Deaths Ernest J. Ouellette 74 Biddeford
Ernest J. Ouellette 74 of Orchard Street Biddeford died Wednesday in a Saco nursing home. Born July 27 1894 in South Berwick he worked at York Mills Saco and Pepperell Mfg Co Biddeford. Survived by daughter Beatrice Elie son Albert Ouellette sister Laura Couture seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 8:15 a.m. Saturday at St Joseph Church Biddeford. Friends may call Bolduc Funeral Home Biddeford.
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Ernest J. Ouellette
Orchard St
Biddeford
Saco
South Berwick
Onésime
Claudia Soucy Ouellette
York Mills
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Ouellette
St. Joseph's
Biddeford Man Roland Morin Dies After Long Illness
Roland E Morin 44 of 18 School St Biddeford died in a local hospital after a long illness He was born in Biddeford April 28 1924 a World War II veteran and member of the American Legion Owen-Davis Post Saco and the Maine Fraternal Association for the Blind Surviving include his mother his widow four brothers a sister a stepson two step grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Ducted tomorrow at 9 am from St Andre Church and burial in St Joseph Cemetery Friends may call Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford today 2-4 and 7-9 pm
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Roland E. Morin
School St
Biddeford
Ernest and
Rose
Cantara) Morin
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion of Saco
Maine Fraternal Association For the Blind
Gabrielle
Toussaint) Morin
Gerald
Rene Morin
Maurice Morin
Manchester
Conn
Lorenzo Morin
Pearl Cayn
Holyoke
Mass
Henry Allard
Fitchburg
St. Andre's Church
Funeral services held for Mrs Helen H Perry
Mrs Helen H Perry 72 of 12 Thornton Ave Saco died Tuesday in a Saco hospital. Funeral conducted at Cote Funeral Home Saco with Capt Donald Kelmanski Salvation Army Old Orchard Beach officiating. Entombment in Evergreen Cemetery Kennebunk. Survived by three daughters two sons 28 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren.
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Helen H. Perry
Thornton Ave
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Donald Kelmanski
Salvation Army
Old Orchard Beach
Evergreen Cemetery
Kennebunk
Beavers
Jerome Perry Jr
Edward Verge
Russell
David
Ernest Brown
Perry
Elroy Booth longtime Saco resident dies at 71
Elroy Dewey Booth 71 of 29 Mechanic St Saco died at home after illness. Born Oct 6 1897 in Saco son of Nelson and Gertrude Booth he worked for Garland Mfg Co and retired due to ill health. A WWI veteran he belonged to Trinity Episcopal Church Saco and many Masonic and Eastern Star bodies. Surviving widow Esther Leighton Booth sister Miss Mabel F Booth of Brewer and several nieces and nephews. Burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery after a service at Trinity Episcopal Church. Friends may call Shumway Funeral Home tomorrow.
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Elroy Dewey Booth
Mechanic St
Saco
O Ae
Nelson and
Gertrude Hanson Booth
Garland Mfg.Co
Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco Lodge
York Royal Arch
Maine
Gerald E. Burtt
Eerie
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Ena Soulard 1898 196? Biddeford resident dies after long illness
Ena Soulard 75 formerly of 38 Sullivan St Biddeford dies after a long illness in a local hospital He was born August 6 1898 in Notre Dame de P Q son of Joseph and Irene Poisson Soulard He worked at Bates Manufacturing Co most of his life He was a communicant of St Andre Church and a Sacred Heart League member He survived by son Robert Soulard Belmont California daughter Mrs Ronald H Gagnon Biddeford brother Ernest Soulard Biddeford five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral from St Andre Church Saturday at 9 am Friends may call Emond Funeral Home Biddeford today and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
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Ena Soulard
Sullivan St
Biddeford
Ntlly
P.Q
Joseph
Irene Poisson Soulard
Bates Mfz
St. Andre's Church
Sacred Heart League
Hisa Maria Demers
Soulard
Robert Soulard
Belmont
Cal
Ronald H
Fernando) Gagnon
Ernest Soulard
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
RANDOLPH H. GAGNON DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Randolph H Gagnon 73 of 13 Jefferson's Court Biddeford died in a local hospital after a long illness. He was born February 27 1896 in Frenchville served in World War I and worked at Perl Manufacturing Co. Survived by widow Alice Lachance Gagnon five sons one daughter and numerous relatives. Friends may call Emond Funeral Home today with viewing hours.
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Randolph H. Gagnon
Jefferson’s Court
Biddeford
Frenchville
Hypolite
Marie Tardif Geenon
U. S
Perl Mfg. Co
St. Andre's Church
Gagnon
Edmunston
Marie Oake
St. Francis
N.B
Eall
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Ponereen
Stock Market Opens Higher With Mixed Early Gains
The New York stock market opened Thursday higher with gains outpacing losses nearly three to one. Chrysler rose to 57, Chock Full O’Nuts to 20, American Telephone up to 5344, Pennzoil at 56, Penn Central up to 64, while Lu brizol and McDonnell Douglas showed declines in early trading.
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New York
Chrysler
American Telephone
Pennzoil
McDonnell Douglas
Penn Central
Funeral Directors and Homes Listing in Saco Area
Funeral service firms in Saco Maine listed with addresses and directors. Shumway Funeral Service at 55 Spring Street operates with Philip H Gross Sr. as director alongside Dennett & Craig at 365 Main Street and Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5511 with Frank X. Emond and J. P Conroy in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Sacg
Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P Conroy
Extreme cold grips large swathes of nation with heavy snows
Wind gusts up to 60 mph chill the Northeast as snow belts spike. Power outages hit Cochituate Dover and nearby towns while northern New England endures lows around 15 below zero. Boonville Erie and Philadelphia report heavy snows and postponed events amid arctic air and freezing rain warnings.
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Cochituate
Dover
South Acton
West Acton
Mass
New England
Cranston
R.L
Prudential Center
Boston
A. Ce
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Weather Bureau
Rockies
North Carolina
Erie
Ontario
New York
Eas
New Eng.la
Boonville
New Eng
Erie International Airport
Erie Skindivers Club
Lake Erie
Don Herrick
Philadelphia
Lower
Michigan
Oregon
Pacific Coast
California
Local Biddeford Residents Reported as Medical Patients
Multiple Biddeford residents and nearby towns are listed as medical patients at Webber Hospital, with one case noted for a surgical patient. Addresses include 101 Main Street, 19 Gove Street, 129 Foss Street, and 130 Summer Street, all in Biddeford, plus Old Orchard Beach and Notre Dame Hospital references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludger Boutot
Main St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Emilia Fleurant
Gove St
Jeanne Thompson
Foss St
Emilia Romeo
Cleaves St
Evelyn Davis
Summer St
Margaret Brickley
Olympia Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Alexina Loranger
Taylor St
Notre Dame Hospital
Yvonne Warner
Cornish Ave
Rena W. Shaughnessey
Washington Ave
Church notices outline Friday youth and services around area
Friday schedules include Royal Rangers and Missionettes for ages 12 to 17 at Christ Ambassadors of Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach. Full Gospel Assembly evangelistic service in Biddeford. Pioneer Girls gathering in Wins Mills. Ladies prayer at Goodwins Confraternity parsonage. St Monica’s classes for grades 5 and 6 8 at Kennebunk. Kingdom Hall service canceled for Plaistow assembly.
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Christ Ambassadors of Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard’ Beach
Royal Rangers and Missionettes
Faith Pentecostal ‘Tabernacle
Assembly of ‘God
Old Orchard Beach
Full Gospel Assembly
American Legion Hall
Elm St
Biddeford
Man Paptist Church
Goodwins
Confraternity of Christian
St. Monica's Church
Kennebunk
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses School
Saco
Aoe
Plaistow
Maine and New England hit by heavy snowfall and cold
A major winter storm left up to a foot of snow in Maine and heavy accumulations statewide. Temperatures plunged to near or below zero as gale warnings persisted. Hazardous driving delayed lawmakers traveling to Augusta for the 194th legislative session while Limestone and Greenville reported the heaviest totals.
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Havre
Mont
Key West
Fla
Maine
Augusta
Ice Isle
Limestone
Greenville
Portland Weather Flurries Persist Over Hills Tonight
Variable cloudiness with a few flurries continues in Portland in hilly areas tonight and Friday. Lows drop to minus ten to minus five in northern sections and to minus five to minus ten in southern zones. Not as cold Friday with rising temperatures.
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Portland
Obituary notes two public figures and entertainment figures
Washington AP reports former GSA liaison Joseph Flood Major died after a career serving in World War I and the Truman administration in the late 1940s. The piece lists municipal appointments in Saco and notes other obituaries including Barton MacLane and Fred M. Whiting Jr., with brief biographical details.
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Washington
Joseph Flood
General Services Administration
White House
Congress
Truman
Army
Harry S. Truman
France
Santa Monica
Calif
Barton MacLane
Evanston
M. Whiting Jr
Gunman Hijacks Airliner En Route to Athens
An Olympic Airways DC6 was forced to divert to Cairo by a Greek gunman, with 102 aboard. Ioannis Georgakis traveled to Cairo to repatriate the passengers, while Aristotle Onassis planned New Year travel with Jacqueline Kennedy and her family.
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Athens
Jacqueline ‘Kennedy
Skorpios
Driver Unhurt In Beach Accident
MILLINOCKET man escaped injury when his car skidded on icy Port land Avenue near Old Orchard Street and struck a telephone booth, knocking it into a fire alarm box and triggering the alarm. Robert J. Skinner Jr. 22, told police he lost control while attempting a turn.
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Old Orchard Beach
Portland Avenue
Old Orchard Street
Robert J. Skinner Jr
Family Left Homeless By Biddeford Fire
Flames heavily damaged a six room wooden house at 44 Pike St Biddeford interior. Fire officials said children playing with matches started the blaze. Owner Henry Lemieux said the fire spread quickly to a couch. Occupant Raymond Dupuis and three children were left homeless. Earlier a sprinkler alarm at the three story wooden factory on Main St triggered a biddeford box alarm.
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Pike St
Biddeford
Henry Lemieux
Iddeford
Raymond Dupuis
Dupuis
Biddeford Box Co
Main St
Biddeford Men Hospitalized After Accident
Two Biddeford men suffered leg injuries when their car struck a parked vehicle on Prospect Street during a snowstorm. Jean Quessy and Gilles Gelinas were hospitalized at Webber Hospital along with Ronald Plourde. Marjorie Plourde was treated for a facial injury and released. A separate crash on Alfred Road involved Dana Peck whose car hit guard rails. investigations by Officers Langevin Martin and DeVon.
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Biddeford
Prospect Street
Webber Hospital
Jean
Guy Quessy
Graham,St
Gilles Gelinas
Elm St
Ronald D. Plourde
Guinea Road
Alice
Quessy
Plourde
Marjorie Plourde
Talmage Allen
Murphy Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Normand Arbour
Clarence Belanger
Alfred Road
Dana P. Peck
New Pool Road
Raymond Langevin
Benoit Martin
Robert Devon
M16 Rifles Are Delivered Ahead Of Schedule
The U S Army has accepted Harrington & Richardson first production M16 rifles with delivery made December 27 two months early. More than 1 000 rifles are slated for shipment this month as the firm under Walter Kidde & Co 240 000 rifle contract continues. In Milford Connecticut a rural mail carrier withdraws transfer after Seabrook residents petitioned against mail delivery there.
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Worcester
Mass
U.S
Harrington & Richardson, Inc
Edward Rowe S Jr
Walter Kidde & Co., Inc
Army
Milford, Conn
Seabrook
N.H
Italian Villa Sets Opening In Biddeford
The Italian Villa Corp buys the Phillippe Restaurant site in Biddeford to open a takeout and dine in Italian eatery. It will serve spaghetti pizza grinders and malt beverages with delivery on special orders. Daniel Perreault to manage as a pilot for future New England franchises.
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Phillippe Restaurant
Italian Villa Corp
Daniel Perreault
New England
Rear End Collision Reported in Saco
Saco police log details two rear end crashes. Donald A. Mathieu 40 of Sanford was struck from behind by William M. Skea 21 of Saco on Route 1 West with $25 damage to Mathieu and $100 to Skea. A second collision on Ferry Road involved Paul V. Hooper 56 of Saco rear ending by Rachel I. Huot 26 of Dorchester Mass with damage over $100 to each vehicle.
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Saco
Donald A. Mathieu
Sanford
William M. Skea
Beach St
Mathieu
Skea
Paul V. Hooper
Elmwood Drive
Ferry Road
Suffolk Downs Sale Approved for 12 Million to New Realities
In Boston the Eastern Racing Association stockholders voted to sell Suffolk Downs for 12 million to New Realty Equities Corp. Realty Equities stockholders approved the purchase. Bill Veeck will become track president. Corporate shifts raise insurance cost concerns for cargoes under certain flags.
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Boston
Eastern Racing Association, Inc
Suffolk Downs Race Track
Weeny Equities Corp
New Or Realty Equities
Bill Veeck
Wil
Rural Route Change Delayed as Postmaster Receives Petition
John R. Borkowski refused a new post as he was to take over a Seabrook rural route. Sea brook Postmaster Oliver L. Carter said residents forwarded their petition to the Boston postal region office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Borkowski
Seabrook
Oliver L. Carter
Boston Postal Region
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Elroy D. Booth
Pioneer Girls
Lyman Baptist Church
Contwins Mills
Massachusetts
Bedford
Nantucket
RFE Island
Providence
Connecticut
Hartford
New Haven
NEW Hampshire
Concord
Lebanon
Portsmouth
Mt. Washington
Burlington
Montpelier
Newport
Caribou
Eastport
Old Town U
Montreal
Mercier
Joan M. Lamontagne
Gene Palmer
Donald Linscott Jr
Grace Murray
Ronald E. Ayotte
Catherine Norma Hallet
Armand J. Mercier
Beatrice Gallant
Timothy J.crowley III
Arthur Emmons
Dorothy LeClair
Leon Libby
Raymond A. City
Rodney Watson
Hans Zimmerman
Kenneth Carter
Robert Morin
Ralph Larochelle
Roland Simpson
Newton ‘Sanborn
Harold P. Waight
Sanborn
Rube
Edwin Mun Jr
Munford
Simpson
Malcolm K. MacLeod
Everett Forrester
Aube
Forrester
Sim
MacLeod
Sanborn Munford
Thwestern University
Whitling
National Broadcasting Co
Chicago
Associated PR
Ini
Albany
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort W
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Aigles
Joseph Carrier
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Joan Lamontagne
Roland H. Simpson
Edwin E. Munford Jr
Everett G. Forrester
Newton Sanborn
Edmond Aube
Auburn
N.Y
Carl ‘Dickman
Owasco Lake
Dickman
Vear
Sierra Madre
San Quentin
Elm Street
St. Mary's Street
Philip H. Gross Sr
Shumway
Middle East
Israel
Jack & Larry
Alfred—Main Sts
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