Funeral Services for Peter Pombriant of Biddeford
Funeral services for Peter P. Pombriant of 13 Summer Street Biddeford were held at 10 this morning at the Christ Episcopal Church Biddeford. Rev Gerald E Burtt officiated with Rev E Robert Newton assisting. Organist was Mrs Blanche Beal. Pallbearers were David E Sewall Ronald P Pombriant James E Pombriant and Joel Stacey Jr. Entombment was at Greenwood Cemetery with burial planned in spring at Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter P. Pombriant
Summer St
Biddeford
Christ Episcopal Church
Gerald E. Burtt
E. Robert Newton
St. George's Church
Sanford
Blanche Beal
David E. Sewall
Ronald P. Pombriant
James E. Pombriant
Joel Stacey Jr
Funeral Rites Held For Miss Lydia Rocray
Funeral services for Miss Lydia Rocray of 40 Harding Street Biddeford were held at St Josephs Church with Rev Sylvia Levesque officiating a requiem high mass Music was by organist Mrs Diana Rousselle and singing under her direction Burial followed in the family plot at St Josephs Cemetery with grave side prayers by Father Levesque Bearers were her nephews Richard Robert Arthur Gerard Raoul and Nelson Rocray
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Rocray
Harding St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Sylvia Levesque
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Father Levesque
Richard
Robert
Arthur
Gerard
Raoul
Nelson Rocray
Fatima Circle Social at St John’s Hall
Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella held its monthly social in St John’s Hall Biddeford. Prizes awarded to Rose Goudreau Lucienne Trottier Lillian Viger Pauline Goulet Jeanne Gosselin The rese Boissonneault Adele Grenier Fresilda Roy Gertrude Frechette Claire Nute Delia Saucier Bertha Moulin Diana Moulin Therese Lemire Jean nette Brochu Annette Paquette Alden Pare Laura Goudreau Muriel Lemieux Solange Demers Josephine Benoit Gabrielle Lehouillier A buffet lunch served by Trene Dubuc and June Dubois committee. Mrs Berangere Millette announced a supper and social for Feb 28 with reservations via Blanche Neault or committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Fatima
Daughters of Isabella
St. John’s Hall
Adams St
Biddeford
Rose Goudreau
Lucienne Trottier
Lillian Viger
Pauline Goulet
Jeanne Gosselin
Therese Boissonneault
Adele Grenier
Fresilda Roy
Gertrude Frechette
Claire Nute
Delia Saucier
Bertha Moulin
Diana Moulin
Therese Lemire
Jeannette Brochu
Annette Paquette
Alden Pare
Laura Goudreau
Muriel Lemieux
Solange Demers
Josephine Benoit
Gabrielle Lehouillier
Trene Dubuc
June Dubois
Maine considers tax on advertising and shelter mandates
Aug Maine House bill would levy a four percent sales tax on advertising fees for outdoor signs radio and TV and periodicals. Senate measure calls for fallout shelters in most public funded buildings with rare exemptions. Senate also debates allowing double bottom trucks up to 65 feet on controlled access highways and near terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
House Today
John E. Gill
South
Portland
Gill
Senate
Edward D. Stern
Bangor
Ralph W. Brewer
Bath
Brewer
White House stables give way to Taft era auto garage
Historical note recalls the White House stables as part of the executive establishment since Jefferson, later replaced by an automobile garage during William Howard Taft's presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Jefferson
William Howard Taft
Funeral Home Directory Listing Highlights
Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5511 and Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco listed with directors Frank X. Emond J P Conroy Philip H Gross Sr and Dennett Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine dial 282 0562.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dial
Card of Thanks and Disappearance Mystery Note
Card reads thanks to blood donors nuns nurses and staff at Notre Dame Hospital. Gratitude to priest doctors Patane and Fortier, friends, relatives for flowers, car loans, and sympathy in bereavement. Also a note on a disappearance stating a person is harder to find years later than days after vanishing per Gilbert Heroux tracing company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital
Patane and
Fortier
Isabelle Heroux
Gilbert
Local Patients Named in Regional Notices
Mrs Dorothy Peloquin 37 Graham St Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital Biddeford. Kenneth Pendleton Camp Ellis deputy fire chief of Saco is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital Biddeford. Edgar Boyden 68 Storer St Saco is a patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital Togus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Peloquin
Graham’St
Biddeford
Webber Hosital
Kenneth Pendleton
Camp Ellis
Saco
Webber Hospital
Edgar Boyden
Storer St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Togus
Local church supper and meetings across Biddeford area
The First Parish Congregational Church in Saco and several Biddeford groups announce an evening of gatherings. A church supper and swap, a council meeting, and whist event are planned with speakers including Plato Truman on his Vietnam trip.
Thursday church services and choir rehearsals listed
Pentecostal services will be conducted each Thursday at 7 30 p m by Rev E Terry Courtney in the Knights of Pythias Hall Main Street Kennebunk Choir rehearsals for the Biddeford Foss Street Methodist Church and the South Biddeford Methodist Church are held each Thursday at the Foss Street Church the Crusader choir at 630 p m and the Adult Sanctuary choir at 730 p m Choir rehearsals at the United Church of Christ Congregational Biddeford take place each Thursday the Junior choir at 615 p m and the Senior choir at 7 p m The Advent Christian Church corner of Hill and Chapel Streets Biddeford will conduct a prayer service on Thursday at 730 p m open to all interested persons Choir rehearsals at the School Street Methodist Church Saco are held each Thursday as follows Junior choir at 315 p m and Senior choir at 7 p m Mid week Prayer meeting will take place Thursday at 730 p m at the Bible Baptist church 144 Ferry road Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe - Beaudoin
Farley
E. Terry Courtney
Knights of Pythias Hall
Main Street
Kennebunk
Biddeford Foss Street Methodist Church
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Foss Street
Crusader
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Saco
Skills Survey Questionnaire Form Reviewed
York County Maine plans a manpower skills survey to be conducted by the Maine Employment Security Commission under York County Regional Planning Commission sponsorship. MESC representatives Allan Bernstein Robert Pendleton Raymond Welch and Donald Dunphy attended with YCRPC officials Arthur Lougee Norman Abend. Survey interviews to start in northwestern York County towns on Monday February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
York County
Maine Employment Security Commission
York County Regional Planning Commission
Planning Commission
MESC
Allan Bernstein
Robert Pendleton
Raymond Welch
Donald Dunphy
Welch
Arthu Lougee
YCRPC
Norman Abend
Area Development Center
Boston University
Change Listed In Obtaining Licenses
Saco City Clerk Joan Lamon tagne announced that hunting and fishing licenses will no longer be available at the Saco police station on weekends and holidays. The clerk's office is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, with licenses to be purchased during these hours. A poll tax receipt is required for resident licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Joan Lamontagne
Ice Fishing Derby Set At Waterboro
Camp Ellis Rod and Gun Club to sponsor an Ice Fishing Derby at Little Ossipee Lake Waterboro on February 5 from sunrise to sunset Prizes for largest lake trout salmon and pickerel Tickets or reservations through club members or Secretary Fred Leavitt Jr 10 Fairfield St Saco for details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ellis
Town Meeting in Wells Sets February Special Session
Wells voters will hold a special meeting on February 6 at 7 30 p m in the Wells Junior High gym to consider placing the office of chief of police on the secret ballot at the March town meeting. Elmer Hutchins circulated the petition for the meeting. The selectmen opened bids for a police cruiser and agreed to a Hutchins Garage Ogunquit bid of 1950 with trade in. other bids exceeded 2100 to 3220 with trades. The board also accepted Star Press Kennebunk bid to print the annual report budget and warrant books and ballots for six thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Wells Board of Selectmen
Wells Junior High School
Elmer C. Hutchins
Selectmen
Budget Committee
Hutchins Garage
Ogunquit
Dale’ Motors
York
Christensen Ford
Kennebunk
Wescott Ford
Sanford
Hutchins
Wescott
Star Press
Division One AOH Auxiliary Elects Officers
The Ancient Order of Hibernians Division One Auxiliary reelected all officers except one during a meeting at the AOH hall Biddeford naming Mrs. Charles E. Cartier for a tenth term as president and listing other officers including Mrs. Sharkey Benoit Lynch Murphy and Descoteaux. Plans were set for Communion Sunday March 5 and Irish Night March 18 with committees named. Next meeting Feb 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dvision
Order of Hibernians
AOH
Elm and
Main Streets
Biddeford
Charles E. Cartier
Margaret Sharkey
Julia Benoit
Johanna Lynch
Helen Colpitts
Eileen O'Rourke
St. Mary’s Church
Helen Murphy
Descoteaux
Elaine White
Miss O'Rourke
Break Attempt At Oil Firm In Saco Reported
Hector Tetreault of Mutual Oil Co. reported to Saco police a night break in at the garage on 193 North Street. A padlock was broken and office door pry marks found, with no items missing. A second break was reported by Donna Boutet at a Raymond Boutet garage on Wakefield Avenue where batteries were loosened and car hoods left open after a window was pried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector Tetreault
Mutual Oil Co
North St
Saco
Donna Boutet
Raymond Boutet
Wakefield Avenue
City and Phil conductors lead unclogged streets
City officials and bus drivers praise smoother traffic as concerts and culture mix with news. Helen Quach, 26, named assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic, stands out as a young Chinese woman who enjoys rock music. International propaganda outlets discuss Maoist factions and European politics stir debate with de Gaulle’s policy shifts and Italy’s divorce legislation clash with the Vatican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Quach
New York Philharmonic
Foretold Invention in Verne Tale of Twenty Thousand
The story describes a submarine long before its invention in real life. Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea imagines a submersible vessel and underwater travel decades prior to actual development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Verne
Portland Weather and Ski Resorts Update
Tonight clouds drizzle and fog in Portland with low in the 30s and southeast winds. Thursday remains cloudy with showers and highs in the upper 30s, winds southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Ski Maine Association reports conditions at major resorts: Big A closed. Mt Abram closed. Enchanted Mountain and Sugarloaf granular with f g lower. Lost Valley granular and frozen granular. Pleasant granular with bare spots. Saddleback granular and frozen granular. Squaw granular. Sunday River granular with 0 to 14 inches and limited skiing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ski Maine Association
Big A
Mt. Abram
Enchanted Mt
Lost Valley
Pleasant Mt
Saddleback
Squaw Mt
Sunday River
Looking Ahead Weather Forecast for New England
The Weather Bureau five day forecast covers northern New England and southern New England states. Temperatures will run about 5 degrees above normal in Maine and more than 10 degrees above normal in Massachusetts Rhode Island and surrounding areas. Day temps reach 40s in Massachusetts and Rhode Island with upper 30s to mid 30s elsewhere. nights stay in 20s to 30s in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and plunge to teens or 20s in Vermont New Hampshire and southern Maine. Precipitation totals range from half an inch to an inch with rain or snow possible in northern Maine around Saturday and again near Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
U S
Biddeford Fire Extinguishes House Blaze on May Street
A fire at 15 May St in Biddeford was extinguished by the Biddeford Fire Department last night. Fire Chief Arthur King said the six room house owned by the Dr. Laura Stickney estate was unoccupied and total damage occurred after flames started inside and breached the roof. The blaze was reported by Robert Goudreau of 21 Orchard St, who saw flames from his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Arthur King
Laura Stickney
Robert Goudreau
Orchard St
Goudreau
Journal
Bishop Feeney In Maine Remains In Stable Condition
Mercy Hospital said 72 year old Bishop Daniel J. Feeney’s general condition is about the same after a stroke last Sunday. He remains alert and holding his own with no significant change, per the 11 a.m. bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Daniel J. Feeney
Mercy Hospital
Maine
Feeney
Bombing Halt Sought by Soviet Leader in Italy Visit
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny urged a halt to U S bombing of North Vietnam as a path to peace. He met Italian leaders Saragat Moro and Fanfani during his first visit by a Communist head of state to Italy and pledged increasing aid to North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Nikolai V. Podgorny
U.S
North Vietnam
Podgorny
Italy
Giuseppe Saragat
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Vietnam
Saragat
Soviet Union
Procedures For Street Program Discussed In Biddeford
Biddeford City Clerk Norman Racine reported an informal meeting at the City Garage on Alfred Street where city street department management procedures were discussed. Attendees included Mayor Leo Lemire Chief Assessor Richard Sevigny Street Commissioner Esdras Goulet and City Council Street Department Committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Norman Racine
Alfred Street
Racine
Leo Lemire
Richard Sevigny
Esdras Goulet
City Council
Finance Committee
Gurney Relief Corps Installs Officer in Saco Ceremony
The Fred S. Gurney Women's Relief Corps held an installation at G A R Hall Cutts Avenue Saco with retiring president Mrs Eva Sherman in charge Installing officer was Department President Mrs Ida M Nevers Berwick The staff included Mrs Amelia Willey Chaplain Mrs Martha Leach and others from Berwick Wells and Saco chapters The meeting honored leaders and planned future events with gifts to Mrs Sherman and staff and refreshments served afterward First printing press in the British colonies of North America was set up by Stephen Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Gurney
Berwick
Barbara Perkins
Irene Kimball
Helen Hayes
Vera Hill
A. Lincoln
Wells
Marion Boucher
Marjorie Fogg
Mary Fairfield
Gerttrude Dennett
Hazel Emmons
Dorothy Abbott
Annie Caton
Phyllis Wright
Doris Duross
Louise Harrison
Ruth Willey
Mary Smith
Beatrice Hover
Sherman
Boucher
Nettie Sawtelle
Anna Buzek
Katherine Chick
North America
Stephen Day
Armed Forces Told To Stamp Out Mao's Enemies
Tokyo AP dispatch reports Lin Piao's Liberation Army Daily urging the 2.5 million strong armed forces to stamp out Maoist enemies with the gun. It notes Mao's call for secrecy and cites the Peking People's Daily on Maoist gains in Shansi and Taiyuan while reports from Changsha describe clashes and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mao
Tokyo
Lin Piao
Mao Tse-tung
Lin
Liberation Army
Army
Seikery
Peking People’s Daily
Shansi
Peking
Taiyuan
Communist Party
Changsha
Hunan
Careful Study Urged Before Urban Renewal Effort
Kennebunk town manager Earle D. Hardy urged careful study of urban renewal options at a Business Men's Association meeting in the Mutual Fire Insurance building. He described do it yourself and federal funded paths and noted the long impact on a city. Four directors were elected to four year terms Donald Scribner Charles Garland Arthur Huot. Lloyd Anderson reported on the Saco Charter Study Committee’s work toward a council manager charter with public meetings planned. Mayor Donald C. Doyle presided and councilmen Waight MacLeod and Dupuis attended. The 1967 Where to Stay in Saco folder was distributed by secretary Robert Fenderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle D. Hardy
Kennebunk
Ie Business Men’s Association
Mutual Fire Insurance
Hardy
Saco
Association
Donald Scribner
Charles Garland
Arthur Huot
Gilbert Luce
Lloyd Anderson
Saco Planning Board
Grou
Planning Board
Donald C. Doyle
Harold P. Waight
Malcolm K. MacLeod
Raymond A. Dupuis
Robert Fenderson
Three Airmen Indicted for Assault in Bangor
James W. Graves 22 Russell W. Wright 19 and Craig H. Medeiros 20 all from Dow Air Force Base were indicted by a Bangor grand jury on assault and battery charges. They pleaded innocent at arraignment in Superior Court and are jailed on $1000 bail each after allegedly kicking Patrolman Richard A. Bennett during a scuffle on State Street early Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
James W. Graves
Russell W. Wright
Craig H. Medeiros
Dow Air Force Base
Richard A. Bennett
State Street
Biddeford Industrial Park Effort Aims to Attract Firms
The article recounts the Biddeford Economic Improvement Commission dissolution in 1965 and its shift to an industrial park plan after failed site deals with a blue chip company. It notes past site price abuses, hopes for grants, and a push to retain or attract industry with a park to provide employment and property relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Onedustrial Development Committee
Biddeford
Realstate
Commission
Journal
Economic Improvement Commission
Budget Board reviews requests totaling 30512 in Kennebunk
The Budget Board studied requests from three departments totaling 30512. The Kennebunk Free Library Association sought 15688 while the Public Health Association asked 11174 and the Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce 3700. The library and chamber budgets rose slightly due to costs and salaries. The chamber noted high inquiries and referrals, and the Public Health Association reported increased activities after Medicare certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Budget Board
Kennebunk Free Library Association
Public Health Association
Kennebunk - Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kennebunkport
Medicare
Arundel School District Considers Four Room Addition
Plans for a four room addition to Arundel Consolidated School were discussed by the School Building Needs Study Committee. The proposal includes a 16 by 20 mud room linking buildings, carpeted classrooms, a multi purpose room, movable walls, and space for town offices and records with an estimated cost near 60000 dollars. A second meeting with architects Stevens and Bowdler is planned for February 21 to refine plans and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arundel
Arundel Consolidated
Paul S. Stevens
John Stevens
Portland
Stevens
Robert Sprague
Arunidel School
Michael Bowdler
Biddeford Cab Drivers Push for City Parking Ordinance
Biddeford taxi drivers allied with Ernest Poirier and Lionel Parenteau pressed for a square cab parking rule. They seek one cab per company in the city square and limited cross-overs when cabs are on fare. a composite proposal may emerge from talks with the police commission and ordinance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Twin City Taxi Co
Ernest Poirier
Lionel Parenteau
Robert Sevigny
Twin City
Poirier
Sevigny
Belair
Levanger
Gabe
Parenteau
Runaway Truck Strikes House in Biddeford Neighborhood
Police report two yesterday accidents. York Bottling Co truck moved from Gadbois's store on Bradbury Street and hit a porch at 64 Bradbury St injuring railing and steps. Driver Robert W. Stickles 21 of 299 Main St Saco was in the store. House owner is Mrs Malvina St Pierre. Second mishap on Elm Street near Diamond National Store a car driven by Lawrence D Cabot 45 of 5 Cedar Ave Old Orchard Beach struck the rear of Lillian W Knowles 59 of South Berwick. Cabot skidded in congested traffic and Knowles had neck pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
York Bottling Co
Gadbois
Bradbury Street
Bradbury St
Robert W. Stickles
Main St
Saco
Malvina St. Pierre
South Berwick
Cabot
Knowles
Old Orchard Beach Music Boosters to Meet
The first meeting of the Old Orchard Beach Music Boosters is set for January 31 at 7 30 p m in the high school stage of the new gymnasium. Donald Hamelainen, music supervisor, says residents interested in school music may attend, especially parents of band or chorus students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Town Meeting Set to Discuss Proposed Addition
The March 6 town meeting will consider the proposed addition action. A special town meeting is expected to be called afterward for any final decision on the proposal.
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Fatima Circle
MIT
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Biddeford Hall
Biddeford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Biddeford City
Waterboro
AOH Auxiliary
News At
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Paul
Liberation Army Daily
Liu Shao-chi
People’s Liberation Army
Loranger
Normand Poirier
Edgar Sevigny
Ld Orchard Beach
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