Drowned Child Sylvain Potvin Dies in Milli Ken Pond
Sylvain Potvin age 10, of Alma, died after drowning in Milli Ken Pond near Ade laide Road while on vacation in Old Orchard Beach. Born July 1, 1958 in Alma, he is survived by parents Gabriel and. a sister Joan, paternal grandmother Mrs Henri Potvin, and numerous uncles Aunts and cousins. Bolduc Funeral Home handling arrangements with funeral and interment in Alma tomorrow.
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Old Orchard Beach
Sylvain Potvin
Gabriel Potvin
Alma
Milliken Pond
Adelaide Road
Mornin Fe
Joan
Henri Potvin
Bolduc
Alfred St
Biddeford
Adelard DuPont dies in Portland hospital at 78
Adelard DuPont of 71 Green St Saco died yesterday in a Portland hospital. Survived by wife who died 1968, four daughters, two sons Andre Dupont, and several grandchildren. Services set for tomorrow at 8 a.m. from Notre Dame de Lourdes Church. Friends may call today at Cote Funeral Home 287 James St Saco.
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Adelard DuPont
Green St
Saco
Portland
Canada
E and
Mary —— “ Pont
Orchard Beach
Gerard Vermette
Robert Lacrois
Paul Dumas
Augusta
Andre Dupont Biddeford
Waren Ce
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Edward Sullivan ceregene son Biddeford death notice
Edward Sullivan died this morning in Biddeford. He was born in Senaford on April 17. Funeral services will be held at St Marys Church at 9 a.m. Monday with interment in St Marys Cemetery. Biddeford Friends may call at Case Funeral Home 426 Elm Biddeford from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tomorrow and Sunday.
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Washington Biddeford
Senaford
Local Funeral Arrangements for Mrs Mildred McCarthy
Local arrangements are in charge of Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford, located at 326 Elm Street, for the burial of Mrs Mildred McCarthy at the cemetery.
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Cosgrove Funeral
Biddeford
Elm St
Funeral services for Ada F. Haskins at Goodwins Mills Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Freeman Haskins, resident of Alfred Road Lyman, will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Goodwins Mills Cemetery family lot. Arrangements are by Shumway Funeral Home, 35 Spring St., Saco.
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Ada F. Haskins
Ada (Freeman) Haskins
Alfred Road
Lyman
Goodwins Mills
Shumway § Funeral Home
Spring St
Saco
Enemy casualties and clashes reported near DMZ
A U.S. spokesman said 17 enemy bodies were counted after a battle while Vietnamese infantry killed 22 enemy soldiers along the Gio Linh eastern flank. US losses were one killed and two wounded. An enemy helicopter was shot down near the DMZ as three of four crewmen were wounded. American troops remained alert for possible terrorist threats in Saigon with limited Fourth of July events at the U.S. Embassy.
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U.S
Spain
Gio Linh
Dmz
Air Cavalry
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Dennett and Craig at 35 Main Street Saco Maine
The listing notes the address 35 Main Street in Saco Maine for Dennett and Craig with a contact phone number 282 0562.
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Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Dial
Card of Thanks From Friends and Relatives
A local note from friends and relatives acknowledging gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Fenderson and their family for support during a time of need. The message references local government and United States ties and expresses collective appreciation.
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L. E. Fenderson
United States
Funeral services for Armand Binette Biddeford
Funeral services for Armand Binette of 175 Alfred Street Biddeford were held Monday from St Joseph's Church Biddeford with Rt Rev Msgr Eli Hevey celebrating a solemn requiem high mass Rev Sylvia Levesque deacon and Rev Valmont Gilbert subdeacon. St Joseph's male choir sang with Diane Rousseile, organist. Burial followed at St Joseph's Cemetery as Rev Donald Dai recited graveside prayers. Surviving mourners included Marcel Parenteau Fred Huntress Richard Parenteau John Chenard Ros Chenard and Alphee Binette.
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Armand Binette
Alfred St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Eli Hevey
Sylvia Levesque
Valmont Gilbert
St. Joseph's
Diane Rousseile
St. J 'S
Donald
Memorial service details from St Marys cemetery Biddeford
Church services honored E Lee with high mass led by Rev James Daly in the sanctuary. Miss Louise Welch played the organ as burial proceeded at St Marys Cemetery Biddeford with Fathers Daly and Lee reciting Seca prayers. Bearers included Ceecke F Colats, Thomas Colpitts, C Christopher Colpitts and Francis B.
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E. Lee
James Daly
Louise Welch
St. Mary's Cemetery
Biddeford
Father Daly
Father Lee
Ceeeke F Colats
Thomas Colpitts
C. Christopher Colpitts
Francis B
Solemn Requiem Mass Held at St. Joseph Cemetery
A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rt Rev Msgr Eli Hevery with Deacon The Rev Valmont Gilbert and Rev Rich eeeee. The funeral took place in the family lot at St Joseph Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Gilbert. Bearers were Jean Paul Fournier Lee Howe Guy Lambert and Richard Lambert.
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Eee Mewes
Eee Fournier
South St
Ford
Eli Hevery
Thev. Valmont Gilbert
Richeeeee
St. Joseph's
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Gilbert
Jean Paul Fournier
Lee Howe
Guy
Richard Lambert
Buria in Dame section of St. Ye Cemetery
Buria held in the family lot in Dame section of St. Ye Cemetery with Father Morin officiating.
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Buria Ae
Dame
St. Ye
Father Morin
St Louis Alumni Make Walsh College Dean's List
Two St Louis High School graduates from Biddeford Maine earned Walsh College Dean's List honors in Canton Ohio Freshman Ronald N Guillemette posted a B plus all A grades and a 4 0 GPA while sophomore Christian Paul Heinrich achieved high marks Their aunts and parents are named and Guillemette plans a August novitiate at the Brothers of Christian Instruction Mother House in Alfred Maine The Walsh College overview notes its eighth year in Canton with enrollment growth and campus expansion plans
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Canton
Ohio
St. Louis High School
Biddeford
Maine
Walsh College
Ronald N. Guillemette
Ernest A. Guillemette
Alfred St
Christian Paul M. Heinrich
Berkley
Mich
Guillemette
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Alfred
Honor Society
Sodality
Science Club
Heinrich
Richard H. Heinrich
Oxford Road
Walsh
June Busy Month For Local Firemen
Biddeford firefighters responded to 14 calls in June, far fewer than 45 in May, with city fire trucks making 175 June trips and 260 May trips. Chief Arthur King cited the shift in incidents and workload for the department. A Denver man, 71, was injured when a cherry bomb exploded after being thrown into his moving car on Interstate 70. Police said W. J. Lowder was driving on the highway when the device detonated, causing injuries and a brief emergency response.
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Biddeford
Guidalone
Arthur King
Denver
Colo
W. J. Lowder
Interstate 70
Church Notes Lj at 10 a m at the church
Lj schedules church notes for 10 a m at the church, inviting worshippers and readers to attend and receive announcements and updates.
Gun laws on cities rise amid interstate sales debate
News At A Glance notes that many large cities pursue gun regulations while advocates urge Congress to curb interstate sales. Rep. Melvin Laird asserts 39 more delegate votes guarantee Nixon a first ballot convention victory.
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Congress
Melvin Laird
House Republican Conference
Richard M. Nixon
Saco Police Investigate Accidents
Saco police investigated two accidents. A crash involving Jerome Daigie of 110 St Biddeford sent him to Webber Hospital in Biddeford for treatment after his car struck a driveway on Main Street. Earlier, Lois A Hatch 32 collided with a Mann car driven by A Standish 32 and James G Thyne 18 in Portland. No injuries reported.
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Saco
Rome
Jerome Daigie
St. Biddeford
Fernando
Daigie
le Seitins
Gis Webber
Biddeford
Lois A. Hatch
Aerlman
A. Standish
Kennebunk Band Concert Set for July Town Hall steps
In Kennebunk the annual band concert is scheduled for Sunday July 7 at 5 PM on the Town Hall steps. Adelard Gendron conducts a varied program including a memory tribute to Paul Man and Appleton Slides by Carroll Potts. Guests are asked to bring lawn chairs blankets or cushions. if weather is bad the concert moves to the Town Hall. no admission charge.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Town Hall
Adelard Gendron
Paul Man
Appleton
Carrol Potts
Uniforms for Kennebunk league teams mailed tonight
Uniforms will be sent out tonight for Park Suent Ren s League teams in Kennebunk. Director ate Judge announced which groups include Sea Coast Tractor Ocean National Kennebunk Savings Shop N Save Downing Agency Milligan s Wildcats Jerr y s Market and B A Smith Teams. Age groups split 11 12 year olds in Group B and 8 9 10 year olds in the other group. League play starts Tuesday and ends late in August.
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Sea Coast Tractor
Ocean National
Kennebunk Savings
Shop N’ Save
Downing Agency
Milligan’s Wildcats
Jerry's Market
B.A. Smith
Not so cool tonight with chilly forecast notes
A weather brief notes easing temperatures in the 30s across the north with upper 30s lows tonight. Saturday will bring clearing skies in the north and partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers in the south.
C A R Society Parade Representation At Ocean Park
C A R society joined the Ocean Park Fourth of July parade with a sign bearing the society name carried by Ibara King and the American Flag by Dariene King. Members cited include Rebecca W. Cie from CAR locals and Wallace Farwell of Ocean Park with Molly Varnum Chapter member Lowell Mass. The Rev John Fairfield was mentioned as pastor of the First Parish in the fragmented text.
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John Fairfield Soci
Saco
Ocean Park
Ibara King
Dariene King
Fy Susan Schmidt
Coleman
Fox Pittsburgh
Rebecca W. Cie
Mes Wallace Farwell
Lowell
Mass
Molly Varnum
C.A.R
Mr F
College Boards At Biddeford High School
College board testing will be held at Biddeford School on July 13. The all day exams begin at 8 30 a m and end at 12 30 p m with a lunch break until 1 30 p m when testing resumes.
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Biddeford High
College Board
Biddeford School
Theft Report at Gardner's Variety Store
Biddeford police probe theft of a woman's pocketbook containing 200 to 250 dollars from Gardner's Variety Store on 146 St. Biddeford. Owner Mildred Gardner says the purse vanished from under a counter while customers were served.
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Biddeford
Gardner
St. Biddeford
Mildred Gardner
Citizenship Day Proclaimed by President Truman in 1952
Citizenship Day on September 17 traces to a presidential proclamation by President Truman on February 29, 1952. The date honors civic participation and naturalization milestones nationally.
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Truman
Guest Minister Named At Ocean Park
Ocean Park sees Rev. Association appoint Robert E. Bags as executive secretary of the nearby New England Baptist Royal Ambassador Boys Camp. He delivers a 10:30 a.m. sermon titled Commit te the installation. Music includes Kathleen L O Donnell on flute and Margaret R. O Donnell on oboe, with their mother Hazel F. O Donnell. Anthem by Camp Azalea and Temple choirs under Stewart Shuster, Berniece F. Libbig. Pulpit flowers from Bar Mills garden. Adel bert M ns leads the sermon broadcast at 12:35 p.m. Sunday School directed by Ethel G. Nelson meets in Jordan Hall adjoining. Rev. Mr. Torgersen’s 7:30 p.m. topic Hollering Moses. Rev. Rob Smith of Sanford Baptist conducts devotional. The July August beach vesper opens at 5 p.m. at the foot of cee ees with Brig. Edythe aggs. Beardmen Sree. (ret) Brigadier George T. P Bangs leads afternoon prayer. Shuster and Becky Smith lead in the bape of bmee in Ce ee
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Ocean Park
Rev. Association
Robert E. Bagzs
New Conference — England Baptist Royal Ambassador
Kathleen L Odonnell
Margaret R. O'Donnell
Hazel F. O'Donnell
Camp Azale
Torgersen
Moses
Rob Smith
Baptist
Sanford
Cee Ees
Edythe Aggs. Peeremen Sree
Biddeford Firefighters Contain Multiple Blazes
Biddeford firemen fought several fires yesterday including a grass blaze near a rail road tie, a junked coach blaze, and a lawn mower chemical incident at a shopping center. A booster line aided the responses. An alarm was received at 2 16 p m and the scene included 63 Jefferson St Biddeford. The auto involved is linked to Rosalie Craig.
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Biddeford
Jefferson St
Rosalie Craig
Beach Man Named To Dean's List At UCONN Pharmacy
Norman Boisse of Old Orchard Beach Maine is among 60 students placed on the Dean's List at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy for the second semester of the academic year. To earn a Dean's List honor a student must have a B average or better.
Vocational School Under Construction in Biddeford
Footings and foundations progress exceed four percent while main storm drains and sewers near completion at Biddeford Vocational School. Mason work on the shop wing has started with one wall up as gravel work continues for the parking lot. Weather delays slow progress but structural steel is expected soon and bar forces will arrive in two weeks, according to Wiley Construction Co. supervisor William Adams.
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Biddeford Vocational School
Mason
Gees
Werthyilliam Adams
Superviof Construction
Wiley Construction Co
Scarborough
Adams
Lobster Boat Rides Set At Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport chamber announces Saturday July 20 from 6 am to noon as lobster boat rides run from Cape Porpoise Pier and Government Wharf at Steere Island to showcase local lobstering. Fishermen donate their services. Ray Nunan coordinates the effort.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk- Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Ae — Ee
Cape Porpoise
Government Wharf
Steere Son Box Ty
Ray Nunan
Ladies Aid Meeting in Kennebunk With Summer Fair Plans
Kennebunk Baptist Church hosted a Tuesday Ladies Aid meeting after a covered dish supper prepared by Mrs. Er nest Eaton and Mrs. Edward G Ward. Declarations were led by Miss Frances Burleigh as plans were set for a July 26 Summer Fair and for purchasing a furnace room window. Attending were Rev. sup Mrs. Carl, Mrs. Jennie Currier, lane Jackson, Mrs. Jon Hayes, Mr. Ward and others.
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Kennebunk
Ernest Eaton
Edward G. Ward
Bapti Ladies Aid
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Frances
Burleigh
Mr. Ward
Jennie Currier
Lane Jackson
Jon Hayes
Sup
Carl
Chameleon Fortification Aids Couscous Adoption
A textured report notes that fortified couscous, a processed wheat diet staple, gains protein and vitamins without altering taste. The method, successful in North Africa, aims to expand acceptance in markets such as South America and beyond.
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Pace
Africa
South America
Fireworks Drive-In Warm-Up Stand Burns Down
Patrons arriving early for a Springfield Illinois fireworks display watched the warm-up concession stand burn down. Firefighters battled the blaze as spectators gathered for the event at the drive-in theater. No injuries reported.
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Springfield
Kennebunk Woman on European Art Tour
Miss Gayle Murray of Kennebunk Lower Village travels Europe with a Palm Beach Juniors art group. She visits Capitolino Museum Nero's Palace Vatican Museum Sistine Chapel Basilica of St. Peter's Pompeii Pantheon and the Comb ancestors in Italy, then Florence Padua Venice Lausanne Geneva Fribourg Berne Paris London and Cambridge St Albans and Wales before returning to New York for a visit with family.
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Kennebunk
Gayle Murray
William J. Murray
Kennebunk Lower Village
Europe
Palm Beach
Juni- Florida
Allege
E Murray
Kennebunk High School
Capitolinno Museum
Nero’s Palace
Vatican Museum
Sistine Chapel
Basilica of
St. Peter's
Pompeii
Pantheon
Catacombs
Florence
Piazza Della Si and
Uffizi Museum
Padua University
Venice
Lausanne
Switzerland
Geneva
Palais Des Nations
Conservatory of Music
University of Geneva
Fribourg
Berne
Versailles
Les Champs Elysses
L’arc de Triomphe
Place de la Guillotine
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Left Bank
Latin Quarter
The
Sorbonne
Paris
London
Bank of England
Westminster Abbey
Wir Castle
Buckingham Palace
Trafalgar Square
Cambridge
St. Albans
Wales
Murray
New York
Blanche Edgar
Bauney Beg Lake
Eliot O Hara to Conduct Art Classes in Maine
Renowned watercolorist Eliot O Hara will premiere his film Painting and the Image at The Brick Store Museum Art Galleries on Tuesday July 9 at 8 pm. A National Academy member and author of eight water color books, he has taught portraits and landscapes in Washington DC and led a Goose Rocks Beach summer school. He returns to Maine and resumes teaching in Kennebunkport at the Mission Gallery.
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Kennebunk
Eliot O'Hara
Brick Store Museum
O'Hara
National Academy
Washington, D.C
Goose Rocks Beach
Evighnee
Maine
Kennebunkport
Mission Gallery
Firecracker Fire Doused by Parade Fire Crew
In Los Lunas New Mexico a float in the Fourth of July parade was set ablaze by a thrown firecracker. A fire department truck and crew in the parade quickly extinguished the blaze with no injuries reported.
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Los Lunas
N.M
Henry Tartre Heads Local Rotary Club
Henry Tartre begins duties as president of Biddeford Laco Rotary Club at Wonder Bar Steak House in Biddeford during Wednesday meeting. He introduces visiting Rotarians from Portland, South Berwick, Niagara Falls Ontario, Waterville, Seymour Connecticut, Cleveland, Swampscott, Kennebunk, Natick, Sanford, Baltimore, Albany and more with Barry Cartmill as guest. Abe Zimmerman led the singing with visiting Cote at the piano.
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Biddeford
Laco Rotary Club
Wonderbar Steak House
Henry Tartre
Rothe
Walter Spaulding
Portland Club
Alexis Cote
Raymond Savage
South Berwick
Michael Steed
Niagara Falls
Ont
Cyril M. Joly Jr
Waterville
Earle K. Kenneth
Seymour, Conn
Roscoeith
Cleveland
Ohio
Edward Hempel
Swampscott Mass
Lendall A. Smith
Kennebunk
Stanley Skillin
Natick
Mass
Robert F. Scott
Sanford
Walters Swyers
Baltimore
Laman Bruner
Albany
N.Y
French reports on assassination plots against De Gaulle surface
AP dispatch from Paris notes authorities reviewing leftist assassination plots with initial doubts. West German police reported a French visitor in Bonn claimed a conspiracy to fire mortars at De Gaulle during Bastille Day. In France, long range missiles tested for submarines and ground to ground launches featured ranges of 1800 and 1500 miles respectively. In Antofagasta Chile water officials report arsenic poisoning affecting 20 children and many adults, with skin discoloration among about 20 percent.
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Associated Press Paris
C Gaulle
Paris
Bonn
de Gaulle
France
Landes
Antofagasta
Chile
Antonio Rendic
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Lois Spears
Dean
Ladies Aid
Shumway
Philip H. Gress Sr
Kennebunk Woman
Eliot O’hara
Saco Old Orchard Beach Area
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Dearborn
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