Deaths: Thomas Gallagher 52 of Glendale California
Word has been received of the death this morning of Thomas Gallagher 52 former of West Myrtle Street Biddeford and now of 124 North Adams Street Glendale California Born in Massachusetts he came to Biddeford and worked in the Saco Lowell Shops for many years He went to California about 15 years ago Surviving are his widow Janet Masionak Gallagher Glendale California formerly of Biddeford one son Donald Gallagher of Glendale and one daughter Mrs Kathy English of Oakland California
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Thomas Gallagher
West Myrtle St
Biddeford
North Adams St
Glendale
Calif
Massachusetts
Saco-Lowell
California
Janet Masionak Gallagher
Donald Gallagher
Kathy English
Oakland
Saco Woman Mary E King 95 Died at Biddeford Hospital
Mrs Mary Ellen King 95 of 28 Nye Street Saco died yesterday in a Biddeford hospital. Born July 4 1872 in Biddeford she was the daughter of James and Mary Jane McGarrity Owen. She is survived by a daughter Mrs Conrad Broul lard and a sister Mrs Sadie Gerry of Saco, plus three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Requiem mass will be held tomorrow at 9 am at Most Holy Trinity Church Saco. Funeral arrangements by Shumway Funeral Home.
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Mary E. King
Saco
Mary Ellen King
Nye St
Biddeford
James
Mary Jane McGarrity Owen
Most Holy Trinity Church
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
York County Artists Exhibit At Maine State Art Festival
Augusta hosts the 8th Maine State Art Festival with Maine painters and sculptors on display in Room 105 of the State Office Building. Notable artists include Edward Betts Chris Ritter Robert Eric Moore Everett Simoneau Edna Perkins and many more from York County and beyond. The exhibit runs daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays through August 11.
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Augusta
York County
Edward Betts
Chris Ritter
Ogunquit
Robert Eric Moore
Everett Simoneau
York
Edna Perkins
Kennebunk Beach
Jeana Dale Bearce
Edythe A. Laws
Brunswick
George de Lyra
Stephen Etnier
South Harpswell
Dahlev Speear
Jason Schoener
Marguerite Zorach
Robinhood
George A. Curtis
Owls Head
Frederic Kellogg
North Haven
Warren Spaulding
Rockland
John Ireland Collins
Pleasant Point
Inga-Lill Barker
Portland
Leo Meissner
Cape — Elizabeth
Scarlett
South Windham
Sheldon Schoneberg
Limington
John G. Shelley Jr
Falmouth
Donald Ross Thayer
Farmington
Dianne Hooper
Auburn
William Moise
Hancock
Emily Muir
Viet Cong engagements and U S forces report mixed gains
South Viet continued fighting with the 9th Division in the delta claiming 16 Viet Cong killed while Marine units in the north reported no initial contacts. Communist shelling and mortar fire against U S Marine positions below the demilitarized zone persisted on a smaller scale than two weeks earlier.
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Delta
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Funeral Directors and Contacts in Saco Maine
Funeral service firms listed with addresses in Saco Maine. Philip H Gross Sr and Frank X Emond named as directors. Dennett and Craig provide another local address and contact.
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Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Funeral Services For Mrs Cora Tarbox Held In Saco
Funeral services for Mrs Cora Tarbox of 512 Pool Road Biddeford were conducted yesterday at 2 from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home and First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ Saco. Interment followed in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Cora BE
Tarbox
Pool Road
Biddeford
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Paul K. Weimer
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Little Miss Saco Contest Is Planned
A centennial observance event sponsors a Little Miss Saco contest for girls ages five to ten. Entries require contacting Mike Rube or Tom Vining, with field day and races set for July 29 at Memorial Field after the Little League game.
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Saco
Mike Rube
Tom Vining
Saco’s Memorial Field
City Hall
Frederick O'Neil
Cheryl Hanson
Brian Antoine
Edmond Labelle
Theresa Demeule
Dennis Labelle
Bonnie Paquette
Notre Dame School
Jane Grondin
Burns School
Ann Hadiaks
Burns
Cerebral Palsy Children Take Field Trips in Summer Program
Portland Cerebral Palsy Center enrolls 35 of 41 children in a six week summer session funded by a $5450 grant under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The program, themed The Rugged Coast of Maine, includes trips to the Brick Store Museum and Seashore Trolley Museum, plus arts and crafts and self care classes.
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Portland
Grant St
Melvin D. Boutilier
Gorham Schools
Greater
Kenneth D. Morrison
Center
Maine
Kennebunk
Stacy Wentworth
Kennebunkport
Boutilier
Biddeford
Saco
Local Notices for Biddeford Residents and Visitors
Leo Bergeron of 115 Foss St is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Adjut or Vaillancourt of 7 Les sard Ave is a patient at Webber Hospital. A vacationing guest staying one month with Charles Cohen at 12 Porter St is Cohen's sister Anne Serlin and her son Steve of Oak Park Michigan. Lester Thompson and his wife of 20 Mt Vernon St have returned after two weeks with their son Airman J C Lawrence Thompson in Cheyenne Wy and visited South Dakota and Colorado. Also accompanying them was Mrs Emile Martin of 34 Center St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Bergeron
Foss St
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Vaillancourt
Lessard Ave
Webber Hospital
Charles Cohen
Porter St
Cohen
Lyman Baptist Church Boy Fellowship to Meet Saturday
The Boys' Fellowship of the Lyman Baptist Church will gather at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church for Good Wins Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Seven Town Development Group Eyed for York County
Southern Maine leaders discussed forming a seven town development association to aid economic programs funded by the York County Regional Planning Commission and an EDA project for the seacoast region of Maine and New Hampshire. Delegates will be appointed by town boards as a meeting in Kittery outlined the plan and need after Navy Yard phaseout.
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Alfred
Seven-Town Development Association
York County Regional Planning Commission
Economic Development Administration
Seacoast
Maine
New Hampshire
RCPC
YRCPC
York County
Pepperell Room
Kittery
Cecil Lancaster
YCRPC
Arthur C. Moulton
Frederick Perry
Arthur Lougee
Commission
Kittery Navy Yard
EDA
John C. Bramer Jr
William Robinette
David L. Blackmore
Reality Research and Consulting Corp
Raymond Curtis
Maine Department of Economic Development
John A. Holter
Nassau College
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Reed Thompson
University of Maine
Bostonian pleads innocent in counterfeit bill case
In Portland AP Charles Bryant a 32 year old Bostonian changed from guilty to innocent in US District Court after admitting he did not know three $20 counterfeit bills were fake when he used them at three Portland businesses on June 14 1966 The case was moved to trial in the fall Bryant is serving a burglary sentence in Concord New Hampshire.
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Portland
Charles Bryant
Edward T. Gignoux
Gignoux
Bryant
New Hampshire
Concord
Biddeford Fire Crews Respond to Smoke at Elm Street Building
Firefighters were dispatched to 170 Elm St. Biddeford after a report of smoke in a three story wood structure owned by Alphonse Demers. The cause appeared undetermined.
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Biddeford
Elm St
Alphonse Demers
Tax Hikes Backed as Johnson Seeks Congress Action
Fowler and Karr meet Mills to discuss a formal tax bill likely within 10 days. Johnson proposes a 6 percent surtax on income taxes to fund the Vietnam war and curb inflation, with options from 6 to 10 percent under consideration. Officials expect Sept 1 or Oct 1 as the effective date amid signs of a buoyant economy and rising June retail sales and second quarter GNP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Fowler
Joseph M Karr
Wilbur D. Mills
D— Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Fowler
Congress
Johnson
Commerce Department
Showers Forecast for Portland Tonight and Saturday
Chance of showers tonight and Saturday with considerable cloudiness. Fog and haze developing at night and early morning. Temperature little changed with lows in the 60s and highs in the 70s. Light variable winds.
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Portland
Weather Outlook for New England Five Day Forecast
The Weather Bureau maps a five day forecast for northern New England, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Temperatures will run above normal with highs in the 80s and lows from the 60s to around 70. Warmer conditions in the south expected by Sunday and no major changes afterward. Rainfall likely totaling over half an inch in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and a quarter to a half inch in the north. Scattered showers or thundershowers expected Saturday and again Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Explorer 35 I Pointed Toward Moon
Cape Kennedy Florida AP ground controllers fired a gas jet to reorient Explorer 35 en route to a lunar orbit. The 230 pound craft will fire a retro-rocket to enter an 800 to 4500 mile lunar orbit and study cosmic dust magnetic fields and radiation hazards for astronauts.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla.ap
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space
Arrangements For Reunion Finalized For 1947 Class
A joint reunion of the St. Louis and St. Joseph’s High Schools class of 1947 was finalized at a gathering hosted by Therese Couture at 57 Pleasant Street, Laco. The event is set for tomorrow at 6 30 PM at the Pinedale Restaurant in Scarborough.
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St. Louis
St. Joseph’s
Therese Couture
Pleasant St
Laco
Pinedale
Scarbrough
Contact on Main Street Averts Injuries In Biddeford
Police report two cars collided on Main Street Biddeford yesterday afternoon. driver Paul Larrabee 68 of 12 Union Street Biddeford and Trucien Blais of Quebec were involved. Officers Joseph Beal and Ralph Hubert investigated and reported no injuries.
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Main Street
Biddeford
Paul Larrabee
Union St. Biddeford
Trucien Blais
Quebec
Joseph Beal
Ralph Hubert
Kenneth Roberts Auction Raises Over $200 000
The three day sale at Kenneth Roberts estate Rocky Pastures Kennebunkport drew antique dealers from across the nation and abroad. Over 200000 was realized from items including cigarette lighters inscribed with Roberts initials and full name glassware rugs fixtures and kitchen items. Four Seas ons figurines given to Mrs Roberts by Booth Tarkington were among the pieces sold as crowds toured the grounds and tents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenneth Roberts
United States
Roberts
Booth Tarkington
Frank Davis
Davis
Biddeford Airport Crackdown Aims to Curb Trespassing
Biddeford police warned unauthorized persons will be charged with trespass at the Biddeford Airport after complaints from plane owners. Reports describe youths playing on planes and vandalism with at least one aircraft tampering cited. Entrances will be gated and parents urged to warn their children.
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Biddeford
Federal Aeronautics Administration
Radio Broadcast Stopped at WIDE Biddeford
Technical difficulties halted broadcasting at Station WIDE Biddeford this morning. A spokesman said programs would resume once the issue is located. Engineers worked at noon to find the source after yesterday’s schedule ended at the usual time.
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Biddeford
Postmaster For Bar Mills Named Postmaster For Bar Mills Named
The Senate confirmed postmaster nominations by President Johnson for Maine. Names include Donald A Hamilton of Bar Mills, Joseph F. Howe, Elsworth, William L. Flynn, and Raymond. The action names Bar Mills individuals as new postmasters in a federal appointment notice.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Maine
Donald A Hamilton
Bar Mills
Joseph FE
Hower
Elsworth
William L. Flynn
Raymond
Adventures In Christian Living Series Planned
The Biddeford Saco Council of Churches reports a four Monday evening lecture and discussion series starting October 9 at Foss Street Methodist Church. The theme is The Church Bridges the Gap, with Rev. John H. Miller as chairman and speakers to be suggested for fall meetings. Attendees included James Goudouros and Robert Fenderson, with committee members Mrs. Clayton Cartmill, Lowell Innes, and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Smith.
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Religious Education Committee
Biddeford-Sace
Foss Street Methodist Church
Biddeford
James Goudouros
Robert Fenderson
Clayton Cartmill
Lowell Innes
Gordon Smith
Fate of Expo 67 site remains uncertain after fair
Montreal officials weigh future use of Expo 67 grounds as pavilions head to other nations. Officials say a university, research center or international meeting site are possible, with winterization costs pegged around 150 million. The site reverts to the city on Dec 31 1969, while a joint government committee decides next steps.
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Montreal
United States
St. Helen's Island
Notre Dame Island
National Harbors Board
Cite du Havre
Expo
Quebec
Two Saco Barn Fires Under Investigation
Saco firemen battled a barn blaze at Charles Prior home on Flag Pond Road burning bales of hay. No additional damage reported. This fire and a prior blaze at the same site are under investigation by the fire department.
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Saco
Charles Prior
Flag Pond Road
Traffic Accident Reported in Saco
Saco police say a rear collision occurred when Ronnie L. Wendelken 19 of 20 Moody St Saco stopped to make a left from Route One and was hit by Thomas LeBlanc 54 of 14 Southgate Ave Biddeford. Wendelken damage about 150 dollars LeBlanc about 100 dollars.
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Saco
Ronnie L. Wendelken
Moody St
Moody Street
Thomas LeBlanc
Southgate Ave
Biddeford
Wendelke Auto
LeBlanc
Quaker Group Plans North Vietnam Medical Shipment
Philadelphia based Quaker Action Group plans a second aid voyage to Haiphong defying U S government rules. Leader Lawrence Scott defends the mission as a moral duty to relieve civilian suffering amid federal pressure and possible Trading with the Enemy Act prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
North Vietnam
U. S
Lawrence Scott
North Vietnam Red Cross
Scott
17Th Street
Quaker Meeting House
Haiphong
Wewr
Aproap
Mareh
Washington
U. S. Treasury Department
Justice Department
Sam Legg
Baltimore
Earth Tremor Shakes Parts of Missouri
An earth tremor lasting about a minute shook southeastern Missouri early today. In Poplar Bluff a deputy said it struck at 4 15 and shook plaster from the Butler County courthouse ceiling. KMOX reported about 25 calls in 10 minutes from worried listeners. A resident said the tremor “shook the whole house.”
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Butler County
United States
New Madrid
Mississippi River
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
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Dial
Emond
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J. P. Conroy
Hugh M. Phillips
Mae A. Phillips
Muriel
Robert
Mrs
Cora Tarbox
Ichurch
White House
Ee High A.M. P.ma. P.M
American Red Cross
Coach's Day Camp
Old Orchard Beach
Jean Michaud
Kenneth Roberts
Quaker
Viser
Carey Bros. Jewelers
Thacher Building
Cali
Adrien J. Boucher
Metropolitan Life
New York, N.Y
Beachway Met
Beach Street
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