Deaths In Biddeford Two Men Die Suddenly
Two men died in Biddeford this morning. John E. Phee 30 of Bangor died after lodging overnight at the Biddeford police station with prior nerve illness. Edward Blais reported the death. an autopsy was planned. Arthur L. Hamilton 72 of Ferrylane Saco collapsed at a Biddeford car sales lot and was pronounced dead by Dr. Leopold Viger. investigation followed by police and fire crews.
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Bangor
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
John E. Phee
Phee
Edward Blais
Edgar Sevigny
Philip Poirier
J. Albert Merryman
Germain Binette
Massachusetts
Arthur L. Hamilton
Ferrylane
Saco
Leopold R. Viger
Frm
Hamilton
Viger
Portland Weather Outlook With Showers Tonight
Port land area forecast shows this afternoon mostly cloudy warm and humid with scattered showers and thunder showers this afternoon into evening. Clearing and cooler tonight then a fair cooler day tomorrow with lighter winds and coastal small craft warnings. Inland highs in the 80s coastal 70s to 50s with west to northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
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Portland
Patient Paul Lessard Listed At Maine Medical Center
Paul Lessard aged 81 of Lincoln Street Saco is receiving medical care at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lessard
Lincoln Street
Saco
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Notre Dame Thrift Shop Leads Group B This Week
Mrs. Gaston Boucher serves as captain for Group B at the Notre Dame Thrift Shop this week. The American Legion Auxiliary announces a July 17 dinner at Salmon Falls, with Esther Cobb meeting attendees by Friday. York County Council ALA will meet July 13 at 8 p m in Kennebunk at the Webber Lefebvre post home.
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The
Notre Dame Thrift Shop
Gaston Boucher
Parley
Owen Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Salmon Falls
Esther Cobb
York County Council, American Legion Auxiliary
Kennebunk
Webber-Lefebvre
Church notes: services and meetings planned
Holy Communion will be celebrated Tuesday at 6 am at Christ Episcopal church Biddeford. Prayer meeting Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Full Gospel church Route 9A off Route 109 Wells. The Home League of the Saco Salvation Army meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Biddeford
Full Gospel
Wells
The
Saco Salvation Army
Bake sale at Saco Congregational Church by Ladies Union
A baked foods sale will be held by the Ladies Union circle of the Saco Congregational Church on Saturday from 2 p.m. on church grounds. Aprons handiwork and stuffed toys are among other items to be sold.
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Ladies Union Circle
Orth Saco Congregational Church
Special meeting of St John American Legion held Friday
A special meeting of St John American Legion will be held this evening at 7 o clock at the parish house on St John Street in Old Orchard Beach.
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St. John American Legion
St. John Street
Old Orchard Beach
Soviet Chinese unity touted amid disarmament talk
Pravda and Mao Tung urged unity with Khrushchev pledging Soviet support if Formosa were attacked. Judith Cook led peace demos as delegates urged end to tests. Mao dismissed Western rumors of a Sino Soviet split, stressing unwavering friendship and cooperation on peaceful dispute resolution despite Taiwan’s U S occupation.
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United States
Pravda
Khrushchev
Judith Cook
Congress
Communist Party
China
Soviet Union
Mao Tung
Red China
Formosa
Tung
Taiwan
U.S
U S Nuclear Test Reported by Moscow Radio
London AP dispatch cites Moscow radio declaring the United States conducted a high altitude nuclear blast and branding the act a crime.
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London
Moscow Radio
U.S
Robinson lands in London after Kenya heart attack scare
Movie star Edward G. Robinson arrived by plane from Nairobi and said he felt fine. He had suffered a heart attack a month earlier while filming Sally Goes South on Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya and was wheeled off the plane in a chair.
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London
Edward G. Robinson
Nairobi
Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Robinson
Woman Attorney Found Dead In Portland Home
Portland AP report says 51 year old Marguerite R. Fay an attorney and French consular agent was found dead in her bathtub Monday. Medical examiner said natural causes. Fay had been a Maine state representative 1949 1951 and was probationed in June for false wage earner reports while trustee in bankruptcy cases. She resigned as trustee last November and leaves two sons Nathan and Richard.
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Portland
Marguerite R. Fay
France
Wilbur F. Leighton
Fay
U.S. District Court
Westbrook
Maine
Nathan
Richard Fay
Funeral for James R. Williams Held at St. Margaret Church
Funeral services were held at St. Margaret church Old Orchard Beach for James R Williams of 32 Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach age 32. Rev Armand J Landry officiated the requiem high mass with music by William Mullen Mrs Raoul Belair and organist Mrs Antonio Boisvert. Delegations from American Legion C Fayette Staples post and York County World War I Barracks attended. Bearers were Ernest Allaire James Feeney Thomas McGarrity John White Harold Thomas and Don Buckley. Interment followed at St Mary cemetery with committal prayers by Rev Edward Welch. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs Angelo Balabate Mr and Mrs Leonard Roy Buffalo NY Mr and Mrs Earle Williams R J Daley Pelham NY Dan Buckley Dorchester MA Mr and Mrs Raymond Roller Kentucky.
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James R. Williams
St. Margaret Church
Old Orchard Beach
Saco Avenue
Armand J. Landry
William Mullen
Raoul Belair
Antonio Boisvert
C. Fayette Staples Post
American Legion
York County
Ernest Allaire
James Feeney
Thomas McGarrity
John White
Harold Thomas
Don Buckley
St. Mary Cemetery
Edward Welch
Angelo Balabate
Leonard Roy
Buffalo
N. Y
Earle Williams
R. J. Daley
Pelham
Dan Buckley
Dorchester
Mass
Raymond Roller
Kentucky
Biddeford Families Welcome Three New Babies
To Mr and Mrs Roland Levasseau a daughter weighing eight pounds thirteen ounces born July 1 Mrs Levasseau formerly Theresa Perrin. At Reymont Johnson Base Hospital Goldsboro North Carolina a son born to Airman 1/e and Mrs Edward H Kellebee Mrs Kellebee formerly Jean Griffin of Biddeford. To Mr and Mrs Jacques Millette 41 Summer Street Biddeford a daughter Celeste nine pounds born June 19 Mrs Millette formerly Jeannine Tardif.
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Roland Levasseau
Cutts Street
Biddeford
Levasseau
Theresa Perrin
Edward H. Kellebee
Reymont Johnson Base Hospital
Goldsboro
N.C
Kellebee
Jean Griffin
Jacques Millette
Summer Street
Celeste
Millette
Jeannine Tardif
Austrian doctors strike in Vienna for higher fees
About 13,700 Austrian doctors began a 24 hour strike demanding higher fees from the government run compulsory health insurance pool. They sought a 65 percent increase under a new contract while the old contract averaged roughly $400 monthly income for a practitioner.
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Vienna
Austria
Winnie Is Comfortable London After Fall
AP reports 87 year old wartime prime minister Sir Winster Churchill rested well in Middlesex Hospital after a broken thigh. Officials say he had a comfortable night and messages of greeting continue to pour in from supporters and the public.
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Winnie
London
Winster Churchill
Middlesex Hospita
Police Hold Two In Biddeford Truck Theft Case
Biddeford police hold two young men on charges of taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent. The truck owned by Clark Wakefield and Sons Contractors was found abandoned at Sanford after being reported missing around 1 30 this morning. One youth surrendered and implicated the other as officers seek warrants for both.
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Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Clark Wakefield and Sons Contractors
Elm Street
Sanford
Ezra Wakefield
Recount Saco Ballots Requested in York County
Deputy Secretary of State Joseph Edgar notified Saco City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis that a recount of ballots cast in June's primary elections has been requested in York county. The State Department will pick up the primary election ballots from Saco on Wednesday or Thursday.
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Joseph Edgar
Saco
Clifford A. Purvis
York County
Edgar
Purvis
State Department
Special Session Of City Council Set
A special meeting of the Saco city council will be held at 7 30 tonight to discuss the revaluation of Portland road frontage property. The council received a petition from Portland road residents last week protesting the increase and a special meeting of the council the board of assessors and Portland road residents was scheduled for tonight.
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Saco City
Portland Road
Board of Assessors
Kaoteng Island Stands Guard Near Nationalist Base
Kaoteng, a seven tenths square mile island in the Matsu complex, guards a nearby Nationalist naval base at Lo-yan Bay. Dug into rock, it survived a 1958 3000 shell bombardment and remains stocked with food and ammunition in rock caverns. Fresh springs supply water as Kaoteng overlooks sea approaches and can call on Peikantang and Matsu for artillery barrages.
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Insula
Lo-yan Bay
Lo-yan
Matsu
Kaoteng
Peikantang
Plane carrying sixty passengers destroyed in fire
Passengers witnessed the fire grow as the aircraft with a 60 passenger capacity nosed down. The plane, valued around $1 million, was destroyed in the incident.
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Page One
House and Senate battle over aid bill stalled by budget limits
A bipartisan push seeks to curb future appropriations for the aid program when the federal budget is unbalanced. Sponsors say enough support exists to advance the medical measure through the Senate and limit debate midweek.
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Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Republicans
Democrats
Young Motorist Fined for Stop Sign Violation
Kenneth E. Nolan, 19, Corn wall New York, fined $10 by Trial Justice Wesley M. Viewer in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice Court on a charge of passing a stop sign. Old Orchard Beach police were the complainants in the case.
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Kenneth E. Nolan
Cornwall
N. Y
Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice Court
Wesley M.viewer
Old Orchard Beach Lice
Biddeford Man Held For Assault On Wife
A Biddeford man, Gerard Petit, 30, was held for Grand Jury action after probable cause was found in Biddeford Municipal court on a felonious assault charge against his wife Lorraine Petit, 31. Bail set at $2,000. The hearing included her testimony of a 4 am entrance with a knife, head injuries, and thrown liquid. Other actions: Robert Tarbox, 25, pleaded guilty to possession of nine short lobsters and paid a $55 fine. Alton Flanders, 53, West Buxton, case continued for operating without a license.
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Biddeford
Gerard Petit
Simon Spill
Petit
Lorraine R. Petit
Cutts Street
Spill
Petits
Robert L. Melnick
John J. Harvey
Robert L. Tarbex
Pool Road
Thomas L. Flaherty
Tarbox
Biddeford Pool
Alton C. Flanders
West Buxton
Flanders
Henri Labbe
Frogmen Probe Depths Of Penobscot For Relics
In Bangor AP Navy and Marine frogmen began a search of the Penobscot River mud for relics of the Castine siege era. Divers from Brunswick NLAS recovered one hull fragment near Bangor while Maj. Joseph Griffiss USMC notes it may be from a scuttled ship or a 1900s garbage scow. A larger dive group will follow later this summer.
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Bangor
Penobscot River
Warren
Providence
Diligence
Seige
Castine
Samuel E. Lovell
Peleg Wadsworth
Battle of
Washington, D.C
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Joseph Griffiss
USMC
No Survivors In Plane Crash Near Bombay
A Italian jetliner with 94 aboard crashed near Bombay in heavy monsoon rain. Alitalia said all 85 passengers and 9 crew members were killed. Search teams labored to recover bodies from a hillside east of Bombay as conditions hindered rescue efforts.
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Bombay
India
Air
Alitalia
Rome
Windshield cracked by flying gravel after road curve
Ferdinand Descoteaux 64 suffers a cracked windshield when gravel from a truck driven by Joseph Parenteau 37 flies off during a northbound ride on Ferry road at a curve. Police report notes no damage estimate yet.
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Ferdinand Descoteaux
Ferry Road
Saco
Descoteaux
Joseph N. Parenteau
Gove Street
Biddeford
New Ford split stock lifts trading on opening block
New York stock market opened dull with profit taking. Ford Motor split stock rose 1 1/8 to 39 1/4 on an opening block of 3,500 shares, while Chrysler gained a fraction and General Motors fell slightly. Broad losses included American Telephone and Du Pont with slim declines. Industrials slipped as International Business Machines tumbled. gold mining stocks improved modestly.
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New York
Ford Motor
Chrysler
General Motors
American Telephone
du Pont
General Electric
Liggett & Myers
Polaroid
Six crashes yield minor injuries at Old Orchard Beach
Over the weekend six traffic accidents were reported to Old Orchard Beach police. Norman A. Poisson, 18, of Biddeford, said brake failure caused his car to veer off Ross road and tip over, leaving his vehicle a total loss. passenger Ronald Bertson, 16, sustained injuries. Two Saco women, Mildred Tryman, 42, and Mildred Ruben, 43, complained of neck injuries after rear-end impact on West Grand avenue, with Tryman’s car damaged about $100. Issac Golding, 71, of Miami Beach, Florida, backed into Richard Rowlands, 20, of Old Orchard Beach, on Hoffman street. no damage estimates. Claude Laurent, 19, scratched from a scooter collision with John Higgins, 88, of Lewiston, on East Grand avenue. $450 in damage across two cars. Burgoyne, 18, of Portland and Moreau, 19, of Arundel, each sustained damage totaling $450 in a northbound collision on East Grand avenue. Harold Horne, 60, of Old Orchard Beach, backed into Mae Allen, 45, of Providence, R. I., at Old Orchard street. Allen reported injuries to elbow, knee, back and leg.
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Old Orchard Beach
Norman A. Poisson
Bradbury Street
Biddeford
Ross Road
Poisson
Ronald Bertson
Saco
West Grand Avenue
Mildred C. Tryman
Main Street
Ronald Lambert
Old Salt Road
Lambert
Tryman
Mildred Tryman
Max Ruben
Hall Avenue
Hoffman Street
Issac Golding
Miami Beach
Fla
Richard D. Rowlands
Maine Avenue
Old Orchard Becah
Claude Laurent
Levis Avenue
John W. Higgins
Lewiston
East Grand Avenue
Higgins
Flint Street
Royden E. Burgoyne
Portland
Leo P. Moreau
Arundel
Moreau
Burgoyne
Old Orchard Street
Harold Horne
Cedar Avenue
Mae Allen
Providence
R. I. Police
Three Vehicles Damaged In Traffic Mishap
Biddeford police reported three vehicles damaged in a Saturday traffic incident on South Street near the City Homestead. Joseph A. Dube, 77, of 376 South Street, drove a 1952 sedan that collided with a 1957 sedan driven by Monique M. A. Sylvestre, 28, of 577 South Street. The Dube car swerved and struck a parked pickup owned by Royal R. LaRose, 46, of 50 Forest Street. The Dube vehicle was a total loss. damage to LaRose’s pickup was about $167.77. Sylvestre’s car damage was not listed.
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Biddeford
Joseph A. Dube
South Street
City Homestead
Monique M. A. Sylvestre
Dube
Royal R. Larose
Forest Street
Larose
Sylvestre
Raymond M. Sylvestre
Showers Hoped To Relieve Maine Drought
The U S Weather Bureau hopes for showers later today to ease a 13 day drought harming crops and drying forests in southern Maine. More dry weather is forecast for several days. Portland’s last notable rain was .27 inch on June 26 and June rainfall totaled 2.65 inches, .53 below normal.
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Portland
U.S. Weather Bureau
Maine
Saskatchewan Doctors Strike Tests Emergency Care
Saskatchewan faces a growing test as a nine day doctors strike presses emergency care. Volunteer physicians and foreign replacements sustain 34 hospitals while some care shifts to non strikers and bootlegging. Premier Lloyd warns of long term shortages and mounting patient needs.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Neville Smith
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Woodrow Lloyd
New England Congressmen Vote On Bills
Washington AP records how New England members of Congress voted on recent roll calls. Senate passage of a sugar act amendment failed for Proxmire with a 26-40 vote. House passage of a 1949 sugar act bill passed 248-31 with all New England reps voting for and several not voting.
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Washington
New England
Congress
Senate
Aiken
Bush
R-Conn
Cotton
N. H
Dodd
D-Conn
Muskie
Maine
Smith
Murphy
R-N. H
Pastore
R. L. Pell
D-R. I
Prouty
R .T
Salt
Burke
D-Mass
Conte
R-Mass
Daddario
Giaimo
Dconn
O'Neill
Sibal
Rr-Maine
Macdonald
Merrow
Monagan
Rconn
Stafford
Marriage Intentions Filed in Saco and Nearby
Marriage intentions on file at the Saco City Clerk's Office list Armand B. Gagnon of 51 North Avenue Saco and Suzanne A. Turcotte of 71 Bacon Street Biddeford, along with James D. Langill of Portland Road Saco and Barbara L. Dearborn of South Portland, and Joseph A. Dandeneau of Portland and Barbara E. Langill of Portland Road Saco.
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Saco
Armand B. Gagnon
North Avenue
Suzanne A. Turcotte
Bacon Street
Biddeford
James D. Langill
Portland
Barbara L. Dearborn
Joseph A. Dandeneau
Barbara E. Langill
Portland Road
Europeans flock for planes to France from Oran
Hundreds of Europeans in Oran lined up Sunday in a feverish rush to secure seats for France. French informants said about 120 Europeans were missing in the city and believed held in police stations as suspected terrorists of the defunct Secret Army Organization. Foreign Minister Saad Dahlab said on a radio broadcast Sunday night that differences among Algerian leaders are not a crisis only a misunderstanding.
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Oran
France
Secret Army
Saad Dahlab
Muskie Links Apportionment Ruling to State Reform
New York AP report quotes Senator Edmund S Muskie saying the Supreme Court ruling on legislative apportionment opens a path to revived state government. He outlines four potential shifts in power toward urban voters, plus broader political activity to win influence in suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. ‘Supreme Court
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine Democrat
Muskie
National Association of County Officials
Portland Man Fined $200 In Saco Court
Justin D. Boucher, 30, of Portland, was fined 200 by Judge Hilary Mahaney in Saco Municipal Court on two driving charges. He paid 100 for leaving the scene of an accident and 100 for operating after license suspension. State Trooper John Fleming was the complainant.
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Justin D. Boucher
Portland
Hilary Mahaney
Saco Municipal Court
Boucher
John Fleming
Gerard Cloutier
Hartsford
Conn
Eugene Wells
Robert E. Phinney, Jr
Arrowsie
Mahaney
Parris L. McIver
Frank A. Wade
Nashua
N.H
York County
Alfred
David W. Gutter
Scarborough
McIver
Nuclear test on Johnston Island lights up Pacific sky
The United States detonated a megaton-range nuclear device aloft on a Thor booster over Johnston Island at 11 p.m. HST. The blast at hundreds of kilometers altitude aimed to study effects on the ionosphere and Van Allen belts and potential radar jamming. observers saw a greenish flash, blue core, orange halo, with vivid color display for minutes.
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Task Force
U.S
Johnston Island
Hawaiian Islands
Johnston
Joint Task Force 8
Pearl Harbor
Thor
Pacific
Boy dies. investigation in Kennebunk area
An inquiry into a boy's death in Kennebunk is underway. Truman is survived by his parents, three brothers, a sister, a grandfather in Ogunquit, a grandmother in Hanover, and several aunts and uncles. Paul Wormwood investigated Chief Frank Stevens and officers involved in the accident.
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Truman
Fric
Marc
Thomas
Mary Jane
Willis E. Watson
Ogunquit
A. M. Truman
Hanover
N.H
Kennebunk
Cer
Paul Wormwood
Frank Stevens
Offi
Udall Sees Bright Maine Future With Plans
Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall and Senator Ed Muskie toured northern Maine assessing power and recreation potential. They highlighted Passamaquoddy Bay tidal harnessing, hydro projects on the St John and Allagash, and Allagash Wilderness recreation, urging careful planning and strong leadership. Udall will prepare plans for Kennedy within a year before departing Bangor for Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Maine
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Edmund S. Muskie
Passamaquoddy Bay
St. John
Alagash
Allagash
Muskie
Kennedy
Washington
New York
Parking ban eyed on Fortunes Rocks Route 9 area
City officials discussed a no parking ban along 1200 feet of Route 9 at Fortunes Rocks as urged by residents. The Highway Commission will enforce the ban on Sundays with two Biddeford police at each end to manage traffic. the plan may include Saturdays. Land acquisition for a recreation area via purchase or eminent domain remains in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commission
Route 9
Fortunes Rocks
Cookson
Biddeford
Dutremble
Hancock
Portland Legion Posts Win Maine Awards in Americanism
The Har old T. Andrews Post of Portland earned the annual Americanism and post activity award from the Maine Department of the American Legion. James Williams Post of Bangor took second place and Ralph D. Caldwell Post of Portland won third, in the Sunday ceremony.
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CLOUD
Al's
Alfred Road
Mfg
Vermont Monumental Works
Elm ST
Atlantic
W. J. Provost
Dial Tucker
L. R. Joncas
Old Orchard
Dial
Wellington
Scoffer
Frogmen
Penobscot
Max Harrelson
Painchand
Memorial Field
Maystreet
Ludger Picher
Saco Court
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