou remains a major shipping center in potato-growing Aroostook County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monday Caribou
Bangor and
Aroostook
Portland Weather Update Brings Cloudy Skies Tonight
Portland forecast notes mostly cloudy skies with a colder night dipping to zero to 15 below. Wednesday brings continued cloud cover with a chance of occasional snow and marginally warmer but still cold temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Prince Sihanouk Warns on Foreign Troop Entry into Cambodia
Prince Norodom Sihanouk said he would not grant permission to U S forces to enter Cambodia in pursuit of Communists. He reserved the right to protest and use peaceful means first, warning that occupation of any part of Cambodia would be resisted, with war as a last resort if peaceful efforts fail. He also said he would protest clashes between U S and Viet Cong forces only if they occur in uninhabited border areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Europe No. 1
Sihanouk
Senate
Arty
Washington
GOP
Maine
Kyros
Peter A. Garland
Robert Wilson
California
Republican Congressional Committee
Hathaway
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Dickey
Saco Inauguration Highlights City Appointments And Bonds
Mayor Doyle lauds a year of progress and outlines new public works goals for Saco. Appointments to city posts include City Clerk Joan Lamontagne and City Treasurer Gerard Cassette. The council approved a tax anticipation note bid from First National Bank of Biddeford at 4.0 percent to borrow up to 800000, with Canal Bank bid 3.95 percent rejected for long term savings. Committees named: Finance, Accounts, Public Property, Printing, Sewers and Streets, Street Lighting, Ordnances, Enrolled Bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Doyle
Land Mig. Co
Joan Lamontagne
Deuty
Norman Hallet
City Tersaurer
Gerard Cassette
Andrew Scontras
Edith Smith
City
Norman J. Larochelle
Leon H. Libby
George Rancourt
Harold Marr
J Ralph Larochelle
Richard Foss
Lester Austin
Charles Fenderson
Stanley A. Bennett
Saco United Baptist Church
Robert E. Lee
Most Holy Trinity Church
First National Bank of
Biddeford
Canal Bank
Donald C. Doyle
Raymond Dupuis Pa
Kerry
Wilfred Buck
Harold Waight
Malcolm Ma
Donald Lester
Buck
Waight
Dupuis
Lester
Edmond Aube
MacLeod
Aube
Operation Duck Begins To Save Oil Covered Birds
In Kennebunkport local lobsterman Fred Eaton finds five Old Squaw oil covered and a grebe loons and elders rescued by the Sea and Shore Fishery wardens. Frank White and wife Margaret scrub and revive ten ducks by New Year’s Eve, as Audubon members help along Cape Elizabeth to Wells. Edward Jordan houses rescued birds on his farm feeding them cat food and teaching water intake, planning to keep sixty through spring. About sixty saved so far, with more arriving daily though many perished from below zero temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
Fred Eaton
Kennebunk
Old Cape Road
Frank White
Sea and Shore Fishery Department
Frank
Margaret
Cape Elizabeth
Wells
Audubon Society
Concord
N.H
Edward Jordan
Maine political scene shows quiet start with potential battles ahead
Maine’s 1968 campaign outlook mixes a slow start with strong undercurrents. Although only four major office nominations exist for the U.S. House, presidential-year dynamics, reapportionment, and organized opposition to Johnson abroad promise heightened legislative and statewide activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Secretary of State
U.S
House of Representatives
Kenneth M. Curtis
Peter N. Kyros
William D. Hathaway
Plato Truman
Biddeford
New York
Johnson
Australia’s First Quintuplets Do Well After Birth
Brisbane AP reports Australia’s first quintuplets under 24 year old mother Braham are thriving. The mother visited the nursery with the babies, doctors say mother and children are doing well and the crisis period is over. Newborn weights include Annabel 3 pounds 14 ounces, Richard Faith Geoffrey each 3 pounds 10 ounces, Caroline 3 pounds 54 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Australia
Nee Braham
Annabel
Richard
Faith
Geoffrey
Caroline
New Year Seeks Peace and Political Shifts Showed
A sweeping year opening blends East Asia and U S politics as President Johnson weighs a heavy defense program while Vietnam pauses bombing hints for peace. Liberian talks with Humphr ey set grand diplomacy amid U S antidiscrimination enforcement critiques. Weather and traffic scenes dim the New Year hope as a freight collision sparked fires in Indiana. In Cape Town, Haupt lingers critical, surgeons debate artificial ventilation and prognosis as plans unfold for life saving operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Saigon
International
Accidents Mar Long Weekend In Biddeford
Biddeford streets saw multiple minor crashes over the long weekend. Pompero L Cruz 25 backed into a parked car on Marial Avenue with no injuries but damage to Joseph Begin 4 Forest Street vehicle. A two car collision at Elm and Main injured no one. A three car on Water Street involved David Atwater 23 skidding into a parked car Conrad Gaudette and hitting James Walton. Atwater shaken but not seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Pompero L. Cruz
Marual Ave
Marial Avenue
Joseph H. Begin
Forest St
Elm Street
Main Street
Clairina Gosselin
Guinea Road
William A. Wyman
Pine Point
Scarborough
Water Street
David Atwater
Pierson Lane
Conrad R. Gaudette
White Wharf St
Bid
Third Family Members Aid Blaiberg Heart Case At Hospital
At Groote Schuur Monday night Blaiberg awaited a donor heart as Haupt, after a collapse at the beach, was rushed to False Bay Hospital and then to Victoria Hospital in Wynberg. A Victoria doctor telephoned Groote Schuur’s Dr. Coert Venter, a key figure in postoperative care of Washkansky. Blood tests and typing began under Dr. Marthinus C. Botha, who led tissue typing and matches the donor heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groote Schuur
False Bay Hospital
Victoria Hospital
Wynberg
Haupt
Coert Venter
Blaiberg
Venter
Washkanace
Marthinus C. Botha
Botha
Washkansky
Mystery shooter seeks silent suspect in Garden Grove
Police search for a suspect who allegedly fired three shots in a residential area, buzzed two locks, and damaged two roofs with .38 caliber bullets after residents reported hearing shots and seeing a yellow light plane overhead. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Grove
Calif
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St. John Mark
Leonard Gowell
Aime “Desrosiers
Frederick Whitney
Muriel Sands
Assembly of God
Third Street
Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
Lyman
Christ Church
Dane Street
Ogunquit
Full Gospel
Weils
Sie
ARY Tides
Bill Langzettel
Associated Press
Wilson
Kim Novak
Seal
THE
Tubman
Liberia
Humphrey
National Safety Council
Dunreith
Ind
University of Cape Town Medical School
Barnard
Octors
Washkansky ‘S Brother-In-Law, Mr. B. Faletsky
Pittsburgh
Christine Ehman
Samuel Strauss
Allegheny Court
Christine
Strauss
Dearborn
Alfred Sr
Jack & Larry
Alfred—Main Sts
Metropolitan
Roland A, Rioux
Robert D. Pate
Kennedy
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