Marie Goulet 89 Dies in Biddeford Hospital
Mrs Marie C Goulet 89 of Arundel died Sunday after a long illness in a Biddeford hospital Born Sept 15 1877 in St Bernard Quebec she moved to the United States early She was a St Josephs Church communicant Ste Annes Sodality survivor list widower George Goulet and daughter Mrs Donat Madore both of the community two sons Antonio Waterbury Conn and Wilfrid Old Orchard Beach 15 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral at 830 am tomorrow from St Josephs Church Biddeford Friends may call at the Bolduc Funeral Home today 2 4 and 7 10 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donat Madore
Antonio
Waterbury
Minor Traffic Mishaps Listed In Biddeford
Biddeford police report several minor New Year weekend accidents caused by icy roads and snow. Harold Ouellette and Ronald Parisian collided near Westbrook skating rink on a hill. Robert Hevey was rear-ended by Paul Labbe on West Street. Gerard Larose and Hilda Russell met head to head on South Street bridge due to ice. Alice Hobbins struck Ernest Paras at Union and Graham Streets. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Sevigny
Biddeford
Harold Ouellette
Henry St
Saco
Ronald Parisian
Belmont St
Westbrook Skating Rink
Ouellette
Robert Hevey
West St
Paul Labbe
Evanthia Drive
Hevey
Labbe
Gerard Larose
Grayson St
Hilda Russell
South St
Lawmakers prepare for new session amid budget talk
The 103rd Legislature opens with 151 representatives and 34 senators meeting after Gov elect Curtis vows a roughly 216 million budget. Leaders named in caucuses, swearing in by outgoing Gov Reed marks opening ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Senate
Kenneth Curtis
Campbell
House
Reed
Ovenbird mud nests Reach Hefty Five to Ten Pounds
Some elaborately built mud nests by the ovenbird may weigh from five to ten pounds. The nests exhibit substantial size and construction effort, indicating the bird’s architectural skill and resource use.
Funeral services for Percy R Willey in Saco
Funeral services for Percy R Willey of Spring Hill Avenue Saco were held Saturday from the Dennett and Craigeral Home 365 Main Street Saco Rev Stanley A Bennett of the Saco United Baptist Church officiated Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy R. Willey
Spring Hill Avenue
Saco
Dennett and Craigeral
Main St
Stanley A. Bennett
Saco United Baptist Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Funeral Rites Held for Adjutor J Letourneau 62
Funeral services for Adjutor J. Letourneau aged 62 of 70 Pike Street Biddeford were conducted at St. Andre Church. Rev Bernard Nicknair led the requiem high mass with Rev Sylvia Levesque and Rev Donald Nicknair assisting. Choir members and organist Mrs Laura Proulx provided music. Burial followed in St Joseph Cemetery with bearers Normand Moulton Norman Larose Norman Levesque Roger Boissonneault Roland Boissonneault and Henry Szczechowicz named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Letourneau
Pike St. Biddeford
St. Andre Church
Bernard Nicknair
Sylvia Levesque
Donald Nicknair O.F.M
Laura Proulx
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Nicknair
Normand Moulton
Normand Larose
Norman Levesque
Roger Boissonneault
Roland Boissonneault
Henry Szczechowicz
Funeral rites for Henry W. Dechene of Biddeford
Funeral services held at St. Andre's Church for Henry W. Dechene of 266 Granite Street Biddeford. Rt Rev Msgr Aime Giguere presided at a high mass of requiem assisted by Rev Germain Bureau and Rev Bernand Nicknair. Burial in Notre Dame section of St. Joseph's Cemetery followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Dechene
Granite St
Biddeford
St. Andre’s Church
Aime Giguere
Germain Bureau
Bernand Nicknair
Charles Proulx
Laura’ Proulx
Donald Lavigne
Norman’ Beaulieu
Paul le Blanc
Emile LeBlanc
Leo Blanchette
Raymond Tardif
Notre Dame
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Nicknair
Funeral services for Francois Morin in Biddeford
Funeral services were held this morning from St. Joseph's Church Biddeford for Francois Morin formerly of Birch Street and recently a patient at a Biddeford nursing facility. Rt. Msgr. Elie Hevey celebrated a solemn requiem high mass assisted by Rev. Sylvia Levesque and Rev. Germain Bureau with organist Mrs. Diana Rousselle. Interment followed in St. Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford with prayers by Father Levesque. Bearers were Alphonse Belavance Henri Dubuc Henri Bourque Rosario Goulet Oscar Labrie and Marcel Mayotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Morin
Birch Street
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Elie Hevey
Sylvia Levesque
Germain Bureau
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Levesque
Alphonse Bellavance
Henri Dubuc
Henri Bourque
Rosario Goulet
Oscar Labrie
Marcel Mayotte
Family Of Six Left Homeless By Beach Fire
A trailer fire on Goosefare Drive in Old Orchard Beach left Coast Guard family of six homeless after an exploding oil heater started the blaze. Fire officials noted heavy damage from fire, smoke, and water. neighbors aided by hosting the family. Councilman Charles Huot organized clothing donations for the four children and provided contact numbers for help. The family has since moved into an apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beacha
Coast
Jackson
Old Orchard Beach
Charles Huot
Huot
Journal
Old Orchard Beachee
Wesley Avenue
Leo Beaulieu
Grove Ave
Louis R. Wharff
Poirier Elected Chairman of Biddeford Police Commission
Poirier was chosen as chairman of the Biddeford Police Commission in a meeting held yesterday. Albert Lessard was accepted as a member and duties of clerk were assigned to Lessard, with Normand Poirier slated to serve as chairman. SHUMWAY Funeral Service in Saco listed for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Albert Lessard
Normand Poirier
Lessard
Shumway
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Saco City Council Set For Evening Meeting At City Hall
City Council convenes at 7 30 this evening in City Hall with City Clerk Joan Lamontagne announcing agenda items for discussion and potential votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco City
City Hall
Joan Lamontagne
Angel Falls Declared World’s Highest Waterfall
Britannica notes Angel Falls in Venezuela as the highest perennial waterfall in the world, plunging about 3 200 feet with minimal contact to the surrounding cliff face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel Falls
Venezuela
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Residents Update From Local Hospitals
Mrs Ina Lowell of Lincoln Road Saco has returned home from Webber Hospital. Mrs Rose Lamarre of 66 Adams Street Biddeford is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs Raymond Gagne of 12 Lessard Avenue Biddeford is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs Christina Jalbert of Piersons Lane Biddeford is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs Rose Cote Ocean Avenue Hills Beach Biddeford is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Felix Coulombe of 64 Bacon Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital Pool Road Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Lowell
Lincoln ‘Road
Saco
Webber Hospital
Rose Lamarre
Adams St
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Raymond Gagne
Lessard Ave
Notre Dame
Christina Jalbert
Pierson’s Lane
Rose Cote
Ocean Avenue
Hills Beach
Felix Coulombe
Bacon St. Biddeford
Pool Road
Community group meetings and social events listed for Biddeford and Saco
Veterans groups from York County Barracks and Saints councils plan 7:30 8 p.m. sessions at St Johns Hall Biddeford. Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and other orders meet in Biddeford Saco halls with social events and belated Christmas party. An athletic association meeting and Elks lodge gathering include supper and prayers at Biddeford and Saco venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
St. Johns Hall
Main and
Elm Streets
Biddeford
Luke E. Hart
Knights of Columbus
Washington Street
Biddeford Hall
Saco Lodge of Elks
Portland Road
Saco
Weekly church services and activities listed across coastal towns
Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills holds service Wednesday at 7 p m with Adult Choir rehearsal at 8 p m The mid week prayer and praise service is at Biddeford United Baptist Church at 7 30 p m Faith Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach hosts Bible study and prayer at 7 30 p m The Goodwins Mills Methodist Youth Choir rehearses at 6 30 p m at Lyman church Wednesday Worship at 6 45 p m at Christ Church Kennebunk adjusts midweek times Christian Science Society Saco 7 45 p m reading room open Thursday 2 to 4 Ad vent Christian Kennebunk Lower Village prayer at 7 30 p m Ogunquit Baptist Church mid week 7 30 p m Full Gospel Wells Route A near Route 109 prayer and Bible study at Village Baptist Kennebunkport 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Faith Tabernacle
Pentecostal Church
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchards Beach
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Saco
Advent Christian Church
Route 35
Kennebunk Lower Village
Wells
Break Attempt Reported at Saco Auto Firm
Saco police found pry marks on two doors at Ed and Franks Chevrolet on Portland Road just after midnight. Investigation showed no one inside the building and it was not committed. The firm also reported four tires and rims stolen from cars on the lot over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed and
Frank
Portland Road
Saco
Alfred Cote
Safety calendars issued to Biddeford schools
Police Chief Edgar Sevigny announced safety calendars will be sent to all Biddeford schools. The calendars will be distributed by members of the police force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Force
Sevigny
Maine Weather Tonight Snow Through Wednesday
Cloudy to night with occasional snow developing and continuing into Wednesday. Low temperatures expected in the 20s. Little change in temperature on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lathan Home Fires Under Investigation
Biddeford fire chief said the two fires at Clarence Lathan’s 337 Main St home on New Year’s Day are under investigation. The first fire, at 6:30 p.m., involved a blaze in the seat of his car and was put out with a booster line. A second fire at 8:53 p.m. started when trash boxes on the back porch ignited and spread to the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Arthur King
Clarence Lathan
Main St
Lathan
Biddeford Memos Show City Plans And Budget Notes
Mayor Lemire outlines a year of progress with street and snow removal equipment, street repairs funded by auto excise taxes, and paying off short term notes with a $41469 cash balance. He pledges housing for the elderly, industrial park efforts, and a proposed three member sewage board with engineering expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flamme
Wilfrid Simoneau
Lucien Dutremble
Rosland L'Heureux
Henry Camire
Lemire
Esdras Goulet
Sylvio Levesque
Biddeford
Waldoboro Paper Sold to Its Employees as Gift
In Waldoboro Maine the seven fulltime workers of the Waldoboro Press became owners of the 2000 circulation weekly as a Christmas present from owner Katherine M E Fredericks who cited ill health. Fredericks will remain editor until a replacement is found. A new corporation was formed with Richard Osier as president Georgia Wellman as vice president Virginia Jackson as secretary and Kenneth Snow as treasurer. The Press operates a modern plant on US One at the village edge and bills itself the fastest growing weekly in Lincoln County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldoboro
Waldoboro Press
Katherine M. E. Fredericks
U. S
Lincoln County
Exiles Raid Foiled as Haiti Invasion Plot Unravels
Haitian and Cuban exile operatives gathered in Miami aimed to invade Haiti with 350 men and an arsenal of rifles mortars and machine guns. Customs agents intervened at a Key West house arresting Masferrer and others as dawn broke. No shots were fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon
Masferrer
Key West
Jose Marti
New York
Miami
United States
Fidel Castro
Haiti
CBS
CBS News
Napoleon Vilaboa
Cuba
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Vilabon
Eugene Maxmilien
Well Baby Clinic Offered in Miananiee City Bail ing
A well baby clinic will be held Wednesday at the nurams office in Miananiee City. A diphtheria whooping cough tetanus and polio vaccination will be given with a physician in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurams
Miananiee
Saco Mayor Doyle Outlines 1967 Growth Plan
Mayor Doyle presents a 1967 program prioritizing street and highway construction, long range sewage planning, and continued industrial and educational development. A sewer study committee is named, with public reporting and budgeting slated by January 21 1967. The city aims for steady growth, responsible budgeting, and improved services for Saco residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle
Philip C. Sherman
K. C. Randall
J. Raymond Hobbins
Leonard A. Hurrell
William P. Kirk
J. Edward Whelan
Atty
Philip E. Graves
Alfred G. Coulombe
Robert L. Cassette
Walter A. White
Robert H. Knox
James E. Cartier
Saco
Republicans Draft Vietnam Position Paper for January Return
Congressional Republicans prepare a broadside of questions and recommendations on Vietnam to be released after Congress reconvenes January 10. The aim is to clarify U S objectives amid shifting statements, with calls for stronger bombing of North Vietnam targets and criticism of current interdiction effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Republicans
Viet- Nam
Johnson
Congress
House Republicans
Melvin A. Laird
House Republican Conference
Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Thailand
South Vietnam
United Nations
Wisconsin Republican
United States
GOP
House
North Vietnam
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Charles E. Goodell
New York
GOP Planning and Research Committee
Ross Appointed As Assistant County Attorney
State official Ralph H. Ross of Sanford is named assistant county attorney by Ronald Ayotte of Saco. Ross will present criminal cases at Superior Court and district courts. The appointment, tied to state efforts to expand county services, follows prior service as county attorney and assistant attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. Ross
Sanford
Ronald Ayotte
Saco
Ayotte
Atty
Ross
Richard J. Dubord
James S. Erwin
York
Erwin
Superior Court
Roland A. Langlois
York County
Two Accidents Reported On New Year's Day In Saco
Saco Police investigated two New Year’s Day accidents. First, on Hall Avenue a car driven by Russell T. Murphy skidded on ice and struck a marked vehicle owned by Alfred Loranger. Then a vehicle driven by George E. Linne, turning into a driveway on Ocean Park Road, was struck by another car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Hall Avenue
Russell T. Murphy
Green St
Alfred A Loranger
Hall Ave
George E. Linnie
Summer St
Biddeford
Ocean Park Road
Collision injures none as car hits tree on Linnie
Walter A. Spencer, 39, of Columbia Hotel, Biddeford, could not stop in time. The Linnie vehicle was pushed into a tree, with damages estimated at $30. Spencer’s car sustained $135 in damages. No injuries were reported in either accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Spencer
Columbia
Biddeford
Linnie
Spencer Auto
Radio Bids Opened By Finance Panel In Biddeford
Bids for radios for street department vehicles will be opened by Biddeford’s finance committee at 6 30 tonight before the regular council meeting. City Clerk Norman O Racine will review the bids with a Civilian Defense department member prior to council submission. Routine business and bonding of officials are on the agenda for the newly seated council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Norman O. Racine
Racine
Civilian Defense Department
Leo R. Lemire
Realtors Will Install Officers at Jan 10 Meeting
York County Board of Realtors will install 1967 officers at the January 10 gathering at Glen-Mor Restaurant Kennebunkport members Chester Horne and John Smith report on the National Association of Real Estate Boards Miami convention. Norman A. Gosline will lead the ceremonies and present his program. A social hour at 6 and dinner at 7 follow reservations to Harold Sykes or Leo F. Larochelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
York County Board of Realtors
Glen-Mor
Norman A. Gosline
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Miami
Fla
Chester Horne
Acton
John Smith
Kennebunkport
Deputy City Clerk Named By Racine
Mrs. H. Clifford Berry of May Street Biddeford began her duties today as deputy city clerk replacing Mrs. Rita Dunton who has been appointed collector of taxes. Berry was appointed by City Clerk Norman O. Racine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clifford Berry
May Street
Biddeford
Rita Dunton
Berry
Norman O. Racine
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Mrs
Marie Goulet
Letourneau
Henry Dechene
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Dial
Saco Council
Marie Tousignant
Council Ste
Pine Cone Temple
Pythian Sisters
Pepperell Square
Owen Davis
American Legion
Beach Street
Biddeford Barracks
St. John’s Hall
Elm Street
Council Notre Dame
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Biddeford Athletic Association
of the Good
Twins Mills Methodist Church
Lyman
Christ Church
Congregational Methodist
Dane Street
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Kenniebunkport
Saco Auto Firm
A.M
Bases
A.M. P
Goodness
Bill McNally
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York, N. Y
Dovon’s Pharmacy Cor. Hill & Main Streets
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