Deaths Joseph H. Davis of Biddeford Dies at 74
Joseph Horace Davis 74 of 270 Pool Road Biddeford died in a local hospital. Born April 2 1892 he was a Bates Manufacturing Co employee for 45 years retiring in 1957. Survived by widow Marion Goodwin Davis two sons six daughters a sister 13 grandchildren eight great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco Friday at 2 pm with Rev. Fred Russell officiating. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco.
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Joseph Horace Davis
Pool Road
Biddeford
Davis
Abraham and
Ida Newcomb Davis
Bates Mfg. Co
Marosh Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Fortunes Rocks
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Fred Russell
Unitarian Universalist Church of
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Merrill S Kelley Wells resident dies in Gardiner hospital
Merrill S Kelley 75 of Sanford Road Wells died yesterday afternoon in a Gardiner hospital. Born November 23 1891 in Wells he was son of Jacob and Florence Kelley. A longtime town employee and former road commissioner he was a member of Wells Grange Seacoast Sportsmen Fish and Game Club and attended Wells Congregational Church. Survived by widow Ethel Haines Kelley son Jacob Merrill Kelley Wells daughters Jennie Spooner Somersworth NH and N Rosalie Waltz Richmond four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. from Wells Second Congregational Church with Rev W Vinton Murphy officiating. Interment Ocean View Cemetery Wells in spring. Friends may call at Anfell Funeral Home Kennebunk Thursday 7-9 p.m.
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WELLS
Merrill Spencer Kelley
Sanford Road
Gardiner Hospital
Jacob
Florence Morine Kelley
Wells Grange
Seacoast Sportsmen’s Fish and Game Club
Wlels
Wells Congregational Church
Ethel Haines
Crippling Blow Struck Against President Liu
Reports from Tass and Cetka claim the ACFTU has been dissolved, while a later Japanese dispatch says leadership was seized by a Mao Lin aligned group. If true, Liu Shao Chi faces a major setback in his battle amid labor union factions in China.
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Tokyo
China
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Liu Shao-chi
Tass
Cetka
All China Federation of Trade Unions
ACFTU
Peking
All-China Association of Red Revolutionaries
ACARR
Liu
Red China
Mao
Lin
Funeral Directors Listings
Funeral home contact details and director names listed for Emond’s, Shumway, and Dennett & Craig in Saco Maine with respective addresses and phone numbers. Frank X. Emond and J. P. Conroy at Emond’s. Philip H. Gross Sr. at Shumway. Dennett & Craig at Main Street.
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Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dia
Funeral services for Mrs Marie Goulet in Arundel
Funeral services were held for Mrs Marie O Goulet 89 of Arundel at St Joseph's Church Biddeford. Msgr Elie Hevey presided with Rev Valmont Gilbert and Rev Sylvia Levesque assisting. Burial followed in St Joseph's Cemetery. bearers included Clement Goulet and Alan Goulet.
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Marie O. Goulet
Arundel
St. Joseph’s Church
Biddeford
Elie Hevey
Valmont Gilbert
Sylvia Levesque
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Gilbert
Clement Goulet
Ronnie Madore
Richard Anger
Dennis Madore
Alan Goulet
Leroy Madore
Powell faces effort to bar him from new Congress
Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin says he will propose steps to keep Adam Clayton Powell from taking his seat as House elections loom. The Administration subcommittee found Powell used travel cards under false names and charged travel for nonmembers. his wife was removed from payroll for residency issues. Justice Department to receive hearing record. Rep. Dickinson seeks further action.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Congress
Lionel van Deerlin
van Deerlin
California
Powell
House
House Administration Committee
Corinne A. Huff
Education and Labor Committee
Puerto Rico
Justice Department
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Exiled Algerian Leader Khider Killed in Madrid
Mo hamed Khider a 53 year old Algerian political exile and former FLN secretary general was shot dead in Madrid as he entered his car after leaving his apartment. Police search for two gunmen and question his widow and brother in law as details emerge about the money dispute over missing FLN funds.
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Madrid
Mohamed Khider
Algeria
National Liberation Party
FLN
Algerian
National Liberation Front
Ahmed
Ben Bella
Khider
Spain
Fetta Toudor
Switzerland
Evening church activities and choir rehearsals listed
Pentecostal services led by Rev. E Terry Courtney at 5 30 p m Thursdays in Kennebunk Knights of Pythias Hall. Choirs meet at Foss Street churches in Biddeford and Crusader and Adult Sanctu ary choirs at 6 30 and 7 30 p m. United Church of Christ Biddeford Junior 6 15 Senior 7 p m. Advent Christian Church Biddeford prayer 7 30 p m. School Street Methodist Saco Junior 3 15 Senior 7 p m. Bible Baptist Saco midweek prayer 7 30 p m.
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E. Terry Courtney
Knights of Pythias Hall
Main Street
Kenynebunk
Biddeford Foss Street Methodist Church
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Foss Street
Crusader
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Advent Christian Church
Larner
Hill and
Chapel Streets
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Saco Mayor Admitted For Back Injury
Saco Mayor Donald C. Doyle was admitted to Webber Hospital in Biddeford for observation and treatment of a back injury he sustained Sunday night at the Fairfield School during inauguration ceremonies. He said the injury worsened after the event.
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Saco
Donald C. Doyle
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Fairfield School
Doyle
Local Personal Notices From Biddeford Area
The notice lists residents and relations including Mrs Diana Neault at 23 Green St Biddeford a medical patient at Webber Hospital Mrs Josephine Corriveau at 9 St Marys St Biddeford a medical patient at Webber Hospital Armand Soulard 265 Alfred t ient at Notre Dame Hospital Pool Road Biddeford Urbain Goulet 22 Cottage Ave Old Orchard Beach a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center Portland Richard Paterson son of Mr and Mrs Norman Paterson 111 Elm St Biddeford has returned to his studies at Husson College Bangor after a holiday with his parents Jean Paul Ruel 344 Main St Street and Mrs Edith Binette 81 Hill St Biddeford have returned from Montreal New Year visit Seaman Recruit Raymond A Roberts 18 USN ward of Clifford Hewes 258 Main St Saco has graduated from nine weeks of Navy basic training at Great Lakes IL Seaman Recruit Joseph H Searles 19 USN son of Theodore W Searles Route 2 Wells has graduated from nine weeks of Navy basic training at Great Lakes IL Marine Lance Cpl Paul R Noyes son of Paul Noyes 9 Central St Saco is in the Khe Sanh area of Vietnam with H S Company First Battalion Third Marine Regiment Third Marine Division Marine Cpl Lloyd A Stetson son of Herman B Stetson Saco is serving with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA 542 MAG-13 at Chu Lai Vietnam
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Diana Neault
Green St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Josephine Corriveau
St. Mary's St
Armand Soulard
Alfred, St
Notre Dame Hospital
Pool Road
Urbain A. Goulet
Cottage Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Richard
Ward
Clyfton
Club and Auxiliary Gather for Evening Meetings
The Fremont Club and Auxiliary meet at 8 tomorrow night in Biddeford. Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary holds its annual meeting at 8 tomorrow night in Beach Street School Hall Saco. Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. in Saco Masonic Hall with Friendship Night. Mrs Doris Clark chairs refreshments.
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Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford Hall
Notre Dame Hospital
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Beach Strete
Saco
Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco Masonic Hall
Doris Clark
New York County grand jury adds eight members
Justice Lincoln Spencer of Kennebunkport impanels eight new York County grand jury members as York County Superior Court opens its January term. The new jurors include Arthur Bibeau Biddeford Raymond J Courtois Saco Robert F Davis York Thomas P Dauteuil Sanford Clayton G Edwards Kittery Eric Lunden Kennebunk Mark E Horne Old Orchard Beach and Norman G Pratt Parsonsfield. The original panel of about 23 was reduced to 14. the minimum is 13 to operate. The extra jurors serve until next September when a new jury is drawn. Reinstructed by Spencer the grand jury retired to closed deliberations with County Attorney Ronald Ayotte Sr Saco and Special Assistant Attorney General Ralph H Ross.
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Alfred
Lincoln Spencer
Kennebunkport
York County Grand Jury
York County Superior Court
Arthur Bibeau
Biddeford
Raymond J. Courtois
Saco
Robert F. Davis
York
Thomas P. Dauteuil
Sanford
Clayton G. Edwards
Kittery
Eric Lunden
Kennebunk
Mark E. Horne
Old Orchard Beach
Norman G
Pratt
Parsonsfield
Justice Spencer
Ronald E. Ayotte Sr
Ralph H. Ross
Ecumenical Age Noted At International Assembly
At the Christian Churches convening in Dallas Texas the speaker list mixed denomination lines with leaders from outside the church core. The roster included two Roman Catholics one Orthodox four Baptists and three Methodists among principal speakers as a sign of the ecumenical age.
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Dallas
Texas
International Assembly of the Christian Churches
Disciples
Weather forecast for Maine turns cloudy with snow likely
The forecast shows cloudy skies for Maine with occasional snow developing overnight and mixing with rain along the coast on Thursday. Tonight the low will be in the 20s with little temperature change on Thursday.
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Maine
Weather Outlook for New England Five Days
The five day forecast covers northern New England, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Daytime highs should run upper 30s to low 40s in the south and upper 20s to mid 30s in the north. Lows mostly 10 to 30 degrees regionally with light snow north and rain or snow south. A significant storm is forecast for Sunday bringing mostly snow in the north and snow or rain south.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Beach Council Names Appointees And Officers
Old Orchard Beach town board approved new appointments including Jerome Daly as chief assessor and Thomas R Lee Jr as council chairman. Other hires cover town treasurer, public health nurse, clerk, and planning positions. The council also authorized a 100000 tax anticipation loan at 3.15 percent and rejected a traffic closure request for Wesley Boulevard.
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Old Orchard Beach
Thomas R Lee Jr
Jerome Daly
Daly
Joseph J. Mullen
Joseph D. Mokarzel
Ernest F. Murphy
Mary H. Manduca
Lorraine J. Dowd
Helen C. Morris
Helen G. Curry
Barbara E. Lord Steppe
Guy L. Thomas
George Keene
Theodore H. Mingo
Russell A. Rix
Richard P. Marshall
Henry Stewart
Stewart
George H. Simpson
Armand St. Hilaire
Leslie E. Wyman
Marie G. Migner
Planning Board
Urbaine A. Goulet
Urban Renewal Authority
Ervin S. Jalbert
Charles A. Sherman
York County Regional Planning Commission
Canal National Bank
Wesley Boulevard
No. 17
No. 30
World War I Veterans Plan For Convention In Biddeford
York County Barracks of World War I Veterans announced officers for the 10th annual state convention to be held in Biddeford. Commander Arthur J. Lambert named Convention Program Chairman while Leslie B. Dyer and John Mathieu filled department roles. The group reported 174 paid members, a district meeting set for Jan 27, and Christmas gifts funds directed to sick members and Togus Hospital. An auxiliary meeting followed with a penny auction.
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York County
St. John’s Hall
Elm Streets
Biddeford
Oan
Arthur J. Lambert
Lambert
Leslie B. Dyer
Rockland
John Mathieu
Waterville
John B. Tachamier
Augusta
Ernest J. Ouellette
Walter Reardon
Auxiliary
Togus
Togus Hospital
Nap Frechette
Portland
Sanford
South Berwick
Contest ruling emphasizes legibility in sweepstakes
AP reports Walter Barry, advertising director, says legibility is the main issue in sweepstakes con tests that require labels, box tops or brand names. He notes 1,500 winners of an $80,000 prize may be disqualified for poorly printed names and addresses.
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Chicago
Walter Barry
Rector James C Suggs Noted in Tally
The fragment indicates Rector James C Suggs is not leading or appearing in the tally. Further context is unavailable in the readable text.
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James C. Suggs
York County Board names Dutremble chairman in 2 to 1 Dem majority
At the first meeting of the year the York County Board of Commissioners chose Lucien A. Dutremble of Biddeford as chairman. Leon ard Levasseur of Biddeford won the seat as auditor and unseated Republican John G. Smith by 132 votes, shifting the board to a two to one Democratic majority with Roger Walker the sole Republican. A budget hearing was set for Jan 17 at 2 pm for the next two years.
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Alfred
York County
Roger Walker
Olive Lodge to Honor Two Officers at Anniversary Event
Olive Rebekah Lodge plans a reception Saturday at 8 p.m. to honor District Deputy President Mrs. Lucille McBride and marshal Mrs. Alberta Morison, marking the lodge 85th anniversary. Members may bring a guest. floor length gowns requested for the event.
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Kennebunk — Noble
Gladys Bryant
Olive Rebekah Lodge
Dorothy Hubbard
Priscilla Ladd
Mildred Redson
Bryant
Thomas Wildey
Brothers
Redson
Ethel Hatch
Priest car crash injures none in York Kennebunkport chain
A chain reaction crash at 10:45 a.m. caused $300 in damages. Clay ton J. Parsons 52 of York skidded on a slippery road and hit Hazel I. Wildes 47 of Kennebunkport whose car struck Priscilla G. Karkos 45 of Kittery Point. No injuries reported.
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Clayton J. Parsons
York
Hazel I. Wildes
Kennebunkport
Wildes
Priscilla G. Karkos
Kittery Point
Leaders Of Tiny Exile Army Clamped Into Jail
Key West Florida authorities report the leaders of a Cuban Haitian exile force jailed on neutrality law violations. Bond for Rolando Masferrer was set at 5000 dollars, with other suspects held on recognizance. The group planned a Haiti invasion strategy aiming to topple Duvalier and use the island as a base against Fidel Castro.
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Key West
Fla
Haiti
Fidel Castro
Monroe County
U.S
Rolando Masferrer
Havana
United States
Castro
Cuba
William B. Meadows
South Florida
Masferrer
Immigration Service
Miami
Florida Keys
Anton Constanzo
Constanzo
Port Au Prince
Negro Island
Francois Duvalier
Jean - Baptiste
Hollis Beer Vote Recount Reverses Outcome
In Hollis the recount flipped the vote on beer sales from 1217 to 199 for to 230 for and 217 against. South Bristol remains tied 154 all after recounts. The result allows takeout beer in South Bristol but not Hollis.
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Augusta
South Bristol
Hollis
Mrs Bartlett Named Social Secretary to Maine First Lady
AUGUSTA AP Mrs Clyde Bartlett of South Portland a former primary school teacher is appointed by Mrs Kenneth M Curtis as social secretary to Maine's next First Lady Bartletts husband is Gov erector Curtis appointee for the Maine Division of Economic Opportunity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Clyde Bartlett
South Portland
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Biddeford Council Tightens Emery's Court Parking During Mass
The Biddeford City Council, in a brief session, approved a 400 watt street light for Emery's Court and set a $50,000 bond for tax collector Rita Dunton and treasurer Roland Lemieux. They accepted resignations and appointed Richard Sevigny and Orphilia Chabot as assessors, with Sevigny as chief assessor, and approved two quit claim deeds. The mayor was authorized to designate municipal office hours. The council also denied consolidating legal services payments from the contingent fund and renewed the First National Bank of Biddeford as official depository for 1967. Residents sought to ease Sunday morning parking at Emery's Court entrances during St. Joseph's Church mass, with a plan to announce parish guidance.
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Emery’s Court
Biddeford
Robert Gagne
Richard Sevigny
Orphilia Chabot
Norman Racine
Marcel Viger
Racine
Paul A
Rita C. Champagne
Gedeon Ruel
Rita Dunton
Roland Lemieux
Continental Surety and Bonding Co
Viger
First National Bank of
Joseph Zaitlin
Elm St
Maine State Police
Emile Lamontagne
St. Joseph’s Church
Edgar Sevigny
Lamontagne
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