Obituary of Verne L. McDonald Sr. of Old Orchard Beach
Verne Lionel McDonald Sr., 65, of 81 Ocean Ave., Old Orchard Beach, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at home. Born Feb 19, 1902 in Merrill, he lived in the community since 1943 and ran a Biddeford barber shop. Survived by widow Fern Mildred Lord McDonald, four sons Verne Jr., Robert, Paul, Glenn, one stepson, three sisters, three brothers, 16 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco. interment in Hersey Cemetery next spring. Friends may visit tonight and tomorrow.
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Old Orchard Beach
Verne
Lionel McDonald Sr
Ocean Ave
Merrill
Harry and
Inez Gardner McDonald
Merrill High School
Ricker College
New York
McDonald
Biddeford
Washington Avenue
Otisfield
Fern Mildred Lord McDonald
Verne Jr
Burlington
Robert
Meriden
Conn
Paul
Glenn
Warwick
Mass
Reginald Larson
Maryland
Audrey Bern
Oxford
Katherine Flint
Glens Falls
N.Y
Madeline Drew
Con
Jean B Bergeron Funeral Rites Held at Notre Dame de Lourdes
Jean B Bergeron 79 of 25 Pepperell St Saco died Friday. Funeral Mass at Notre Dame de Lourdes Saco with Rev. Carrier deacon Jalbert and subdeacon LaBranche. Interment St Josephs Cemetery Biddeford. Survived by widow Eva Trudeau Bergeron three brothers Isidore Tremblay and Joseph. one sister Celina Tremblay plus nieces and nephews. He worked 45 years at Pepperell Mfg Co retiring 15 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean B. Bergeron
Pepperell St. Saco
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Joseph Carrier
Paul Jalbert
Donald LaBranche
Eva Carrier
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Biddeford
Father LaBranche
Eva Trudeau Bergeron
Old Orchard Beach
Joseph
Woonsocket
Isidore
Celina Tremblay
Curia Reforms and Ottaviani Setback Mark Vatican Strife
The Vatican shakes up its Curia with a March 1 reform ending lifetime Curia posts and instituting five year terms. Cardinal Ottaviani faces renewed pressure after a global bishops’ synod rejected his draft and backed an international theologians’ commission. Nearly 50 worshippers braved a storm to attend Baptist services, using a school bus as a heated makeshift chapel.
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Curia
Vatican
Ottaviani
Synod of Bishops
Cardinal Ottaviani
Oe Payan
Exeter
Soft meringues Contain Less Sugar Than Hard Variants
A brief note contrasts soft meringues with their hard counterparts noting that soft varieties contain a substantially smaller amount of sugar. It emphasizes texture differences and likely culinary outcomes without additional details.
Funeral Directors in Saco Maine List Firms and Contacts
Funeral service firms listed include Shumway Funeral Service at 38 Spring Street and Dennett and Craig at 368 Main Street with phone numbers 284 5611 and 282 0562. Emond's Funeral Home at 28 is also listed with Frank X. Emond and J P Conroy as directors.
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Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Dennett & Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Funeral for Almo Custeau at St. Andre's Biddeford
Funeral services were held for Almo Custeau of 26 Jefferson's Court Biddeford at St. Andre's Church. A solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev. Charles Rivard with Deacon Rev. Roland Sirois and Subdeacon Rev. Maurice Morin. Interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery followed with Sacred Heart League members among bearers.
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Almo Custeau
Jefferson’s Court
Biddeford
St. Andre’s Church
Charles Rivard
Roland Sirois
Maurice Morin
Charles Proulx
Laura Proulx
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Sirois
William Bisson
Edgar Cabana
Sacred Heart League
Orphilia Chabot
Jean L. Belaire
St. Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance Society
Josephat Grenier
One Neault
Fremont Club
Funeral services for Edwin Sawyer in Saco
Funeral services for Edwin Sawyer of May Street Biddeford were held Saturday at Bennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco Rev Stanley A Bennett of Saco United Baptist Church officiated interment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco bearers all members of Saco Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows were George Ivarskoff Walter Poche Robert Strickland and John Ill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Sawyer
May Street
Biddeford
Bennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
Stanley A. Bennett
Saco United Baptist Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Saco Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
George Ivarskoff
Walter Poche
Robert Strickland
John Ill
Funeral Services for Alfred Adams of Meriden Conn
Funeral services for Alfred Adams of Meriden Connecticut were conducted Saturday morning from the Cote Funeral Home at 87 James Street in Saco. A high mass was celebrated by Rev James Daly Vesque of St Joseph s Church in Bird and interment was in St Joseph s Cemetery Biddeford. Bearers were Richard Adams Paul Adams Raymond Adams and Donald Simoneau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Adams
Meriden
Conn
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Saco
James Dalyvesque
St. Joseph's Church
Bird
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Biddeford
Richard Adams
Paul Adams
Raymond Adams
Donald Simoneau
Funeral Rites For John J. O Sullivan In Saco
Funeral services were held this morning at Most Holy Trinity Church Saco for John J. O Sullivan of Summer Street. Rev James Daly officiated a requiem high mass with Miss Louise Welch at organ and choir. Burial followed in St Mary's Cemetery Be ford with graveside prayers by Father Daly. Bearers named were Arthur Bourgoin Charles Morris Rodney Staples Samuel Gagnon Gilman Seaver and Cyril Gosselin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. O'Sullivan
Summer Street
Saco
Most Holy Trinity Church
James Daly
Louise Welch
Way Lot
St. Mary's Cemetery
Beeford
Father Daly
Arthur Bourgoin
Charles Morris
Rodney Staples
Samuel Gagnon
Gilman Seaver
Cyril Gosselin
Townsend Sr. Funeral Held in Biddeford and Saco
Military funeral services for Harry A. Townsend Sr. of 184 Lincoln Street Saco were conducted at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford on Saturday at 2 pm with Rev John H Miller officiating. A delegation from Owen Davis Post American Legion attended. Interment followed at Dunstan Cemetery Scarborough. Bearers included Owen Davis Post members Harry Rowell Edmond Rowell Edward Gallant Robert Green Rodney Hooper and Guy Goodwin.
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Harry A. Townsend SR
Lincoln St
Saco
Sansoucy
Stone St
Biddeford
John H. Miller
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion of Saco
Dunstan Cemetery
Scarborough
Owen-Davis
Funeral rites for Miss Gabrielle Boisvert held in Biddeford
Funeral services for Miss Gabrielle Boisvert of 17 Union Street Biddeford were held Saturday morning at St Josephs Church. Msgr Elie Hevey officiated a solemn requiem high mass assisted by Rev Valmont Gilbert deacon and Rev Robert Gregoire subdeacon. Interment followed at St Josephs Cemetery with grave side prayers by Father Gilbert. Bearers were George Trottier Philemon Dubreui Roland Hevey and John Renouf.
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Gabrielle Boisvert
Union St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Elie Hevey
Valmont Gilbert
Robert Gregoire
Diana Rousselle
1St Point Pepperell Inc
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Gilbert
George Trottier
Philemon Dubreui
Roland Hevey
John Renouf
Viet Cong Attack and U S Air Strikes Reported
Viet Cong forces killed and four wounded as fighting continued from page one. Farther south Communist gunners shelled Camp Books near Da Nang, wounding 61 Marines and damaging 29 buildings. A Marine reconnaissance team reported enemy troops moving rockets toward Da Nang, seizing 170 soldiers with cylindrical objects. North of Vietnam, monsoon clouds hindered air assessments though U S fliers conducted 81 missions targeting truck convoys and routes around Hoa Lao, Kep, Kim Lang, and a rail siding northwest of Hanoi.
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Camp Books
da Nang
U. S
1St Marine Division
North Vietnam
Hoa Lae
Hanoi
Kep
Kim Lang
U.S
Coun
Local Social News Highlights In Saco And Biddeford
State Sen. Paul Reay of Clark Street Saco is a patient at Webber Hospital. Miss Charlene Pothier daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph C Pothier 46 Cutts St Biddeford has joined Pi Chapter Phi Mu Sorority at the University of Maine Orono where she is a freshman. Miss Pothier is from St Louis High School Biddeford. Mrs Ralph Allen Cove Avenue Camp Ellis is a medical patient at Webber Hospital Biddeford. Mrs Phyllis Wright of Franklin Street Saco an agent for Stanley Home Products Co has returned from Miami Beach Fla following a 3 week company sponsored vacation.
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Paul Reay
Clark Street
Saco
Webber Hospital
Charlene Pothier
Joseph C. Pothier
Cutts St
Biddeford
Phi Mu Sorority
University of Maine
Orono
Miss Pothier
St. Louis High School
Ralph Allen
Cove Avenue
Camp Ellis
Phyllis Wright
Franklin Street
Stanley Home Products Co
Miami Beach
Fla
Community notices from Biddeford and Saco area
Local groups including The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Foss Street Methodist Church and Biddeford Civil Defense announce meetings in Biddeford tonight and Wednesday. Other items note postponed auxiliary meetings, a Wardwell Home board session, and a postponed all day sewing event to Feb 14 due to weather or scheduling.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Foss Street Methodist Church
Biddeford
June Poirier
Marion Spofford
Biddeford-Saco
Stamp rate hikes and stalled deliveries across the nation
The AP reports first class letters cost six cents and airmail ten cents. most post offices are stocked, but some stamp deliveries may lag due to weather and transport issues. New stamps include four billion six-cent stamps with Roosevelt, plus one and ten cent pieces and five-cent postal cards.
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Associated Press
Washington
Post Office
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Colder Weather Prompts Coastal Gale Warnings
Portland faces gale warnings along coast as a high pressure system drives in very cold air. Tonight will be clear and frigid with lowest readings from 15 to 25 below zero. Tuesday looks fair but still notably cold.
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Portland
Looking Ahead At Weather For New England
The five day forecast from the US Weather Bureau covers northern New England, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Daytime highs will be in the teens to low 20s in the north and in the 20s to low 30s in the south, with nighttime lows from zero to 10 below in the north to near zero to 15 above in the south. Temperatures rise Tuesday but are colder Wednesday and Thursday, then gradually rise. Precipitation averages under a quarter inch melted, except ¼ to ½ inch in northern Vermont. Light snow is expected Wednesday and snow flurries in northern mountains Thursday and Friday.
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Boston
US Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
Sunbeams Meeting and Ladies League Gather in Old Orchard Beach
A Sunbeams meeting for girls ages six to ten is set for Tuesday at 3 30 p m at the Salvation Army hall 91 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach. The Ladies Home League will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the same hall. A prayer meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 90 pm at the Full Gospel church Route 9A near Route 109 Wells.
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the Sunbeams
Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Ladies Home League
Full Gospel
Wells
Navy pilots briefed on Haiphong strikes avoid targeting ships
Assistant Secretary of Defense Phil G Goulding said all Navy pilots involved in Haiphong area air strikes were briefed to avoid endangering foreign shipping. He cited heavy anti aircraft fire requiring evasive action and noted jettisoning bombs may occur to escape danger. Visibility limits and rules for near harbor targets were also mentioned.
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Pne
Phil G. Goulding
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Haihong
Washington
Navy
Post Office tests diesel trucks with automatic gear
The Post Office Department says it is field testing delivery trucks powered by a small diesel engine with an automatic transmission to cut mileage and maintenance costs.
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Capial
Post Office
Pancakes Kept Warm With Low Oven Method Cited
Soviet reports described bombs that fell near Tereyaslavl Zalesskiy exploding at intervals over about 12 hours. This led to the suggestion of delayed action bombs used by the U S Navy against targets in North Vietnam.
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Tereyaslavl-Zalesskiy
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Investors Forum Gold Supplies Dangerously Low
Investors forum notes gold stocks and metals prices. Silver futures climb with demand outpacing supply while platinum stays higher and gold remains near 35 dollars an ounce. The piece predicts a 1968 bull market as debt expands monetary conditions surge and dollars erode. It urges readers to seek competent advisers in the classifieds.
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Harry C
France
U.S
America
Sam
FORUM
Storm delays many meetings and travel as 1967 housing aid rise noted
A southern bound traffic slowdown near Kittery followed a minor four car pileup Sunday afternoon. Storm cancellations hit meetings including a Birth Control Symposium at Colby College Waterville and a Democratic Committee gathering in Augusta. The Chicago Conference on Religion and Race said housing access for Negro families should improve next year with 87 aided in 1967 and an expected tripling in 1968.
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Page One
Kittery
Colby College
Waterville
State
Democratic Committee
Augusta
Colby
George J. Mitchell
Falmouth
Mitchell
Boston
Presquesle
Northeast Airlines
Logan
Resque Isle
Air ‘Service
Prestee Isle
Chicago
Ace
Howard W.smith
Conferences
Fire weekend in New York leaves forty one homeless
Over the weekend in Manhattan and Brooklyn forty one persons were burned out in fourteen fires. Teens found shelter in hotels as the Greater New York Branch of the American Red Cross reported. Ages ranged from a woman in her sixties to a one year old boy.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Greater
The
American Red Cross
Oft Told Jekyll And Hyde Seen Better Renditions
AP Television writer Cynthia Lowry reviews ABCs Sunday night special The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde calling it bland and overlong with Jack Palance delivering a satirical Hyde. She notes NBCs Dr Barnard heart surgery special more timely though limited by transplant visuals. The piece mentions ABCs plan for a 90 minute morning variety hosted by Dick Cavett starting March 4 at 10 30 a m EST and Sharks Cousteau as recommended tonight 7 30 8 30 EST.
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New York
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Hyde
Jack Palance
Jekyll - Hyde
London
NBC
Christian Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
University of Minnesota
Barnard
ABC
Dick Cavett
Cavett
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Biddeford to Seek Annual Caucuses Under City Charter
Biddeford faces no municipal elections in 1968 unless the state legislature passes an act to change caucus dates. A hearing by the Legal Affairs Committee is set for Wednesday Jan 10 to review the proposal. City officials want annual caucuses instead of biannual, citing a conflict between the state elections law and the city charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Legal Affairs Committee
Forecast Is Good For U S Industries
Substantial business advances are foreseen in 1968 by 86 major industries surveyed by the Commerce Department. Nearly two thirds expect gains of five percent or more, with autos up 13 percent and civilian aircraft up 45 percent. Transportation equipment overall may produce one million more cars than 1967. Aluminum cans rise sharply, steel-can output lags, and photocopying grows about 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
U.S
Sunav
California heart transplant marks fourth human procedure
The report describes Mrs White's death after a failed attempt to keep her alive. Surgeons transplanted her heart to Kasperak, the fourth human heart transplant, and also transplanted a kidney to another patient. The kidney transplant succeeded, though the recipient was not named. The heart procedure followed extensive animal testing and was described as a clinical trial, with limited use for desperate cases pending more information.
Secrecy Loophole Reveals Da Nang Assignment
Air Force Major Ander son uncovers a hidden clue when a transfer order lists a zip code. A seller, told his destination was classified, checks the post office directory and learns his new base is Da Nang, South Vietnam. A separate Philly robbery report notes two female impersonators robbing Henry Slaughter of 80 dollars, then two men in women's attire are charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Air Force
Ken Anderson
Air Force Base
da Nang
South Vietnam
Philadelphia
Henry
Phillies and Giants pitchers top ERA leaders in 1967
Chris Short of the Phillies and Ray Sadecki of the San Francisco Giants were among the National League ERA leaders in 1967. Short posted a 2.40 ERA and Sadecki a 2.78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Short
Phillies
Ray Sadecki
San Francisco Giants
Short
Sadecki
West German leaders spar over U S troop cost plan
Kiesinger says West Germany can absorb losses from U S troop costs and backing for Johnson program, while Washington studies proposals with care. Bundestag factions push a harder line, arguing troop financing would harm the economy. In sports, Pirates fall from pennant chances in 1967 with a 3.74 ERA, Houston at 4.03.
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Thon
U.S
Bonn
Kiesinger
West Germany
Johnson
Bundestag
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston
Pilot lands on frozen lake sinks plane at Hedges Lake
Greenwich, New York pilot John Sherin and passenger landed a single engine ski plane on Hedges Lake near Cambridge. They exited as the craft sank into the ice, frozen water around the plane preventing recovery. The accident occurred Saturday in sub zero temperatures, making extrication impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
John Sherin
Greenwich
Hedges Lake
New York
Sherin
Marinate Cooked Vegetables for Flavorful Dish
To marinate cooked vegetables for a first course or salad Toss the vegetables with the chosen marinade and chill for a few hours to blend the flavors If the oil in the marinade congeals let it stand at room temperature before serving
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Verne L. McDonald Sr
C. Fayette Star Post
Old Orchard
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Board of Managers of
Wardwell Home
Middle St
Damel Rochambeau
Rochambeau i
South Street
Florence Lewis
Lawn Avenue
Our Lady of Fatima
Daughters of Isabella
St. John's Hall
Adams Street
Evangeline Rebekah Club
Notre Dame Hospital
Beach Street
Biddeford, Parent-Teacher Association
Kennedy School
West Street
Germain Binette
Ford
Abraham Lincoln
National Park Service
Lincoln
Stephen Vincent Benet
John Brown
Helen Hayes
Henry Fonda
Frederick March
Harry Belafonte
Julie Harris
Economic Development Administration
California
EDA
Avery
Investors Forum
Jekyll and Hyde
Cynthia Lowry
AP Television
Gerard J. Perreault
Elm St
Aline M. Perreault
Patrick M. Miniutti
Amedeo Miniutti
Westmore Ave
Miss Perreault
St. Joseph's High School
New England Te. and
Tel. Co
Biddeford High School
University of Bridgeport, Conn
Dearborn
Alfred St
Jack & Larry
Robert L. Mathieu
Robert D. Pate
Kennedy
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