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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1968

Page

2

Deaths Mrs Hazel E Noble 64 Biddeford Pool

Mrs Hazel E Noble of Frshth Street Biddeford Pool died last night in a Biddeford hospital aged 64 Born Oct 19 1903 in Jonesport she was active in United Church of Christ Biddeford and held numerous civic roles She is survived by her husband two sons two daughters a brother a sister ten grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at United Church of Christ Biddeford with Rev John Miller officiating Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco Friends may visit Shumway Funeral Home in Saco Sunday and Monday hours listed

Hazel E. Noble Biddeford Pool Biddeford Jonesport Burton Harriet Worcester Crowley United Church of Christ (Congregational Women's Fellowship Thursday Chuir York County Rawlingsford N.H Cynthia C. Leary Nan Harriet Michalewicz Nashua Llewellyn Crowley Thelma Goodwin John Miller Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco Shumway Funeral Home Spring St

Death of Emile A. Sarrasin of Biddeford at 69

Emile A. Sarrasin 69 of 10 Miller Ave Biddeford died unexpectedly at home. Born in Canada April 22 1898 he retired from Saco Lowell Shops in 1963. Survived by widow Florine Baillargeon Sarrasin two daughters Arlene Brodeur Hartford Conn Anette Trempe Portland one sister Hermina Sarrasin Lewiston two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Requiem High Mass at St Andre's Church 10 a m Monday Burial in St Hyacinthe Cemetery Westbrook Friends may call Bolduc Funeral Home Biddeford tonight and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Emile A. Sarrasin Miller Ave Biddeford Canada Louis Sarrasin Saco-Lowell St. Andre's Church Sacred Heart League Florine Baillargeon Sarrasin Bolduc Alfred St

Members to pay respects for Mrs Albertine Frechette

Our Lady of Victory Circle members will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford to pay respects to Mrs Albertine Frechette a member. Members are asked to wear their hats.

Our Lady of Victory Circle Emond Funeral Home Hill St Biddeford Albertine Frechette

Sacred Heart League to Hold Prayers for Sarrasin

Members of the Sacred Heart League of St. Andre’s Parish Biddeford will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Bolduc Funeral Home 291 Alfred Street Biddeford to say prayers for Emile A Sarrasin a league member and parishioner.

Sacred Heart League of

Prayer meeting for Mrs Frechette at Emond Funeral Home

Members of Ste Anne s Sodality of St Andre s Church Biddeford will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford to offer prayers for Mrs John Frechette a member.

Ste. Anne's Sodality St. Andre's Church Biddeford Emond Funeral Home Hill St John Frechette

SHUMWAY Funeral Service Listing in Saco Maine

SHUMWAY Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco Maine 284-5611 Philip H Gross Sr Director also DENNETT CRAIG 369 Main Street Saco Maine 282-0562 funeral home listings with contact details and directors.

Shumway Funeral Service Spring Street Saco Philip H. Gross Sr Dennett & Craig Main Street Maine Dial

Businessmen Named To Bank Advisory Board

Widgery Thomas Jr, chairman of Canal Bank, announces the appointment of Thomas M. Armstrong and Leo L. Simensky to the Saco Old Orchard Beach Biddeford Scarborough Advisory Board. Armstrong is president of Deering Lumber Co Inc of Falmouth a Yale graduate active in Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce the Community Chest and Goodwill Industries. Simensky president of Leo L Simensky and Co of Biddeford a Boston University graduate active in Bnai Brith St Francis College Associates Notre Dame Hospital Biddeford Rotary Club and the Masons. Both men reside in Biddeford area and bring civic and business leadership to the bank.

Portland Widgery Thomas Jr Thomas M. Armstrong Leo L. Simensky Canal Bank Saco - Old Orchard Beach Biddeford - Scarborough Armstrong Deering Lumber Company, Inc Falmouth Yale University Biddeford Saco Biddeford-Saco B'nai B'rith St. Francis College Associates Notre Dame Hospital Biddeford Rotary Club Brotherhood Lodge of Masons Maine Kora Temple of the Shrine Simensky National Society of Public Accountants Jewish Home For the Aged Fay May St Thomas Scarborough

Fashion Today Signals Shift to Fitted Silhouettes in 1930s Style

Thoughtful analysis notes a major fashion change as Italian shows reflect a shift from broad caftan and military lines to a fitted, curvy silhouette. Waistlines become more defined, skirts gain a fluttery, provocative flare, and hairdos echo the era while commercial gimmicks fade.

Bill Tilden Crowned Greatest Tennis Player in History

Encyclopaedia Britannica credits Bill Tilden with historic dominance in tennis. He won seven straight U.S. national championships and Wimbledon titles three times, played on 11 Davis Cup teams, and held about 70 U.S. and international championships.

Bill Tilden U.S Encyclopaedia Britannica

Biddeford Personal News Notes Honor Roll and Patients

Mrs Donat Lariviere of West St Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Marie Caton 62 Oak Sace is a medical patient by Notre Dame Hospital Biddeford Marc A Beaudoin son of Mr and Mrs Arthur A Beaudoin 12 Kossuth St Biddeford is listed on the honor roll for the first trimester at Assumption Preparatory School Worcester Mass according to an announcement by Rev Vincent R Dolbec AA headmaster

Donat Lariviere West St Biddeford Notre Dame Hospital Marie F. Caton Oak Sace Marc A. Beaudoin Arthur A. Beaudoin Kossuth St Assumption Preparatory School Worcester Mass Vincent R. Dolbec A.A

Senior Citizens Club Meet in Biddeford Area

The Senior Citizens Club of Biddeford will meet from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Disabled American Veterans Bradbury Street post. Veterans of World War I Inc. from Portland Sanford South Berwick and Biddeford will assemble for a District One meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday in St Johns Hall Main Street and Elms Street Biddeford. Lunch will be served. Past Matrons Association of Saco Rebekah Lodge will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Eleanor Kennedy Old Orchard Road Saco. Members attending should bring 50 cent gifts for a swap party.

Senior Citizens Club of Biddeford Disabled American Veterans Bradbury Street Biddeord Veterans of World War I Inc Portland Sanford South Berwick St. John’s Hall Main Street Elms Street Saco Rebekah Eleanor Kennedy Old Orchard Road Saco

Sunday church events fill Kennebunk and Wells area

Sunday schedule lists Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle in Old Orchard Beach at 6 15 p m youth service followed by an evangelistic service at 7 30 p m Christ's Ambassadors. Advent Christian Church Route 35 Kennebunk hosts Youth Fellowship at 6 15 p m. Unitarian Universalist Church Kennebunk offers School of Religion for Grades 1 12 Monday at 3 30 p m. Senior Youth at South Congregational Kennebunk Monday at 7 p m. Lyman Baptist Church Junior Choir rehears Sunday at 6 p m Goodwins Mills.

Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Assembly of God Atlantic Avenue Third Street Old Orchard Beach Christ’s Ambassadors Youth Fellowship of the Advent Christian Church Route 35 Kennebunk Unitarian Universalist Church Main Street Portland Road Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills A.M High School of Religion St. Martha's Kennebunkport St. Monica’s Kennebunk St Mary's Wells Beach St. Martha’s Church Kennebunkport

Weather notes for Portland coast and inland

A cold night expected in Portland with clear skies. Temperatures fall to near zero to five above along the coast and fifteen to twenty below inland. Sunday should be fair with little change in temperature.

Portland

Local Church Youth Groups Meet This Sunday

The Methodist Youth Fellowship of School Street Methodist Church Saco will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. at the church. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes for Grades 1 through 8 were held at St. Marys Wells Beach after the 9 a.m. mass. Advent Christian Church Goodwins Mills meets Sunday at 7 p.m. The United Children’s Youth from Sunday 8:1 to 613 p.m. at United Church of Christ. Installation of officers will occur at Nee Nah Council, Degree of Pocahontas, Monday at 7 p.m. in the American Legion Hall Old Orchard Beach.

Methodist Youth Fellowship School Street Methodist Church Saco Confraternity of Christian Doctrine St. Mary’s Church Wells Beach Youth Fellowship of the Advent Christian Church Goodwins Mills United Chriren Youth Om United Church of Christ Old Orchard Beach Biddeford Nee. Nah Council Pocahontas American Legion Os Street Old Orchard Eac

Collision Blinded Driver Hits Parked Car in Saco

Saco police say a car driven by George Rancourt, 42, of 36 Union Street, collided with a parked car operated by James Owens, 64, of 26 Front Street on Pleasant Street this morning. Rancourt told police the sun blinded him and he could not see the parked vehicle.

Saco George Rancourt Union St James Owens Front St Pleasant Street Rancourt

Talks Edge Toward Turning Point in Vietnam War

Discussion continues with India pressured to support broader strategy, aiming to push Indian leaders on key point. If successful, this phase could mark a significant turning point in the Vietnam war.

Canada Poland India Bowles

Youth groups schedule for Sunday and tomorrow

Kennebunk Free Christian Union meets Sunday at 6 p m. West Kennebunk Methodist Church ship holds 3 p m service. Ogunquit Baptist Youth Fellowship meets Sunday at 6 p m at the church. Saco United Baptist Church Junior High Youth Fellowship gathers Sunday at 6 p m and Senior High Youth Fellowship meets tomorrow at 6 p m at the Saco church.

Barbados Becomes Independent Nation Nov 30 1966

Barbados, a 166 square mile island, becomes the smallest independent nation in the western hemisphere on November 30 1966, marking a historic transfer from colonial status to full sovereignty.

Barbados

Quick Quiz: world’s busiest airports and historic walks

A Q and A from Newspaper Enterprise Association. O’Hare in Chicago handled a 1966 single day record of 2006 landings and takeoffs. Edward Payson Weston walked Portland Maine to Chicago in 26 days covering 1326 miles at about 51 miles per day. Stockholm is called the end of the North for its many islands and waterways.

Edward Payson Weston Portland Maine Chicago Ill North Stockholm Sweden Newspaper Enterprise Association

Coast of North America Thought to be Sinking

Zoologists believe most of the Atlantic coast of North America is sinking toward sea level at a rate of one to two feet per century. The finding highlights long term shoreline changes and potential implications for coastal communities and habitats.

Atlantic North America Encyclopaedia Britannica

Thieves Force Open Safe In Lewiston Break

AP reports two Lewiston Auburn breaks within 12 hours totaling over 1800 dollars in cash and cigarettes. At Crazy Mac's Court Street Auburn a rear door was forced open and cash from registers taken. In Lewiston Jolly Pole Caterers offices were broken into with a heavy instrument breaking a safe and 85 cartons of cigarettes stolen.

Lewiston Auburn Twin Cities Crazy Mac’s Court Street Jolly Pole

Miami Beach to build divider around GOP convention hall

Miami Beach plans a six foot high chain link divider around the convention hall where the national Republicans will pick a presidential candidate in August. Convention hall manager Irving Ducoff says it is a divider not a fence and promises constant police patrols during the gathering.

Miami Beach Fla Irving Ducoff Ducoff

Hollywood Studio School Fulfills Urgent Need For Talent

Lara Lindsay, a former Chicago actress turned Fox hopeful, joins 20th Century Fox talent program after a decade of star shortages. She and about a score of students endure a six day week with strict attendance and a $175 weekly contract as they receive intensive training to replenish Hollywood’s talent pool.

Hollywood Lara Lindsay 20Th Century-Fox Zanucks Owen McLean Jack Bauer Universal Fox Gladys Jacobs Chicago Tucson Ariz Lindsay 20Th Century Lara

Life begins anew for Mrs Cote at 60 in Roselle

Edward's house in Roselle is home to Mrs Cote who lives alone and enjoys solitude. She plans to visit her son Dennis in Saudi Arabia when possible and notes the state department will send him there soon. Her busy family once kept her traveling, now she makes up for lost time.

Edward Chicago Roselle Mrs. Cote Saudi Arabia Dennis State Department

Pembroke Pandas to clash with Brown students in hockey spoof

In Providence the Pembroke College Pandas and Brown University students stage a playful hockey game at Meehan Auditorium. Girls wear hockey uniforms and skate with sticks while the boys use brooms. Funds aim to send the Pembroke team to Kingston Ontario for a girls’ invitational on January 27.

Providence, RJ Pembroke College Pandas Brown University Meehan Auditorium Kingston Ont Queens Ge

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Planned at Old Orchard Beach

Plans for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity include ecumenical meetings in Old Orchard Beach. Christian Unity Week runs Jan 18 to 25 with services Jan 21 at St Margaret's Church and Jan 25 at Washington Avenue Methodist Church both starting at 7 30 p m Rev Norman J Catir pastor of Washington Avenue church will preach at St Mar church service

Old Orchard Beach St. Margaret’s Church Washington Avenue Methodist Church Norman J. Catir Washington Avenue Church St. Mar

Cause Of Fire At Thornton Is Sought

A fire in a large closet separated from the sprinkler system at Thornton Academy caused about 2000 dollars in basement classroom damage. Firefighters had trouble accessing the flames due to warped sliding doors and dense smoke, cutting through a wall to reach the fire. The blaze, confined mainly to two classrooms, flooded most of the basement despite an active sprinkler system. Authorities from Saco Scarborough and Biddeford assisted. the sprinkler system was deemed ineffective and the cause remains under investigation.

Thornton Academy Sace Arthur Oldread Scarborough Biddeford Saco Department Oldread

Heart transplant patient status and prisoner swap progress

Hot ak's condition remains critical for weeks while Philipot recovers in Cape Town after Christiaan Barnard's Jan 2 heart transplant. Egypt and Israel begin mutual prisoner releases on the western border with nine Israelis and six civilians freed from Cairo prisons. A flotilla of 16 foreign ships trapped in the Suez Canal is set for a separate Israeli move.

Philipot Cape Town South Africa Christiaan Barnard Israel Egypt Sevenas Sinai Desert Cairo Suez Canal

Farm group vows nationwide boycott to raise prices

The National Farm Organization with members in 30 states launched a campaign to withhold farm products from the market to lift agricultural prices. Grain is first, followed by meat and milk, after previous boycotts in 1962 1964 and last March led to violence including dumped milk.

The National Farm Organization

Quote of the week on heart transplants cited in Palo Alto

Charles White quotes his wife Virginia on the wonder of being someone else amid a heart transplant conversation a week before her death. Her heart later went to Mike Kasperak in Palo Alto California in a landmark procedure reflecting the era’s medical advances.

Charles White Virginia Mike Kasperak Palo Alto Calif

Georgia bill would give seized moonshine gear to schools

Atlanta based bill proposes that equipment seized in raids on moonshine stills be turned over to public schools for educational purposes. Rep. Tom Palmer of DeKalb County sponsors the measure.

Atlanta, Ga Georgia Tom Palmer DeKalb County

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