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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1968

Page

2

Deaths Charles F. Smith 65 Saco contractor dies at home

Charles F. Smith 65 of Jenkins Road Saco died Saturday at his home after a brief illness. Born October 30 1902 in Hallowell Maine he was a contractor. Survived by widow Anna Cassilla Smith brother Arthur D. Smith and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Tuesday 10 am Shumway Funeral Home Saco interment Forestvale Cemetery Hudson Massachusetts. Friends may call today and tonight 2 4 and 7 9 pm.

Charles F. Smith Jenkins Road Saco Hallowell Frank Sophie Stanley) Smith Anna Cassilla Smith Arthur D. Smith Shumway Funeral Home Spring St Forestvale Cemetery Hudson Mass

Death of Halbert P Gardner at Biddeford store

Halbert Payne Gardner of 131 Elm Street Biddeford and formerly of Old Orchard Beach collapsed at his 146 Elm Street Biddeford variety store and was pronounced dead on arrival at Webber Hospital this morning. Funeral services are incomplete and will be handled by Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home 36 Portland Avenue Old Orchard Beach.

Halbert Payne Gardner Elm St Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Webber Hospital Portland Ave

Mrs Fay Roberts Dies at 82 in Saco Nursing Home

Mrs Fay D Roberts 82 a Saco resident and widow of Winfred W Roberts died yesterday in a local nursing home. Born May 4 1885 in Saco she was daughter of Frank L Davis and Georgietta Scamman Davis a Thornton Academy graduate and Saco-Lowell Shops employee for 15 years. Survived by stepson Edward R Roberts stepdaughter Mrs Robert G Powell a niece and a nephew. funeral tomorrow at 2 pm from Shumway Funeral Home with interment Laurel Hill Cemetery. There will be no calling hours.

Fay D. Roberts Spring St Saco Winfred W. Roberts Frank L Georgietta (Scamman) Davis Thornton Academy Locke Business School Portland Saco-Lowell Shops First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ Annette Order of the Eastern Star Edward R. Roberts Robert G. Powell Biddeford Richard Sherwood Old Saybrook Conn Frank W. Davis Old Orchard Beach Shumway Funeral Home Laurel Hill Cemetery

Carl Leafe 79 longtime Norton Co. executive dies

Carl LeRoy Leafe of Kennebunk Beach died Saturday January 20 at age 79. Born April 9, 1888 in Castine, he spent 42 years as superintendent for Norton Co., Worcester, Mass. Survived by Russell Leafe of Menlo Park and daughter Marjorie Leafe of Kennebunk Beach, sister Mrs. William Hunter of Worcester, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev. William J. Kelly officiating. Interment in Hope Cemetery. Calls yesterday from 7 to 3 p.m.

Kennebunk Beach Carl LeRoy Leafe Great Hill Road Saturda Yorafe Castine Axel Margaret Perkins Leafe Leafe Norton Co Worcester Mass Russell P. Leafe Menlo Park Calif Marjorie Leafe William Hunter Angell Funeral Home Pene St Kennebunk William J. Kelly Hope Cemetery

Death of Leopoldine Pelletier in Biddeford

Leopoldine Pelletier 86 of 316 Alfred St Biddeford died unexpectedly at home. She was born April 14 1881 in St. Germaine Camouraska Quebec daughter of Marjorie and Celina Beaulieu Beaulieu. A former Lawrence Mass resident she moved to Biddeford 32 years ago. Survived by husband Flavius P Pelletier two daughters Lucienne Labonte and Rachel Paraskevakas three brothers Joseph Ernest and Jean Baptiste Beaulieu three sisters Evangeline Morin Albertine Audet and Blanche Ares fifteen grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral time and date to be announced. Friends may call Bolduc Funeral Home tomorrow and Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

Leopoldine Pelletier Alfred St Biddeford St. Germaine Camouraska Que Majorie Celina (Charest Beaulieu Lawrence Mass St. Joseph's Church Sacred Heart Ladies Sodality South Lawrence Flavius P. Pelletier Lucienne Labonte Rachel Paraskevakas Lewiston Joseph Beaulieu Montreal Ernest Beaulieu Jean Baptiste Beaulieu Evangeline Morin St. Helen Albertine Audet Blancheares Z Paerene Bolduc

Chocolate Layer Cake With Coconut Orange Frosting

A recipe notes to fill and frost a chocolate layer cake with white frosting, then top with coconut and shredded orange rind. Describes a pleasing flavor combination.

Funeral Directors in Saco Maine Services and Contacts

Funeral service information for Saco Maine includes Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street with Philip H. Gross Sr as director, Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street, and Emond's Funeral Home at 28 5511 with Frank X. Emond and J. P. Conroy.

Shumway Funeral Service Spring Street Saco Philip H. Gross Sr Dennett & Craig Main Street Maine Emond Frank X. Emond J. P. Conroy Dennett & Craig Funeral Home

Miss Anabel S. Kelly 81 Dies in Biddeford Convalescent Home

Miss Anabel Susan Kelly 81 of Kennebunk Biddeford died this morning at a local convalescent home after a long illness. Born March 6 1886 in Biddeford she was the daughter of Harold and Bonetta Verrill Kelly. She was a nurse trained at Webber Hospital School of Nursing and worked at Webber Hospital until retirement. Surviving are sister Mrs Hazel Leavitt Augusta and cousins Miss Ruth E Hussey and Mrs Beatrice L Morton Biddeford Pool. Funeral and viewing details listed as conducted Wednesday at 1 30 p m and rosal home tomorrow from 7 to 9.

Kennebunk Anabel Susan Kelly R.N Biddeford Harold Bonetta Verrill Kelly Christ Episcopal Church Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Webber Hospital School of Nursing Biddeford Women’s Hospital Bellevue Hospital Dr. Bull’s Hospital New York Webber Hospital Hazel Leavitt Augusta Ruth E. Hussey Beatrice L. Morton Biddeford Pool Shumway Funeral Home Spring St Saco Laurel Hill Cemetery

James Brady of White Plains dies after long illness

James Brady 91 of 31 Orawatu m Street White Plains died Saturday in a New York hospital after a long illness. Born in Ireland on April 2 1876 he moved to Biddeford Maine as a child. Survived by two daughters Helene McDonnell and Alice Mattusch of White Plains two sons Joseph Brady New York City and James Brady San Francisco one brother Thomas Brady Old Orchard Beach Maine 14 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and several cousins in Biddeford Maine. Funeral from St John s Church White Plains tomorrow with interment at Mount Cemetery Greenburg. Friends may call this afternoon and evening at Mc Mahon Lyon and Hartnett Funeral Home White Plains.

White Plains N. Y James Brady Orawautum St New York Kiddeford Maine Ireland John Anne Scott Brady Biddeford Mabel Hoyt Lowell Mass Cameron Hotel New York City Helene McDonnell Alice Mattusch Joseph Brady San Francisco Calif Thomas Brady Old Orchard Beach St. John’s Church Mountery Cemetery Greenburg McMahon, Lyon and Hartnett

Widow Lillian Cunningham 90 dies in Biddeford nursing home

Mrs Lillian C Cunningham 90 a Biddeford resident and widow of Omer Cunningham died last night after a long illness. Born February 26 1877 in Chatam Mass she was daughter of Valorous and Sophronia Fish. Survived by son T Ervin Cunningham of Biddeford. Funeral held Wednesday at Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk with Rev Fred Holmberg officiating. Interment in Arundel Cemetery. No calling hours.

Lillian C. Cunningham Biddeford Omer Cunningham Chatham Mass Valorous Sophronia Crowell Fish T. Ervin Cunningham Union Street Bibber Memorial Chapel Summer St Kennebunk Fred Holmberg Christ Church Congregational Methodist Arundel Cemetery

Funeral services held for Mrs Irene Murphy

Funeral services for Mrs Irene Murphy of Smithwheel Road Old Orchard Beach were conducted Friday morning at 10 at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford. Rev Rudolph J Leveille officiated with bearers Fred Ayotte Clifford Wendelken Paul Boisvert and Omer Butler. Burial followed at St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford with graveside prayers by Father Leveille.

Irene Murphy Smithwheel Road Old Orchard Beach Sansoucy Stone St Biddeford Rudolph J. Leveille St. Margaret's Church Fred Ayotte Clifford Wendelken Paul Boisvert Omer Butler St. Joseph's Cemetery Father Leveille

Funeral for Emile A Landry in Biddeford

Funeral services for Emile A Landry of 22 Crescent Street Biddeford were held at St Josephs Church with a solemn high mass. Burial followed in St Josephs Cemetery with full military honors by York County Barracks Veterans of WWI. Bearers included Rodney Hooper Edward Gallant James Hoctor Richard Tarbox Joseph Ruel Louis Boucher.

Emile A. Landry Crescent St. Biddeford St. Joseph’s Church Biddeford Sylvia Levesque Valmont Gilbert Maurice Morin Diana Rousselle St. Joseph's Cemetery Father Lev

Funeral services for Margaret E Stanton in Biddeford

Miss Margaret E Stanton of May Street Biddeford was honored with funeral mass at St Marys Church. Rev Lawrence DeBlois officiated with singing by William Cleary and organist Louise Welch. Interment followed at St Marys Cemetery with grave side prayers by Father DeBlois. Bearers included Leo Lamothe Raymond Lamothe Robert Scott and Harry Scott Jr.

Margaret E. Stanton May Street Biddeford St. Mary’s Church Lawrence DeBlois William Cleary Louise Welch St. Mary's Cemetery Father DeBlois Leo Lamothe Raymond Lamothe Robert Scott Harry Scott Jr

Local Patients Listed At Area Hospitals

Wilfred Hebert of 667 South St Biddeford and Joseph Howard Sr of 189 Pleasant St Saco are medical patients at Webber Hospital. Mrs Donald Corbeil of 22 Raymond St Biddeford is a medical patient at Henrietta D Goodall Hospital Sanford. Carl Mansur of 97 Pleasant St Saco has returned home from Maine Medical Center Portland where he was a surgical patient.

Wilfred Hebert South St Biddeford Webber Hospital Joseph Howard Sr Pleasant St Saco Donald Corbeil Raymond St Henrietta D. Goodall Sanford Carl Mansur Maine Medical Center Portland

Portland Weather Outlook Mixes Snow Tonight and Cold Tuesday

Portland forecasts increasing cloudiness with a chance of snow developing tonight. Lows dip to the teens in the north and to the 20s in the south. Tuesday remains cloudy with occasional snow or flurries and turning colder.

Portland

Meeting notices and events for Saco and Biddeford area

A packed slate of local gatherings includes the Fred S. Gur ney Womens Relief Corps meeting at 1 30 p m Tuesday in G A R Hall Saco with officer installation and buffet lunch. Biddeford Civil Defense meets tonight at 7 30 at City Building. A church youth food sale runs Friday Feb 2 from 4 to 8 at Shaw's Market Saco alley Shopping Center. Biddeford Senior Citizens Group gathers tomorrow 11 a m to 4 p m at D A V Hall with coffee. Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella holds its monthly social tomorrow at 7 30 p m in St Johns Hall Biddeford.

Fred S. Gurney Womens Relief Corps G.A.R. Hall Cutts Avenue Saco North Saco Biddeford Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella St. John’s Hall Adams Street

Church and church group meetings schedule

A congregation book study meets Tuesday at 8 p m in Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witnesses 107 Main St. Sunbeams girls 6-10 meet Tuesday 3 30 p m Salvation Army hall 91 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach. Ladies Home League meets Tuesday 7 30 p m Salvation Army hall 91 Union Ave Old Orchard. Prayer meeting Tuesday 7 30 p m Full church Route 9A Wells. United Church of Christ Biddeford annual fisk meeting Jan 24 with fellowship supper for all parishioners preceding the business meeting at 6 p m.

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Main St Saco the Sunbeams Salvation Army Hall Union Ave Old Orchard Beach Ladies Home League Wells Fisk United Church of Christ (Congregational Biddeford Poath

Mrs Yvonne Berry Rites Held at St Marys Biddeford

Mrs Yvonne Berry 61 of 338 Main St Biddeford widow of Marshall K Berry died this morning in a local hospital after an illness Born June 12 1906 in Biddeford she was the daughter of Frank and Hurtibuse Survived by son Edward Wilson Biddeford sister Mrs John Sheehan and brother Ovila Hurtibuse Funeral services and a requiem high mass will be at St Marys Church Biddeford Wednesday at 9 am with interment in St Marys Cemetery Friends may call Cosgrove Funeral Home today and tomorrow 2 4 and 7 10 pm

Yvonne Berry Main St Biddeford Marshall K. Berry Art Frank Hurtibuse St. Mary's Church St. Mary’s Church St. Mary's Cemetery Cosgrove Funeral Home Elm St

Merchants Committee Meeting Set By Biddeford Saco Chamber

A Merchants Committee meeting of the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for Wednesday January 24 at 5 30 p m at the Wonder Bar Steak House Biddeford. Dinner will precede a discussion of February Dollar Days February 22 Crazy Day sales Christmas street decorations summer promotions and officer elections. Reservations can be made via the Chamber office. The text notes the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was organized in 1869 by Uriah Smith Stephens.

Merchants Committee Biddeford Saco The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor Uriah Smith Stephens

Round Table legend explains equality among knights

Q and A style trivia presents Arthur’s table as round to avoid a head or foot, making all knights equals. The Peace Corps birth date via executive order is cited as March 1, 1961, with a later Kennedy action. The question notes Columbia as the female personification of the United States.

Arthur Peace Corps Sam United States of America Columbia

Weather outlook for northern New England and Island Nation

Looking Ahead At Weather reports a five day forecast from the Weather Bureau for northern New England and Rhode Island. Temperatures will run above normal with daytime highs in the 20s to mid 30s in the north and mid 30s to low 40s in the south. Lows range from 5 to 15 above in the north and upper teens to near 30 in the south. Little change in temps until late Friday or Saturday with precipitation totaling over half an inch south and up to four tenths inch north. Snow Thursday or Friday, possibly mixed with rain in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Boston Weather Bureau New End Massachusetts Island Rhode Island

Saco Couple Honored At Party

Mr and Mrs Willard Stackpole of Saco were honored at a Saturday night party at the Gannon home before moving to Auburn. Stackpole, a founding Biddeford Saco Jaycee, has held multiple Jaycee offices and local political roles. Mrs Stackpole led Maine Jaycee wives and Trinity Church work and served in civic groups. Guests included numerous local couples. a gift from the Saco Jaycees was presented to the Stackpoles.

Willard Stackpole Auburn Arthur R. Gannon Jr Stackpole Biddeford - Saco Jaycees Jaycee Saco Maine Jaycee Wives Woman's Guild Trinity Episcopal Church Webber Hospital Republican City Committee Saco P.T.A

State Deputy Lists Changes In Grange Ritual

Ogunquit Grange holds an instruction session detailing changes in Grange ritual work and procedure led by State Grange Deputy Charles DeHaven of Lebanon. Also speaking was State Junior Deputy Pauline DeHaven. A third and fourth degree team is being organized by Miss Muriel Ramill, master. A donation to CARE projects and letters from servicemen were part of the session.

Ogunquit Ogun= ae House Economics Committee Gloria Spinney Maude Milton Celia Norton Esselyn Perkins Grange Hazel Margeson Home Economics Committee Muriel Ramsdell

People In The News: Military spouses and a Nobel laureate

Mrs. Kathy Dunne travels to Bangkok to join Pvt. Robert J. Dunne in Vietnam after winning a radio contest. Air Force S. Sgt. John L. Wolfe, father of five, prepares for a Vietnam tour, resting in Louisville before departure. Lev D. Landau, Nobel laureate, receives the Order of Lenin on his 60th birthday after years from a near fatal auto accident.

Associated Press NEW York Kathy Dunne Cea Hong Mg Neay Bangkok Thailand Robert J. Dunne Vietnam Millary Dunne Thomas Dunne Louisville Air Force John L. Wolfe Wolfe Lackland Air Force Base Tex Spring Meadows Middletown Ent Wolfe Valley Station Moscow Lev. D. Landau

Children Love Melted Crisp Rice Candy

Crisp rice cereal and marshmallows melted with a little butter create a simple candy that kids enjoy.

Saco Baptist Church Elects Officers and Approves Budget

United Baptist Church of Saco Maine held its annual meeting on Main Street. Officers were chosen and a 363,805 budget approved. Nominating committee reports and numerous church boards and committees with term years were named. A license to preach was granted to Laforest G. Robbins Sr. and a farewell song program followed a community supper. Rev. Stanley A. Bennett is pastor.

United Baptist Church of Saco Main Street Adelbert M. Jakeman Sr Clement L. Taylor George A. C. Renell Jr Muriel M. Twomey Harry Brook Everett C. Ladd John R. Kean John C. Huntress Clifford A. Purvis Mary Sanborn Harold W. Smith Harold Smith William A. Brown Sr Dana L. Davis Wallace Russell Arthur O. Albrecht Emma Lougee Granville H. Murphy Leroy A. Rowell Roy B. Watson Julia T. Boothby Raymond E. Lord Richard McLoy Jo- Ann Nutter Robert Pate Norman Tripp Ralph Stickney Sr Lee S. Ellis Harold Hanson Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr Ossias Johnson Christopher Perkins Ralph Randall Paul H. Tate Raymond Taylor Biddeford - Saco Clement Taylor Laforest G. Robbins Sr Robbins Gorham State College Andover Newton Theological School Newton Centre Mass Stanley A. Bennett

Maine Briefs Collage of AP News From Regional Notices

Maine Briefs reports Bates College president Thomas H. Reynolds laments youth disenchantment and lack of hope in world order at a University of Maine commencement. Also, Most Rev. Peter L. Gerety cites non religious reasons for church group separations while urging heart change for unity. A Maine line probation post links ex Broncos star John Huard to regional supervision duties.

Portland Peter L.gerety Maine Gerety Waterville Associated Press Augusta - Watteville - Skowhegan John Huard AFL Denver Broncos University of Maine Maine Youth Corps

Surveyor 7 beams on moon blaze new lunar views

Surveyor 7 has sent back images showing lunar landscape up to 18 miles away. Six lasers targeted the moon from Kitt Peak and Table Mountain Observatories with four from the East Coast unseen at dawn. The mission has produced 16,000 lunar pictures including rocks up to two feet wide.

Pasadena Calif Surveyor 7 Earth Moon Kitt Peak National Observatory Tucson Ariz Table Mountain Observatory San Gabriel Mountains California Jet Propulsion Boratory Surveyor Lab

Maine Legislature Eyes Major Bills From Committee

AUGUSTA AP Higher education reform sea mass harvest research and anti crime measures, plus about 1 million in spending bills, are due from committee as Maine's special session nears climax. Gov Curtis has signed about 50 measures since Jan 9. The education consolidation bill faces debate as trustees oppose it. A sea mass bill limits testing areas for harvesting machines. Crime bills seek to ease perjury proof and widen immunity for witnesses. one version was withdrawn and another remains disputed. The University of Maine funding may face cuts to align with the budget.

Augusta Maine Curtis Hey Don Richardson R-Stoningio University of Maine State University Teir James S. Erwin Judiciary Committee

Cancer as Leading Death Cause in US for Specific Groups

Cancer ranks second leading cause of death in the United States overall and is the top cause for children up to 15 and women aged 35. The stenotype machine was invented in 1911 by Ward Stone Ireland in America.

Unite States America Ward Stone Ireland

Robber Posed as Restaurant Patron in Boston Area

Detectives posed as customers Friday night but the suspect did not appear. Saturday officers were at the Weng place when he walked in and ordered Chinese food then produced a knife and attempted to rob Yee. The suspect was arrested on robbery charges. Edward O Mara 21 of South Boston to appear in South Boston District Court.

Weng Place Yee Edward O'Mara South Boston

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