Obituaries and local notices from Saco and Biddeford area
Obituary notices report the deaths of John Paulini 79 of Saco and Charles Goddard 33 of Biddeford with brief life details and funeral arrangements. Local senior citizens events at Open Door Jordan School include a blood pressure clinic and social. bowling high scorers Odessa Nason and Harry Labrecque noted. An education progress blurb cites 52 percent high school graduates and 12 percent with four years college in 1940 versus current figures.
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Saco
Jordan School
School Street
United Community Health Services
Florence Lewis
Maynard Pelkey
Sunshine Committee
John Pendleton
Maude Taylor
Estelle Lombard
Odessa Nason
Harry Labrecque
George Garland
Garland
Tragic double: Cote child dies in Connecticut hit and Bayard shot in Atlanta
Joshua P Cote 2 of Manchester Connecticut died after being struck by an automobile at his Plano Place home. The report also notes Col Robert F Bayard 56 was found shot to death outside an Atlanta cafeteria amid a robbery investigation.
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Manchester
Conn
Joshua P. Cote
Plano Place
Hartford
Robert
Saco
Maine
Rhonda (Elliot) Cote
Paul Cote
East Hartford
Geraldine Elliot
Armand Fortier
Old Orchard Beach
Cote Funeral Home
Beach and
James Streets
St. Joseph
Biddeford
Atlanta, Ga
Robert F. Bayard
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Atlanta
Bayard
United Nations Arab-Israeli
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Dominican Republic
Siren Use Proposed By CEP
Maine officials urge communities to use civil defense sirens for severe weather alerts A three to five minute steady blast would prompt residents to tune to radio or TV for emergency information Higgins notes outdoor activity in summer months causes missed warnings The July Fourth storm in Androscoggin and Oxford counties caused injuries and camp damage with no fatalities Municipalities have long been allowed to use sirens for peacetime emergencies but adoption remains limited
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Bureau of Civil Emergency Preparedness
Leslie Higgins
Bureau
Higgins
Androscoggin
Oxford
Area Students on UM Dean's List
UM Dean's List honors include students from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Kennebunkwater areas. Recipients listed include Sandra Belisle Deborah Brock Normand Labbe Michael Lambert Claire Letellier and many others across multiple towns. The note also mentions Roald Amundsen reaching the South Pole in December 1911.
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Sandra L. Belisle
Deborah L. Brock
Normand R. Labbe
Michael J. Lambert
Claire Letellier
Marilyn E. Martin
Rae L. Mathieu
Nicole V
South Pole
Roald Amundsen
Local Funeral Directors and Homes Listing in Saco Biddeford
Funeral Directors Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco plus Dennett and Craig 365 Main St Saco Maine. Emond and Conroy 72 Hill St Biddeford led by John P Conroy Jr. Sansoucy Blais 1 Stone St Biddeford with R Martel as director.
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John Paulini
Ferry Road
Saco
New York City
Eugene
Emma
Kohlenbacken
Annie (McElman) Paulini
Shumway Gross Funeral Home
Spring St
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St. Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Outdoor Education Recreation Program Volunteers Bring Camp to Saco Kids
In Saco a group of 10 to 14 year olds will join a three youth led Outdoor Education Recreation Program on Watson Mill Road. Steve Foran Debbie Hjort and Julie Casuse guide a 3 1 2 day camp focusing on map compass survival first aid knot tying and backpacking. Camp runs weekly with a 5 dollar fee covering food and supplies and is non profit self sustaining.
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Peg Welch
Saco
Nature
Watson Mill Road
Steve Foran
Debbie Hjort
Julie Casuse
Monda
Foran
Old Orchard Beach
Hjort
Grace Parks
Rec Department
Saco Rec
Poland Spring House Burned After Long Storied History
In Poland Spring Maine a Friday blaze destroyed the historic Poland Spring House once famed as a luxury resort dating to 1827. The event recalled the resort’s rise from Jabez Ricker’s boarding house to a renowned mineral water landmark and later a Job Corps center in 1966 under Saul Feldman. The loss ends a century and a half of social prominence and local life.
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Poland Spring
Maine
Poland Spring House
Jabez Ricker
Ricker
Rickers
Portland
Lewiston
Androscoggin Valley
Ricker Brothers
Saul H. Feldman
Tenants Union Seeks Probe Into Dow Base Rent Hike
Bangor residents at the former Dow Air Force Base housing units request AG review of a 23 percent rent increase set to take effect August 1. The Bangor Tenants Union says tenants face pressure to accept the hike across 52 units.
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Bangor
Maine
Bangor Tenants Union
Attorney General's Office
Dow Air Force Base
Former Hamilton harbor officials convicted of conspiracy fraud
Kenneth Elliott and Reginald Fisher, former Hamilton harbor commissioner and businessman, were found guilty on ten charges of conspiracy fraud and uttering forged documents over dredging and construction kickbacks in Hamilton harbor during 1970 to 1972. They face sentencing July 10 after an Ontario Supreme Court jury deliberated two days. Pratt and Whitney of Canada plans a return to work timetable for 742 striking workers, with 80 percent favoring rehiring per a citizens panel.
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Hamilton (Ap
Hamilton Harbor
Kenneth Elliott
Reginald Fisher
Ontario Supreme Court
Montreal
Pratt and Whitney of Canada Ltd
Citizens’ Committee
Prison Barber Hostage Incident At New Westminster Penitentiary
A 23 year old BC prisoner Robert Garry Hume held a barber shop hostage with a straight razor at New Westminster Penitentiary but was released unharmed Friday night. The incident followed a June 9 siege in which three knife wielding prisoners took 15 employees hostage in a vault, ending with guards firing and one hostage killed.
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New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia
Robert Garry Hume
Old Orchard Beach recalls councilors case under review
Michael Ruess writes to Attorney General Brennan urging review of a York County District Attorney decision delaying a criminal neglect of duty case against Old Orchard Beach town councilors Thomas Lee Sr Arnold Morin Richard Marshall and Paul St Hilaire over recall election duties. The DA cites a related civil suit possibly moot. The recall bid followed the ousting of Town Manager Rita Belair and appointment of Jerome Plante. JFK
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Old Orchard Beach
York County
Michael Ruess
Atty
Joseph Brennan
Thomas Lee Sr
Arnold Morin
Richard Marshall
Paul St. Hilaire
Rita Belair
Jerome Plante
John Bird
Ruess
Flash Flood Hits Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas on the eve of the Fourth of July weekend was drenched by a flash flood. About 2. inches of rain fell in two hours flooding Caesars Palace area as two city workers died and hundreds of cars submerged. Gamblers waded through water to reach the Strip casinos as officials warned visitors to stay away.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas Strip
Caesars Palace
Mike Williams
Richard Hawkins
Nevada Highway Patrol
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U.S. Navy
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Sun Federal Savings and Loan Association
Joshua Cote
Arms Pioneer
CEP
Orono
University of Maine
Biddeford-Saco
Kennebunk
Brook Merrow
Kennebunk Beach
Barbara A. Brown
Steven G. Bull
Gail A. Eckfeldt
John H. Fiske
Richard D. Gunn
Hollee H. Howden
Gail A. Parker
Kennebunkport
Saco Journal
Associated Press
AP News
Mathews-Shannon- Cullen Inc
3Rd Ave
Faco
Poland
Lower Range Pond
UPI
Portland Press Herald
Man Job Corps
Tenants’ Union
Pratt and Whitney
IES Ngs
LO .M
San Francisco
Jeffrey Davis
J.F.K. School
Weeee
Weather Service
7AMES
Los Angeles
Loeaves
Dallas
New Orleans
UPI Weather Forecast
Dota
National Weather Service
NOAA
Brennan
Oob
Vw‘s
Neil
Alfred & Barrard
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