Deaths Mrs. Marie Jeanne Bisson 77
Mrs Marie Jeanne Bisson of 43 Storer Street Saco dies in a Biddeford hospital after a short illness born in Biddeford March 29 1891 daughter of Hercule Bou rassa and Mary Belair Bou rassa she worked in local schools Bates Mfg Co Saco Pepperell Mfg Co Biddeford and was a Notre Dame de Lourdes Church member Funeral from Notre Dame de Lourdes Saturday at 8 am visiting hours at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford tonight 7 to 9 and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 with a wake Friday
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Marie Jeanne Bisson
Storer St
Saco
Biddeford
Hercule
Mary Belair Bourassa
Bates Mfg. Co
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Our Lady of Victory Circle
Bisson
Alfred Bisson
Roland
Urbain
Leo Paul
Worcester
Mass
Conrad
Leicester
Leo Marcoux
Raoul Bouthillette
Roland LaBelle
Hollywood
Fla
Jean Levis Gendron
Gerard Ledoux
Springfield
Alfred Guay
Edward
Edgar Bourassa
Victoriaville
P.Q
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Longtime Biddeford resident Philippe L Mathieu dies at 83
Philippe L Mathieu 83 of 59 West Cutts St Biddeford died this morning at for d hospital after a short illness. Born Aug 15 1885 in Athabaska Quebec he moved to Biddeford at six and attended local schools. He worked 37 years as a caretaker for Jere G Shaw then eight years as a pattern maker for en He retired earlier and was a communicant of St Josephs Church He is survived by three sons Albert Westbrook Oscar Gardiner and Raymond Biddeford a daughter Rose Turner Biddeford six grandchildren four great grandchildren seven nieces and nephews Funeral from St Josephs Church at 8 am Friday with calling hours today and tomorrow at Bolduc Funeral Home 291 Alfred St Biddeford from 2-4 and 7-9 pm.
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Philippe L. Mathieu
West Cutts St
Biddeford
Ford
Athabaska
Que
Joseph and
Emilie Poisson Mathieu
Jere G. Shaw
Mathieu
St. Joseph's Church
Albert
Westbrook
Oscar
Gardiner
Raymond
Blaine
Rose) Turner
Bolduc Funeral Home
Alfred St
Mrs. Sarah Nichols 85 South Portland
Mrs. Sarah M. Nichols aged 85 widow of Fred Nichols formerly of Saco and Old Orchard Beach died after a long illness in a nursing home. Born May 7 1883 in Saco she was daughter of Arden and Josephine Me serve. She attended Saco Schools Surviving nieces and nephews. Funeral held 2 pm Friday at Hay and Peabody Scarborough Funeral Home Dunstan Corner Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow afternoon and evening.
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South Portland
Sarah M. Nichols
Fred Nichols
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Arden
Josephine Johnson Meserve
Hay and Peabody
Scarborough
Dunstan Corner
Laurel Hill
Prayers Planned by Our Lady of Victory Circle
Members of Our Lady of Victory Circle will meet at Emond Deford on Friday at 2 PM to say prayers for fellow member Mrs. Marie Jeanne Bisson.
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Our Lady of Victory Circle
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
oPm
Marie Jeanne Bisson
Area Nurse Attends Boston Workshop
Two representatives from Maine hospital blood banks attended a Boston workshop on new blood transfusion methods and efficient use of blood during shortages. Sister Maria Sarto of Mercy Hospital Portland and Sister Jacqueline Vezina of Notre Dame Hospital Biddeford participated in the January 3 session of the American Association of Blood Bank Component Therapy.
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Portland
Boston
Maine Hospital
Maria Sarto
R.S.M
Mercy Hospital
Jacqueline Vezina
Notre Dame Hospital
Biddeford
Local Residents Enter Candidacy And Resignations Reported
Edward C resigns while Winston McMahon a private school faculty member and Kennebunk Republican town chairman, a Mary land State College graduate in government, also moderates a local town meeting and is married to Sheila D Hilton. Richard J Brown of Kennebunk Lower Village files for a three year term to fill Ernest Brown’s expired term after serving the past year.
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Edward C
Winston McMahon
Maryland State College
Kennebunk Republican Party
Sheila D. Hilton
Richard J. Brown
Kennebunk Lower Village
Ernest Brown
Funeral Directors List for Saco Maine
Funeral service details for 35 Spring Street Saco with contacts 284 5611 for Philip H. Gross Sr. and 254 5511 for Emond's Funeral Home. Names Frank X. Emond J P Conroy and Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street noted as local directors.
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Studay Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco, Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P Conroy
Funeral services for Mrs Lu cie A Frechette Biddeford
Funeral services were held for Mrs Lu cie A Frechette of 16 Pike St Biddeford at Saint Andre Church. Rev Roland J Sirois officiated the high mass of requiem with choir and organist Mrs Laura Proulx. Burial followed in Notre Dame section of St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. Bearers were Roland Frechette Donald Frechette James Hayes Philip Labbe Roger Cote Jules Cote.
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Lucie A. Frechette
Pike St
Biddeford
St. Andre’s
Roland J. Sirois
Laura Proulx
Notre Dame
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Sirois
Roland
Donald Frechette
James Hayes
Philip Labbe
Roger
Jules Cote
Law Enforcement Training Starts in Saco With 59 Attendees
The York County Law Enforcement Training School opened at the Saco Armory with 59 participants from Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Kennebunkport and various agencies. Twenty instructors from multiple police departments federal and state agencies and local officials led courses on report writing evidence search and seizure patrols first aid and more.
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York County Law Enforcement
Saco
Biddeford
Kennebunk
State Police
York County
York County Sheriff's Department
Kennebunkport
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maine State Police
Sheriffs’ Department
U. S. Atty
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District Court
Ralph Ross
Dover
N.H
South
Saco Woman Escapes Injury After Car Hits Bridge Abutment
A Saco woman Carole A Hadlock 23 of 312 Ferry Road escaped injury after her 4 door car skidded on a snow covered Beach Street Tuesday night and struck a railroad bridge abutment. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at 300 dollars.
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Saco
Beach Street
Carole A. Hadlock
Ferry Road
Planning board weighs zoning for North Street warehouse
The National Distributors request to rezone land bordered by the Boston and Maine tracks and Roebuck Avenue from residential to industrial faces a second city council review after a plan tweak. The proposal shifts building setbacks from 150 to 400 feet and places the industrial zone within 300 feet of North Street, prompting calls for a public hearing or renewed council action.
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Planning Board
National Distributors of Portland
North Street
Boston and Maine Railroad
Roebuck Avenue
Mercier
Rome Aqueducts Bring Water To City In A D One Hundred
In the year A D 97 Rome’s nine aqueducts supplied the city with 30 alien geltens of water daily inside the walls and 20 million gallons beyond, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Rome
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biddeford Slices Update on Local Health
Mrs Lillian Labonte proprietor of Lillians Beauty Shop at 23 West Biddeford is confined to home with flu. Laurent Carrier of 102 Green Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Eva Couture of 5 Fall Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Joseph L Roberge of North Avenue Camp Ellis Saco is a care patient at Webber Hospital.
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Lillian
West St
Biddeford
Laurent Carrier
Green St
Webber Hospital
Eva Couture
Fall St
Joseph L. Roberge
North Avenue
Camp Ellis
Saco
Much Colder Portland Threatens Snow Tonight
Fair and cold conditions grip Portland with near zero temperatures in the north and 5 to 10 degrees in the south. By Thursday expect increasing cloudiness and continued cold with a chance of new snow developing.
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Portland
St Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance Meeting Tonight
Members of St. Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance gather at 7 30 tonight in Biddeford at the hall corner Elm and Main for a community meeting.
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St. Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance
Elm Street
Main Street
Biddeford
York Count Fish and Game Auxiliary Meeting Tonight
York County Fish and Game Auxiliary meets tonight at 6 30 at the home of Mrs Yvonne Adams Vernon Street Saco The joint meeting with Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion Post members is at 8 p m tomorrow at the Post home Elm Street Biddeford Department Service Officer Robert MacFarland will explain rights of widows and veterans The Biddeford post meeting is postponed to tomorrow night at the Post home Elm Street Biddeford The First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ Saco plans a parish house gathering tomorrow night Supper at 6 30 and officer installation
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York Count Fish and Game Auxiliary
Yvonne Adams
Vernon Street
Saco
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley
American Legion Post
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
Department
Robert MacFarland
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Weather Outlook for Northern New England and Nearby States
U S Weather Bureau five day forecast covers northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Temperatures Thursday through Monday near seasonal normals but Vermont cooler. Daytime highs in the 20s north and 30s south mid week. nights from zero to 15 north and teens to low 20s south. Precipitation expected over one half inch as mostly snow in north and snow or rain in south.
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Boston
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
Ferry Road
Saco
Midweek prayer and choir schedules in area churches
Prayer meeting on Thursday at 7 p and a Mid-Week service at 7 30 p in the Salvation Army hall 91 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach. Choir rehearsals for Biddeford Foss Street Methodist and South Biddeford Methodist are Thursdays at Foss Street with Crusader choir at 6 30 p and Adult Sanctuary at 7 30 p. School Street Methodist Church Saco holds Junior choir at 3 15 p and Senior choir at 7 p Thursdays.
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Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford Foss Street
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Foss Street
Crusader
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Brownie Troop 196 Visits Stations
OLD ORCHARD BEACH A meeting of Brownie Troop 196 was held at the American Legion Hall on School Street. The girls visited the fire and police stations with Troop Leader Mrs. Lucille Maloy and Assistant Leader Mrs. Alice Powers, plus Cadet Scout Linda Maloy, and listed attendees include Debbie Morneault, Sandra Parker, Laurie Kimball, Nora Hickey, Sharon Hayes, Alma Mc Chance, Ann McVicar, Lynn White, Margaret Urbano, and others.
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Old Orchard Beach
C. Fayette Staples Post
American Legion Hall
School Street
Lucille Maloy
Alice Powers
Linda Maloy
Debbie Morneault
Sandra Parker
Laurie Kimball
Nora Hickey
Sharon Hayes
Alma McChance
Ann McVicar
Lynn White
Margaret Urbano
Karen Champagne
Lisa Cab
Beach Art Group Holds Workshop at Jameson School
The Old Orchard Beach Art Association hosted a workshop last night at Jameson School with instructor Frank Handlen. Attendees included Carl Bohlin Ralph Meserve Robert Spears and many others. next meeting set for January 21 at 7 p.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Lorraine Ryan
Alice Murphy
Evelyn Monier
Athena Gregory
New England Temperatures Across Massachusetts Report
Weather notes show temperatures across Massachusetts with cool mornings and warm afternoons. Officials urge cautious outdoor activity as at least one city records highs near seasonal norms.
Pisa Tremor Bends but Not Upright Leaning Tower
An earthquake in Tuscany rattled the Leaning Tower of Pisa but did not worsen its tilt. The tower remains over 14 feet off vertical, with the slant growing about 1.2 millimeters per year, while cracks appeared in newer buildings nearby.
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Pisa
Italy
Tuscany
Saco Board Denies Zoning Change Petition
The Saco Planning Board recommended the City Council deny David Mc Callum's request to rezone 50 acres on Ocean Park Road from residential B-3 to business B-1. They argued trailer park expansion would pollute Goosefare Brook and raised access concerns. The board also elected John H. Aneis as chairman and named Ernest S. Woodworth secretary, and asked for paid help for the secretary.
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Saco Planning Board
David McCallum
Ocean Park Road
McCallum
Goosefare Brook
John H. Aneis
Ernest S. Woodworth
Maine task force urges housing, schooling, and health expansions
The group recommends expanding low cost public housing and free school bus service for high school students beyond walking distance. It calls for more financial aid based on need, emergency health care, expanded facilities, legal aid for the poor, political involvement encouragement, debt imprisonment abolition, and cheap transportation. The report notes pervasive prejudice against Black people and Indians in Maine.
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NBC Takes Plunge With Magazine-Format Show
NBC debuts a two hour magazine style program from its news department led by Sandor Vanocur. The broadcast mixes a heart transplant update, baton twirling tragedy, Castro era footage, Cuban exile features, Rita Hayworth nostalgia, and a housing vacancy report noting a 5.4 percent U.S. rate and 3.4 percent in the Northeast.
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NASA sets February date for Apollo 9 lunar program
Washington AP reports NASA fixed February 28 at 11 a.m. EST as the go date for Apollo 9 a 10 day earth orbital test of the three part spacecraft destined for the moon. If successful Apollo 10 could orbit the moon in spring and Apollo 11 may land men on the moon mid summer.
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Charter changes set five member School Board and department separations
The charter draft proposes a five member School Board elected for four years and confirms fire and police departments remain separate. It also removes capital program references from initiative and referendum and sets council borrowing rules with voter referendum rights within 30 days. During transition seven council members would serve until 1971.
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Teree One
Anarchist Quote Linked to Karl Hess and New Left
Karl Hess, credited with Barry Goldwater's 1964 ex tremism speech, is noted as expressing kinship with the New Left in a quotation about being an anarchist. The remark reflects ideological crossover during a era of political realignment.
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Order Of Arrow Gather in Sanford For January Meeting
York District Order of the Arrow will meet at 2 p m January 19 at the home of George Normandeau Jr Goodrich Avenue Sanford The session will discuss forming a District Indian Dance Team with a formation committee including Michael Clyatt Kennebunk Norbert Auger and Edgar Chevalier An feather cleaning demonstration by Roger Bastarache of Biddeford will be given The meeting will also cover costumes district chief Owen Colomb of Saco and appoint four district members from Biddeford Saco Kennebunk and Sanford for public relations Window displays for Boy Scout Week February 7 13 will be discussed and committees named.
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Roger Bastarache
Biddeford
Clals
Maine
Owen Colomb
Saco
Kennebunk
Market Opens Higher Amid Broad Stock Rally
New York stocks rose at the open with gains shown by Natomas and GAF Corp. plus other names while Cities Service slipped. In Los Angeles Udall urged shifting funds to cities and environmental projects after the moon program, saying cities should come first.
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Natomas
American Telephone
GAF Corp
Automation Industries
Kennecott
Cities Service
Eastern Air Lines
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
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