Obituary notices from Maine towns recount long lives
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Mrs. L Gertrude Wight 92 died Saturday in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness widow of Clement P Wight born Brunswick Feb 24 1884 daughter of Thomas E and Amy Lunt Jones and Bates College graduate 1908 she taught at North Yarmouth Academy and Old Orchard Beach High School for years was local news correspondent for Biddeford Saco Journal and Portland Press Herald active in Eastern Star Rebekah Lodge Old Orchard Beach Club Historical Society Bates Key Club and local churches Surviving: son C Paul Wight two daughters Ruth Durant Cynthia Price five grandchildren three great grandchildren Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Calling hours Monday 3 5 and 7 9 pm Also noted are services for Olive R Powell and Roy F Keith plus Kennebunk and Biddeford residents with cause of death and family details. Ritualistic services for Miniwanca Star of Old Orchard Beach set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
L. Gertrude Wight
Longwood Ave
Biddeford
Clement P. Wight
Brunswick
Thomas E. and
Amy (Lunt) Jones
Brunswick High School
Bates College
Wiston
North Yarmouth Academy
Biddeford- Saco Journal
Portland Press Herald
Wight
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
Old Orchard Club
Olive R. Powell
Saco
Winfred W. and
Henrietta (Robbins) Roberts
Saco Rebekah Edge
Armand
Eleanor) Berthiaume
Hialeah
Fila
Earl
Virginia) Henderson
Mary Scott
Edward R. Roberts
Arundel
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Clifton Wood
Foss Street United Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Card of Thanks from the Bolduc Family
The family of the late Arthur E. Bolduc expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness sympathy cards flowers and other expressions during their loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Bolduc
Policeman's death stirs charges dispute in Holyoke
In Holyoke Massachusetts Police Chief Francis Sullivan and state officials clash over whether three men Ramon Nieves Roberto Rivera and George Guzman should face murder charges after officer James Gatzounas died of heart failure viewed as caused by a beating. Dist Atty Matthew Ryan says evidence insufficient. A January 19 hearing will decide whether to drop murder counts.
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Holyoke
Mass
UPI
Francis Sullivan
Sullivan
Gatzounas
Holyoke District Court
Ramon Nieves
Roberto Rivera
George Guzman
Hampshire County
William Dean
Nieves and Rivera
Guzman
Ernest Proulx
David Johnson
Sargent Street
Johnson
Car Fire Fought On Kauffman Street Old Orchard Beach
Firefighters battled a car fire on Kauffman Street Sunday afternoon in Old Orchard Beach. No damage estimate was provided and the vehicle is registered to William Wentworth of 29 Portland Avenue. Police report no major incidents since Saturday noon and other lines note multiple minor fender benders on slick weekend roads. A cash theft of 700 dollars from Urbain Shevenell’s home on Scammon Street is also noted with two young women involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Kauffman Street
William Wentworth
Portland Ave
Kennebunkport
Biddeford
Saco
Richard Nason
Urbain Shevenell
Scammon St
Shevenell
Kennebunk Planning Board Meeting Canceled Tonight
The Kennebunk planning board meeting set for 7 30 this evening in the lower town hall is canceled. The chairwoman says discussions will move to the next regular meeting on Jan 24. A separate police report notes a 2 car crash on Spring Street in Saco with Dana Walls and Theresa Tarr involved. total damage listed at 750 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Lower Town Hall
Barbara Converse
Planning board cancels public hearing on zoning ordinance
Old Orchard Beach planning board cancels tonight's public hearing on the zoning ordinance. Hearing is rescheduled and announced for a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Defeated VT candidate seeks injunction in Buckley row
Former Vermont lieutenant governor candidate John Alden will seek a court injunction to block Lt. Gov. T. Garry Buckley from assuming office. Alden argues election procedures were improper and ballots not sealed or certified, alleging possible Voting Rights Act violations amid a contested legislature backed result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burgess
Burgess
Alden
General Assembly
Secretary of State
Reopened Reilly case faced by Connecticut police
Litchfield County State's Attorney says state police pursue all aspects of the 1973 Barbara Gibbons murder case without targeting Peter Reilly. Officials may charge again if new evidence emerges, with investigators seeking documents from the original proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.F. Gilroy Daly
Reilly
Barbara Gibbons
Canaan
Santoro
John Speziale
Simon Cohen
Santore
Cohen
Ella T. Grasso
Edward Leonard
Gibbons
Insurance merger unites Vermont and New Hampshire plans
New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Frank Whaland has consolidated Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in New Hampshire and Vermont into one corporation affecting 635,000 people. A 40 member board was approved. Whaland favors a smaller board with more labor leaders and fewer doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Frank Whaland
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Vermont
Fred Kocher
Whaland
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L. Gertrude Wight Roy Keith
Olive Powell
Burlington
Roy F. Keith
This St
Maine
Roy F
Margaret J Keith
Biddeford High School
Saco-Lowell
Raytheon Co
Lowell
St. Malachy Church
Irene
Pepin) Keith
Louis White
Hartford
Conn
Hortense Keith
Catherine Judge
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Odessa Flanders
Odessa P. Flanders
R.N
Alewive
Plymouth
Nova Scotia
George
Sarah (Purdy) Sims
Flanders
Lynn
Mass.) Hospital
Kennebunk United Baptist Church
Alewive Ladies Aid
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Summer St
Robert Stuart
Kennebunk United Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Kennebunk Landing
Laurent Gobeil
Breakwater Ave
Hill's Beach
Celestin and
Alphonsine (Goulet) Gobeil
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
American Association of Retired Persons
Cumberland- York County
Robert Gobeil
Annette Strang
New York
Dorothy Corriveau
Abington
Leo Gobeil
Real
Magella) Cantara
Roland
Theresa) St. Ouis
St. Andre Church
St. Joseph Oey
Sansoucy-Blais
Stone St
Order of the Eastern Star of
Boston
Hyde Park
Bernard E. Harris
Dennett & Craig
Main
Saco, Maine
Emond & Conroy
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Sansoucy — Blais
R. Martel
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
3Rd Ave
New York City
N.Y
Odessa P
Maine Heart Fund
Augusta
Dept. State
Springfield
Gatzorias
Jimmy
Kennebunk Board
Fortier
Kemrer
SAVE
City-Square Auto Parts
Main Street
Electric Appliances
Frigidaire
Kelvinator
Isp
York County
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